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.
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…
Bald Eagle
December 28, 2024 More juvenile Bald Eagle photos. This one (first year) was flying just above our house on the way to the Grand River on a gloomy winter day. Just for fun I played with the brightness on the photo below (-150) and really liked how the change made it appear to glow. January…
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.
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