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8 Oct Snow Goose and Cackling Geese- Washtenaw - Wed, Oct. 8 ["" ] 8 Oct MBRC vacancies- a call for letters of interest [Caleb Putnam ] 8 Oct Snow Goose - Washtenaw - Tues., Oct. 7 [Mike Sefton ] 7 Oct Pine Siskin Belle Isle [Karl Overman ] 6 Oct Still Not a Drag in the Arb Sunday [Roger Kuhlman ] 6 Oct Birding NE Lower Peninsula 10/4, 10/5 [Karl Overman ] 1 Oct Not bad for Oct 1 in the Arb [Roger Kuhlman ] 29 Sep Haehnle Sanctuary Count 9/29/08 ["Don Henise" ] 29 Sep Metro Beach annual banding results on-line ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 27 Sep Blog update ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 25 Sep Belle Isle Detroit on 9/25 [Karl Overman ] 23 Sep White-rumped Sandpiper Livingston Co. 9/23 [Karl Overman ] 22 Sep Haehnle Sanctuary - Monday 9/22 ["Don Henise" ] 18 Sep Keep those Arb Goodies Coming [Roger Kuhlman ] 17 Sep Golden Plovers in western Monroe County 9/17 [Roger Kuhlman ] 16 Sep Olive-sided Flycatcher, Golden Plover Monroe Co. [Karl Overman ] 13 Sep SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST JACOB ARMSTRONG [JACOB ARMSTRONG ] 13 Sep Apparent hybrid Ring-bill/Laughing Gull Monroe Co. [Karl Overman ] 12 Sep Warblers Dwindle in the Arb but OSFs Remain [Roger Kuhlman ] 11 Sep Doing that Arb Thing Again--Cool [Roger Kuhlman ] 11 Sep Golden-Plover - Washtenaw - Thu., Sep. 11, noonish [Mike Sefton ] 9 Sep RE: [jax-birds] Haehnle Sanctuary Tuesday 9/9 ["Don Henise" ] 9 Sep Haehnle Sanctuary Tuesday 9/9 ["Don Henise" ] 9 Sep Who Wants to Go Birding in the Arb [Roger Kuhlman ] 8 Sep Another Connecticut Warbler at Metro Beach ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 8 Sep Connecticut Warbler and Olive-sided Flycatcher in Arb 9/8 [Roger Kuhlman ] 7 Sep Caspian Tern - Ann Arbor - Sun., Sep. 7 [Mike Sefton ] 7 Sep Shiawassee Flats 9/6/08 [Karl Overman ] 6 Sep Olive-sided Flycatcher and Osprey at Arb 9/6 [Roger Kuhlman ] 6 Sep Golden-Plover, 6 B-c N-Herons, R-h Woodpecker - Ann Arbor area - Fri., Sep. 5 [Mike Sefton ] 06 Sep SOUTHEAST Washtenaw / Re: [birders] American Golden-Plover, Washtenaw Co. ["Bruce M. Bowman" ] 06 Sep American Golden-Plover, Washtenaw Co. ["Bruce M. Bowman" ] 5 Sep Ruddy Turnstone Metrobeach [Karl Overman ] 3 Sep Ohio cherry picking [Karl Overman ] 3 Sep Connecticut Warbler at Metro Beach ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 3 Sep W-r Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon, B-c N-Herons -Ann Arbor - Wed., Sep. 3 [Mike Sefton ] 31 Aug Stilt Sandpiper, B-c Night-Herons - Washtenaw - Sun., Aug. 31 [Mike Sefton ] 31 Aug pics - Western Sandpiper and Red Knot (Pte. Mouillee SGA) ["Bruce M. Bowman" ] 31 Aug a different Western Sandpiper + Red Knot - Pte. Mouillee, Sun. ["Bruce M. Bowman" ] 31 Aug Point Pelee on 8/30 [Karl Overman ] 30 Aug Pte Mouillee Saturday - Western Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Snowy Egret ["Don Henise" ] 30 Aug Red Knot @ LEMP still present 8/30 ["Paul Cypher" ] 29 Aug Stilt Sandpiper - Ann Arbor - Fri., Aug. 29 [Mike Sefton ] 29 Aug Red Knot at LEMP 8/29 ["Paul Cypher" ] 29 Aug Late warbler report from Metro Beach ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 25 Aug M. Godwit at Pte. Mouille ["Robert Epstein" ] 25 Aug M. Godwit at Pte. Mouille ["Robert Epstein" ] 22 Aug Baird's Sandpiper, Southfield, Oakland Co. ["Mencotti, Michael" ] 20 Aug Reeve continues at Pte Mouillee 8-20 [] 19 Aug Reeve at Pte Mouillee 8-19 [] 17 Aug Re: Birding in the Adrian area? ["Thierry Lach" ] 17 Aug Bird ID help please ["Thierry Lach" ] Subject: Snow Goose and Cackling Geese- Washtenaw - Wed, Oct. 8 From: "" <harpy AT buckeye-express.com> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 16:39:14 -0700 There was a single Snow Goose (white) and 2 Cackling Geese today, Oct 8, on a pond in Avis Farms. This particular pond is visible only (I think) from behind an office building along Avis Drive (west side of road). I cannot think of the company name or address, but its driveway is directly across the street from 625 Avis Drive (ForeSee Results sign). The birds were present between 12:30-1:30pm. Incidentally, this little pond has been interesting most of the fall. When water levels were down earlier, shorebirds were changing daily here. Mostly the usual suspects of course, but I had White-rumped, Stilt and Baird's there this fall. Also had an Osprey one day and a Peregrine on a different day. Birds are where you find them, after all. Pretty cool! Greg Links Temperance, MI To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: MBRC vacancies- a call for letters of interest From: Caleb Putnam <larus10 AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 10:29:17 -0600 [Apologies for cross-posting] The Michigan Bird Records Committee is currently (October 8 2008) accepting letters of interest to fill two upcoming vacancies in its membership. Interested persons should submit, by email, a brief letter of interest to the MBRC chair (me) at larus10 AT hotmail.com as soon as possible. The letter should include the following: 1) why you are interested in joining the committee 2) all relevant experiences and qualifications 3) your ability to meet deadlines and to attend 2 meetings annually As per our bylaws terms last 3 years. Each member may serve up to two consecutive terms, at which time he/she must leave the committee for at least 1 year before reconsideration. The committee will be selecting two new members at some time during the next several weeks, and the new terms will begin on 1 Jan 2009. Please circulate this announcement freely to anyone who may be interested, and I also encourage you to forward it to other relevant listservs I may have omitted. Lastly, if you have any questions or concerns which cannot be answered by visiting the website, please feel free to email me directly. Sincerely, Caleb Putnam Chair, MBRC web: http://www.michiganaudubon.org/mbrc/mbrc_home.html Caleb G Putnam Sparta, MI larus10 AT hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Want to do more with Windows Live? Learn “10 hidden secrets” from Jamie. