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2 Sep Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Metro Beach Metropark, Macomb County [Alan Ryff ]
30 Aug No duck 8/30 [Paul Cypher ]
29 Aug Metro Beach banding report - August 27-28, 2010 ["Allen T. Chartier" ]
29 Aug Black-bellied Whistling Duck at PMSGA - old report ["Paul Cypher" ]
29 Aug Blog update: Point Mouillee [Catherine Carroll ]
29 Aug Connecticut Warbler at Metro Beach ["Allen T. Chartier" ]
28 Aug American Golden-Plover & 20 other species at Pte. Mouillee [Don Henise ]
28 Aug Bald Eagle: Oakland County ["Mencotti, Michael" ]
27 Aug Nighthawks ["Martin Berthiaume" ]
27 Aug Midtown Square: Nothing ["Mencotti, Michael" ]
26 Aug Connecticut Warbler in Arb 8/26 [Roger Kuhlman ]
26 Aug Semi-Plovers at MidTown Square 8-26 []
23 Aug Baird's Sandpiper Oakland Co. [James Fox ]
22 Aug Migrating nighthawks [Catherine Carroll ]
22 Aug Fenner Nature Center Migrants [Cody Porter ]
22 Aug Trifecta! GOLDEN-WINGED, CONN., and MOURNING warblers in the Arb (Ann Arbor) [Karen Markey ]
22 Aug OAS Point Mouillee field trip [Catherine Carroll ]
21 Aug Pointe Mouillee [James Fox ]
21 Aug Awesome Arb! GOLDEN- & BLUE-WINGED warblers and friends [Karen Markey ]
21 Aug Dahlem Center Birds [Cody Porter ]
20 Aug Metro Beach banding report - August 18, 2010 ["Allen T. Chartier" ]
19 Aug Re: se-mi-birdlist digest: August 18, 2010 [Christine Cavedoni ]
18 Aug Tonight: "Godwits of Churchill" is free Washtenaw Audubon event, Wed., Aug. 18, all invited [Mike Sefton ]
17 Aug PMSGA Correction [Paul Cypher ]
17 Aug Buff-breasted Sandpiper at PMSGA 8/17 [Paul Cypher ]
17 Aug MICHIGAN BIRDS and Natural History--Contents of April-May 2010 Issue ["John L. Trapp" ]
16 Aug Metro Beach banding report - August 14, 2010 ["Allen T. Chartier" ]
12 Aug Metro Beach Banding Report - August 7, 2010 ["Allen T. Chartier" ]
12 Aug Godwits, Live Raptors, free Washtenaw Audubon talks, Tue. & Wed., Aug. 17 & 18, all invited [Mike Sefton ]
10 Aug Re: Molly the Barn Owl [Thierry Lach ]
10 Aug Pointe Mouillee, Monroe County - Marbled and Hudsonian Godwit - 8/10/10 [Lyle Hamilton ]
9 Aug Re: Molly the Barn Owl [martin bialecki ]
9 Aug Molly the Barn Owl []
6 Aug Partially Albino Turkey ["Lee Burton" ]
6 Aug White-rumped Sandpiper Oakland Co 8-5 []
4 Aug Point Mouillee, Monroe County - Habitat - Snowy Egret, Yellow-headed Blackbird - 8/3/10 [Lyle Hamilton ]
1 Aug Hummingbird blog update ["Allen T. Chartier" ]
31 Jul Olive-sided Flycatcher Oakland Co. [James Fox ]
30 Jul Hummingbird Festival reminder ["Allen T. Chartier" ]
20 Jul 4th Annual Michigan Hummingbird Festival ["Allen T. Chartier" ]
19 Jul Date Correction for Sandhill Crane at Metro Beach Metropark, Macomb County [Alan Ryff ]
19 Jul Sandhill Crane at Metro Beach Metropark [Alan Ryff ]
16 Jul Metro Beach's First Juvenile Least Sandpiper of the Season [Alan Ryff ]
15 Jul Yellow-breasted Chat and Woodcocks at Sanford Park Washtenaw County [Roger Kuhlman ]
14 Jul Stilt Sandpiper Erie Marsh Preserve [Karl Overman ]
13 Jul A Family of Mockingbirds Seen Near Saline in Washtenaw County [Roger Kuhlman ]
13 Jul Butterfly Buddy Program []
13 Jul Re: Resd-breasted nuthatches still around ["Allen T. Chartier" ]
12 Jul Resd-breasted nuthatches still around ["Lee Burton" ]
11 Jul sedge wrens - e. Jackson Co ["Wise, Mary" ]
11 Jul Two Yellow-breasted Chats at Petersburg SGA Monroe County [Roger Kuhlman ]
10 Jul New blog updates [Catherine Carroll ]
10 Jul Cattle Egrets Monroe Co. [Karl Overman ]
6 Jul Summer Oddity: White-throated Sparrow in Ann Arbor [Roger Kuhlman ]
3 Jul Pte Mouillee ["Mencotti, Michael" ]
2 Jul Hairstreakorama in Northeast Ann Arbor 7/2/2010 [Roger Kuhlman ]
2 Jul bobwhite ["John Swales" ]
30 Jun Dickcissels Genesee County [Karl Overman ]
30 Jun Contents of Michigan Bird and Natural History (Volume 17, Number 1) ["John L. Trapp" ]
30 Jun Re: [birders] Avocets at Schneider Road Pond ["Bruce M. Bowman" ]
30 Jun Re: [birders] Avocets at Schneider Road Pond (continue, noon, Wed., 30 Jun.) [Mike Sefton ]
26 Jun Complete spring banding report on-line ["Allen T. Chartier" ]
26 Jun White-faced Ibis- Pt. Mouillee [Will Weber ]
26 Jun More Dickcissels, southern Monroe County ["Greg Links" ]
26 Jun N. Bobwhite, Dickcissels, Orchard Oriole and more. Washtenaw, County []
25 Jun Pine Warbler, Orchard Oriole Genesee Co. [Karl Overman ]
25 Jun dickcissels still + vesper sparrow - s. washtenaw co ["Wise, Mary" ]
24 Jun cicada at the diag [martin bialecki ]
22 Jun Northern Bobwhite(s) Monroe County []
22 Jun Cerulean Warbler Noggles Rd, Manchester [martin bialecki ]
19 Jun Hummingbird blog updated ["Allen T. Chartier" ]
19 Jun red-headed, pileated, vesper in Manchester Twp [martin bialecki ]
17 Jun Birding the Thumb 6/17/10 [Karl Overman ]
16 Jun a whip-poor-will reported calling at Scio Woods Preserve, Washtenaw County plus more [Faye Stoner ]
16 Jun Tonight: "Bluebirds" is free Washtenaw Audubon program, Wed., Jun. 16, 7:30pm, all invited [Mike Sefton ]
16 Jun Re: A Birder's Guide to Michigan, second printing ["Allen T. Chartier" ]

Subject: Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Metro Beach Metropark, Macomb County
From: Alan Ryff <alryff AT sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 00:57:31 -0700 (PDT)


































On Wednesday, September first, at 7:30 in the evening, a buff-breasted 
sandpiper, juvenile, was on the lawn bordering the sandy beach to the east of 
the swimming pool.  It wanders about within an area of about 100 yards in 
length and tends to associate closely with the wary killdeers, even taking 
unnecessary flight with them.  

 
I logged in four times on 
http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.htm  

and tried to add a photo of this bird.  For whatever reason, BirdersATumich 
Photos would not accept my photo (JPEG, 254 KB, dimension 745 X 600)--too bad 
for Grove Street.   

 
Alan Ryff     

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Subject: No duck 8/30
From: Paul Cypher <paulcypher AT comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:38:44 -0400
It is 7:37 am. The canal at the Roberts Road parking lot is empty. I don't have 
time to walk the causeway. 


Sent from my iPhone

Paul Cypher
Woodhaven, MI
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Subject: Metro Beach banding report - August 27-28, 2010
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:39:07 -0400
Birders and Banders,

I have updated my blog with results, photos, and highlights from banding 
sessions conducted on August 27 & 28 at Metro Beach Metropark, Macomb Co., 
Michigan (42*34'29.9"N, 82*48'31.5"W). Among a near-blizzard of goldfinches, 
an interesting mix of warblers including a Connecticut, as well as other 
interesting species and observations.

Check out the blog at: http://tinyurl.com/m5vcl2

Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(at)comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA


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Subject: Black-bellied Whistling Duck at PMSGA - old report
From: "Paul Cypher" <paulcypher AT comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:03:15 -0400
All,

This morning (Sunday, the 29th) Walt Pawloski reported to me a juvenile 
Black-bellied Whistling Duck that he had at Pointe Mouillee State Game Area on 
the morning of Saturday, the 28th, as in...., um.......yesterday. 


From the Roberts Road parking lot, a small canal, accessed by a single boat 
slip, parallels the South Causeway, and heads off into the Humphries Unit (once 
known as the Lead Unit). Perhaps 300 yards down the canal, it bends east. The 
bird was last seen....yesterday.....playing "follow the leader" with a Moorhen 
as it disappeared around the bend. 


Today (the day after yesterday), I checked the location after work and found 
the canal empty. 


Tomorrow (two days after yesterday) I will *try* and check the canal again 
(from the comfort of my air conditioned car) before I report to work. I will 
not have a chance to get much further. 


I will certainly post if I see it. I will post a negative report *if* I can get 
there and find nothing. 


I have also made arrangements for Guido and Mr. Knuckles to have a chat with 
Walt.... 


This is Paul Cypher reporting live on Sunday..............the day after 
Saturday.................when there was a Black-bell...........nevermind....... 




