Sightings Archive:
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UP Rare Bird Report for 4/18/2006
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For this weeks report, please click on the read more link, |
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UP Rare Bird Report for 4/6/2006
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For this weeks report, please click on the read more link |
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Presque Isle Bird Walks
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Each month from May – October, the Laughing Whitefish Audubon Society sponsors a guided bird-walk at Presque Isle Park in Marquette. The walks are led by Greg Cleary and begin at 8:00 a.m. in the parking lot of the Bog Walk. They are open to the general public and are free of charge. This is a public service of LWAS to promote interest in birding, as well as interest in birding habitat and the environment.
May's walk will take place on Sunday, May 14. Subsequent walks will be held monthly on the second Saturday of the month: June 10, July 8, August 12, September 9, and October 14. Walks cover a variety of habitat, including the bog walk, the wooded area at the center of Presque Isle, and the lakeshore. Participants may leave or join the walk at any time.
For information on the walks, contact Greg Cleary |
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BCUP Field Trips
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March 18 - Chatham Fields and Eben Ice Caves
May 14 - Stonington Peninsula and Portage Marsh
June 17 - Limestone DNR Preserve
July 15 - Seney Wildlife Refuge
August 19 - Grand Marais Shorebirds
Sept. 16 - Grand Island
Oct. 15 - Whitefish Point
For more information on times, meeting places, etc., or to be added to the BCUP mailing list, contact Jude Holloway
Read more about Birders of the Central U.P. at the "Read More..." link.
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LWAS Field Trips - 2006
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April 22 - Marquette Co. Sandhill Crane Count (see item above)
April 29 - Brockway Mountain Hawk-watching (Skye Haas)
May 13 - Marquette Co. Migration Count (NAMC) (contact Melinda)
June 25 - Breeding Bird Atlas Educational Field Trip
August 26 - Keweenaw Shore Birds (Skye Haas)
Sept. 23 - Fumee Lake, Dickinson Co. (Greg Cleary)
Oct. 7 - Big Bay & Yellow Dog Plains (Greg Cleary and Skye Haas)
Nov. 11 - Peshekee Grade, Marquette and Baraga Cos. (Greg & Skye)
For more information on times, meeting places, etc., contact Greg Cleary |
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Marquette 58th CBC Preliminary Report
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Click on the Read More link for a Marquette Christmas Bird Count summary. |
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Short-tailed Hawk at Whitefish Point
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Karl Bardon and Ken Mettie Jr. found a SHORT-TAILED HAWK at Whitefish Point the morning of November 19, 2005. The bird was hanging around the parking lot and Hawk Dune.
The Short-tailed Hawk reappeared around 11:30 the morning of November 20, and flew around the point, for at least two hours. Great looks were obtained from the Hawk Platform and a group of birders watched it hunting as it moved across the Point.
It is an adult Light Morph bird and several photos were obtained. There is a photo of this bird posted in the U.P. Birders 2005 Photo Album (click the link at the top of this page to go to our album page.) |
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Marquette NAMC Results
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The compiling is finished and the results are in for the 12th annual North American Migration Count, May 14, 2005 in Marquette County, Michigan. The species total was 134. Click the "Read More..." link for complete results. |
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Gray-Headed Junco Pics
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 "Gray-headed" Junco seen May 10, 2005 in Marquette. Click "Read More..." link to see photos. |
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Meet Fort Morgan, Alabama--A Spring Birding Paradise
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 Here's an article from Marquette birder Tom Noren on one of his favorite birding spots... |
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