Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker Ludington State Park

   Crossed paths with the most cooperative Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker this morning at Ludington State Park.  This bird spent about a half an hour drinking the sap of a Birch tree.

   The Ruby-crowned Kinglets were equally obliging.

   Here are some birds that visited my yard today.

Yellow-rumped Warbler hitting the suet.

   This Osprey was one of 4 species that I added to the yard list today.  The others were Rock Pigeon, Bald Eagle and Double-Crested Cormorant.  Yard list is now at 47.

Growing the yard list

  I added 11 new birds to the new yardlist this weekend . I'm up to 37.  Wasn't able to get photographs of Eastern Phoebe, Hermit Thrush, Northern Flicker among others, but below I included photos that I was able to get of some of the new ones as well as the everyday birds.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (new)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (new)

Purple Finch (new)

Sharp-shinned Hawk (new)

Sandhill Cranes  (not new)

More birds at work

    My goal this year is to photograph 100 species of birds at my workplace.  I've seen 41 species so far but have only photographed 24.

Lesser and Greater Scaup

Downy Woodpecker

Brown Creeper finding an insect

for breakfast

Robin getting by on Sumac berries