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Category: migration

Making the Best of It

(It is July 29, and I just now realized this never got posted back in June – welcome to the COVID Zone) We are making…

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Brian Murphy July 29, 2020 March 29, 2021bird sounds, Birding, BIRDS, breeding, Durham, Falls Lake, Flat River, Flowers, Home, Home, migration, North Carolina 0

Echo Lake, Marquette, Michigan

Allow me to preface that first title and embellish it as well. Born in New York just north of NYC, I spent my entire adult…

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Brian Murphy February 14, 2020 February 15, 2020bird counts, bird sounds, Birding, BIRDS, Marquette, Michigan, migration, wildflowers 1

Bird Migration Peaks in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

As I enter my first week of June, ever, in the UP, and Marquette, MI., the birds are still flowing in, with some moving on…

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Brian Murphy June 5, 2019 February 1, 2020bird sounds, Birding, Michigan, migration, rare sightings, Upper Peninsula 0

Bog Walk – Signs of Spring and a Shadowy Sora

Over the past month, I have become a wind watcher. It seems to me that many birds have been struggling to get up into the…

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Brian Murphy May 22, 2019 May 22, 2019Birding, Michigan, migration, plumage 0
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  • Summer Hikes in Marquette County

    Making the Best of It

    Echo Lake, Marquette, Michigan

    2019 Thanksgiving Birding on the NC Coast

    October Stirs Up Superior

    Colors of Autumn in the U.P.

    Bird Migration Peaks in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

    Week Two – Learning Upper Peninsula Birds

    Birding Marquette – The First Week

    The Journey North

    Spring Walk in the SC Woods

    Let’s Get Back To It!

    2018 Thanksgiving NC Coast Birding

    U.P. Adventures – Summer 2018

    Marvelous Magee

    Chasing Warblers and other wild things

    It’s a Swamp Thing

    Neuse River Trail and Falls Lake Dam

    Falls Lake- Rollingview SRA

    Mid-April Birds and a Frog

    Northeast North Carolina Coast in Late February

    Puff the M@gic Dr@gon on the BRP

    NC/SC Coastal Birding in September

    Big Bald Bird Banding

    Ohio/Michigan Summer Birding

    Savannah National Wildlife Refuge

    Summer Yard Birding

    Prairie Ridge and Lake Crabtree

    Abbott’s Creek/Neuse River Greenway

    Neuse River Trail – 32 Catbirds and one Black-billed Cuckoo

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