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8 Feb UP trip this past weekend on my blog [Catherine Carroll ]
8 Feb Goshawk @ LEMP 2/8 [Paul Cypher ]
7 Feb 110+ turkey aloft [martin bialecki ]
7 Feb Rufous-Sided Towhee []
7 Feb Re: a few robins []
6 Feb Bald Eagle -- Oakland Co. ["Mencotti, Michael" ]
6 Feb a few robins [martin bialecki ]
6 Feb Long-eared Owl Oakland Co 2-2-10 []
5 Feb Merlin Lenawee County [Karl Overman ]
3 Feb Goshawk on Grosse Ile 2/3/2010 [Paul Cypher ]
01 Feb Great Horned Owl - Washtenaw County ["Bruce M. Bowman" ]
1 Feb Catbird at LEMP; Fox Sparrow at Pt. Mouillee 1/31 [Roger Kuhlman ]
31 Jan Rough-legged Hawk Vreeland Rd. [James Fox ]
31 Jan OT: 19th Annual Michigan Listers Compilation []
30 Jan Rough-legged Hawk Vreeland Road [Catherine Carroll ]
27 Jan Pied-billed Grebes Livingston Co. [Karl Overman ]
24 Jan Merlin at Michigan Memorial Cemetary 1/24 [Paul Cypher ]
23 Jan Glaucous, Iceland, Lesser-Black-backed - Viteon Pond, Wayne Co. [Don Henise ]
23 Jan YRW and HT's at Arb Ann Arbor Saturday Morning 1/23 [Roger Kuhlman ]
22 Jan Turkey Vulture Oakland County [Karl Overman ]
20 Jan Three Interesting Gulls at Crosswinds Marsh SW Wayne County Wednesday [Roger Kuhlman ]
20 Jan Tonight: Of Birds & Berries, free Washtenaw Audubon event, Wed., Jan. 20, 7:30, all invited [Mike Sefton ]
20 Jan Re: FW: Rough-legged Hawk in SW Washtenaw 1/19/2010 [Maggie Jewett ]
19 Jan Of Birds & Berries, free Washtenaw Audubon event, Wed., Jan. 20, 7:30, all invited [Mike Sefton ]
19 Jan FW: Rough-legged Hawk in SW Washtenaw 1/19/2010 [Roger Kuhlman ]
18 Jan Bobwhites in Oakland Co []
17 Jan Monroe County shoreline & southern Wayne Co. [Karl Overman ]
15 Jan Glaucous Gull - Macomb County 1/15 [Brian McGee ]
14 Jan Raptor Bonanza, Western Washtenaw [Dave Sing ]
13 Jan Of Birds and Berries, free Washtenaw Audubon event, Wed., Jan. 20, 7:30, all invited [Mike Sefton ]
10 Jan A few cool birds at Hudson Mills Washtenaw County Sunday [Roger Kuhlman ]
9 Jan Golden Eagle - Jackson County [Don Henise ]
5 Jan Possible Snowy Owl in Superior Township Washtenaw County [Roger Kuhlman ]
5 Jan N. Shrike, N. Mockingbird, N. Harrier - Washtenaw - Tues., Jan. 5 [Mike Sefton ]
03 Jan Pine Siskin, Red-breasted nuthatch, Chelsea [Dave Sing ]
2 Jan Iceland, Thayer's, LBB Gulls @ Visteon [James Fox ]
2 Jan FW: Vreeland Road Sightings (Washtenaw County) [Roger Kuhlman ]
2 Jan Catbird: Heritage Park, Oakland County ["Mencotti, Michael" ]
2 Jan about 20 cranes [martin bialecki ]
1 Jan Jackson Count Sighting for the New Year [Don Henise ]
1 Jan snowy owl Saline [martin bialecki ]
1 Jan Lapland Longspur, Snow Buntings, and Merlin-Washtenaw Co. [Deanna Bachman ]
1 Jan Pectoral Sandpiper LEMP [Dan Gertiser ]
30 Dec Detroit River Hawk Watch 2009 Season Reports Available ["Greg Norwood" ]
28 Dec OT Call for List Submissions for 19th Annual Michigan Listers Compilation []
24 Dec Re: Black Gull at Visteon Ponds [Dan Gertiser ]
24 Dec Re: Black Gull at Visteon Ponds ["Bruce M. Bowman" ]
24 Dec Black Gull at Visteon Ponds [Dan Gertiser ]
23 Dec FW: Mocker Still at Gleaner & Joy Road Washtenaw County [Roger Kuhlman ]
22 Dec Metro Beach Fall 2009 Banding Report ["Allen T. Chartier" ]
21 Dec Waterloo Christmas Bird Count [Don Henise ]
21 Dec FW: Rough-legged Hawk at Willow Run Airport Wayne Co [Roger Kuhlman ]
21 Dec RE: Ebird []
19 Dec Franklin's Gull at Visteon Pond, Wayne Co [Darrin O'Brien ]
17 Dec Ross's Goose - Washtenaw - Thu., Dec. 17, 1:00pm [Mike Sefton ]
13 Dec RE: Ebird [martin bialecki ]
13 Dec RE: Ebird ["David" ]
13 Dec Ebird [Chris Meldrum ]
11 Dec Re: se-mi-birdlist digest: December 10, 2009 [Richard Quick ]
10 Dec Last Crane count Haehnle Sanctuary 11/30/09 [Gary Siegrist ]
7 Dec cranes on Dalton Rd. [Faye Stoner ]
6 Dec Lesser Black-backed Gull at Willow Metropark ["Allen T. Chartier" ]
6 Dec Rufous Hummingbird - Flushing, Genesee Co. ["Allen T. Chartier" ]
6 Dec Rufous Hummingbird - Flushing, Genesee Co. ["Allen T. Chartier" ]
5 Dec Golden Eagle, Snow Geese - Thorn/Watkins Lake, Jackson County [Don Henise ]
5 Dec Urban Birding ["Mencotti, Michael" ]
5 Dec Tundra Swan - Ann Arbor - Sat., Dec. 5 [Mike Sefton ]
3 Dec Three Pileated Woodpeckers - Washtenaw County, Sharon Mills West ["Ron Gamble" ]
2 Dec FW: Two Fox Sparrows at the Arb Ann Arbor Wednesday Morning [Roger Kuhlman ]
1 Dec Ovenbird remains in downtown Detroit [Karl Overman ]
30 Nov Weekend Ontario birding trip [Catherine Carroll ]
24 Nov urban birding, 11/24/09 [Karl Overman ]
23 Nov Rufous Hummingbird in Van Buren Co. ["Allen T. Chartier" ]
23 Nov Crane Count 11/23/09 Haehnle Sanctuary [Don Henise ]
23 Nov Superior Twp - Gottfredson Rd - pair of Coopers Hawks - Trumpeter Swans ["David" ]
22 Nov Free Crane Images []

Subject: UP trip this past weekend on my blog
From: Catherine Carroll <songsparrow AT wowway.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:10:43 -0500
Birders,

The annual combined Jackson Audubon and Washtenaw Audubon field trip  
to Sault Ste. Marie took place this past weekend.  Twenty three people  
were fortunate to attend.  I have written about it in my blog.  If you  
are interested, please have a look.

http://www.intothewoodsandelsewhere.blogspot.com

Best,
Cathy Carroll
Dearborn, MI

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Subject: Goshawk @ LEMP 2/8
From: Paul Cypher <paulcypher AT comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:01:53 -0500
All,

At 4:40 this afternoon, I photographed an immature Northern Goshawk at  
Lake Erie Metropark. She was making pitiful attempts to grab a Fox  
Squirrel in the parking lot of the Marshlands Museum.  The squirrel won.

I strongly suspect this is the same bird that was photographed by  
Natalie Ray on Grosse Ile a few days ago.

I will post a few pics on my blog later tonight if I get a chance.

Paul Cypher
Woodhaven, Michigan
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Subject: 110+ turkey aloft
From: martin bialecki <kilnfired AT gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 22:34:30 -0500
While driving west on Wellwood Rd at Mulvaney Rd, Cathy & I witnessed what
at first appeared to be a flock of Canada geese descending from the bright
sunny sky.  Then more flying north from the the stand of white pine on the
south side.  All landing and assembling in the adjacent field.  I may have
seen so many turkey but never all flying.  The ariel event was short (less
than 2 min)
but they held together on the ground long enough for a reasonable
accounting.  110 +  !!!  One all white, 4 partially.

Martin Bialecki
Manchester Twp.


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Subject: Rufous-Sided Towhee
From: MJCapo AT aol.com
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 21:25:51 EST
I had a beautiful male at my feeder in Bloomfield Hills today. I believe we 
 are north of the year around range. Is this sighting unusual for February  
7?
 
Marilou


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Subject: Re: a few robins
From: rawolinski AT comcast.net
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 01:47:16 +0000 (UTC)

Martin, 



I have seen a couple of flocks of about 20 birds along Jackson Ave. in Scio 
Township on Friday and another flock at Wagner Road at Huron River Drive 
earlier in the week. 




RAW 


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Subject: [se-mi-birdlist] a few robins 

In the last few days there have been a few robins around Noggles Rd, Manchester 
Twp. 

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Subject: Bald Eagle -- Oakland Co.
From: "Mencotti, Michael" <MMencotti AT dcds.edu>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 15:28:55 -0500
2/6
From the warmth and comfort of my family room, I spotted an adult Bald
Eagle flying north above my Farmington Hills yard about 3:20 pm. It
circled once as Kathy and I watched, then continued north. We couldn't
have asked for a better view. Been a few years since I've seen one from
my yard.

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Subject: a few robins
From: martin bialecki <kilnfired AT gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 13:42:13 -0500
In the last few days there have been a few robins around Noggles Rd,
Manchester Twp.
Any one else finding them?


