A fun visitor arrived yesterday, a lone Robin. Today, I also saw one lone Grackle. Maybe there will be some fall migration sightings in this backyard after all. It is a weird fall, it is colder but the trees are not there yet, they are still all green! Calendars are still on the hold (except for desk ones) but I hope to get them all out by the end of the week.⁠
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The MoDos also had plenty of offspring, and it seems like they all know right from the start how to pose. In a weird kind of way, the youngsters almost seem more serious (first birb) πŸ˜†β 
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Drove 10 hours to get my once in a lifetime view of Kirtland's warbler, probably the rarest bird I have yet seen. Crawford County, Michigan, June 2023

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I love Northern Cardinals. They have such attitude and love to stare you in the face! 🐦 ❀️ 😁

The photographer is Jocelyn Anderson, and this cardinal certainly has something to say to her. 🀣 🀣 🀣

Vertical picture. Click to get the full view of his sharply-raised crest and his red breast.

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Due to some maintenance work, the live cams will be off for a couple of days, and I won't be able to post. Things will be back to normal next week. To hold you over, here is the King. Enjoy the outdoors and listen to the #birds ❀️ #birdsofinstagram #NorthernCardinal #Cardinals #JoshuaHomme #KingoftheYard #birdsofmichigan #birdsofnorthamerica #birdwatching #birdlovers #nature #Ostdrossel #birdphotography
This bird brings me joy so I'm sharing it with you. #trumpeterswan #birdwatching #birdsofmichigan #queerbirders #spring #geese

🎡 🎢 🎡 🌧️ 🌧️ 🌧️ "I'm si-i-inging in the rain,
"Just si-i-inging in the rain!" 🎡 🎢 🎡 🌧️ 🌧️ 🌧️

A tufted titmouse belts out a tune, oblivious to the downpour around it.

Photographer β€” Jocelyn Anderson

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For your viewing pleasure: a tufted titmouse daintily nibbles on a peanut held between its foot and a branch. What's not to love about these sweet-faced, teardrop-shaped borbs?

😊 πŸ₯° 😘 😘 πŸ’§ 🀎 🀍 πŸ–€ πŸ₯œ

Vertical photograph; click for the bottom half of the bird and the peanut.

The photographer is Jocelyn Anderson.

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While I'm on a Jocelyn Anderson kick today, here's one of her photographs of a sweet little Tufted Titmouse. It looks so shy! πŸ₯° 😘 😊

Vertical photograph; click for full effect.

Photographer β€” Jocelyn Anderson

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A male Northern Cardinal wears a decorative snowflake on his tuft.

Vertical photograph; click for full effect.

Photographer β€” Jocelyn Anderson

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