Birding

Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of June 2015?

June 19, 2015 by Mike 1 Comment

Birders know better than anyone that spring is all about dads. By this, I don’t mean the warm weather renaissance of BBQ, golf, baseball, bikini season, and all those other things fathers traditionally love just a little less than they love their kids. Rather, spring birding shines the spotlight squarely upon brightly colored avian swains and squires. Yes, when we go out looking for wood warblers and other sexually dimorphic songbirds, we’re not hoping for a fallout of bland, undifferentiated juvies and hens; we want the drakes–the dads–in all their resplendent, virile grandeur. Then summer comes and it’s all about the moms and those cute little chicks…

Corey and I will both be celebrating Father’s Day with our respective broods, hopefully in places accessible to avian observation. 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!

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.