* = new to life list
7/25 Asylum Lake Preserve, Kalamazoo Co., MI
- Common Yellowthroats
- Yellow Warblers
- Field Sparrows
- Song Sparrows
- Tree Swallows
- Goldfinch
- Blue Jays
- Red-winged Blackbird
6/23-6/24 Honor, Benzie Co., MI:
- Brown Thrasher
- Ravens
- Red-winged Blackbirds
- Cardinals
- Titmice
- Nuthatches
- Mourning Doves
- Ovenbirds
- American Redstarts
- Common Yellowthroats
- Red-eyed Vireos
- Black-throated Green Warblers
- Baltimore Oriole
- Wood Thrush
- woodpeckers
6/12 Asylum Lake Preserve, Kalamazoo Co., MI
- Song Sparrows
- Common Yellowthroats (warbler)
- Red-winged Blackbirds
- Turkey Vultures
Crickets!
5/30 Kalamazoo Nature Center, Habitat Haven Trail, Kalamazoo Co., MI:
Heard calls:
- Indigo Bunting
- Common Yellowthroat (warbler)
- Northern Yellow Warbler
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Catbird
- House Finch
- Song Sparrow
- Cardinal
5/28 Home, Kalamazoo Co., MI
- Great Crested Flycatcher calling
5/24 Home, Kalamazoo Co., MI
- Swainson's Thrush sang in the backyard between 9-10 p.m.!
5/19 Kal-Haven Trail (trailhead to F and 8th), Kalamazoo Co., MI:
- Gray Catbird
- Northern Yellow Warbler
- Rose-breasted Grosbeaks
- Sandhill Cranes (pair)
- Song Sparrow (heard call)
- Red-eyed Vireo (heard call)
- Wood Thrushes - many! (heard calls)
- Eastern Wood-Pewees (heard calls)
- Common Yellowthroat (heard call)
- Blackpoll Warbler (heard call)
5/17 Rose St. north of Fairview, Kalamazoo Co., MI
- Pileated Woodpecker flew across the road right in front of me!
5/6 Bow-in-the-Clouds Preserve, Kalamazoo Co., MI. p.m.
- Rose-breasted Grosbeaks
5/6 Bow-in-the-Clouds Preserve, Kalamazoo Co., MI. a.m.
- Peregrine Falcon
- 2 Sandhill Cranes
- Baltimore Orioles (male & female)
- Northern Yellow Warblers
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Song Sparrow
- 2 Great Blue Herons
- Palm Warbler (heard call)
5/6 Home, Kalamazoo Co., MI
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak (male)
5/5 Home, Kalamazoo Co., MI
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Leucistic female Cardinal (she has a mate this year!)
5/4 Home, Kalamazoo Co., MI
- Black-throated Green Warblers
- Nashville Warbler
- Blue-winged Warbler
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak female at feeder
4/21 Kal-Haven Trail (trailhead to F and 8th), Kalamazoo Co., MI:
- Yellow-rumped Warblers (flock)
- Double-breasted Cormorants (3 flying over)
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (heard call)
- Ruby crowned Kinglets
- Kingbird
4/14 Kal-Haven Trail (trailhead to F and 8th), Kalamazoo Co., MI:
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker*
- Swamp Sarrow
4/10 Home, Kalamazoo Co., MI
- Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
4/6 Home, Kalamazoo Co., MI
- 16 Sandhill Cranes flew over
4/5 Al Sabo Preserve, Kalamazoo Co., MI
- Cooper's Hawk
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
3/29 Home, Kalamazoo Co., MI
- 18 Sandhill Cranes flew over
3/27 Asylum Lake Preserve, Kalamazoo Co., MI
- Bluebird
- Hairy woodpecker
- Robins
- Phoebe
- Titmouse
- Blue jays
- Red-winged Blackbirds
3/22 Kleinstuck Preserve, Kalamazoo Co., MI
- Phoebe (heard call)
- Spring Peepers, Wood Frogs (chuckle)
3/16 Home, Kalamazoo Co., MI
- White-throated Sparrow (heard call)
3/14 Asylum Lake Preserve, Kalamazoo Co., MI
- 2 Sandhill Cranes
- Red-winged Blackbirds
- House Finches
- Robins
- Song Sparrow
- Fox Sparrow
- Cardinals
- Blue Jays
- Black-capped Chickadees
- White-breasted Nuthatch
3/8 Home, Kalamazoo Co., MI
- 35 Sandhill Cranes flew over
- Carolina Wren singing
2/28 Plainwell, Allegan Co., MI
- Common Merganser
2/27 6th and TU, Prairie Ronde Township, Kalamazoo Co., MI
- Snow Buntings*
- Lapland Longspurs*
2/27 Home, Kalamazoo Co., MI
- 20 Sandhill Cranes flew over
2/11 6th and TU, Prairie Ronde Township, Kalamazoo Co., MI
- Horned Larks (many)
2/10 Southern Kalamazoo Co., MI
- Tree Sparrows
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Rough-legged Hawk
- Northern Harrier
- Sandhill Cranes (3)
- Wild Turkeys (flock)
