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Long Island’s Amazing Urban Wildlife Refuge

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Oystercatcher chick.

Oystercatcher chick.

Diamond terrapin nesting.

Diamond terrapin nesting. Mike Bottini

Barn owl chicks.

Barn owl chicks. Mike Bottini

An osprey nest.

An osprey nest. Mike Bottini

Osprey chicks.

Osprey chicks. Mike Bottini

Bald eagle chicks.

Bald eagle chicks. Mike Bottini

authorMike Bottini on Jun 30, 2020
Last week, I joined my close friend and colleague Don Riepe for a day in the field on his home turf: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Don spent several decades working... more

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