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6 Nov Metro Beach banding report - Fall 2009 brief summary ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 6 Nov Cattle Egret - Livingston County - 11/6/09 [Lyle Hamilton ] 3 Nov November hummingbirds? ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 3 Nov flock of tundra swans flying overhead [Faye Stoner ] 3 Nov Haehnle Sanctuary crane count 11/02/09 [Gary Siegrist ] 2 Nov Cackling Geese-Livingston Co. [Deanna Bachman ] 1 Nov Metro Beach banding report - October 28 & 31, 2009 ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 30 Oct Re: Goshawk, Ann Arbor [John Lowry ] 30 Oct Goshawk, Ann Arbor [Maggie Jewett ] 30 Oct Long-billed Dowitchers St. Clair Co. [Karl Overman ] 29 Oct Haehnle Sandhill Crane Count 10/26/09 [Gary Siegrist ] 26 Oct OT: Blog update ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 26 Oct Fwd: Yardbirds - Nice late October yard mix; Waterloo Siskins [Dave Sing ] 26 Oct Birding the Thumb [Karl Overman ] 25 Oct OCWs still at Arb 10/25 [Roger Kuhlman ] 25 Oct Chicago birding [Catherine Carroll ] 24 Oct Thorn Lake - Jackson [Don Henise ] 23 Oct Metro Beach banding report - October 22, 2009 ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 21 Oct [Fwd: [birders] Re: Ross's Goose, Warren, Macomb County] [Brian McGee ] 21 Oct Tonight: "South Africa" is free Washtenaw Audubon event, Wed., Oct. 21, all invited [Mike Sefton ] 21 Oct Haehnle Sanctuary Crane Count 10/19/09 [Gary Siegrist ] 21 Oct Ibis sp. - Washtenaw - Monday, Oct. 19 (still present?) [Mike Sefton ] 21 Oct Common Nighthawk in West Dearborn [Catherine Carroll ] 20 Oct A few Warblers still at the Arb (Ann Arbor) 10/20/2009 [Roger Kuhlman ] 20 Oct "South Africa" is free Washtenaw Audubon event, Wed., Oct. 21, Ann Arbor, all invited [Mike Sefton ] 17 Oct LEMP and Belle Isle [Catherine Carroll ] 17 Oct Lesser Black-backed Gull, Tree Swallows Monroe Co. [Karl Overman ] 17 Oct Common Tern- Whitmore Lake [Deanna Bachman ] 17 Oct Oakland County Highlights ... ["Mencotti, Michael" ] 16 Oct Metro Beach banding report - October 14, 2009 ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 16 Oct Hummingbird departures ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 15 Oct Waterfowl - Metro Beach 10/15 [Brian McGee ] 15 Oct Urban Birding [Karl Overman ] 13 Oct shorebirds St.Clair Co. [Karl Overman ] 12 Oct Re: White Pelicans at Pointe Mouillee [Will Weber ] 12 Oct White Pelicans at Pointe Mouillee [Karl Overman ] 11 Oct Nice hawk Flight Possible Today (Sunday) at Lake Erie Metropark [] 9 Oct Metro Beach banding report - October 4 & 8, 2009 ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 7 Oct Crane Count Haehnle Sanctuary 10/05/09 [Gary Siegrist ] 07 Oct Yard birds this windy morning [Dave Sing ] 6 Oct Tuesday Morning at Nichol's Arboretum Very Good [Roger Kuhlman ] 4 Oct Sunday in the Arb Was more of the same [Roger Kuhlman ] 4 Oct American Pipits, Washtenaw County [Maggie Jewett ] 2 Oct Metro Beach banding report - September 30, 2009 ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 1 Oct Sparrowing at Crosswinds Marsh SW Wayne County 10/1 [Roger Kuhlman ] 29 Sep Re: Thorn / Watkins Lake waterfowl numbers [Dave Sing ] 29 Sep Re: Thorn / Watkins Lake waterfowl numbers ["Wise, Mary" ] 29 Sep Re: Thorn / Watkins Lake waterfowl numbers ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 29 Sep Re: Thorn / Watkins Lake waterfowl numbers [Dave Sing ] 29 Sep Thorn / Watkins Lake waterfowl numbers [Gary Siegrist ] 29 Sep FW: On the Way to New Orleans: The Arb [Roger Kuhlman ] 29 Sep Crane Count-Haehnle Sanctuary-09/28/09 [Gary Siegrist ] 27 Sep Metro Beach banding report - September 25 & 26, 2009 ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 25 Sep Early Juncos-Oakland County ["ddugall AT netzero.com" ] 24 Sep Hummingbird departures ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 23 Sep Black-crowned Night-Heron - Ann Arbor - Wed., Sep. 23 [Mike Sefton ] 22 Sep Robert Long Park ["Robert Epstein" ] 22 Sep Crane Count Haehnle 09/21/09 [Gary Siegrist ] 21 Sep Chimney Swift Migration over East Dearborn [Catherine Carroll ] 20 Sep SUBSCRIBE SE-MI-BIRDLIST mjcapo [] 20 Sep Metro Beach banding report - September 17, 2009 ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 17 Sep Free Washtenaw Audubon field trip to Hawk Fest, Sat., Sep. 19, 8:45am, Ann Arbor [Mike Sefton ] 15 Sep Metro Beach banding report - September 11 & 13, 2009 ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 13 Sep Washtenaw hummingbird goes to Texas ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 13 Sep Pointe Mouillee & LEMP [James Fox ] 8 Sep Metro Beach banding report - September 3, 5 & 6 ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 7 Sep Nighthawks over I-96 at Beech Daly [Catherine Carroll ] 1 Sep Pte. Mouillee closed ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 30 Aug Metro Beach banding report - August 23 & 27, 2009 ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 29 Aug Harsen's Island Birding Friday [] 28 Aug Before the Rains Came: The Arb [Roger Kuhlman ] 27 Aug Farmington Hills Migrants [James Fox ] 27 Aug Heading South: the Arb [Roger Kuhlman ] 25 Aug Nighthawks Over Old Coach Road ["Joseph E. Faggan" ] 25 Aug Metro Beach banding report - August 20,. 2009 ["Allen T. Chartier" ] 24 Aug Soras in Southfield ["Joseph E. Faggan" ] Subject: Metro Beach banding report - Fall 2009 brief summary From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:51:02 -0500 Birders and Banders, I have just posted a brief summary of results of the fall 2009 banding season at Metro Beach Metro Park, Macomb Co., Michigan on my blog. Go to: http://tinyurl.com/m5vcl2 A detailed report will be posted on my website by the end of December (or sooner hopefully). www.amazilia.net/MetroBeachBanding/ Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA 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: Cattle Egret - Livingston County - 11/6/09 From: Lyle Hamilton <mi.birder AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:52:38 -0500 A Cattle Egret was observed at the intersection of M59 and Latson Roads in Livingston County. The bird seems to favor a small grass area on the northwest corner of the intersection but was first observed on the northeast corner. The bird was first observed at around 3:15 and was still present as of 4:40 when the last birder left the area. This intersection is just north and east of Howell I first observed the bird when my 10 year old daughter asked what the little white bird was that was standing next to our car as we pulled up to the light. The bird had just popped out of the ditch along side the road. This is not a spot that I would have considered looking for a Cattle Egret with the heavy traffic in the area. I returned with my camera and was able to get photos as I believe this is a first county record for Livingston. I will try to post one to grovestreet latter tonight. Lyle Hamilton Howell, 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: November hummingbirds? From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 22:23:57 -0500 Hummingbird enthusiasts, As of today, November 3, there are at least two Ruby-throated Hummingbirds still present in Michigan, one photographed in SE Allegan County and one that I photographed in Macomb County. Both appear to be adult females, with lots of fat and appearing in good health, and are likely to depart any time now. I'm sure there must be at least one Rufous Hummingbird in the state right now, as well as other Ruby-throats possibly. Please let me know about any hummingbirds you have at your feeders, or about any hummingbirds you hear about. Thanks! Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA 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: flock of tundra swans flying overhead From: Faye Stoner <stonerf AT ewashtenaw.org> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:25:32 -0500 Just now I was walking into my office, which is near intersection of Washtenaw and Platt in Ann Arbor, and like often happens when I get to see tundra swans, I first heard them, and then I looked up and was able to find the birds fairly quickly. (Sometimes I don't manage to locate them very quickly.) Flock numbered about 30 birds and they were heading directly east. Seeing (and hearing) tundras flying overhead is one of my favorite fall nature happenings. Faye Faye Stoner Parks Naturalist Washtenaw County Parks (734) 971-6337 X334 (office) 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 crane count 11/02/09 From: Gary Siegrist <GSiegrist AT dahlemcenter.org> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:00:01 -0500 Hi all, Sandhill Crane numbers for the 2nd of November were 95 roosting in marsh, with 447 flying by to other roost areas. Waterfowl: Mallards Black Ducks 50+ Northern Pintail 10 Am. Coots 200+ Am. Wigeon 25+ Wood Duck 10 Trumpeter Swans 2 Redhead 2 Pied-billed Grebe Gadwall Other sightings: Rusty Blackbirds 25 Fox Sparrow 4 Am. Tree Sparrow 5 Purple Finch 3 Mixed Flock of Blackbirds coming to roost in marsh 10,000 + Northern Harrier (im) 1 Red-tail Hawk 3 White-throated Sparrow Cedar Waxwings 75+ Good birding to all, Gary Siegrist People for Wildlife Coordinator The Dahlem Conservancy PH 517-782-3453 FAX 517-782-3441 Cell 517-937-1095 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: Cackling Geese-Livingston Co. From: Deanna Bachman <dsbachman AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:43:42 -0800 (PST) Folks,  Today I found 4 Cackling Geese amongst a couple hundred Canada Geese. The birds were located in the southwest corner of Marr and Fleming Rds east of Fowlerville. Take care, Sean 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 banding report - October 28 & 31, 2009 From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 22:33:42 -0500 Birders and Banders, I have just posted