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Subject: Blog update: Point Mouillee
From: Catherine Carroll <songsparrow AT wowway.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:18:00 -0400
Birders,

I've added a new entry to my blog with my visit to Point Mouillee  
yesterday.  It is photo-filled (#21) and since I was hoofing it out at  
the Moo - action-packed.

http://www.intothewoodsandelsewhere.blogspot.com

If interested, have a look.

Cathy Carroll
Dearborn, MI

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Subject: Connecticut Warbler at Metro Beach
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:14:14 -0400
Birders,

Yesterday (August 28), I banded a hatch-year female Connecticut Warbler at 
Metro Beach Metropark, Macomb Co. She was captured and released at the far end 
of the Maintenance Road, the end closest to Cherry Lane (outside the park). 
Other interesting birds banded over the past two days will be posted on my blog 
soon. 


Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(at)comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA

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Subject: American Golden-Plover & 20 other species at Pte. Mouillee
From: Don Henise <don_henise AT ntm.org>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:54:19 -0400
We led a group of birders from Jackson Audubon to Pte. Mouillee today. We found 
21 species of shorebird for the day. Highlights for the group were close views 
of multiple Buff-breasted Sandpipers and Baird's Sandpipers on the dike between 
Cell's 3 & 4 of the Banana that Jerry Jourdan mentioned, an immature King Rail 
and a Willet in the north end of the Long Pond Unit, a White-rumped Sandpiper 
that Brad Murphy pointed out in the northeast corner of Cell 3, both Wilson's 
Phalaropes and Red-necked Phalaropes and on our second visit to Cell 3 in the 
afternoon a single American Golden-Plover that Gary Seigrist first spotted. 


Other shorebird species seen were Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, 
Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Ruddy 
Turnstone, Red Knot, Sanderling, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, 
Pectoral Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, and Short-billed Dowitcher. 


Many thanks to Brad Murphy, Lyle Hamilton and others who helped spot many of 
these birds for us. As a trip leader, you spend a lot of time trying to make 
sure all of your participants are seeing the birds and therefore have less time 
to scan through all of the birds, so it was great having those guys out there 
today scanning and sharing their finds. 



Don  Henise
 
Librarian
New Tribes Bible Institute
Jackson, MI
don_henise AT ntm.org


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Subject: Bald Eagle: Oakland County
From: "Mencotti, Michael" <MMencotti AT dcds.edu>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:35:43 -0400
August 28

 

At Robert Long Park in Commerce Twp. this morning, I had an adult Bald
Eagle perched at the back end of the big marsh near Welch Rd. This is an
unusual sighting for August; ebird shows only one other August sighting
in the county. Shorebird activity there is picking up. There were:

4 Solitary Sandpipers

1 Lesser Yellowlegs

2 Least Sandpipers

1 Semipalmated Sandpiper

2 Spotted Sandpipers

47 Killdeer.

 

Mike Mencotti



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Subject: Nighthawks
From: "Martin Berthiaume" <mjbtez AT wideopenwest.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:55:37 -0400
I have been impressed with the nighthawk migration this week, especially
Tuesday. From my front yard in Royal Oak, I counted 54 on Tuesday, 18 on
Wednesday, and 8 yesterday.



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Subject: Midtown Square: Nothing
From: "Mencotti, Michael" <MMencotti AT dcds.edu>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:55:38 -0400
8/27

At 9 this morning, I stopped at Midtown Square in hopes of finding the
semi plovers. I did not find one stinkin' shorebird, but I did hear a
Killdeer in the parking lot. Two Canada Geese, four Mallards and 3
Mourning Doves hardly made the trip worthwhile.

 

If the Baird's and Semi Plovers return, I wonder if they are not
shuttling back and forth from some other (desirable) spot. At the
adjacent airport, perhaps? More likely, they vacated this mostly-dry
flat. Such is shorebirding in Oakland County: Long on conjecture, but
short on list.

 

Mike Mencotti



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Subject: Connecticut Warbler in Arb 8/26
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:51:45 -0400
A Connecticut Warbler was feeding in the large patch of Thimbleberry and 
Jewelweed in the Rhododendron Glen Thursday morning 8/26. Some other of the 
more interesting Warblers in the Arb this morning included Canada Warbler, 
Blue-winged, Wilson's, Black-throated Blue, and Pine Warbler. As has been true 
for more than a week now many Hummingbirds, Eastern Pewees, Red-eyed Vireos, 
Indigo Buntings, Catbirds, Baltimore Orioles, and Catbirds have made birding 
fun in the Arb. 

 
Roger Kuhlman
Ann Arbor, Michigan
8/26/2010 		 	   		  
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Subject: Semi-Plovers at MidTown Square 8-26
From: cccta AT aol.com
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:35:05 -0400
All,


Just heard from Brad Murphy that there are 3 Semi-palmated Plovers at MidTown 
Square on Coolidge south of 15 Mile. NOT an easy bird in Oakland County. 



Scott Jennex
at my desk in Berkley





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Subject: Baird's Sandpiper Oakland Co.
From: James Fox <93fox AT earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:34:32 -0400
The Baird's Sandpiper remains at the pond in the Midtown Square  
shopping center at the corner of Maple and Coolidge through 10:30 this  
morning.  It was the only non Killdeer shorebird present.  It flew  
around several times but always ended up landing nearby while I was  
present.

James Fox
Farmington Hills

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Subject: Migrating nighthawks
From: Catherine Carroll <songsparrow AT wowway.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:51:09 -0400
Birders,

I've just come in from watching about 10 nighthawks, with their bouncy  
and erratic flight, feeding in the sky over my house in East  
Dearborn.  Some came so low I could see their wing bars unaided by  
binoculars.

Time to be out watching for migrating nighthawks.

Cathy Carroll
Dearborn, MI

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Subject: Fenner Nature Center Migrants
From: Cody Porter <skipper_dv AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:37:47 -0700 (PDT)
Birders,

This afternoon I birded the Fenner Nature Center on Mount Hope Ave. in East 
Lansing and had a good number of migrants, including:

	* Several Magnolia, Black-and-white, and Chestnut-sided Warblers
	* 2 Bay-breasted Warblers
	* 1 Mourning Warbler
	* 2 Yellow-bellied Flycatchers

Good birding,

-Cody


      

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Subject: Trifecta! GOLDEN-WINGED, CONN., and MOURNING warblers in the Arb (Ann Arbor)
From: Karen Markey <ylime AT umich.edu>
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:08:59 -0400
At 8:30 am, it was a slow start in the Arb with a few Wilson's  
warblers in the trees at the northwest corner of the Arb's Dow  
Prairie. When the weather "lightened up" at about 9:30 am, warblers  
were dripping from the trees along the western-most north-south dirt  
road at the entrance to the Heathdale Collection (aka Appalachian  
Glen). I stood in the same place for almost an hour. When I relocated  
the female GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER that I'd seen yesterday, I watched  
her for a while -- she was hanging upside down inspecting dead leaves,  
pulling vegetation from a nest, and picking bugs from 5-feet high  
shrubs.

I dragged my attention away from her, and a stunning male MOURNING  
WARBLER perched on a low tree, then dashed into the hanging vines. A  
split second later, an immature CONNECTICUT WARBLER perched on the  
same low tree, chipped, and dashed into the same vines. The MOURNING  
sang once from the vines. Needless to say, I was stunned and breathless!

Not long after, Roger Kuhlman sauntered up asking me whether I'd seen  
anything. Roger did see the Connecticut that reappeared for a moment.

Here is a list of today's Arb warblers:

Black-and-white warblers
Magnolia warblers
Canada warblers (several)
Cape May warbler
Chestnut-sided warblers (lots)
Blackburnian warblers
American redstarts
Tennessee warblers
Wilson's warblers (several)
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER (female)
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
MOURNING WARBLER
Ovenbirds

Other birds of note are almost the same as yesterday:

Swainson's thrush
Baltimore orioles
Indigo buntings
Red-eyed vireos
Yellow-throated vireo
Scarlet tanagers
Rose-breasted grosbeaks (one with a white head)
Cedar waxwings
Blue-grey gnatcatchers
Ruby-throated hummingbirds
Eastern wood peewees
Downies, Red-bellied, and Flickers
Chimney swifts
House and Carolina wrens
Common nighthawk (Roger reports)

* * * * ! NEW STREET ADDRESS ! * * * *
Karen Markey
Professor
University of Michigan
School of Information
4435 North Quad, 105 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 USA
Office: 1-734-763-3581; Fax: 1-734-764-2475
Email: ylime AT umich.edu
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Subject: OAS Point Mouillee field trip
From: Catherine Carroll <songsparrow AT wowway.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:10:14 -0400
Birders,

Yesterday I attended the Oakland Aububon Society sponsored field trip  
led by Jim Fowler.  It was a great morning to be out shorebirding.   
Toward the end of the morning we met up with Jerry Jourdan a second  
time (the first time at cell 3) who had found a King Rail.  I have  
written about the morning and have included a few photos in my blog.   
If interested, have a look.

http://www.intothewoodsandelsewhere.blogspot.com

Cathy Carroll
Dearborn, MI

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Subject: Pointe Mouillee
From: James Fox <93fox AT earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:04:39 -0400
I went to Pointe Mouillee this morning and saw 16 species of  
shorebirds. Highlights were:

2 Black Terns in Cell 3
1 Willet in the ditch along the north side of the Long Pond Unit.
3 Red Knots in Cell 3
~15 Baird's Sandpipers in Cell 3
1 Sanderling in Cell 3
6 Stilt Sandpiper in Cell 3
1 Long-billed Dowitcher in Cell 3
2 Wilson's Phalaropes in Cell 3

It was a very good day for me.  The Red Knots and Wilson's Phalaropes  
were lifers and the Willet and Long-billed Dowitchers were state lifers.

