10,000 Birds
JULY 10, 2014
Enjoy your patches and your resident breeders. The reason I mention vacation birding is that I’m headed down to Virginia Beach this weekend for sun, sand, and who knows what else. Anyone who knows me knows my favorite kind of birding: vacation birding. I’ll take new birds in new habitat any day.
10,000 Birds
JULY 13, 2014
Traveling really rejuvenates the passion when local breeders become banal. I’ve only been in Virginia Beach for a few days and I’ve already knocked down most of my targets, including Blue Grosbeak and Yellow-breasted Chat at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 8, 2014
The last one were breeders also, at Massapequa Preserve. ). Imagine my joy, however, as on my walk to the tower a Virginia Rail sauntered past almost within touching distance. Sure, a birder had reported a cooperative Virginia Rail the day before but I didn’t expect lightening to strike twice!
Critter News
MARCH 14, 2009
I am no fan of breeders, I'll admit it. I think there are many disreputable breeders, I think they are increasing a bloated supply of pets, and I think there are many purebreds already available from shelters. I also know there are people who want to buy from a breeder and no one else. Tags: breeders.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2014
The next hour plus netted me a host of other species, including my two other targets, Virginia Rail and Common Gallinule. As always, the woods around the marsh were busy with breeders setting up shop. Not only that but the sunrise over the marsh (as seen above) was a wonder to behold.
10,000 Birds
MAY 26, 2019
Spotting Blackpoll Warblers around here breaks bittersweet; obviously, anyone would enjoy spotting one of these monochromatic songbirds, but with this late migrant comes the promise of months of little more than resident breeders. Corey has been enjoying the beach and the sun down in Virginia all weekend.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2020
And, until recently, those forests also hosted Townsend’s , Hermit , Black-and-White , Virginia’s , and even a Colima Warbler or two each year. So go ahead and take your summer breeders back. I have still seen each of these species out in the forest between two days and three weeks after they abandoned my yard.
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