The photography on the Riverbank Treasures website is by Vanessa L. Mitchner, from Lyons, Michigan. (Copyrighted)
Bird Blog
Click on a photo to get to the full blog post with more photos of each bird featured.
Carolina Wren
October 24, 2025 This past summer we had the delight of watching a pair of Carolina Wrens raise their family in a hanging Fuchsia basket right by our back deck gate. The nest was quite fascinating and thankfully built high above the top of the planter so I could keep the flower watered for the…
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Merlin Bird ID, the Ruby-crowned Kinglet is a “tiny, hyperactive songbird with an uneven white eyering. Plain olive overall, with slightly brighter greenish edges on the wing and tail feathers. The namesake ruby crown is only present on males and usually concealed. When agitated, it can be flared up…
Yellow Warbler
It was as early as April 24th this year when we started hearing the Yellow Warblers were back to their Michigan summer homes. We could hear their “sweet whistled song*” all around the pond and coming from the huge willow tree in the front yard. But unseen as they were still being quite elusive darting…
For all of the blog postings (newest to oldest) see: https://riverbank-treasures.com/blog/
Individual Birds Blog posts in alphabetical order:
Bald Eagle (Updated: March 12, 2025; Original post January 21, 2021)
Baltimore Oriole (July 10, 2023)
Belted Kingfisher (Updated: March 7, 2025; Original post August 9, 2023)
Blue Heron (August 3, 2023)
Eastern Bluebird (March 22, 2023)
Osprey (October 31, 2024 from July 2014)
Red-winged Blackbird (October 15, 2023)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (July 31, 2025)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (November 21, 2022)
Turkey Vulture (July 4, 2021)
White-crowned Sparrow (January 28, 2023)
Below is a small photo gallery of other birds and landscapes. The first photo is from Magnolia Gardens, SC. The two White Egrets (in love!) in the second photo is from the rookery there.
For closeups, tap a photo and swipe or use the left and right arrows.
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