I did a quick loop around Campus Martius. Nothing. Well, the ovenbird had been reported at Cadillac Square park so I walked across the street. Almost immediately, I found the tiny Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii), hanging out with house sparrows along Cadillac Square St. It was so much smaller than the house sparrows, it would have been hard to miss. It was chasing the house sparrows around trying to steal the bread they found. I wish the photo above was in focus.
Here it is in the middle of the road where it found its own crumbs to nibble.
With the house sparrow hoarding it's bread.
All of my photos from the morning were poor. I deleted well over half of those I took of each bird. I wasn't expecting to take beautiful photos. Neither bird was in that kind of habitat. Mostly the photos were for my documentation. Lincoln's Sparrow is one of my favorite migrant sparrows; so elegant appearing with its dainty markings. Ovenbirds are always special. A birding acquaintance from many years ago used to give a talk on urban birding. Not uncommonly an Overbird gets stranded in downtown Detroit each autumn.
I stopped for lunch at Layafette Coney Island and when I got back to the parking lot, I told the attendant that my $20 was well worth it. He looked at me a little weirdly and seemed amused; of course he did, a lady with clunky camera and binoculars. Please.