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 _______________________________________________ Mich-listers mailing list Mich-listers AT envirolink.org You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/mich-listers delivered to: jsiler AT birdingonthe.netSubject: Snow Goose - Washtenaw - Tues., Oct. 7 From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 01:14:17 -0700 (PDT) Birders, There was a white morph Snow Goose among a couple of hundred Canada Geese at 7pm in a field on the west side of Platt Rd., just south of Bemis Rd. Mike Sefton Ann Arbor http://www.washtenawaudubon.org/ To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Pine Siskin Belle Isle From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 18:07:19 -0400 Echoing Jeff Shultz's recent report, today I heard a Pine Siskin flying over the beach at Belle Isle in Detroit. I basically birded the trail around Blue Heron Lagoon plus driving around the perimeter of the island. It was striking how Yellow-rumped Warblers have now taken over the birding scene on the island. Here are some additional birds I had on the island today, October 7th: 1 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Great Egret 6 Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 female American Wigeon 2 male Ring-necked Duck 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Peregrine 10 Chimney Swift 5 Flicker 3 Rough-winged Swallow 1 House Wren 2 Winter Wren 1 Catbird 2 Hermit Thrush 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Blackpoll Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 1 Field Sparrow 4 Junco In addition I had two Lincoln's Sparrows hopping over bits of lawn on the Riverfront walk in downtown Detroit. Cheers, Karl Overman Farmington Hills, Mi. To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Still Not a Drag in the Arb Sunday From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 11:21:42 -0400 The Winter birding blahs have not, as of yet, set in at Nichol's Arboretum in Ann Arbor. Sunday morning October 5 was an excellent Sparrow day there. Large numbers of White-throated Sparrows and Song Sparrows were in the brushy areas lining the north edge of Dow Prairie. Other sparrows in the area were lingering Indigo Buntings, Field Sparrows, Chipping Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows, and two well-marked Lincoln's Sparrows in the grasses along the railroad tracks. Eight Warblers--Yellow-rumped, Common Yellowthroat, Pine, Nashville, Black-throated Green, Northern Parula,American Redstart, and Tennessee--were in the Arb including a sporadically singing Pine Warbler and latish Northern Parula. I also found another October Scarlet Tanager in the southwest glade off of Dow Prairie. The Northern Parula and most of the warbler activity on Sunday was in this location. Roger Kuhlman Ann Arbor, Michigan 10/6/2008 To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Birding NE Lower Peninsula 10/4, 10/5 From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 07:54:33 -0400 Over the weekend, October 4th & 5th, our birding foursome (Tom Pavlik, Scott Jennex, Steve Santner and myself) did some serious county listing in the northeast lower peninsula. On Saturday, October 4th, we birded Roscommon, Crawford, and Otsego Counties in the interior and on Sunday, October 5th, we birded Alcona, Alpena and Presque Isle Counties on the Lake Huron shoreline. The one location we birded that requires some further explanation is Grand Lake in southeastern Presque Isle County. This large lake lies east of U.S. 23. On the east side of the lake runs Grand Lake Road and at the south end of the lake, near the village marked "Bell" on the DeLorme map, there is a large area of flats on the east side of the road--opposite Grand Lake, that has excellent shorebird habitat, something that is normally a rarity in this county. When there are references to "Grand Lake" below, it is that area of flats that I am referring to. Here is a rundown of many of the birds we saw this past weekend: Common Loon None on Lake Huron. A few on inland lakes such as Otsego Lake. Horned Grebe None! D.c. Cormorant Small numbers including 1 on Lake Margrethe, Crawford Co. Great Egret 2 on the city of Alpena lakefront Trumpeter Swan 1 Ossineke state campground, Alpena Co. American Wigeon 5 Prudenville sewage lagoons, Roscommon Co. Black Duck seen in most counties though always in numbers under five Shoveler 6 Houghton Lake sewage lagoons, Roscommon Co. Pintail 1 Prudenville sewage lagoons, Roscommon Co. Green-winged Teal 15 Lake Margrethe, Crawford Co.; 60 Grand Lake, Presque Isle Co.; 20 Misery Bay, Alpena Co. Ring-necked Duck 2 Prudenville sewage lagoons Surf Scoter 3 off Alpena marina; also 7 dark winged scoters sp. flying by Hooded Merganser 53 Grand Lake, Presque Isle Co. Ruddy Duck 12 Houghton Lake sewage lagoon, Roscommon Co. Bald Eagle 1 Ossineke state campground, Alpena Co. Goshawk 1 North Point Road, Alpena Co.; 1 Grand Lake, Presque Isle Co. Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Otsego Co. Rough-legged Hawk 1 Partridge Point on Squaw Bay, Alpena Co. Peregrine 1 Partridge Point on Squaw Bay, Alpena Co. (Scott only) Merlin 1 southern Otsego Co. on Old State Rd Ruffed Grouse 1 flew over road 612 by Jones Lake, Crawford Co. Golden Plover 7 Misery Bay, Alpena Co. Black-bellied Plover 13 Misery Bay, Alpena Co. Semipalmated Plover surprising numbers for this time of year and the locations: 21 Misery Bay, Alpena Co., 19 Grand Lake Greater Yellowlegs 14 Grand Lake, Presque Isle Co. Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Grand Lake, Presque Isle Co. Dunlin 4 Misery Bay, Alpena Co. Spotted Sandpiper 1 Harrisville sewage lagoon, Alcona Co. Solitary Sandpiper 1 Harrisville sewage lagoon, Alcona Co. Sanderling 13 Misery Bay, Alpena Co.; 2 Harrisville harbor, Alcona Co. Western Sandpiper (prob.) 1 Grand Lake, Presque Isle Co. Pectoral Sandpiper 2 Houghton Lake sewage lagoons, Roscommon Co. Wilson's Snipe 1 Misery Bay, Alpena Co. Horned Lark 60 Misery Bay, Alpena Co. House Wren 2 Partridge Point, Alpena Co. Catbird 1 Partridge Point, Alpena Co. American Pipit 6 Prudenville sewage lagoons, Roscommon Co. Blue-headed Vireo 1 Prudenville sewage lagoons Orange-crowned Warbler singles at Prudenville sewage lagoons and at Partridge Point Nashville Warbler 2 Prudenville sewage lagoons Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Ossineke state campground, Alpena Co. Palm Warbler 5 Partridge Point, Alpena Co.; 1 Harrisville harbor, Alcona Co. Rusty Blackbird 80 eastern Otsego Co.; 7 northern Alpena Co. Brewer's Blackbird a single bird and then five, both in farm yards in Crawford Co. Field Sparrow 1 Otsego Co. (Karl only) Vesper Sparrow 4 Crawford Co.; also seen in Otsego, and Bay Counties Fox Sparrow 1 Crawford Co. Lapland Longspur 1 in Horned Lark flock on flats at Misery Bay, Alpena Co. Purple Finch none! Pine Siskin heard only. Multiples at Prudenville sewage lagoons, Roscommon Co.; 1 Grand Lake, Presque Isle Co. Cheers, Karl Overman Farmington HIlls, Mi. To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Not bad for Oct 1 in the Arb From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:50:40 -0400 A few good birds were still to be seen in Nichol's Arboretum in Ann Arbor Wednesday morning October 1. Early in the day there was an Osprey perched in a tree along the Huron River. Near where the railroad tracks cross the Huron River in the Arb from the East I found a late Scarlet Tanager. Other goodies included seven Warbler species--Black-throated Green, Magnolia, Tennessee, Nashville, Blackburnian, Black and White, and Orange-crowned Warbler--a Red-eyed Vireo and an Eastern Pewee. Catbird and Indigo Bunting numbers have begun to decline markedly. Buntings