Also, I was camping at Rifle River SRA in the northeastern Lower  
Peninsula the last few days and I heard Whip-poor-wills calling at  
night, it seemed kind of late for them to be calling.  I also saw and/ 
or heard Common Loons, Trumpeter Swans, Bald Eagles, and Barred Owls  
there.

James Fox
Farmington Hills


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Subject: Awesome Arb! GOLDEN- & BLUE-WINGED warblers and friends
From: Karen Markey <ylime AT umich.edu>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 11:59:59 -0400
Before and during today's light rain, warbler activity was brisk  
yielding these gems:

Black-and-white warblers (numerous)
Magnolia warblers
Canada warblers (several)
Chestnut-sided warblers (several)
Blackburnian warblers
American redstarts
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER (male)
Tennessee warbler
Wilson's warblers (several)
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER (female)
Nashville warblers
Common yellowthroat

The BLUE-WINGED was feeding in the trees, southwest corner of Dow  
Prairie, not far from the railroad tracks. The dark, dusky female  
GOLDEN-WINGED was feeding with a mixed flock in the short trees where  
the "squirrel carving" resides, at the northeast entrance to the new  
boardwalk. I relocated her 3 times in between this location and the  
west north-south dirt road bordering the Heathdale Collection (aka  
Appalachian Glen). This mixed flock was lingering so maybe they will  
stick around during and after the rain.

Other birds of note:

Baltimore orioles
Indigo buntings
Red-eyed vireos
Scarlet tanagers (male half green & red)
Rose-breasted grosbeaks
Cedar waxwings
Bleu-grey gnatcatchers
Ruby-throated hummingbirds
Eastern wood peewees
Downies, Hairies, and Flickers
Cooper's hawk
Chimney swifts

* * * * ! NEW STREET ADDRESS ! * * * *
Karen Markey
Professor
University of Michigan
School of Information
4435 North Quad, 105 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 USA
Office: 1-734-763-3581; Fax: 1-734-764-2475
Email: ylime AT umich.edu
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Subject: Dahlem Center Birds
From: Cody Porter <skipper_dv AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 08:01:44 -0700 (PDT)
Birders,

This morning Don and Robyn Henise and I birded the small boardwalk in the 
arboretum of The Dahlem Center in southern Jackson and came up with the 
follwing:

	* Several Magnolia and Blackburnian Warblers
	* 1 singing Tennessee Warbler
	* 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler
	* 2 Yellow-throated Vireos
	* 1 Ovenbird
	* 1 Warbling Vireo
	* 1 American Redstart

The highlights of the morning were two feisty, singing Olive-sided Flycatchers 
that continued to acrobactically chase each other in flight throughout our stay 

as well as a single Golden-winged Warbler foraging amongst a flock of mixed 
warblers.

Good birding,

-Cody




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Subject: Metro Beach banding report - August 18, 2010
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:40:43 -0400
Birders and Banders,

I have updated my blog with results, photos, and highlights from a banding 
session on August 18 at Metro Beach Metropark, Macomb Co., Michigan. 
Warblers have arrived, and there is a good selection of photos, as well as 
an oddly-plumaged Yellow Warbler, and a very interesting "foreign 
recapture".

Check out the blog at: http://tinyurl.com/m5vcl2

Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(at)comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA


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Subject: Re: se-mi-birdlist digest: August 18, 2010
From: Christine Cavedoni <tcavegirl22 AT gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:12:52 -0400
Thank-you for this notice-fascinating topic. My hurdle is
transportation as I rely on City bus AATA system,no bus goes near
Botanical gardens.I have been active member in S Carolina and
relocated to A2 9 months ago.I live on Packard between Stadium/Stone
School.Are you aware of any regular member in my area that could give
me a ride to meetings? I could take city bus to meet a driver in a
convenient location .Thank-you in advance,Christina Cavedoni {I did
attend a meeting with Sherri as driver in June and really connected
with this active,knowledgeable,enthusiastic group.

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:29 AM, List for reporting unusual bird
sightings in the Southeast Michigan Area digest
 wrote:
> SE-MI-BIRDLIST Digest for Wednesday, August 18, 2010.
>
> 1. Tonight: "Godwits of Churchill" is free Washtenaw Audubon event, Wed., 
Aug. 18, all invited 

>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: Tonight: "Godwits of Churchill" is free Washtenaw Audubon event, 
Wed., Aug. 18, all invited 

> From: Mike Sefton 
> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:06:35 -0700 (PDT)
> X-Message-Number: 1
>
> Birders and friends,
>  Please join us for the free special Washtenaw Audubon program below. 
 Membership is not required. 

>
> Wednesday, August 18, 7:30pm
>
> The Godwits of Churchill
>
> Join Andy Johnson, Washtenaw Audubon Society member, for a program about his 
summer with a Cornell Lab of Ornithology team studying Hudsonian Godwits in 
Churchill, Manitoba.  Andy will discuss the history and biological significance 
of the Churchill region, as well as the details of his work with the 
spectacular Limosa haemastica.  Churchill is not only an exciting place to view 
breeding shorebirds and other arctic birds, but also a special place for other 
wildlife, such as Polar Bears and Beluga Whales, so expect an interesting 
collection of photos to accompany the talk. 

>
> Washtenaw Audubon programs are held at the U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens,
> 1800 North Dixboro Rd., Ann Arbor.  Call 677-3275 if you need more 
information about the program.  Directions to the Botanical Gardens: 

>
> http://washtenawaudubon.org/programs.php
>
> In addition to the program, hear news of the latest critter sightings and 
field trips, and enjoy tasty snacks following the program. 

>
> Hope to see you there.
>
> Mike Sefton
> Washtenaw Audubon Society
> www.washtenawaudubon.org
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> END OF DIGEST
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Subject: Tonight: "Godwits of Churchill" is free Washtenaw Audubon event, Wed., Aug. 18, all invited
From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:06:35 -0700 (PDT)
Birders and friends,
 Please join us for the free special Washtenaw Audubon program below. 
Membership is not required. 


Wednesday, August 18, 7:30pm

The Godwits of Churchill

Join Andy Johnson, Washtenaw Audubon Society member, for a program about his 
summer with a Cornell Lab of Ornithology team studying Hudsonian Godwits in 
Churchill, Manitoba. Andy will discuss the history and biological significance 
of the Churchill region, as well as the details of his work with the 
spectacular Limosa haemastica. Churchill is not only an exciting place to view 
breeding shorebirds and other arctic birds, but also a special place for other 
wildlife, such as Polar Bears and Beluga Whales, so expect an interesting 
collection of photos to accompany the talk. 


Washtenaw Audubon programs are held at the U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 
1800 North Dixboro Rd., Ann Arbor. Call 677-3275 if you need more information 
about the program. Directions to the Botanical Gardens: 


http://washtenawaudubon.org/programs.php

In addition to the program, hear news of the latest critter sightings and field 
trips, and enjoy tasty snacks following the program. 


Hope to see you there.

Mike Sefton
Washtenaw Audubon Society
www.washtenawaudubon.org





      


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Subject: PMSGA Correction
From: Paul Cypher <paulcypher AT comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:30:14 -0400
A key word was dropped in the previous post - they did **not** see the godwits. 


Sorry. 

Sent from my iPhone

Paul Cypher
Woodhaven, MI
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Subject: Buff-breasted Sandpiper at PMSGA 8/17
From: Paul Cypher <paulcypher AT comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:11:25 -0400
All,

I just received a call from Don Sherwood. This afternoon, he and Frank Kitakis 
had a Buff-breasted Sandpiper in cell 3. It was mixed in with the gulls on the 
mudflat. 


They did see any godwits. 



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Subject: MICHIGAN BIRDS and Natural History--Contents of April-May 2010 Issue
From: "John L. Trapp" <birdsetcetera AT gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:43:50 -0400
For your information, I here provide an annotated summary of the contents
of the April-May 2010 issue (Volume 17, Number 2) of “MICHIGAN BIRDS and
Natural History,” the peer-reviewed journal of Michigan Audubon, which was
issued on 10 August:

**COVER PHOTO, by Darlene Friedman (cover).—An in-flight shot of a
juvenile Arctic Tern that arrived at the Three Oaks Sewage Ponds, Berrien
County, on the remarkably late date of 27 November and lingered until 6
December 2009.

**MESSAGE FROM THE MANAGING EDITOR, by Jonathan T. Wuepper (pp.
41-42).—Reflections on the role that data gathered by citizen-scientists,
including that contributed to the various surveys published in this
journal, will play in gauging the impacts of the Gulf oil spill disaster. 
The journal is nearly back on schedule.  While a recent subscription drive
has produced positive results, additional subscribers are still needed to
make the journal self-sustaining.

**2009 MICHIGAN LATE AUTUMN CRANE SURVEY, by Ronald H. Hoffman (pp.
43-46).—The 2009 Sandhill Crane population index of 24,453 birds continues
an upward trend, being 38% higher than the 2004-2008 average of 15,226 and
27% higher than the 17,747 reported in 2008.  Whooping Cranes were
reported in Cass and Jackson counties.

**MICHIGAN BUTTERFLY SURVEY 2009, by Jack Reinoehl (pp. 47-56)—Briefly
annotated accounts, including flight periods, for each the 97 species
reported from March to November follow an introductory overview of weather
effects on seasonal patterns of butterfly activity.

**MICHIGAN BIRD SURVEY: AUTUMN 2009 (AUGUST-NOVEMBER), by Allen T.
Chartier and Jonathan T. Wuepper (pp. 57-101).—The authors provide an
incomparable compilation of data on 314 species submitted by 336 observers
reporting from 80 of Michigan’s 83 counties.  Highlights are too numerous
to mention here, but include Dovekie in Van Buren County (3rd State
record), Ancient Murrelet in Berrien County (7th State record), Green
Violetear in Kent County (5th State record), “Audubon’s Yellow-rumped
Warbler in Delta County (3rd State record), and Chestnut-collared Longspur
in Alger County (5th State record).

