Detroit birding trip shows Belle Isle’s wild side

Puffs of feathers floated loose into the air from the top perch of a tree near the Belle Isle Aquarium on Sunday morning. Donna and Mike Murray tipped back to look. Through their binoculars, the pair had a close view of what sent the feathers flying – a voracious falcon diving into its latest kill, a house sparrow snatched from the air minutes before.

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