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Subject: Long-eared Owl Oakland Co 2-2-10
From: Cccta AT aol.com
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 11:38:02 EST
Listers,
 
Apologies for the late posting. I flushed a Long-eared Owl from a cluster  
of pines on Worden Road near Holly early Tuesday on my way out of town for a 
 conference. Worden Road runs north off Holly Road to the west of I-75 in 
north  Oakland County. The Owl was near the end of this dead end road in 
pines on the  west side of the road just before the last two houses on that 
side. There is also a bigger stand of conifers on the east side of the road in 

this area. The  land is private and since it was early I did not approach 
the houses to ask  permission to search further. Initially visible from the 
low traffic road, the  bird flew away from the road into deeper cover to the 
west. Closer to Holly, on  Rood Road I also had a Yellow-rumped Warbler - 
certainly the first time I've had  one in Oakland County in February.
 
Good Birding,
 
Scott Jennex
Ferndale


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Subject: Merlin Lenawee County
From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 23:21:36 -0500
Sue Wright, Paul Berrigan, Robert Epstein and I had a Merlin in SE  
Lenawee County on Friday, February 5th on Mulberry Road east of  
Crockett Road.  We had 300  plus Lapland Longspurs in SE Lenawee  
County as well in three widely scattered location, one being on  
Mulberry Road east of Crockett.  No Snow Buntings once again.

Cheers,

Karl Overman
Farmington Hills, Michigan
website: karloverman.com

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Subject: Goshawk on Grosse Ile 2/3/2010
From: Paul Cypher <paulcypher AT comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:56:01 -0500
All,

A Northern Goshawk was just photographed by my co-worker, Natalie Ray.  
The bird, an immature and possibly female, was seen at Westcroft  
Gardens on the island's west side.

Interestly, a few days ago, I had a goshawk, an unaged female, at  
Dingell Park in Ecorse. Its only a few miles as the raptor flies.   
Hmmmmmm....

Paul Cypher
Woodhaven, MI

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Subject: Great Horned Owl - Washtenaw County
From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99 AT comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:41:44 -0500
This afternoon I looked for and found a Great Horned Owl at the Miller 
and M-14 location (Ann Arbor) that has had a nest almost every year 
recently.  The owl was not sitting up in the nest, and I couldn't make it 
out with binoculars.  It was obvious with my scope at 20X, though.  

Bruce

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Ann Arbor, Michigan USA             
Washtenaw Co., southeast Michigan   
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Subject: Catbird at LEMP; Fox Sparrow at Pt. Mouillee 1/31
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:08:38 -0500
I found a Gray Catbird at Lake Erie Metropark on Sunday January 31. It was 
foraging in some brush near the northernmost section of the main parking lot 
for the North Boat Launch area. Bald Eagles were abundant at LEMP on Sunday. I 
saw maybe 15 or 16 of them. 


 

The Fox Sparrow was feeding near the gate to the Point Mouillee headquarters 
building on Campau Road. Someone had placed bird food on the ground there and 
it was attracting a variety of birds. While I was there 5 Redwing Blackbird 
showed up to feed. 


 

Driving over to LEMP in the morning I found a pretty good mixed flock of 
blackbirds on North Dixie highway in Monroe County. I estimate it contained 
100+ Cowbirds, similar numbers of Starlings and maybe 40 to 50 Red-winged 
Blackbirds. I checked rather cursorily for Brewer's blackbirds but found none. 


 

Roger Kuhlman

Ann Arbor, Michigan
 		 	   		  

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Subject: Rough-legged Hawk Vreeland Rd.
From: James Fox <93fox AT earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:25:33 -0500
Birders,
I found the Rough-legged Hawk previously reported by Cathy Carroll in  
the fields on Vreeland near Harris.  I first found the bird north of  
Vreeland but it soon took off and started hunting in the field south  
of Vreeland.  I have posted a picture as well as some more comments to  
my blog .  I dipped on the  
Mockingbird on Joy Rd. and found no gulls of note at either Edison  
Lake or Visteon.  I guess that two Turkey Vultures over the landfill  
on 275 qualify as  good birds but Turkey Vultures will never get me  
very excited.

James Fox
Farmington Hills

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Subject: OT: 19th Annual Michigan Listers Compilation
From: Cccta AT aol.com
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:25:06 EST
Attention Michigan Listers,
 
The first version of the 19th annual Michigan Listers Compilation has been  
posted by Daryl Aspery to the website:
 
_http://home.wowway.com/~gr8gray/listers/listers.html_ 
(http://home.wowway.com/~gr8gray/listers/listers.html) 
 
This is for totals as of the end of 2009. The data is presented in a word  
document that you can feel free to copy and use as you choose. Check out the 
 various categories of lists included in the report.  The results of 
compilations from previous years are available on the site also along with many 

checklists. 
 
 
If you have 100 or more birds on  your list for any County or other site in 
Michigan, we encourage you to send your  lists in.                
If you have not submitted before  or have a new county or location, please 
send the whole list. For lists already  on file, you may send just the 
updates since your last participation.           
Feel free to contact me with any  questions you have. Please forward to any 
other local Michigan birding email  lists you may be part of and please let 
me know if you notice any mistakes.  
There will be more updates posted  to the site! Please continue to send 
your lists in. (you may notice that the  delivery truck with Santner's lists 
has not arrived yet) 
Many thanks to Doug McWhirter for  his pioneering work and all the years he 
has done this for us  all.                                                  
                                                           
Scott Jennex                                                                
                                                                            
                   
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Subject: Rough-legged Hawk Vreeland Road
From: Catherine Carroll <songsparrow AT wowway.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:28:37 -0500
Birders,

I was looking for longspurs - lots of Horned Larks, but didn't see  
longspurs - when I was surprised to see a Rough-legged Hawk first  
soaring over the fields at Vreeland and Harris roads.  Later, after  
shopping at Trader Joe's and doing a brief spell of birding in the  
Arb, I returned and saw the bird again along Vreeland Road much closer  
to Gottfredson Road.  I used to bird this road a lot, but not much at  
all recently.  I always thought that the fields looked pretty good for  
Rough-legged Hawk, but had never seen one here before today.  I don't  
recall others posting roughies along this popular birding road either.

 From here I got on I-275 from Michigan Avenue to get on eastbound  
I-94.  Just as the entrance ramp curved around to join 94, I happened  
to look into the woodlot on the right and spotted two Great Horned  
Owls perched together on a horizontal limb.  I was driving so  
obviously I didn't see them for long, but I could tell that one faced  
the expressway and the other faced into the woods.  Our big birds are  
pairing up.  There was a courting pair of Red-tailed Hawks swirling  
and soaring over Dow Prairie, too.  There was no shortage of Red- 
tailed Hawks today.

Cathy Carroll
Dearborn 
    

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Subject: Pied-billed Grebes Livingston Co.
From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:42:38 -0500
Tex Wells and I had two Pied-billed Grebes in extreme northern  
Livingston County in the channel connecting Bennett Lake and Loebdell  
Lake on Bennett Lake Road.  Two Coots and a male Wood Duck were also  
present.  Earlier in the day we had tried for the Surf Scoter seen  
yesterday at Indian Crossing Park in Tecumseh, Lenawee County.  I  
suspect much of the millpond there froze recently as there was just  
the tiniest amount of open water and no Surf Scoter.
We had 3 flocks of Lapland Longspurs--largest flock  70 birds on  
Mulberry Road-- in SE Lenawee County and no Snow Buntings.

Cheers,

Karl Overman
Farmington Hills, Michigan
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Subject: Merlin at Michigan Memorial Cemetary 1/24
From: Paul Cypher <paulcypher AT comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:41:33 -0500
Good evening,

This evening, while wrapping up some Wayne County birding, Natalie  
Ray, Don Sherwood and I located a Merlin at Michigan Memorial  
Cemetary. This is the large cemetary across the Huron River from  
Oakwoods Metropark.

As you enter the main gate, keep right. You will eventually see a  
crypt with "Piata" on the rear face and a large cross and sculpture on  
the front face. Look for the droppings on Jesus.

Also, two non-adult Glaucous Gulls were at the Visteon ponds.

Paul Cypher
Woodhaven, Michigan

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Subject: Glaucous, Iceland, Lesser-Black-backed - Viteon Pond, Wayne Co.
From: Don Henise <don_henise AT ntm.org>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:34:01 -0500
Robyn and I had a very successful gull outing today at the Visteon Pond on 
Tyler Road in western Wayne County. From 11:30 - 12:30 we observed one immature 
Glaucous Gull, one immature Iceland Gull and one adult Lesser Black-backed 
Gull. Also there were at least a dozen Great Black-backed Gulls, mostly adult 
with a few immature. 


On Bellville Lake, we saw 6 Common Goldeneye in a patch of open water just west 
of the town of Bellville. 


 
Don & Robyn Henise

Librarians
New Tribes Bible Institute
Jackson, MI
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Subject: YRW and HT's at Arb Ann Arbor Saturday Morning 1/23
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:15:40 -0500
One of the very first birds I found at Nichol's Arboretum (in Ann Arbor) 
Saturday Morning was a Yellow-rumped Warbler. It was at the extreme easternmost 
boundary of Dow Prairie in heavy brush along the creek there. Probably it had 
been enjoying berries from non-native plants that are found along this creek. 
In winter in southeast Michigan, places with running water, heavy brush, and 
berries on various non-native plants are pretty typical spots to find Rumps. 


 

Besides the Warbler I found two Hermit Thrushes Saturday. The first was along 
the Huron River where it popped into a Black Alder tree. The other bird was in 
a bit remaining brush near the Rhododendron Glen. 


 

Sadly the people who manage the Arb are continuing their crucade to eliminate 
all bits heavy brush in the Arb if they contain non-native plants or what they 
questionably call a non-native plant (Black Locust Tree). These actions have 
the consequence of destroying good habitat for many over-wintering bird species 
that had used these places for finding food and seeking cover. These birds 
can't do a lot with the empty, open and airy spaces that are the result of 
brush cutting and clearing. 


 

Roger Kuhlman

Ann Arbor, Michigan

1/23/2010
 		 	   		  

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Subject: Turkey Vulture Oakland County
From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:04:52 -0500
At 11:30 am while traveling east on I 696 by the Detroit Zoo in Royal  
Oak, there was a Turkey Vulture soaring overhead.

