Birders in Michigan this year, however, have gotten to witness a surprising rarity. A notably unique snowy appeared this ...

The males are recognizable by their glossy black coloring and bright orange-red shoulder patches ... mark is a familiar sight across Michigan. These birds make a mass exodus of the state as ...

But Bird says he's never heard of another snowy owl with red or orange spots. Neither has the raptor expert that Michigan Department of Natural Resources conferred with, Cleveland said.

Kevin McGraw, a bird coloration expert and biologist at Michigan State University, shared a surprising hypothesis: The owl became orange as a result of a genetic mutation driven by environmental ...

glossy black coloring and bright orange-red shoulders, arrive a few weeks before the females, which resemble large, spotty-brown sparrows. The earliest birds start showing up in southern Michigan ...

The annual migration of hummingbirds has reached Michigan, according to bird spotters in the Midwest ... Named for the iridescent orange-red throat patch of the male. Females are white-throated.

Michigan is welcoming hummingbirds for the season as they arrive from their winter homes. An interactive map traces the spring 2025 migration north of the birds. The annual migration of hummingbirds ...

Michigan is welcoming hummingbirds for the season as they arrive from their winter homes. An interactive map traces the spring 2025 migration north of the birds. The annual migration of ...