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Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of September 2014?

September 4, 2014 by Mike 4 Comments

American fashion dictates that we retire our white shoes and frocks once the sun sets on Labor Day. Most blame snooty millionaires and sloppy September weather for the changes, but we birders know better. Fall migrants are on the wing, which brings the teeming multitudes of avian observers out in force. What’s the connection? Easy… good birders don’t wear white!

My son starts fall baseball this weekend, which means that I’ll have lots of opportunity to scan the skies for something more interesting than fall ball. Corey foresees only limited birding around NYC. How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding? Share your plans in the comments below.

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!

September 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.

4 Comments

Jody September 4, 2014 at 1:16 pm
Gulf Shores, Alabama! Hoping for a gray kingbird and a snowy plover.
Sonja Ross September 4, 2014 at 6:35 pm
We’re off to Kenya via Abu Dhabi Saturday night, so I’m hoping to see a few Middle Eastern birds for the first time.
Patrick O'Donnell September 6, 2014 at 11:29 am
Hopefully somewhere tomorrow in Costa Rica, maybe foothill rainforests in Braulio Carrillo National Park.
Walt Nadolny September 7, 2014 at 11:51 am
Doing the great back yard this weekend. We abut 150 acres of mixed woods and some wetlands in South NJ. Got a lifer this morning. Blackpoll Warbler. Also, B&W Warbler, N. Waterthrush, Am. Redstart. Next weekend likely Cape May.