Are you a ‘fowl’ mouthed birder?

I was at Stanton Pond a smallish farm Pond in Southern Albany County, that tends to attract a nice variety of waterfowl, waders and shorebirds.
I arrived there the other day and using the scope I stole from Corey at 10,000 Birds (Don’t worry its not a swavorski), I started scanning the edge of the pond, [...]

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NYS Breeding Bird Atlas: Common Raven

After we looking at the precipitous decline of Nightjars, this next species bucks the trend and actually has a rosy outlook.
The Ravenis a bird closely linked to humans.  They are intelligent, powerful and resourceful.  In some cultures the Raven is linked with wisdom and is considered holy.
The Raven is unique among birds because it can [...]

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E-Bird and Bird Records

I remember when E-Bird  first came out and I remember thinking it was a great idea.  Here was an idea that would nearly be the death of all telephone dial-a-birds or Rare Bird Alerts.  When it first started going live, I played around with it since I was looking for something to store my records.  [...]

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