All around the world, birds are on the move. Birders celebrate May as one of the most exciting migratory months of the year. See what I mean by getting outside this weekend. What will you be doing this weekend and is birding on your itinerary? Share your plans in the comments below.
Corey and I will both be sticking close to home this weekend, I in Rochester and Corey in his surprisingly biodiverse borough of Queens. Charlie, on the other hand, will be on Salisbury Plain co-leading the Great Bustard Group biodiversity safari and hoping for Montagu’s Harrier.
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!
Pre-dawn skies over Big Egg Marsh
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.
I slipped onto a boat out of Hatteras on Saturday. I’m hoping for some offshore goodies and maybe ABA #500 if I can get 3 lifers!
My wife and I are beginning our one week vacation to the north woods of Maine and we will be looking for for boreal birds and moose.
I’ll be investigating a hot tip for LEO…..
Very nice image…thanks so much for sharing. Hope you have a wonderful weekend birding.
I wish I could ^_^. Happy birding!
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Marvelous capture! Love the reflections in the water and what a wonderful way to start your day! Have a great weekend! Enjoy!
Sylvia
Beautiful nighttime cityscape!
I’ll be birding in Southeast Missourah at my parent’s farm – They’ve spotted 2 bald eagles flying around & fishing catfish out of their ponds! I’m going to *try* to get a few photos of them – Wish me luck!!!
Happy SWF!
No birding for me this weekend, I have to work on tax. Last weekend I managed to view some Cape Sugarbirds, but they were not inclined to pose. Have a great birding weekend.
Beautiful blue sky and lovely time of the day, great picture!
Beautiful photo, it draws you in with that fabulous sky, the lights and reflections on the water. Perfection!
No real birding for us this week. I did see a couple things at work, but no migrants. No habitat for that.
Beautiful Pre Dawn photograph…I like the way the lights are mirrored in the water.
Thanks for sharing.
We’re in Fort Collins Colorado for the Colorado Field Ornithologists
Annual Birding Conference. Lots of field trips. Great birds seen already. Spectacle of Red-throated Phalarope (60+ spinners), white face ibis, lots more. http://www.cfo-link.org/about_CFO/events.php
Love those lights! Night shot – Nice shot!!!
I want to get down to Jamaica Bay and catch some of those shorebirds you photo’d…. ’cause I’m trying to learn to love shorebirds… But a little back spasm is putting a wrench into my plans… Perhaps it means I should read that thesis I’m a third reader on, huh?
Central Park tomorrow, no matter what shape I’m in.
Upstate NY next week. Whooo hoooo!!! First time stumbling around Montezuma and Fort Drum…