As you might imagine, a brilliant red bird will catch your eye whether you’re on a trail in the Michigan woods or looking at the crested Northern Cardinal at your bird feeder.
When the bird is a Summer Tanager, a bright red or orange-red bird that typically breeds further south than southeast Michigan, you can imagine the excitement of birders in our area when they learned one had been sighted this spring! Continue reading Photo of the Week: Summer Tanager
My bird sighting last week at a nearby birding hotspot caught me by surprise: the Upland Sandpiper has arrived in southeast Michigan.
When I checked my past bird sightings, I learned I usually see Upland Sandpipers in early May.
A long distance traveler, the Upland Sandpiper winters in South American pampas of Paraguay and northern Argentina before migrating through the Great Plains and Midwest of the United States in early spring. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Upland Sandpiper, Long Distance Traveler
I’ve probably walked by dozens of mudflats with Wilson’s Snipes in them, without realizing I should have lifted my binoculars to my eyes to peruse the piles of mud in search of the shorebird.
While Wilson’s Snipes are considered a widespread shorebird in North America, they can be hard to find.
Why? Continue reading Photo of the Week: the Inconspicuous Wilson’s Snipe