Photo of the Week: Sturgeon Moon

Deep red circular moon with blackish shadows shines in the black sky.

The first of two full moons this month rose on the first day of the month. And our southeast Michigan area thankfully had clear skies! I kept looking toward the southeast for the moon rising, but I was in an area where tall trees were blocking the sky. It wasn’t until around 11PM Eastern Daylight… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Sturgeon Moon

Photo of the Week: A Morning for Cliff Swallows

A small brown bird with outstretched wings, short square tail, buffy-orange rump, and white head patch pauses over dried brown mud nests in a corner of a gray concrete portion of a street bridge.

As a birder, sometimes you need to remind yourself to look at things other than trees, bushes, yards, and fields to see birds.

Like bridges—this one is over the Huron River at Gallup Park in Ann Arbor, Michigan—where you see Cliff Swallow nests as you look up from the trail.

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Photo of the Week: Another Roseate Spoonbill Finds Its Way to Michigan

Large pink wading bird stands on one long reddish leg looking down to the ground on the shore of a pond. The bird has a whitish head with long spoon-shaped bill. A nearby Common Merganser, a brown duck with cinnamon-colored heard, tucks its head under its wing. Green foilage and tangled brown branches in the background.

In summer 2021, the birding community in Michigan and nearby states were delighted to view a Roseate Spoonbill in southeast Michigan.

I know, I was one of them!

The pink wading bird seen in Saline, Michigan for several days in July 2021 was a first state record.

And two years later, another Roseate Spoonbill has turned up in southeast Michigan.

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