Karl Overman
Farmington Hills, Michigan

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Subject: Three Interesting Gulls at Crosswinds Marsh SW Wayne County Wednesday
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:14:38 -0500
Wednesday morning 1/20 I had a Lesser Black-backed, Greater Black-backed, and 
Glaucous Gull on a frozen section of the ponds at Crosswinds Marsh in southwest 
Wayne County. These three birds were among the hundreds of Herring Gulls taking 
time off from feeding at the next door landfill to loaf and rest on the ice. 
Besides the interesting gulls, I saw two adult Bald Eagles sitting up in a tree 
but they were not near the Eagle nest to the south of the main parking lot. 


 

While at Crosswinds I searched for Swamp Sparrows in several places but did not 
find any. Still I expect there are probably some present somewhere among all 
the marshy vegetation. Also I did not turn up a N. Shrike as I hoped. I don't 
know if anyone has found a Shrike there this winter but Crosswinds is a great 
place to look for one. 


 

Roger Kuhlman

Ann Arbor, Michigan
 		 	   		  

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Subject: Tonight: Of Birds & Berries, free Washtenaw Audubon event, Wed., Jan. 20, 7:30, all invited
From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:44:13 -0800 (PST)
Birders and friends,

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


Wednesday, January 20, 7:30pm

Of Birds and Berries

Join Julie Craves for a program on the food sources used by migrating thrushes 
during their fall stopovers in our area. This presentation describes the 
fascinating methods used to determine food preferences, and will provide 
information you can use in making your yard more attractive to migrating 
thrushes and other birds. Julie Craves is the Director of the Rouge River Bird 
Observatory at the University of Michigan – Dearborn, a contributing editor 
of Birder’s World Magazine, and author of numerous books and articles. 


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


http://washtenawaudubon.org/programs.php

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


Hope to see you there.

Mike Sefton
Washtenaw Audubon Society
www.washtenawaudubon.org





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Subject: Re: FW: Rough-legged Hawk in SW Washtenaw 1/19/2010
From: Maggie Jewett <jewett AT aaps.k12.mi.us>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:44:10 -0500
Roger, I had a light morph rough rough-legged on Meyers and a  
mockingbird at the corner of Meyers and Sharon Valley(as well as a TV)  
on Sunday  after findng your Mockingbird on Joy on Saturday.  Thanks!

Maggie
On Jan 19, 2010, at 2:57 PM, Roger Kuhlman wrote:

> I saw a beautiful dark-morph Rough-legged Hawk in flight off of  
> Meyers Road in southwest Washtenaw County Tuesday morning 1/19. Also  
> at least 10 Turkey Vultures were in the vicinity. It is just  
> incredible how big these birds are and how lumbering their efforts  
> at flight are when thermals are not available for lift. While on  
> Meyers I checked for Mockingbirds but was not able to locate any of  
> them.
>
> Roger Kuhlman
> Ann Arbor, Michigan
>
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Subject: Of Birds & Berries, free Washtenaw Audubon event, Wed., Jan. 20, 7:30, all invited
From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:11:52 -0800 (PST)
Birders and friends,

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

Wednesday, January 20, 7:30pm

Of Birds and Berries

Join Julie Craves for a program on the food sources used by migrating thrushes 
during their fall stopovers in our area.  This presentation describes the 
fascinating methods used to determine food preferences, and will provide 
information you can use in making your yard more attractive to migrating 
thrushes and other birds.  Julie Craves is the Director of the Rouge River 
Bird Observatory at the University of Michigan – Dearborn, a contributing 
editor of Birder’s World Magazine, and author of numerous books and articles. 


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


http://washtenawaudubon.org/programs.php

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


Hope to see you there.

Mike Sefton
Washtenaw Audubon Society
www.washtenawaudubon.org






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Subject: FW: Rough-legged Hawk in SW Washtenaw 1/19/2010
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:57:12 -0500


I saw a beautiful dark-morph Rough-legged Hawk in flight off of Meyers Road in 
southwest Washtenaw County Tuesday morning 1/19. Also at least 10 Turkey 
Vultures were in the vicinity. It is just incredible how big these birds are 
and how lumbering their efforts at flight are when thermals are not available 
for lift. While on Meyers I checked for Mockingbirds but was not able to locate 
any of them. 

 
Roger Kuhlman
Ann Arbor, Michigan


 		 	   		  

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Subject: Bobwhites in Oakland Co
From: cccta AT aol.com
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:00:24 -0500
All,


I birded the northern townships of Oakland County yesterday and had some 
surprising birds. Top of that list is the ever elusive Northern Bobwhite. In 
Oakland Township I had three in a field on Rochester Road south of Buell Rd. 
This is just across the street from the Blackheath Golf Course. Interestingly, 
within a half mile of the quail were both Wild Turkey and Ring-necked Pheasant. 



A little further north, in Addison Township, I had a previously reported 
lingering Red-headed Woodpecker along the west edge of Lake George on Haven Rd 
north of Leonard Rd. Further up Haven Rd I had a pair of Ruffed Grouse in a 
tree on the west side of the road about 1/2 a mile south of the county line. 
Also in Addison I had a Barred Owl call back on Leonard Rd near Lake George Rd. 
Always fun! 



Groveland Township gave up a female Eastern Towhee in the vicinity of Grange 
Hall and Baron Roads. 



Finally in Pontiac Township I missed Ed Lewandowski's Snow Buntings in the 
fields across M-24 from the Palace but did see a pair of Turkey Vultures flying 
to the southeast from the landfill at about 4:00 pm. 



Good Birding,


Scott Jennex
Ferndale





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Subject: Monroe County shoreline & southern Wayne Co.
From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:30:44 -0500
Scott Jennex and I birded the Monroe County shoreline on Saturday,  
January 16th.  Nothing off the wall but always good to be out and  
about.  Here are some of the birds we come up with:

Tundra Swan:  I would like to know the number wintering in the Pointe  
Mouillee/Lake Erie Metro Park area this winter.  I have never seen so  
many in mid-winter.  400 visible just from the southern end of Lake  
Erie Metro Park.
Wood Duck:  female at the mouth of the Huron River in Wayne County
Gadwall:  150 at the Erie Marsh Preserve, Monroe Co.  Surprisingly no  
other  dabbling ducks expect a few Blacks and Mallards.
Ring-necked Duck:  40 at Lake Erie Metro Park, Wayne Co.
Ruddy Duck:  3 at Erie Marsh Preserve
Pied-billed Grebe: 1 at Monroe Power Plant
Double-crested Cormorant--1 Monroe Power Plant
Great Blue Heron--seen widely along shoreline from Erie Marsh  
Preserve to Lake Erie Metro Park
Great Egret--1 at Monroe Power Plant
Black-crowned Night-Heron--six seen roosting in a conifer in a  
backyard along a canal in Gibraltar, Wayne County. Viewed from  
Stoefelt (sp?) Street.
Fox Sparrow--One along fence line at entrance to Point Mouillee  
headquarters
Swamp Sparrow--4 at Erie Marsh Preserve
Blackbirds--We had several hundred Brown-headed Cowbirds, Common  
Grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds, flying west along Lotus Road in  
extreme southern Monroe County early in the morning.  We did not pick  
out any Rusty Blackbirds.

Cheers,

Karl Overman
Farmington HIlls, Michigan

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Subject: Glaucous Gull - Macomb County 1/15
From: Brian McGee <brianmcgee AT wowway.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:18:50 -0500
Between 4:00 and 5:00 this afternoon I saw a Glaucous Gull in Lake St. 
Clair off the end of the point at the DNR boat launch.  This is at the 
far east end of South River Road.  The gull was in an open patch of 
water mingling with several Herring Gulls.  Also on the ice at the edge 
of the open water were 5 Great Black-backed Gulls.  Ducks were present 
in good numbers.  Common Mergansers, Greater Scaup, Common Goldeneye, 
Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck, Mallard, and Canvasback (hundreds) were all present.

Brian McGee
Clinton Twp.

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Subject: Raptor Bonanza, Western Washtenaw
From: Dave Sing <dsing AT umich.edu>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:19:13 -0500
Howdy.  A bonanza of diurnal raptors across Western Washtenaw today.  Adult 
Bald Eagle, soaring Eastbound,
right over the Meijer's, Zeeb at Jackson rd., 3pm.  Adult White-phase 
Rough-legged hawk, hover-hunting over the
Beach School marsh in the village of Chelsea, 4pm.  Bird descended, was 
unsuccessful, then flew into town at
treetop level.  A distinct upturn in Red-tails in the open country over the 
past few days; multiple individuals
were perched on poles in the Western section of the CSGA along 
Dexter-Chelsea road at both 8am and at 3:30pm.
And the neighborhood juvenile Copper's has been making awkward passes at 
the feeder birds in the yard of late.
This bird has become almost completely tolerant of me on the deck, and 
stared me down from the maple at ~20
feet at dusk today.  Feeder birds include a female Purple finch, male 
Red-breasted nuthatch, male Flicker.
Pine siskins were regular at the feeders and the White spruce during the 
cold snap, but have not been seen or
heard since earlier in the week.

DBS  Chelsea MI


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Subject: Of Birds and Berries, free Washtenaw Audubon event, Wed., Jan. 20, 7:30, all invited
From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:33:27 -0800 (PST)
Birders and friends,

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

Wednesday, January 20, 7:30pm

Of Birds and Berries

Join Julie Craves for a program on the food sources used by migrating thrushes 
during their fall stopovers in our area.  This presentation describes the 
fascinating methods used to determine food preferences, and will provide 
information you can use in making your yard more attractive to migrating 
thrushes and other birds.  Julie Craves is the Director of the Rouge River 
Bird Observatory at the University of Michigan – Dearborn, a contributing 
editor of Birder’s World Magazine, and author of numerous books and articles. 


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


http://washtenawaudubon.org/programs.php

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

Hope to see you there.

