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MARCH 29, 2015

Nearly everywhere in the world, birds are on the wing, not just traveling to and from their daily haunts but returning to their ancestral circuit. Instead of enjoying early migrants, I can appreciate the spring songs of my local winter birds. What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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MARCH 1, 2019

Falconry Month at Birds and Booze: I’ve decided to dedicate this month of March 2019 to wines and beers related to the history of falconry – or hawking – for no other reason than that I’ve recently acquired several bottles adorned with mostly medieval European iconography relating to this “sport of kings”.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2015

As members of an international community of nature lovers, we all experience the weekend in different parts of this wide, wide world. ” That said, no season is so dire as to chase all the birds away. What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend' How about you?

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Birds of Belize by Steve N. Howell and Dale Dyer and Birds of Costa Rica by Dale Dyer and Steve N. Dale Dyer put in years working on his paintings for Birds of Central America , both in the field and in the museum. Howell utilizes the IOC World Bird List (v.11.2, Why are these issues? © 2023 by Steve N.

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MARCH 15, 2015

Corey overcame such weakness: his Best Bird of the Weekend was a Great Horned Owl on a nest at a location in Queens he wishes not to disclose. Though seeing an owl on a nest is an awesome experience there can be too much of a good thing for a sought-after species in a vulnerable situation. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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JANUARY 25, 2015

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. What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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FEBRUARY 9, 2015

So many sexy snow birds pop up this time of year: Snow Buntings , Snow Geese , Snowy Owls … But if you’re like me, you couldn’t get out to see them this weekend. Between work and shoveling, I had no chance to get out birding. What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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APRIL 19, 2015

And also birds, also cool! Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was his first Black-and-White Warbler of the year, carefully searching every crevice in the bark of a large oak tree in Forest Park. What was your best bird of the weekend? What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend'

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

10,000 Birds is running a series of articles by and about tour guides, tour companies, eco-lodges, and other birding travel organizations. We want to help the birding tourism industry come back strong from the COVID pandemic. Marcelo Arias has 25+ years of experience guiding. In Ecuador, there are 1.600+ species of birds.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Alas, the team named for a bird fell short of the crown in Super Bowl XLIX. The non-Seahawk birds that caught my eye this weekend were Northern Cardinals , which always look their best burning crimson against a blanket of white snow. What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend' How about you?

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APRIL 5, 2015

Corey had quite a few species to choose from this weekend but decided that his Best Bird of the Weekend was the simple Tree Swallow. 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' Spring is here!

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JANUARY 18, 2015

Get excited, bird lovers… a team with an avian appellation is headed to the Super Bowl! For the second year in a row, the Seattle Seahawks will represent the NFC, the Pacific Northwest, and bird lovers everywhere in pursuit of the NFL championship. What was your best bird of the weekend? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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AUGUST 14, 2015

Birding can leave a bitter taste in your mouth if you fixate on certain aspects of the experience. A prime example would be my utter failure to pick up lifers during my last two trips, galling indeed to someone who tends to love new birds over old ones. But birding is obviously so much more than ticking names off a list.

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MARCH 22, 2015

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a Common Redpoll at the feeders in Forest Park on Saturday morning. 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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JUNE 7, 2015

Seeing the radio show in CMAC’s splendid open air venue made the experience even more genteel, but the performers had a hard time competing with very vocal American Robins greeting the dusk with song. What was your best bird of the weekend? I enjoyed the refined pleasure of a Prairie Home Companion performance in Canandaigua.

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JULY 26, 2015

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a Bushy-crested Jay , one of quote a few fine species he spotted while exploring the area around Copan Ruinas in Honduras. What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed. How about you?

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MARCH 1, 2015

My best bird sighting this weekend was a Red-tailed Hawk , significant not just because these common raptors always command respect but because of what this particular bird had in its mouth: nesting material! What was your best bird of the weekend? Birding best bird weekend' How about you?

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OCTOBER 11, 2015

A beautiful weekend for watching birds demands beautiful people watching birds. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was one of the 76 the Queens County Bird Club recorded during the Big Sit on Saturday at the hawk watch platform at Fort Tilden. The bird was a Dickcissel and it was identified by voice as it flew over.

