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More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. The Gray Crowned-Crane is a new addition to the list of the world’s Endangered species, creeping up a category from Vulnerable.
A weekend that included well north of a hundred species is a difficult weekend for which to decide what is the Best Bird of the Weekend and Corey had that enviable task this weekend. 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?
Although Bobolinks are a very rare migrant, lots of other birds are possible, more than enough to rack up hundreds of species over the course of the year. Each January, I hope to identify at least 600 species over the next 12 months, this year, I’m hoping that Marilen and I (aka Team Tyto ) will find 700.
Over twenty species of wood-warbler, a variety of shorebirds, and host of birds in general will make for some fun fall birding. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. On a nineteen warbler morning, Prairie Warbler stood out for me because I never get to see them upstate.
The best of summer birding in my experience takes place at the beach. Our land-locked species in temperate zones tend to become too focused on the little details of perpetuating their species to be sufficiently entertaining. Out on the shore, though, a whole suite of species exists in the places we gravitate to anyway.
A distant American White Pelican on the East Pond was Corey’s 264th species in Queens this year, which tops his previous best by three species. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?
There is the blog The Drinking Bird , but what about the drinking birder? In researching this blog post I did stumble across a blog I had not heard of before entitled The Drunkbirder , but I failed to find a single post on that blog that involved over-imbibing and birding. Do people go birding while inebriated?
Corey did get out for some socially distant birding this weekend and his Best Bird of the Weekend was a Yellow-throated Warbler at Cunningham Park, only his fifth record of the species in Queens. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?
I finally tracked down Black-bellied Plover , a shorebird species that had been eluding me for the county for years, plus a bonus bird in the form of a very infrequent Forster’s Tern hobnobbing with the usual Caspians. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.
Corey had two species he wanted to make sure he saw this weekend because it is their prime migration time and he hadn’t seen either all year. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Is that so much to ask? How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?
Normally, one of the two species that were new for him for the year (in this case, Least Bittern and Western Sandpiper ) would be his Best Bird of the Weekend. 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?
Corey had an excellent weekend’s birding, adding three species to his year list for Queens, Eared Grebe , Tundra Swan , and Red-shouldered Hawk. 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?
While I knocked down plenty of first of spring birds this weekend, I most appreciated the appearance of a species that hangs around all winter. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. At least my summers are mild. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?
I’ve continued my inconsistent effort to pick off the species I need for my Monroe County list. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. On the other hand, if fate turns fickle, you’ll miss the good stuff entirely. Rumor (i.e. How about you?
Of all the species he saw he had one that was easily his Best Bird of the Weekend, as it was a new bird for him in New York State. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Corey enjoyed getting out early and birding both days this weekend, and has the lists to back him up.
I finally chased down what has been a nemesis species for me at Webster Park, which seems to be one of Rochester’s most reliable winter finch hotspots. He also enjoyed Red Crossbills this weekend, but in Queens, only the second time he’s seen the species in his home borough and the first in over ten years! How about you?
Most of the birds I spotted this weekend are the same species I’ll be hanging out with all winter. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Migration is meaningful to those of us who appreciate when non-local birds invade our local airspace, so make the most of this one.
Not only did I pick up that little brown job, but I found plenty more species that looked verrrry much like it. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Good times! How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?
The finch didn’t show up except for American Goldfinch , so he chose this common species as his Best Bird of the Weekend, as at least they showed up. 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?
I’ve continued my efforts to at least keep pace with Monroe County listers by seeking out new species for my local list. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Once again, dad takes it for the team! Luckily, I’ve seen both well before. How about you?
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?
I added yet another new Monroe County bird in the form of a Stilt Sandpiper this weekend, which is the only way this species earns my Best Bird honors. 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?
After three attempts, I finally found this incredibly rare vagabond sandpiper spinning amongst more common local species; interestingly enough, it prefers the company of Bonaparte’s Gulls , which the phalarope happens to resemble in both winter plumage and feeding territory. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?
