On Saturday I birded the Muskegon Lake Nature Preserve and an area along Black Creek for the North American Migration Count finding plenty of birds (none unusual, and very few warblers) on a cold, cloudy, sometimes rainy morning.
41 species at MLNP including Virginia Rail, Sora, Eastern Phoebe, Warbling Vireo, House and Marsh Wrens, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brown Thrasher, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler, White-crowned & White-throated, Song and Swamp Sparrows, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Baltimore Oriole.
27 at Black Creek including Red-shouldered & Red-tailed Hawks, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Swainson's Thrush, Ovenbird, American Redstart and Indigo Bunting.
Swainson's Thrush at Black Creek
Sunday morning Dan Lockard photographed this Baltimore Oriole on his feeder.
Sunday afternoon after searching for the Yellow-throated Vireo singing across the road (#135, but who's counting?), I photographed Mr. House Finch in my backyard.
- Ric
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