Where Are You Birding this Second Weekend of June 2009?

By Mike • June 11, 2009 • 13 comments

Have you noticed the change in the air around you? Chances are, if you’re an engaged nature observer, you’ve realized that the mass migrations of May are over. In their place, we have resident birds hunkering down for a few months before the mad dash begins all over again. On the bright side, many locations are seeing dramatic improvement in the area of insects and invertebrates; I personally can’t wait for the summer crop of dragonflies and butterflies, not to mention strawberries! So where are you going this weekend and will you be birding? Please share your plans in the comments below.

I don’t know how much birding I’ll be doing this weekend but I probably will be picking strawberries. Corey will be bird-blitzing Ulster County, New York. I believe Charlie will be jetsetting to Nairobi at some point so we might be blessed with some more shots of the Sharpe’s Longclaw.

Whatever your plans this weekend, make time to enjoy SkyWatch Friday…

Keep your eyes to the skies. You might even see a Sky Lark, like Charlie recently did!

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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.

13 Responses to “Where Are You Birding this Second Weekend of June 2009?”

Patrick Jun 11th, 2009 at 1:41 pm

Well, I’m stuck volunteering at Sandy Hook on Sunday. Normally, this is a good thing, but it’s beach season and traffic will be awful. I really wanted to bird this cool outlier Pine Barrens habitat about 30 mins. from me. Maybe I can squeeze that in too.
Guy D Jun 11th, 2009 at 2:57 pm

A most excellent capture, well done Mike.

Have a fantastic weekend
Guy
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East Gwillimbury WOW! Jun 11th, 2009 at 3:08 pm

Neat shot of the bird. I’m imagining it flying to the sound of some very moody music.
Eric(NL) Jun 11th, 2009 at 3:09 pm

Wow, ver nice action-shot here, well done…

Greetings from the Netherlands…
Adrienne Jun 11th, 2009 at 3:32 pm

Hmmm, I think I’ll be taking the kids to the Cuyahoga River Gorge. Lovely capture of the skylark.
Trish Jun 11th, 2009 at 4:03 pm

I hoping to go kayaking and birding at the local national refuge. Perhaps the last of the Red Knots will be there?
P-TER Jun 11th, 2009 at 5:35 pm

Well done!
a great shot !
Gr.
P-TER
Tara R. Jun 11th, 2009 at 10:12 pm

Great capture. Amazing stop action on your sky lark. Gorgeous!
Arija Jun 12th, 2009 at 5:26 am

Beautiful shot Mike…enjoy the strawberries!
Karen Jun 12th, 2009 at 9:03 am

That is a very cool shot of the sky lark in flight !!

Very well done !
Lynn Jun 12th, 2009 at 9:49 am

Great shot.
Helen Jun 12th, 2009 at 3:51 pm

The NYC Audubon crew’s going up to Bashakill and Bear Mountain… fingers crossed for a golden wing and cerulean…mebbe some owls?
Corey Jun 14th, 2009 at 8:27 am

So I made Mike a liar again and didn’t go upstate. I did manage to dip on a Staten Island Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.

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