On a cold, wintry day in Michigan, there aren’t a lot of birds that will catch your eye against the drab brown-gray landscape. Even when there is snow on the ground. But when you see a bird with a flash of blue, you can be almost certain it’s the Eastern Bluebird— one of the birds… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Eastern Bluebird on a Gray, Wintry Day
One of the most common winter birds you’ll find at feeders in southeast Michigan in the winter is the White-breasted Nuthatch, an acrobatic bird that defies gravity as it walks head down, spiraling a tree trunk. Or it perches perilously from a feeder as this White-breasted Nuthatch was doing at my feeder this weekend. It… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Gravity-defying White-breasted Nuthatch
After a week of gray cloudy skies followed by two days of freezing cold weather and snow flurries, it was wonderful to wake up this morning to clear blue skies and a bright shining sun.
Which meant I spent most of my day birdwatching, looking for:
I had a successful day! Continue reading Photo of the Week: Red-tailed Hawk