1+ hour, 23+ min ago  (392+ words) Hudsonian godwit, lower right, seven marbled godwits and a ring-billed gull, June 30, New Buffalo Beach. Rare shorebirds in flight, June 30, New Buffalo. Willet, left, Hudsonian godwit, top, showing distinctive black tail with white band, and six marbled godwits. A portion…...

2+ week, 53+ min ago  (298+ words) American bittern on May 3 in a New Buffalo Township marsh. Bald eagle with fish in talons, May 27 at New Buffalo Harbor. Eastern garter snake, June 4 at Baroda Township Park. During the breeding season, the American bittern nests in cattail or…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (283+ words) White-faced ibis on May 19 in Lake Township. Male Baltimore oriole, May 3, at the hummingbird feeder of Deb and Dave Bach in Coloma Township. In a recent Southwest Michigan column, I featured a glossy ibis, which had only been recorded in…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (277+ words) A glossy ibis (right) and four drake mallards on April 26, in a flooded field along Browntown Road in Lake Township. A male summer tanager molting into breeding plumage on April 26 at the feeders of Hanah and Brad Anderson of Bridgman....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (290+ words) A male yellow-headed blackbird on April 16 at Andrews University, found by Elleneth Engelmier of Berrien Township. The American white pelican population has increased over the last half-century, and so have local sightings. From 1962 to 1991 there were just two records of…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (249+ words) An American robin on Feb. 16 at Chikaming Township Park. A female eastern bluebird on Feb. 15, on a wire at Three Oaks Wastewater Lagoons. Two of Southwest Michigan’s most endearing and recognizable songbirds are the eastern bluebird and the American robin....