White-crowned Sparrows Are Back - 06 Oct 2026
Robin and I are on Mackinac Island this week (05 - 07 Oct 2026) for a short get-away. We are staying at Mission Point Resort and enjoying the quiet and cool island; visitor numbers are low but a brisk wind and cool temperatures (40-50's) is making for sweatshirts and rain jackets. This morning I took a walk around the grounds of Mission Point. Just outside the back doors of the resort the Maintenance Yard held a number of goodies. A flock of White-crowned Sparrows were singing and frolicking in the field of Common Tansy, Gray-headed Coneflower, New England Aster and Queen Anne's Lace . A dozen or so birds were scattering through the field and up onto the dirt piles next to the propane yard. A half-dozen Song Sparrows were among the WCSP flock, as well. I was here to do a bit of foraging, as well. I wanted to collect some Gray-headed Coneflower seeds but couldn't resist collecting a few seeds from the Common Tansy , as well. But first, I'd head down the road tow...
