In the midday heat of the summer, I don’t typically see many birds active in marshes.
A few Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons can be found along the shorelines.
Or perhaps a Wood Duck with their duckling family or Trumpeter Swans with their cygnets.
It can be pretty quiet in the marshes, except for the calls of the Red-Winged Blackbird.
But I’ll often see terns as they fly and circle over canals and marshes.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Tasty Tidbit for a Tern
When I saw the swallow perched on the barbed wire fence, I thought it was a Tree Swallow.
With their blue body and white underbelly, Tree Swallows are a common sight feeding on the wing as they soar over the airport fields.
Along with the Barn Swallow, Tree Swallows are one of the most common swallows I see at the airport.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Cliff Swallow
While bright colorful warblers catch everyone’s attention in our area during spring migration, one of the birds I’m always looking for in spring is the White-crowned Sparrow.
It’s a beautiful large gray sparrow, with contrasting bold white and black stripes on its head.
Some populations are known to overwinter in our area, but I rarely find one during our winter months in Michigan.
I’ve seen a White-crowned Sparrow in southeast Michigan once in mid-November 2018.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: White-crowned Sparrow