probably will be soon gone entirely. Overall Sparrow numbers were not impressive Wednesday--the railroad tracks were almost Sparrow free--but that may have had something to do with poor weather conditions. Roger Kuhlman Ann Arbor, Michigan 10/1/2008 To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Haehnle Sanctuary Count 9/29/08 From: "Don Henise" <don_henise AT ntm.org> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:42:00 -0400 The weekly Haehnle Sanctuary "Great Egret" Count was conducted this evening. I say Great Egret count because for the 3rd week in a row we have had more Great Egrets than Sandhill Cranes arriving in the marsh to roost. There were 79 Great Egrets counted and only 22 total Sandhill Cranes remaining for the night. Here is the full species list for the evening: Canada Goose(30+), Trumpeter Swan(2), Wood Duck(20+), American Black Duck(1), Mallard(50+), Great Blue Heron(4), Great Egret(79), Osprey(1), Bald Eagle(1,adult), Northern Harrier(1,imm), Cooper's Hawk(1), Red-tailed Hawk(2), American Coot(8), Sandhill Crane(62, 22 stayed), Ring-billed Gull(1), Red-bellied Woodpecker(1), Hairy Woodpecker(1), Blue Jay(5+), American Crow(3), Tree Swallow(5), American Robin(20+), Gray Catbird(1), Cedar Waxwing(15+), Eastern Towhee(1), Field Sparrow(1), Song Sparrow(6), Lincoln's Sparrow(1), Swamp Sparrow(5), White-crowned Sparrow(8), blackbird sp.(1000s), Red-winged Blackbird(50+), Rusty Blackbird(2), Common Grackle(20+) Mosquitoes - 100,000+ Don & Robyn Henise Librarians New Tribes Bible Institute Jackson, MI don_henise AT ntm.org To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Metro Beach annual banding results on-line From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:42:00 -0400 Hello everyone, I have posted annual banding totals for both spring and fall, from 2004 to present (not yet including this fall) at Metro Beach Metropark, on my website at: http://www.amazilia.net/MetroBeachBanding/MBMP_banding_results_2004toPresent.htm Allen T. Chartier amazilia1 AT comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: www.amazilia.net HummerNet: www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every day, the hummingbird eats its own weight in food. You may wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't. It just eats another hummingbird. -- Steven Wright ========================================= To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Blog update From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:52:24 -0400 Hummer enthusiasts, For anyone who is interested in my summer hummingbird banding, I have finally made a long overdue update to my blog. http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com Allen T. Chartier amazilia1 AT comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: www.amazilia.net HummerNet: www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every day, the hummingbird eats its own weight in food. You may wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't. It just eats another hummingbird. -- Steven Wright ========================================= To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Belle Isle Detroit on 9/25 From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:52:02 -0400 Yet another San Diego day in Motown this September with clear skies and temperatures in the 70's. A great day to be out even if you are not seeing much. Actually it was quite birdy on Belle Isle today though nothing to trigger cell phone calls. It is stunning how the undergrowth has recovered on the island since the deer have been penned up. There has been commendable upkeep on the island, such as at the nature center. Here are some of the birds I had there today: Pied-billed Grebe 1 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Great Blue Heron 6 Black-crowned Night-Heron 3 Wood Duck 20 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Caspian Tern 1 Chimney Swift 14 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Flicker 7 Rough-winged Swallow 21 Barn Swallow 3 Winter Wren 2 House Wren 6 Brown Thrasher 4 Catbird 27 Swainson's Thrush 12 Warbling Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Nashville Warbler 3 Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Magnolia Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 8 Blackpoll Warbler 3 Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 Palm Warbler 2 Ovenbird 1 Canada Warbler 1 Indigo Bunting 1 Swamp Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 11 White-throated Sparrow 1 Cheers, Karl Overman Farmington Hills, Mi To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: White-rumped Sandpiper Livingston Co. 9/23 From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:14:32 -0400 Robert Epstein and I birded at a couple locations in Livingston County and in the Lansing area, focusing on shorebirds. On a tip from Sean Bachman, we went in search of White-rumped Sandpiper at the DeBuck's sod farm on the south side of I-96 in the Howell area of Livingston County. There was a large flooded area in the sod farm off Burkhart Road that looked great for shorebirds but there were none save Killdeers. We then drove around the perimeter of the sod farm onto Milett Road where we found the White-rumped Sandpiper in an overgrown puddle in a muddy field. Two Least Sandpipers were in the same area. We had earlier checked the Pinckney sewage lagoons (open Monday thru Thursday) which looked promising but only yielded Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs (6). Next we checked the sod farm in Ingham County south of Holt on Aurelius Road at Curtice Road. Great looking shorebird habitat with a flooded area on a sod farm. Thirty Golden Plover, 2 Baird's Sandpipers and 7 Wilson's Snipe present. Into nearby Eaton County, we stopped at a sod farm at Davis Hwy and Royston Road. Again good habitat with flooded areas on a sod farm. Birds included 1 Golden Plover, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 15 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Least Sandpipers, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 12 Pectoral Sandpipers and 2 Wilson's Snipe. We checked for passerines further north on Royston Road, south of Mt Hope Road and had the following: 2 E. Phoebe 2 E. Wood Pewee 1 Brown Thrasher 1 Hermit Thrush 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Tennessee Warbler 1 Nashville Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 1 Ovenbird 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 2 Field Sparrow 8 Chipping Sparrow 1 Lincoln's Sparrow Cheers, Karl Overman Farmington HIlls, Mi To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Haehnle Sanctuary - Monday 9/22 From: "Don Henise" <don_henise AT ntm.org> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:46:39 -0400 Only 43 Sandhill Crane were counted coming into Haehnle Sanctuary to roost tonight. The water level in the sanctuary marsh is on the high side and it seems the cranes are finding more suitable roosting habitat elsewhere. Between 100-200 cranes were seen flying past the marsh without stopping. Most of these were going to the north. Other species recorded were: Canada Goose(50+) Wood Duck(20+) Mallard(40+) Teal sp.