Birding 2022

August 19, Aman Park, Ottawa Co., MI

• mink

August 16, Blandford Nature Center, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI

• milk snake

June 2-3, Millboro Springs, Bath Co., VA

• Bluebirds 

Heard calls:

•  Barred owl

May 31, Millboro Springs, Bath Co., VA

Heard calls:

• Yellow-billed Cuckoo
• Wood Thrush
• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
• Red-eyed Vireo
• Blue-headed Vireo
• Whippoorwills (evenings)

May 30, Millboro Springs, Bath Co., VA

• Phoebe
• Brown Thrashers
• Mockingbird
• Catbirds
• Carolina Wren

May 28, Gaudineer Knob/Scenic Area, Randolph/Pocohontas Co., WV

• Yellow-rumped Warblers (heard calls)
• Magnolia Warblers (heard calls)

May 24, Grand Ravines, Ottawa Co., Allendale, MI

• Common Yellowthroat Warbler (heard call)
• Bald Eagles
• Eastern Wood Pewee (heard call)

May 15, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co., Grand Rapids, MI

• Catbird pair
• Baltimore Orioles - 2 pair

May 11, Home, Kent Co., Walker, MI

Indigo Bunting at the feeder

May 5, Leonard between 8th and 14th, Ottawa Co., MI

Egret (probably Cattle)

May 5, Aman Park, Ottawa Co., MI

• Black-throated Green Warbler
• Brown Creepers

May 2, Home, Kent Co., Walker, MI

White-crowned Sparrow

May 1, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co., Grand Rapids, MI

• Blue Jays
• Cardinals
• Canada Geese
• Catbird
• Chickadees
• Crows
• Downy Woodpecker
• Goldfinch
• Grackles
• Mourning Doves
• Red-tailed Hawk
• Red-winged Blackbirds
• Robins
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak
• Song Sparrow
• Tree Swallows
• White-breasted Nuthatch
• White-throated Sparrows 
• Yellow-shafted Flicker

Home:

• Chipping Sparrow
• Pileated Woodpecker
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Starlings
• Tufted Titmouse

April 24, Home, Kent Co., Walker, MI

White-throated Sparrow (heard call)

April 21, Home, Kent Co., Walker, MI

Chipping Sparrow

April 14, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co., Walker, MI

Hermit Thrush

April 3, Home, Kent Co., Walker, MI

Eastern Phoebe (heard call)

April 1, GVSU campus, Ottawa Co., Allendale, MI

Red-breasted Nuthatch

March 18, Home, Kent Co., Walker, MI

Turkey Vulture

March 13, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co., Walker, MI

Bald Eagle 

Song Sparrows

March 10, Walker Village Dr., Kent Co., Walker, MI

Great Blue Heron

March 5, Standale Bike path, Kent Co., Walker, MI

4 Sandhill cranes flying

March 3, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co., Grand Rapids, MI

Bluebirds

Red-winged Blackbirds

Rough-legged Hawks (pair)

Song Sparrows (pair)

Pileated Woodpecker

March 2, home, Kent Co., MI

male Merlin perched on backyard fence

March 1, traveling, Ottawa Co., Spring Lake, MI

Bald Eagle