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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Corey spent the last weekend before his son started school camping with family and friends in the western Catskill Mountains. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Most of the birds I spotted this weekend are the same species I’ll be hanging out with all winter.

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MAY 26, 2014

While I saw some pretty special species this weekend, the most special was the Gray Catbird because my sweet 7-year niece totally got into finding one; I think I’ve found the next generation birder in the family! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?

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JULY 5, 2020

Corey enjoyed camping with family and friends for the long weekend after getting tested for COVID and coming up negative. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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OCTOBER 12, 2014

I ask because, despite my deep affection for warmth, indoor plumbing, and uninterrupted Internet access, I found myself and my family enjoying an overnight out of doors. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Why is camping so interesting? How about you?

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AUGUST 4, 2013

I know that families in the United States are already fretting/anticipating September’s arrival. Now that we’re later in the season, they are grouping either in family clusters or anticipation of migration. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2020

At least I didn’t have to travel far for great birds; my whole family thrilled to the sight of an adult Sharp-shinned Hawk chowing down on an unspecified rodent in our yard. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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APRIL 19, 2015

Also lots of birthdays in my family, which is cool. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. A better question might be to ask what isn’t great about April. And also birds, also cool! How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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JUNE 29, 2020

However, my best birds showed up much closer to home in the form of a chattering House Wren family which apparently displaced my usual Carolina Wren. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. I need more birds!! How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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APRIL 6, 2014

April bears the most fruit for my family tree, including my own bad apple birthday this week. Does your family celebrate a lot of April birthdays? If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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MARCH 29, 2015

But Corey also hit up the Forest Park bird feeders with his family Saturday afternoon and Desi, his five-year-old, was so taken with a Red-bellied Woodpecker (the one above) that Corey had to choose it as his favorite bird of the weekend too. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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JANUARY 4, 2015

No, he just brought his family to the area he knew one was hiding and waited for Daisy to make the discovery. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?

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APRIL 5, 2015

Actually, signs that winter won’t release its icy grip so readily are also apparent… my traditional Easter family hike was canceled on account of snow. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Signs of spring are evident everywhere winter once held sway.

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MARCH 22, 2020

You may have experienced one of the weirdest weekends of your life, what with all bars and restaurants closed and people maintaining a healthy distance from even close friends and family. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?

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MARCH 29, 2020

However, my whole family did take time to appreciate the understated beauty of Mourning Doves. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. All this time in front of a computer has me craving an epic hike but we barely got off our block this weekend. How about you?

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APRIL 5, 2020

But it was during an outing to Rockaway Beach with his family on Sunday afternoon that he saw his Best Bird of the Weekend, his first Piping Plover of the year. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. In fact, he saw six! How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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APRIL 18, 2021

Corey enjoyed getting out on birding outings both mornings of the weekend, and was out in nature with his family both afternoons. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Needless to say, he has quite a few birds to choose from in terms of his Best Bird of the Weekend.

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APRIL 5, 2021

Corey was extremely pleased to finally get out and about birding again after his family all caught COVID and recovered. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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AUGUST 3, 2014

Corey greatly enjoyed his weekend in the beautiful Catskill Mountains of upstate New York with family and friends. His favorite, and therefore his Best Bird of the Weekend, was actually a family of Eastern Phoebes , in particular the four fledglings. That level of cute is tough to top! What was your best bird of the weekend?

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DECEMBER 8, 2011

He goes on to describe how early classifications of the nine-primaried oscines relied on bill shape to determine family boundaries. A new perspective on tanagers Much of the core of the tanager family remains intact. Most of these birds are small, finch-like species with thick, conical bills for cracking seeds or eating insects.

