Saturday, July 2, 2011

No Sedge Wrens but One Hooded Warbler

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As Chip Francke observed earlier this year, there are no Sedge Wrens anywhere.  This morning I was at Hofma Preserve south of Grand Haven, an automatic Sedge Wren site in other years, and found none.
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Hofma Preserve, Ottawa, US-MI
Jul 2, 2011 6:25 AM - 8:25 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
24 species

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)  4
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)  1
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)  2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  1
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)  2
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  1
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)  2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  3
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  1
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)  1
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)  5
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)  4
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  5
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)  3
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)  1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  12
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)  1
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  3

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

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However, I did find my Target Bird at Hoffmaster State Park: a Hooded Warbler northwest of the deer exclosure by the blowout west of the Homestead Trail south of the Gillette Nature Center.
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P. J. Hoffmaster SP--South (Ottawa Co.), Ottawa, US-MI
Jul 2, 2011 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
17 species

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)  1
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)  2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  1
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  1
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  3
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  1
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)  1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  3
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)  1
Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina)  1
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)  2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  2
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)  1
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)  2
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  4

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

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- Ric
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