Another weekend, another opportunity to advance your causes, goals, and bird lists. How did that work out for you this weekend?
With winter on the wane, my chance to visit with our local Short-eared Owls seemed to be slipping away, so I rectified that with a quick sundown sojourn. Corey spent Saturday journeying back to New York from the Bahamas and most of Sunday recovering. Fortunately, before he left he saw some great birds on Friday. Of them, his third Thick-billed Vireo of the trip (and ever!) was a very nice bird to see in the late afternoon noon and it took the honors as Corey’s Best Bird of the 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.
A flock of 9 Raven flying above us in the northern Black Forest. Hear me, Clare K?
While not a new bird to me, the small group of Lesser Goldfinches yesterday was a first for here on ther Baja.
I’m going to have to go with our courtyard Dark-Eyed Juncos, here in Philly, which I suspect will be gone very shortly. (I don’t think our normal wintering crop of White-throated Sparrows even made it this far south!)
I live on the Olympic Peninsula, but was down in the San Francisco Bay Area enjoying so many birds we don’t see here. My favorite was a Red-shouldered Hawk sitting on a telephone pole.
On the way to the office on Monday, here in Sydney, Australia, I drove past 3 Glossy Black-cockatoos. These are always a special treat as you just don’t see them around very often. I always feel privileged when our paths cross. I just had to turn back and watch them for a little while.