Birding 2024

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