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Birdie day at Whitefish Point
The new sign at Whitefish Point. A couple of caterpillars – Northern apple sphinx on the left, Virginia ctenucha on the right. Insects aside, yesterday was an epic flight of passerines at the point. Here are a few of the “official” numbers: Pine Siskin-490, Dark-eyed Junco-2025, Palm Warbler-347, Yellow-rumped Warbler-2677, and over 4000 ducks, dominated…
The trees were dripping with myrtles!
The “myrtles” were Myrtle Warblers, also called Yellow-rumped Warblers. Yesterday the wind shifted to the NW and the woods between us and the tip of Whitefish Point were full of warblers, primarily “myrtles.” Between eight am and 7 pm I tallied close to 350 of this little beauties. There were also a few Palm Warblers…
Justin Verlander
We’ve watched Justin Verlander pitch since his rookie year. We watched his growth in Detroit, were sad when he left and happy when he came back. I was excited to watch his pitch earlier in 2026, and was quite upset when he was injured. But yesterday we say a glimpse of the old Justin Verlander.…
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