It’s not often I can observe an Osprey family relatively close up.
Most Osprey nests I’ve seen in Michigan are a few hundred feet away from shore, making a spotting scope required to observe the birds.
Not so with this Osprey family nesting on the western shore of Lake Erie near the Michigan/Ohio border. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Osprey Family on the Move
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
My birding companion this weekend had a much bigger camera lens than I did, and a keener eye for finding birds in the tall grasses of the field.
We were at the Conservancy Farm in Superior Township, Michigan, scanning the tops of the grasses for our target bird for the day.
Wait, was that it?
I asked as a blur of black caught the corner of my eye.
No,
he responded. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Tasty Lunch for the Bobolink