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Birding Jamaica Bay
Behind the Bins | August 25th 2008 by Beverly Robertson
Having heard stories of how wonderful birding was and then reading about the recent rarities being reported on the ListServ; when I saw the notice about the Jamaica Bay Shorebird Festival, I decided to go. I even convinced a few friends to go too. read more
Shorebird Identification Tips-Part 4 of 4
Nutty Birder | August 23rd 2008 by Eric Ripma
There are still many more identification problems that arise when trying to identify shorebirds, and the hardest of all of the identifications is still left, the Dowitchers. Dowitcher identification can be very difficult depending on what part of the read more
Cow Meadow Park Shorebirds
charliesbirdblog | August 22nd 2008
After my visit to Jones Beach this past Saturday I decided to work my way away back to Queens by hopping from park to park. Cow Meadow Park, a Nassau County park, is just north and west of Jones Beach, and is well-known as a good spot to see some s read more
Shorebird Migration
Behind the Bins | August 18th 2008 by Beverly Robertson
I saw a Greater Yellowlegs at the Liberty Loop at the Wallkill a few days ago. Migration is starting. Shorebirds are starting to move down from the north and are on a beach or lake or marsh near you. Go check it out and let me know what is happ read more
Shorebird Identification Tips-Part 2 of 4
Nutty Birder | August 17th 2008 by Eric Ripma
There are many identification challenges when identifying shorebirds. I will start by describing the identifying features of the large and small Plovers. These two groups include Black-bellied, American-golden, Piping, Snowy, Wilson’s, and Semipalm read more
Jones Beach Birds (and Jellyfish)
10,000 Birds | August 17th 2008
When I found out Daisy’s younger sister Steph was staying overnight at our house on Saturday after taking their father to the airport I was happy. Not just to see Steph, though she is fun to hang out with, but because I figured that she tends read more
Non-breeding Least Sandpipers
charliesbirdblog | August 16th 2008
I’ve been very lucky (especially for a Brit birder) to have had the opportunity to look closely at a good number of Nearctic shorebirds in the last few years, and I thought it may be useful to look at one species that I’ve seen particular read more
Western vs Semipalmated Sandpiper
The Nemesis Bird | August 14th 2008 by Drew Weber
Much has been written about the identification of Semipalmated and Western Sandpipers. Most of it focuses on minutia, those little differences in plumage that are indeed very helpful in distinguishing these very similar species. The problem is, in or read more
Shorebird Identification Tips - Part 1 of 4
Nutty Birder | August 14th 2008 by Eric Ripma
It’s that time of year again; fall shorebird migration is in full swing throughout the entire country. If you are lucky to live near some great shorebird habitat, you can observe them every day during migration. If not, it may seem impossible to id read more
Shorebird Massacre
Nutty Birder | August 13th 2008 by Eric Ripma
I recently received an email that I found quite disturbing. It was about the massacre of thousands of shorebirds a year on the Caribbean island of Barbados. While protected in their breeding and wintering grounds, these shorebirds are being shot by read more
Researching Shorebird Decline
A DC Birding Blog | August 12th 2008
Shorebirds are in decline worldwide – not just red knots or piping plovers, and not just shorebirds in the eastern Pacific. Migratory shorebirds all over North America are declining, including common species. One reason why may be coastal developme read more
Breeding plumaged Red-necked Stints, Hong Kong
10,000 Birds | August 10th 2008
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Mai Po, Hong Kong, April 2008 The Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis breeds in north-eastern Siberia and northern and western Alaska. The vast majority then follow the the East Asian-Australasian Flyway read more
Sandhill Cranes Continue Comeback at Montezuma
New York Outdoors | August 7th 2008 by Sue Freeman
By Jason Gabak link to original article June 2003 will live on in the memory of John VanNiel. VanNiel, a professor of conservation at Finger Lakes Community College, vividly recalled the events that took place one day that month on Carncross Road, c read more
Birding South Beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Charlie's Bird Blog | August 6th 2008
