Birds of Michigan

Birds seen during a recent week-end trip to Michigan. Some of these are considered to be nuisances.

Mute swans at a Grand Traverse County nature preserve


Canada geese, probably NOT migrating to Canada



Ring-billed gull cruising the shore of Lake Huron


Flight from Charlevoix to Beaver Island. How did this photo get in here?

a bad omen?

My husband and I went kayaking the other day. Immediately after launching, we saw a group of turkey vultures roosting nearby and watching us. They are magnificent birds, but I couldn't help but wonder if this was a bad omen.

They had to find their meal somewhere else. We exited the water four hours later, tired but still alive.