10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

And, for those of you who live in or near New York City or are visiting here this coming weekend, we are hosting what is undoubtedly going to be the largest mass action about climate change in history. Don’t be afraid of joining a large march in New York City, even if you have never been involved in activism before.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2020

New York City is the hottest of hot spots, and not in the fun, eBird meaning of the term but in the “holy moly our health system is going to collapse” meaning of the term. I am a birder living in the epicenter of the epicenter of COVID-19 right now. Willow Lake is on the LaGuardia Airport flight path.).

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Bald Eagle New York City New York Birds 182

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2015

Over the last five or six years, Common Ravens have been sighted with increasing frequency in New York City, part of a resurgence throughout the Northeast after more than a century of regional extirpation. They’ve also recently nested in the Bronx and nearby in New Jersey. But let’s back up for a minute.

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New York City New York 2015 New Jersey 247

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Daisy agreed to the outing because it was sunny and nice and Edgemere, once mosquito season is over, is actually a really nice place for a family outing what with the long view of the New York City skyline and the refreshing air blowing off the bay. Trips Edgemere New York City phoebes Queens rarities Say''s Phoebe'

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2013

Another new Queens bird for Corey!) Isaac Grant, who is doing a New York City big year and was on the boat as well, was just as relieved to get the bird within New York City’s boundaries.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2015

It being mid-August in New York City there is one place where I have to be as often as I can. This year, what with family plans and other commitments, I didn’t get out on the pond until later than usual but it was worth the wait. Coming to New York City any time between now and the end of September?

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Jamaica Wildlife New York City New York 162

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2019

Clearly, author Phyllis Limbacher Tildes, the author of 24, soon to be 25, children’s books, is also a birder (and a little research brings up a presentation she gave at Ogeechee Audubon, Georgia with the biographical information and she and her family “love watching birds and wildlife seen near their lagoon on Skidaway Island.”

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New York City Pelicans Penguins New York 146

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Considering the ten most recent additions before this March averaged six months apart getting six new species in eight months is mind-blowing. Way back in March we were in the midst of a global pandemic and Queens was the epicenter of the epicenter that was New York City. A new warbler for Queens? Two-for-two!

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New York City Birds New York Blackbirds 151

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2014

Now that I live in New York City I rarely manage to make it that far north and when I do it tends to be winter, which is kind of odd. My string of winter-only visits to the Adirondacks is over now, happily, because of a three-day weekend with the family in Montreal. Wait, what?

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New York City New York Canada Woodpeckers 161

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2018

So, of course, I’ve been out and about looking for birds as often as family and job allow me to. I’ve scoured some inland parks in Queens, led field trips for New York City Audubon, and watched morning flight on the coast. Nice weather, lots of birds, and the potential for rarity.

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New York City Birds New York Sparrows 141

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2014

Saturday was out, as family plans had been made, but I had already been cleared by Daisy to bird most of the day on Sunday. Next I had to find some co-conspirators to ride with all the way up to Point Peninsula, a twelve-hour round-trip from New York City. Of course, I had to go and see the bird!

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New York New York City South Dakota Bald Eagle 230

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

My family and I indulged this weekend in the kind of deep-fried treats you can only find at the New York State Fair… bacon-wrapped corn dog, anyone? And while this scorching season may technically be rolling on until the equinox, today serves as the official unofficial last day of summer in the U.S.

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New York City 2016 New York Birds 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

There are owls in New York City. The two stories about New York City are personal favorites, of course. Big owls: Barred Owls on Riverside Drive and down the path from Harlem Meer, a Great Horned Owl in Central Park’s Ramble.

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New York City Fox Owls California Condor 184

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2015

The month before we lost him to bone cancer at age eleven, I was in New York City and met a British man. But he also left a family surrounded by people who shared their grief, who asked if they could help, and who were willing to talk about the ones they’d lost themselves. He left many broken hearts behind.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2016

I opened the year in California and even though I flew out in the evening on New Year’s Day I did see some species out there that I would otherwise not have seen for the year. Winter birding around New York City was just so-so but I did add one species to my Queens list.

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2016 Puerto Rico New York City New York 128

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2018

Though temperatures have rebounded from the nadir and were temporarily above freezing here in New York City, the mercury has plummeted again and long outings out of doors are distinctly less pleasant than they would be if it were T-shirt weather. What’s a birder to do when weather fails to cooperate? Of course not!

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Dominican Republic New York City Culling Birds 103

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2015

New York City in July provides limited opportunities for birders to see birds. The wrens were a joy to watch, exploring, chattering, getting themselves into and out of trouble. fledgling House Wren seemingly fascinated by my digiscoping rig.

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New York City Blackbirds New York Collecting 165

10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2015

Late March in my home borough of New York City is typically when Eastern Phoebe , Pine Warbler , American Woodcock , Osprey , and other early migrants are back but many of our wintering birds, like Snow Goose and American Tree Sparrow , are still sticking around. There were lots of birds around and my camera was in overdrive!

