Friday, January 6, 2017. This will probably be my last blog post as it is getting harder for me to find the time to write. I may use this blog occasionally for longer discussions. A very common bird but one we hardly ever get in our nets was a Mourning Dove captured on May 6th and then we captured two more! A SY male Myrtle Warbler,. And a SY female Or.

Monday, April 17, 2017. Spring forth and Go Birding. And, of course, I had much more time watching the deck birds rather than visiting other spots. Really keeps the positive energy going! Not just the boardwalk at Magee Marsh, but so.

Musing and news and occasional birds from the life of Rich Vial. Written mostly to family and friends. Wednesday, June 11, 2014. Paula and I went to Romania. 200 species of birds that we saw. Went with Saker Tours and our Hungarian guide Gabor was great. Will label these in the near future. Some are here as documentation only.

Birding Adventures in Washtenaw County and Michigan. Friday, May 31, 2013. I know, my birding has been pathetic lately. My ebird ranking has been slipping slowly but surely out of the top 100 for the state of Michigan, and I can foresee a time where I could be out of the top 100 for my own county too. But I have a plan. That site is Harrisville State Park. That site is that good, that a single birder has been able to reach the top 10 of the ebird patch ranking.

Monday, January 4, 2016. I am doing a big year in Virginia and and will be keeping an updated version of my list here. Surf Scoter - Melanitta perspicillata. Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus. Red-breasted Merganser - Mergus serrator. Red-throated Loon - Gavia stellata.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012. I have moved my Blog. I hope you will join me on the new blog as I will update it frequently as I come across interesting Bird sightings or whatever cool wildlife I bump into as I travel thru Macomb County and Beyond. Sunday, August 12, 2012.

Blog best viewed with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari Browsers. A sunday drive around Stony Creek.

BIRDS IN MY BINS AND LENS. EYEING THE AVIFAUNA AND FAUNA OF THE AMERICAS. It has always been a childhood dream of mine to travel to the tropics. I vividly remember being nine years-old, thumbing through seemingly endless stacks of. Ranger Rick, National Wildlife, National. Geographic and International Wildlife Magazines. Saturday, August 9, 2014.

Monday, August 3, 2015. Save the Drammatus for your Mammatus. I was awoken from my pre-work nap by my alarm clock as I had slept through the whole storm. Sensing a rare photo opportunity I grabbed my camera and headed toward the lake shore in the waning dusk.