Mike Sefton
Washtenaw Audubon Society
www.washtenawaudubon.org








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Subject: A few cool birds at Hudson Mills Washtenaw County Sunday
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:29:55 -0500
I found three Yellow-rumped Warblers, an immature Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, and 
a female Wood Duck at Hudson Mills metropark in north-central Washtenaw County 
Sunday morning January 10. The Yellow-rumpeds and the Sapsucker were in the 
Huron River floodplain in the northwest section of the park where there is a 
lot poison ivy growing on the trees. While the Sapsucker was eating some red 
berries on non-native brush, I got to hear its weak nasal mewing call. 


 

Earlier on the way driving out to Hudson Mills I had a subadult Bald Eagle fly 
over Northeast Area Park (Olsen Park) in Ann Arbor. The bird in flight was 
magnificent. 


 

Roger Kuhlman

Ann Arbor, Michigan

1/10/2010
 		 	   		  

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Subject: Golden Eagle - Jackson County
From: Don Henise <don_henise AT ntm.org>
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 22:16:37 -0500
An adult Golden Eagle was soaring over the area around Dalton Road this 
afternoon between 1 and 2. We first saw the eagle from McGill Road while we 
were watching a light morph Rough-legged Hawk. We picked up the Golden Eagle 
soaring way off to the north. It glided away from us, turned and glided back, 
then disappeared in a stoop behind a line of trees on Dalton Road. We then 
drove north on Dalton and reencountered the Golden Eagle about 1/2 mile north 
of Trumble Road on the east side of Dalton. We only had it briefly from this 
location before it disappeared behind a hill. 


About ten minutes later we had rounded the sharp bend on Dalton and were headed 
east toward Hawkins Road when we spotted it again to the south of Dalton. We 
called a couple of other birders and spent the next hour and a half in the area 
but did not relocate it. However, we did have a beautiful adult Bald Eagle fly 
over us near the sharp curve on Dalton heading to the northwest. 


We have never had either eagle in Jackson County in January, so to get both of 
them on the same day is outstanding. 



Don & Robyn Henise

Librarians
New Tribes Bible Institute
Jackson, MI
don_henise AT ntm.org


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Subject: Possible Snowy Owl in Superior Township Washtenaw County
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 21:29:15 -0500
A little after 3:30pm Tuesday afternoon I was near the intersection of 
Gottfredsen and Vreeland roads in Superior Township in Washtenaw County when I 
spotted a very large group of Canada Geese in one of the fields there. Thinking 
there might be something interesting there with them such as a Snow Goose, 
Cackling Goose or Greater White-fronted Goose I pulled off the side of the road 
and carefully checked through them with my binoculars. I only found Canada 
Geese but after doing this comprehensive search I decided to count the birds 
individually. After getting about 2/3 of the way through my count, all of a 
sudden all the Geese jumped up into flight. I searched the skies for whatever 
had scared them but only saw Geese flying everywhere at first. Then I spotted a 
mostly white bird a little smaller than some of the flying Geese heading 
straight on towards me fairly high in the air. The view was distant, too short 
and not good enough for positive id but I thought it looked to be flying an Owl 
would. I tried to get a better view by getting out of my car but as I did I 
lost sight of the bird and was not able to relocate it. 


 

Sure would be nice if a Snowy Owl could be relocated in the area.

 

Roger Kuhlman

Ann Arbor, Michigan

1/5/2010
 		 	   		  

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Subject: N. Shrike, N. Mockingbird, N. Harrier - Washtenaw - Tues., Jan. 5
From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 12:22:50 -0800 (PST)
Birders,
  Roger Wykes just called to report that he and John Swales had relocated some 
goodies originally found on the A2 CBC on December 19, to wit: 

*Northern Shrike found by Cathy Carroll's fabulous Area Four team on the A2 
CBC, hanging out this afternoon on Walnut Creek Dr. off Joy Rd., just west of 
Pontiac Trail.  Bird was in the trees between the two forks of Walnut Creek Dr. 

*Northern Mockingbird, originally found by Andy Johnson on December 20 for a 
Count Week bird, found today at 1790 Joy Rd., between Nollar and Gleaner Hall 
Rds. 

*Northern Harrier (male) on Gotfredson Rd. just north of Vreeland Rd.
Mike Sefton
Ann Arbor 






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Subject: Pine Siskin, Red-breasted nuthatch, Chelsea
From: Dave Sing <dsing AT umich.edu>
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:29:47 -0500
Howdy.  Two Pine siskin and a male Red-breasted nuthatch appeared among the 
usual feeder flock in the yard in Chelsea
this morning.  First sighting this season of any of the fancy boreal 
finches.  Other recent notables include imm. Northern
harrier (over the Beach school marsh), Northern flicker, Sandhill crane 
flyovers (usually a group of three or four, heading
East in the morning).  Barred owl now seem resident on the East side of 
Chelsea - one was perched in a snag behind the
house at dawn today, and have heard them barking and inquiring about 
cooking pretty regularly since early Fall.  Very nice.

DBS  Chelsea MI


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Subject: Iceland, Thayer's, LBB Gulls @ Visteon
From: James Fox <93fox AT earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 15:36:58 -0500
Lyle Hamilton and I had Iceland, Thayer's, and Lesser Black-backed  
Gulls at the Visteon Pond around 1:45-2:00 this afternoon.  Lyle  
Hamilton also had an adult Glaucous Gull before I got there.  The  
Iceland was a first year bird and the Thayer's and Lesser-black Backed  
Gulls were adults.  Both the Thayer's and Iceland were lifers for me,  
its not often that I see two lifers in a day in southeast Michigan  
anymore.

James Fox
Farmington Hills

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Subject: FW: Vreeland Road Sightings (Washtenaw County)
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:46:36 -0500

 


From: rkuhlman AT hotmail.com
To: birders AT umich.edu
Subject: Vreeland Road Sightings (Washtenaw County)
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:45:29 -0500



I visited the Vreeland and Gottfredsen Road area in Superior Township Washtenaw 
County this morning and found relatively little. However I did find a flock of 
about 50 Snow Buntings on Gottfredsen north of Vreeland Road. A group of goose 
hunters had set up a bunch of Canada Goose decoys in the fields and built a 
blind to hunt from but I saw no live CG's in the area. 

 
Roger Kuhlman
Ann Arbor, Michigan
 
 		 	   		  

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Subject: Catbird: Heritage Park, Oakland County
From: "Mencotti, Michael" <MMencotti AT dcds.edu>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 12:56:24 -0500
1/2
I relocated the Catbird, recently reported by Chris Meldrum, at Heritage
Park in Farmington Hills at about noon. It is along Spicer Trail just
past the footbridge over the creek. 
I tried for the Shrike at Novi Wetlands, but dipped for the third time.
I'd call it a definite shrike-out.
Long Park at 14 Mile and M-5 appears to be static with the waterfowl:
Hooded and Common mergs, female Greater Scaup and Black Duck. Ice is
creeping in, but a lot of the pond remains open.
Mike Mencotti





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Subject: about 20 cranes
From: martin bialecki <kilnfired AT gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 11:37:34 -0500
I guess it is noteworthy to post about 20 cranes in 3 separate flocks some
high some low over Vineyard Lk (just s.e. of Brooklyn).
The outlet which runs under Hiway 124 (a primary source of the River Raisin)

like other wet areas maybe getting too frozen for them to remain.  8 degrees
this dawn.

-Martin Bialecki


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Subject: Jackson Count Sighting for the New Year
From: Don Henise <don_henise AT ntm.org>
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:15:43 -0500
Robyn I went out with Joyce Peterson for our usual New Years Day birding around 
Jackson County today and found a few special birds: 


Canada Goose - we saw several flocks of geese throughout the morning all 
seeming to be flying south 


American Black Duck - one bird flushed of off Leoni Mill Pond

Great Blue Heron - one flying off of McGill Road

Northern Harrier - one female on a fence post on Dalton Road just west of 
Hawkins 


Red-shouldered Hawk - 2 gorgeous adult birds on Welch lake Road just south of 
Cutler Road - sitting in the trees above a fence line that goes through the 
woods on the west side of the road 


Wilson's Snipe - Leoni Mill Pond - right where we had it on the Christmas Count 
two weeks ago 


Horned Lark - 13 In front of Grass Lake Co-op on Grass Lake Road at Fishville 
Road 


Brown Creeper - 1 on Dalton Road - Robyn was the only one to see this

Northern Mockingbird - 1 at the traditional location on Waterloo-Munith Road 
west of Mt. Hope Road 


American Tree Sparrow - several large flocks were seen in various locations 
throughout the morning 



Don Henise

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

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Subject: snowy owl Saline
From: martin bialecki <kilnfired AT gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:00:03 -0500
Today about 4:30 when the sun was coming across the fields at a low angle I
saw what I believe was a snowy owl on the north side of US 12 about a half
mile east of Fosdick Rd.  (basically between Saline & 23).  The bird was at
least 200 yds out flying low.  All white except for rounded black wing
tips.  My first impression was harrier but it was not slim and never
attained the characteristic dihedral flight.  I have never seen a snowy owl
in flight before & it was too long before consulting fields guides.
Maybe it was just the lighting but it looked very white.  Traffic was not
kind to me.  By the time I turned around I could not relocate the bird.

Martin Bialecki


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Subject: Lapland Longspur, Snow Buntings, and Merlin-Washtenaw Co.
From: Deanna Bachman <dsbachman AT sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 14:43:01 -0800 (PST)
Folks,
 I made a quick run through the Gotfredson/ Vreeland rd area this afternoon. In 
the fields to the east of Vreeland along Gotfredson I had a nice flock of 
mainly Snow Bunting, Horned Larks and 1 Lapland Longspur. On Vreeland about 50 
yards from Gotfredson I had a Merlin perched in a dead tree on the north side 
of the road. 

