Started in 1973, this survey covers the entire spring migration period and, over the years, has documented 209 species. Check back for weekly updates from April -May each year!
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The last 10 days we added 7 new species and finished the season at 130 species. Some of the species found the last 10 days were mostly the late season migrants or some of the last species to arrive to this area for nesting. The Connecticut Warbler is a very secretive bird and was heard…
A decent week of new arrivals with 10 new species being found putting us at 123 species for the season. Over half of the new arrivals this last week were warblers with Blackpoll, Canada, Golden-winged, Orange-crowned, Wilson’s, and Prothonotary Warblers all being sighted. The Prothonotary Warbler is of particular interest and a rare find in…
Another good week of new arrivals with 16 new species pushing our total species count to 113 thus far this season. Some of the highlights include some colorful warblers like the Bay-breasted, Black-throated Blue and Hooded Warblers. The Hooded Warbler is a species that nests in Kalamazoo County although they are not likely to do…
4/23/2025 – 4/30/2025 This last week there was an excellent movement of birds, especially on April 25th and the 30th which added 26 new birds to bring our season total to 97 species. The warm weather also brought about the emergence of the turtles like the beautiful Eastern Box Turtle I saw on the 24th.…
The past 10 days we have added 15 new species which included a couple of early arriving Warbler species (Black-throated Green Warbler and a Northern Waterthrush). The Broad-winged and Cooper’s Hawks are setting up nesting territory again and two Great Horned Owls young have fledged and can be seen quite regularly moving around the trees…
I returned from Spring break early this week and would like to thank the volunteers that helped cover a few of the days while I was gone. We have added 13 new species and now have a total of 56 species for the early Spring season. Some of the more notable new species are Barred…
Another year of Kleinstuck Surveys has started! Over the first week I had 43 species which are listed below. The end of March always has a mix of birds that have either overwintered here or are some early season migrants. These early season migrants are the Fox Sparrow, Golden-crowned Kinglet, White-throated Sparrow and Winter Wren. …