[Mich-chat] Record early Least Bittern for MI?

[Caleb Putnam]

All-

Yesterday evening, 18 April, Neil Gilbert and Jonathan Lautenbach and I had a singing Least Bittern at an inaccessible location (without permission) in Kent Co. This struck all 3 of us as a very early date for this species. Limited research since then suggests that this is possibly the earliest spring record for Michigan (the CBC-week bird from Mouillee many years ago notwithstanding). I'd love to hear from anyone else regarding the earliest known spring records for Michigan, with dates and locations if possible.

Good Birding,
Caleb Putnam

Caleb G Putnam 

Sparta, MI

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