Beginning chronologically where Alice Kelley's noted 1978 work ends, Birds of Southeast Michigan: Dearborn offers an up-to-date look at bird populations for the southeast corner of the state. A compilation of data gathered in the area of the Rouge River Bird Observatory on the University of Michigan-Dearborn campus, this annotated checklist provides records for more than 240 species of resident and migratory birds plus pertinent historical data. Line drawings, charts, graphs, and aerial maps included.

This book provides the most intensive modern study of birds ever compiled for southeastern Michigan. Over 65,000 bird records spanning over 30 years went into this annotated checklist, which provides information on over 250 bird species, including residency status, relative abundance, migration dates, and banding data. Introductory material includes birding locations in Dearborn and on the campus of the University of Michigan-Dearborn with maps. Much of the data is applicable to the entire metropolitan Detroit region.

A comprehensive account of bird sightings in Washtenaw County

The Birds of Michigan is a major publishing event. It is the first popular, comprehensive survey of Michigan's birds in over forty years. Some of the state's leading ornithologist-naturalists have provided species accounts for more than 400 birds seen in the state. These accounts cover current status, distribution, history, habitat, seasonal occurrence, and general North American (or worldwide) breeding and wintering ranges. All of the authors incorporate field observations from Michigan. The 200 species which nest in the state are depicted in 115 full-page color paintings produced especially for this volume by five of Michigan's best-known wildlife artists.