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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of January 2016)

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Corey had a host of birds to choose from as his Best Bird of the Weekend as he spent Friday morning birding at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Orange County, California. He didn’t see them do a courtship dance but their elegance was more than enough to leave him happy about the experience.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of October 2016)

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Nature lovers, on the other hand, find time for wildlife watching every weekend. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. At least one weekend a year, bats–particularly the vampiric kind–command more attention than birds, at least from most people. Happy Halloween!

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Afforestation

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I started afforesting our church lot in 2016, just after we were able to fence it. The neighbors had advised me, from experience, that planting trees without excluding the local free-ranging livestock would be an exercise in futility: first challenge overcome.) But someday, when the trees are tall enough, I hope to leave them all.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of January 2016)

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Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was any of the three R ed-cockaded Woodpeckers he saw in the pine woods of Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area in central Florida on Friday during the “Central Florida Specialties” trip for the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. Such a rare bird is always a good sighting!

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of April 2016)

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Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a cooperative Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge that contentedly foraged while Corey digiscoped. 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?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of July 2016)

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Corey enjoyed visits on both Saturday and Sunday mornings to the East Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge where he searched through the shorebirds diligently. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of April 2016)

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Instead, like every spring, Corey was charmed by the Tree Swallows defending their nest boxes at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge when he visited there Sunday morning. 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?

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