From the daily archives:

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Roseate Spoonbill – Delaware’s First Record

July 2, 2009

Here’s a reason to use Twitter: it can put you onto a rare bird faster than a New York minute!

The first Roseate Spoonbill ever to grace Delaware’s shores was observed the Sunday before my trip to Maryland. The bird—believed to be a first-year juvenile —was first observed in Fenwick Island (Assawoman Bay) in the extreme southeast corner of the state, close enough to the MD line to make MD listers green with envy (and hoping for a strong north wind).

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Bluebirds in My Backyard – I knew this day would come

July 2, 2009

I knew this day would come. I hoped for it, I planned for it. But after three solid years of living on this corner lot in upstate New York and never even SEEING a bluebird for miles, my hopes were growing dim.

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