Sightings Archive:
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Thayer's Gull, Alger Co.
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4/30/05
While passing through Munising this afternoon, I stopped and did a quick check of the waterfront. Not too much on the bay but I did have an adult Thayer's Gull behind the Sunset Motel on the west side of Munising Bay. Apparently Scott Hickman also saw this bird this morning as well and is probably the same one that was present a week or so ago.
Also of note was a single Red-necked Grebe at this location.
~Skye Haas |
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Summer Tanager, Harvey; Marq. CO.
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4/28/05
Carol Johnson has had a Summer Tanager at her feeders for about ten days now. It was seen this evening, about 30 minutes before I arrived. Saddly I wasn't able to catch up with this bird tonight, but I will look again in the morning. Carol said birders are welcome to come see the bird. She lives at 142 Aspen off of Cherry Creek road in Harvey. I'll post up any update there is tomorrow.
~Skye Haas |
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Red-necked Grebe
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4/26/05
I took a drive along the Dead River Basin this evening. Deer Lake along North Basin Rd. had quite a few waterbirds in it. The suprise was a Red-necked Grebe on Deer Lake. Also present were a pair of Common Loons, and lots of small flocks of Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked Ducks, Bufflehead and both Hooded and Common Mergansers. There were quite a few Green-winged Teal on the bog ponds along the Basin Rd.
~Skye Haas |
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Visit to Presque Isle
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4/26/05
From 8 a.m. until 11 a.m., beginning at the bog walk, then up the ridge by the southside privy, across the Isle to the east side, back across to the ridge above Shiras time capsule plot, and on to the vehicle near the bog walk trail: extensive stretches of no activity
interspersed with bursts of concentrated activity.
Song Sparrow, Common Grackle, Red-winged Blackbird(s), Mallards, Bluejay, Canada Geese, Herring Gull(s), Ring-billed Gull(s), American Robin(s), "Slate-colored" Junco, Red-breasted Nuthatch, B-C Chickadee(s), Purple Finch(female, singing), R-C Kinglet(s), American Goldfinch (male, not yet in full breeding plumage), Brown Creeper (many), Common Flicker, Winter Wren(s), Hairy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker(male and female foraging together - close, excellent views of both), White-throated Sparrow(s), D-C Cormorant(s), Golden-crowned Kinglet(s), a repeat sighting of the female Merlin.
A brief visit to the bog walk last evening turned up (2) American Woodcock.
M.L. Scheiwe and D. Raven, Marquette City |
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Hudsonian Godwits
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4/25/05
I chatted with Joe Youngman today and he told me that he went back to Arnheim again last night where there are now up to 5 Hudsonian Godwits.
~Skye Haas |
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Northern Saw-whet Owl
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4/25/05
I spent the day hiking and birding near our cabin along the Middle Branch Escanaba river. As I was walking in a dense Black Spruce forest, I heard several Black-capped Chickadees and one Ruby-crowned Kinglet calling excitedly. It sounded as if they were mobbing something. After looking around the area, the birds revealed to me a Northern Saw-whet Owl near the top of a young Black Spruce.
Zach Gayk |
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Laughing Whitefish Aud. Soc. May Meeting
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Wednesday, May 4 - Laughing Whitefish Audubon Society presents a program by Greg Cleary on "Identifying Bird Songs." This will be an opportunity for new birders to learn song identification and for more experienced birders to tune up their ears for spring migration
Time & Location: NMU - West Science Bldg - room 2806 - 7:00 p.m.
NOTICE the DATE and LOCATION are different from LWAS standard meeting! |
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