Along with warblers migrating south to warmer climates, vireos are also migrating through southeast Michigan. And the nice thing about vireos, at least compared to warblers in fall plumage: vireos a lot easier for me to identify! First, there aren’t many different types of vireos in our area. Second, vireos have a large head, short… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Blue-headed Vireo Migrating South
As you walk down the trail toward the shore of Lake Erie, you hear the sounds long before you see the birds.
Hundreds of birds.
Perched in a dead tree, the purple iridescence of Purple Martins can be hard to see in the bright morning sunshine and deep blue sky.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Roosting Purple Martins
In the midday heat of the summer, I don’t typically see many birds active in marshes.
A few Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons can be found along the shorelines.
Or perhaps a Wood Duck with their duckling family or Trumpeter Swans with their cygnets.
It can be pretty quiet in the marshes, except for the calls of the Red-Winged Blackbird.
But I’ll often see terns as they fly and circle over canals and marshes.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Tasty Tidbit for a Tern