Photo of the Week: Kirtland’s Warbler in Northern Michigan

small yellow and gray warbler sits on branch of Jack Pine tree

It’s not that Kirtland’s Warblers are shy birds that makes them a bird every birdwatcher wants to add to their life list.

Kirtland’s Warblers are one of the most vocal birds in the spring and are often seen singing on a top, outside branch of a tree or shrub.

It’s that they’re one of the most rare songbirds to find in North America. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Kirtland’s Warbler in Northern Michigan

Photo of the Week: Baltimore Oriole at Belle Isle Nature Zoo

bright orange and black bird perched on top of bird feeder

While everyone else I knew was fast asleep on an early Sunday morning, I was up at 5:45am to head out the door for a morning of birdwatching at Belle Isle State Park in Detroit, Michigan. I joined 13 other birders (people who watch birds) in peering through my binoculars at the 50 to 75 foot… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Baltimore Oriole at Belle Isle Nature Zoo

Photo of the Week: Caspian Tern on a Fishing Expedition

Caspian Tern soaring through the blue sky

Spring seems to have finally arrived in southeast Michigan!

Which meant I spent my weekend looking for spring bird migrants as they made their way to their breeding areas in northern Michigan and Canada.

Heading into Robert B. Long Park in Oakland County yesterday morning, I met up with a pair of birders who had just left the trail. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Caspian Tern on a Fishing Expedition