Chapter Five Photos
Linda feeds two recently released European Starlings as a hungry juvenile American Robin looks on.
Two looks at lovely Muskegon Wastewater System, a birding hotspot.
Juvenile Robins are models of politeness compared to Starlings and Grackles.
This juvenile Baltimore Oriole came back frequently to eat diced grapes.
Linda named this Common Grackle "Jabba" because of his huge appetite.
Chapter Six Photos
A Magnolia Warbler was kind enough to lead me into a boot-stealing patch of mud.
I didn't know a Dunlin from a Dublin or a Stalin.
Few books scared me more as a toddler than this one.
(Not my photo)
This fall female Yellow-rumped warbler found poison ivy berries to be yummy, but I wasn't inclined to try them.
My poor visual memory turns a bird into mixed-up parts and pieces, like 1950's Howdy Doody TV character Flub-a-dub. (1967 AP File Photo)
A Long-eared Owl disguises itself as a tree trunk.
Hoping those annoying people will just go away, a Long-eared Owl takes a daylight snooze. (Photo by Darlene Friedman)