results, highlights, and photos from two banding sessions conducted on October 28 & 31, 2009 at Metro Beach Metro Park, Macomb Co., Michigan on my blog. This was the last week of fall banding here for this year. This blog entry containes one more side-by-side comparison, which has been popular among regular readers of the blog. A brief summary of the entire season will be posted at the end of this week, and the full report will be posted on my website by the end of December (or sooner hopefully). Go to: http://tinyurl.com/m5vcl2 Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA 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: Goshawk, Ann Arbor From: John Lowry <john AT kingbird.org> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:00:22 -0400 I don't know where Colonial Square is located. Can you help? On Oct 30, 2009, at 9:15 AM, Maggie Jewett wrote: > Goshawk sitting in tree and vocalizing yesterday in Colonial Square. > > Maggie > > 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. > 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: Goshawk, Ann Arbor From: Maggie Jewett <jewett AT aaps.k12.mi.us> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:15:45 -0400 Goshawk sitting in tree and vocalizing yesterday in Colonial Square. Maggie 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: Long-billed Dowitchers St. Clair Co. From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:56:14 -0400 I stopped by the Lakeport sewage lagoons in northern St. Clair County in the morning of October 29th and had 4 Long-billed Dowitchers, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, 2 Dunlin, 1 Least Sandpiper and a Greater Yellowlegs. Cheers, Karl Overman 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 Sandhill Crane Count 10/26/09 From: Gary Siegrist <GSiegrist AT dahlemcenter.org> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:22:16 -0400 Hi all, Cranes counted on Monday were 63 roosting at Mud Lake Marsh. We had additional 344 fly by the sanctuary. Waterfowl sightings: Wood Duck Northern Pintail Black Green-wing Teal Mallard American Coot Pied-billed Grebe American Wigeon Gadwall Trumpter Swan Other sightings: Fox Sparrow Purple Finch Rusty Blackbird Yellow-rumped Warbler Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk White-crowned Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Bluebird Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Good birding to all, Gary Siegrist People for Wildlife Coordinator The Dahlem Conservancy PH 517-782-3453 FAX 517-782-3441 Cell 517-937-1095 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: OT: Blog update From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:03:12 -0400 Birders and other nature enthusiasts, I have just updated my blog with a report on yesterday's (Sunday) field trip to Belle Isle. It was sponsored by the Michigan Botanical Club and others, and was planned to look at some rare trees. No birds this time. If you're interested, check it out. Go to: http://tinyurl.com/m5vcl2 Birders may be interested to know that there are likely to be invasive plant control days coming up on Belle Isle between now and February, for which volunteers will be sought. Members of this list have expressed interest to me privately about helping with this. Stay tuned. Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA 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: Fwd: Yardbirds - Nice late October yard mix; Waterloo Siskins From: Dave Sing <dsing AT umich.edu> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:32:51 -0400 >Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:43:25 -0400 >To: Roger Kuhlman >From: Dave Sing >Subject: Yardbirds - Nice late October yard mix; Waterloo Siskins > >Howdy. Very nice mix in the yard in Chelsea on Sunday. Winter >wren, White-crowned sparrow, Lincoln's sparrow, White-throats, >Myrtle warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Ruby-crowned kinglet, >Red-bellied nuthatch (toot!), Hermit thrush. Had a fly-through of >a Sharp-shinned hawk, barely Jay-sized. Sandhills still ululating >from the Beach School marsh, and at least two Screech owls >down the hollow. Coyote working up a quorum off to the North of >town ~8pm last night. Of Note: Heard Pine siskins near >Walsh Lake (Bush rd., Waterloo SRA) over the weekend. I suppose >it's time to check out Cedar lake and other places.... > >Cheers DBS Chelsea 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: Birding the Thumb From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:26:11 -0400 On Sunday, October 25th, Scott Jennex and I birded along the Lake Huron shoreline of the Thumb from Port Huron in St. Clair County to Port Austin in Huron County. Little wind so Lake Huron calm most of the day. Sunny much of the day. Incidentally, the Lakeport sewage lagoon is in northern St. Clair County. Here are some of the birds we came up with: Cackling Goose: 4 at 4 Mile scenic turnout in northern Sanilac County. In a large flock of Canada Geese late in the day. Snow Goose: 5: same as above. A family group of two adults and three young birds Tundra Swan: Actually seems slightly early for a major movement of them. 10 far over Lake Huron from Lighthouse Park, Port Huron; 24 flying east over the north end of Port Huron; 3 at Lakeport sewage lagoon. Gadwall: 2 Lakeport sewage lagoon Black Duck: No group more than 6, which was seen off of Delaware Park, Sanilac Co. Shoveler: 6 Lakeport sewage lagoon Green-winged Teal: 20 Lakeport sewage lagoon Canvasback: 1 Lakeport sewage lagoon Redhead: 8 Lakeport sewage lagoon; 10 Harbor Beach, Huron Co. Ring-necked Duck: 8 Lakeport sewage lagoon; 6 on Lake Huron at 4 Mile scenic turnout in northern Sanilac County Greater Scaup: scattered along Lake Huron shoreline. Most seen at Port Huron. Lesser Scaup: small numbers seen at Lakeport sewage lagoon and at Harbor Beach, Surf Scoter: 1 at Lighthouse Park, Port Huron; 2 Harbor Beach, Huron Co. White-winged Scoter: widely seen in numbers under six, e.g., 2 Port Huron; 1 Lakeport sewage lagoon, Delaware Park, Sanilac Co., 1 Grindstone City, Huron Co. Black Scoter: 1 Port Austin, Huron Co. Long-tailed Duck: 3 Port Huron Common Goldeneye: 1 at Lexington, Sanilac Co.; 2 Harbor Beach, Huron Co. Bufflehead: 6 Lakeport sewage lagoon Hooded Merganser: 2 Lakeport sewage lagoon; 2 Port Austin, Huron Co. Red-breasted Merganser: Regular in small numbers along the entire shoreline of Lake Huron Ruddy Duck: 3 Lakeport sewage lagoon Common Loon: Frequently seen today, including birds flying over inland such as over Loosemore Road, Huron Co. No major concentrations though. Pied-billed Grebe: only 1, on Lake Huron at scenic overlook south of Port Sanilac. Horned Grebe: Common. Seen at essentially every stop along Lake Huron though biggest one site count was only seven at scenic overlook south of Port Sanilac Red-necked Grebe: 2 at scenic overlook south of Port Sanilac Double-crested Cormorant: 55 at Port Huron; very few north of there. Great Blue Heron: only one, Port Hope, Huron Co. Coot: Only 3 at Harbor Beach, Huron Co. Semipalmated Plover: 4 at Port Hope, Huron Co.--late but not record late for Saginaw Bay area Lesser Yellowlegs: 2 Lakeport sewage lagoon Pectoral Sandpiper: 3 Lakeport sewage lagoon Least Sandpiper: 1 Lakeport sewage lagoon Dunlin: 1 Lexington, Sanilac Co. Bonaparte's Gull: 150 Port Huron Belted Kingfisher: 5 for day seemed high for this time of year. E.g., one Loosemore Road, Huron Co. Red-breasted Nuthatch: 2 Lexington County Park, Sanilac Co. Golden-crowned Kinglet: very few, say 5 for the day Ruby-crowned Kinglet: still common Hermit Thrush: only a couple, e.g., one Lexington County Park, Sanilac Co. American Pipit: very few, e.g., 2 Lighthouse Park, Port Huron Cedar Waxwing: 6 Delaware Park, Sanilac Co. Tennessee Warbler: bird of the day for me. 1 at Grindstone City, Huron Co. at the Spotted Towhee locale for those who recall the first chaseable record of that species for the state. This is the latest I have seen the species in Michigan and later than the latest record listed in Ron Weeks book, Birds and Bird Finding in the Saginaw Bay area. p. 80 (1995). This brushy residential area at the tip of the Thumb has a history of harboring late passerines. Yellow-rumped Warbler: 2 at Lexington County Park, Sanilac Co. Tree Sparrow: widespread and numerous today Chipping Sparrow: 1 Harbor Beach, Huron Co. Field Sparrow: 1 Harbor Beach, Huron Co. Fox Sparrow: None! Swamp Sparrow: 1 Harbor Beach, Huron Co. White-crowned Sparrow: fairly common still Snow Bunting: 12 Harbor Beach, Huron Co. Cheers, Karl Overman Farmington Hills, 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: OCWs still at Arb 10/25 From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:17:00 -0400 While birding in the Arb in Ann Arbor Sunday morning 10/25, I turned up two Orange-crowned Warblers. One was just by the railroad bridge that crosses the Huron River and the second was around a clump of Aspens towards the northeast edge of Dow Prairie. It sure has been a great year for OCW sightings this fall. Roger Kuhlman Ann Arbor, Michigan 10/25/2009 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: Chicago birding From: Catherine Carroll <songsparrow AT wowway.com> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:37:56 -0400 Birders, I had an overnight stay in Chicago for a conference on Saturday and was able to do some birding on Friday afternoon. I have written about it in my blog. If interested: www.intothewoodsandelsewhere.blogspot.com. Thanks and enjoy, Cathy Carroll Dearborn, 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: Thorn Lake - Jackson From: Don Henise <don_henise AT ntm.org> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:51:03 -0400 Thorn Lake in southeast Jackson County was full of waterfowl this morning (Saturday). There were several hundred Canada Geese and several hundred Ring-necked Ducks. Other waterfowl were: Wood Duck(5), Gadwall(10), American Wigeon(15), Mallard(10), Canvasback(20), Redhead(12), Hooded Merganser(10), Ruddy Duck(30), Pied-billed Grebe(5), American Coot(20). There were also 6 Double-crested Cormorants one Great Blue Heron, one Great Egret, and 3 Bonaparte's Gulls.     