The thaw may not have fully arrived where you live but rest assured it is coming. Unless, that is, you live in the Southern Hemisphere, in which case you can celebrate the return of cooler temperatures. Unless, that is, you live in an equatorial region, in which case March remains business as usual! Regardless of where you reside, every weekend offers an opportunity to see something new. Where will you be enjoying nature this weekend and will you be birding? Share your plans in the comments below.
I’ll be sticking close to home this weekend… what else is new? Corey will be birding at least once somewhere in Queens, either Flushing Meadows Park or maybe along the coast. Charlie will also be home, hoping for a wintering Blackcap or Chiffchaff to burst into song!
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!
A sky full of Snow Geese by Corey Finger
Our Colorado Springs-based Audubon chapter is heading out onto the high plains at the foot of the Rockies. We’ll mainly be looking for hawks and other birds of prey, but any sign of impending spring would be most welcome. The trip ends at Lake Pueblo State Park, where we expect to find a few Bald Eagles along with the ducks and gulls. I’ll be trying out some new digiscoping gear as well, so that should be fun.
I’m heading to nearby old forests to search for the woodpeckers, in Valkeakoski, Finland. We got here still some 60-70 cm of snow, so only very few migrating birds have arrived. Weather should be perfect, bright sunny days and temperature about -5 degrees Celcius. Perfect for snow shoe birding!
Great shot.
Spectacular!
Pixellicious Photos
Hoping for raptors on my usual stroller-stomping ground. Too early in the season to expect a rarity (that won’t happen until April or May, if it happens at all), but it’ll even be fun when only the common species show up.
Any raptor is a bird and any bird is a good bird.
spectacular flock of birds!
Going to look for the Azure-rumped Tanager (Tangara cabanisi)…my search for the Belted Flycatcher (Xenotriccus callizonus) has been postponed (looking for a different trail that is not a death march)…
I´ve been in Rio de Janeiro – Brazil in Corcovado Hill (Christ Redeemer) to search “biguás” – Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus).
See them on my link.
I birded this past weekend on the Stud Mill Road. This a logging road that goes from Milford to Princeton Maine. There are many lakes and creeks along the road. The birding habitat changes from mile to mile.
I can’t wait to see the spring birds to come back to this area.