Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of November 2009)

By Mike • November 23, 2009 • 11 comments

How was your weekend? Any good birds? Don’t be shy… tell us about your best bird!

My best bird of the weekend was a Brown Creeper on a tree outside my kitchen window. Corey’s best birds were Cattle Egret and Black-legged Kittiwake, the former a year state bird and the latter a year bird and an all-time Queens bird for him. You know he’s psyched! Charlie was too busy organizing the announcement of the new 10,000 Birds Conservation Club to even look out the window, but he definitely deserves a pass on account of his Herculean efforts.

What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed in the comments section. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, we invite you to include the link in your comment.

Corey’s Cattle Egret at Floyd Bennett Field

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Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird, Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network.

11 Responses to “Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of November 2009)”

Drew Fulton Nov 23rd, 2009 at 3:41 pm

My highlight for the weekend was a day of 24 species of the Anatidaes including a flock of a couple hundred Tundra Swans, a life bird for me. Was a great Saturday birding!
Rick Wright Nov 23rd, 2009 at 4:10 pm

Easy: Common Eiders and Cave Swallows at Sandy Hook, NJ. Photos of the former at http://birdaz.com/blog

rick
Nate Nov 23rd, 2009 at 4:48 pm

Golden-crowned Kinglet, a new bird for the county that I swear I’ve seen before. Never mind then, I’ve seen it now!
thainamu Nov 23rd, 2009 at 7:55 pm

Ruby-crowned kinglet, in my front yard.
Susan Nov 23rd, 2009 at 9:25 pm

I enjoyed watching a group of Hooded Mergansers swim about with their crests all fanned out. It was the first time I really got a good view of them. Lovely!
Jan Axel Nov 23rd, 2009 at 9:34 pm

Green Thorntails of course!! http://janbirdingblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/thorntails-at-cerro-azul.html
Rob Ripma Nov 23rd, 2009 at 9:55 pm

Definately Ancient Murrelet on Lake Michigan with Little Gull and Parasitic Jaeger being close seconds!
Mark Nov 24th, 2009 at 9:08 pm

A Phainopepla that somehow ended up in Ontario, hanging out in a suburb north of Toronto. A very unexpected lifer
Kircher Fonda Nov 27th, 2009 at 7:28 pm

Hey everyone, it is Thanksgiving Day! I’m happy with my extra day off, and I am planning to make something fun that’ll probably involve a moto trip and seeing something new in Le Mars I haven’t seen yet.
You write new post at Thanksgiving?
Bird Shopper Dec 3rd, 2009 at 6:02 pm

A bold red male cardinal to brighten up my otherwise barren yard!

http://www.birdshopper.com
George Kamau Kungu Dec 16th, 2009 at 10:10 am

Greetings to you all.
I do count it lucky to get the nesting black collared apalis and some of the Northern double colored sunbird on Saturday 12th Dec,it made my Day
George.Kenya

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