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JANUARY 2, 2024

Bird Day is a lovely, little jewel of a book. The idea is to portray one bird for each hour of the day in words and art, presenting the diversity, beauty, and wonder of avian life. Angell’s black-and-white illustrations bring sparks of energy and visual clarity to the fascinating bird behaviors described by Huber.

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MAY 4, 2014

The birds seem to be dragging their proverbial heels this year, but migration still rewards those who would brave the bitter May chill! Although I arrived with warblers on my mind, my favorite bird had to be a beauteous Blue-headed Vireo. What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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AUGUST 10, 2014

If you read my weekly posts bookending theweekend birding experience, you know that I pay close attention to phenology. The way the ebb and flow of each season impacts out experience of the natural world must inform our efforts to observe avifauna if we want to optimize our experience. Birding best bird weekend'

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OCTOBER 12, 2014

Camping and birding both fall under the category of “nature” activities, yet the two seem only tangentially related. What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed. Birding best bird weekend' How about you?

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MAY 26, 2014

We’re a little slow to discuss this weekend’s birding because many of us in the U.S. But if you’re eager to share the spoils of your recent avian adventures, let the bird bragging commence! What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend' How about you?

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

My best birds this weekend were American Goldfinches on purple coneflowers, which is where I like them best. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a surprise Marsh Wren which popped up out of the reeds while Corey was busy counting Chimney Swifts feeding low over Willow Lake in Queens on Saturday morning. How about you?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Birding best bird weekend' How about you?

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OCTOBER 26, 2014

How does a person even find time to look at birds? Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was either of the two amazingly cooperative Eastern Bluebirds he came across on Saturday morning in Kissena Corridor Park in Queens. What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend' How about you?

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MAY 18, 2014

Most North American birders I know would definitely represent the month of May with a bright and sprightly wood-warbler, though the argument about which bird would best serve would be epic indeed. What birds, I wonder, would you select to fill out your birding calendar? What is your bird of the moment? How about you?

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APRIL 5, 2022

Thank you, goddess of birding luck and text group people).* My inner self felt stuck in an area between disbelief and total joy and the voices near me were echoing this state of mind: “Oh My God,” “I never thought I would see this bird,” “Look at that bill!” “How did that bird get here?”

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JANUARY 26, 2014

What good, though, is a polar vortex if it doesn’t come attended by polar birds? Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a Bald Eagle that he watched (and photographed) hunting and eating a Blue-winged Teal at Viera Wetlands. What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend' How about you?

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NOVEMBER 2, 2014

With this weekend consumed by Halloween excitement, bats were more easily encountered than birds. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a relatively common species though it was uncommonly cooperative. What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend' How did you fare? How about you?

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

September migration is a fine time to appreciate birds on the wing, so fine that many of you may have missed many of our Extinction Week posts. My Best Bird of the Weekend was a turkey, actually several Wild Turkeys. While I see turkeys intermittently all year long, these birds really look best in autumn sunlight. How about you?

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MAY 11, 2014

Assuming that your over-worked eyes are as blurry as mine at the moment, we should get right down to business and talk birds… The best of the many warblers I uncovered at Cobbs Hill this weekend was an entirely improbable Kentucky Warbler. What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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OCTOBER 19, 2014

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was one that he unfortunately failed to photograph, a Dickcissel at Jacob Riis Park in Queens. What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed. Birding best bird weekend' How about you?

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MARCH 2, 2014

Seriously, if this continues into migration, the birds are all going to fly back south. He wanted to tell me all about it, which earns the robin Best Bird of the Weekend honors. What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed.

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JULY 20, 2014

This is an interesting time of year when people are coming and going while birds mostly sit still. Except, of course, that some birds are also coming and going too. The trick is to make sure your path crosses those of the right birds at the right time. How do you like my odds of finding a different blue bird next weekend?

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AUGUST 17, 2014

My favorite birds this weekend were a mess of Mallard ducklings I could share with my kids, niece, and nephew. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a Yellow-breasted Chat , only his third ever in Queens, that he found at Fort Tilden. What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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AUGUST 24, 2014

Corey had a bunch of birds to choose from for his Best Bird of the Weekend after having a marvelous time birding Jamaica Bay’s East Pond on Sunday morning with David. What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed.