Take care, Sean


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Subject: Pectoral Sandpiper LEMP
From: Dan Gertiser <dangertiser AT yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 14:00:53 -0800 (PST)
Greetings,

While at Lake Erie Metro Park with my nephew Joe Seymore, we observed what we 
believe is a Pectoral Sandpiper. I will reserve the right to be wrong here 
since we found this bird on January 1st, fairly late or fairly early depending 
on your perspective. 


We found this bird on the trail that runs south from the Hawkwatch site, at the 
south end of the first boardwalk. We observed it for approximately 20 minutes, 
and were able to document it with several photos. 


There was a clean cut line on the breast from the white belly. The wing 
projection was even with the tip of the tail, I would call the color of this 
this bird, either reddish or dark buffy. 


Unfortunately, it was not seen on our Christmas bird count conducted here on 
the 26th. 


  

Cheers 

Dan Gertiser


      

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Subject: Detroit River Hawk Watch 2009 Season Reports Available
From: "Greg Norwood" <gnorwood AT umd.umich.edu>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:37:34 -0500
Hello All,

The 2009 season narrative and summary from raptor monitoring at Lake Erie
Metropark and Pointe Mouillee State Game Area, along with the 2008
summary, is available at www.smrr.net.

Also available at the "count journal" link are daily journal entries from
the 2008 and 2009 seasons.

As always, you can find hourly data from Lake Erie Metropark and all other
Detroit River watch sites going back to the earliest years at:

http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=285

Please note that the Detroit River Hawk Watch website will be
transitioning to the International Wildlife Refuge Alliance website for
the 2010 count season. They are the friends group of the Detroit River
International Wildlife Refuge.

http://www.iwralliance.org/

Best wishes for a happy New Year!

Greg

___________________________________
Greg Norwood, Biological Technician
Detroit River IWR
Large Lakes Research Station
9311 Groh Rd.
Grosse Ile, MI 
48138

Phone: 734-692-7611
Fax: 734-692-7603
E-mail: greg_norwood AT fws.gov

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Subject: OT Call for List Submissions for 19th Annual Michigan Listers Compilation
From: Cccta AT aol.com
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:35:46 EST
 
Michigan Listers, 
My apologies to  those of you who get multiple copies of this email.        
                         
It is that time of  year(s) for the call for submissions of Michigan 
birders lists. I will be gathering the totals as of the end of 2009 for the 
19th 

Annual Michigan Listers  Compilation.  
If you have 100 or  more birds on your list for any County or other site in 
Michigan, we encourage  you to send the list in.                            
                                                                     
To see the results  of previous compilations and to see the various 
categories of lists, check out this website: 

      
http://home.wowway.com/~gr8gray/listers/listers.html    
If you have not  submitted before or have a new county or location, please 
send the whole list.  For repeat offenders, you may send just the updates 
since your last  participation.           
Feel free to contact  me with any questions you have. Please forward to any 
other local Michigan  birding email lists you may be part of and please let 
me know if you notice any  mistakes.                                        
                         
Many thanks to Doug  McWhirter for all the years he has done this for us 
all.                                                                           
                                                                            
         
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Subject: Re: Black Gull at Visteon Ponds
From: Dan Gertiser <dangertiser AT yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:16:38 -0800 (PST)
This bird was between a Ring Billed and a Herring Gull in size.

Dan

--- On Thu, 12/24/09, Bruce M. Bowman  wrote:

> From: Bruce M. Bowman 
> Subject: [se-mi-birdlist] Re: Black Gull at Visteon Ponds
> To: se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu
> Cc: birders AT umich.edu, SE-MI-Birdlist AT umich.edu
> Date: Thursday, December 24, 2009, 6:54 AM
> Dan-
> 
> What's the size of this gull?
> 
> Bruce
> 
> Date sent:          Thu, 24
> Dec 2009 07:04:19 -0800 (PST)
> From:       
>        Dan Gertiser 
> Subject:           
> [se-mi-birdlist] Black Gull at Visteon Ponds
> To:         
>        se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu
> Send reply to:      Dan Gertiser 
> 
> > This morning I saw an all black gull at Visteon
> ponds.    The bill was
> > thin, yellow  with a light red Gonydeal
> spot.  It appeared long winged,
> > gray underneath as it flew.  The head was gray on
> top and it had a yellow
> > eye.    This is the first all black gull I
> have seen.    
> > 
> > It is possible that this bird has been dipped in oil
> or a similar
> > substance  as the feathers appeared disheaveled,
> and it was cleaning
> > itself the whole time I was there.    
> > 
> > Finally, in reviewing the field guides the closest
> match I could find was
> > a 2nd Winter Heerman's Gull.  However, eye color,
> and the Gonydeal spot
> > eliminates this species.    
> > 
> > Finally, I left the camera at home and was unable to
> document this bird.  
> > 
> > I parked in the lot just west of the lamppost with the
> letter E on it.   
> > The bird was on the near shore  so you should be
> able to see it without
> > leaving your car.    As I walked down the
> sidewalk closer to the bird it
> > flushed, but soon returned to this spot after spending
> a couple minutes on
> > the south side of the lake.
> > 
> > Dan
> > 
> > 
> > 
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Subject: Re: Black Gull at Visteon Ponds
From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99 AT comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:54:47 -0500
Dan-

What's the size of this gull?

Bruce

Date sent:      	Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:04:19 -0800 (PST)
From:           	Dan Gertiser 
Subject:        	[se-mi-birdlist] Black Gull at Visteon Ponds
To:             	se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu
Send reply to:  	Dan Gertiser 

> This morning I saw an all black gull at Visteon ponds.    The bill was
> thin, yellow  with a light red Gonydeal spot.  It appeared long winged,
> gray underneath as it flew.  The head was gray on top and it had a yellow
> eye.    This is the first all black gull I have seen.    
> 
> It is possible that this bird has been dipped in oil or a similar
> substance  as the feathers appeared disheaveled, and it was cleaning
> itself the whole time I was there.    
> 
> Finally, in reviewing the field guides the closest match I could find was
> a 2nd Winter Heerman's Gull.  However, eye color, and the Gonydeal spot
> eliminates this species.    
> 
> Finally, I left the camera at home and was unable to document this bird.  
> 
> I parked in the lot just west of the lamppost with the letter E on it.   
> The bird was on the near shore  so you should be able to see it without
> leaving your car.    As I walked down the sidewalk closer to the bird it
> flushed, but soon returned to this spot after spending a couple minutes on
> the south side of the lake.
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> 
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Subject: Black Gull at Visteon Ponds
From: Dan Gertiser <dangertiser AT yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:04:19 -0800 (PST)
This morning I saw an all black gull at Visteon ponds. The bill was thin, 
yellow with a light red Gonydeal spot. It appeared long winged, gray underneath 
as it flew. The head was gray on top and it had a yellow eye. This is the first 
all black gull I have seen. 


It is possible that this bird has been dipped in oil or a similar substance as 
the feathers appeared disheaveled, and it was cleaning itself the whole time I 
was there. 


Finally, in reviewing the field guides the closest match I could find was a 2nd 
Winter Heerman's Gull. However, eye color, and the Gonydeal spot eliminates 
this species. 


Finally, I left the camera at home and was unable to document this bird.  

I parked in the lot just west of the lamppost with the letter E on it. The bird 
was on the near shore so you should be able to see it without leaving your car. 
As I walked down the sidewalk closer to the bird it flushed, but soon returned 
to this spot after spending a couple minutes on the south side of the lake. 


Dan


      

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Subject: FW: Mocker Still at Gleaner & Joy Road Washtenaw County
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:28:15 -0500



The Mockingbird seen by Roger Wykes and Andy Johnson on the Ann Arbor Chirstmas 
Bird Count near Joy and Gleaner roads (just north of Ann Arbor in Washtenaw 
County) was still there on Wednesday afternoon December 23. It was hanging out 
in some tangles and brushy vegetation east of Gleaner road and south of Joy 
around 2:30pm. Several Eastern Bluebirds were also in the same location. 

 
Roger Kuhlman
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Subject: Metro Beach Fall 2009 Banding Report
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:16:42 -0500
Birders and Banders,

I have finished my full-length banding summary for fall 2009 at Metro Beach 
Metropark, Macomb County, Michigan, and have uploaded it (PDF) to my website 
at:

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

Scroll down to the hyperlink for the Fall 2009 report. Also, I have updated 
the 2004-Present page with the fall 2009 data, so you may want to check out 
that link as well.

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Subject: Waterloo Christmas Bird Count
From: Don Henise <don_henise AT ntm.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:46:43 -0500
The Waterloo Christmas Bird Count was conducted on Saturday, the 19th. The 
count circle sits in the northwest corner of Jackson County and extends east 
into Washtenaw County and north slightly into Ingham County. The count recorded 
56 species which is just a bit lower then the last 10 year average, but nearly 
average over the 41 year history of the count. 


Highlights were a single Wilson's Snipe at the Leoni Mill Pond along Michigan 
Avenue, 2 Trumpeter Swans and a female Bufflehead at Portage Lake 

State Park. Thirteen Tundra Swans and one Hermit Thrush were found on the 
count. 


Light snow fell throughout most of the day and most of the field birders felt 
that the bird activity was low. However, our count of 9322 individuals was 
above average. No record high or low numbers were reached, but a few species 
were notably higher than average - Red-tailed Hawk (55), Downy Woodpecker(93), 
Hairy Woodpecker(17), Black-capped Chickadee(358), Brown Creeper(6), European 
Starling(2229), Snow Bunting(200). Cedar Waxwing(46) and American Tree 
Sparrow(291) were both recorded in below average numbers. 


Noteworthy misses for the day were Belted Kingfisher and Swamp Sparrow.

The 2010 Waterloo Count will be held on Saturday, December 18th.

Thanks for all of your help.

 
 
Don & Robyn Henise (Compilers)

Librarians
New Tribes Bible Institute
Jackson, MI
don_henise AT ntm.org 


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Subject: FW: Rough-legged Hawk at Willow Run Airport Wayne Co
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:09:13 -0500
Sunday afternoon (12-20) I had a Rough-legged Hawk hunting over the fields at 
Willow Run Airport in western Wayne County. I observed this bird periodically 
in flight for over an hour from the last turnout by the Kalitta building before 
entering the restricted area. During this time I also had a Bald Eagle fly by. 