(2) Great Blue Heron(5) Great Egret(77) Sharp-shinned Hawk(2) American Coot(4) Wilson's Snipe(1) Herring Gull(2) Mourning Dove(2) Great Horned Owl(1) Belted Kingfisher(1) Hairy Woodpecker(1) Northern Flicker(1) Blue Jay(5) American Crow(3) Wood Thrush(1) American Robin(20+) Gray Catbird(2) Cedar Waxwing(10+) Common Yellowthroat(2) Eastern Towhee(2) Savannah Sparrow() Song Sparrow(15+) Lincoln's Sparrow(4) Swamp Sparrow(10+) White-crowned Sparrow(1) Common Grackle(3) Red-winged Blackbird(100s) American Goldfinch(4) Butterflies: Monarchs(3), Viceroy(1), Clouded Sulphur(30+), Orange Sulphur(1), Silver-bordered Fritillary(1) Dragonflies: White-faced Meadowhawk(20+) The sparrows were all down in the area below and to the left of the lower benches where brush was cut earlier this spring. Don & Robyn Henise Librarians New Tribes Bible Institute Jackson, MI don_henise AT ntm.org To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Keep those Arb Goodies Coming From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:22:40 -0400 Thursday morning at the Arb [Nichol's Arboretum in Ann Arbor] produced some pretty good birding. Sparrow migration has started to pick up but Warblers and others are still quite good. I found 15 species of Warblers for the morning. Probably the best of the bunch were three Northern Parulas--one of which was singing snatches of its spring song--,Ovenbird, and a Blue-winged Warbler. Other decent birds were Brown Thrasher, Yellow-throated Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, Least Flycatcher, early White-throated Sparrows, three Scarlet Tanagers--one with weak wingbars--and a Winter Wren. Warblers seen: Common Yellowthroat, Tennessee, Nashville, Magnolia, Northern Parula, Wilson's, Chestnut-sided, American Redstart, Black-throated Green, Bay-breasted, Black and White, Blue-winged, Blackpoll, Black-throated Blue, and Ovenbird. Roger Kuhlman Ann Arbor, Michigan 9/18/2008 To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Golden Plovers in western Monroe County 9/17 From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:25:37 -0400 Three Golden Plovers were in amongst approximately 200 Killdeer on some muddy fields off of Petersburg Road between Day Road and Milwaukee Road in western Monroe County Wednesday morning 9/17. Remarkably one of the Golden Plover was still in almost full breeding plumage. Roger Kuhlman Ann Arbor, Michigan 9/17/2008 Have you heard that the Brooking Institute the top think tank for the Democratic Party is enthused that the Colorado eastern front centered on Denver could grow from its present 4.5 million people to 13 million people in 30 years presumably mainly through legal and illegal immigration. Anyone who knows about the arid West, knows that due to the lack of water in the region growth of this magnitude is environmentally inane and completely irresponsible. Any environmentalist blindly tying themselves to Democratic Party politics better rethink that allegiance or such great democratic ideas as this one will come to fruition. To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Olive-sided Flycatcher, Golden Plover Monroe Co. From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:29:03 -0400 After looking at a few thousand Broad-wings at the Hawk Watch at Lake Erie Metro Park, Robert Epstein and I went into Monroe County. We had an Olive-sided Flycatcher at the campground at Sterling State Park and a Golden Plover in with Killdeer in the plowed field across from the landfill on U.S. Turnpike in the Pointe Mouillee area. Cheers, Karl Overman Farmington Hills, Mi. To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST JACOB ARMSTRONG From: JACOB ARMSTRONG <armstr. AT prodigy.net> Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:25:42 -0700 (PDT) To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Apparent hybrid Ring-bill/Laughing Gull Monroe Co. From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:50:30 -0400 While birding with Frank and Sue Hibbard, on September 12th I found an adult gull on the shore of Lake Erie at Sterling State Park, Monroe County, that appears to be a hybrid Ring-billed Gull/Laughing Gull. It was in a flock of larids--mostly Ring-billed Gulls and Bonaparte's Gulls. It was in between the size of those two species. It had a mantle that was darker than a Bonaparte's but lighter than I would expect a Laughing or Franklin's Gull to have. The bill was short and thick, dull reddish at the base and a strong demarcation for a black tip. The legs were dark but not black, more a very dark green. There was a muted hooded pattern to the head. The primary tips were black with small white tips. I dragged Tex Wells down from Ann Arbor to see the bird as well. This flock was off the campground by a yellow volleyball net. I have sent photos out to various birders but if anyone else would like to see photos of the bird, please contact me privately. Cheers, Karl Overman Farmington HIlls, Mi. To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Warblers Dwindle in the Arb but OSFs Remain From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:10:29 -0400 The number of Warblers I found in Nichol's Arboretum [in Ann Arbor] on Friday morning 9/12 dwindled to a total of nine. Still there were at least two Olive-sided Flycatchers hanging around the Arb. One or two were treetopping at the northern edge of Dow Prairie along the railroad tracks. Another OSF flew atop the tallest trees in the central valley. Both Catbird and Indigo Buntings were in large numbers principally in the brush along the north edge of Dow Prairie. It is a lot of fun tracking down Bunting call notes and seeing these birds. Every so often you will encounter patchy brown and blue adult male bird. Warblers seen: Tennessee, Common Yellowthroat, Magnolia, Wilson's, Cape May, American Redstart, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll, and Black and White. Roger Kuhlman Ann Arbor, Michigan To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Doing that Arb Thing Again--Cool From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:17:45 -0400 Warbler species numbers in the Arb [Nichol's Arboretum] declined to 13 on Thursday morning September 11 but I had five species of Vireos--only missed on White-eyed Vireo. For one more day there were two Olive-sided Flycatchers in the Arb. The first one was in a dead tree at the northeast edge of Dow Prairie where you can cross the railroad tracks. The second OSF was sitting on top of a Black Locust tree on the hillside off the southwest corner of Dow Prairie. It didn't seem to have any issues with this native American tree that some conservationists wrongly treat