Birds -- and Birders -- are Starting to Flock to Traverse City
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 3:00 AM by Mike Norton

It must be spring. I know because I heard my first loon last night. Far out on the harbor, that strange wild, half-crazy laugh came out of the evening mist. Back from the warm places where they spend their winters, back to join us in the uncertain Northern springtime. I love those big birds.