UMichBirders for Saturday, May 17, 2008

Messages are displayed in the order they were received.  Subject  From  Time   [birders] Final reminder: Crane Creek field trip, Sun., May 18, 6 am to mid afternoon   Karen Markey    8:04am   [birders] Dearborn birds, Acadian Flycatcher   Julie Craves    9:36am   [birders] Cattle Egret - Washtenaw - Sat., May 17, noon   Mike Sefton    9:27am   [birders] ADMIN - Grove Street is back up   Bruce M. Bowman   12:54pm   [birders] Arb Birds of Interest   Roger Kuhlman    1:01pm   [birders] Grasshopper Sparrow, others - Oakland County   pavlik(AT)comcast.net   6:29pm   [birders] Antarctica is free Washtenaw Audubon program, Wed., May 21, 7:30pm, Ann Arbor, all invited   Mike Sefton    12:15pm   [birders] Crosswinds marsh YB Chat   Daryl & Gail Aspery   4:11pm   [birders] Prothonotary Still Present (Four Mile Lake)   Edwin Sanchez    4:37pm   [birders] Forster's Tern at Schneider Road Pond     5:03pm   [birders] Black-crowned Night Heron in Beverly Hills   Joseph E. Faggan   4:53pm   [birders] RH woodpecker at my suet feeder   Joan   8:06pm   [birders] Big Day Results   Jacob Job    5:51pm   [birders] RE: RH woodpecker at my suet feeder   Matthew Valencic   9:33pm

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Subject: [birders] Final reminder: Crane Creek field trip, Sun., May
         18, 6 am to mid afternoon
From: Karen Markey <ylime(AT)umich.edu>
Date: 17 May 2008 8:04am

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This is a final reminder about the field trip to Crane Creek State  
Park, particularly the Magee Marsh Wildlife area on Sun., May 18. (See  
Ken Kauffman's blog for daily summaries of birds at the park,
http://cranecreekbirding.blogspot.com/.)

We will meet at Busch's at the Plymouth Green shopping center on  
southwest corner of Plymouth Rd. and US-23 (on the far northeast side  
of Ann Arbor) at 6 am sharp (exit 41 on US-23) where we will  
consolidate into fewer cars (if people want to). You can also meet our  
group at Crane Creek's Magee Marsh Wildlife Area at 8:15 am at the  
"Warbler  Display." The return to Southeastern Michigan will be at  
your leisure (or when your driver wants to return). Please pack  
lunches, snacks, and drinks because there are NO fast food options in  
or near the park.

Dress for the weather -- pack a bag with extra gloves, coats, hats,  
etc., and store it in the car. Magee Marsh is almost entirely  
boardwalk and you are rarely more than a 10-minute walk back to the  
parking lot.

According to the meteorologists at channel 13 in Toledo, Sunday will  
be partly sunny with highs struggling to reach 60 and a chance of  
showers. For the latest Toledo-area weather including an animated  
predictor that tells what is likely to happen later in that and the  
following day, go to http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/, click on "Weather"  
 > click on "7-Day Forecast" > click on "Watch video." Mornings can be  
chilly at Magee Marsh, and north winds can make it downright cold,  
raw, and uncomfortable because the air comes directly over the lake.

I would like to get an estimate of the number of people who are  
considering this trip. Please RSVP to this message (karen.markey AT  
umich.edu) or call me at home, 734-662-7576, and leave a message on my  
answering machine if I'm not home to answer the phone. Also you can  
call me if you have questions about the trip.

You do not have to RSVP to come on this trip -- just show up at  
Busch's at 6 am or to the Magee Marsh Warbler display at 8:15 am. Non- 
members of WAS are always welcome on this and on other WAS-sponsored
field trips. See you Sunday for a wonderful trip!

* * * * * * * * * * * * *
Karen Markey
Professor
School of Information, 304 West Hall, 1085 S. Univ. Ave.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107 USA
Voice: 1-734-763-3581; Fax: 1-734-764-2475
Email: ylime(AT)umich.edu
Web site: http://www.si.umich.edu/~ylime/index.html

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Subject: [birders] Dearborn birds, Acadian Flycatcher
From: Julie Craves <jcraves(AT)umd.umich.edu>
Date: 17 May 2008 9:36am

Things REALLY quieted down overnight. There were very few migrants 
around today, but the bright spot was an Acadian Flycatcher in the 
floodplain directly west of the Rose Garden. This is getting to be a 
very uncommon bird around here.

