Birding 2026

* = new to life list 

5/6 Bow-in-the-Clouds Preserve, Kalamazoo Co., MI

• 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)