Birding

Best Bird of the Weekend (First of 2013)

January 7, 2013 by Mike 8 Comments

One weekend does not dictate the tempo of a year, but it never hurts to get a year off on the right foot. How did that work out for you this weekend? Are you looking forward to more like it or hoping for better?

I’ve spent most of my weekend beating my head against this blog (in a metaphorical sense of course.) At least I could enjoy Northern Cardinals peeking through my window! Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a Wilson’s Snipe that flushed from nearly underfoot at the Edgemere Landfill in Queens. How can anyone dislike a snipe?

How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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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.

8 Comments

Larry January 7, 2013 at 7:09 am

Siberian White Crane in the wetlands on Poyang Lake, China
Sam Brunson January 7, 2013 at 9:16 am

I went to Tybee Island on my first weekend of birding and saw Ring-billed, Herring, and Laughing Gulls, Ruddy Turnstones, and the highlight of the trip- Common Loon.
Wendy Feltham January 7, 2013 at 12:30 pm

White-winged Scoters here on the Olympic Peninsula. Surf Scoters are much more common, so it’s always fun to see their White-winged cousins.
David January 7, 2013 at 4:39 pm

Two birds that have absolutely nothing in common except they were both lifers on the same day in Brooklyn: razorbill and saw-whet. If they’d met, they’d have nothing to talk about.
Greg Majewski January 7, 2013 at 7:50 pm

My best was a Fox Sparrow, which was somehow a lifer for me.
Malinda January 7, 2013 at 11:01 pm

I had a great first week. Last weekend I saw a Snowy Owl in Seattle and a Black Oystercatcher in Port Townsend earlier in the week!
Duncan January 8, 2013 at 6:39 am

Oriental Stork. I thought it was going to be s stunning Chinese Grosbeak, but I was wrong. Funny thing was, while I saw staring at a patch of reeds desperately trying to confirm the stork I saw a Eurasian Bittern, only my second ever!
Socar January 9, 2013 at 5:22 pm

My birding weekend was rather botched by a nasty cold, but I did spot this, er…unidentified hummingbird: http://www.eggsuckdog.net/shambling-chase/

Anyone know what that was? It didn’t get close enough for a good look, unfortunately, and my efforts to chase it down only resulted in grainy photos and a stubbed toe. I’m hoping to get a better look of it, some day soon.