Birding

Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of September 2014)

September 29, 2014 by Mike 2 Comments

Now that autumn has fallen, my part of the world feels like summer. Hopefully, October offers more of the same!

My best birds this weekend were American Goldfinches on purple coneflowers, which is where I like them best. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a surprise Marsh Wren which popped up out of the reeds while Corey was busy counting Chimney Swifts feeding low over Willow Lake in Queens on Saturday morning. It’s always nice to see a Marsh Wren and even nicer when it pauses in plain view for a moment to allow for a photograph!

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.

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Written by Mike

Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but he's also a traveler who fully expects to see every bird in the world. Besides founding 10,000 Birds in 2003, Mike has also created a number of other entertaining but now extirpated nature blog resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network and I and the Bird.

2 Comments

peter Thoem September 29, 2014 at 7:50 am
A Blue-headed Vireo found while leading a group of newish birders. It was a fleeting glimpse and they probably wondered what the big deal was. I loved it. Read the full story on my blog by clicking on my name above.
Meredith Matthews September 29, 2014 at 10:25 am
During a weekend in NYC, I chanced to see a warbler on 57th St. btw 11th & 12th, but am not sure of the ID. (No wing bars/eyering/facial markings = Orange-crowned?)
So I’m going to go with the hawks I saw soaring over the eastern side of Central Park yesterday morning, and assume that they were Pale Male and/or his mate and/or their progeny.
@Corey: NICE Marsh Wren, dude!