-- 
Julie A. Craves
Rouge River Bird Observatory
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Dearborn, MI 48128

http://www.rrbo.org

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Subject: [birders] Cattle Egret - Washtenaw - Sat., May 17, noon
From: Mike Sefton <mseft(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 17 May 2008 9:27am

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Birders,
    Lyle Hamilton, rapidly becoming the go-to guy for Washtenaw County Cattle
Egrets (despite Lyle's non-resident status), just called to say he had found
another one of these very rare goodies at Lima Center Rd., just south of Hoelzer
 Rd., in southwest Washtenaw County.  Bird on, Lyle.
  Mike Sefton
  Ann Arbor
  http://www.washtenawaudubon.org/

       

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Subject: [birders] ADMIN - Grove Street is back up
From: "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99(AT)comcast.net>
Date: 17 May 2008 12:54pm

The Grove Street photo sharing site for birders(AT)umich.edu is back up.

  http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/se_mich/photos.html

Bruce
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Bruce M. Bowman                     
Ann Arbor, Michigan USA             
Washtenaw Co., southeast Michigan   
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Subject: [birders] Arb Birds of Interest
From: Roger Kuhlman <rkuhlman(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 17 May 2008 1:01pm

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Saturday morning there was a Mourning Warbler singing from a heavily thicke=
ted brush of non-native bushes on the northwest edge of Dow Prairie of Nich=
ol's Arboretum in Ann Arbor. [ Gee I wonder what happens to viewing opportu=
nities in the Arb for Mourning Warblers and other species that share its ha=
bitat preferences as Arb authorities systematically and relentlessly eradic=
ate these thicketed areas and replaces them with 'nice', open sunlighted sp=
ace that qualifies as good park design?]
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A Hooded Warbler was singing in the Rhododendron Glen. Up the hill, a White=
-eyed Vireo moved about the edges of the Evergreen grove just outside the c=
emetery. A late Winter Wren was also heard singing in this general area. A =
late Pine Siskin was by the Huron River along the Gallup Park biking and wa=
lking path. [Maybe a few Pine Siskins will try to nest in our area this sum=
mer.]
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Bob Arthur told me he saw a Red-headed Woodpecker in the middle glen runnin=
g south from Dow Prairie which I unfortunately could not find.
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Total Warbler species seen Saturday morning: 19--Common Yellowthroat, Yello=
w Warbler, American Redstart, Wilson's Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Black-thr=
oated Blue Warbler, Ovenbird, Blackburnian Warbler, Pine Warbler, Mourning =
Warbler, Black and White Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Black-throated Green W=
arbler, Hooded Warbler, Northern Parula, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Bay-breaste=
d Warbler, Palm Warbler, and Chestnut-sided Warbler.
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Roger Kuhlman
Ann Arbor, Michigan
5/17/2008
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Subject: [birders] Grasshopper Sparrow, others - Oakland County
From: pavlik(AT)comcast.net
Date: 17 May 2008 6:29pm

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Birders,

This morning I had my first Oakland County Grasshopper Sparrow.  This is in an
area I've mentioned before regarding some shorebird habitat.  It is in White
Lake in a location where a neighborhood has been started, roads are in but no
other construction.  This is off Eagle Rd. north of White Lake Rd., west of
Ormand Rd. GPS: 42.69596,-83.568267

Other notable birds:
A Greater Yellowlegs was in the retention pond and a Ring-necked Pheasant could
be heard in the area.
Common Morehen is back on Moore Lake off the south end of Pettibone Lake Rd. in
Highland Rec Area.
At Indian Springs Metropark I walked the 4 mile loop trail and had 3 Acadian
Flycatchers and one of the resident Pileated Woodpeckers.

Take care,
Tom Pavlik

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Subject: [birders] Antarctica is free Washtenaw Audubon program,
         Wed., May 21, 7:30pm, Ann Arbor, all invited
From: Mike Sefton <mseft(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 17 May 2008 12:15pm

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Birders and friends,
    Please join us for the free program below.  This event if open to the
public; membership is not required.
   
  Washtenaw Audubon Society
   
  Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 7:30pm
   
  Antarctica and South Georgia:  Penguins and Pintados
   
  Join ace photographer Rich Miller for a photo safari to Antarctica and the
sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. See immense penguin rookeries, molting
  Kings, necking blue-eyed shags, testosterone-crazed 2 ton elephant 
  seals, adorable baby Gentoo chicks, and pintados on parade, all set 
  among sculpted icebergs and fog-enshrouded dawn landscapes.  Plus a 
  very homesick reindeer.  Richard Miller is a researcher in the 
  Pathology Department and Geriatrics Center at the University of 
  Michigan Medical School, the go-to guy for very, very old mice, and 
  likes to photograph penguins because they do not fly away.
   
    Washtenaw Audubon programs are held at the University of Michigan Matthaei
Botanical Gardens, 1800 North Dixboro Rd., Ann Arbor. Call Washtenaw Audubon at
677-3275 for more information about the program.
    In addition to the program, hear news of the latest critter sightings and
field trips, and enjoy tasty snacks following the program.
    Hope to see you there.
   
