One of the most common winter birds you’ll find at feeders in southeast Michigan in the winter is the White-breasted Nuthatch, an acrobatic bird that defies gravity as it walks head down, spiraling a tree trunk. Or it perches perilously from a feeder as this White-breasted Nuthatch was doing at my feeder this weekend. It… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Gravity-defying White-breasted Nuthatch
After a week of gray cloudy skies followed by two days of freezing cold weather and snow flurries, it was wonderful to wake up this morning to clear blue skies and a bright shining sun.
Which meant I spent most of my day birdwatching, looking for:
I had a successful day! Continue reading Photo of the Week: Red-tailed Hawk
The birding community in Michigan and beyond is abuzz with the news that a rare sandpiper for North America was seen this weekend in southeast Michigan.
I should know, I’m as excited as everyone else who heard about it!
Along with hundreds of other birdwatchers, I made the journey early this morning to Washtenaw County in search of the reddish-legged Spotted Redshank.
Isn’t it a beauty? Continue reading Photo of the Week: Spotted Redshank, Rare Bird in Michigan