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Great Backyard Bird Count 2025

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Dull brown/red songbird with reddish crest, black face mask, and large red bill perches on a brown shrub branch.

Returning for its 28th year, the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) kicks off this weekend for a four-day free and fun event to count and report details of birds.

From Friday, February 14, 2025 through Monday, February 17, 2025 thousands of people around the world will take as little as 15 minutes to notice birds around them and report them online.

The information shared by GBBC participants helps scientists better understand global bird populations.

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Free Birding Webinars: Learn to Identify Winter Waterfowl and Michigan Birding 101

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Mallard and American Black Duck face to face on a snowy bank next to the river.

Despite the cold, winter is an excellent time for birdwatching in Michigan. There are fewer kinds of birds to see and there aren’t any leaves for the birds to hide behind.

And on a relatively warm winter day, it’s a good way to enjoy the outdoors with family and friends.

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Photo of the Week: Ash-throated Flycatcher

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A brownish-gray bird with copper-edged wings perches on a woody shrub branch. the bird has a black bill, black eye, whitish breast and long tail.

An unexpected rare bird in the Battle Creek, Michigan area, the Ash-throated Flycatcher, excited the Michigan birding community over the 2024 end-of-year holiday break.

With warmer winter temperatures in the 30’s and 40’s Fahrenheit, and sometimes reaching as high as 50 degrees Fahrenheit, birders throughout Michigan and nearby states trekked to the western Michigan area to view the bird typically found in western and southwest United States.

I was one of the birders making the journey!

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