A large brownish shorebird, almost 20 inches long, with a striped head, and dark eyeline, the Whimbrel found its way to the western shore of Lake Erie this week on its migration journey south. Which attracted a lot of birders who have never seen a Whimbrel before, including me! Whimbrels nest in the Arctic in… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Whimbrel
When I saw the small bird preening in the filtered sunlight of an understory tree at Nichols Arboretum, I wasn’t sure what bird it was.
It was puffed up and wet.
With a yellow throat, gray cap, yellow lower bill, and what looked like black streaking on a white breast.
From it’s size, I could tell it was a warbler.
But which one?
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Years ago, we would be delighted to see an occasional Ruby-throated Hummingbird buzz by a neighbor’s overgrown evergreen bushes.
When our neighbors cut down their 12-foot tall Eastern arborvitae, we wondered if we would see them again.
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