USA
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Merlin: Easy ID in the technological age
We've all had a moment in which we wished we had a pocket field guide. Merlin, developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, is a free app for iOS and Android smart devices that helps...
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Central Park and Jamaica Bay, NY
with Simon Tickle
If you intend to visit New York, then a few hours waving your binoculars around in Central park is a great way to spend your time. The accessibility ...
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Birding Brooklyn Bridge Park
by Heather Wolf
Brooklyn Bridge Park opened in 2010, transforming a series of dilapidated piers into a beautiful 85-acre waterfront park with some of...
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Urban Patch in Columbus, Ohio, USA
with Aaron Boone
Birding is literally a way of life for me. I have been fascinated by feathered creatures since before I can remember. Throughout the majority of my....
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The American Robin
by Michael Fritz-Graham
I'll take Manhattan!... and they have, by storm and popular demand. Possibly the most famous and loved bird in the USA, the American Robin…
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Monk (Quaker) Parakeets in New York City
by Michael Fritz-Graham
How The Quakers Landed. Urban legend has it (now documented) that c.1967 a large, live shipment of monk parakeets left their...
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Chimney Swifts
by Michael Fritz-Graham
What Is That? Twittering, chattering little acrobatic cinders with wings have been swooping in and out of your chimney stack. They're not bats. ...
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The Uncommon “Common” Nighthawk
by Michael Fritz-Graham
There is something incredibly sad, even tragic about a summer night in New York City without that magic spirit of the starry sky, ...
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Mount Auburn Cemetery. Cambridge, MA, USA
with Andrew Culshaw
For me, birding has always been primarily about covering a local patch, mainly in urban or suburban locations. One of the most …