The birding community in Michigan and beyond is abuzz with the news that a rare sandpiper for North America was seen this weekend in southeast Michigan.
I should know, I’m as excited as everyone else who heard about it!
Along with hundreds of other birdwatchers, I made the journey early this morning to Washtenaw County in search of the reddish-legged Spotted Redshank.
Isn’t it a beauty? Continue reading Photo of the Week: Spotted Redshank, Rare Bird in Michigan
Yesterday, I was on one of over 13,000 participants in October Big Day, an international event for birdwatchers to watch and report all the birds they see in a single day.
I had high hopes of reporting 50 or more bird species for my October Big Day.
Sadly, rain and thunderstorms were predicted throughout the day in southeast Michigan, northwest Ohio, and southwest Ontario.
The rainy weather didn’t matter much to this Killdeer, which I found standing near a puddle of water at Willow Run Airport in Van Buren Township, Michigan. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Wet Day of Birding for First October Big Day
One of the most distinctive shorebirds, I found the Black-necked Stilt lazily wading along the flats of Howard Marsh, a newly created coastal wetland on Lake Erie’s southern shore, near Bono, Ohio. A graceful bird with the most remarkable looking pink spindly legs, the Black-necked Stilt has a glossy black back, slender black bill, and… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Black-necked Stilt at Howard Marsh