Norton Shores Fawn

June 28 Email:

I found this little guy right at my front door this morning.  Later my wife found it lying on the front step.

 

Theron Wierenga

Norton Shores

Dragonflies and Damselflies

Female Spangled Skimmer

 Male Spangled Skimmer

Male Blue Dasher

Female Eastern Pondhawk

Damselfly (one of the Bluets)

On the 22nd of June 2013 I went for a walk at Black Lake Park in Norton Shores.  The reason for the walk was to find dragonflies and damselflies.  I found 10 species of dragonflies and several species of damselflies.  The drain ditch on the south side of the park is a very good place to observe them.  I also found 9 species of birds and 4 species of butterflies.

Charlie DeWitt

Florida Visitor Records 64 Species at WW

June 16 Email:

Here is a list of the bird species spotted at the Muskegon Wastewater area during my visit from Florida between 5/31 and 6/16, 2013. American Coot American Crow American Goldfinch American Robin Bald Eagle (juvenile) Baltimore Oriole Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Blue Jay Blue-winged Teal Bobolink Brown-headed Cowbird Brown Thrasher Bufflehead (male) Canada Geese/goslings Canvasback (male/female) Chipping Sparrow Cliff Swallow Common Grackle Coopers Hawk Dickcissel Downy Woodpecker Double-crested Cormorant Eared Grebe (LIFE BIRD) Eastern Bluebird Eastern Kingbird Eastern Meadowlark Eastern Phoebe Eastern Towhee European Starling Gadwall (male/female) Gray Catbird Great Blue Heron Great Crested Flycatcher Herring Gull Horned Lark Killdeer Lesser Scaup Mallard (male/female/ducklings) Mourning Dove Northern Cardinal Northern Flicker Northern Harrier Northern Rough-winged Swallow Northern Shoveler (male/female) Orchard Oriole Pileated Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Red-tailed Hawk Red-winged Blackbird Ring-billed Gull Ruby-throated Hummingbird Ruddy Duck (male/female) Sandhill Crane Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow Spotted Sandpiper Tree Swallow Turkey Vulture Upland Sandpiper (+ one baby) Wild Turkey Wood Duck (female only) Yellow Warbler

Unidentified Sparrow-like bird

Rog Newell
Valrico, FL

Dickcissel and Eared Grebe at W.W. Saturday

After the MCNC field trip I stopped at Muskegon County Wastewater to get my Dickcissel for the year (#234, Ric).  It was in RI Cell E5.

Charlie DeWitt

Charlie, thanks for the info if not for the number.  Great photos!  FYI the Northern Waterthrush on the field trip was my 166th, but who's counting?  Meanwhile, Hank Veldman emailed yesterday the following info and photo.  - Ric

I found an Eared Grebe at Wastewater Friday AM on the N side of the E lagoon. Also, near it was the Canvasback that others have reported recently. - Hank Veldman, Grand Rapids

Pewee and Dragonfly on Field Trip

Six of us recorded 30 bird species (plus various damsel and dragonflies and a dead porcupine) on the Howard Christensen Nature Center field trip this morning.  Carol Cooper sends these trip photos of an Eastern Wood-pewee and female White-tailed Dragonfly.

- Ric

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Sandpiper, Flycatcher and Turtle at W.W.

Dan Lockard emails these photos which he took at the Wastewater yesterday (6/11/13).  The first is an Upland Sandpiper, the second I'm calling Eastern Wood-pewee, and the third a Box Turtle.  I don't "do" turtles and may have missed the flycatcher too, so please click "Comments" below if you have corrections or additions.  Thanks!

- Ric

Osprey vs. Eagle Muskegon River

June 10 Email:

I really enjoy looking at the birding website in the evenings.   I was wondering if you would like to post a couple of bird photos anonymously. Today I had an immature Bald Eagle and an Osprey in a brawl over the Muskegon River.  The image quality isn't the greatest, but thought people might enjoy them anyways. 

Wow!  I'm sure they will.  Thanks!  - Ric

Red-winged Blackbird

Roxanne Eacker sends this portrait of a Red-winged Blackbird at Snug Harbor today.

Great-crested Flycatcher and Killdeer Nest

Nobody has posted a new picture for awhile so I thought I'd post this Great-crested Flycatcher that I saw at Lane's Landing on Tuesday evening, 6/4/2013.

Mike Boston

Meanwhile Carol Cooper sends this photo of a Killdeer Nest she found in Muskegon Township.  - Ric