> We live south of Manchester on 30 mostly wooded acres. These three molted
> feathers were found in our one opening close to each other. Two birding
> friends have said whip-or-will tail feathers. We haven’t heard these birds
> for a few decades around here.
>
> Are they at all “common” in SE Michigan now? Not sure what to make of
> this!
>
> Dody
>
>
>
> [image: IMG_0702.jpeg]
> On Apr 23, 2025, at 2:36 PM, Mag Tait <magtait1...> wrote:
>
> I am in Washington state until mid June. I made my first rhubarb crisp for
> my daughter‘s family so we are definitely ahead of Michigan but I don’t
> think peak migration is here for a couple of weeks. Since I’m here to take
> care of my infant granddaughter, I won’t have much time to be looking at
> birds but I am enjoying the golden crown sparrows that visit her feeder the
> stellar Jays, the peacocks, both feral and domesticated, etc.. I am hearing
> the Pacific wren and red breasted nut hatches that are in abundance
>
> From home, my cat sitter has noted a golden crown Kinglet in my yard.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 23, 2025, at 5:17 AM, Fred Kaluza <fkaluza...> wrote:
>
>
> I took a road-trip to the Everglades in January and it really wrecked my
> sense of timing. Until this January, I’d overwintered someplace cold for
> 65 years with the exception of 1981 when they sent me to the Middle East.
> I’m wondering about migration and nesting. There was a wave of migrators
> in March and then nothing here. The Bluebirds I heard then have been gone
> until just yesterday. Am I too late to get nesting Wood Ducks and
> Chickadees? Everything feels like they should be in full swing but,
> Trillium are just emerging, Trout Lillys just just starting to bloom etc.
> I’ve seen Morning Cloaks over the last couple weeks, heard Chorus Frogs and
> Spring Peepers and we have our first Wood Frog tadpoles in the vernal
> ponds. Yesterday a Wooly Bear caterpillar was sunning itself on the
> walkway. For this late in April, things seem slow. I think I get this way
> every year. It’s like that commercial about the ketchup in the bottle.
>
> --
> Birders is a service of the Great Lakes Commission. Visit us at
> www.glc.org
> ---
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "Birders" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
> email to birders+<unsubscribe...>
> To view this discussion visit
> https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/<SJ0PR22MB3478D324ADE8597174391F77F9BA2...> > <https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/<SJ0PR22MB3478D324ADE8597174391F77F9BA2...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > .
>
>
> --
> Birders is a service of the Great Lakes Commission. Visit us at
> www.glc.org
> ---
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "Birders" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
> email to birders+<unsubscribe...>
> To view this discussion visit
> https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/<B715D44B-2EFC-46D7-9E44-D0B4C364BBC9...> > <https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/<B715D44B-2EFC-46D7-9E44-D0B4C364BBC9...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > .
>
> --
> Birders is a service of the Great Lakes Commission. Visit us at
> www.glc.org
> ---
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "Birders" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an
> email to birders+<unsubscribe...>
> To view this discussion visit
> https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/<B96D33A4-B48B-4C89-94E9-F94157C0958A...> > <https://groups.google.com/a/great-lakes.net/d/msgid/birders/<B96D33A4-B48B-4C89-94E9-F94157C0958A...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > .
>
