Photo of the Week: Juvenile Rose-breasted Grosbeak

A stocky brown bird with white wing bars, white stripe over eye, chunky bill, brown streaky white breast with faint rose triangular patch perches on a wooden platform feeder with thick silver supports.

With fall bird migration in our area, I expected to see a number of migrating warblers in our area as they fly south.

What a pleasant surprise to find a juvenile Rose-breasted Grosbeak stop by the platform feeder to feed on some sunflower seeds. (Note the bits of seeds around its bill.)

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What’s Blooming in My Garden in Late September

A profusion of yellow-centered purple daisy-like flowers on multiple green-leaved branches rise from the ground.

Yesterday was the first day of fall and today definitely feels like it.

We have strong wind gusts, cloudy skies, and relatively (for southeast Michigan in September) cool temperatures in the low 60’s degrees Fahrenheit.

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Photo of the Week: First Time Visitor at Detroit River Hawk Watch

An elongated dark brown animal stops on the rocky shoreline before a lake seawall. Lake Erie boat channel with homes across the channel in the background, a wooden park bench with surrounding grass in the foreground.

When I go to the Detroit River Hawk Watch along the Detroit River in southeast Michigan, I expect to see hawks migrating over Lake Erie.

High in the sky in kettles or streaming in a line over the lake as they head south.

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