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 banding report - October 22, 2009 From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:53:17 -0400 Birders and Banders, I have just posted results, highlights, and photos from a banding session conducted on October 22, 2009 at Metro Beach Metro Park, Macomb Co., Michigan on my blog. It was not a very busy day, but interesting nonetheless. Who would have thought 5 species of warbler could have been banded this late in October? Go to: http://tinyurl.com/m5vcl2 Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA 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: [Fwd: [birders] Re: Ross's Goose, Warren, Macomb County] From: Brian McGee <brianmcgee AT wowway.com> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:43:51 -0400 The Ross's Goose was still in the same location reported below at 5:00 PM today. It was grazing with a group of 20 or so Canadas on the lawn between the creek and some apartment buildings to the south. Thanks Carolyn for finding this great county bird! Brian McGee Clinton Township. > Saw the Ross's Goose between noon & 2:30 PM, today. It was with a > large group of Canada geese at the property that once belonged to GM > Tech, between 12 & 13 Mile Road, west of Mound. This area is now > partially developed with businesses, single family homes & condos. > The Ross's was seen by Heritage Parkway, just north of Waterview > Drive. The water is a narrow creek that passes through the area. The > goose was first north of the creek & then in it when we left. These > road do now have parking, but there is a small parking area across > Heritage by the construction trailer. > Heritage Parkway can be entered off either 12 or 13 Mile Road. > Waterview can be entered off Mound Rd., next to the Meijer gas station. > This area has lots of undeveloped lots where some areas have been > mowed & some left weedy. There are walking paths in some of the wooded > areas. Driving around through the subs can sometimes be productive. > Watch for wet areas, & look at the tops of posts. > Other birds seen today: > Canada Goose--numerous in different areas > Red bellied WP > starling > dove > killdeer--about a dozen > horned lark > cardinal > goldfinch > golden crowned kinglet > hairy WP > blue jay > crow > palm warbler > mallard > > Have a beautiful day. > Carolyn > --- * birders FAQ - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/birders_FAQ.html * photo sharing site - http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html * To unsubscribe from birders AT umich.edu send a blank message to lyris AT listserver.itd.umich.edu with UNSUBSCRIBE BIRDERS as the Subject line. To resubscribe use SUBSCRIBE BIRDERS Your Name. 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: Tonight: "South Africa" is free Washtenaw Audubon event, Wed., Oct. 21, all invited From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:40:56 -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. Note that the usual entrance and parking lot at the Botanical Gardens will be closed for maintenance. Do not use the steps at the main entrance, and do not use the front doors as those areas will be freshly painted. Use the west parking lot and west entrance and walk down the hall to the auditorium. Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 7:30pm South African Safari Join Bryn Martin for a program on the second Washtenaw Audubon foreign field trip, which was to South Africa in August of this year, featuring photos of the birds, animals, people, and landscapes of this beautiful country. Bryn teaches high school in Livonia and is a world birder. Programs are free and open to the public; membership is not required. Washtenaw Audubon Society programs are held at the University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 North Dixboro Rd., Ann Arbor. Call 677-3275 if you have questions about the program. 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 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 Crane Count 10/19/09 From: Gary Siegrist <GSiegrist AT dahlemcenter.org> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:52:17 -0400 Hi all, Crane numbers for this time of year are low. We had 230 Sandhill Cranes land in the sanctuary Monday night, another 403 flew by, going to a roost north and west of Haehnle. Cranes from the northern part of the state still are not staging around the southern sections of Michigan. So, we expect numbers to start increasing in the near future at the sanctuary and surrounding area. With waterfowl hunting opener, Mud Lake Marsh has a large and mixed flock of waterfowl. Waterfowl; Black Duck - 25+ American Wigeon - 10 Mallards - 200 Am. Coots - 100 Northern Pintail - 2 Blue-winged Teal - 25 Green-winged Teal - 5 Gadwall - 2 Wood Duck - 30 Other sighting; Bald Eagle - 2, 1 adult and 1 sub-adult Northern Harrier - im. Red-tailed Hawk - 3 Accipiter species -1 Am. Woodcock - 1 Rusty Blackbird - 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 Am. Tree Swallow - 3 Trumpeter Swans - 2 Don and Robyn Henise reported seeing a early Rough-legged Hawk on Hawkins Road, south of the Portage River. We do have a Whooping Crane back in the area. He has been feeding and roosting west of the sanctuary on private land and has not come into the marsh to roost. Color report; 50 to 60% with most trees having some color other than Oak's. Good birding p.s. Crane numbers last week were 18 in the marsh and 200 fly-by's. Gary Siegrist People for Wildlife Coordinator The Dahlem Conservancy PH 517-782-3453 FAX 517-782-3441 Cell 517-937-1095 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: Ibis sp. - Washtenaw - Monday, Oct. 19 (still present?) From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:56:23 -0700 (PDT) Birders,   I've just learned that an ibis species was seen in flight by a hunter near the intersection of Vreeland and Prospect Rds. in Superior Twp., east of Ann Arbor, on Monday, October 19.  A backlighted photo was taken, so it's not possible to determine the species, but it's clearly an ibis.  You might want to check the ponds in that area to see if the bird is still around.   This is the second ibis in the county this year, and only the third record for the county. 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: Common Nighthawk in West Dearborn From: Catherine Carroll <songsparrow AT wowway.com> Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:09:37 -0400 Birders, I was surprised to see a Common Nighthawk last evening (10-20) in West Dearborn. This morning I checked Julie Craves' The Birds of Dearborn, An Annotated checklist and found that the listed latest fall date for Common Nighthawk is October 16th. Cathy Carroll Dearborn, 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: A few Warblers still at the Arb (Ann Arbor) 10/20/2009 From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:54:52 -0400 Warbler diversity has greatly declined at Nichol's Arboretum but Tuesday morning (10/20) there were four species still to be found--Yellow-rumped, Tennessee, Black-throated Blue, and Orange-crowned Warbler. I had a single Tennessee Warbler along the railroad tracks and a single Black-throated Blue Warbler in the boardwalk area of the Arb. I found a total of three Orange-crowned Warblers. One was also in the boardwalk area and the other two were in separate places along the Huron River just off the Gallup Park paved trail. White-throated Sparrows continue to be present in large numbers and Ruby-crowned Kinglets seemed to be call-noting everywhere. Other birds of note sighted were Brown Creeper, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Phoebe, Purple Finch, White-crowned Sparrow, Winter Wren and several Hermit Thrushes. Roger Kuhlman Ann Arbor, Michigan 10/20/2009 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: "South Africa" is free Washtenaw Audubon event, Wed., Oct. 21, Ann Arbor, all invited From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:42:02 -0700 (PDT) Birders and friends, Please join us for the free program below. This event is open to the public; membership is not required. Note that the usual entrance and parking lot at the Botanical Gardens will be closed for maintenance. Do not use the steps at the main entrance, and do not use the front doors as those areas will be freshly painted. Use the west parking lot and west entrance and walk down the hall to the auditorium. Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 7:30pm South African Safari Join Bryn Martin for a program on the second Washtenaw Audubon foreign field trip, which was to South Africa in August of this year, featuring photos of the birds, animals, people, and landscapes of this beautiful country. Bryn teaches high school in Livonia and is a world birder. Programs are free and open to the public; membership is not required. Washtenaw Audubon Society programs are held at the University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 North Dixboro Rd., Ann Arbor. Call 677-3275 if you have questions about the program. 