Birding

Best Bird of the Weekend (First of 2015)

January 5, 2015 by Mike 7 Comments

One weekend down for 2015 and only 51 to go. Hope your year is off to a ripping start!

I hit Lake Ontario for winter birds this weekend and walked away with a trio of Red-throated Loons. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was an adorable Northern Saw-whet Owl at an undisclosed location in Queens. Of course, Corey wasn’t actually the one to spot it. No, he just brought his family to the area he knew one was hiding and waited for Daisy to make the discovery. No matter who found it a Northern Saw-whet Owl is always a pleasure.

How about you? 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.

best bird weekend

Written by Mike

Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but he's also a traveler who fully expects to see every bird in the world. Besides founding 10,000 Birds in 2003, Mike has also created a number of other entertaining but now extirpated nature blog resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network and I and the Bird.

7 Comments

Duncan January 5, 2015 at 3:12 am
I was certain it was going to be the Schalow’s Turaco I found at Vic Falls, but no, the family of Southern Ground Hornbills snatched the victory.
peter Thoem January 5, 2015 at 9:21 am
Another Snowy Owl (was also my first bird of the year). With colder weather on its way, I checked around one of our local hotspots and found lots to admire, including two snowies.
Ontario seems to be the beneficiary of another Snowy Owl invasion.
Click on my name above to read my blog about it and more.
Meredith January 5, 2015 at 2:13 pm
FOY (and hopefully of many, considering I no longer live along the shores of Lake Michigan) Greater Black-backed Gull, perched atop a streetlamp near the Vince Lombardi Service Area of the NJ Turnpike. I love accidental birds!
Wendy Feltham January 5, 2015 at 2:31 pm
I was doing the monthly Seabird Survey for Seattle Audubon and saw lots of Long-tailed Ducks, so beautiful in their winter plumage, off Fort Flagler State Park on the Olympic Peninsula.
J E Moore January 5, 2015 at 8:18 pm
American Redstart commonly know as Christmas Bird
Pat O'Donnell January 6, 2015 at 9:41 am
Nice winter birds. My best from a weekend in the high mountains of Costa Rica was a shimmering blue-green (or green blue?) Resplendent Quetzal although the walk away, eye level, super close views of a Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl were a close second.
Mike January 6, 2015 at 10:38 am
Pat, you’re just messing with us, aren’t you?