as non-native and invasive and wish to eradicate from our area. Many of the Warblers seen today were singing partial or defective songs. The most interesting of these were those from a Northern Parula. It was filled with a lot of extra buzz notes but the overall structure was clearly Parulaesque. I wonder if this bird was a juvenile and had not perfected it major spring song or an older adult bird that was just doing variations on summer songs. Warblers seen: Blackpoll, Black-throated Green, Black and White, Blackburnian, Tennessee, Magnolia, American Redstart, Northern Parula, Nashville, Chestnut-sided, Black-throated Blue, Bay-breasted, and Wilson's. Vieros seen: Red-eyed, Warbling, Yellow-throated, Philadelphia (2), and Blue-headed Other notables: Olive-sided Flycatcher (2), Scarlet Tanager, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Brown Thrasher (? heard call note only) Roger Kuhlman Ann Arbor, Michigan 9/11/2008 To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Golden-Plover - Washtenaw - Thu., Sep. 11, noonish From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:23:31 -0700 (PDT) Birders, Bob Arthurs called to report an American Golden-Plover at Parker and Scio Church at 11am today. The bird was still present at 12:15pm, but had moved from the SE corner marsh to the SW corner marsh. A Wilson's Snipe was also present. Mike Sefton Ann Arbor To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: RE: [jax-birds] Haehnle Sanctuary Tuesday 9/9 From: "Don Henise" <don_henise AT ntm.org> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 22:58:57 -0400 Just a minor correction: the number of Sandhill Cranes was 280 not 230 as I originally posted. Don Henise Librarian New Tribes Bible Institute Jackson, MI don_henise AT ntm.org To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Haehnle Sanctuary Tuesday 9/9 From: "Don Henise" <don_henise AT ntm.org> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 22:40:00 -0400 I was out at the Haehnle Sanctuary in northeastern Jackson County this evening from 6:30 to 8:30 pm and counted 230 Sandhill Cranes. That is probably an average number for this early in the fall. A surprising count was a total of 97 Great Egrets. Other birds of interest were 2 Blue-winged Teal, 3 Greater Yellowlegs, 5 Common Nighthawks, and a Great Horned Owl calling at dusk. Don Henise Librarian New Tribes Bible Institute Jackson, MI don_henise AT ntm.org To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Who Wants to Go Birding in the Arb From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:07:50 -0400 The Arb [Nichol's Arboretum in Ann Arbor] was fairly decent Tuesday morning. I found 18 species of Warblers there--Northern Parula, Common Yellowthroat, Wilson's, Nashville, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape May, Tennessee, Pine, Blackburnian, Black and White, Blue-winged, Black-throated Blue, American Redstart, Bay-breasted, Black-throated Green, Blackpoll, and Ovenbird. Other good birds seen included Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Least Flycatcher, Olive-sided Flycatcher (2), Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Yellow-throated Vireo and a probable Philadelphia Vireo. Again Catbirds were present in big numbers mostly along the edges of Dow Prairie north and south and for the first time this fall for me Indigo Buntings were present in good numbers (>25). A couple of Hummingbirds still buzzed about the forest edge. Most bird activity as on Monday was on the north and south edges of Dow Prairie. However in contrast to yesterday the creekside and the Heathdale also had birds. Roger Kuhlman Ann Arbor, Michigan 9/9/2008 To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Another Connecticut Warbler at Metro Beach From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 18:17:33 -0400 Birders, Today (Sep 8) I banded an immature male Connecticut Warbler at Metro Beach Metropark, Macomb Co., along the maintenance road. This is my second one this fall, and there are at least a couple weeks of their migration period left... Allen T. Chartier amazilia1 AT comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: www.amazilia.net HummerNet: www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every day, the hummingbird eats its own weight in food. You may wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't. It just eats another hummingbird. -- Steven Wright ========================================= To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Connecticut Warbler and Olive-sided Flycatcher in Arb 9/8 From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 14:45:08 -0400 The Arb [Nichol's Arboretum in Ann Arbor] was sizzling Monday morning September 8 with all kinds of migrants. Early in the morning most of the action was along the north edge of Dow Prairie and on the railroad tracks. An Olive-sided Flycatcher showing its prominent white tufts on the sides of the rump was at the top of one dead tree on the north edge of Dow Prairie. Plenty of Warblers, Catbirds, Indigo Buntings and other sparrows were also found along the north edge. There has been a big increase in Song Sparrows and I even saw an early White-throated Sparrow. Many more birds were at the southwest end of Dow Prairie. The prize among them was a Connecticut Warbler that popped up in the brush at the edge of the prairie and forest where there is a bit of forest understory. The main locations in the Arb where one usually finds plenty of good birds, the Heathdale was today relatively quiet. There were only a few American Redstarts, Magnolias, Tennessees here. Later in the morning the forested areas south of Dow Prairie were the place to be. They were just loaded with Warblers. I found a Northern Parula, several Blackpolls, Ovenbird, and Blackburnian here. Unfortunately by this time I had to leave and did not have a chance to check everything here that I would have liked. Warbler totals for the day were 16: Common Yellowthroat, Wilson's, Nashville, Bay-breasted, Chestnut-sided, Black-throated Green, Black-throated Blue, American Redstart, Tennessee, Black and White, Magnolia, Connecticut, Blackburnian, Blackpoll, Ovenbird, and Northern Parula. Other notables: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, White-throated Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow. On the way out I saw an Osprey circling over Gallup Park. Roger Kuhlman Ann Arbor, Michigan 9/8/2008 To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Caspian Tern - Ann Arbor - Sun., Sep. 7 From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 18:42:39 -0700 (PDT) Birders, A Caspian Tern was at South Pond at 3pm today, along with a Lesser Yellowlegs and a Least Sandpiper. Mike Sefton Ann Arbor http://washtenawaudubon.org/ To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Shiawassee Flats 9/6/08 From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 21:08:35 -0400 Robert