I saw three Black-crowned Night Herons at the Wastewater this evening in the fields north of the rapid filtration cells. I saw this one first and then it was joined by two others.
- Mike Boston
Thanks, Mike. (Lizzy also mentioned these in her report below.) Meanwhile, Ted Ogren was also out there that evening and saw what was probably a Summer Tanager on the West Michigan Area RC Club's land on the north side of White Road east of Swanson. As luck would have it, his binoculars were in his truck, but he heard a funny-sounding bird and got a good look at it anyway: all red, orangier-red than a cardinal. Ebird has only two other SUTA reports in Muskegon County in the last ten years, so more than likely a great bird, Ted!
This morning I counted birds at two locations and will send the numbers to Brian Johnson who continues to catalog the second Saturday in May which used to be the day of the North American Migration Count (NAMC).
The Muskegon Lake Nature Preserve had plenty of bird life but was disappointingly-low in warblers. I recorded no White-throated Sparrows, but White-crowned Sparrows were everywhere. I counted 36 but would like to know how many were really there today.
Among the 41 species were Wood Duck, Pied-billed Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, Green Heron, Virginia Rail, Sora, Sandhill Crane, Least Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Warbling Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Swamp Sparrow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Baltimore Oriole and Marsh Wren:
At my old NAMC Black Creek site I found 29 species including Scarlet Tanager, Red-shouldered Hawk, Great Crested Flycatcher, Brown Thrasher and Black-throated Green Warbler.
You never know with bird-watching. I didn't see a Downy Woodpecker until I got back home!
- Ric
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