Hiding in the cattails, the secretive Sora is a challenging marsh bird to find whether it’s early summer or late fall when they’re migrating south to warmer temperatures. And the Sora at Kensington Metropark I saw this week confirmed how elusive they can be to find. A member of the rail family, Soras are football-shaped… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Secretive Sora in the Marsh
Watching about 600 European Starlings in the field as the flock slowly rose and flew from one side of the road to the other was mesmerizing. The sky was blue, sun was bright, and a cool breeze blew in from the west. Suddenly, the starlings scattered in all directions. Flying quickly away from the field… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Dashing and Fierce Merlin
Along with warblers migrating south to warmer climates, vireos are also migrating through southeast Michigan. And the nice thing about vireos, at least compared to warblers in fall plumage: vireos a lot easier for me to identify! First, there aren’t many different types of vireos in our area. Second, vireos have a large head, short… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Blue-headed Vireo Migrating South