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Bald Eagle New York City Birds Geese 181

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 7, 2013

As the only organization in New York City whose doors are open to any animal in need, AC&C rescues thousands of New York’s homeless, neglected, abused and abandoned animals each year. The nonprofit’s goal is to place every dog, cat and bunny in a new, loving home. They are New York’s Kindest.”

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New York City Homelessness Adopt Cat Adoptable 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2012

Lest you think that I am overstating the likelihood of the raccoon being rabid please take into consideration that signs like the one below hang near every entrance to the park and rabid raccoons have been found not only in Central Park but all over New York City of late.

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Raccoons New York City New York Squirrels 161

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

I have taken friends birding there, I have taken my family birding there, I have met total strangers at Jamaica Bay and birded with them. After all, a world-class birding destination fifteen minutes from my house is pretty much irresistible. I have seen some absolutely amazing birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

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Jamaica New York City United States Wildlife 163

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2011

It was a gusty weekend in New York City and environs, with fall finally feeling like fall is supposed to feel. Sparrows have almost completely taken over for wood-warblers and temperatures are finally waning as is only proper. How was your weekend?

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Costa Rica Atlanta New York City 2011 173

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2013

We here in New York City (and in much of the northeastern United States) are dealing with a pretty major cold snap for late May, with temperatures last night falling down to 46 degrees Fahrenheit (8 degrees Celsius). So while the rest of my family slept in I nipped out to the park this morning to see how the swallows were doing.

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Suffering New York City United States New York 180

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2013

I didn’t travel much this year, with a June family trip to California and Nevada and a four-day trip in July to Trinidad and Tobago being my only opportunities to get birds not in the northeastern United States. (Though I have been badly lazy and still haven’t updated my list on the blog.).

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2013 New York City Nevada Trinidad 172

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2013

I’ve seen Yellow Warblers in the low shrubs of Western New York pastures, the river valleys of Missoula, and the trees of abandoned industrial sites in New York City. They are not shy, not given to skulking in dense underbrush or retreating to the crowns of great trees.

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Connecticut Baltimore North America New York City 173

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Author: Paul Nolan Jeffrey Gitomer wants every sales professional to spend three months selling in New York City and tell him how that works out for you. I have four granddaughters, and we have family time all the time. Gitomer: I grew up selling in New York City.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2017

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.

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Eagles Mongolia Hunters Hunting 101

4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Mars Petcare is collaborating with the YMCA in 5 cities to start, to bring pet-friendly health and physical activity education and programming to communities. New York City; Nashville, Tenn.; For it’s first year the program will premiere in YMCA locations in Washington, D.C.; Chicago; and Portland, Ore.

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Pets New York City Portland Nashville 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2012

After a long fun day with extended family and friends and long drive back to New York City I didn’t get to bed until well after midnight and Daisy did not understand why I set the alarm for 5 AM. I just had to hope that the bird would stick around for a day so I could see it on Monday morning before work.

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Jamaica New York City Abandon Abandoning 158

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2016

It’s been nearly three weeks since the family and I left Breckenridge but I’m still thinking about all the birds that we enjoyed from my aunt and uncle’s backyard deck at 10,500 feet above sea level. We spent three days in Breckenridge and each morning I was the first in the family to awaken.

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Fox New York New York City Soreing 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2013

This Virginia’s Warbler was my most unexpected new bird in Queens. We had a family picnic at Fort Tilden less than two weeks after my last set of predictions and a single Purple Martin was flying low over the fields with Barn Swallows and Tree Swallows. The last of the regularly expected owls in Queens. Number 300 in Queens!

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2012 New York City Jamaica 2013 158

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2016

After sixteen days touring the interior west and west coast of the United States with my family I am back in New York City. Well, actually, I got back a couple of days ago but between catching up on sleep, having to go to work, and dealing with a health issue this is my first chance to write about the trip at all.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2011

We took a family outing up to that same Storm King Art Center, which is located about an hour north of New York City in Mountainville, Orange County, last weekend and had an absolute blast.

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New York City Soreing New York Breeding 160

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Additional helpful design features include the names of family groups against a yellow-and-white striped background on every page corner and having every bird image facing right (except for that Common Loon chick!), I’ve missed this information, especially when I travel to Los Angeles to visit my daughter and her family.

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Los Angeles Birds District of Columbia Parrots 192

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

In many cases, our waterfowl, gulls, and shorebirds are the same as those overseas – or only slightly different – and there are many other corresponding species in nearly all the shared families.

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2017 Portugal Rabbits Europe 117

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Early in 2008 at the opening of the Huellas de Vida show in Maracaibo, a person I met was very impressed and moved by the love of nature and love of family depicted in the artwork. Please come out to see my show that opens 10 February 2011 at the Agora Gallery , in Chelsea, New York. … a.

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Venezuela New York New York City 2008 233

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

If you have time to experience the city, try Red Farm; it has some of the best dim sum in this part of the city, and it’s right near the conference venue. For anyone who wants to learn more about the latest tools and technology for Facebook’s family of apps and ad platforms, this conference on May 5-6 should be a no-brainer.

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