**ANSWER TO PHOTO QUIZ 34, by Matt Hysell (pp. 102-103).—Steps readers
through the process of eliminating similar species, and reaching the
conclusion that the gulls pictured in the previous issue are Franklin’s
Gulls.

**PHOTO QUIZ 35 (p. 104).—Two more birds for readers puzzle over.

For more information about “MICHIGAN BIRDS and Natural History” please
visit this page at Michigan Audubon: http://tinyurl.com/yb5k92n. A secure
online form for submitting subscription requests to “MICHIGAN BIRDS and
Natural History” can be accessed at this link: http://tinyurl.com/ydf8rfo.

“MICHIGAN BIRDS and Natural History” solicits original articles and short
notes on birds and other natural history topics relating to Michigan. 
Guidelines for authors can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/2bbyen2.

John L. Trapp
Buchanan, MI

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Subject: Metro Beach banding report - August 14, 2010
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:30:36 -0400
Birders and Banders,

On Saturday, August 14, we operated the banding station at Metro Beach 
Metropark, Macomb Co., Michigan for the first full day of the fall banding 
season. Highlights included the first hummingbirds and first migrant 
warblers of the season, and an interesting recapture.

Check out the blog at: http://tinyurl.com/m5vcl2

Allen T. Chartier
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Inkster, Michigan, USA


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Subject: Metro Beach Banding Report - August 7, 2010
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:34:43 -0400
Birders and Banders,

On Saturday, August 7, a team of volunteers and I re-opened the net lanes at 
Metro Beach Metropark, Macomb Co., Michigan in preparation for the fall 
banding season. After a lot of work, the nets were opened briefly and a few 
birds captured and banded. I have posted a brief summary of the day on my 
blog. The plan is to have enough volunteers come out (two needed per day) to 
operate the station two days a week from now until the end of October.

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Allen T. Chartier
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Subject: Godwits, Live Raptors, free Washtenaw Audubon talks, Tue. & Wed., Aug. 17 & 18, all invited
From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:21:17 -0700 (PDT)
Birders and friends,
 Please join us for one (or both) of the free special Washtenaw Audubon 
programs below. Membership is not required. 


Wednesday, August 18, 7:30pm

The Godwits of Churchill

Join Andy Johnson, Washtenaw Audubon Society member, for a program about his 
summer with a Cornell Lab of Ornithology team studying Hudsonian Godwits in 
Churchill, Manitoba. Andy will discuss the history and biological significance 
of the Churchill region, as well as the details of his work with the 
spectacular Limosa haemastica. Churchill is not only an exciting place to view 
breeding shorebirds and other arctic birds, but also a special place for other 
wildlife, such as Polar Bears and Beluga Whales, so expect an interesting 
collection of photos to accompany the talk. 


Tuesday, August 17, 7:30pm

Raptors in Our World: Up Close and Personal With Live Raptors

Note Tuesday date. Prepare to be amazed, as well as educated, when Francie 
Krawcke, Raptor Specialist and Camp Director at Leslie Science and Nature 
Center introduces us to several live raptors. Francie will explain how these 
birds live in a way that even non-birders can understand, while sharing tales 
that reveal aspects of their behavior that even bird experts may not know. The 
event is co-sponsored with the Huron Valley Chapter of the Sierra Club. 


Washtenaw Audubon programs are held at the U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 
1800 North Dixboro Rd., Ann Arbor. Call 677-3275 if you need more information 
about the program. Directions to the Botanical Gardens: 


http://washtenawaudubon.org/programs.php

In addition to the program, hear news of the latest critter sightings and field 
trips, and enjoy tasty snacks following the program. 


Hope to see you there.

Mike Sefton
Washtenaw Audubon Society
www.washtenawaudubon.org




      


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Subject: Re: Molly the Barn Owl
From: Thierry Lach <thierry.lach AT gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:46:30 -0400
This was on the weekend news on Saturday night.

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 7:07 PM,  wrote:

> Here is a web site that is not cluttered with Netflex ads.
>
>
>
> Right now feeding young!
>
>
>
> Rick Lucas
> Sebastian, FL
>
> http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8825949
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Subject: Pointe Mouillee, Monroe County - Marbled and Hudsonian Godwit - 8/10/10
From: Lyle Hamilton <mi.birder AT gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:48:33 -0400
I took the day off hoping to chase the Whistling-Duck.  As all reports on
the duck were negative, I did the next best thing and headed to Point
Mouillee.  Numbers have definitely increased since my visit last Tuesday
night (8/3/10).  Habitat in Cell 3 continues to grow as the habitat in the
Long Pond unit seems to be drying up.  I recorded a total of 60 species from
8:30 AM to 1:30 PM, 16 of which were shorebirds.



Highlights were arriving at cell three around 9:30 AM to find a
Godwit.  Knowing
that there has been a Marbled Godwit in the area for the last few days, I
was surprised when the bird raised its wings revealing the black undersides
and making it a Hudsonian.   The Marbled could not be located until around
11 AM when a scan of an area that I had already worked over previously
produced the bird.  I'm not sure if it flew in or was not visible in the
gull flock that had just partially shifted.  Both Godwits were in Cell 3
when I left the area at around 12:30 PM.    I saw a Least Bittern in flight
on the way in around 8:40 AM flying between the lead unit and the Vermet
Unit.  There was a single Yellow-headed Blackbird on the dike between Cell 4
and the Vermet Unit.  I had 3 Wilson’s Phalaropes in my scope view at the
same time on the north side of Cell 3.  I was not able to locate the Snowy
Egret that I had last week and that had been reported again on Sunday.  I
also did not find the Red-necked Phalarope or the Prothonotary Warbler that
had been reported on Sunday despite looking but both could still be in the
area.



Here is a list of the shorebirds that were observed:



Semipalmated Plover

Killdeer

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Spotted Sandpiper

Hudsonian Godwit

Marbled Godwit

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

Baird’s Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper

Short-billed Dowitcher

Wilson's Snipe

Wilson’s Phalarope



Lyle Hamilton

Howell, MI


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Subject: Re: Molly the Barn Owl
From: martin bialecki <kilnfired AT gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 19:46:04 -0400
This is where?

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 7:07 PM,  wrote:

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Subject: Molly the Barn Owl
From: lucasbirders AT comcast.net
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 23:07:37 +0000 (UTC)

Here is a web site that is not cluttered with Netflex ads. 



Right now feeding young! 



Rick Lucas 
Sebastian, FL 


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Subject: Partially Albino Turkey
From: "Lee Burton" <leejburton AT charter.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 10:18:48 -0400
We've got a partially albino female turkey visiting our yard every day and
checking out our bird feeders. It's traveling with a brood of 8 and a
young male. The outer feathers of the female are mostly white. It's quite
lovely. We're just wondering how common this is. Thanks for your
responses. I'll post a picture on the Livingston County birders site.
http://forum.livingstonbirds.com/

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Subject: White-rumped Sandpiper Oakland Co 8-5
From: Cccta AT aol.com
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 07:48:24 EDT
Thursday evening on the way to meet friends for dinner I stopped by Midtown 
 Square on Coolidge south of 15 Mile and found four species of shorebird in 
one  spot in Oakland County, a minor miracle. The star of the show was a 
White-rumped  Sandpiper which was joined by Semipalmated Sandpipers, a single 
Least Sandpiper  and of course the dominant group of Killdeer. Although 
small, the habitat there  still looks great.
 
happy Friday,
 
Scott Jennex
Ferndale


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Subject: Point Mouillee, Monroe County - Habitat - Snowy Egret, Yellow-headed Blackbird - 8/3/10
From: Lyle Hamilton <mi.birder AT gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 09:40:42 -0400
I biked the dikes at Point Mouillee last night (8/3/2010) from around 5:30
to 8 PM to try to get a feel for the habitat this season.   There seems to
be three main areas of shorebird habitat at the moment that I will describe
below.

A)     The ditch in the Long Pond Unit along the dike that separates the
Long Pond Unit and the Vermet Unit had some decent mud areas between the
Lead Unit end of this ditch to about half way to the North Causeway.

B)       Cell 3 is starting to develop a mud spit again coming off the dike
that separates Cells 3 and 4 as was the case last year.  I observed several
birds 25 to 30 feet from the water’s edge of this spit that were only
standing in 2 inches or less of water.  This means that if the water level
happens to drop a little, this could be a productive area just like last
year.

C)      Cell 5 has some habitat at the south end of the pond enclosed by the
outer dike (in the south east corner of cell 5).   There were some open mud
areas along the shore of this pond with easy viewing.  There were also a lot
of birds working some of the grassy shoreline areas at this end of the
enclosed pond.  These birds can be difficult to see at times as they move in
and out of the longer grass.



The Vermet unit in general at this point seems to have too much water this
year.  There were a few Yellowlegs in the south east corner of this unit and
more habitat may develop if water levels happen to drop over the next few
weeks.



Below is a list of the shorebirds located with rough estimated numbers by
area letter as defined above:



Semipalmated Plover :  B-3, C-2

Killdeer :  To many to count in all locations

Greater Yellowlegs:  A-1, B-2, C-10

Lesser Yellowlegs:  To many to count in all locations

Spotted Sandpiper: B-2, C-4

Semipalmated Sandpiper:  A-8, B-10, C-6

Least Sandpiper: A-2, B-4, C-4

Pectoral Sandpiper:  A-1, B-2, C-2

Stilt Sandpiper: B-4

Short-billed Dowitcher : A-2, B-6, C-4



In addition to the shorebirds, I did have a single Snowy Egret in area A.  The
only other bird of note was a single Yellow-headed Blackbird  that was on
the North Causeway along the Vermet unit.  I did not have time to check the
Lead Unit other than from the center dike.