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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. What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed. Birding best bird weekend' Did you enjoy your weekend?

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

The good news for those of us who like both birds and sports is that a team with an avian avatar looks likely to make it to the Super Bowl again. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend is one he considered long overdue, his first Buff-breasted Sandpiper in Queens ever! What was your best bird of the weekend? Number 305!

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JUNE 22, 2014

I enjoyed all manner of early summer entertainment and look to the Barn Swallow s that bombed us as we picked strawberries and soared daringly along the lakeshore as my Best Birds of the Weekend. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a no-brainer. What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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MARCH 16, 2014

When I saw a Turkey Vulture soaring serenely over the frozen tundra of Rochester last month, I took the sighting as an example of how confused, in a potentially fatal way, some birds can get. Still, the poor bird may be in for some frigid nights ere warm weather settles in. What was your best bird of the weekend? How about you?

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APRIL 20, 2014

Perhaps the weekend’s pleasure proceeded from the arrival of birds not seen here for months. The Best Bird of my weekend was a real find. This species is quite rare during migration in my area and this bird was, in one sense, way too early but, for my purposes, right on time. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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JUNE 1, 2014

Can the best bird of your weekend be one you didn’t see? Obviously, not seeing a desired bird can place the offender in the Worst Bird of the Weekend category. Only the second known to grace New York State, this bird has all the state birders abuzz, particularly the ones too distant to chase it. How about you?

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MARCH 30, 2014

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was his first migrating Eastern Phoebe of the year , what he considers the true sign that spring has come. What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed. Birding best bird weekend'

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FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Now that Winter Olympic fever has gripped the global imagination, I can’t help but wonder why we don’t have more international birding competitions like the International Birding Rally in Peru. The bird in the picture above, with a Common Merganser , is surely part of that exodus. Birding best bird weekend'

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AUGUST 31, 2014

are enjoying a long weekend, you got extra time to establish a Best Bird of the Weekend. Did Monday morning birding make a difference? What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed. Birding August weekend' How about you?

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MARCH 9, 2014

When asking “Where Are You Birding This Weekend?” The insightful point I meant to make is that springing forward means losing an hour of sleep, not an hour of birding. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was one of three great goose species he saw on Saturday during a day-long expedition in eastern Long Island.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2014

As much as I love hearing about and sharing Best Birds of the Weekend, sometimes I have cause to ponder just what that term means. Obviously, the birds themselves are not jockeying for recognition. Rather, we designate best birds according to our priorities and perceptions of value. BBOTW speaks volumes about birders, not birds.

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APRIL 6, 2014

Though Corey spent most of the day on Sunday birding Sandy Hook in New Jersey, seeing 73 species of birds, including four new species for him for the year, his Best Bird of the Weekend was the Forest Park waterhole in Queens, where he spotted his first Louisiana Waterthrush of the year. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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JANUARY 5, 2014

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was any one of the forty-five Canvasback he counted at the World’s Fair Marina in Queens. What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed. Birding best bird weekend' How about you?

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JULY 13, 2014

His song, “C hanges in latitude, changes in birding attitude” really rings true when you’re on the road. Most people don’t expect birding wisdom from Buffet, but he is, after all, the Chief Parrothead! The grosbeak gets the edge for my best bird since I have a thing for blue birds. How about you?

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APRIL 27, 2014

Corey went much further out of his way to twitch a bird that had traveled much farther still (or at least we hope it did). How’s that for a Best Bird of the Weekend? What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed.

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JULY 27, 2014

If we could only find good ways to get beach-goers interested in birds instead of irritated by them. Of those shorebirds my Best Bird of the Weekend was a hulking Long-billed Dowitcher that towered over its Short-billed brethren. What was his best bird? What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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APRIL 17, 2014

Whatever your philosophy is, whether you observe Easter or revere Eostre or Ostara or simply the sheer, improbable beauty of life in this universe, be sure to get outside and experience it firsthand! But Corey and I will be looking at birds. Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding? Birding April weekend'

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FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Those of you who follow such things should be pleased to learn that this weekend was quite auspicious for sports teams named for birds. But at last the Seattle Seahawks, named for a bird we all know and love , have won the championship and further advanced the cause of avian inspiration for athletes! Birding best bird weekend'

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