Epstein, Scott Jennex and I were part of the auto tour at Shiawassee Flats NWR, Saginaw County, on September 6th lead by Larry Abraham. Posting this now is not a major issue since there is normally no public access to the places we saw birds on the tour. The shorebird habitat is excellent. The good news is that the refuge is working on having a publicly accessible auto route. That would instantly raise Shiawassee Flats NWR to one of the premier birding spots in Michigan. Birds located on the tour included the following: Great Egret: 100 plus Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 Osprey 1 Sandhill Crane 1 Sora 2 Ruddy Turnstone 2 Short-billed Dowitcher 8 Stilt Sandpiper 20 Baird's Sandpiper 15 Wilson's Phalarope 1 Marsh Wren 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Warbling Vireo 8 N. Parula 1 Palm Warbler 1 Bobolink 60 Baltimore Oriole 3 Cheers, Karl Overman Farmington Hills, Mi. To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Olive-sided Flycatcher and Osprey at Arb 9/6 From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 21:37:19 -0400 Another Osprey [two in Arb Thursday Morning] was flying over the Huron River in Nichol's Arboretum (in Ann Arbor) Saturday morning. It was joined by two Olive-sided Flycatchers. One of these OSF's had very dark vest pattern on its breast that I would label almost black. Warblers were quite good this morning with 12 species sighted--American Redstart, Magnolia, Tennessee, Common Yellowthroat, Chestnut-sided, Black and White, Pine, Bay-breasted, Nashville, Black-throated Green, Blackburnian and Black-throated Blue seen. Other interesting birds found included Baltimore Oriole, Least Flycatcher, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Wood Thrush, Swainson's Thrush, Scarlet Tanager, and Yellow-throated Vireo. Catbird numbers still impressively high. Indigo Bunting totals middling--8--and Rose-breasted Grosbeak numbers less than expected--5. I only found one Ruby-throated Hummingbird but probably most Hummingbirds remaining in southern Michigan are migration mode. Roger Kuhlman Ann Arbor, Michigan 9/6/2008 To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Golden-Plover, 6 B-c N-Herons, R-h Woodpecker - Ann Arbor area - Fri., Sep. 5 From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 08:11:25 -0700 (PDT) Birders, Keith Taylor found an American Golden-Plover in the big pond at Avis Farms late yesterday. Roger Wykes found a county record six Black-crowned Night-Herons in the pond at the southwest corner of State and Textile Rds. late yesterday. Don "The Man" Chalfant found a Red-headed Woodpecker at Trinkle Marsh at noon yesterday. Other birds at Avis Farms yesterday: S-b Dowitcher G. Yellowlegs L. Yellowlegs Solitary Sand Pectoral Sand Least Sand Semipal Sand Spotted Sand Mike Sefton Ann Arbor http://washtenawaudubon.org/ To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: SOUTHEAST Washtenaw / Re: [birders] American Golden-Plover, Washtenaw Co. From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99 AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:27:11 -0400 Whoops. I just realized I said southwest Washtenaw. Augusta Township is the farthest SOUTHEAST township in Washtenaw County. Bruce From: "Bruce M. Bowman"Subject: American Golden-Plover, Washtenaw Co. From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99 AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:08:44 -0400 Sean Bachman reports 10 American Golden-Plovers (mid morning) on McCrone Rd. south of Willow Rd. in Augusta Township, southwest Washtenaw County. Bruce ------------------------------------ Bruce M. Bowman Ann Arbor, Michigan USA Washtenaw Co., southeast Michigan bbowman99 AT comcast.net http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Ruddy Turnstone Metrobeach From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:09:38 -0400 At 11:30 am today I saw a Ruddy Turnstone on the beach at Metrobeach, Macomb County. Cheers, Karl Overman Farmington Hills, Mi. To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Ohio cherry picking From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 23:57:19 -0400 I am having a hard time posting on Ohio-birds so I will post something on birding today in Ohio. Robert Epstein and I did some cherry picking of Ohio stake outs today, September 3rd. We started on Township Road 145 in Coshocton County. What a great road for natural history enthusiasts. The threesome of Wood Storks were already busy feeding in the small roadside pond by 6:50 am. We stayed in the area for over an hour and they were still feeding there. Passerines seen along that road included Hooded Warbler and Yellow-throated Warbler. We drove over to the Hoover Reservoir and from the Galena boardwalk we saw the five White Pelicans on the far side of the reservoir--two were swimming and 3 were resting on an island. Shorebirds along the boardwalk included 1 juvenile Stilt Sandpiper and a Semipalmated Plover. We then moved over to the Twin Lakes area on the north side of Columbus where at 11:45 am we found the Marbled Godwit actively feeding in channel on the mostly dry flats. Cheers, Karl Overman Farmington Hills, Mi. To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Connecticut Warbler at Metro Beach From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 20:12:29 -0400 Birders, This afternoon (September 3) the last bird of the day to drop into my mist nets at Metro Beach Metropark (Macomb Co.) was a Connecticut Warbler. The morning started out well with 24 birds on the first net run (mostly warblers) but slowed down rather quickly. Allen T. Chartier amazilia1 AT comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: www.amazilia.net HummerNet: www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every day, the hummingbird eats its own weight in food. You may wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't. It just eats another hummingbird. -- Steven Wright ========================================= To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: W-r Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon, B-c N-Herons -Ann Arbor - Wed., Sep. 3 From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 14:24:17 -0700 (PDT) Birders, Roger Wykes called to report he following goodies at 4:45pm: White-rumped Sandpiper in the big pond at Avis Farms. Peregrine Falcon (juvenile) perched on the south side of the island o' dead trees at the pond at the southwest corner of State and Textile. 