[Mich-chat] Arcadia/Manistee birding last weekend

[Brian A]

On last Saturday Scott Sneed and Tom Ford found the Least Bittern and American Bitterns at Arcadia marsh on M-22 in northern Manistee County.  I was tardy and joined them at 7:00 and we checked the pier at Arcadia and the Onekama sewage ponds and found only Spotted, Solitary Sandpipers, Lesser yellowlegs and Killdeer.

On Sunday Scott and I checked the Manistee State Game area and found three Willow Flycatchers on territory along with a female Merlin.  At the First St. beach in Manistee there were Piping Plovers (1 ad. and 1 juv), ad. Sanderlings, Least ,Semipalmated and Spotted Sandpipers.  At Fifth Ave. there was an adult  Bonaparte's Gull with very red legs and a first summer Great Black-backed Gull, somewhat unusual for summer in NW mich.

Monday morning brought the first "wave" of migrants warblers into Bear Lake.  I had no binos and could only identify one Wilson's.

BA

BA
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