photo of the week

While bright colorful warblers catch everyone’s attention in our area during spring migration, one of the birds I’m always looking for in spring is the White-crowned Sparrow.

It’s a beautiful large gray sparrow, with contrasting bold white and black stripes on its head.

Some populations are known to overwinter in our area, but I rarely find one during our winter months in Michigan.

I’ve seen a White-crowned Sparrow in southeast Michigan once in mid-November 2018.