This weekend was one of the few times I’ve actually seen a Vesper Sparrow, instead of only hearing it singing its distinctive song of whistles, trill, and buzz.
As you can tell from my photo of the half-obscured bird, it’s not one of my better photos.
I could barely make out the large sparrow with thin white eyering, short bill, crisp brown streaks on its breast, and long tail in the mass of green leaves.
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I could hear the unmistakable song of “drink your tea” from a distance at one of my favorite local birding locations.
The sound was coming from a lower branch of a tree bordering the trail.
As I approached the area of the bird’s song, I peered up into the tree leaves and shadows, searching each branch until I finally found the black-headed brown and white bird.
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A bird I see year round in our southeast Michigan area, the slender, graceful Mourning Dove is a bird I see or hear daily. Their coo-coo sound is often the first sound I hear in the morning. This morning, with our constant rainfall, this pair of Mourning Doves joined the local House Wrens, Northern Cardinals,… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Mourning Doves