Quality and quantity today! Marc Miedema reported a LeConte's Sparrow this morning at Lane's Landing and others the Kentucky Warbler continuing at Flahive (East End) Park in Grand Haven at least until this evening.
Mike Boston emailed this afternoon: "I just had what appears to be a Yellow-headed Blackbird at the Wastewater right by the orange port-a-jon overlooking the large drawn-down cell."
Yellow-headed Blackbird by Mike Boston
Charlie DeWitt also had a Yellow-headed Blackbird today on Harbor Island in Grand Haven.
Meanwhile I encountered lots of birds at two locations this morning while censusing for the Global Big Day Count (posted below by Brian Johnson).
The Muskegon Lake Nature Preserve was literally crawling with Palm Warblers; they were foraging everywhere in the park, sometimes on the ground.
Muskegon Lake Nature Preserve, Muskegon, Michigan, US
May 5, 2018 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: Global Big Day Count - Site 1
45 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 7
Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) 2
Gadwall (Mareca strepera) 6
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 3
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 8
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 1
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 3
Sora (Porzana carolina) 3
American Coot (Fulica americana) 8
gull sp. (Larinae sp.) 2
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 3
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 4
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 1
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) 3
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 3
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 2
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 1
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 10
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 1
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 1
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 4
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) 1
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 3
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) 3
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 14
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 4
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1
Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla) 3
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 8
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 9
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) 29
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 24
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 2
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 3
Sparrow (White-throated or White-crowned) 20
Sparrow (White-throated or White-crowned) 20
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 5
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) 3
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 7
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) 1
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 44
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 3
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 14
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 1
Sora (one of three at the MLNP this morning)
Later on private property near Black Creek I found this Great Crested Flycatcher:
Black Creek BBA Area, Muskegon, Michigan, US
May 5, 2018 10:25 AM - 11:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: Global Big Day Count - Site 2
33 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 1
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 1
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 1
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) 1
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) 2 Pair being harrassed by crows
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) 1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) 2
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 1
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 4
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 3
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 3
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 3
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 8
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 5
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 1
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 3
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 5
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 1
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 4
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) 1
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 8
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) 4
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 1
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 6
- Ric
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