For those interested, here is a complete species list of what I observed
last night:



Pied-billed Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

American Black Duck

Mallard

Green-winged Teal

Blue-winged Teal

Lesser Scaup

Osprey

Bald Eagle

American Coot

Semipalmated Plover

Killdeer

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Spotted Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper

Short-billed Dowitcher

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Caspian Tern

Forster’s Tern

Mourning Dove

Cuckoo Sp. ( a young bird that I never got a good enough look at to
determine species, probably Black-billed)

Eastern Kingbird

Purple Martin

Tree Swallow

Bank Swallow

Barn Swallow

Marsh Wren

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Yellow Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Song Sparrow

Indigo Bunting

Red-winged Blackbird

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

American Goldfinch



Lyle Hamilton

Howell, MI


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Subject: Hummingbird blog update
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 15:32:52 -0400
Birders,

I have just updated my blog with a new posting briefly summarizing summer 
hummingbird banding activities, particularly July, as well as specific 
results from the Fourth Annual Michigan Hummingbird Festival held July 31, 
2010 at the River Lake Inn.

Check out the blog at: http://tinyurl.com/m5vcl2

Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(at)comcast.net
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Subject: Olive-sided Flycatcher Oakland Co.
From: James Fox <93fox AT earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:37:23 -0400
I was leading bird walks for the Detroit Audubon society with Jim Bull  
and Leonard Weber this afternoon at Carpenter Lake in Southfield.  I  
don't think any of us were really expecting to see anything out of the  
ordinary but on the last walk I spotted an Olive-sided Flycatcher on a  
dead tree across the lake from the dam.  Jim Bull saw it as well.   
This was lifer 342 for me as well as my first migrant passerine of the  
fall.  I never expected to see a lifer at Carpenter Lake.

James Fox
Farmington Hills

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Subject: Hummingbird Festival reminder
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:02:50 -0400
Birders,

Just a quick reminder that tomorrow (July 31) is the 4th annual Michigan 
Hummingbird Festival. Dowload a flyer at: 


www.riverlakeinnrestaurant.com

Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(at)comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA

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Subject: 4th Annual Michigan Hummingbird Festival
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:30:59 -0400
Birders,

In less than two weeks (July 31), the 4th Annual Michigan Hummingbird Festival 
will be held once again at the River Lake Inn near Colon, Michigan. Hummingbird 
banding demonstrations and "adoptions" will run from 8-11 a.m., and a slate of 
four interesting programs will be held in the afternoon at the nearby Colon 
High School. Many other events are scheduled throughout the day, and many local 
vendors will be on-site. Everything is free except parking, food, and the 
afternoon programs (seating limited). Don't forget to make your dinner 
reservations for after the festival. To download a PDF of the event flyer, go 
to: www.riverlakeinnrestaurant.com 


Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(at)comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA

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Subject: Date Correction for Sandhill Crane at Metro Beach Metropark, Macomb County
From: Alan Ryff <alryff AT sbcglobal.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:54:38 -0700 (PDT)


I saw the the Sandhill Crane at Metro Beach Metropark on Sunday 18 July 2010 
and not on Monday 19 July 2010 as I had posted.  

 
Sorry, 
 
Alan Ryff

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Subject: Sandhill Crane at Metro Beach Metropark
From: Alan Ryff <alryff AT sbcglobal.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:20:09 -0700 (PDT)

Today, July 19, there was a single Sandhill Crane feeding and preening near the 
far-west end of the canal that follows the south side of the North Marsh at 
Metro Beach Metropark. It slipped in and out of sight in the bright-green 
cattails still emerging from a stretch of last spring’s burn. The bird spent 
its time preening and foraging. I watched it for almost four hours through a 
32X wide-angle eyepiece to see whether a second one is present. This crane can 
be in its second-calendar year and therefore still a single. Pair bonding 
usually begins in the autumn or winter of the second-year of life. Any attempts 
at breeding can begin as early as three years of age and as late as five years 
of age. But, I would think it is too late in the summer for a second bird to be 
incubating and therefore hidden--unless there was delayed nest building because 
of the excessive exposure caused by this year’s burning of the vegetation. If 
there were one or two chicks, 

 both parents would have been simultaneously visible while continuously 
attending their young. There also is the possibility of failed nesting, and the 
other crane was simply out of view somewhere in a slough screened by cattails. 
Time will tell whether this is a single bird or not. 

 
Of interest was this crane’s plumage. The body plumage below the neck line, 
as well as the upper-wing coverts and tertials were deeply rust-colored. 
Sandhill Cranes use muck and rotting aquatic vegetation with which to stain 
their gray plumage—an act of camouflage for the upcoming nesting season. This 
bird had a red crown. It flew only twice and for no more than a 100 or 150 
feet. It had all of its remiges. Supposedly Sandhill Cranes in their 
second-calendar year do not shed their primaries and become flightless during 
the early summer as older cranes do. 

 
Also seen in the North Marsh were one female Hooded Merganser, 4 adult Green 
Herons, one Great Egret, 4 Great Blue Herons (3 adults, one juvenile), and one 
adult Black-crowned Night-Heron. 

 
Alan Ryff

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Subject: Metro Beach's First Juvenile Least Sandpiper of the Season
From: Alan Ryff <alryff AT sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:23:34 -0700 (PDT)

Today, July 16, I saw a juvenile Least Sandpiper with five adults. They were 
feeding in a rain-flooded patch of Common Plantain on the lawn, located about 
200 feet east of the swimming pool at Metro Beach Metropark, Macomb County. Six 
more adult Least Sandpipers were on the beach at the east end. 

 
July 11 was a better day. The east end of the beach had 27 adult Least 
Sandpipers and 15 Spotted Sandpipers, as well as a summering non-adult 
Trumpeter Swan. 

 
It stands to reason juvenile Least Sandpipers normally would be the first of 
the juvenile Calidris sandpipers to depart southward. Of the eleven species of 
Calidris regularly nesting in North America, it is the Least Sandpiper that 
nests the farthest south. And being the smallest of all shorebirds, the young 
of the Least Sandpiper should average the least number of days to attain flight 
capability. 

 
Alan Ryff

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Subject: Yellow-breasted Chat and Woodcocks at Sanford Park Washtenaw County
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:44:43 -0400
While butterflying at Sanford Park in extreme south-central Washtenaw county 
(east of US-23 and Milan Michigan) I found a Yellow-breasted Chat and five 
American Woodcock on Wednesday afternoon July 14. The Chat was near the 
Electric Power transmission lines and was giving a somewhat desultory rendition 
of its song. The Woodcocks were found along one of the trails in the area where 
it passes through a shaded, wettish area. 

 
Butterflying highlights were four species of Swallowtail--Giant, Spicebush, 
Tiger, and Black--numerous Viceroys and one Broad-winged Skipper that seemed 
very much out of place in the habitat there. The flowering plant attracting the 
most butterflies on Wednesday was Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa. I noted 8 
different species nectaring on it. Spotted Knapweed, non-native plant, has just 
started it blooming and will become more and more important to nectaring 
butterflies over the next few months. 

 
Roger Kuhlman
Ann Arbor, Michigan
7/15/2010 		 	   		  
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Subject: Stilt Sandpiper Erie Marsh Preserve
From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:52:44 -0400
I had an adult Stilt Sandpiper at the Erie Marsh Preserve today in  
southern Monroe County.    Only a few other shorebirds visible--9  
Lesser Yellowlegs and a few Least Sandpipers.  In the channel west of  
the hunting lodges where 3 mergansers--2 Hooded and a Common.  That  
locale seemed a very odd place for a summering Common Merganser.

I also checked the shorebird habitat in southern Wayne County on  
Arkona Road west of Clark Road.  Shorebirds included 2 Greater  
Yellowlegs, 10 Lesser Yellowlegs, 3 Least Sandpipers and 2 Short- 
billed Dowitchers.

Cheers,

Karl Overman
Farmington Hills, Mi.
www.karloverman.com

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Subject: A Family of Mockingbirds Seen Near Saline in Washtenaw County
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:10:09 -0400
Sunday afternoon July 11 I found a family(ies?) of four Mockingbirds on Milkey 
road in south central Washtenaw County near Saline. The birds were near the 
Valley Farms development and some of them were doing a lot of singing. On 
nearby South Maple road at least four singing Vesper Sparrows were spaced out 
along different locations on the road. 

 
If you go out to see the Mockingbirds, also check out the beautiful meadow for 
butterflies and flowers that is in the process of being destroyed by the 
exurban housing development of expensive homes at Valley Farms. A greedy 
developer and former landowners who lusted after undeserved windfall profits 
have conspired to ruin this wonderful natural habitat to serve their own 
selfish ends. 

 
Roger Kuhlman
Ann Arbor, Michigan
7/13/2010 		 	   		  
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Subject: Butterfly Buddy Program
From: hodgsontsc AT aol.com
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:55:17 -0400

Greetings to all,
 
I know this site is primarily for exchanging birding information, but I have 
noticed a significant amount of butterfly chatter as well. This email will 
contribute to the latter. The Discovery Center in the Waterloo Recreation Area 
is offering an opportunity for anyone interested to adopt a monarch butterfly 
larva. This short term project is a great way to introduce children or grand 
children to the natural world. 

 
The monarch completes its life cycle from egg to adult in just one month, 
making it an ideal project for adults and children with short attention spans. 
To participate, you will need to visit the Discovery Center and pick up your 
larva and rearing instructions. There is no charge, but a state park motor 
vehicle permit is required for entry. A daily is $6.00 and annual is $24.00 and 
a senior citizen annual is just $6.00. This is the last year the motor vehicle 
permit will be required, as a new funding program will begin in October. 

