Michael Givant
Michael Givant is a columnist for Anton Media Group. His column A Bird's Eye View is popular among local birdwatchers and photographers.
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Three Billboards, Darkest Hour Among Standout Oscar Nominees
When I’m not birding, I see about a 90 films a year both on the big screen and on DVD. As a fan of art house films I have little interest in English language commercial...
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Horseshoe Crab Festival
The Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is an invaluable environmental resource to both the creatures of the wild and the residents of geographical Long Island. The refuge, at 175-10 Cross Bay Blvd. in Broad Channel, Queens,...
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November’s Passing, Winter’s Ahead
November is the prelude to winter. Nature’s silent symphony of peak foliage is usually ending but this year I’ve been paying more attention to the eleventh month than usual. Delightful Confusion When I retired nearly 13 years...
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Oscars Front Runners
There is no shortage of talent in this year’s pool of Oscar hopefuls. Best Picture nominees for the 88th Academy Awards include: The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian,...
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Snowbirds Set To Start Season
If it’s high flying baseball you crave and the Mets and Yankees just don’t do it for you, then you’re in luck. The Nassau Snowbirds of the All-Avian Baseball League (AABBL) are back from spring...
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Birders Face Freaky Fog
My birding class had its last scheduled field trip on a Longboat Key beach thick with fog that had closed the port of Tampa 61 miles from here a few days before. We went anyway. A...
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Art House Films Compete For Oscars
Art house films sometimes make you think—or view the world—in a different way. Of the 80-plus films that I’ve screened this past year, these are my favorites. They’re grouped in categories, rather than listed numerically....
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Brown Pelican Feeding Frenzy
It’s a shutout. I’m walking over a mile-long Florida drawbridge from Anna Maria Island to Cortez hoping to get some pictures of brown pelicans and cormorants flying over and beneath the bridge. Not a bird...
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When Uncommon Birds Show Up
When uncommonly seen birds show up for days, it gives birders a chance to identify them and learn their behavior as well. Such sightings also may be for a scant minute so you have to...
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Getting To Know Sauvignon Blanc
Sauvignon blanc is enjoying great popularity, perhaps even replacing chardonnay, as the “go to” glass of white wine for many consumers. Originally French, it’s...
Back-To-School Checklist for Families With Asthma
By Robert Silverman For the more than six million children living with asthma nationwide, gearing up for another school year involves much more than picking...
Self-advocating Patients
Too many Americans die each year as a result of preventable medical error—mistakes, complications and misdiagnoses. And many more of us are not receiving...
Summer Music Concert Guide For Long Island and NYC Part II
For Part I concert listings (June through July), click here With summer in full swing, there’s no better time to go experience live music. As...
Remedying Those Wintertime Blues
Yes, it’s that time of year again. The temperatures begin to plummet, snow begins to settle outside and that dreadful cabin fever starts to...