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 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: LEMP and Belle Isle From: Catherine Carroll <songsparrow AT wowway.com> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:23:37 -0400 I'm with Karl - Tree Swallows were numerous over Lake Erie Metropark hawk watch this morning and afternoon, too. And some were very high up. Lake Erie results will be posted, I'm sure, but I was lucky enough to be there for three of the juvenile Golden Eagles that flew over. Actually they counted quite a few Goldens today. Following LEMP I went to Belle Isle where it was very birdy. In addition to many of the expected birds, there were Hermit Thrushes too numerous to count. Also, two Yelllow-bellied Sapsuckers, one Blue- headed Vireo, one Nashville Warbler, one Orange-crowned Warbler, one Fox Sparrow, one Chipping Sparrow, and one Purple Finch. Cathy Carroll Dearborn, 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: Lesser Black-backed Gull, Tree Swallows Monroe Co. From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:57:50 -0400 There was an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull on the breakwater at Luna Pier, Monroe County this afternoon. I was surprised by the large volume of Tree Swallows seen along the western Lake Erie shoreline today, October 17th, from Lake Erie Metro Park to Luna Pier. The highest concentrations were at Sterling State Park. It was a relatively cool day, with temperatures in the 40s for the most part. At Sterling State Park dozens of Tree Swallows were feeding close to the water over lagoons as would be expected on a cold day. However most were flying high in the air and not obviously migrating. I estimated a 1000 plus Tree Swallows on the western side of Sterling State Park in the late afternoon. Cheers, Karl Overman 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: Common Tern- Whitmore Lake From: Deanna Bachman <dsbachman AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:34:57 -0700 (PDT) Folks, I had another Common Tern on Whitmore Lake this evening. I had found A Common Tern amongst 13 Forster's Terns back in July I believe. This one was on the Ski Jump across from the Post Office. Also had 3 Pectoral Sandpipers, a Dunlin and a Least Sandpiper on Wildwood Lake off Jennings Rd. Take care, Sean 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: Oakland County Highlights ... From: "Mencotti, Michael" <MMencotti AT dcds.edu> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:07:30 -0400 10/17/09 ... such as they are: American Center marsh: Black-crowned Night Heron Long Park: Widgeon, Gadwall, Green-winged Teal, Pectoral Sandpiper, Peep sp (probably Least. It was 200 yards away, tiny next to the Pectoral. It flew a bit, showing no white on rump. Semipalms are rare this time of the year in the county), Rusty Blackbird Pontiac Lake SRA: Decoys, duck hunters and gunshots; I did have Hooded Mergs behind the park office Indian Springs MP: Chimney Swift, Horned Larks Kirk-of-the Hills: Ring-necked Duck, Lesser and Greater Scaup, Goldeneye, Redhead 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: Metro Beach banding report - October 14, 2009 From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:54:48 -0400 Birders and Banders, I have just posted results, highlights, and photos from a banding session conducted on October 14, 2009 at Metro Beach Metro Park, Macomb Co., Michigan on my blog. This day had an overall record for birds banded, breaking a 19 year old record, and also was a record day for one species, 72 of them in one day. To find out which species this is, check out the blog! Go to: http://tinyurl.com/m5vcl2 Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA 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: Hummingbird departures From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:13:22 -0400 Hello everyone, First I'd like to thank everyone who has been sending me their hummingbird reports from around the state. Even though it is like November most places, the Ruby-throats are lingering as they do most years, and there are still a handful of locations still reporting them as of today. I encourage all of you to keep on reporting your hummingbirds to me. Also, it is time to start taking a closer look at those lingerers. I'm heading down to Ohio early next week to attempt to band two probable Rufous Hummingbirds, both of them females that at first glance might look like a female Ruby-throat. The later into October we get, the more likely the hummingbird at your feeder is something more unusual. So, keep your camera ready near the window and try to take any photos (even poor photos can show something), and send them to me with your reports. Thanks! Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA 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: Waterfowl - Metro Beach 10/15 From: Brian McGee <brianmcgee AT wowway.com> Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:46:57 -0400 There was a good variety of waterfowl in the north marsh at Metro Beach Metropark this evening in fairly high numbers. These included: AMERICAN COOT 25+ PIED-BILLED GREBE 3 GADWALL 15 BLUE-WINGED TEAL 1 AMERICAN WIDGEON 20+ NORTHERN SHOVELER 6 WOOD DUCK 10 RING-NECKED DUCK 8 HOODED MERGANSER 1 Plus the usual host of Mallards, Mute Swans, Cormorants, and Canada Geese. They were all visible from the boat launch near the end of the parking lot. Brian McGee Clinton Township 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: Urban Birding From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:54:48 -0400 Today, October 15th, I took a trip down memory lane, that would be Woodward Avenue, in downtown Detroit to see what birds I could find. The most of birds were in Grand Circus Park on the east side of Woodward and at Hart Plaza. Here is what I came up with: Kestrel 1 Hermit Thrush 4 Winter Wren 2 (1 Hart Plaza & 1 at DTE headquarters) Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 2 Chipping Sparrow 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 6 Song Sparrow 3 White-throated Sparrow 40 White-crowned Sparrow 1 Junco 3 Not surprisingly given this is early in the season, waterfowl were limited on Belle Isle: 18 Ring-necked Ducks and 2 Gadwall on Blue Heron Lagoon and four Horned Grebes at the west end of the island. Ten Black-crowned Night-Herons were evenly split between two lagoons on the island. Cheers, Karl Overman 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: shorebirds St.Clair Co. From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:16:49 -0400 Today, October 13th, I once again tried Point Edward, Ontario in hopes of birds coming in off of Lake Huron. I was there an hour and so no evidence of a major movement. Three White-winged Scoters on the U.S. side were the highlights. Back in Michigan, I checked out the Lakeport sewage lagoons in northern St. Clair County. Even with water levels high, there was still a nice selection of shorebirds: 1 Black-bellied Plover, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, and 3 Long-billed Dowitchers. Ducks included 1 Wood Duck, 10 Green-winged Teal, 1 Gadwall, 1 female Bufflehead, 6 Lesser Scaup, and a Ruddy Duck A fair number of passerine migrants on the nature trail at Metrobeach in Macomb County including 2 Phoebes, 1 Winter Wren, 8 Hermit Thrush, 1 Blue-headed Vireo, 1 Nashville Warbler, 1 Common Yellowthroat and both Kinglets. 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: Re: White Pelicans at Pointe Mouillee From: Will Weber <willmweber AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:38:40 -0400 The White Pelicans have been there for at least the past week. I saw 9 on Saturday and 7 on Sunday. They seem to roost on the small sand bar in front of Rat Island, visible from the viewing platform at Pt. Mouillee SGA headquarters. They favor the east side to Rat Island and the channel of the Huron river as it runs along the north dike of the game area. I suspect they are most often east of Rat Island and the recent activity of duck hunters in that area moves them around and makes them more visible. Will Weber On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Karl Overman wrote: >  I received an e-mail from a nonbirder who convincingly described seeing 8 > White Pelicans off the mouth of the Huron River on October 11th. > > Cheers, > > Karl Overman > Farmington Hills, 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. > > -- Will Weber JOURNEYS International, Inc. Intimate Access to Other Worlds • http://www.journeys.travel 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 Pelicans at Pointe Mouillee From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:20:30 -0400 I received an e-mail from a nonbirder who convincingly described seeing 8 White Pelicans off the mouth of the Huron River on October 11th. Cheers, Karl Overman Farmington Hills, 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: Nice hawk Flight Possible Today (Sunday) at Lake Erie Metropark From: w8liftr40 AT aol.com Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:28:25 -0400 Greetings Birders, Yesterday we had a very nice day at the hawk watch. We recorded all 16 regularly occurring species of migrant raptors which is very, very?impressive when you think about it.?We've only done this?I believe 3 times in our history,?We saw the?season's third Swainson's Hawk (a nice rufous morph a.k.a intermediate morph). Over 8,000 birds were tallied for the day's effort. Most of which were Turkey Vultures, which is expected at this time of the year. Many of the large streams of birds passed directly over head or slightly to the north and south of us, giving nice views.?At times, the sky was literally full of birds in every direction. The birds were up and moving early. What was even better was, there was no lull in the action for the day. When it got busy, it stayed busy. I predict that today?should and could be as equally productive, if not more so. Large numbers of Turkey Vultures were flying late into the day and many large groups were setting down to roost in the surrounding area. The morning lift off could be fun. Winds are supposed to be from the NW for the first part of the day and switching to W around noon...optimum direction for a good flight at the boat launch. If you have nothing to do today, stop on out and sit with us...maybe we can see al 16 species again today? Jeff Schultz MY BIRDING BLOG www.binsandlens.blogspot.com MY PHOTOGRAPHY WEBSITE www.wildtangentphotography.