“This looks like the place to be”, I said as I sat down on the bench behind the Whitefish Point Bird Observatory, on the shore of Lake Superior, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
I took a look about, and noticed there were a lot of birders sitting on the benches, their cameras with their long lenses all focused on the same black bird on the ground. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Shiny Cowbird in Michigan
“Look up! Can you see it?”
It’s a common phrase you hear when you’re birdwatching at the Magee Marsh boardwalk on the shores of Lake Erie in northwest Ohio during The Biggest Week in American Birding. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Bald Eagle at Magee Marsh Boardwalk
One of the prettiest birds for me to see in spring, other than the warblers, is the White-throated Sparrow.
The broad yellow eyebrow, dark stripes on the head, and bright white throat always stand out as the bird weaves its way through grass and brushy areas of gardens and woods. Continue reading Photo of the Week: White-throated Sparrow