Saturday, April 9, 2011

Birds at Lanes, SGA and WW This Morning

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After birding the Lane's Landing marsh and the State Game Area headquarters areas (eBird lists below) I spent a half hour at Wastewater seeing these new species for the morning:  Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck (6), Turkey Vulture, Rough-legged Hawk (1 light morph), Ring-billed Gull, Horned Lark, European Starling, American Tree Sparrow, Eastern Meadowlark and Common Grackle.
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Ric
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Location:    Muskegon SGA--Lane's Landing
Observation date:    4/9/11
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Notes:    I heard wing-flapping as of a swan at exact location where Trumpeter Swan has resided for last several years.

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Number of species:    18

Canada Goose - Branta canadensis    5
Wood Duck - Aix sponsa    4
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos    8
Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata    1
Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus    1
Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis    1
American Coot - Fulica americana    1
Sandhill Crane - Grus canadensis    2
gull sp. - Larinae sp.    5
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura    2
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens    1
Pileated Woodpecker - Dryocopus pileatus    1
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata    1
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos    1
American Robin - Turdus migratorius    12
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia    10
Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana    3
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis    1
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus    20

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

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Location:    Muskegon SGA--Headquarters
Observation date:    4/9/11
Number of species:    24

Wood Duck - Aix sponsa    2
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos    5
Wild Turkey - Meleagris gallopavo    12
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias    1
Sandhill Crane - Grus canadensis    1
gull sp. - Larinae sp.    1
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura    1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus    2
Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus    1
Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe    1
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata    2
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos    1
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus    4
Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor    1
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis    4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula    1
American Robin - Turdus migratorius    10
Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla    1
Fox Sparrow - Passerella iliaca    1
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia    12
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis    2
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus  60 male 5 female
Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater    2
American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis    1
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus    10


This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

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