“Wait a minute,” I said to my husband as I peered at the feeder in our side yard this weekend.
“That bird doesn’t look like the brown-colored House Finches.
It looks like it has a raspberry wash over it.”
And the other House Finches on the feeder didn’t seem very happy with it.
The raspberry-colored bird kept chasing the other birds away from the feeder. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Purple Finch at Our Feeder
The first time I saw a Northern Bobwhite was in March 2017, on a cold wintry evening at dusk, as I slowly drove an icy road in eastern Washtenaw County. Returning from a successful day of birding to see the unexpected first time state observation of the Ivory Gull in Flint, Michigan, I was searching… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Northern Bobwhite
When the Blue Grosbeak with its heavy bill and chestnut-colored wingbars was first spotted last week, it caused a frenzy among the southeast Michigan birding community. Birders throughout Wayne, Washtenaw, and Oakland counties made the trek to view the rare bird. I was one of them! Luckily, some people saw both female and male birds.… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Rare Blue Grosbeak in Wayne County