June 11 to July 15 It has been a busy summer so far, with lots of trips for birdwatching. I’ve added quite a few new species to my list in the past five weeks, bringing my total up from 51 to 68 and adding 17 new species to my list. I hope to add quiteContinue reading “A Michigan Big Year, Weeks 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28”
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A Michigan Big Year, Weeks 21,22, and 23
May 21st to June 10 The school year is a couple of weeks away from finishing, so I haven’t had a lot of time to birdwatch the past 3 weeks. However, I still managed to add 7 new species to my list, mostly from backyard building. I hope to get more birdwatching in as summerContinue reading “A Michigan Big Year, Weeks 21,22, and 23”
A Michigan Big Year, Weeks 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20
April 9-May 20 It’s been a busy month and half for me, that began with many new sightings and then slowly picked up from there. As a special education teacher, this is a very busy time of year for me, so I haven’t had much time to post or to birdwatch, but I was stillContinue reading “A Michigan Big Year, Weeks 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20”
A Michigan Big Year, 2023, Weeks 11, 12
👀= Visually saw the bird 👂= Heard the bird 🦅= Flyover As I mentioned in my previous post, birdwatching has been slow this month. The week of March 12th was much the same as previous weeks. Then, the week of March 19-25, things picked up a lot and I was able to add quite aContinue reading “A Michigan Big Year, 2023, Weeks 11, 12”
A Michigan Big Year, 2023, Weeks 9, 10
👀= Visually saw the bird 👂= Heard the bird 🦅= Flyover My list for Weeks 9, 10 February 26-March 11 It’s been a busy couple of weeks. , and I have not spotted any new species of birds, so I held off posting a week. My list of birds for weeks 9 and 10 include:Continue reading “A Michigan Big Year, 2023, Weeks 9, 10”
A Michigan Big Year 2023, Week 8
👀= Visually saw the bird 👂= Heard the bird 🦅= Flyover My list for Week 8 February 19 👀Tufted Titmouse 👀Black capped Chickadees 👀Dark eyes junco 👀 Crows 👀 Mourning Doves February 20 👀Tufted Titmouse 👀Black capped Chickadees 👀Dark eyes junco 👀 Crows 👀 Mourning Doves 👀Mallards 👀 Mute Swans 👀 Rock Doves February 21Continue reading “A Michigan Big Year 2023, Week 8”
A Michigan Big Year, 2023, Week 7
Key:👀= Visually saw the bird 👂= Heard the bird 🦅= Flyover My list for Week 7 February 12 👀Black Capped Chickadees (Multiple) 👀 Mourning Doves (flock) 👀 Crows (Multiple) 👀 Dark eyed juncos 👀 Rock Doves (flock) 👀 European Starlings 👀 Snow Buntings 👀 Unidentified hawk February 13 👀Black Capped Chickadees (Multiple) 👀 Dark eyedContinue reading “A Michigan Big Year, 2023, Week 7”
A Michigan Big Year, 2023; Week 6
👀= Visually saw the bird 👂= Heard the bird 🦅= Flyover My list for Week 5: February 5 👀 Crows 👀 Ring-billed gull 👀 Morning Dove 👀 European Starlings 👀 Rock Doves February 6 No sightings February 7 👀 Chickadees 👀 Dark-eyed Junco 👀 Morning Dove February 8 👀👂 Crows 👀👂Northern Flicker 👀 Morning DoveContinue reading “A Michigan Big Year, 2023; Week 6”
A Michigan Big Year, 2023, Week 5
Key:👀= Visually saw the bird 👂= Heard the bird 🦅= Flyover My list for Week 5: January 29 👀 Downy Woodpecker (1) 👀Black Capped Chickadees (Multiple) 👀 Mourning Doves (flock) 👀 Crows (Multiple) 👀 White Breasted Nuthatch (1) 👀 Dark eyed juncos 👀 Rock Doves (flock) January 30 👀 Tufted Titmouse 👀 Dark eyed juncosContinue reading “A Michigan Big Year, 2023, Week 5”
A Michigan Big Year, 2023 Week 4
Key: 👀= Visually saw the bird 👂= Heard the bird 🦅= Flyover My list for Week 4: January 22: 👀Black Capped Chickadees (Multiple) 👀 Mourning Doves January 23: No Bird sightings January 24: No Bird sightings January 25: 👀Black Capped Chickadees (Multiple) January 26: No Bird sightings January 27: No Bird sightings January 28: 👀BlackContinue reading “A Michigan Big Year, 2023 Week 4”
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