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Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of January 2011?

January 27, 2011 by Mike 7 Comments

Jimmy Buffett has it right… a change in latitude can bring a change in attitude. The burden of a long winter and feet upon feet of snow may have dampened my enthusiasm for consistent birding, but a little time on the Space Coast of Florida is doing wonders for my attitude. Breaking out of your usual frame may be the very best way to gain an improved perspective on your life and loves. Think you can do that this weekend? If not, what will you be doing this weekend and will you be birding? Share your plans in the comments below.

I’ll be delving for central Florida specialties in my last day at the Annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival. Corey will be at the Superbowl of Birding in Essex County, MA, of course!

Whatever your plans this weekend, make time to enjoy SkyWatch Friday. Also be sure to come back Monday to share your best bird of the weekend!

Clear skies over a spartina saltmarsh. Lurking here are Black Rails!

January weekend

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.

7 Comments

Tim Schreckengost January 27, 2011 at 11:28 am
I will be birding in central and western PA, looking for winter raptors and doing the Rusty Blackbird Blitz!
NicoleB, Kuwait January 27, 2011 at 1:36 pm
At my current two favorite beaches and the surrounding greenery.
The first Migrators have arrived 🙂
thainamu January 27, 2011 at 4:12 pm
This weekend I’ll be leaving to go on a week-long bird watching vacation in southeastern Arizona. I’ve been studying all the birding-in-Arizona books I’ve bought and hope to add one or two new birds to my list. Also hoping for mild weather and patience from all those traveling with me.
John January 27, 2011 at 8:23 pm
I’ll be with Corey at the Superbowl of Birding.
Jochen January 28, 2011 at 8:53 am
I’m on a secret mission in New England placing decoy Tufted Ducks on those bodies of water likely to be visited by teams participating in the Superbowl of Birding. This should be fun as a test run with a decoy at Cold Spring Harbor, NY in early January was a complete success.
Laurent Fournier January 28, 2011 at 10:17 am
Jochen, add a King Eider or two (at least one male, to make sure they don’t miss it), to make it the 500th bird of some birders of North Carolina.
I just shipped my Bins to Nikon for a minor repairs, so no birding for me this week end! I hope their customer service will be good!
Pat ODonnell January 28, 2011 at 11:40 am
I am headed to Carara National Park in Costa Rica for a weekend of guiding. Weather will be hot but it should be as birdy as it always is.