spring migration

Photo of the Week: White-crowned Sparrow

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Gray sparrow with pinkish-orange bill, black and white striped head, and brown wings pauses in the green grass.

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.

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Photo of the Week: Upland Sandpiper, Long Distance Traveler

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buffy-brown and white bird with yellow legs perched on fence post.

My bird sighting last week at a nearby birding hotspot caught me by surprise: the Upland Sandpiper has arrived in southeast Michigan.

When I checked my past bird sightings, I learned I usually see Upland Sandpipers in early May.

A long distance traveler, the Upland Sandpiper winters in South American pampas of Paraguay and northern Argentina before migrating through the Great Plains and Midwest of the United States in early spring. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Upland Sandpiper, Long Distance Traveler

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