After having a blast touring the Swarovski headquarters and trying my hand at digiscoping last Thursday, we bird bloggers visiting New England for the Swarovski bird blogging summit headed to the beach on Friday. No, we weren’t going to impr read more
Interesting Willow Flycatcher
The Nemesis Bird | August 4th 2008 by Drew Weber
While spending a weekend at a cabin in northern Tioga County I was able to slip down to Cowanesque Lake to see what was around. Not much. But I did happen to get good looks at a very pale flycatcher which I believe is a Willow Flycatcher. It was hang read more
Red-necked Stint AND Sharp-tailed Sandpiper at Jamaica Bay
charliesbirdblog | August 3rd 2008
It was while watching flocks of shorebirds on Friday on Cape Cod (an adventure I will soon describe) that I first heard of a Red-necked Stint being found at Jamaica Bay. I got back-to-back calls that I let go to voicemail from Jory and Will, my ups read more
A Brit birds Jamaica Bay in July
Charlie's Bird Blog | July 31st 2008
Last year I hardly went to New York at all (surprising, really, given that the airline I work for has seven daily flights), but this year I’ve been enough to apply for residency. No complaints from me, of course: I really like birding the State read more
Shorebird molt illustrated
The Nemesis Bird | July 24th 2008 by Drew Weber
Image via Wikipedia Check out the Dig Deep blog for a great primer on shorebird feather wear and molt. There are some great animated images that show the effects of wear on feathers and the overall appearance of the birds. With southbound migration j read more
Naked Came A Stranger
The Goat's Lunch Pail | July 9th 2008
Little Fish Lake Another view of the lakeWe took a trip to Little Fish Lake Provincial Park about 10 days ago. It a wee bit east of Drumheller about three hours away and it makes for a nice day trip. It takes us through the Badlands and past the hood read more
Jones Beach for the Beach
charliesbirdblog | June 29th 2008
Yesterday in New York was hot. Way too hot. Fortunately for Daisy and me our friends Kerry and Becky were heading to the beach and offered a ride. And it wasn’t just any beach either, but the birding Mecca of Nassau County, Jones Beach. read more
Winnie the Whimbrel
charliesbirdblog | June 6th 2008
You’ve undoubtedly heard of Minnie the Moocher and maybe even Willie the Wimp. Well, now we can turn eyes brimming with admiration towards a new hero, a supreme shorebird who just flew 3,200 miles (5,000 kilometers) over a span of no more than read more
Peeps
The Nemesis Bird | May 23rd 2008 by Drew Weber
I spent an afternoon on the Conejohela Flats on the Susquehanna River yesterday. The water behind the dam was amazingly low, resulting in acres of mud. This benefited the birds by giving them more foraging habitat but made it a bit more difficult to read more
Phalaropes in PA
The Nemesis Bird | May 19th 2008 by Drew Weber
Currently there is a rash of sightings of phalaropes in Pennsylvania. I know of at least 8 different birds that have been reported in the last two weeks. 5/9- a Wilson’s Phalarope reported at the Polk Wetlands in Venango County 5/10-12- female read more
Wood Sandpiper pictures
The Nemesis Bird | May 12th 2008 by Drew Weber
Friday afternoon I posted that I was off to chase the Wood Sandpiper being seen in Delaware. I got picked up at my house around 11am and by about 1:30pm we were driving down Broadkill Road, looking for a swarm of cars. When we pulled in, people seeme read more
World Migratory Bird Day 2008
10,000 Birds | May 10th 2008
I started a recent post (Magic Hedge, Chicago) with the following paragraph: “There are few times of the year more exciting in the North American birding calendar than the middle weeks of May. Why should this be? The spring sales in birding sto read more
Mai Po - Hong Kong’s wetland hotspot
Charlie's Bird Blog | April 25th 2008
Migration - that extraordinary time of the year when the world’s animals are on the move, when we’re reminded that international borders mean nothing to the rest of the planet’s lifeforms, that while we complain about cramped seats read more
Birding Sydney’s Olympic Park
charliesbirdblog | April 4th 2008
Fantastic birding in Malaysia and Singapore is only part of the story when I’m on a trip that also involves visiting Sydney, Australia of course - even if said “visiting” amounts to little more than having the day I arrive after an read more
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