Upper Peninsula. Boreal Forest. What is a redbud doing there? Every day was sunny and the light was already getting harsh when this cooperative bird was found.

Tags:   Cape May Warbler Michigan Boreal Forest Upper Peninsula Warbler Whisperer Redbud Spring

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I've been wanting to photograph this species with yellow wild flowers for some time.

Tags:   Golden-winged warbler Michigan Yellow flowers Spring breeding grounds Warbler Whisperer

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Tags:   purple salvia Michigan Warbler Whisperer Mourning warbler Spring habitat composition

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I found this cooperative bird 2 days earlier and decided to return with some yellow wild flowers I dug up. The same flowers were used later for a set-up with a Go1den-w1nged warbler. The total time using playback was minimal. What a thrill to see a 'skulking' Mourning warbler foraging around you in the open! This has not been unusual at this productive location which is a very large area which had been clear cut and has lots of fallen logs/branches and regenerating vegetation. Having gone to this area of Michigan annually for 8 years now we have never run into another photographer or birder. The area is off the birding grid. It is a gem.

Tags:   Mourning Warbler yellow flowers Spring Michigan Warbler Whisperer

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Just returned from my Michigan trip a few days ago. Spent 4 and a half days working some favorite and well familiar locations in the lower peninsula before heading up to the upper peninsula for another 4 days. The redbuds have been done blooming here in Georgia since early April this year and it was nice to find them in bloom in the lower peninsula of Michigan some 6 weeks later. It will take me a while to go through all the images from the trip.

Tags:   Golden-winged Warbler Michigan Spring Redbud Warbler Whisperer singing

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