4 Black-crowned Night-Herons at the same location. Mike Sefton Ann Arbor http://washtenawaudubon.org/ To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Stilt Sandpiper, B-c Night-Herons - Washtenaw - Sun., Aug. 31 From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:48:45 -0700 (PDT) Birders, A juvenile Stilt Sandpiper was in the pond at the southwest corner of State and Textile at 7:30pm. Also: 4 B-c Night-Herons 4 Green Herons 2 Great Blue Herons 1 Great Egret 1 D-c Cormorant 2 L. Yellowlegs At the Avis Farms big pond at 7:15pm: 1 B-c Night-Heron 2 Great Egrets 2 G. Yellowlegs 8 L. Yellowlegs 1 Least Sand 18 Killdeer Mike Sefton Ann Arbor http://washtenawaudubon.org/ To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: pics - Western Sandpiper and Red Knot (Pte. Mouillee SGA) From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99 AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:40:11 -0400 In followup to my report of an hour ago... I've posted some digiscope pics of the juvenile Western Sandpiper and the Red Knot. I think the Red Knot is a juvenile rather than an adult in winter plumage. http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html Reg Baker probably has better photos of each of these birds. I hope he will post them. Bruce To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: a different Western Sandpiper + Red Knot - Pte. Mouillee, Sun. From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99 AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:34:17 -0400 Don and Robyn Henise had a winter plumage (gray) Western Sandpiper in cell three at Pte. Mouillee on Saturday. A different individual was seen there today in the late morning by several birders--Reg Baker, Tex Wells, Sean Bachman, Wayne Fisher, me, and others. This bird was colorfully marked, not gray. It's a juvenile, IMO--i.e., not an adult in breeding plumage. This bird was on the Lake Erie side of cell three, at the same location as yesterday's Western Sandpiper. From the dike between cell three and cell four (primary cell three viewing location), continue on to the lake and turn the corner; continue on to a wide, open viewing area behind and beyond the gulls; for us the Western Sandpiper was just down the bank in the nearest water. I may be able to post some pics to the Grove Street site later in the afternoon. Another bird of interest at Pte. Mouillee today, also in cell three (primary viewing area and very near), was a Red Knot in winter plumage (pics later). We had a total of 15 shorebirds in cell three, including probably the same Ruddy Turnstone reported by Don. As far as I know, no one found a Buff-breasted Sandpiper (reported by Don). Bruce ------------------------------------ Bruce M. Bowman Ann Arbor, Michigan USA Washtenaw Co., southeast Michigan bbowman99 AT comcast.net http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Point Pelee on 8/30 From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:24:20 -0400 There was a Detroit Audubon field trip to Point Pelee, Ontario on Saturday, August 30th. The tip area was on the dull side with few migrants. Further north in the park there were good numbers of migrant warblers, such as in the Tildon's Woods area and at DeLaurier. Warblers seen included Blackburnian, Blackpoll, Wilson's, Magnolia, Chestnut-sided, Canada and Blue-winged. A Black-billed Cuckoo was seen from the main parking lot. Small numbers of Broad- winged Hawks were migrating over the park. North of the park, there is excellent shorebird habitat on the north side of Hillman Marsh. We had a dozen Short-billed Dowitchers and a similar number of Stilt Sandpipers. One Wilson's Snipe was present besides good numbers of Lesser Yellowlegs. Cheers, Karl Overman Farmington Hills, Mi. To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Pte Mouillee Saturday - Western Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Snowy Egret From: "Don Henise" <don_henise AT ntm.org> Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:02:37 -0400 Birding was good at Pte. Mouillee State Game Area Saturday morning. The hot spot, as has been the case recently, was cell three. A very colorful Buff-breasted Sandpiper was hanging out in the dry mud flats near several killdeer. We spotted a Western Sandpiper in winter plumage near the eastern dike. This bird stood out from the Semipalmated Sandpipers that were nearby with a much longer, slightly drooping and pointier bill. Most of the Semipalmated Sandpipers today were browner immature birds and the western was pale gray. The bird also appeared to be just slightly larger than the Semipalmateds. Other shorebirds in cell three were Semipalmated Plovers, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Ruddy Turnstone, Least Sandpiper, several Baird's Sandpipers, Pectoral Sandpipers, Stilt Sandpipers, and Short-billed Dowitchers. We saw a Snowy Egret in the lead unit from the dike along cell 3. Three Black-bellied Plovers were in the vermet unit. We heard from Adam Byrne and Caleb Putman that there were 5 Long-billed Dowitchers seen earlier in the morning and they also had a Red Knot in the south end of the lead unit near the Roberts Road entrance. Don & Robyn Henise Librarians New Tribes Bible Institute Jackson, MI don_henise AT ntm.org To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Red Knot @ LEMP still present 8/30 From: "Paul Cypher" <paulcypher AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:30:44 -0400 Good afternoon, The Red Knot was still present today at Lake Erie Metropark. Check the vegetation along the shore immediately north of Marina Point. At times, it was hundreds of yards north of the Point. Walt did some research last night. He found only five records for this species in Wayne County since 1994. If you are interested, there will be a photo or two on my blog later today. Paul Cypher Woodhaven, MI http://birdsbrewsandblither.blogspot.com/ To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Stilt Sandpiper - Ann Arbor - Fri., Aug. 29 From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:57:24 -0700 (PDT) Birders, A juvenile Stilt Sandpiper was in the big pond at Avis Farms at 7:15pm today. Also present: 2 G. Yellowlegs 5 L. Yellowlegs 7 Semipal Sands 24 Killdeer Southwest corner of State and Textile: 4 B-c Night-Herons (2 adults, 1 subadult, 1 immature) 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 4 Green Herons 2 G. Yellowlegs 6 L. Yellowlegs 1 Semipal Sand Mike Sefton Ann Arbor http://washtenawaudubon.org/ To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Red Knot at LEMP 8/29 From: "Paul Cypher" <paulcypher AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:59:05 -0400 Good evening, Walt found a Red Knot at Lake Erie Metropark this afternoon. It was still there as of 5:40pm. After entering the park, stay right and head to the south end. Park at the southernmost lot of Cove Point Picnic Area and walk the service road to Marina Point. There is a bed of vegetation on the north side of the Point. The bird was feeding there. I would have made some calls from the field, but my phone was dead. Paul Cypher To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Late warbler report from Metro Beach From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:37:07 -0400 Birders, On Wednesday I had a very busy banding day at Metro Beach Metropark with 125 birds, of which 96 were