Newaygo and Mecosta Co. birding

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Steve Santner and I did some birding in Newaygo and Mecosta counties today.  
Highlights (all in southern Mecosta County) were:
 
Grasshopper Sparrow: 2 on the north side of 3 Mile Road west of 130th  Avenue
 
Red-headed Woodpecker: 1 on Monroe Road west of Brady Avenue
 
Dickcissel: 2 on 130th Avenue between 5 and 6 Mile Roads. While driving by  a 
house at 5282 130th, we 
        heard a Dickcissel singing.  Skeptical that a Dickcissel would be 
singing from someone's front
        yard, we stopped to  investigate. We saw one Dickcissel fly from the 
yard across the road and  into
        a field; and we then  observed a second Dickcissel singing from and 
hopping around in a large  tree
        in the front yard. A very  odd sight.
 
Virginia Rail: We stopped in mid-afternoon at a tiny marsh on the south  side 
of Buchanan Road just
        west of 130th Avenue, and  heard a Virginia Rail calling.
 
We also had a Henslow's Sparrow in southeastern Newaygo County, but I'm  
embarrassed to admit we neglected to note the location.
 
Darlene Friedman
Novi







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