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Birding Through Glass
25.12.2024
While we were in Cleveland, OH yesterday visiting Picasso On Paper at the Cleveland Museum of Art with Robin's friend Paula reports came of ...
24.12.2024
This morning I was to head home from visiting with the Volkers in Pawleys Island, Georgetown Co., South Carolina. We thought about going out...
After lunch at Rockie's Road House we drove across the street to the DRIWR Humbug Marsh Unit and cruised for a recently-reported Northern Sh...
23.12.2024
Another chilly morning here in Georgetown, SC. But the winds have died so it is pleasantly cool. Jack has been wondering where all of the Eu...
21.12.2024
Jack and Janet got us tickets for a private tour of Yawkey Island Wildlife Center in southern Georgetown Co., SC. The 24,000 acre wildlife ...
Part 3 of the birthday celebration took Jack, Janet and me to the north end of Pawleys Island to look for gulls. We found them... We first t...
18.12.2024
Twenty-three brave and hardy souls braved morning rains, fog, cold, and afternoon rain to participate in the 55th Monroe, MI Christmas Bird ...
It was now 10 am. With high tide arriving at 10:30 am Jack and I headed to the north end of Huntington State Park and headed to the beach. W...
15.12.2024
With the Monroe, MI CBC just 2 days away I had the opportunity to do a bit of scouting inside the count circle. Allen Chartier and I agreed ...
13.12.2024
This morning Jack and I headed to Huntington Beach State Park to walk the beach out to the Jetty. But first we'd explore the south end of th...
10.12.2024
I flew into Myrtle Beach Airport in sunny-but-cold (37F, calm) Georgetown Co. South Carolina this morning to spend four days with Janet and ...
01.12.2024
I headed down to hawk watch this afternoon under cloudy skies and cool temperatures (45F). As expected for this time of year things were s...
27.11.2024
Bobby Irwin had reported a dark-morph Rough-legged Hawk at the Antennae Farm yesterday. This was on the heels of Justin Labadie reporting a ...
25.11.2024
I took a drive down to Pt. Mouillee SGA this morning and decided to swing by the Antennae Farm. As I approached Labo Rd. I spotted an Ame...
23.11.2024
Three blue-morph Snow Geese were reported at the Cabela's pond in Dundee, MI on 17 Nov 2024. This morning I decided to look for them. Skies...
21.11.2024
I drove down to JP's Waterfront restaurant this morning to look for the continuing pair of Little Gulls. They were last seen flying south y...
17.11.2024
Last week Bobby Irwin and Justin Labadie reported a pair of Little Gulls at the Humbug Marina in Gibraltar. For some reason I was under the ...
14.11.2024
I made a short birding excursion through s. Wayne Co this morning. Skies were cloudy, but starting to get progressively clearer while temper...
12.11.2024
Forecasts called for E winds this morning that would hopefully induce a nice flight of raptors over Lake Erie Metropark and the Detroit Rive...
09.11.2024
The past couple of days have seen strong S-SW winds, warm temperatures and low raptor movement at Detroit River Hawk Watch. Today the winds ...
05.11.2024
Fourteen Golden Eagles flew by the Detroit River Hawk Watch yesterday. Today was supposed to bring cooling temperatures and N winds, so ther...
03.11.2024
The high winds and warm weather of this past week has been replaced with NW winds and colder temperatures. This afternoon the wind was blowi...
Afternoon at Detroit River Hawk Watch brought lots of distant kettles of Turkey Vultures and a few fly-over Red-tailed Hawks . The Red-tail...
28.10.2024
Winds were out of the NW this morning, and with a rising barometer we expected a good flight of raptors at Detroit River Hawk Watch. Skies w...
25.10.2024
After dropping Robin off at the Ann Arbor Art Center I drove to the Arb and decided to explore the north and west sides. Skies were cloudy a...
This morning, while looking through the microscope, I heard the loud raucous calls of Common Grackles coming from outside. When I lifted my...
24.10.2024
After returning from Ann Arbor I decided to run down to Detroit River Hawk Watch. Skies were cloudy but I was hoping that they'd be clearing...
I had planned to go to the Detroit River Hawk Watch this afternoon to take a new panorama of the site for future brochures; many of the land...
19.10.2024
After dropping Robin at the Ann Arbor Art Center I drove to Geddes and Riverview Ct. to bird the Nichol's Arboretum. Skies were clear but it...
17.10.2024
A sunny but breezy morning greeted me as I arrived at the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge at 9 am. I ran into Brian Beauchene ...
I drove down to Wm. Sterling State Park in Monroe Co. to look for warblers. Skies were clear and calm, and temps were hovering around 55F. A...
12.10.2024
Kinglets and juncos, Oh My! This morning skies were clear, calm and cool at 45F while I walked the Nichols Arboretum in Ann Arbor. This week...
11.10.2024
I came back to the Detroit River Hawk Watch this afternoon with the hopes of seeing another Swainson's Hawk, or at least another nice flig...
09.10.2024
A walk around Humbug Marsh yielded no warblers this morning, but a Swamp Sparrow along the shoreline of the Monguagon Delta was a nice find....
Skies were clear and a cool breeze was blowing from the N so I decided to head down to the Detroit River Hawk Watch this afternoon. Arriving...
07.10.2024
To date (06 Oct 2024) the Detroit River Hawk Watch has tallied 6776 Broad-winged Hawks for the Fall 2024 Hawk Watch Season. This number rep...
04.10.2024
Robin had a workshop at the Ann Arbor Art Center this morning, so my plan was to drop her off and head over to Nichol's Arboretum. Skies wer...
01.10.2024
While Hurricane Helene has ravaged the south its effects have been felt up here; overcast, clouds, rain. This morning was no different with ...
23.09.2024
A Bay-breasted Warbler and a pair of Magnolia Warblers were the only highlights of the morning walk at Elizabeth Park this morning. Skies ...
After reports of warblers at Elizabeth Park yesterday I took a drive this morning to see if any were still around. They weren't. My only c...