Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of August 2009?

By Mike • August 27, 2009 • 15 comments

The fifth and final week of a long month has arrived. September is knocking on our doors, people! How are you going to answer? What will you be doing this weekend? Will you be birding? Share your plans in the comments below!

I’m gearing up for another cool, wet weekend at the Finger Lakes. Can you sense my excitement over the prospect of 70-degree water? Corey will most likely spend a day at Jamaica Bay, and maybe a bit of time in Forest park hoping for migrant warblers. Charlie will be walking the manor grounds in search of proper British birds and butterflies.

Whatever your plans this weekend, make time to enjoy SkyWatch Friday. Also be sure to come back Monday to share your best bird of the weekend!

Believe it or not, Corey spotted shorebirds in this muddy Michigan field. I don’t see anything. Nice sky, though.

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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.

15 Responses to “Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of August 2009?”

Nate Aug 27th, 2009 at 8:31 am
It’s shorebirds or bust this weekend. There are very few places in my immediate area where they can be found, but I’m going to one of them. Mud be damned!
Will Aug 27th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Hoping TS Danny gets close enough to Long Island (But not too close)! Otherwise I’ll be trying to find something of value upstate.
Corey Aug 27th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
So, Will, you’re coming down Sunday then?
P-TER Aug 27th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Great depth in the picture!
Well done!
Gr.
P-TER
Tranquility Aug 27th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
It is a nice sky! I like the reflection in the little bit of water in the field.
East Gwillimbury WOW! Aug 27th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
I feel like I can see forever in this photo.
Sandy Aug 27th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
I don’t see birds, but I agree, that is a pretty sky. An airport?
Eric Aug 27th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Love the way you put some dept in it, realy nice, well composed!!
Have a great SWF.!!
Greetings from NL
Kilauea Poetry Aug 27th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
What I thought too..the depth..very nice with the green grass. Have a great day-
Arija Aug 28th, 2009 at 2:57 am
We of ten get Ibis and ducks on our paddocks in the winter when the firlds are sopping wert. Pity you did not see the birds.
Marju Aug 28th, 2009 at 5:07 am
Beautiful sky!
Jochen Aug 28th, 2009 at 7:51 am
Well, again I’ll be hitting the fields of Heidelberg in stroller mode and hope against hope that I’ll get to finally see raptor migration setting in. The last weekends were filled with just a few of our regular breeders (Common Kestrels, Common Buzzards and a few Sparrowhawks), but something exciting is bound to be headed my way from up North…
Susan Ellis Aug 28th, 2009 at 11:09 am
I ‘ll be birding the country roads of the Ottawa Valley, along the Ottawa River, looking for shorebirds for “shore” Also starting to see lots of small flocks of thises and thats…a flock of flickers this morning!
Tammie Aug 28th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
I agree, nice sky. It looks a bit like the end of that road.
Spirithelpers
FC Aug 28th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
I think I’ll be in my kayak looking for shorebirds and waders in the salt marshes of Florida’s big bend area.