warblers of 14 species, most of which were in the first two hours, including (totals are number banded): Tennessee Warbler - 4 Nashville Warbler - 10 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 5 Magnolia Warbler - 10 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 20 Blackburnian Warbler - 1 Black-and-white Warbler - 2 American Redstart - 12 Ovenbird - 3 Northern Waterthrush - 2 Mourning Warbler - 3 Common Yellowthroat - 3 Wilson's Warbler - 16 Canada Warbler - 5 Allen T. Chartier amazilia1 AT comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Website: www.amazilia.net HummerNet: www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet Blog: http://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Every day, the hummingbird eats its own weight in food. You may wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't. It just eats another hummingbird. -- Steven Wright ========================================= To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: M. Godwit at Pte. Mouille From: "Robert Epstein" <Robepp AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:07:53 -0400 This afternoon, at Pte. Mouille I saw a Golden Plover, a Black-bellied Plover and a Ruddy Turnstone (in breeding plumage), in the Lead Unit. In Cell 3 I had a Buff-breasted Sandpiper and a Marbled Godwit. Robert Epstein To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: M. Godwit at Pte. Mouille From: "Robert Epstein" <Robepp AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:07:53 -0400 This afternoon, at Pte. Mouille I saw a Golden Plover, a Black-bellied Plover and a Ruddy Turnstone (in breeding plumage), in the Lead Unit. In Cell 3 I had a Buff-breasted Sandpiper and a Marbled Godwit. Robert Epstein_______________________________________________ Mich-listers mailing list Mich-listers AT envirolink.org You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/mich-listers delivered to: jsiler AT birdingonthe.netSubject: Baird's Sandpiper, Southfield, Oakland Co. From: "Mencotti, Michael" <MMencotti AT dcds.edu> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:04:00 -0400 8/22/08 Brian McGhee (sp?) turned up a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER at American Center Marsh in Southfield. The bird has been feeding in the mudflat along the north side of boardwalk near the 11 Mile entrance (in front of the large glass building). Robert Epstein snapped many photos. Brian certainly earned the Sacrificial Birder of the Week Award, as within 5 minutes of his departure, a young Peregrine Falcon made a couple of swoops over the marsh and perched atop the Charter One building. Then, a Sora popped out of the marsh (absent there most of the summer), and a Black-crowned Night Heron and Green Heron flew in. Almost 20 Common Nighthawks flew by as well. Sorry, Brian, but hey, thanks for the Baird's. The marsh is located at the corner of American and 11 Mile Rd. Parking is not allowed on either street, so park in one of the many lots surrounding it. Should not be a problem on the weekend, despite the "tow away" signs. If you want to program it into a GPS, try 25900 11 Mile Rd. That is the address of the adjacent business. No nearby road construction to worry about. Mike Mencotti To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Reeve continues at Pte Mouillee 8-20 From: cccta AT aol.com Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:20:55 -0400 All, Allen Chartier reports at 12:10 pm the Reeve is still present in Cell 3 of the Banana at Pointe Mouillee SGA in northeastern Monroe County. The Reeve is one of the farthest birds out from the dike. Several hundred shorebirds are feeding on the mudflats at the end of Cell 3 today including a Piping Plover. With the location at the Cell 4 end of Cell 3, Allen recommends birders that may be walking out to see the Reeve should enter from Mouillee Creek. Good Birding, Scott Jennex at my desk in Berkley To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Reeve at Pte Mouillee 8-19 From: cccta AT aol.com Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:57:21 -0400 Listers, Karl Overman just called to report a Reeve in Cell 3 of the banana at Pointe Mouillee SGA in northeastern Monroe County. The bird was in view for a few minutes at 4:45 pm along with a Red Knot and various other shorebirds until a Peregrine Falcon scattered them. Good Birding, Scott Jennex Ferndale To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name.Subject: Re: Birding in the Adrian area? From: "Thierry Lach" <thierry.lach AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:23:40 -0400 I want to thank everyone who gave me pointers for the Adrian area. I gave a try at Bicentennial Woods, and made it about 100 yards in before I was driven out by the mosquitoes. I next went to Hidden Lake Gardens and had a thouroughly pleasant time. Saw a lot of the usual suspects, but also managed a Pileated Woodpecker, a small flock of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, a number of Catbirds, a Pine Warbler, several Eastern Phoebes, and a bird which may have been a bluebird but had absolutely no orange on it (I'm asking for ID help in a separate email). I'd have gotten a lot more but my "Birding by Ear" skills are mediocre at best. And on the way home this morning on M-52 just north of Shepard Road, I spotted an immature Bald Eagle (with more mottled white in the head than Sibley's third year picture - so perhaps molting into full adult plumage) perched atop a short tree at the roadside. On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Thierry LachSubject: Bird ID help please From: "Thierry Lach" <thierry.lach AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:23:05 -0400 I was at Hidden Lake Gardens just northwest of Adrian yesterday and saw a bird that I'm not fully convinced of its identity. It was in a tree in open grasslands (along the driving trail that has all of the different types of trees, for thos of you familiar with the location). I was able to watch it through binoculars for two or three minutes before it flew off. It was about 7" - same size as a bluebird or junco, with roughly the same body shape as a bluebird. Its back and head were light to medium blue, with the same blue color at its throat. Underside was off-white or cream without streaks. It had a dark beak. It was sitting down on a branch so I couldn't see the feet. There was no crest on the head, no distinctive eye ring, no markings on the wings, no streaking or spotting on the belly or under the wings. The blue was not the bright blue of the eastern bluebird, but was roughly the shade of a bluejay's upper back. My gut feeling is that it's a bluebird with aberrant coloring, or a bluebird x ??? crossbreed. Any help would be greatly appreciated. To unsubscribe from se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE SE-MI-birdlist as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST Your Name. |