Saturday morning I walked around Black Lake Park. If Beth Miller hadn't already reported a White-eyed Vireo there on Friday, I would not have recognized the persistent fast song coming from the trees south of the entrance drive. I never saw the bird, but later in the day it was reported and photographed by others.
Today Carol and I happened to meet one of those people, Beth's friend Karl (and his son) at East Grand River (Flahive) Park in Grand Haven. ( He had seen the vireo yesterday in those same trees. :-/ )
Flahive was thick with birds today! Yellow-rumped Warblers were everywhere and Palms were common. We saw and heard at least one Cerulean Warbler, Black-and-White Warbler, and Northern Parula. A local birder saw a waterthrush. There were several Warbling Vireos, a few Baltimore Orioles, two Blue Jays (fighting right on the ground!), along with many of the usual suspects.
Later this afternoon Beth sent a report of an American Avocet at Muskegon Wastewater.
- Ric
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