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Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of January 2015?

January 15, 2015 by Mike 4 Comments

Wow, those are a lot of Oriental Pratincoles!

How is your 2015 year list looking so far? If you’re around 300 species, you’ve been keeping pace nicely with Noah Stryker. Only halfway through the first month of the year, and he’s already left most of us in the dust!

I don’t expect to gain any ground as far as birds are concerned this weekend, as this bitter cold compels me to stay indoors as much as possible. Corey is driven by different demons and will have no choice but to comb Queens and Long Island for winter rarities.

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!

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.

4 Comments

Pat O'Donnell January 15, 2015 at 6:12 pm
Doing a bit of guiding in mountains near San Jose, Costa Rica Hope we find something cool!
Duncan January 16, 2015 at 1:56 am
Last two days in Tembe Elephant Park are my last two days to find a Neergaards Sunbird and Rudd’s Apalis.
Jochen January 16, 2015 at 4:45 am
So far I am at around 25% of Noah’s year total. If I can say the same on Dec 31, I’ll be a very happy birder!
No specific birding plans, city birding in Heidelberg…
Martina January 16, 2015 at 2:39 pm
Huntington Beach SP, South Carolina. At least, I hope my dad doesn’t mind getting up at 6:45 to get there early. A pretty tame Common Eider was reported today, hopefully he sticks around until Sunday!