 
You will need to bring a rearing container such as a gallon jar. To make an 
inexpensive container, take a clear 2 liter soda bottle, cut off the bottom at 
the seam, then invert it and push it into open end of the bottle. Cut a small 
piece of nylon window screen and put it over pour spout and secure with a 
rubber band. Run hot water over the label and it will release and can be easily 
peeled off. Bring the container with a fresh sprig of milkweed to the Discovery 
Center. 

 
You will need to be able to recognize and have a source of milkweed. When the 
butterfly emerges it can be released so that it can fly to Mexico for the 
winter. 

 
To get to the Discovery Center take I-94 to exit 157 (Pierce Rd.), and follow 
the signs to the Center. The Center’s address is 13070 Bush Road, Chelsea, MI 
48118 for those with GPS units. The Discovery Center is open Tuesday through 
Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and from noon to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, 
closed Monday. 

 
I reared and released my first monarch 40 years ago, and still find it 
fascinating. 

 
Tom Hodgson  



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Subject: Re: Resd-breasted nuthatches still around
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:37:58 -0400
Lee,

A couple weeks ago I saw an adult Broad-winged Hawk circling over Telegraph 
and 13 Mile in Bingham Farms, an unexpected site. I also had a Red-breasted 
Nuthatch in a row of pines at a mall in Garden City, a very unusual locale 
for one in summer (have had them there in migration, which usually starts in 
late August).

Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(at)comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lee Burton" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 10:33 AM
Subject: [se-mi-birdlist] Resd-breasted nuthatches still around


> I'm still getting red-breasted nuthatches at my feeders in Hamburg
> Township. My mother is still getting them at her feeders in Bingham Farms
> near Southfield. Responses to my earlier posting in mid-June offered the
> view that they'd be gone as soon as the weather really warmed up. Well, it
> has and they haven't left yet. Any thought about the possibility of them
> nesting in the area? Thanks in advance for your comments.(Other nice more
> or less regular visitations around my house: tanager, chestnut-sided
> warbler, wood thrush, turkey family, yellow-throated vireo, kingfisher)
>
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Subject: Resd-breasted nuthatches still around
From: "Lee Burton" <leejburton AT charter.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:33:30 -0400
I'm still getting red-breasted nuthatches at my feeders in Hamburg
Township. My mother is still getting them at her feeders in Bingham Farms
near Southfield. Responses to my earlier posting in mid-June offered the
view that they'd be gone as soon as the weather really warmed up. Well, it
has and they haven't left yet. Any thought about the possibility of them
nesting in the area? Thanks in advance for your comments.(Other nice more
or less regular visitations around my house: tanager, chestnut-sided
warbler, wood thrush, turkey family, yellow-throated vireo, kingfisher)

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Subject: sedge wrens - e. Jackson Co
From: "Wise, Mary" <auntyem AT umich.edu>
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:37:41 -0400
Yesterday, while cycling on Clear Lake Rd in eastern Jackson Co. I heard two 
sedge wrens singing. Maybe I've been ignoring previous posts?? 


Directions, take I-94 to the Clear Lake Rd. exit. Head south on Clear Lake Rd. 
One bird was on the inside of the bend where the Road curves left to eventually 
join Francisco/Riemer Rds. The other was a few hundred yards north of that on 
the west side of the road. This area of Clear Lake Rd. seems wet and (duh) 
sedgy. 


I've been doing this same ride on the same weekend for 4 out of the past 5 
years. I don't know if they've never been there before or whether I've 
previously always been too burned out by that point (~ mile 90) to hear 
anything. 


Mary
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Subject: Two Yellow-breasted Chats at Petersburg SGA Monroe County
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:39:30 -0400

Two Yellow-breasted Chat males were still singing at Petersburg SGA in western 
Monroe County on Saturday July 10. Both of them were just south of Lulu Road in 
the open prairie-type habitats but in different spots. One was near the 
easternmost parking area on Lulu and the other near the westernmost area. 

 
Saturday afternoon was a wonderful day for observing butterflies at Petersburg. 
Butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa) is common there and it is now blooming 
profusely. Its flowers are excellent butterfly attractors and for the day I saw 
at least 100 individual butterflies nectaring on them. Some of the species seen 
nectaring included Aphrodite, Great Spangled Fritillary, Monarch, Tiger 
Swallowtail, Spicebush Swallowtail, Northern Broken Dash, Pearl Crescent, 
American Copper, and Coral Hairstreak. Other flowers getting a lot of butterfly 
action were Monarda, Hairy Vetch, and Spotted Knapweed. 

 
Roger Kuhlman
Greater Washtenaw Butterfly Survey
Ann Arbor, Michigan
7/11/2010 		 	   		  
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Subject: New blog updates
From: Catherine Carroll <songsparrow AT wowway.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:11:15 -0400
Birders,

Just a few days after my return from England, I had a computer  
catastrophe that made me think I may have lost all of my England and  
Wales photos.  Now, three weeks later, I have my computer back, the  
photos were saved and I have caught up on my blog.

So far, there are six blog entries starting on 06/07/10 titled, "West  
Midlands: field, garden and pond birds and coming up to today's entry,  
Skomer Island.  While the central focus of each blog entry is birding,  
I'm afraid that for hard core birders there may be too much  
travelogue.  The narrative is the challenging and fun part for me, and  
five years from now, I'll be able to recall the details of such a  
wonderful vacation.  Tomorrow, I'll be working on the Ramsey Island  
narrative and I think there will be two other entries following this -  
Baby Birds and Observations about Birding in Britain - to complete the  
series.

http://www.intothewoodsandelsewhere.blogspot.com

If interested, have a look at the photos, narrative or both and I hope  
you'll enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

If anyone is planning a trip to England, feel free to contact me off  
line and I'll be pleased to try to answer any questions.

Good birding,
Cathy Carroll
Dearborn, MI

  

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Subject: Cattle Egrets Monroe Co.
From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:55:03 -0400
I saw two Cattle Egrets in breeding plumage with a small group of  
horses on Port Sunlight Road in northeastern Monroe County.  This is  
the road to Estral Beach.  Pointe Mouillee is immediately to the north.

I biked around Pointe Mouillee today.  Not worth it. I saw stunningly  
few shorebirds, just a scattering of Lesser Yellowlegs.  The two  
plegadis ibis were still present at the south end of the Vermet Unit  
but they were too far away to get  instructive photographs.  Cell 3  
in the Banana was interesting though not for birds.  In the spring as  
well as last year it was the best shorebird habitat at Mouillee.  Not  
now.  Sludge is being poured into the unit on the southeast side of  
the unit (that is what the unit is for remember) and as the sludge is  
mostly water, cell 3 is now mostly water.  Gulls and terns were still  
resting on the small area above water but there were no migrant  
shorebirds.

I had migrant shorebirds at two places today.  The best was the Erie  
Marsh Preserve in extreme southern Monroe County where I saw several  
hundred in flight as I approached, presumably being flushed by a  
Cooper's Hawk overhead.  I returned in mid-afternoon and found 200  
Least Sandpipers, 17 Short-billed Dowitchers and 10 Lesser Yellowlegs.

I also had a few shorebirds in southern Wayne County on the south  
side of Arkona Road on the landfill property across from Crosswinds  
Marsh.  There I had 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 4 Lesser Yellowlegs, 8  
Least Sandpipers and 16--just kidding--1 Solitary Sandpiper.

Cheers,

Karl Overman
Farmington Hills, Michigan
www.karloverman.com

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Subject: Summer Oddity: White-throated Sparrow in Ann Arbor
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 08:26:50 -0400

While taking part in the Ann Arbor NABA butterfly count on July 5, I found a 
White-throated Sparrow at Northeast Area Park (Olsen Park) in north Ann Arbor. 
The bird was along the forested edge of a wet meadow there and just off a 
hiking and mountain biking trail. It was the first time I have ever found 
White-throated Sparrow in the Summer locally. 

 
Results from the NABA butterfly count were quite good. A total of 43 butterfly 
species were found on a very hot day. The highlights were the rare Pipevine 
Swallowtail, a Checkered Skipper, and five species of Hairstreak--Banded, 
Coral, Acadian, Striped, and Hickory. The Pipevine Swallowtail found at 
Botanical Gardens nectaring on Common Milkweed and the Checkered Skipper found 
at Greeview Natural Area were first time species for the Count. The Pipevine 
Swallowtail was also the first one ever found at the Botanical Gardens 

 
Roger Kuhlman
Ann Arbor, Michigan
7/6/2010 		 	   		  
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Subject: Pte Mouillee
From: "Mencotti, Michael" <MMencotti AT dcds.edu>
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 15:44:17 -0400
July 3

 

Jerry Sniderman and I birded Pte. Mouillee in hopes of finding the two
Ibis (Ibises? Ibi?) We were rewarded no matter how they are spelled. We
saw them in the east part of the Vermet Unit, just north of the middle
causeway. They spooked into the  far end (western) of the Vermet Unit
mingling with many Great Egrets as previously reported. We did not get
close enough to view to the face patterns, but we verified that these
were the same birds in Jerry Jourdan's pictures by the molt pattern of
the flight feathers. 

 

We did not see any Cattle Egrets. We did, however, had beautiful looks
of perched Least Bitterns with the sun on our backs in the Lead Unit.
This was worth the "price of admission." The only nonbreeding shorebirds
we found in Cell 3 were Dunlin, Least Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs, a
species we found along the Middle Causeway as well. Interestingly, we
saw no other birders at Mouillee from 7:30-noon today.

 

We relocated the reported Dickcissels along the seasonal road west of
the antenna farm.

