Winter Birds Arriving 10/23/16

Lapland Longspur

     Time to blow out the sprinkler lines,tune up the snowblower and dig out the snow tires because the winter birds have arrived.  Drove around the reservoir after work this morning and found the above Lapland Longspur and a flock of 15 Snow Buntings.

Snow Bunting

Horned Grebe

Horned Lark

  Last Sunday at the South Breakwater of Ludington Harbor I found some lingering warm weather birds..... 3 Dunlin, a pair of PalmWarblers and a couple of dozen Yellow-rumped Warblers.

Dunlin

Palm Warbler

White-throated Sparrow

Golden-crowned Kinglet at Ludington State Park last Sunday

Two Wild Turkeys that blocked my driveway when I arrived home on Friday.