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Photo of the Week: Wet Day of Birding for First October Big Day

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small brown bird with white breast and black banded neck and collar.

Yesterday, I was on one of over 13,000 participants in October Big Day, an international event for birdwatchers to watch and report all the birds they see in a single day.

I had high hopes of reporting 50 or more bird species for my October Big Day.

Sadly, rain and thunderstorms were predicted throughout the day in southeast Michigan, northwest Ohio, and southwest Ontario.

The rainy weather didn’t matter much to this Killdeer, which I found standing near a puddle of water at Willow Run Airport in Van Buren Township, Michigan. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Wet Day of Birding for First October Big Day

Photo of the Week: Trumpeter Swans

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two white swans raise their heads after feeding in the still waters of the marsh

Wait, slow down a minute, I asked my husband yesterday as we drove down the paved road past Erie State Game Area near the Ohio/Michigan border.

I had seen two large splotches of white in the back of the pond and wanted a second look.

Could they be a pair of Trumpeter Swans? Continue reading Photo of the Week: Trumpeter Swans

Photo of the Week: Black-necked Stilt at Howard Marsh

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Black-necked Stilt wading amongst grasses in the blue marsh waters

One of the most distinctive shorebirds, I found the Black-necked Stilt lazily wading along the flats of Howard Marsh, a newly created coastal wetland on Lake Erie’s southern shore, near Bono, Ohio. A graceful bird with the most remarkable looking pink spindly legs, the Black-necked Stilt has a glossy black back, slender black bill, and… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Black-necked Stilt at Howard Marsh

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