 
Earlier in the afternoon I went looking for the Franklin's Gull at Visteon 
plant on Tyler Road but I did not find it. However a Glaucous Gull and a Lesser 
Black-backed Gull were both there. 

 
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Subject: RE: Ebird
From: rawolinski AT comcast.net
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:33:48 +0000 (UTC)

Martin, 



I have been playing around with eBird some.  You can do some pretty neat stuff 
with it.  The Michigan Bird Conservation Initiative will be holding a workshop 
on the use of eBird this coming April in Petoskey.  Likely to be the first 
such session; with perhaps regional workshops coming along later in the year if 
there is enough interest. 




RAW 


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Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 11:01:40 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [se-mi-birdlist] RE: Ebird 

Huh?  What's the bird? 


On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 10:29 PM, David < dav1dc00per AT sbcglobal.net > wrote: 






E-bird is indeed a very good tool, as Chris points out.  I used the e-bird hot 
spot coordinate database to develop a POINT OF INTEREST selection for MI-OH-ON 
Birding Hot Spots that can be loaded into a TomTom GPS.  As you are driving, 
you can select POI:  Birding Hot Spots and find nearby locations sorted by 
distance from your current location.  Contact me if you’d like a copy of the 
file for upload to your TomTom. 




Dave Cooper 

Canton , MI 





From: Chris Meldrum [mailto: cbmeldrum AT yahoo.com ] 
Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 9:24 PM 
To: se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu 
Cc: cbmeldrum AT yahoo.com 
Subject: [se-mi-birdlist] Ebird 






Ebird is an awesome database of bird observations (and a great depository for a 
life list)! 


Of course, one has to be wary of the integrity of the data on Ebird.  But that 
is why Ebird provides frequency graphs to show how often a bird has been 
sighted at a particular location across months and over years.  If you are a 
"Vulture" hunting for a rare to uncommon bird, outliers in the data set may not 
be much help.  But you might be surprised what might turn up in the fall 
migration in Michigan. 


I encourage more birders to log their sightings on Ebird; over time, that can 
only improve the data set. 


With regard to the Red-necked Grebe being an “incredible sighting,”  I 
understand that this sighting falls outside of some birder’s “own 
data.”  But the Red-necked Grebe is a common to rare migrant in Michigan 
from late March to May and late July to November.  With a little “work” 
you can find photos online of the Red-necked taken in SE Michigan (e.g., one 
especially good pic taken at Oakwoods Park, Wayne County). 


I understand some birders’ skepticism of the Red-necked Grebe sighting at the 
Stuart Little Pond at Heritage Park in Farmington Hills.  My wife and I were 
very skeptical at first, but after a week of careful research, we settled on 
the Red-necked.  Perhaps we erred; we cannot be certain.  But if others are 
encouraged to log their sightings on Ebird, the larger data sets can only 
improve the data. 


Hopefully, software applications such as Eyebird (which includes habits & 
habitat descriptions from the Cornell lab) and future apps (that make data 
import from mobile devices to Ebird easier) will continue to encourage more 
birders to populate this awesome Ebird database. 


I just wish that the BirdEye application (with Ebird data) were available on 
Droid (not just iPhone & iTouch)! 



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Subject: Franklin's Gull at Visteon Pond, Wayne Co
From: Darrin O'Brien <treecreeper AT wowway.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:51:11 -0500
I had a Franklin's Gull amongst the 1000s of gulls at the Visteon Pond
(north of Tyler Rd, east of I-275) around 1pm today.

There was a Snow Goose at the Edison Lake Dam on the Huron River (just
south of I-94, west of Haggerty Rd).

-- 

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Subject: Ross's Goose - Washtenaw - Thu., Dec. 17, 1:00pm
From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:43:39 -0800 (PST)
Birders,
  Roger Wykes called to say that he and John Swales had a Ross's Goose, seen on 
the Huron River from Peninsula Park in Ypsilanti at about 1pm today.  The bird 
was in company with mucho Canada Geese, and the whole group flushed and flew 
away.  They were unable to relocate it in the immediate area, but it's probably 
still somewhere in the vicinity on the Huron, as there's very little open water 
on Ford Lake according to the Rogerator. 


Mike Sefton
Ann Arbor

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Subject: RE: Ebird
From: martin bialecki <kilnfired AT gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:01:40 -0500
Huh?  What's the bird?

On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 10:29 PM, David  wrote:

>  E-bird is indeed a very good tool, as Chris points out.  I used the
> e-bird hot spot coordinate database to develop a POINT OF INTEREST selection
> for MI-OH-ON Birding Hot Spots that can be loaded into a TomTom GPS.  As you
> are driving, you can select POI:  Birding Hot Spots and find nearby
> locations sorted by distance from your current location.  Contact me if
> you’d like a copy of the file for upload to your TomTom.
>
>
>
> Dave Cooper
>
> Canton, MI
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Chris Meldrum [mailto:cbmeldrum AT yahoo.com]
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 13, 2009 9:24 PM
> *To:* se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu
> *Cc:* cbmeldrum AT yahoo.com
> *Subject:* [se-mi-birdlist] Ebird
>
>
>
> Ebird is an awesome database of bird observations (and a great depository
> for a life list)!
>
> Of course, one has to be wary of the integrity of the data on Ebird.  But
> that is why Ebird provides frequency graphs to show how often a bird has
> been sighted at a particular location across months and over years.  If you
> are a "Vulture" hunting for a rare to uncommon bird, outliers in the data
> set may not be much help.  But you might be surprised what might turn up in
> the fall migration in Michigan.
>
> I encourage more birders to log their sightings on Ebird; over time, that
> can only improve the data set.
>
> With regard to the Red-necked Grebe being an “incredible sighting,”  I
> understand that this sighting falls outside of some birder’s “own data.”
> But the Red-necked Grebe is a common to rare migrant in Michigan from late
> March to May and late July to November.  With a little “work” you can find
> photos online of the Red-necked taken in SE Michigan (e.g., one especially
> good pic taken at Oakwoods Park, Wayne County).
>
> I understand some birders’ skepticism of the Red-necked Grebe sighting at
> the Stuart Little Pond at Heritage Park in Farmington Hills.  My wife and I
> were very skeptical at first, but after a week of careful research, we
> settled on the Red-necked.  Perhaps we erred; we cannot be certain.  But if
> others are encouraged to log their sightings on Ebird, the larger data sets
> can only improve the data.
>
> Hopefully, software applications such as Eyebird (which includes habits &
> habitat descriptions from the Cornell lab) and future apps (that make data
> import from mobile devices to Ebird easier) will continue to encourage more
> birders to populate this awesome Ebird database.
>
> I just wish that the BirdEye application (with Ebird data) were available
> on Droid (not just iPhone & iTouch)!
>
>
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Subject: RE: Ebird
From: "David" <dav1dc00per AT sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:29:32 -0500
E-bird is indeed a very good tool, as Chris points out.  I used the e-bird
hot spot coordinate database to develop a POINT OF INTEREST selection for
MI-OH-ON Birding Hot Spots that can be loaded into a TomTom GPS.  As you are
driving, you can select POI:  Birding Hot Spots and find nearby locations
sorted by distance from your current location.  Contact me if you'd like a
copy of the file for upload to your TomTom.

 

Dave Cooper

Canton, MI

 

  _____  

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Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 9:24 PM
To: se-mi-birdlist AT umich.edu
Cc: cbmeldrum AT yahoo.com
Subject: [se-mi-birdlist] Ebird

 


Ebird is an awesome database of bird observations (and a great depository
for a life list)!

Of course, one has to be wary of the integrity of the data on Ebird.  But
that is why Ebird provides frequency graphs to show how often a bird has
been sighted at a particular location across months and over years.  If you
are a "Vulture" hunting for a rare to uncommon bird, outliers in the data
set may not be much help.  But you might be surprised what might turn up in
the fall migration in Michigan.

I encourage more birders to log their sightings on Ebird; over time, that
can only improve the data set.

With regard to the Red-necked Grebe being an "incredible sighting,"  I
understand that this sighting falls outside of some birder's "own data."
But the Red-necked Grebe is a common to rare migrant in Michigan from late
March to May and late July to November.  With a little "work" you can find
photos online of the Red-necked taken in SE Michigan (e.g., one especially
good pic taken at Oakwoods Park, Wayne County).

I understand some birders' skepticism of the Red-necked Grebe sighting at
the Stuart Little Pond at Heritage Park in Farmington Hills.  My wife and I
were very skeptical at first, but after a week of careful research, we
settled on the Red-necked.  Perhaps we erred; we cannot be certain.  But if
others are encouraged to log their sightings on Ebird, the larger data sets
can only improve the data.

Hopefully, software applications such as Eyebird (which includes habits &
habitat descriptions from the Cornell lab) and future apps (that make data
import from mobile devices to Ebird easier) will continue to encourage more
birders to populate this awesome Ebird database.

I just wish that the BirdEye application (with Ebird data) were available on
Droid (not just iPhone & iTouch)!


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Subject: Ebird
From: Chris Meldrum <cbmeldrum AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:23:44 -0800 (PST)
Ebird is an awesome database of bird observations (and a great depository for a 
life list)! 

Of course, one has to be wary of the integrity of the data on Ebird.  But that 
is why Ebird provides frequency graphs to show how often a bird has been 
sighted at a particular location across months and over years.  If you are a 
"Vulture" hunting for a rare to uncommon bird, outliers in the data set may not 
be much help.  But you might be surprised what might turn up in the fall 
migration in Michigan. 

I encourage more birders to log their sightings on Ebird; over time, that can 
only improve the data set. 

