At the end of the year, birders commonly list their top sightings for the year.
And this year was an exciting year for me!
Shorebirds, a raptor enjoying the plentiful cicadas, and an unexpected large wading bird made my list of top bird sightings.
It was hard to rank which bird was more thrilling to find, so I’ve listed my top birds in chronological order.
Continue reading Top Bird Sightings for 2021
When I was growing up, I can’t recall ever seeing a wild turkey.
As I learned recently, there’s a good reason for that: Michigan was still working on re-establishing the native bird in Michigan.
In Michigan, the Wild Turkey was thought to have disappeared by 1900 due to loss of habitat and overhunting.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Wild Turkeys in Southeast Michigan
What a treat to find and identify a Cape May Warbler along the shore of Lake Erie this weekend!
Every fall I go through the steps of re-learning how to identify migrating warblers on their way to places further south of Michigan.
This year was no different.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Cape May Warbler in Fall Plumage