Eagles, Snow Buntings, Pheasants...

[Thierry Lach]

Excellent directions.  Thanks.  We got by there on Thursday the 27th and we
saw 22 of them.  While we were sitting in the car something disturbed some
of them and 15 of them flew away from the road into the closest tree.  It
was magnificent to see a flock of eagles like that.

On Dec 19, 2007 6:24 PM, Scott Manly <manlyrs at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Sure.
>
> If you come from Portland (get off interstate at Grand River Ave exit) and
> go right.  Go maybe a mile to a light somewhat at the bottom of the hill
> where a grain silo is real close and intersecting road goes only to the
> right.  That is Divine Highway; tale it north til it Ts into Kimball (about
> 8 miles).  Turn left onto Kimball and go maybe a quarter mile to the next
> farm on the left (there is one house in between). and look for the eagles in
> the field and trees behind that farm.
>
> Summarize:  Grand River Ave (north) to Divine Hwy (north) to Kimball
> (west).
>
> If you come from Ionia (M-66), you will want to go east on Riverside Drive
> from M-66 (just south of the Grand River) until it T's as you enter Lyons.
> Turn left then follow that road through and out of town again.  You are now
> on Kimball.  Take it a few miles out of town until it levels out into some
> large fields.  Begin looking for the eagles (mostly on the south (right)
> side of the road) until you get to Divine Hwy (at which point you will want
> to backtrack to that previous farm.)
>
> Hope that helps,
> Scott Manly,
> Ionia, MI
>
>  ------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:47:26 -0500
> From: thierry.lach at gmail.com
> To: mich-chat at envirolink.org
> Subject: Re: Eagles, Snow Buntings, Pheasants...
>
>
> Can you give directions to the eagles?  I'm going to be up that way after
> Christmas and would be interested in seeing them.
>
> On Dec 19, 2007 3:07 PM, Scott Manly < manlyrs at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Spent a little time out east of Lyons, MI this morning with a friend to
> show him the eagles that congregate out there.  The numbers are still
> building (still a lot of open water around I guess), but there were at least
> 13.  They kept their distance as the farmer who feeds them was burning the
> remains of his barn.
>
> While we were out along Divine Highway (north of Portland), turning onto
> Kimball, we saw a flock of over 500 Snow Buntings that were enjoying the
> manure on field.
>
> As we were leaving the neighborhood, we looked up to see a few Ring-necked
> Pheasants on the other side of the road just into the field.  Those few
> turned into 25!!!  Never seen so many together before.
>
> Good birding,
> Scott Manly,
> Ionia, MI
>
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