With regard to the Red-necked Grebe being an “incredible sighting,”  I 
understand that this sighting falls outside of some birder’s “own 
data.”  But the Red-necked Grebe is a common to rare migrant in Michigan 
from late March to May and late July to November.  With a little “work” 
you can find photos online of the Red-necked taken in SE Michigan (e.g., one 
especially good pic taken at Oakwoods Park, Wayne County). 

I understand some birders’ skepticism of the Red-necked Grebe sighting at the 
Stuart Little Pond at Heritage Park in Farmington Hills.  My wife and I were 
very skeptical at first, but after a week of careful research, we settled on 
the Red-necked.  Perhaps we erred; we cannot be certain.  But if others are 
encouraged to log their sightings on Ebird, the larger data sets can only 
improve the data. 

Hopefully, software applications such as Eyebird (which includes habits & 
habitat descriptions from the Cornell lab) and future apps (that make data 
import from mobile devices to Ebird easier) will continue to encourage more 
birders to populate this awesome Ebird database. 

I just wish that the BirdEye application (with Ebird data) were available on 
Droid (not just iPhone & iTouch)! 





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Subject: Re: se-mi-birdlist digest: December 10, 2009
From: Richard Quick <getrichquick_98 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:42:53 -0800 (PST)
Gary,
Thanks for all of the updates on the Haehnle Sanctuary cranes.  I find it 
interesting to see the birds going to other rooting sites over the years. 

 Richard Quick 


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1. Last Crane count Haehnle Sanctuary 11/30/09

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Subject: Last Crane count Haehnle Sanctuary 11/30/09
From: Gary Siegrist 
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:11:45 -0500
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Hi all,
This was the last count for Greater Sandhill Cranes at Haehnle Sanctuary fo=
r the year 2009. We had 27 cranes that Monday, there are still around 2000 =
cranes west of sanctuary, on the SMP property. Mud Lake Marsh is frozen ove=
r, so the waterfowl that we had been seeing in good numbers have gone to th=
e deep water lakes of the surrounding area. One notable sighting was a Nort=
hern Goshawk sitting across the marsh on a dead tree. Second time this fall=
and may be the same bird seen earlier.

Have a safe and happy holiday season,

Gary Siegrist
People for Wildlife Coordinator
The Dahlem Conservancy
PH 517-782-3453
FAX 517-782-3441
Cell 517-937-1095



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Hi all,



This was the last count for Greater Sandhill Cranes at=
Haehnle
Sanctuary for the year 2009. We had 27 cranes that Monday, there are still
around 2000 cranes west of sanctuary, on the SMP property. Mud Lake Marsh i=
s
frozen over, so the waterfowl that we had been seeing in good numbers have =
gone
to the deep water lakes of the surrounding area. One notable sighting was a
Northern Goshawk sitting across the marsh on a dead tree. Second time this =
fall
and may be the same bird seen earlier. 



 



Have a safe and happy holiday season,   &nbs=
p;  



 



Gary
Siegrist



People
for Wildlife Coordinator



The
Dahlem Conservancy 



PH
517-782-3453



FAX
517-782-3441



Cell
517-937-1095



 



 






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Subject: Last Crane count Haehnle Sanctuary 11/30/09
From: Gary Siegrist <GSiegrist AT dahlemcenter.org>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:11:45 -0500
Hi all,
This was the last count for Greater Sandhill Cranes at Haehnle Sanctuary for 
the year 2009. We had 27 cranes that Monday, there are still around 2000 cranes 
west of sanctuary, on the SMP property. Mud Lake Marsh is frozen over, so the 
waterfowl that we had been seeing in good numbers have gone to the deep water 
lakes of the surrounding area. One notable sighting was a Northern Goshawk 
sitting across the marsh on a dead tree. Second time this fall and may be the 
same bird seen earlier. 


Have a safe and happy holiday season,

Gary Siegrist
People for Wildlife Coordinator
The Dahlem Conservancy
PH 517-782-3453
FAX 517-782-3441
Cell 517-937-1095




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Subject: cranes on Dalton Rd.
From: Faye Stoner <stonerf AT ewashtenaw.org>
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 14:39:49 -0500
I would not have posted this email if I had not seen Don Henise's email from 
late Saturday. I wasn't sure how "publishable" the Dalton Rd. site was. 




Ron Gamble and I (and two other folks) went to the Dalton Rd. site on Saturday 
morning and arrived there at 8:03 a.m. We stayed until 9:00 or so. There is no 
question about "100's if not 1000's of cranes" there, there were easily 4000 
birds that we saw, and this is an estimate that comes from the minds of three 
different fairly science minded folks with some practice in estimating various 
things. 




When we first arrived, few birds were flying, but as we watched, multiple 
groups of birds took off over the course of the hour, and there were definitely 
still 100s and 100s standing on the ice and some in water when we left. (One 
crane had a damaged wing and he/she was not going to be flying away no matter 
what time of day.) Some birds took off in small groups and some took off in 
huge groups. Some birds took off from areas where they had been hidden from 
view, the birds only became visible once in the air. 




We did see one large white bird with black wing tips, but only as it flew off 
to the southwest. We never could see it standing on the ice. Ron and I feel 
pretty certain that it was a whooping crane, but we only had a brief look. The 
white was startling white to see, and I saw the black wing tips very clearly 
for a few seconds. 




Ron and I encountered Don at Thorn Lake (sorry Don, we learned your name, but 
didn't share ours) and we told him about what we had seen and he said that he 
knew of a whooping crane that had been seen in the vicinity, and that probably 
it was a bird that had been released by humans, like the whooping crane that 
had been seen at Haenle before. 




I am including a copied paragraph from Don's email. (We did not know the area 
we were viewing the cranes from was owned by the prison, until talking to Don.) 




From Don's email: ".........Sandhill Cranes in the area of Dalton Road 
northeast of Jackson. The cranes are feeding in the chopped corn fields..... 
Unfortunately the roosting area is only partially viewable from the road. Most 
of the land on either side of Dalton Road is owned by the Jackson State Prison 
system and viewing should be done from the road only. Trespassing on prison 
property is not advisable." 




I've been to Haenle many times, in evening and morning, and enjoyed every visit 
there, but Saturday morning was really impressive. 




Faye





Faye Stoner

Parks Naturalist

Washtenaw County Parks

(734) 971-6337  X334








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Subject: Lesser Black-backed Gull at Willow Metropark
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 15:37:25 -0500
Birders,

After an unsuccessful search for the Northern Shrike at Oakwoods Metropark this 
afternoon, a quick check of Washogo Pond in adjacent Willow Metropark turned up 
an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull among other gulls on the ice (mainly 
Ring-bills but a few Herrings too). Also, among the hundreds of Canada Geese on 
the lawns was a single white morph Snow Goose. 


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

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Subject: Rufous Hummingbird - Flushing, Genesee Co.
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 13:17:56 -0500
Birders,

An adult female Rufous Hummingbird (field identifiable IF she spreads her 
tail) has been coming to Karen Bennett's feeders in Flushing, Genesee 
County. The bird has apparently been present since late September but was 
only brought to my attention a couple days ago. Birders are welcome to come 
to try and see the bird, but are asked to knock on the door first to let 
them know you're there (if anyone is home). Both Mr. and Mrs. Bennett work 
full time and are often away, but it is OK to view the bird if nobody is 
home. Walk around the left side of the house to view the feeder on the deck 
at the back of the house. Do not approach too closely. The bird has 
apparently been skittish since its arrival.

The address is 5194 Applewood Dr., Flushing, MI  48433. From I-75/US-23 take 
the Pierson Road exit in Flint. Go west about 1/2 mile to Linden Road. Turn 
right and go about 1/2 mile to Kelly Road. Turn left and go about 4 miles 
(the name of the road changes after 2 miles to Coutant Street, and the speed 
limit decreases) to McKinley Road. Turn right and go about 3/4 mile to 
Spy-Del Drive. Turn right and go a short distance to Apple Blossom Lane. 
Turn right and go a short distance to Applewood Drive. Turn left and to to 
the second driveway on the right.

Please respect the homeowners property and privacy (and please try not to 
block their driveway or the street) by viewing the bird only under the 
conditions described above.

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


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Subject: Rufous Hummingbird - Flushing, Genesee Co.
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 13:17:56 -0500
Birders,

An adult female Rufous Hummingbird (field identifiable IF she spreads her 
tail) has been coming to Karen Bennett's feeders in Flushing, Genesee 
County. The bird has apparently been present since late September but was 
only brought to my attention a couple days ago. Birders are welcome to come 
to try and see the bird, but are asked to knock on the door first to let 
them know you're there (if anyone is home). Both Mr. and Mrs. Bennett work 
full time and are often away, but it is OK to view the bird if nobody is 
home. Walk around the left side of the house to view the feeder on the deck 
at the back of the house. Do not approach too closely. The bird has 
apparently been skittish since its arrival.

The address is 5194 Applewood Dr., Flushing, MI  48433. From I-75/US-23 take 
the Pierson Road exit in Flint. Go west about 1/2 mile to Linden Road. Turn 
right and go about 1/2 mile to Kelly Road. Turn left and go about 4 miles 
(the name of the road changes after 2 miles to Coutant Street, and the speed 
limit decreases) to McKinley Road. Turn right and go about 3/4 mile to 
Spy-Del Drive. Turn right and go a short distance to Apple Blossom Lane. 
Turn right and go a short distance to Applewood Drive. Turn left and to to 
the second driveway on the right.

Please respect the homeowners property and privacy (and please try not to 
block their driveway or the street) by viewing the bird only under the 
conditions described above.

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

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Subject: Golden Eagle, Snow Geese - Thorn/Watkins Lake, Jackson County
From: Don Henise <don_henise AT ntm.org>
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 21:44:57 -0500
I birded at Thorn Lake (Watkins on some maps) in southeastern Jackson County
this morning. The lake is beginning to freeze - maybe about 20% ice on the
east side, but there were still large numbers of geese and ducks on the
lake. The two Snow Geese that Robyn and I saw a few weeks ago were on the
lake again - one adult and one immature. Ring-necked Duck numbers seemed to
be down from 1500 a few weeks ago to less than 500 today. Mallard numbers
were up considerably, possibly due to the fact many smaller ponds and marsh
areas in the area have frozen over. 

