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Photo of the Week: Blue Grosbeak at the Antenna Farm

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blue bird perches on top of short-shrub in field.

When I heard from our local birding email list that Blue Grosbeaks, a large bird similar in size to the Northern Cardinal, had been found near Lake Erie in southeast Michigan, I was on a quest.

I had to find it!

It took me three tries over two weekends, 100 degree plus Farenheit temperatures, and torrential rains, but I finally saw both male and female Blue Grosbeaks earlier this morning at the Antenna Farm in Monroe County.

For me, a life bird (first time seen) at number 274. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Blue Grosbeak at the Antenna Farm

Photo of the Week: Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Rare Bird in Ohio and Michigan

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pink-billed brown, gray, and black duck pauses in yard puddle.

What a pleasant surprise as the rare Black-bellied Whistling Duck was spotted recently in our southeast Michigan/northwest Ohio area.

And I managed to see it in Ohio and Michigan in the same week! Continue reading Photo of the Week: Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Rare Bird in Ohio and Michigan

Photo of the Week: Kentucky Warbler Along Lake Huron Shoreline

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small olive-colored bird with yellow face and black v-shaped mask pauses on leaf-strewn ground.

Whether I’m out in nearby woods and marshes, the southern shore of Lake Erie or the shore of another Great Lake, my weekends are spent birding.

Peering through leaf-strewn marshland, harvested cornfields, bare shrub branches and leafed out tree canopies in cold, rainy, snowy, and sometimes sunny weather, I search for birds.

This weekend was no different from any previous weekend in 2019, but it was special because it was during the annual spring warbler migration in Michigan. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Kentucky Warbler Along Lake Huron Shoreline

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