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: Metro Beach banding report - October 4 & 8, 2009 From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 13:52:32 -0400 Birders and Banders, I have just posted results, highlights, and photos from two banding sessions conducted on October 4 & 8, 2009 at Metro Beach Metro Park, Macomb Co., Michigan on my blog. One day with lots of birds, one day with quite a few less. Go to: http://tinyurl.com/m5vcl2 Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA 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: Crane Count Haehnle Sanctuary 10/05/09 From: Gary Siegrist <GSiegrist AT dahlemcenter.org> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:36:07 -0400 Hi all, Shades of last year when we have more cranes flying by instead of roosting in the marsh. Cranes using Haehnle were counted at 42 with fly-by numbers at 87. Bird sightings; Northern Harrier (im) Rudy-crowned Kinglet Coopers Hawk Black Duck - 2 Wood Duck - 10+ American Wigeon - 15 Great Egret - 45 Coot Red-tail Hawk Common Yellow Warbler Grey Catbird We had a nice variety of sparrows below the observation hill. White-throated White-crowned Lincolns Swamp Song Color Report; Most maples have turned or are turning. Sumac is starting to show color. The prairie grasses look wonderful. Percent of color is between 5 and 10 %. Gary Siegrist People for Wildlife Coordinator The Dahlem Conservancy PH 517-782-3453 FAX 517-782-3441 Cell 517-937-1095 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: Yard birds this windy morning From: Dave Sing <dsing AT umich.edu> Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:32:33 -0400 Howdy. Despite the strong winds had a number of good species in the yard around dawn today. Northern parula, Orange-crowned warbler, Myrtle warbler, Ruby-crowned kinglet, White-crowned sparrow (1), White-throated sparrow (>5), Field sparrow, Northern junco, Hermit thrush. Birds were all close to the ground, in the low scrub and White-cedar, and around our brush piles. Parula looked tattered; Junco and White-throats looked fresh. Hermit thrush in yard now for past 5 days, as too the Junco and White-throats. Oh, and also Brown thrasher, who joined the White-crowned and Hermit in digging duff under the White-cedar. DBS Chelsea 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: Tuesday Morning at Nichol's Arboretum Very Good From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 16:19:43 -0400 Birding was quite good at the Arb (Nichol's Arboretum in Ann Arbor) Tuesday morning October 6. There was a lot of Sparrow activity especially along the northern edge of Dow Prairie and a few good warblers here and there. A Northern Parula was hanging out in the trees (north edge Dow) and several Palm Warblers flew between the trees and grassland edges. Another Orange-crowned Warbler was found in the brush at the northwest side of Dow Prairie. In the same general area I saw and heard a Blue-headed Vireo in full song. The boardwalk and Rhododendron Glen held fewer birds today but one of them was a Philadelphia Vireo. Maybe birding here could have been better but an arb maintenance crews were sawing down dead trees. Along the Huron River I had five Rough-winged Swallows and an Osprey carrying a fish it had caught in the river. Notable birds: Chipping Sparrows (many), Palm Warbler, Swamp Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Northern Parula, Tennessee Warbler, Field Sparrow, Catbird, Rough-winged Swallow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Eastern Phoebe, Rufous-sided Towhee, Nashville Warbler, Osprey, House Wren, Common Yellowthroat, Indigo Bunting, Blue-headed Vireo, Eastern Pewee, American Redstart, Philadelphia Vireo, Winter Wren, Hermit Thrush, Black-throated Green Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler. Roger Kuhlman Ann Arbor, Michigan 10/06/2009 One Monarch was sighted flying over Dow Prairie this morning too. I hope it is able to make its way all the way south to its Mexican wintering grounds. 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: Sunday in the Arb Was more of the same From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 22:20:54 -0400 Birding in Nichol's Arboretum in Ann Arbor was again excellent Sunday morning October 4. Today's goodies were RT Hummingbird, four Orange-crowned Warblers, Philadelphia Vireo, Wilson's Warbler, Brown Thrasher, Brown Creeper and Northern Parula. The Hummingbird was off the northeast edge of Dow Prairie along the railroad track flying near some grape tangles. Two of the Orange-crowned Warblers were in the clump of bushes in the northeast section of the prairie. Another two Orange-crowns were in the forested edge of the main valley of the Arb. The Wilson's and Philadelphia Vireo were along the northwest edge of Dow Prairie. I was pretty lucky with the Vireo since at one point it came out the brush about 10 feet from me so I could clearly see the stronger intense yellow in the center of the throat and lores in front of the eyes. Before leaving the Arb I birded around where I parked on Riverview and found a Northern Parula. Some of the birds seen: Nashville, Tennessee, Common Yellowthroat, Wilson's, Black-throated Green, Magnolia, Northern Parula, White-crowned Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Indigo Bunting, Chimney Swift, Hummingbird, Brown Thrasher, Brown Creeper, Rough-winged Swallow, Philadelphia Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Eastern Pewee, Eastern Phoebe, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Catbird, House Wren, Winter Wren and Swainson's Thrush. Roger Kuhlman Ann Arbor, Michigan 10/04/2009 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: American Pipits, Washtenaw County From: Maggie Jewett <jewett AT aaps.k12.mi.us> Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 11:48:25 -0400 Fields full of pipits, sometimes on wires on Joy Road past Stein to your north. Fields of something brown growing (my farmer relatives would know what it is...)/ Also around the corner on Jennings in grassy stubble. Van be seen flying here in small flocks - showing white outer tail feathers. This is all land that goes with the old Zeeb farm. Maggie 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 banding report - September 30, 2009 From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 14:03:14 -0400 Birders and Banders, I have just posted results, highlights, and photos from a banding session conducted on September 30, 2009 at Metro Beach Metro Park, Macomb Co., Michigan on my blog. It was the busiest day so far this fall, and one of the ten busiest ever, with new arrivals and several highlights. Go to: http://tinyurl.com/m5vcl2 Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA 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: Sparrowing at Crosswinds Marsh SW Wayne County 10/1 From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 22:32:22 -0400 I visited Crosswinds Marsh Thursday afternoon (1 pm to 4 pm) October 1 to do both some birding (especially to look for Sparrows) and butterflying at the park. It was excellent for Sparrows. Most of the Sparrow activity was in the weedy and shrubby habitat under the the electric transmission in the northern part of the refuge. I estimate there were perhaps 100+ Song Sparrows, 40 to 50 Swamp Sparrows, 25+ Field Sparrows, and at least 10 White-throated Sparrows there. In addition I saw 6 White-crowned Sparrows, 2 Lincoln's Sparrows, and one late lingering Indigo Bunting. Somewhat surprising was the fact that I did not find Northern Juncos while I was there but I am sure they could join the mix any day. Considering recent low temperatures, butterflying was fairly decent with 8 species seen. The best of the bunch was a Buckeye, a Gray Comma, 5 late Viceroys, 3 Monarchs and 2 Bronze Coppers. Other butterflies seen were Cabbage White, Alfalfa Butterfly, and Clouded Sulphur. Roger Kuhlman Ann Arbor, Michigan 10/1/2009 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: Thorn / Watkins Lake waterfowl numbers From: Dave Sing <dsing AT umich.edu> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:13:09 -0400 Allen; thanks. makes sense, was just suddenly worried that something was amiss. Dave At 04:30 PM 9/29/2009, Allen T. Chartier wrote: >Dave, > >Caleb could address this more completely, but designating an area as an >Important Bird Area (IBA) does not "save" it. It merely makes it known to >conservation interests that the area is important for birds. Pte. Mouillee >SGA is an IBA, I'm sure, and doesn't need saving. > >Allen T. Chartier >amazilia1(at)comcast.net >Inkster, Michigan, USA >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: Dave Sing >>To: se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu >>Cc: cputnam AT audubon.org ; >>Ray Stocking >>Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:19 PM >>Subject: [se-mi-birdlist] Re: Thorn / Watkins Lake waterfowl numbers >> >>Gary; haven't been out there this Fall, but traditionally this lake is >>outstanding for rafts of Redheads, Canvasback, Coot, and others. >>Usually a wide variety, including Ruddy, all three Mergs and all three >>Scaup, and usually a Cormorant contingent. Three or four >>years back there was a Tri-colored heron, and usually hundreds of geese, >>including occasional Snow. Am wondering - having >>known this place for thirty years now I've always assumed that the entire >>shoreline of the lake is privately owned by the ranchers >>on the hill. Have they sold out, is there development going on, what is >>up with 'saving' this lake? The ranchers are tolerant of birders, >>and the only real good vantage is the public road that crosses the middle >>of the lake. >> >>Anyway, I guess this is kind of a curious message. Dave Sing >> >> >>At 04:07 PM 9/29/2009, Gary Siegrist wrote: >>>Hi all, >>>I had a phone conservation with Caleb Putnam, Michigan IBA (Important >>>Bird Area) Coordinator about waterfowl numbers in the spring and fall at >>>Thorn / Watkins Lake in southeast Jackson County, east of Brooklyn. If >>>anyone has species and numbers of each species seen, would you please >>>send your records to Caleb >>>at cputnam AT audubon.org . We think this lake >>>is again worth trying to save for the waterfowl and need your help. >>>Please be timely on your responses as Caleb is trying to get information >>>together for a meeting. >>> >>>Thank you for your help, >>> >>>p.s. Ray, could you send to Washtenaw Audubon members. I know quite a >>>few go to this lake to see the large concentrations of ducks. >>> >>> >>>Gary Siegrist >>>People for Wildlife Coordinator >>>The Dahlem Conservancy >>>PH 517-782-3453 >>>FAX 517-782-3441 >>>Cell 517-937-1095 >>> >>> >>>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. >>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. >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. 