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The ring-necked duck is one of many Tennessee winter birds.

Tennessee Birding by Season: Winter

Old Man Winter comes to Tennessee with a vengeance some years bringing much colder temperatures and more precipitation than on average, but many winters are mild throughout.  December through February is the winter for birds. And when the winters are more severe unusual birds may be driven from the North and show up here. Be […]

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The common merganser is one of many Michigan winter birds you can find. Photo by Alan D. Wilson / Wikimedia.

Michigan Birding by Season: Winter

Winter Birds of Michigan (December, January, February) In the Upper Peninsula winter has settled in by December, but in southern portions of the state there is still some southbound movement of Michigan winter birds.  Late migrating songbirds, including American pipits, horned larks, Lapland longspurs, and snow buntings, continue to move through, while on the Great

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