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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of September 2021)

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Most of the birds I spotted this weekend are the same species I’ll be hanging out with all winter. Most of the breeders seemed to have departed already on their journeys south but he did enjoy a Barred Owl serenade in the wee hours of the morning two days in a row so the Barred Owl wins as his Best Bird of the Weekend.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of June 2020)

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But we’re not confined to a wasteland of resident breeders just yet, are we? His Best Bird of the Weekend was an Acadian Flycatcher in Forest Park on Sunday both because it’s a good bird for his home borough and because it was the final of the five Empidonax species that occur in Queens that he saw this year. How about you?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of July 2014)

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Traveling really rejuvenates the passion when local breeders become banal. It is the first record of this invasive species for New York City and it served as a nice contrast to the hordes of pigeons in the neighborhood. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area

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we learn) that are home to coveted boreal species, breeding wood-warblers, and two species of Grouse. There are 461 species on the Maine checklist. This field guide covers 265 species, the ones most likely to be seen–residential and migratory, almost all nesting birds, many wintering birds.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of July 2011)

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Now how about those birds… Corey has really beaten the summertime birding blues by focusing on the best of what the season of resident breeders has to offer: baby birds! 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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Birding Iceland on the Fly

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After taking an ornithology course last year, he was hooked and spends most of his free time birding or reading birding blogs. I can hardly begin to describe the surreal experience that unfolded before me. It is truly a magical place, an experience like none other. Of course, birding was on the itinerary! Patience, thus, is key.

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Birding Wuyuan, China

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I imagine the female bosses the male around, but maybe I am anthropomorphizing there based on my experience in recently working on an apartment with my wife. Taking photos of such a rare species is a bit of a double-edged sword. This Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker in particular is a species I would like to get much better photos of.

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