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Photo of the Week: Kentucky Warbler Along Lake Huron Shoreline

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small olive-colored bird with yellow face and black v-shaped mask pauses on leaf-strewn ground.

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

Photo of the Week: Global Big Day 2019

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White-bellied black capped bird with white-tipped tail perches on small sapling in field. In the background are muted grasses and yellow flowers.

My Global Big Day of birding this weekend started at 7:14am Saturday morning and ended over 12 hours later at 8:33pm when a Great Blue Heron flew over Metzger Marsh as the sun was setting on the southwestern shore of Lake Erie.

Thankful for a good weather day with no rain, I saw 701 birds in seven locations in the states of Michigan and Ohio.

This year I saw 71 species, with 10 first-of-year birds, including one life bird (a bird I’ve never seen before): Swamp Sparrow. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Global Big Day 2019

Photo of the Week: Family of Great Horned Owls

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young owl perched on tree branch, blue sky in the background.

It’s not often you get a chance to see a pair of Great Horned Owls raising their young.

I’m feeling very fortunate to have viewed the family through my binoculars, camera, and spotting scope as the young fledglings grew over the past month.

When I watched the birds yesterday, I was impressed with how large the young owls had grown. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Family of Great Horned Owls

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