Birding

Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of June 2015)

June 15, 2015 by Mike 5 Comments

Early June in these parts still holds the promise of late migrants but basically showcases the next couple of months of local trip lists. What does June birding look like where you live?

I explored Lucien Morin Park for the first time this weekend. This gorgeous forest at the southern tip of Irondequoit Bay is positively filthy with Yellow Warblers and Eastern Pewees, but I was most pleased by a pair of House Wrens caring for a brood in their birdhouse. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron that took its time drinking water from a puddle while Corey contentedly clicked away on his digiscoping rig while comfortably ensconced in the driver’s seat of his car. It’s nice when a bird let’s you be close without showing signs of being stressed and even nicer when you can stress Jochen about a heron he has still never seen!

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.

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.