Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of October 2008?

By Mike • October 16, 2008 • 10 comments

In the middle of October, nearly every migrant in on the move. Raptors and songbirds and butterflies and who knows what else are all winging their way closer to the equator. If you’re not on the move yourself, you could do worse that to lift your head to see the streams of birds sailing south (or north!) You may even feel a bit of yourself moving with them. Whatever you expect to do this weekend, will you be watching birds? Comment below on the excitement you have planned!

Charlie and I will both be returning from southern California with many reports to follow. Corey will no doubt be doing what he does best: combing the wild reaches of New York City for interesting avifauna.

Regardless of how you plan to enjoy a lovely weekend, be sure to celebrate Sky Watch Friday…

Enjoy lovely sunsets like this one Corey took on his way to Santa Cruz Island to see Island Scrub-Jays!

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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.

10 Responses to “Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of October 2008?”

Paul Dubuc Oct 16th, 2008 at 3:50 pm

Allendale, NJ Celery Farm on Friday afternoon
Edwin B. Forsythe NWR, Brigantine, NJ on Saturday
Central Park Sunday morning
Scope shopping at B&H
Jamaica Bay, Floyd Bennett, etc… (with new scope, I hope) Sunday PM
Nate Oct 16th, 2008 at 6:37 pm

I’m hoping that Mottled Ducks reported at Sunset Beach are still around. If not, there are still good birds down there.
PJ Oct 17th, 2008 at 6:55 am

I’ll probably be birding at home. Looks like lots of birds near Santa Cruz.
P-TER Oct 17th, 2008 at 7:13 am

beautiful photograph of the air with those birds.
Gr.
P-TER
Donald Kinney Oct 17th, 2008 at 8:47 am

Where will I be birding? Well, probably somewhere in the San Francisco Bay Area, but I may just not know their official names or much about them…

I had a good visit with a great pair of ravens down by the Golden Gate Bridge recently…
Kyle Oct 17th, 2008 at 3:14 pm

Nice SkyWatch shot, Mike. As for me, I got to go birding last week, so I’ll probably be confined to birding from home this weekend while I catch up on weekend chores and projects.

~Kyle
Al Oct 17th, 2008 at 10:34 pm

Well, I’ve really been looking forward to going to The Bronx Botanical Garden and Pelham Bay park. Looks like PBK is where I’ll end up this weekend.
Last weekend, I carefully searched all the pine trees in Alley Pond Park for any evidence of any owls (whitewash, pellets) and came up with nothing. I suppose I’ll have to wait a few months, if I really hope to see an owl?
Awesome site, by the way!

-Al
Chris Oct 18th, 2008 at 9:57 am

I’m headed for Jamaica Bay tomorrow. Still pretty quiet on my friend’s lake upstate–just Canadian geese, only a handful of ducks.
Gnometree Oct 22nd, 2008 at 3:35 am

Great SWF pic. Thanks for sharing
CHARLES R. CRIBBS Nov 2nd, 2008 at 10:07 pm

I WENT UP TO THE SACRAMENTO WILDLIFE REFUGE ABOVE WILLIAMS ON I-5, THERE WERE SNOW GEESE ALL OVER THE PLACE, WHITE FRONT GEESE AS WELL
AS CANADA GEESE, WITH A CACKLING GOOSE MIXED IN. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I’VE SEEN ONE THERE.

GOOD BIRDING!