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Lewis's Woodpecker in New York State

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… Tags: Lewiss Woodpecker , new york , woodpeckers • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! The Nuttall’s Woodpecker Tufted Duck at Cold Spring Harbor, New York The northern southern Woodpecker.Or Why so serious, Corey? Mwahahahahaaaaar!

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First Phoebe of 2011

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I finally got my first phoebe of the year yesterday, Saturday, 19 March, a mere eighteen days after the first phoebe of the season was reported in New York City. … Tags: migration , phoebes , spring • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more!

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Duck Migration

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It is my belief that the birds were migrating, though one New York birder suggested that they might have been flying out for some crepuscular feeding. Either way, it was a heck of a sight and another example of why Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is the best place in New York City to see amazing wildlife spectacles.

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Bird Deaths in Washington DC Lead to Calls for a Lights Out Program

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Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

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Male Ruddy Ducks Oxyura jamaicensis in Basic Plumage

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Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

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The Eagle Huntress–A Film Review

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Even when hunting in sub-freezing temperatures on the edge of the Mongolian border or doing her chores around the family ger (yurt) in the isolated Altai Mountains, Aisholpan beams. Eagle hunting is a family tradition that goes back at least 12 generations, part of the larger nomadic Kazakh culture. maybe it’s in her blood as well.”

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Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather–A Book Review

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Their populations, plus those of other species that ‘wore’ the coveted long, colorful feathers used for women’s fashionable hats, were being dangerously depleted by hunters intent on feeding the millinery industry. Fitting, since New York City and London were the centers of the millinery trade. This is good stuff.

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