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.โ 
#birds #birdsofMastodon #birdsofMichigan #birdsofnorthamerica #fallmigration #birdwatching #Ostdrosselโ 
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) ๐Ÿ˜†โ 
#birds #birdsofMastodon #birdsofMichigan #birdsofnorthamerica #borbs #MoDo #dove #birdwatching #Ostdrossel #birdphotoโ 

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! ๐Ÿฆ โค๏ธ ๐Ÿ˜

The photographer is Jocelyn Anderson, and this cardinal certainly has something to say to her. ๐Ÿคฃ ๐Ÿคฃ ๐Ÿคฃ

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 โค๏ธ #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

๐ŸŽต ๐ŸŽถ ๐ŸŽต ๐ŸŒง๏ธ ๐ŸŒง๏ธ ๐ŸŒง๏ธ "I'm si-i-inging in the rain,
"Just si-i-inging in the rain!" ๐ŸŽต ๐ŸŽถ ๐ŸŽต ๐ŸŒง๏ธ ๐ŸŒง๏ธ ๐ŸŒง๏ธ

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

Photographer โ€” 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?

๐Ÿ˜Š ๐Ÿฅฐ ๐Ÿ˜˜ ๐Ÿ˜˜ ๐Ÿ’ง ๐ŸคŽ ๐Ÿค ๐Ÿ–ค ๐Ÿฅœ

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

The photographer is Jocelyn Anderson.

#Birds #Borbs #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMichigan #TuftedTitmouse

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! ๐Ÿฅฐ ๐Ÿ˜˜ ๐Ÿ˜Š

Vertical photograph; click for full effect.

Photographer โ€” Jocelyn Anderson

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

Vertical photograph; click for full effect.

Photographer โ€” Jocelyn Anderson

#Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #NorthernCardinal #RedBird #Borb #BirdsOfMichigan