Metro Beach and DNR Access

[Joseph E. Faggan]

Today, Tuesday, the Snowy Owl was still there around 1
p.m. on the ice off the south end of the beach area. 
The Snow Bunting flock was still there also, about 1/3
of the way out to the tip of Huron Point.

At the DNR access place my conservative estimate of
the duck numbers today is 10,000+. The open water is
prety far offshore, and due to being wind
chill-challenged I didn't get out and set up the
telescope.  It looked like the vast majority were
scaup, and Canvasbacks were obvious. No doubt there
were other species present.

--- Douglas Warner <dw2927 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Yesterday While at the DNR access at the end of
> South
> River
> Road, I spotted 4 Tundra Swans off the point at the
> edge of the rafts of divers. One was ashy grey,
> presumably a juvenile, and the other 3 were adults.
> I
> could see, even from a distance, the black bill and
> more upright posture. They flew off in the direction
> of Strawberry Island/St. Clair flats. Also admist
> the
> usual suspect diving ducks I had a fair number
> (approx. 15-20) of Ruddy Ducks. I got a very good
> view
> of a Bufflehead, which could not have been much more
> than 30 feet from the rocks. I spotted two Song
> Sparrows in the scrub on the point. I did not locate
> the Bald Eagles or the Glaucous Gull refered to in
> MichListers. 
> 
> At Metro I spotted the Buntings on the open fields
> up
> from the beach towards the beginning of Huron Point.
> I
> scanned the jammed up ice out from the beach for the
> Snowy Owl, but did not find it.  
> 
> Doug Warner
> 
> Clinton Township
> 
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Joseph E. Faggan
Beverly Hills, Michigan
jfaggan at yahoo.com