  Mike Sefton
  Washtenaw Audubon Society
  www.washtenawaudubon.org
   

       

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Subject: [birders] Crosswinds marsh YB Chat
From: "Daryl & Gail Aspery" <gr8gray(AT)wowway.com>
Date: 17 May 2008 4:11pm

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There is a Yellow-breasted Chat calling off Haggarty again this year in =
Phase II. It is under the power lines east of Haggerty. This year it is =
farther in. It is calling near the base of the first power line towers.
I did not look for the CC Sparrow today. There was only a handful of =
warbler species calling today.

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Subject: [birders] Prothonotary Still Present (Four Mile Lake)
From: Edwin Sanchez <chainking(AT)mac.com>
Date: 17 May 2008 4:37pm

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The "Golden One" originally found by Dan Sparks-Jackson is still  
present and singing at the Four Mile Lake site.

Saw it twice between 11:30 and 12:30 today.  In each case, it flew in  
my direction, landing on branches so close I did not need my binocs.

No sign of a girlfriend or nest cavity.

A special thanks to Dan for posting this rare find.

Eddie Sanchez

Edwin Sanchez & Laurel Harmon
8703 Webster Hills Road
Dexter, Michigan 48130
(734) 426-0308
chainking(AT)mac.com

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Subject: [birders] Forster's Tern at Schneider Road Pond
From: <Bob.Arthurs(AT)sbcglobal.net>
Date: 17 May 2008 5:03pm

Jacob Job found a Forster's Tern at Schneider Road Pond today.  It was 
moving back and forth between the pond by the road and the pond further 
back.

Bob Arthurs

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Subject: [birders] Black-crowned Night Heron in Beverly Hills
From: "Joseph E. Faggan" <jfaggan(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 17 May 2008 4:53pm

About 60 feet north of the entrance bridge at the
Douglas-Evans preserve (Evergreen between 13 & 14 Mile
Rds, at the bottom of the dip) there is a large fallen
tree in the middle of the stream.  This afternoon a
B-c Night Heron perched on it for a good ten minutes,
and even posed for a photo for a group of young people
who happened by. 

I've been to the spot several times this season, and
this is the first time I've seen the species there, so
I don't know if this will be a favorite perch or not. 
If so, you'll never have a better look at a
Black-crowned and you won't have to walk very far. (I
have seen the spcies here and at the nearby Riverside
pond in previous years.)

Joseph E. Faggan
Beverly Hills, Michigan
jfaggan(AT)yahoo.com

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Subject: [birders] RH woodpecker at my suet feeder
From: "Joan" <jlutovsky(AT)dmci.net>
Date: 17 May 2008 8:06pm

<p>Birders;</p><p>I am very happy to report that for the last week I have h=
ad not one, but two Red-headed woodpeckers at my suet and peanut feeders.=
=A0 I saw the first one last Sat morning.=A0 On Sunday they were here toget=
her.=A0=A0 They=A0are here=A0many times per day.=A0 They are=A0pretty agres=
sive, chasing away=A0the other woodpeckers.=A0 </p><p>They sure are=A0beaut=
iful birds. This is the first time I have seen them in my area in years.=A0=
 </p><p>I have noticed more frequent reports of Red-headed woodpeckers sigh=
tings than in the past.=A0 Does anyone know if the are making a comeback or=
 is that wishful thinking?</p><p>thanks, Joan</p><p>northwest Wast. County<=
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Subject: [birders] Big Day Results
From: Jacob Job <zjrj5(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 17 May 2008 5:51pm

