Bird Watch

Birders, This morning around 9:40 a.m. I noticed the 1st cycle Great Black-backed Gull still present at Stearns Park beach for about four...

Birders, Just past noon today Brian Brosky texted me that he had counted at least 126 American Wigeons on upper Hamlin Lake off Victory...

Birders, This morning around 10:10 a.m. Brian Brosky saw an early swallow circling over Stearns Park beach by the old wave runner rental...

Birders, With way above normal temps and strong southerly winds today, it's not surprising to see new or nearly new birds reported for...

Birders, Around 11:30 a.m. this morning I parked near the Nurnberg Road boat launch and noticed a group of 4 or 5 Golden-crowned...

Ludington State Park will be closing for major renovations beginning September 3, 2024 to July 2025. More information coming as this...

SDAS member Shiela Preston shared this information regarding bird window collisions. Message: I discovered something amazing this summer....

Birders, It was a nice sunny day filled with great bird sightings ! HADUs were photographed by Mark Wloch and Randy Doughterty. Mark...

Birders, Today Dr. Knoer found an adult male Harlequin Duck near the south pier at Ludington Harbor. That is the 1st adult male HADU seen...

Birders, This morning Randy Dougherty got a nice photo of the adult male White-winged Scoter at Ludington Harbor around 11:30 a.m. An...

Birders, I was informed by Justin and Mariette Bortell that they have had a male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at their Summit Township...

Birders, I got this email a while ago and thought it is an interesting article. Check it out. Fred Allen, Sec'y...

Birders, Yesterday, as well as today (at the city marina), Dr. Cooney again located the Pied-billed Grebe that has eluded me again and...

Birders, On December 16, 2013, I discovered the 1st Townsend's Solitaire at LSP in grape-covered jack pines southwest of the park toll...

Birders, Around 12:15 p.m. today I began walking the south pier again, but the sight of a fellow with a loose dog was not a good omen....

Birders, This morning I heard from Mark Wloch who found a female/juvenile Harlequin Duck in Lake Michigan around 8:14 a.m. Then around...

Birders, A major earthquake hit the ornithological world today when it was announced that the American Ornithological Society will be...

Benjamin Wilson reports that an adult female Oregon Junco was found yesterday by Jared Wilson near his grandmother's feeders in Sherman...

Birders, There was a lot of bird movement today ! This morning I first went to LSP near the dam around 11:50 a.m. and saw two dozen...

Four days ago on October 6th Van Burmesiter found a late Northern Waterthrush that was six days beyond the previous late departure of...