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Whether you prefer to watch woodpeckers in Michigan in the woods or your backyard, there is never a dull moment. Michigan has plenty of woodpeckers. Ask any Michigan state resident. And they will probably tell you they have woodpeckers in their backyards all year round, though you should also know that a few species are

Early in my bird-watching hobby, I was hiking in the woods of Colorado when I came across a tree with a dozen or so small holes drilled into it. The holes were very uniform and orderly, laid out in an almost perfect line. A while later, I came across another tree with a similar pattern

Diurnal, Migratory, Soaring, Predator Diet: Mammals, Lizards, and Birds Listen to the Zone-Tailed Hawk here and here   My favorite characteristic of the Zone-Tailed Hawk is its cunning stealth with hunting prey. Evolution has been kind to this raptor, giving it a startling similarity to the Turkey Vulture (which doesn’t hunt prey but waits until

This hummingbird has a fantastic name that made me excited to learn about it – I’ve never been fortunate enough to see one in person. I mean, when you hear the name ‘starthroat,’ it just has to be a stunner, right? Unfortunately for us bird watchers, the name doesn’t quite live up to our expectations,

I still remember the goosebumps I got the first time I heard the intense drumming, followed by a loud me-ah call in the forest and the adrenaline rush at the sight of it leaning on its tail while licking sap from a maple tree. Few birds can match the skills of a yellow-bellied woodpecker: to

We often hear the term “a murder of crows,” but do you know what any other groups of birds are called? It seems unfair that crows get all the attention for having a unique group name. In the case of hummingbirds, these vivacious and quick gems are referred to using very endearing terms when gathered

Everyone loves hummingbirds: they are little jewels of reflective, glittering light, darting through the dappled forest in impossible directions and, if you’re really lucky, alighting on your backyard hummingbird feeder. I spent months doing research in The Bahamas on a couple of different species of birds, but while there, I got to watch all the