Michigan Backyard Journal

Observing & Reporting from our backyard

  • Welcome – Discover Topics
  • Barn Hunt
  • Library
  • The Backyard
  • About us
  • All Posts

Archives for July 12, 2022

Rose Breasted Grosbeak Mating Behavior Observed

July 12, 2022 Elizabeth

Male Rose Breasted Grosbeak Mating Behavior towards Female

I caught this weird Rose-Breasted Grosbeak interaction on camera a week or so ago, but had to have an opportunity to read about it in the Stokes Guide to Bird Behavior to be sure what I was seeing. This is a mating behavior that the Stokes guide calls: "Wing-Droop-Fluff". It is … [Read more...]

BirdWatching

Popular Now

In Defense of the Brown Headed Cowbird
Squirrel eating buds from maple tree
Red Winged Blackbird washes a peanut!

Categories

July 2022
M T W T F S S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
« Jun   Aug »

Archives

Backyard Wildlife Journal

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 43 other subscribers

Follow Us on YouTube

  • YouTube

Show me . . .

#polarvortex2014 American Toad Barn Hunt Basset Hound Basset Hounds BHROM Bird Bath Bird Feeders Bird Feeding Bird Photo Booth birdphotobooth Bird Photos BirdWatching Bufo americanus chickadee Chip Coonhound Covid Dogs dove Duke Feature Friday football Hummingbird Insects June Morel Mushroom Nest Cam New Cat Nuthatch Pandemic Peanuts Quarantine Quincy Red Winged Blackbird Rescue Robin Squirrels Team Tilda Tilda titmouse Toads Video Wild Turkey Woodpecker

Join us on INaturalist

iNaturalist
Thumb View hilaritee's observations ยป

Check this out!

American Toad Pictures 2010

A New Aquarium

Spring Sighting – Eastern Towhee

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 43 other subscribers

Featured Category:

Read all about the monarch butterfly population in our backyard

Read all about the monarch butterfly population in our backyard

Check out our monarch caterpillar posts

View Term Archive

Copyright © 2025 ยท Backyard Wildlife Journal ยท Privacy Policy