Rare and Accidental Birds of the U.P.

 

On this page, you will find photos I have made in Michiganճ Upper Peninsula of rare and accidental birds (as  classified by Scott Hickman, on his U.P. Field Checklist, 2018), as well as a few of the more uncommon U.P. birds.

 

 

Greater White-fronted Goose.

Brant.

Ross's Goose.

Eurasian Wigeon.

Garganey.

Common Eider.

Harlequin Duck.

Yellow-billed Loon.

Eared Grebe.

Western Grebe.

Northern Gannet.

Neotropic Cormorant.

Least Bittern.

Snowy Egret.

Cattle Egret.

Black-crowned Night Heron.

White-faced Ibis.

Black Vulture.

Swallow-tailed Kite.

American Avocet.

Wilson's Plover.

Red Phalarope.

Black-legged Kittiwake.

Ross's Gull.

Laughing Gull.

Lesser Black-backed Gull.

Slaty-backed Gull.

Kelp(ish) Gull.

White-winged Dove.

Common Ground Dove.

Northern Hawk Owl.

Black-chinned Hummingbird.

Anna's Hummingbird.

Broad-billed Hummingbird.

Berrylline Hummingbird.

Northern Crested Caracara.

Gyrfalcon.

Acadian Flycatcher.

Say's Phoebe.

Vermilion Flycatcher.

Tropical Kingbird.

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.

Fork-tailed Flycatcher.

Bell's Vireo.

Loggerhead Shrike.

Tufted Titmouse.

Carolina Wren.

Mountain Bluebird.

Townsend's Solitaire.

Sage Thrasher.

Northern Mockingbird.

Varied Thrush.

Eurasian Tree Sparrow.

Brambling.

Blue-winged Warbler.

Prothonotary Warbler.

Black-throated Gray Warbler.

Kirtland's Warbler.

Yellow-breasted Chat.

Cassin's Finch.

Spotted Towhee.

Sagebrush Sparrow.

Lark Bunting.

Golden-crownded Sparrow.

Western Tanager.      

Summer Tanager.

Dickcissel.

Shiny Cowbird.

Orchard Oriole.

Bullock's Oriole.