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: Thorn / Watkins Lake waterfowl numbers From: "Wise, Mary" <auntyem AT bf.umich.edu> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:45:30 -0400 Just a gentle reminder to everyone that SE-MI-Birdlist is not a discussion list. Take it to birders AT umich.edu guys. Thanks, Mary Wise SE-MI-Birdlist administrator From: Allen T. Chartier [mailto:amazilia1 AT comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:30 PM To: se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu Cc: cputnam AT audubon.org; Ray Stocking Subject: [se-mi-birdlist] Re: Thorn / Watkins Lake waterfowl numbers Dave, Caleb could address this more completely, but designating an area as an Important Bird Area (IBA) does not "save" it. It merely makes it known to conservation interests that the area is important for birds. Pte. Mouillee SGA is an IBA, I'm sure, and doesn't need saving. Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Sing To: se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu Cc: cputnam AT audubon.org ; Ray Stocking Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:19 PM Subject: [se-mi-birdlist] Re: Thorn / Watkins Lake waterfowl numbers Gary; haven't been out there this Fall, but traditionally this lake is outstanding for rafts of Redheads, Canvasback, Coot, and others. Usually a wide variety, including Ruddy, all three Mergs and all three Scaup, and usually a Cormorant contingent. Three or four years back there was a Tri-colored heron, and usually hundreds of geese, including occasional Snow. Am wondering - having known this place for thirty years now I've always assumed that the entire shoreline of the lake is privately owned by the ranchers on the hill. Have they sold out, is there development going on, what is up with 'saving' this lake? The ranchers are tolerant of birders, and the only real good vantage is the public road that crosses the middle of the lake. Anyway, I guess this is kind of a curious message. Dave Sing At 04:07 PM 9/29/2009, Gary Siegrist wrote: Hi all, I had a phone conservation with Caleb Putnam, Michigan IBA (Important Bird Area) Coordinator about waterfowl numbers in the spring and fall at Thorn / Watkins Lake in southeast Jackson County, east of Brooklyn. If anyone has species and numbers of each species seen, would you please send your records to Caleb at cputnam AT audubon.org . We think this lake is again worth trying to save for the waterfowl and need your help. Please be timely on your responses as Caleb is trying to get information together for a meeting. Thank you for your help, p.s. Ray, could you send to Washtenaw Audubon members. I know quite a few go to this lake to see the large concentrations of ducks. Gary Siegrist People for Wildlife Coordinator The Dahlem Conservancy PH 517-782-3453 FAX 517-782-3441 Cell 517-937-1095 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. 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. 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. 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: Thorn / Watkins Lake waterfowl numbers From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:30:27 -0400 Dave, Caleb could address this more completely, but designating an area as an Important Bird Area (IBA) does not "save" it. It merely makes it known to conservation interests that the area is important for birds. Pte. Mouillee SGA is an IBA, I'm sure, and doesn't need saving. Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Sing To: se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu Cc: cputnam AT audubon.org ; Ray Stocking Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:19 PM Subject: [se-mi-birdlist] Re: Thorn / Watkins Lake waterfowl numbers Gary; haven't been out there this Fall, but traditionally this lake is outstanding for rafts of Redheads, Canvasback, Coot, and others. Usually a wide variety, including Ruddy, all three Mergs and all three Scaup, and usually a Cormorant contingent. Three or four years back there was a Tri-colored heron, and usually hundreds of geese, including occasional Snow. Am wondering - having known this place for thirty years now I've always assumed that the entire shoreline of the lake is privately owned by the ranchers on the hill. Have they sold out, is there development going on, what is up with 'saving' this lake? The ranchers are tolerant of birders, and the only real good vantage is the public road that crosses the middle of the lake. Anyway, I guess this is kind of a curious message. Dave Sing At 04:07 PM 9/29/2009, Gary Siegrist wrote: Hi all, I had a phone conservation with Caleb Putnam, Michigan IBA (Important Bird Area) Coordinator about waterfowl numbers in the spring and fall at Thorn / Watkins Lake in southeast Jackson County, east of Brooklyn. If anyone has species and numbers of each species seen, would you please send your records to Caleb at cputnam AT audubon.org . We think this lake is again worth trying to save for the waterfowl and need your help. Please be timely on your responses as Caleb is trying to get information together for a meeting. Thank you for your help, p.s. Ray, could you send to Washtenaw Audubon members. I know quite a few go to this lake to see the large concentrations of ducks. Gary Siegrist People for Wildlife Coordinator The Dahlem Conservancy PH 517-782-3453 FAX 517-782-3441 Cell 517-937-1095 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. 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. 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: Thorn / Watkins Lake waterfowl numbers From: Dave Sing <dsing AT umich.edu> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:19:05 -0400 Gary; haven't been out there this Fall, but traditionally this lake is outstanding for rafts of Redheads, Canvasback, Coot, and others. Usually a wide variety, including Ruddy, all three Mergs and all three Scaup, and usually a Cormorant contingent. Three or four years back there was a Tri-colored heron, and usually hundreds of geese, including occasional Snow. Am wondering - having known this place for thirty years now I've always assumed that the entire shoreline of the lake is privately owned by the ranchers on the hill. Have they sold out, is there development going on, what is up with 'saving' this lake? The ranchers are tolerant of birders, and the only real good vantage is the public road that crosses the middle of the lake. Anyway, I guess this is kind of a curious message. Dave Sing At 04:07 PM 9/29/2009, Gary Siegrist wrote: >Hi all, >I had a phone conservation with Caleb Putnam, Michigan IBA >(Important Bird Area) Coordinator about waterfowl numbers in the >spring and fall at Thorn / Watkins Lake in southeast Jackson County, >east of Brooklyn. If anyone has species and numbers of each species >seen, would you please send your records to Caleb >at cputnam AT audubon.org . We think this >lake is again worth trying to save for the waterfowl and need your >help. Please be timely on your responses as Caleb is trying to get >information together for a meeting. > >Thank you for your help, > >p.s. Ray, could you send to Washtenaw Audubon members. I know quite >a few go to this lake to see the large concentrations of ducks. > > >Gary Siegrist >People for Wildlife Coordinator >The Dahlem Conservancy >PH 517-782-3453 >FAX 517-782-3441 >Cell 517-937-1095 > > >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. 