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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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SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was one of the several Black Vultures that went overhead during a family hike to Anthony’s Nose in the Hudson Valley. The birding wasn’t very exciting but the hike was nice and allowed a nice view of Bear Mountain, the Bear Mountain Bridge, and the Hudson River. How about you?

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JUNE 21, 2015

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was his first Gull-billed Tern of the year at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed. How about you?

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AUGUST 16, 2015

American Avocet is always a good bird in New York State and it is Corey’s 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. One, however, stood out from the rest. How about you?

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AUGUST 9, 2015

New ecosystems mean new birds. My travels with family to the coast of Virginia have already yielded a bevy of birds I usually only see once a year. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was any of the many Blackburnian Warblers foraging in the hemlock trees around his campsite in the Catskill Mountains. See why I love summer?

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was one of several good birds that I, he, and his buddy Seth spotted in Kissena Corridor Park on Saturday morning. Yes, Queens birding is crazy. 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 18, 2015

At least that means winter birds are on their way. Corey had a huge number of birds to choose from this weekend as northwest winds were continuous through New York City all weekend long. But of all the species he spotted he felt either of the two Grasshopper Sparrows at Kissena Park in Queens was his Best Bird of the Weekend.

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MAY 11, 2015

Mid-May is one of those times of year where everything needs to take a backseat to birding. Corey saw 115 species of bird on Saturday alone so he had lots of to choose from in picking his Best Bird of the Weekend. What was your best bird of the weekend? Are new migrants flooding your area? How about you?

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MAY 15, 2023

I visited Tengchong in late 2020 and wrote about it – but I also went there earlier, in 2017, and this post shows some photos I took during that trip, along with the usual comments that seem to be much more about ridiculing my fellow humans (especially ornithologists and the like) than providing useful information on birds.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

For everyone else, this is as good a time as any to look forward to another twelve months of health and happiness… and birds, obviously. The only birds I had eyes for this week were the Cardinals, Ravens, and Seahawks that kicked off the first week of NFL football. Now that’s a fun bird to see! How about you?

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JULY 19, 2015

To beat the heat I birded the coast on Sunday morning and was rewarded with expected birds of shore and sea. My Best Bird of the Weekend was any of the American Oystercatchers that were flying in flocks in some kind of territorial squabble that I could make neither heads nor tails of. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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AUGUST 2, 2015

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was difficult to choose, seeing as part of it occurred while he was still in Honduras. But for sheer awesomeness not much can compare to a Spectacled Owl , so the one at Rio Santiago makes the grade as Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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OCTOBER 4, 2015

Highly volatile times can deliver terrific birding. Or terrible birding. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was not a wind-blown seabird like he was hoping. My best bird was simply a Black-capped Chickadee visiting my replenished feeders; I look forward to toughing out the winter with these adaptable birds.

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JUNE 28, 2015

Hopefully you celebrated by enjoying some fine birds! Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend could have been the White-faced Ibis at Captree Island, his first of the year, but White-faced Ibis are boring. What was your best bird of the weekend? How about you?

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FEBRUARY 15, 2015

A weekend in which we observe both Valentine’s Day and the Great Backyard Bird Count is one most of us need to recover from, am I right? Actually the temperature is rather frigid in my part of the world, which meant that most birds weren’t willing to brave the subzero temps. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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AUGUST 23, 2015

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a ratty male Tennessee Warbler that was aware of its tattered plumage and kept trying to preen it in presentableness. What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed. How about you?

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APRIL 12, 2015

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a new bird in New York State for him, a difficult feat when approaching 400 species checked off the checklist. Note: this bird wasn’t the handsome one above photographed by Doug Gochfeld in central Florida.). What was your best bird of the weekend? How about you?

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NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Looks like American Tree Sparrows , among my favorite winter birds, have returned! Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was actually a flock of birds in the form of fourteen Wood Ducks flushing out of the Great Vly in Corey’s hometown of Saugerties, New York. What was your best bird of the weekend? How about you?

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OCTOBER 25, 2015

Well, it’s official… no MLB team named for a bird is going to the World Series. The Blue Jays gave their all, but we now need to turn our avian-inspired athletic interest to the NFL, where at least a couple of football teams with bird totems are worth watching! What was your best bird of the weekend? How about you?

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