I picked-up an immature Golden Eagle soaring to the northeast of the lake.
It circled a few times and then disappeared off to the east into Washtenaw
County airspace.

Here is a list of waterfowl, etc. seen at Thorn Lake (numbers are just
estimates):

Snow Goose(2), Canada Goose(500+), Mute Swan(15), Gadwall(10), American
Wigeon(5), American Black Duck(2), Mallard(500), Canvasback(30),
Redhead(10), Ring-necked Duck(400), Hooded Merganser(100), Ruddy Duck(30),
American Coot(100). 

There were also about a dozen Bonaparte's Gulls there.

There are 100s if not thousands of Sandhill Cranes in the area of Dalton
Road northeast of Jackson. The cranes are feeding the chopped corn fields in
the area and roosting in a low wet area off of Dalton Road. Unfortunately
the roosting area is only partially viewable from the road. Most of the land
on either side of Dalton Road is owned by the Jackson State Prison system
and viewing should be done from the road only. Trespassing on prison
property is not advisable.


Don Henise

Librarian
New Tribes Bible Institute
Jackson, MI
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Subject: Urban Birding
From: "Mencotti, Michael" <MMencotti AT dcds.edu>
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 16:54:22 -0500
12/5/09 
Jerry Sniderman and I took a page out of Karl Overman's playbook and
birded downtown Detroit today. We enjoyed success.
At Hart Plaza, we had a Hermit Thrush, Red-breasted Nuthatch and
cowbird. On the west side of Grand Circus Park, we had a Lincoln's
Sparrow, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and more than 15 White-throated
Sparrows. (Interestingly, we could not find one bird in the same park
just across  Woodward, even with similar vegetation.) We had another
Hermit Thrush along the median of Woodward just north of Hart Plaza.

We started at Belle Isle, where there was a decent selection of
waterfowl, but nothing noteworthy, save for a Bonaparte's Gull,
cormorant and kingfisher.

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Subject: Tundra Swan - Ann Arbor - Sat., Dec. 5
From: Mike Sefton <mseft AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 11:58:41 -0800 (PST)
Birders,
 Jacco Gelderloos called to report 18 Tundra Swans flying over his house in 
southeast Ann Arbor at 1:40pm today. 


Mike Sefton
Ann Arbor

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Subject: Three Pileated Woodpeckers - Washtenaw County, Sharon Mills West
From: "Ron Gamble" <rongamble AT comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:29:41 -0500
On 2 Dec, Faye Stoner and I were at the Sharon Mills West, County
Park and saw three Pileated Woodpeckers fly across the river. They were too
far away to determine adult vs. juvenile. 

This property is adjacent to Nature Conservancy's Nan Weston Preserve at
Sharon Hollow.  For more info about this recently acquired area, contact
stonerf AT ewashtenaw.org

Ron G.

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Subject: FW: Two Fox Sparrows at the Arb Ann Arbor Wednesday Morning
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman AT hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:18:02 -0500

 


From: rkuhlman AT hotmail.com
To: birders AT umich.edu
Subject: Two Fox Sparrows at the Arb Ann Arbor Wednesday Morning
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:17:19 -0500



Wednesday morning 12/2 I found two lovely Fox Sparrows at Nichol's Arboretum in 
Ann Arbor. The first bird was hanging out in a thick cluster of brush at the 
extreme northeast corner of Dow Prairie. The second bird was along the trail 
leading up Geddes Road near the lookout area. 

 
The other best birds I found were a Hermit Thrush and two Brown Creepers.
 
Roger Kuhlman
Ann Arbor, Michigan
12/2/2009
 		 	   		  

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Subject: Ovenbird remains in downtown Detroit
From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:12:15 -0500
Today, December 1st, the Ovenbird was still at Campus Martius in  
downtown Detroit.  I also saw a Lincoln's Sparrow in Grand Circus  
Park, this time on the west side of Woodward.

Cheers,

Karl Overman
Farmington Hills, Michigan

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Subject: Weekend Ontario birding trip
From: Catherine Carroll <songsparrow AT wowway.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:06:24 -0500
Birders,

This past weekend I went on the Niagara River trip sponsored by  
Detroit Audubon Society and led by Karl Overman and Alan Wormington.   
It was, as always, a great trip.  I write about it in my two most  
recent blog entries.  If interested, please have a look.

http://www.intothewoodsandelsewhere.blogspot.com

Enjoy,
Cathy Carroll
Dearborn, MI



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Subject: urban birding, 11/24/09
From: Karl Overman <martineoverman AT earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:04:47 -0500
  My guess off when fall migration of passerines in downtown Detroit  
ends is  around November 10th so looking for birds after mid-November  
is basically seeing what it trying to winter, normally fool  
hardedly.   The Ovenbird I saw on November 9th at Campus Martius was  
still there today.  I had two Lincoln's Sparrows--one at Grand Circus  
Park and one at the DTE building.  Also at the DTE building where  
singles of Fox Sparrow and Swamp Sparrow.

Cheers,

Karl Overman
Farmington Hills, Michigan

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Subject: Rufous Hummingbird in Van Buren Co.
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:40:28 -0500
Birders,

Last Saturday, November 14, I banded an adult female Rufous Hummingbird in 
Hartford, western Van Buren County. The bird shows no notch in the second 
rectrix (even in my in-hand photos) and identification was only confirmed by 
the measured widths of the tail feathers, so this individual is not 
field-identifiable. The bird is coming to feeders at two homes very close 
together, and at that time they were unsure about having birders visit and 
preferred to have each visitor give notice, through me, prior to coming out. 
On November 14, I gave directions to three birders in confidence, and called 
one homeowner to let her know they would be in the area later that 
afternoon, and she was OK with this. All last week, I was out of state and 
no additional visitors have been authorized to view the bird. Unfortunately, 
word has gotten out somehow and I have become aware of birders trying to see 
the bird last week without permission, and arousing suspicion among the 
neighbors.

As of today, November 23, the bird is still coming to the two feeders, and 
the homeowner has now agreed to allow birders to come and see the bird 
without prior arrangement, and she will try to advise neighbors what is 
going on, but birders are NOT allowed to enter the yards where the bird is 
visiting (one homeowner has health issues, the other has 14 dogs in her 
small home!). The feeders of both homes can be viewed from the narrow 
streets in the neighborhood.

From I-94, take the Hartford exit (Exit 46, Central Ave.) and go north about 
3/4 mile to Bernard Street. Turn left and go one block to Maple Street. The 
bird is coming to a feeder in the backyard of the second house south of 
Bernard on the west side of Maple, and to a feeder in the front yard of the 
second house west of Maple on the south side of Bernard (the two homes 
adjacent to the corner house). Both feeders can be watched by parking 
between the first and second house west of Maple on Bernard, and looking 
south.

Please respect the privacy of the residents in this neighborhood, and please 
try not to block traffic on these narrow residential roads.

Allen T. Chartier
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Subject: Crane Count 11/23/09 Haehnle Sanctuary
From: Don Henise <don_henise AT ntm.org>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:19:26 -0500
There were 202 Sandhill Cranes roosting at the sanctuary on Monday, another
40 cranes flew over. Most of the bird were seen between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m.
Earlier in the afternoon we observed several hundred cranes as we traveled
down Cooper Street (Rt. 106) north of the state prison property. Most of
these cranes are probably using the Dalton Road roost in the northeast
portion of the prison property.

Large numbers of waterfowl continue to use Mud Lake Marsh as a safe haven.

Waterfowl sightings:

Canada Goose - 200+

Trumpeter Swan - 2

Gadwall - 5

American Wigeon - 15

American Black Duck - 10

Mallard - 200+

Northern Shoveler - 20

Northern Pintail - 6

Green-wing Teal - 5
 
Ring-necked Duck - 30

Pied-billed Grebe - 1

American Coot - 100+

Canada Goose - 50+ 

 

Other sightings:

Northern Harrier - 1 

Bald Eagle - 1 adult

Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1

Downy Woodpecker - 1

Hairy Woodpecker - 1

Northern Flicker - 1

Pileated Woodpecker - 1

Cedar Waxwing - 80

Several hundred blackbirds (mostly Red-winged Blackbirds with a few Common
Grackles) continue to use the sanctuary marsh as a night roost, but numbers
are down from the thousands of a few weeks ago.

Purple Finch(1)
 
 

Don & Robyn Henise

Librarians
New Tribes Bible Institute
Jackson, MI
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Subject: Superior Twp - Gottfredson Rd - pair of Coopers Hawks - Trumpeter Swans
From: "David" <dav1dc00per AT sbcglobal.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:04:09 -0500
Saturday I checked out Gottfredson swamp (N. of Ford Rd.) and the 3
Trumpeter swans are still there on the south end.  I fear the signet has a
broken right wing and cannot migrate.  The parents will soon have to abandon
it.

 

Saw a pair of Coopers hawks on Cherry Hill past Berry Rd.  Has been a female
and juvenile Northern Harrier and a Sparrow Hawk seen in the SE field at
Vreeland and N. Harris Rd.

 

Did not see any of the 1000s of Snow Buntings, Lapland Longspurs and Horned
Larks on SW field at Vreeland and Gottfredson that had been present for the
past few weeks.

 

Continue to meet nice folks on Vreeland.

 

Dave Cooper



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Subject: Free Crane Images
From: HodgsonTSC AT aol.com
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:04:15 EST
 
Greetings:
 
The Haehnle Sanctuary Committee members get many opportunities to  
photograph sandhill cranes during the course of the year.  Not everyone is  so 
fortunate.  If you would like to add some crane images to your  collection, 
respond directly to me at _hodgsontsc AT aol.com_ (mailto:hodgsontsc AT aol.com) and 
I 

will send you  three crane images that you may use as you wish.  I will 
send them as  attachments to an email.
 
Tom Hodgson
Publicity Committee Chairperson
The Haehle Sanctuary Committee



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