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APRIL 20, 2014

Corey enjoyed his Easter weekend upstate with his family, though he did sneak out in the early mornings to look for birds. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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MAY 5, 2013

But a family hike on Sunday at Doodletown led to his first Cerulean Warbler of the year and there are very few birds that can top a Cerulean Warbler. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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DECEMBER 21, 2014

So many people devoted serious time this weekend to acquiring gifts for family, friends, and strategic acquaintances. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Hopefully, each of you found time to give yourselves the gift of a decent bird sighting or two.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Corey got his Best Bird of the Weekend early this weekend as while he and his family were making their way home from a week-long vacation in Cape Cod on Friday a Black-throated Gray Warbler was found in Queens at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. His wonderful family agreed to drive straight there before going home and Corey got a new Queens bird!

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OCTOBER 6, 2013

Blog security is serious business! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Corey and I don’t get out in the field together much, since we’ve determined that the ongoing security of 10,000 Birds requires the two of us to live in separate cities. How about you?

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JULY 1, 2011

On a recent family trip to Jones Beach, on New York’s Long Island, I had the opportunity to observe a small flock of gulls bathing, resting, and preening in some shallow brackish water that had collected behind the beach. They can also, because of their odd appearance, be difficult to identify.

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JUNE 15, 2014

But while one a whale-watching trip with his family on Saturday and seeing only Herring Gulls at the back of the boat for a good half-hour, he heard Desi, his four-and-a-half-year-old son, pipe up with “There’s a Laughing Gull ! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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OCTOBER 16, 2011

I, on the other hand, had a very busy weekend that included seeing The Big Year (look for a review soon), joining the huge Occupy Wall Street rally in Times Square, taking Desi to the Queens Zoo, and driving upstate to visit the newest addition to the family, my nephew, Andrew Peter (Congrats Jonathan and Shannon!).

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JUNE 21, 2015

I took my family on Sunday to explore a stretch of the flat but fancy Lehigh Valley Railroad Trail. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. This weekend delivered the longest days of the year to those of us on the top half of the world. How about you?

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FEBRUARY 5, 2012

On Saturday, he only found one out there but with his folks visiting he made another trip out with the whole family and spotted both owls, one of them a gorgeous adult male. Regardless, seeing Snowy Owls with the family and getting a new bird for the Queens list was great! What was your best bird of the weekend?

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a total surprise while on a family outing to Edgemere Landfill in Queens. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. The idea was to let Desi check out all of the grasshoppers and crickets that call the old, capped landfill home.

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OCTOBER 20, 2013

Though Corey originally picked a Field Sparrow at Edgemere Preserve (like the one pictured above) as his Best Bird of the Weekend, an afternoon outing with his family back to Edgemere Preserve so Desi could chase after crickets and grasshoppers led to his revised Best Bird of the Weekend, a fortuitous find. How about you?

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MAY 25, 2020

Those of us in the United States are celebrating Memorial Day Weekend, normally a time to gather with friends and family for barbecues, beach outings, and other fun group activities. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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OCTOBER 30, 2011

He is an excellent photographer and his blog, Bird Light Wind , is well worth a visit. Walter manages to see and photograph so many great birds that we felt it would be unfair to limit him to one specific beat so he is the Beat on Assignment, and will blog on the same topic for several consecutive posts before moving on to another topic.

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JUNE 28, 2015

I took a family trip down to rural Pennsylvania, where I can always count on seeing an abundance of Eastern Kingbirds … and I did. It could have been and of a trio of amazingly cooperative herons at Marine Nature Study Area but he decided to save them for other blog posts. Hopefully you celebrated by enjoying some fine birds!

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

My weekend was full of fall family fun with the highlight, a trip to pick the last of the season’s berries and the first of its apples. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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AUGUST 4, 2019

Corey spent the first half of the weekend finishing up his family trip in southern California and the rest of it getting back to New York and recovering from a red eye. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Share the details! Imagine that… a successful snipe hunt.

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JUNE 20, 2012

The world of bird-blogging is ever-changing and dynamic so you will be little surprised when you learn that we have some changes here in the Beat Writer lineup at 10,000 Birds. Until and if he comes back to 10,000 Birds you can check out his archive here.

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