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: Thorn / Watkins Lake waterfowl numbers From: Gary Siegrist <GSiegrist AT dahlemcenter.org> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:07:41 -0400 Hi all, I had a phone conservation with Caleb Putnam, Michigan IBA (Important Bird Area) Coordinator about waterfowl numbers in the spring and fall at Thorn / Watkins Lake in southeast Jackson County, east of Brooklyn. If anyone has species and numbers of each species seen, would you please send your records to Caleb at cputnam AT audubon.org . We think this lake is again worth trying to save for the waterfowl and need your help. Please be timely on your responses as Caleb is trying to get information together for a meeting. Thank you for your help, p.s. Ray, could you send to Washtenaw Audubon members. I know quite a few go to this lake to see the large concentrations of ducks. Gary Siegrist People for Wildlife Coordinator The Dahlem Conservancy PH 517-782-3453 FAX 517-782-3441 Cell 517-937-1095 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: FW: On the Way to New Orleans: The Arb From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:43:49 -0400 From: rkuhlman AT hotmail.com To: birders AT umich.edu Subject: On the Way to New Orleans: The Arb Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:42:53 -0400 While the weather this morning (50 degrees, windy, cloudy and periodic sprinkles) might not seem the greatest for birding, the Arb (Nichol's Arboretum in Ann Arbor) was 'hot' and jumping with gooooooood birds. Around 8 am, I started searching for birds along the railroad track north of Dow Prairie. There I found two Lincoln's Sparrows, at least two Brown Thrashers, and a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Above the Huron River there were more than 30 Rough-winged Swallows and a handful of Tree Swallows darting about. In the brushy edge of of Northwest Dow Prairie I picked up an Orange-crowned Warbler. Even more Warbler activity was in the boardwalk and Rhododendron area where a Blue-winged Warbler, Northern Parula and several more common Warblers were seen. Also here I found a Gray-cheeked Thrush, 10+ Swainson's Thrushes, many Winter Wrens, another Sapsucker, a Brown Creeper, a couple of lingering Eastern Pewees, and a basic-plumaged Scarlet Tanager. The Tanager was my first Tanager for September--go figure. Roger Kuhlman Ann Arbor, Michigan 9/29/2009 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: Crane Count-Haehnle Sanctuary-09/28/09 From: Gary Siegrist <GSiegrist AT dahlemcenter.org> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:12:36 -0400 Conditions could have been better last night with poor visibility and light to moderate rain with gusty winds. I did have 126 Sandhill Crane returning to roost at the sanctuary. Most of the birds last night came from the south/southwest and right over the observation hill. The bulk of the cranes came in between 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Other sightings: American Robins - 1000+ (I have never seen so many Robins in one place) Mixed flock of Swallows - 100+ (mostly Tree Swallows) Sharp-shinned Hawk Coopers Hawk Good Birding, Gary Siegrist People for Wildlife Coordinator The Dahlem Conservancy PH 517-782-3453 FAX 517-782-3441 Cell 517-937-1095 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 banding report - September 25 & 26, 2009 From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:29:29 -0400 Birders and Banders, I have just posted results, highlights, and photos from banding sessions conducted on September 25 & 26, 2009 at Metro Beach Metro Park, Macomb Co., Michigan on my blog. Nearly 250 birds were banded on these two days, with several first arrivals for the fall and a couple surprises. Go to: http://tinyurl.com/m5vcl2 Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA 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: Early Juncos-Oakland County From: "ddugall AT netzero.com" <ddugall@netzero.com> Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:32:18 GMT This evening while watching warblers from my deck I was surprised to see two Dark-Eyed Juncos feeding in the grass. ____________________________________________________________ Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/BLSrjpYSwrCfd25QEVBLf3dQMFgULxrW8uxmVI7kEXsHAH18uw4iBBBp068/ 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: Hummingbird departures From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:29:21 -0400 Hummingbird enthusiasts, It's that time of year again when our Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are departing for their winter quarters in Central America. As in recent years, I'll be tracking the last dates recorded from throughout the state so please send me your sightings and I'll be posting them onto my web page as time permits. http://www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet/Data2009.htm Thanks! Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA 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: Black-crowned Night-Heron - Ann Arbor - Wed., Sep. 23 From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:55:32 -0700 (PDT) Birders,   During a quick trip around my usual south A2 circuit today, I found the following goodies:     SW corner State & Textile 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron, immature 20 Green-winged Teal 10 Wood Ducks 8 Greater Yellowlegs 5 Lesser Yellowlegs     SE corner State & Textile 2 Cooper's Hawks, immatures     Marton Rd. 1 Osprey, overhead     Avis Farms 2 Trumpeter Swans 2 Great Egrets 1 Green Heron     AA Landfill 3 Hooded Mergansers 1 Greater Yellowleg     Swift Run marsh 5 Wood Ducks   Plus the usuals at each location. Mike Sefton Ann Arbor Free field trips and nature programs, no membership required: www.washtenawaudubon.org Follow the migration at Whitefish Point Bird Observatory: www.wpbo.org Subscribe to Michigan Birds and Natural History: www.michiganaudubon.org/mbnh 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: Robert Long Park From: "Robert Epstein" <Robepp AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:55:03 -0400 Birders, At Robert Long Park today, I ran into James Fox and we had 3 Least Sandpipers, and Blue-winged teal. 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: Crane Count Haehnle 09/21/09 From: Gary Siegrist <GSiegrist AT dahlemcenter.org> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:50:50 -0400 Total Sandhill Cranes numbers for Monday September 21 was 100 coming into the sanctuary. This number is up from last week when Lathe Claflin had 19 total cranes. There were a few fly-bys, but I think that they returned when most of the cranes came into the marsh between 7:30 and 8:00 p.m. Until 7:30 only 8 cranes had flown in the marsh. Other birds of note: Northern Harrier (im) Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-tail Hawk Pileated Woodpecker Black Ducks - 4 Northern Pintail Blue-wing Teal And one early Ring-necked Duck Color report; A few of the marsh shrubs and trees are starting to turn. Some Red Maples are already a brilliant crimson and the marsh loosestrife is also a beautiful red. Virginia Creeper that has colored up is a deep red. I would say foliage that has turned is about 1 to 2%. Best to all Gary Siegrist People for Wildlife Coordinator The Dahlem Conservancy PH 517-782-3453 FAX 517-782-3441 Cell 517-937-1095 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: Chimney Swift Migration over East Dearborn From: Catherine Carroll <songsparrow AT wowway.com> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:50:47 -0400 SE Michigan birders, There was a nice movement of Chimney Swifts over my neighborhood in East Dearborn this evening. Made me wonder which chimney they will settle in nearby. We have several old and historic schools in East Dearborn with big chimneys, including Fordson High School and Maple School, that would serve as good migration roosts. Cathy Carroll Dearborn, 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 mjcapo From: MJCapo AT aol.com Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:35:05 EDT 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 banding report - September 17, 2009 From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:23:37 -0400 Birders and Banders, I have just posted results, highlights, and photos from a banding session conducted on September 17, 2009 at Metro Beach Metro Park, Macomb Co., Michigan on my blog. Warbler and thrush numbers have picked up again, and several firsts for the season were captured. Go to: http://tinyurl.com/m5vcl2 Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA 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: Free Washtenaw Audubon field trip to Hawk Fest, Sat., Sep. 19, 8:45am, Ann Arbor From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:00:15 -0700 (PDT) Birders, Join us for Washtenaw Audubon’s free field trip to Lake Erie Metropark for the Broad-winged Hawk migration this Saturday, September 19. This field trip is open to the public; membership is not required. If the conditions are right, we may see tens of thousands of migrating Broad-winged Hawks, plus numbers of Sharp-shinned Hawks, Bald Eagles, Ospreys, American Kestrels, and possibly other migrating raptors, as well as other migrants such as warblers and Blue Jays. To carpool to the hawk watch, be at the #6 parking area at Briarwood Mall (northeast corner of the parking lot, near Sears) in Ann Arbor at 8:45am for a 9:00am departure. If you plan to drive, arrive with a full tank of gas. If you plan to ride with one of the carpool drivers, bring a few dollars to contribute to their gas expenses and the park entry fee. Note that Lake Erie Metropark charges a daily admission fee of $4.00 per car. Bring optics, water, lunch, sunscreen, bug repellent, and a hat and jacket, as the temps can be 10 to 20 degrees cooler with the wind coming across the water. You may want to bring a lawn chair. We’ll return to Ann Arbor by 5:00pm, or earlier if there is rain or the hawk flight is poor. If you wish to drive directly to the hawk watch instead of carpooling from Briarwood, meet us at the boat launch in Lake Erie Metropark at 10:00am. If you arrive late and find no one at the boat launch, the count has moved to the alternate count area at Pointe Mouillee State Game Area. For background on the hawk watch, and driving directions to both hawk watch locations, see: http://www.smrr.net/Home_Page.html For more information on the Hawkfest taking place at Lake Erie Metropark on Saturday and Sunday, see: http://www.metroparks.com/news/p_news_story_12.php# Mike Sefton Washtenaw Audubon Society 734-677-3275 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 banding report - September 11 & 13, 2009 From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:39:31 -0400 Birders and Banders, I have just posted results, highlights, and photos from banding sessions conducted on September 11 & 13, 2009 at Metro Beach Metro Park, Macomb Co., Michigan on my blog. Migration has slowed, but still some interesting birds were captured. Go to: http://tinyurl.com/m5vcl2 Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA 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: Washtenaw hummingbird goes to Texas From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:07:16 -0400 Birders, On September 16, 2008 I banded a hatch-year male Ruby-throated Hummingbird (along with several others that day) at the home of Ben and Linda Colman, whose property backs up onto the southeastern portion of Stinchfield Woods in northern Washtenaw County. His band number was H-11037. On September 12, 2009, this same bird, now an adult male with a full red gorget, was found (injured and later died) in a garden in Yantis, Texas, which is about 80 miles east of Dallas, and about 915 miles southwest of where he was banded (and about half way to the species' wintering grounds in Central America). Since 2001 I have banded more than 4000 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in Michigan, and this is only the second I've had re-encountered outside the state. The first one was banded in Jackson Co. in July 2003 and was found dead aftter it hit a window in a yard in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 2004. Both of these re-encounters strongly suggest that Michigan's Ruby-throated Hummingbirds migrate around the Gulf of Mexico through coastal Texas, and do not cross the Gulf in fall migration (but may do so in spring). Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA 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: Pointe Mouillee & LEMP From: James Fox <93fox AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:59:52 -0400 I went to Pointe Mouillee this morning and had some notable birds. The Hudsonian Godwit was in Cell 3 along with some Am. Golden Plovers and and Green-winged Teals. Cell 5 had 13 Am. White Pelicans. I found the Red-necked Phalarope in the Vermet Unit but dipped on the Red Knots that had been seen earlier in the day. There were lots of Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs as well as Caspian Terns throughout the area. I then stopped by the hawk watch at Lake Erie where they were having a nice movement of Broad-winged Hawks. They had already seen 628 when I got there at 1:45 and saw 285 more in the forty minutes that I was there. James Fox Farmington Hills 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 banding report - September 3, 5 & 6 From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 08:01:03 -0400 Birders and Banders, I have just posted results, highlights, and photos from banding sessions conducted on September 3, 5 & 6, 2009 at Metro Beach Metro Park, Macomb Co., Michigan on my blog. Three interesting days! Go to: http://tinyurl.com/m5vcl2 Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA 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: Nighthawks over I-96 at Beech Daly From: Catherine Carroll <songsparrow AT wowway.com> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 19:31:35 -0400 This evening at 5:30 pm while driving east on the I-96 I drove under a loose flock of about 20 Common Nighthawks that appeared to be feeding in a light rain as they flew. The group was stretched out for approx. 1/4 mile. Cathy Carroll Dearborn, 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 closed From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 13:14:41 -0400 Birders, This morning, after reading a posting to BIRDERS that signs indicating Pte. Mouillee would close on September 15, I loaded up my bike and headed down there for (hopefully) one last visit this season. On arrival, I could not find any place to park at two areas as they were full of cars, and gunshots were ringing out everywhere. I checked at the Mouillee Creek entrance, the Sigler Road entrance, and the headquarters on Campau Road and saw no signs indicating any date of closure. Apparently, they're running an early goose season this year, though there is no information to that effect available to the visiting public. Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA 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 banding report - August 23 & 27, 2009 From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:58:17 -0400 Birders and Banders, I have just posted results, highlights, and photos from banding sessions conducted on August 23 & 27, 2009 at Metro Beach Metro Park, Macomb Co., Michigan on my blog. Two great days! Go to: http://tinyurl.com/m5vcl2 Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA 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: Harsen's Island Birding Friday From: Cccta AT aol.com Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:24:44 EDT Listers (posting for Karl Overman), This morning, before the rains, I birded the southern tip of Harsen's Island in St. Clair County with Dave Miles. The area was overrun with birds. The number of empids in particular was probably the highest I have seen in the fall away from Point Pelee. Here are some of the this morning at the southern tip of Harsen's Island: Ruby-throated Hummingbird 5 Eastern Wood Pewee 8 Least Flycatcher 20 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 6 Crested Flycatcher 3 Eastern Kingbird 1 Warbling Vireo 3 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3 Blue-winged Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 8 Magnolia Warbler 25 Black-throated Blue Warbler 10 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Blackburnian Warbler 2 Black-and-white Warbler 7 American Redstart 10 Ovenbird 4 Northern Waterthrush 6 Mourning Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 3 Wilson's Warbler 6 Canada Warbler 6 I had five species of raptors on the islands, all singletons: Osprey, Bald Eagle, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, and Broad-winged Hawk (imm.). Cheers, Karl Overman Farmington Hills, Michigan **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222846709x1201493018/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd =JulystepsfooterNO115) 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: Before the Rains Came: The Arb From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:19:52 -0400 Friday morning August 28 was shaping up to be another excellent migration day in Nichol's Arboretum in Ann Arbor until heavy rains prematurely ended my birding. Still I was able to find two Blue-winged Warblers, a Canada Warbler, and an Olive-sided Flycatcher before the rains came. Almost all the birding action was on the northern edge of Dow Prairie or the 'Warbler hotspot' near the Huron River. Warblers seen: Blue-winged Warblers, Canada Warbler, Magnolia Warblers, Blackburnian Warblers, Black and White Warblers, Chestnut-sided Warblers, Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Black-throated Green Warbler. Other birds of interest: Olive-sided Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Willow Flycatcher, Eastern Pewee, Baltimore Orioles, many Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. Roger Kuhlman Ann Arbor, Michigan 8/28/2009 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: Farmington Hills Migrants From: James Fox <93fox AT earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:24:00 -0400 I went to Woodland Hills this morning in hopes of seeing some migrants after the cold front and saw a Bay-breasted Warbler and two Common Yellowthroats. In the afternoon I went to Heritage Park in search of the Yellow-bellied Flycatchers and Canada Warbler that MIke Mencotti saw in the morning. I saw the two Yellow-bellied Flycatchers near the boardwalk but dipped on the Canada Warbler. I did see American Redstart, Nashville, and Bay-breasted Warblers as well as Great- crested and Willow Flycatcher. Nighthawk migration seems to be peaking right now, I had at least six last night even though I started watching at 8:10 p.m. and fourteen just flew over this afternoon. James Fox Farmington Hills 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: Heading South: the Arb From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:10:48 -0400 Bird migration was definitely on in Nichol's Arboretum in Ann Arbor Thursday morning 8/27. I found 12 species of warblers. The best of these was one Canada Warbler near the Rhodendron Glen. The normal, late summer buildup concentrations of Catbirds and Indigo Buntings is now occurring and even a few Baltimore Orioles are still present. An Osprey has been in the area of the Huron River and I thought I heard it today but did not see it. Warbler list: American Redstarts Wilson Warbler Blackburnian Warblers Common Yellowthroats Chestnut-sided Warblers Black-throated Green Warblers Black and White Warblers Magnolia Warbler Canada Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Nashville Warblers Bay-breasted Warbler Roger Kuhlman Ann Arbor, Michigan 8/27/2009 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: Nighthawks Over Old Coach Road From: "Joseph E. Faggan" <jfaggan AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:18:16 -0700 (PDT) This evening, on the first night of the 28th (I think) annual backyard Common Nighthawk watch, four birds passed over between 7:45 and 8:05. Joseph E. Faggan Beverly Hills, Michigan jfaggan AT yahoo.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: Metro Beach banding report - August 20,. 2009 From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:30:46 -0400 Birders and Banders, I have just posted results, highlights, and photos from a banding session conducted on August 20, 2009 at Metro Beach Metro Park, Macomb Co., Michigan on my blog. Not the greatest day, but migrants continue to trickle through. Go to: http://tinyurl.com/m5vcl2 Allen T. Chartier amazilia1(at)comcast.net Inkster, Michigan, USA 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: Soras in Southfield From: "Joseph E. Faggan" <jfaggan AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:37:10 -0700 (PDT) Two birds today around 1:45 at the American Commerce Centre wetland. They were right by the big stump that the cormorants like to perch on in the south part of the wetland Joseph E. Faggan Beverly Hills, Michigan jfaggan AT yahoo.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.