 

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Subject: Hairstreakorama in Northeast Ann Arbor 7/2/2010
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 14:55:53 -0400

A large patch of Common Milkweed plus some Butterflyweed in my garden in my 
backyard in northeast Ann Arbor is producing a wonderful assortment of 
Hairstreaks this Summer. Friday I had 1 Banded Hairstreak, 1 Striped 
Hairstreak, 2 Hickory Hairstreaks, and 1 Gray Hairstreak in the garden. All of 
these Hairstreaks at one time or another were nectaring on Common Milkweed. The 
Gray Hairstreak was a new butterfly for me for season. I have heard no other 
reports of this species in southeast Michigan (Wayne, Washtenaw, Lenawee, 
Monroe counties) this year so far. 


From my years of observing butterflies in southeast Michigan, I would say the 
three best flowering native plants for attracting Hairstreaks are Common 
Milkweed, Butterflyweed, and the white-flowered Dogbane. 


Roger Kuhlman
Greater Washtenaw Butterfly Survey
7/2/2010 		 	   		  
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Subject: bobwhite
From: "John Swales" <jmswales AT umich.edu>
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 09:49:55 -0400
Roger Wykes and I heard at least one calling at about 5.30 p.m. on July 1st at 
the intersection of Pleasant Lake and Sharon Hollow Roads in western Washtenaw 
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Subject: Dickcissels Genesee County
From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:29:35 -0400
I stopped by Nichols Road just south of Miller Road in western  
Genesee County today where Darlene Friedman had Dickcissels on June  
24th and I found the birds still there.  They were quite distant and  
best heard from the southern portions of the extensive red clover  
field on the west side of the road.

Cheers,

Karl Overman
www.karloverman.com

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Subject: Contents of Michigan Bird and Natural History (Volume 17, Number 1)
From: "John L. Trapp" <birdsetcetera AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:55:53 -0400
For your information, here’s an annotated summary of the contents of the
January-March (Volume 17, Number 1) issue of “Michigan Birds and Natural
History,” the peer-reviewed journal of Michigan Audubon, which was issued
in late June:

**COVER PHOTO, by Allen T. Chartier (Cover).—Michigan’s 9th Rock Wren, at
the Port Huron State Game Area, St. Clair County, on 7 June 2009.

**LETTER FROM THE MANAGING EDITOR, by Jonathan T. Wuepper (pp.
1-2).—Identifies challenges and benefits of maintaining a print
publication in an age of electronic media, identifies the journal’s
mission, and outlines immediate goals.

**THE 2009 KIRTLAND’S WARBLER CENSUS, by Michael E. Petrucha and Elaine
Carlson (pp. 3-8).—The 1,811 singing males (1,798 in Michigan, 11 in
Wisconsin, and 2 in Ontario) detected represents a mere 0.4% increase from
2008, but the highest total since counts were begun in 1951.

**PROXIMITY OF SUCCESSIVE PILEATED WOODPECKER NESTS, by John Baumgartner
(pp. 9-12).—Over a period of 5 years, the distance between nest trees
chosen by a “pair” of Pileateds monitored at a site along the Grand River
in Clinton County averaged 123 meters (range 60-230 meters).

**MICHIGAN BIRD SURVEY: SUMMER 2009 (1 JUNE – 31 JULY), by Louis J.
Dombroski (pp. 13-38).—Capsule summaries are provided for each of the 266
species documented during the period.  Waterfowl diversity was high, with
many uncommon species reported at numerous localities, American White
Pelicans were widespread, and many of the rare shorebirds were in
above-average numbers.  Highlights included Michigan’s 7th Swallow-tailed
Kite (Emmet County) and 9th Rock Wren (St. Clair County).  The Fish Crows
(Michigan’s first) discovered in Berrien County in the spring continued
into the summer.

**RETURN OF THE PHOTO QUIZ!, by Matt Hysell (p. 39).—Can you identify
these gulls?
 
For more information about “Michigan Birds and Natural History” please
visit this page at Michigan Audubon: http://tinyurl.com/yb5k92n. A secure
online form for submitting subscription requests to “Michigan Birds and
Natural History” can be accessed at this link: http://tinyurl.com/ydf8rfo.

“Michigan Birds and Natural History” solicits original articles and short
notes on birds and other natural history topics relating to Michigan. 
Guidelines for authors can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/2bbyen2.

John L. Trapp
Buchanan, MI
Member of Editorial Committee: “Michigan Birds and Natural History”

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Subject: Re: [birders] Avocets at Schneider Road Pond
From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99 AT comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:02:44 -0400
I've posted a photo of the American Avocets at the 'birders' photo-
sharing site:

  http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html 

Bruce

From:           	"Bob Arthurs" 
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Subject:        	[birders] Avocets at Schneider Road Pond
Date sent:      	Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:30:02 -0400
Send reply to:  	"Bob Arthurs" 

> Don Chalfant just called and he has 2 American Avocets at the Schneider
> Road Pond.  The pond is on the west side of Schneider Road just north of
> Pleasant Lake Road.
> 
> Here's a link to a description of the ponds: 
> 
> http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/locations/schneidr.tx
> t
> 
> Bob Arthurs
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Subject: Re: [birders] Avocets at Schneider Road Pond (continue, noon, Wed., 30 Jun.)
From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:24:17 -0700 (PDT)
Birders,
  The second county record American Avocets found by Don "The Man" Chalfant 
were still at the location below as of noon, according to Don Brooks. 

Mike Sefton
Ann Arbor
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From: Bob Arthurs 
Subject: [birders] Avocets at Schneider Road Pond
To: birders AT umich.edu
Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 7:30 AM





Don Chalfant just called and he has 2 American Avocets at the Schneider Road 
Pond.  The pond is on the west side of Schneider Road just north of Pleasant 
Lake Road. 

 
Here's a link to a description of the ponds: 
 
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/locations/schneidr.txt
 
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Subject: Complete spring banding report on-line
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:49:49 -0400
Birders and Banders,

I have just posted a complete 26 page summary (5 pages of photo highlights) 
of the spring 2010 banding season at Metro Beach Metropark, Michigan, on my 
website as a downloadable PDF file, and have also updated the 2004-Present 
data table page.

Go to: http://www.amazilia.net/MetroBeachBanding/

Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(at)comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA 


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Subject: White-faced Ibis- Pt. Mouillee
From: Will Weber <willmweber AT gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:00:46 -0400
Saturday morning between 7-8 am I observed two ibises at the south
edge of the Vermet Unit. They were active feeding in the phragmites
stubble in the company of many Great Egrets. I believe they were
White-faced Ibises though  WFI x Glossy is a possiblity.

See: http://web.me.com/weberwill/Wills_Site/White-faced_ibis.html

They did not have the distinct white faces of birds observed in the
same location last summer (see comparisons photos of those birds
linked from above gallery), but these birds did show distinct red
irises and pink sub oral patches. The birds were quite wary and i
could not manage to observe or photograph them other than with back
lighting.

Other birds included:
3 Lesser Yellowlegs
3 Dunlins
2 Least Sandpipers
3 Black Terns
2 Yellow-headed Blackbirds

....and many broods of Coots, moorhens, Pied-billed Grebes and Wood
Ducks, especially in the Lead Unit.

-- 
Will Weber
JOURNEYS International, Inc.
Intimate Access to Other Worlds • http://www.journeys.travel

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Subject: More Dickcissels, southern Monroe County
From: "Greg Links" <harpy AT buckeye-express.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:47:39 -0700

I found a good number of Dickcissels this morning in extreme southern Monroe 
County. Specifically, they are in the field along the east side Whiteford Road, 
JUST south of Sterns Road. 


From US-23, take exit 1 (Sterns Road) and go east. Turn south on Whiteford and 
pull into the gravel drive to the east. The fields will be obvious because 
there are a couple of back stops (future site of ball fields, unfortunately). 
The Dickcissels can be heard easily from just about anywhere in here. 


Also present today were Grasshopper Sparrows and a single Alder Flycatcher.

There is a quarry on the west side of the road across from these fields. The 
habitat looks just like where Blue Grosbeaks are found in SW and West-Central 
Ohio. I was there late in the morning and didn't spend much time; I plan on 
getting there early tomorrow and spending more time. If you visit, please keep 
Blue Grosbeak in mind as a possibility when you are listening. 

 
Greg Links
Somewhere near Toledo

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Subject: N. Bobwhite, Dickcissels, Orchard Oriole and more. Washtenaw, County
From: w8liftr40 AT aol.com
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 06:31:19 -0400

Greetings Birders, 

I located a calling Northern Bobwhite in Washtenaw County yesterday on 
Washburne Road between Sharon Hollow and Jacob Road in Sharon Twsp. There were 
also some Dickcissels, two calling Henslow's Sparrows, Grasshopper Sparrows and 
an Orchard Oriole (and other fun stuff). I also thought I had heard a Western 
Meadowlark that was way off in the distance towards the houses. Most of the 
bird activity was on the South side of the road. 

 
Good Birding!


Jeff Schultz 

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Subject: Pine Warbler, Orchard Oriole Genesee Co.
From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:49:18 -0400
Today, June 25th, Jeff Buecking & I did some birding around Genesee  
County.  We saw and heard a singing Pine Warbler at Buttercup Beach  
on the north side of Holloway Reservoir in extreme eastern Genesee  
County.   In the first Michigan Breeding Bird Atlas (1983-1988) there  
were no reports of Pine Warbler for Genesee County.  The species was  
surely under reported in that first breeding bird atlas in southern  
Michigan as there were none reported for Jackson, Livingston and  
Washtenaw Counties in southeast Michigan and only one (Proud Lake)  
for Oakland County.  Today we know of  breeding sites for the species  
in all of these counties.  I don't believe that can be said of  
Genesee County however.

