42 Species 15 Year Birds at Hoffmaster

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I birded Hoffmaster State Park for four hours this morning including the Elizabeth Brockwell-Tillman / Jerry Lang Family Birding Saturday.  Only seven people made the walk, no families nor kids, all dampened by rain, all happy with the 42 bird species along our way.
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For my part I was glad to go birding again after more than a week off and to add 15 new Michigan Year Birds, upping my total to 120, a bit closer to the other competitors -- but who's counting?
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Highlights this morning included a singing Winter Wren, a pair of Red-shouldered Hawks vocalizing for the 15 minutes I was in their area, nine warbler species (including singing Black-throated Blue and Hooded) and two male Scarlet Tanagers.
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- Ric
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Hoffmaster State Park, Muskegon, US-MI
May 5, 2012 6:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments:    Jerry Lang's Family Birding Saturday
42 species

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)  1
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)  4
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)  1
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)  2    Pair vocalizing.
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  1
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  1
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)  1
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)  1
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  1
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)  1
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  4
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  1
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis)  1    singing
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)  4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)  3
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)  1
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)  2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  5
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  1
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)  2
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)  2
Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina)  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)  1    singing
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)  1
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)  2
Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis)  1
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)  1
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)  3
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  1
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)  2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  2
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)  7
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)  1
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  1

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