What a pleasant surprise as the rare Black-bellied Whistling Duck was spotted recently in our southeast Michigan/northwest Ohio area.
And I managed to see it in Ohio and Michigan in the same week! Continue reading Photo of the Week: Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Rare Bird in Ohio and Michigan
My birding companion this weekend had a much bigger camera lens than I did, and a keener eye for finding birds in the tall grasses of the field.
We were at the Conservancy Farm in Superior Township, Michigan, scanning the tops of the grasses for our target bird for the day.
Wait, was that it?
I asked as a blur of black caught the corner of my eye.
No,
he responded. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Tasty Lunch for the Bobolink
Whether I’m out in nearby woods and marshes, the southern shore of Lake Erie or the shore of another Great Lake, my weekends are spent birding.
Peering through leaf-strewn marshland, harvested cornfields, bare shrub branches and leafed out tree canopies in cold, rainy, snowy, and sometimes sunny weather, I search for birds.
This weekend was no different from any previous weekend in 2019, but it was special because it was during the annual spring warbler migration in Michigan. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Kentucky Warbler Along Lake Huron Shoreline