10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2020

However, a weekend where you can celebrate Easter, Passover, the beginning of migration, or just an excuse to stop sheltering in place for a few hours is bound to be a good time! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. April weekends always promise but only sometimes deliver.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

If you followed Dorian’s adventures on his Big Year blog, Biking for Birds , you are familiar with many of these stories, but not the major one, the internal journey that was going on inside Dorian’s mind as he pedaled and birded: his history and multi-year struggle with alcoholism and related addictions. There are also surprises.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 25, 2012

If you’re on Aimee’s blog, odds are you’re either already an animal lover or en route to becoming one, so it probably should not come as any surprise that I, myself, am also slightly obsessed with our four legged friends. One of my favorite experiences was the chance to work with Shelby, a dog that was absolutely terrified of men.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Lousy winds led to a lousy take, but we did happen upon a raft of waterfowl sheltering from rough weather. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. I’ll pick Gadwall out of that mix because they are so dapper. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2019

Luckily, for birds, I didn’t have to, as a skulky Winter Wren sought shelter right outside my dining room window, adding a highly improbable third wren species to my yard list. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Still, I didn’t travel far afield this weekend.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Alas, I had no time outdoors this weekend, which leaves House Sparrows sheltering a giant wreath as my Best Bird of the Weekend. 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? Birding best bird weekend'

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2013

In the face of endless snow, all I want to do is seek shelter, warmth, and booze. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. To all you hardy naturalists who have already logged Christmas Bird Count hours in service to citizen science, I salute you! Share your CBC stories here!

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