During spring of 2021, I'm going to try photographing as many bird species as I can, posting the photos here along the way.
These two birds seem tough to differentiate, but I'm leaning towards this example being the Grackle mostly because we saw a flock of these birds in early March, and it seems like the range of the Brewers Blackbird doesn't extend to Michigan until spring/summer.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Photo from December, 2020, so a little early for this "Spring 2021" project, but it was a fun find in the neighborhood so I'll put it here anyways.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Top left: La Conner, Washington Top right: Kensington Metropark, Michigan
Bottom left and right: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Top: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Bottom: Kensington Metropark, Michigan
Kensington Metropark, Michigan
Eberwhite Woods, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Juveniles in Eberwhite Woods, Ann Arbor, Michigan, photographed in 2018.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Kensington Metropark, Michigan
Top: Tree Sparrow in Kensington Metropark, Michigan
Middle left: House Sparrow at Cobblestone Farm, Ann Arbor, Michigan Middle right: House Sparrow in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Bottom: Tree Sparrow at Kensington Metropark, Michigan
Kensington Metropark, Michigan
Kensington Metropark, Michigan
Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Kensington Metropark, Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Top: Washington Park, Anacortes, Washington
Middle left: La Conner, Washington Middle right: Anacortes, Washington
Bottom: Juvenile at Washington Park, Anacortes, Washington
Kensington Metropark, Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan