Sunday, October 23, 2011

eBird Report for Saturday's Fieldtrip

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 Muskegon Wastewater System, Muskegon, US-MI
Oct 22, 2011 8:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments:    Muskegon County Nature Club Fieldtrip
45 species (+3 other taxa)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  5000
Gadwall (Anas strepera)  6
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)  3
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  200
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)  2000
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)  1
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)  4
Redhead (Aythya americana)  6
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)  1
Greater/Lesser Scaup (Aythya marila/affinis)  6
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)  20
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)  4000
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)  2
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)  1
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)  1
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)  1
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)  3
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)  1    immature
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  2
Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)  1    light morph
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)  1    unbanded juvenile
American Coot (Fulica americana)  300
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)  17
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)  2
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)  1
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)  4
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)  4
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)  6
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  X
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)  X
gull sp. (Larinae sp.)  5000
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  5
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)  12
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  3
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)  7
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  200
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)  60
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)  3
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)  4
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  1
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  X    See blackbird sp
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)  1
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)  6
blackbird sp. (Icteridae sp.)  3000    Flock flowing southeastward for +20 minutes - may all have been RWBL
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

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1 comment:

John L. Trapp said...

Ric:

As coordinator of Michigan Christmas Bird Counts for Michigan Audubon and National Audubon, I'm trying to contact Feller DeWitt, compiler of the Muskegon CBC, regarding the 2011-2012 count. I would appreciate it greatly if you could provide me with his email address.

John L. Trapp
birdsetcetera AT gmail.com