At least that’s where I added this species to my New York list. 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? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed.
A Saturday morning seawatch netted Corey a Cory’s Shearwater , a nice year bird, but he couldn’t get good enough looks at the two Great Shearwaters that went past for him to count them as a new species for his Queens list. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.
Though he saw more than twenty species of wood-warbler this weekend the Hooded Warbler was his Best Bird of the Weekend both because of the effort he put into finding it, the serendipitous nature of the encounter, and the fact that a whole bunch of other birders got to see the bird. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?
Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was the third-from-last species to be added to his Big Sit total on Sunday afternoon, an amazingly cooperative Philadelphia Vireo that spent over an hour foraging around the Fort Tilden hawkwatch platform. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.
Miami, Florida has a reputation among the birding community for being overrun with exotic bird species. However, the typical birding experience for someone down here also includes a large menagerie of other species such as Orange-winged Parrot , Mitred Parakeet , Egyptian Goose and Nutmeg Mannikin. It is well-deserved.
Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was one of the many species of wood-warblers he saw this weekend, which was amazing for neotropical migration in New York City. 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?
He got out on both mornings and saw pretty much expected species. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. This is probably why his Best Bird of the Weekend is simply a Northern Mockingbird that sat still in morning light. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?
I was shocked to still find a number of shorebird species up at Braddock Bay, perhaps because of how much productive mud the dropping lake levels have exposed. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Hopefully, you’re looking forward to the month ahead! How about you?
Of the species I spotted at Carbon Canyon Regional Park the bird I most appreciated was the California Thrasher , especially the one that cooperated for some portrait photography. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. So that will be my Best Bird of the Weekend.
First birds came in the form of migrants and resident species that live in an oasis of precious green space near home. 2022 gave me a fair share of wonderful birds and birding experiences. Those kept me below the 700 species threshhold but I won’t complain about 691 species. 48 Hummingbird Species.
Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a species that he only gets to see in winter and usually has to work for, sorting through flocks of Horned Larks. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Between work and shoveling, I had no chance to get out birding.
Corey enjoyed getting out around Queens on both Saturday and Sunday morning, and managed to get his total species in the borough to an all time high for January, with 115. 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?
Corey had quite a few species from which to choose for his Best Bird of the Weekend but he couldn’t resist deciding on the Snowy Owl he watched and digiscoped at Tiana Beach in Suffolk County on Saturday. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?
With the foresight to get my taxes taken care of early, I was free to enjoy the cold spring weather and lingering winter species around here. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Some are surely at it still. What a way to ruin a weekend! Birding best bird weekend'
My family took our annual post-Easter Egg hunt hike at Powder Mills Park, where I spied several gorgeous matched pairs of Wood Ducks along with lots of different woodpecker species. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend?
Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was easy for him to pick despite the fact that he had over 100 species from which to choose. The Whooping Crane is a very special bird and seeing one for the first time is a never-to-be-forgotten experience. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'
A huge raft of seaducks included numerous Redheads , a species I don’t nearly see often enough. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. My weekend wasn’t as eventful as Russell Wilson’s, but I did locate some open water in the icy Irondequoit Bay Inlet.
Obliging species like Grey-headed Kingfisher , Long-crested Eagle , and even a pair of Greater Blue-eared Starlings ensured we didn’t get anywhere quickly. Needless to say, I was still overwhelmed by the presence of numerous species of shorebirds I hadn’t previously seen.
I forgot how much bigger these birds are than the other species like chickadees they pal around with. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend ™ was one of the many American Pipits that were moving along the coast.
Before I get into the nitty-gritties of my awesome birding experiences in Hungary I thought I would just share a few of the shots that I got during the trip. My life list has increased by 33 which, considering I tallied 137 species during the trip (out of the 160 that the group got), is a pretty significant total.
We saw a lot of great birds but only one truly rare one, a species that everyone on that trip will long remember. Unfortunately for me, that special species spotted in the bay separating Hong Kong from China was Red-breasted Merganser. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.
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