Birding

Where Are You Birding This First Weekend of May 2017?

May 5, 2017 by Mike 3 Comments

So many lucky people are gathered in Northwest Ohio right now for The Biggest Week in American Birding. Those of us who aren’t there are at least a little lucky–though clearly not as blessedly immersed in amazing avian observation as some others–since the current wave of bird migration blankets the globe. Anywhere you are, something fresh and new, something you haven’t seen in months or years or ever, could be entering your airspace any moment. So lucky!

With the endless rain and winter chill around here, I don’t feel like birding or even going outside anymore. But if birds are coming, I’ll drag myself out for them. Corey feels the same way, so look for him if you’re looking for visitors from the Neotropical realm.

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!

May 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.

3 Comments

Scott May 5, 2017 at 2:30 pm

We are flying out in the morning to go to Zion National Park for a few days! Any recommendations?
Jochen May 5, 2017 at 3:08 pm

Family weekend in Heidelberg since I will depart for a two week trip to the four corners of Kazakhstan – literally – on Sunday late afternoon.!
Tom Brown May 7, 2017 at 5:00 pm

II am afraid that this past week has found me with torn liigaments on my right, and VERY dominant wrist. So, with a cast from mid bicep to hand, I am quite limited in my movement…..Oh well, hoipe for next weekend!