Baby Peregrines !

This afternoon Beth Miller reports Peregrine Falcon chicks again this season on the roof of the bank in downtown Muskegon.  She thinks there are three nestlings and sends these three pictures of newborns plus an adult atop the nearby church.

Photos by Tori Martel

Crane Chicks and Northern Lights

 May 13 Email:

Hi Ric, the Sandhill Cranes hatched, 2 days old in these.  Also some of this past weekend’s northern lights show.  - Don Neumann

Thanks, Don.  Great photos!  - Ric

Golden-winged Warbler at SGA

May 6 Email:

Hey Ric,

I saw this guy at the State Game Area this morning.

Mike Boston

Thanks, Mike.  I think seeing a Golden-winged Warbler out there might be good for birders.  The Blue-winged’s and Golden-winged’s crossbreed and create some hybrids (Brewster’s and Lawrence’s) before the Golden-winged’s disappear.  For awhile we might see any of the four types.  - Ric