  Also in Genesee County today we had an adult male Orchard Oriole at  
the Flushing Nature Area which is off of McKinley Road north of Mt.  
Morris Road.  We also saw a Grasshopper Sparrow there.

Cheers,

Karl Overman
Farmington Hills, Michigan
www.karloverman.com

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Subject: dickcissels still + vesper sparrow - s. washtenaw co
From: "Wise, Mary" <auntyem AT umich.edu>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:04:51 -0400
The 2 dickcissels have been consistently singing along the iron fence at the 
Toyota Research facility on Platt between Willis and Bemis. They are 
consistently between the receiving entrance and the setback in the fence for 
some utility stuff. This morning I may have heard a third one singing along the 
fenceline at the north edge of the property. Also, a vesper sparrow was singing 
a bit further south on Platt right across the road from the employee entrance. 


Mary


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Subject: cicada at the diag
From: martin bialecki <kilnfired AT gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:49:05 -0400
Monday I heard a cicada in Ann Arbor.  The earliest ever I have heard.


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Subject: Northern Bobwhite(s) Monroe County
From: w8liftr40 AT aol.com
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:03:02 +0000
Greetings Birders,

Today while making a propane delivery to a customer on Azalia road (north of 
Dundee, MI) Monroe County-- I heard one and saw 3 Northern Bobwhite. 


Although not rare, I have seen and find it encouraging seeing more Bobwhites 
(in three counties in SE Mich) this year, than I have since I was a kid. 


Anyone interested in picking them up for county (Lenawee, Washtenaw and Monroe) 
list or year ticks, feel free to contact me via email 


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Subject: Cerulean Warbler Noggles Rd, Manchester
From: martin bialecki <kilnfired AT gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:14:42 -0400
Today one singing 20+ times in 15 mins around 10 a.m. in the big walnut in
the yard.  I heard it first and then saw it very well w/ bins thanks to the
help of my son Silas.  Silas spotted it while my one good ear was indicating
someplace much further off.
Over the years I am aware of about 5 breeding territories within a mile.
This is a surprise to me.
I have had many nice vocalizations in the yard recently (both cuckoo,
scarlet tanager, veery, blue-winged warbler) but this Cerulean was a treat
indeed.  On territory or displaced by the brief storm last night?


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Subject: Hummingbird blog updated
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:15:19 -0400
Hummingbird enthusiasts,

Hummingbird season is well upon us, and my blog has now switched gears from 
"songbird banding" to "all hummingbirds all the time." Well, mostly. This 
past week was the start of my hummingbird banding season, and unlike years 
past I'm going to try to post regular updates on my activity and highligts, 
though it may be a little sparse in the photo department as we only have one 
hummingbird species here!

Check out the blog at: http://tinyurl.com/m5vcl2

Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(at)comcast.net
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Subject: red-headed, pileated, vesper in Manchester Twp
From: martin bialecki <kilnfired AT gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:21:44 -0400
I grew up around Iron Creek Mill pond and knew where to find red-headed
woodpeckers, sometimes a 15 acre woodlot held a dozen (less in winter).  I
have almost given up looking for them in those spots or anywhere else for
that matter.  But my my.  What a sight when one swoops low over the road and
lands prominently on the closest tree in bright sun!  In an area I often saw
them years ago -- just north of Iron Creek Mill Pond (ICMP) along Sharon
Hollow Rd south of English Rd.

Further north on Sharon Hollow I heard (despite the wind noise) a Vesper
sparrow in the fence row immediately west of the Mahrle Rd intersection.
Two of my favorite birds, great!

The upon returning home I heard a pileated woodpecker cackling manically
near the yard.


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Subject: Birding the Thumb 6/17/10
From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:29:02 -0400
James Fox and I did some birding in the Thumb, mostly in northern  
Sanilac County (Minden Bog) and southern Huron County (Bad Axe  
Airport & Wagener County Park).  Here are some of the birds we came  
across:

Bald Eagle 1 (adult)  Minden Bog
Merlin 1 Port Huron
Upland Sandpiper 1 Bad Axe Airport area
Alder Flycatcher 1 Minden Bog
Cliff Swallow--3 Minden Bog
Winter Wren 1 Wagener County Park
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Minden Bog
Pine Warbler 2 Lexington County Park, Sanilac County
Black-and-white Warbler 2 Wagener County Park
Northern Waterthrush 10 Wagener County Park
Mourning Warbler 1 Minden Bog; 4 Wagener County Park
Lincoln's Sparrow 7 Minden Bog
Clay-colored Sparrow 4 Minden Bog
Bobolink--common in fallow fields and pastures in eastern Sanilac  
County and southeast Huron County
Brewer's Blackbird 15 Minden Bog

Bug of the day:  Pink-edged Sulphur at Minden Bog

Wagener County Park is a shadow of what it was 20 years ago.  I say  
this because hundreds of trees have been cut in unique relic northern  
woodlands of the park.  Formerly the woodland were dark with a thick  
canopy.  The canopy is now gone in much of the park.  That seems to  
have no impact on Northern Waterthrush numbers but it appears to have  
eliminated the formerly healthy Canada Warbler population which was  
near the southern end of its breeding range in the state.  Most of  
the Winter Wrens also have been eliminated with the only one I found  
being south of the main road into the park whereas in former years it  
was the northern part of the park that held most of the breeding  
Winter Wrens.

MInden Bog is a natural jewel that does not get the attention from  
naturalists in the state that it deserves.   Admittedly access is a  
challenge with the best access from the west end of Palms Road in  
northern Sanilac County.

Cheers,

Karl Overman
Farmington Hills, Michigan
www.karloverman.com


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Subject: a whip-poor-will reported calling at Scio Woods Preserve, Washtenaw County plus more
From: Faye Stoner <stonerf AT ewashtenaw.org>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:41:32 -0400
While doing a botany hike at Scio Woods Preserve last Sunday, June 13, we 
talked a bit about the birds of this preserve area and a preserve neighbor 
reported that she has heard whip-poor-wills in the preserve in the past, and 
then gentleman in the group commented that he had heard a whip-poor- will there 
too. I asked the first person if she could remember the latest date that she 
might have heard the birds and she couldn't remember, but the gentleman said he 
heard his whip-poor-will the day before, June 12th! 


If any birders care to try and confirm, please pass on what you might hear or 
not hear to the Parks Dept. 


(Neighbors report hearing barred owls and hearing and seeing pileated 
woodpeckers in the Scio Woods Preserve, on Scio Church Rd. in Washtenaw County 
between Wagner and Zeeb, on the north side of Scio Church.) 


Faye Stoner
Parks Naturalist
Washtenaw County Parks
734-971-6337, X334

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Subject: [se-mi-birdlist] Berkley Whip-poor-will 6-14

All,

I was stunned Monday evening at dusk to hear a Whip-poor-will burst into song 
at dusk in Berkley. The Whip sang 4 times at Lazenby Field and went silent. I 
stayed at the location for another hour - well past dark and did NOT hear it 
again. Lazenby is located next to Rogers Elementary School. Two blocks South of 
Catalpa (11 1/2 mile Rd) and two blocks East of Coolidge. 


Good Urban Birding,

Scott Jennex
Ferndale
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Subject: Tonight: "Bluebirds" is free Washtenaw Audubon program, Wed., Jun. 16, 7:30pm, all invited
From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:12:01 -0700 (PDT)
Birders and friends,

Please join us tonight for the free program below. This event is open to the 
public; membership is not required. 


Wednesday, June 16, 7:30pm
 
Helping Bluebirds Survive and Thrive in Michigan

Join Kurt Hagemeister for a program on one of America’s favorite birds, the 
Eastern Bluebird. Kurt will talk about the history of bluebirds, methods of 
improving their nesting success, and how to attract them to your yard. Kurt 
Hagemeister is president of the Michigan Bluebird Society and is the bird 
feeder coordinator for the annual Washtenaw Audubon Christmas Bird Count. 


Washtenaw Audubon programs are held at the U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 
North Dixboro Rd., Ann Arbor. Call 677-3275 if you need more information about 
the program. Directions to the Botanical Gardens: 


http://washtenawaudubon.org/programs.php

In addition to the program, hear news of the latest critter sightings and field 
trips, and enjoy tasty snacks following the program. 


Hope to see you there.

Mike Sefton
Washtenaw Audubon Society
www.washtenawaudubon.org






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Subject: Re: A Birder's Guide to Michigan, second printing
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:19:36 -0400
Birders,

Since my posting yesterday, I've gotten several inquiries about "what's 
different in this new version?" Let me be clear that this is not a second 
EDITION. ABA generally only does complete revisions once every 10 years, so the 
Michigan Guide is not due for that until at least 2014. This is simply a second 
PRINTING as the first print run was sold out last fall, although an opportunity 
was taken to make as many corrections as could be made without significantly 
affecting the layout for this second printing. So, if you have been 
procrastinating about buying this book since 2004, or its existence is new to 
you, now is the time to buy it! But if you already own the book, unless you've 
completely worn out your copy, or want another one for yourself or a birding 
friend, the one you have is probably sufficient. Since the first printing in 
2004, I've maintained a website with errors and corrections that have come to 
our attention. Note that not all the typos and corrections made in the second 
printing are on this website, but every change that may affect your ability to 
find a site is listed. These updates are posted here: 


http://www.amazilia.net/ABAGuide/Michigan_Guide_updates.htm

And once again, the second printing can be purchased here:


http://www.buteobooks.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=BBBAO&Product_Code=13156&Category_Code= 


Thanks to everyone for all the kind words about the Guide, and the support in 
its production and sale. If you have any good sites not covered in the Guide, 
I've been keeping a file over the years for new sites to consider adding when 
it comes time to do a second edition. But of course, adding a site means 
another probably needs to be deleted... 


Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(at)comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA

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