Hofstra Birds

There are a lot of birds at Hofstra University!

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This NORTHERN CARDINAL in front of the Graduate Residence Hall represented one of the 29 species we found on the Hofstra campus yesterday (Jan 2) on the annual Christmas Bird Count.

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@wild_ecology Not that I’m aware of except that Russ said back when it was constructed there was stuff in there. The gross run-off water periodically flowing in did everything in, I think he said. Still, there are wall lizards!

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This GREEN-WINGED TEAL hanging out with mallards at the Sanctuary pond this weekend is a campus first. Hofstra species #118!

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@scorplanes thanks

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@mollyroth_ really sorry about this

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@ohyourethatsav sorry

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@JonnyMGrimes @stephamarty The night-roosting Crows are native species. Many of the most common Hofstra species are introduced — House Sparrows, Pigeons, Starlings, House Finches. But Fish Crows are very long-term New Yorkers!

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@EmilyYanko @stephamarty Yes! Good ID. Mostly Fish Crows. https://t.co/Yj72526sRJ

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@stephamarty Mostly Fish Crows—the mostly coastal relative of American Crows. They come in from dozens of miles around each evening to moving communal nighttime roosts for communication and probably mutual protection. https://t.co/Yj72526sRJ

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@michelapantano @saunidavenport We come in peace.

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@Kennedayyyyy Sorry.

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This is a COMMON RAVEN from this weekend at Hofstra, north campus. A small family of them has been living just east of campus. Until very recently not at all common on Long Island, ravens have been moving in!

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This #northernmockingbird doesn’t seem to mind this gray day @hofstrau. #hofviews @HofstraBirds #birds

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It took us seven annual #Hofstra Christmas Bird Counts to find a Northern Flicker, but this one popped up along Colonial Drive on Saturday. @ Hofstra University https://t.co/PGsGUcU7E1

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Yesterday's Hofstra Christmas Bird Count yielded 22 species on campus, just below our average of 24. Among them were 16 Northern Cardinals, including this one …

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Annual Hofstra Christmas Bird Count is this Saturday, Dec 28. The whole Hofstra community is welcome/invited! No bird experience required, just interest. Meet 8 AM, west end of Gittleson.

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The annual South Nassau Christmas Bird Count— including our Hofstra/Hempstead Plains section—will be Sat Dec 28 this year. If you are around, all experience-levels are welcome! We walk around campus and then hit a few other nearby spots. Come and go as you like.

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The Hofstra Campus is newly full of winter arrivals. The high peep of the White-throated Sparrows is everywhere, as they've just returned to spend winter with us, and listen for the ringing trill of Dark-eyed Juncos, who arrived with this week's cold front.

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More than once our Christmas Bird Count has missed seeing any woodpeckers on campus at all. Today, there are three species of woodpecker right on the tree right outside Heger Hall: Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

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Public Safety officer: Can I help you with something? Me: No thank you. PS: Well, I saw you looking *up*. Me: That's how we celebrate #DayInThePride here at @HofstraBirds!