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Birders As Family

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Pretty much every birder in the area has gone out to see theses birds and full frame photos are popping up on blogs, Twitter accounts and Facebook pages and groups. What is up with the birding community in the northern part of the US recently? Have we all gone completely mental? It’s a pleasant way to spend and hour on the refuge.

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The State of the Bird Blogosphere

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In the last ten days the two biggest bird blogs in the bird blogosphere, 10,000 Birds and the ABA Blog , have had their biggest days in terms of traffic ever. On a monthly basis more people are visiting bird blogs than ever before and traffic continues to rise. There are a lot of bird blogs but not a lot with a lot of traffic.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of April 2012)

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The month and this particular period is all the more auspicious for me and mine, as so many friends and families celebrate spring birthdays. 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.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of July 2021)

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In addition to working with family to create a new cocktail (the “Christmas in July” which is the liquid that drains from ceviche mixed with vodka, preferably with a chunk of whitefish in it) he got some good birds. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of February 2021)

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Corey went for a walk at Jamaica Bay with his family on Saturday evening, after the rain had stopped in New York City and went out again, alone, on Sunday morning before the rain picked back up. He and his family were delighted by displaying American Woodcocks once it got dark out. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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I and the Bird is Back!

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But what we did have was our own blog carnival! The inaugural edition of I and the Bird featured sixteen bird bloggers from around the world, many of whom are still blogging today (right Sharon and Clare ?!) As the web matured, the traditional blog carnival lost its relevance. But all good things must come to an end.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of November 2021)

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I finally had a chance to visit my brother and his family in their beautiful new home in Westchester. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. We explored a trail near his home, where we (really just me) were rewarded with a sighting of a perky Winter Wren. How about you?

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