Birding 2024

9/25, Asylum Lake, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI

• Little Green Heron
• Kingfisher
• Double-breasted Cormorant

9/24, Home, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI

• female Rose-breasted Grosbeak on the flat feeder

7/23, Home, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI

• Wild Turkey hen and 3 juveniles in our yard!

7/6, Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery, Mattawan, Van Buren Co., MI.

• Wood Duck hen and her 6 ducklings 
• Kingbirds with their fancy flight
• Tree Swallows
• Barn Swallow
• Trumpeter Swan which trumpeted
• Song Sparrows with the dark spot on their breast
• Sandhill Cranes (2)
• Chimney Swift
• Warbling Vireo
• Great Blue Heron wading 

and a muskrat swimming.

7/4, Bishop's Bog, Portage, Kalamazoo Co., MI

• juvenile Baltimore Orioles
• Catbirds
• Towhee

7/1, Lillian Anderson Arboretum, Oshtemo township, Kalamazoo Co., MI

• Common Yellowthroat warbler
• Towhee

5/8, traveling 131 N between Kalamazoo & GR:

• Black Tern flying!
• GBH flying

5/7, Blandford Nature Center, Walker, Kent Co., MI

• Merlin sound app identified Parula warblers, but eyes identified 2 male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks!

5/3, Blandford Nature Center, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI: 

• Baltimore Orioles
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak

4/30, Home, Kent Co., Walker, MI

• Yellow-rumped Warbler at the pond

4/29, Blandford Nature Center, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI: 

• Rose-breasted Grosbeak

4/27, Home, Kent Co., Walker, MI

• Chipping Sparrow pair

4/18, Home, Kent Co., Walker, MI

• Barred Owl calling
• White-throated Sparrow calling

         Blandford Nature Center, Walker, Kent Co., MI

• Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
• Golden-crowned Kinglet
• Blue-headed Vireo calling

4/16, Blandford Nature Center, Walker, Kent Co., MI

• Brown Thrasher calling

4/15, Blandford Nature Center, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI

• female Hooded Merganser

4/9, Aman Park, Ottawa Co., MI

• Catbird

4/8, Aman Park, Ottawa Co., MI

As the eclipse progressed, the birds stopped singing and frogs got quiet. My eyes kept trying to adjust to the dimmer light, as if dusk were coming on, and the light had an eerie quality. The shadows got longer.

3/29, Aman Park, Ottawa Co., MI

• Golden-crowned Kinglets (many)
• Killdeer

3/21, Blandford Nature Center, Walker, Kent Co., MI

• Fox Sparrow calling
• Cardinals
• Robins
• Crows
• Blue Jays
• Red-winged Blackbirds
• White-breasted Nuthatch
• Tufted Titmice
• Chickadees
• Grackles
• Red-bellied Woodpecker
• Downy Woodpecker
• Hairy Woodpecker
• Juncos
• House Finches
• Goldfinches

3/16, home, Kent Co., Walker, MI

• Phoebes calling
• several groups of Sandhill cranes

3/2, traveling (ponds on Maynard), Kent Co., Grand Rapids, MI

• Turkey vultures
• Sandhill cranes

2/26, Blandford Nature Center, Walker, Kent Co., MI or Aman Park, Ottawa Co. ?

• Brown Creeper

2/23, Blandford Nature Center, Walker, Kent Co., MI

• Pine Siskin