When I saw the small bird preening in the filtered sunlight of an understory tree at Nichols Arboretum, I wasn’t sure what bird it was.
It was puffed up and wet.
With a yellow throat, gray cap, yellow lower bill, and what looked like black streaking on a white breast.
From it’s size, I could tell it was a warbler.
But which one?
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Northern Parula
Years ago, we would be delighted to see an occasional Ruby-throated Hummingbird buzz by a neighbor’s overgrown evergreen bushes.
When our neighbors cut down their 12-foot tall Eastern arborvitae, we wondered if we would see them again.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Ruby-throated Hummingbird
It’s that time of year when shorebirds migrate south from their breeding grounds. The first shorebirds began arriving in southeast Michigan over the past couple weeks.
While it’s exciting to see shorebirds return to our area after several months up north, their return is also the beginning of my grumbling, ranting season.
Shorebirds are hard enough to identify when they’re in breeding plumage, with bright colors that make it a bit easier to distinguish what they are.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Shorebird Migration Begins