<table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0' ><tr><td style='font:
inherit;'>Birders,<br><br>Before I post anything about the birds that were
found, let me just offer up a piece of advice for future big days.  You
probably shouldnt hold a big day if you find yourself having a hard time
standing as a result of the wind.  Wow, what a windy day.  It
definitely put a stop on any record breaking thoughts.  However, many
wonderful birds were found throughout the county.  The morning started at
330 and continued until 730.  The final tally came in at 113.  A far
cry from the 141 needed to set the record, but again, I dont think thats too bad
 considering the conditions all day long.  Ill post the entire list along
with some of the highlights.  <br><br>Highlights included:<br>Lawrence's
Backcross at the Embury boardwalk.  The very last stretch of the
boardwalk.<br>Forster's Tern on Schneider Rd.<br>Fairly
 good looks at Henslow's of Sharon Valley Rd. <br>Sedge Wren on Cassidy
Rd.<br>Yellow-throated Warbler at Stinchfield Woods.<br>Blue-headed Vireo at
Stinchfield Woods<br><br>Complete List:<br>Canada Goose<br>Mute Swan<br>Wood
Duck<br>Mallard<br>Ring-necked Pheasant<br>Ruffed Grouse<br>Wild Turkey<br>Great
 Blue Heron<br>Great Egret<br>Turkey Vulture<br>Cooper's Hawk<br>Broad-winged
Hawk<br>Red-tailed Hawk<br>American Kestrel<br>Virginia Rail<br>Sora<br>Sandhill
 Crane<br>Killdeer<br>Lesser Yellowlegs<br>Solitary Sandpiper<br>Spotted
Sandpiper<br>Semipalmated Sandpiper<br>Short-billed
Dowitcher<br>Dunlin<br>Pectoral Sandpiper<br>Least Sandpiper<br>Semipalmated
Plover<br>Forster's Tern<br>Rock Pigeon<br>Mourning Dove<br>Yellow-billed
Cuckoo<br>Barred Owl<br>Common Nighthawk<br>Chimney Swift<br>Ruby-throated
Hummingbird<br>Red-headed Woodpecker<br>Red-bellied Woodpecker<br>Downy
Woodpecker<br>Hairy Woodpecker<br>Northern Flicker<br>Eastern
 Wood-Pewee<br>Empidomax sp.<br>Eastern Phoebe<br>Great Crested
Flycatcher<br>Eastern Kingbird<br>Yellow-throated Vireo<br>Blue-headed
vireo<br>Warbling Vireo<br>Red-eyed Vireo<br>Blue Jay<br>American Crow<br>Horned
 Lark<br>Purple Martin<br>Tree Swallow<br>N. Rough-winged Swallow<br>Bank
Swallow<br>Barn Swallow<br>Black-capped Chickadee<br>Tufted
Titmouse<br>White-breasted Nuthatch<br>Carolina Wren<br>Sedge Wren<br>House
Wren<br>Blue-gray Gnatcatcher<br>Eastern Bluebird<br>Veery<br>Wood
Thrush<br>American Robin<br>Gray Catbird<br>Northern Mockingbird<br>Brown
Thrasher<br>European Starling<br>Cedar Waxwing<br>Blue-winged
Warbler<br>Lawrence's Backcross<br>Nashville Warbler<br>Northern
Parula<br>Yellow Warbler<br>Chestnut-sided Warbler<br>Magnolia
Warbler<br>Black-throated Green Warbler<br>Pine Warbler<br>Palm
Warbler<br>American Redstart<br>Ovenbird<br>Louisiana Waterthrush<br>Common
Yellowthroat<br>Wilson's Warbler<br>Cerulean Warbler<br>Hooded
 Warbler<br>Scarlet Tanager<br>Eastern Towhee<br>Chipping Sparrow<br>Field
Sparrow<br>Savannah Sparrow<br>Grasshopper Sparrow<br>Song Sparrow<br>Henslow's
Sparrow<br>Swamp Sparrow<br>White-throated Sparrow<br>Northern
Cardinal<br>Rose-breasted Grosbeak<br>Indigo Bunting<br>Bobolink<br>Red-winged
Blackbird<br>Eastern Meadowlark<br>Common Grackle<br>Brown-headed
Cowbird<br>Orchard Oriole<br>Baltimore Oriole<br>House Finch<br>American
Goldfinch<br>House Sparrow<br><br>Well there's the list.  Not the best, but
 its the best Kelly McKinnie and I could do today.  If there are any
questions about the birds, please feel free to email.  The Forster's Tern
and Short-billed Dowitchers were both id'ed by sight and flight
calls.<br><br>Happy birding,<br>Jacob Job<br></td></tr></table><br>

      

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Subject: [birders] RE: RH woodpecker at my suet feeder
From: "Matthew Valencic" <mmvalencic(AT)adelphia.net>
Date: 17 May 2008 9:33pm

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Joan:

 

I was at Potato Creek State Park (about 10 miles south of South Bend, IN)
Thursday afternoon and took a brief walk around the trail next to the
Information Building and saw my very first Red-headed Woodpecker.  I know
this is way out of the S.W. Michigan area but I offer this in reply to your
question about a come-back for this bird.  The area was a wet woods with
standing water and several tall, dead trees among the live trees.  Lots of
Redstarts and other woodpeckers in this same spot (Downy, Red-bellied and
Flickers).

 

Matt Valencic

Chagrin Falls, OH

 

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From: Joan [mailto:jlutovsky(AT)dmci.net] 
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 8:07 PM
To: birders(AT)umich.edu
Subject: [birders] RH woodpecker at my suet feeder

 

Birders;

I am very happy to report that for the last week I have had not one, but two
Red-headed woodpeckers at my suet and peanut feeders.  I saw the first one
last Sat morning.  On Sunday they were here together.   They are here many
times per day.  They are pretty agressive, chasing away the other
woodpeckers.  

They sure are beautiful birds. This is the first time I have seen them in my
area in years.  

I have noticed more frequent reports of Red-headed woodpeckers sightings
than in the past.  Does anyone know if the are making a comeback or is that
wishful thinking?

thanks, Joan

northwest Wast. County

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