Identify turkey vultures by their black body, gray flight feathers and naked, red head. Peak migration hits Michigan in May. These birds wintered farther south than their early migrant counterparts.

Birders in Michigan this year ... melanin production would have had to happen to get the bird to display red, rather than all ...

In Michigan, many purple martin enthusiasts set up large bird houses or complexes in their ... they don’t molt their flight and tail feathers until they have reached South America.

Michigan is welcoming hummingbirds for ... Hummingbirds have various colored feathers, with male birds typically featuring brighter colors.

This week, birdwatchers have a good chance of spotting birds that are headed back up north after the winter, including warblers and Baltimore orioles.

In a study recently published in The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, the researchers report their discovery of fluorescent pigments in the feathers ... of Michigan in the spring of 2020. “We are only ...