We spent the first five hours of the day at the Audubon Bird Sanctuary. i wanted to get there ASAP since Worm-eating Warbler had been reported there.
Our first bird in the park was “an old friend.” This is a Red-bellied Woodpecker. I photographed this as we were listening to a Worm-eating Warbler sing. While we never saw that bird, it was still enjoyable hearing it.
The most common bird of the day was White-eyed Vireo. I was amazed to see flocks of them, sometimes numbering into the 20s.
Brown-headed Nuthatches are always fun to find and photograph.
Our first Hooded Warbler was exciting, as was out 20th later in the day.
One of two Louisiana Waterthrushes that I found today.
It was nice being able to find several Black-and-white Warblers today.
This green Heron struck a pose that was hard to resist.
One of the Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers that we had today. Interestingly it’s on a massive grape vine.
More later…
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Something from MLive that will surely interest you :
As tiny, rare butterfly nears extinction, Michigan is helping bring it back from the brink
Plight of the butterfly: One of the world’s rarest butterflies is making its last stand in a hidden Michigan wetland. A 2022 census found less than 70 of the endangered Poweshiek skipperling butterflies left in the wild. Those that remain are holding on in just two places: Manitoba, Canada, and Oakland County, Michigan.  How’d that happen?: Poweshiek skipperling populations have plummeted over the past two decades for reasons science doesnât fully understand. With more than half of North Americaâs historic grasslands destroyed or disturbed by agriculture and other human activity, habitat loss and pesticide use are considered potential players in the butterfliesâ swift decline.  Birds of a feather: In a sign that spring is on its way, a peregrine falcon egg has laid two eggs in a nest high above downtown Kalamazoo for its tenth straight year. Â
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There’s a butterfly that I have not seen in years. I went to a talk a few years ago on the restoration project for this tiny critter.
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