With Jeff Johnson in Nevada and Carolyn Weng in California, I commandeered "their dune" at Muskegon State Park this morning to watch for hawks and other wildlife.
Northern Flickers were the birds of the day, calling frequently and flying in all directions but south. Other non-migrants included crows, gulls, goldfinches, chickadees, nuthatches, a young Red-tailed Hawk and a pair of deer.
Migrants: 64 Blue Jays, 15 Broad-winged Hawks, 12 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 13 Canada Geese, 2 Monarch Butterflies, and 1 each of Northern Harrier (brown), Cooper's Hawk and Red-headed Woodpecker.
Monday morning Greg DeWeerd photographed this Sphinx Moth on the porch of his house near Hoffmaster State Park. He and Judy walked by it twenty times, but it didn't fly until the temperatures rose (another way it's like a hummingbird - see Don Neumann's Sept. 13 post below).
- Ric
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