What does a birder do when he (or she) has graduated from little brown jobs to peeps and age-classing juvenile gulls? In New York, he sets about a big year where he attempts to see 300 species.
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Laura Kammermeier | writer & web consultant
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I bird, I write, I travel.
Birding sights, sites, and insights from a passionate birder, traveler, writer, and explorer.
"I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life...to put to rout all that was not life; and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." -- Thoreau
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Recent Posts
- Slice of Life with The Village Kids
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- Write Well, When You Can (and how to use RSS feeds)
- Short-eared Owls: The Best Gig in Town
- Feeding Chickadees by Hand and Head!
- Kids in Nature: Proud Warriors of Chimney Bluffs
- Our Mission: Get More People “Out There” With Nature
- Green Jay: a Caribbean Creamsicle
- Moment of Zen: Bluebird Pair Feeding Young
- Ten Favorite Bird Photos of 2009
- Tri-colored Heron
- My Christmas Challenge: Publish A Recipe
- Watching Gulls at Niagara Falls
- It’s A Sin To Kill A Spark Bird
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- @mikeyboy50 @birdingdude Your FF mentions are so appreciated! I don't do them often myself, but you are both on there...Good birding. true 3 hours ago
- I'm listening to "Right Next Door" by Bettye Lavette (http://bit.ly/9wPEZF) #pandora true 15 hours ago
- @LRockwellatty @docforestal Thanks for the FF! I don't do them often, but you're both high on my list. Hope your weekend is sunny. true 21 hours ago
- A "Slice of Life" of village living: Yesterday afternoon's walk w/my kids (w/enough beer, mud & candy 2 indulge us all) http://bit.ly/a6z2d1 true 21 hours ago
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About Laura
Laura Kammermeier is a writer and web consultant based in Rochester, New York. She specializes in nature, travel, and birding, and is an accomplished online content specialist and web producer.
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Laura Kammermeier writer/web consultant 585.730.9279 laurakamms@gmail.comConnect
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