This is one of those weekends where actually watching birds gets in the way of writing about them, so I’ll cut to the chase. See any nice birds lately?
The best bird of my weekend was Japanese Waxwing spotted where else but in Japan! The vision of a waxwing with a crimson terminal tail tip was both incongruous and exciting. Corey’s BBOTW was a Brown Pelican at Montauk Inlet, a good bird in New York State, especially in December!
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.
Since my waxwings shots weren’t that hot, let’s enjoy Corey’s wayward
pelican
Best bird was the Pink Footed Goose here in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
Could it be the Kea, or my lifer Arctic Skua, Brown Creeper and White-chinned Petrel, or one of the four albies I saw? Actually, I think one of the latter, the magnificent Southern Royal Albatross.
My best bird was probably the Blue and Gold Tanager I saw near Cinchona, Costa Rica.
Love the pictures!
Without doubt my first on-foot water pipit picking away on the Severn Estuary.
I didn’t see anything special over the weekend, but today I had a Brown Creeper in my yard, I usually see maybe 1 or 2 in a year, and never in my yard.
I saw a Calliope Hummingbird at a feeder in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Not nearly as exciting as everyone else’s, but I spotted my first-of-season Buffleheads in a little lake just south of the Brewster, NY train station. One of my favorite ducks!
Did a run down to Victoria, British Columbia and picked up Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Harris’s Sparrow and Brown Pelican. Would have tried for the Palm Warbler as well, but fighting the flu and didn’t have the steam.
The Citrine Wagtail is still showing not 5 minutes from my home in Courtenay but didn’t get down to see it this weekend …. maybe next weekend : )