June can be a hit-or-miss month for birding. You may, if fortune favors you, hit good weather or birds. On the other hand, if fate turns fickle, you’ll miss the good stuff entirely. In that sense, June is no different than any other month, right?
I’ve continued my inconsistent effort to pick off the species I need for my Monroe County list. Rumor (i.e. eBird) had it that the best place to find Clay-colored Sparrow is a particular conifer plantation on a particular farm road in the rural western portion of the county. The rumors were delightfully true, as that buzzy call from a spruce bough drew my attention to what must be the most boring sparrow on the planet. Hurray? Corey, on the other hand, isn’t a very good birder and saw little of note this weekend.
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.
I am still a very new birder. The eBird element of it has me hooked. I added to my Dutchess County list this weekend with a Brown Thrasher. Found under the trees right outside my kitchen window. I had been learning about birds by listening to calls and reading about the top 5 or so most likely for my county list, but this Thrasher came out of nowhere!
Got a couple (bad) pics too.
Golden-Bellied Gerygone
A hard-to-come-by western WA White-faced Ibis called me rob the e Weazie Marsh in King county Sunday where I joined a gaggle of birders to admire this coll bird.
Jogging along the Manayunk Towpath in Philadelphia (adjacent to an abandoned canal that runs along the Schuylkill River/I-76), I happened to notice a Green Heron fishing. What the what?! Pleasant surprise!
Now just wait one minute! I forgot!