[Mich-chat] ottawa county birds 2/5

[michael overway]

On the chance that anyone is interested, at the bottom of this email is a report 
from the Holland Audubon Club's outing this morning.  I thought the 3 swans in 
one location along with the WWSC's may be of some interest.

I have not heard if anyone has checked on the redpolls at Stu Visser Trails 
lately.  fyi: the north parking lot is completely snowed over; I have not driven 
past the southern lot recently.  Maybe I'll give this a go tomorrow morning.

Other decent county birds are the lingering kittiwake at Grand Haven along with 
some WWSC's and a HOME.  A flicker has been at the feeders at Hemlock Crossings 
NC since at least Dec.  A shrike has been seen buzzing the feeders at least 
twice, most recently Thursday.  A Carolina Wren has been frequenting the feeders 
at DeGraaf NC - apparently go early (they are closed on Sunday and Monday 
but the feeders can still be viewed from the trails.

Longspurs have been seen frequently in a couple locations. 

I take no credit for any of these sittings and I withhold names to protect the 
guilty.  If there are any questions, please contact me off list and I'll help if 
I can.

Good birding, 
mike overway



----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Sent: Sat, February 5, 2011 7:10:46 PM
Subject: Birding Connection Report

Dear fellow birders,

Just a report on our Holland Audubon birding outing this morning.  Our group of 
a dozen or so had sunshine, little or no wind, good fellowship, and lots of 
birds.  We visited only two sites:  Dunton Park and Pigeon Lake.  We found the 
following 35 species:

Gadwall
Coot-  one at each site
Common Merganser-  no Red-breasted!
Bufflehead
Canvasback
Redhead-  good comparisons with Canvasback
Goldeneye
Scaups-  Greater and Lesser
White-winged Scoter-  pair     Note to PHOTOGRAPHERS:  a very tame pair stayed 
right by the road by the bubblers at Pigeon Lake.  Amazing!
Swans-  Tundra, Mute, and Trumpeter    Seeing all 3 species at one place (Pigeon 
Lake) is a rare event for me.
Mallard
Canada Goose
Gulls- Ring-billed and Herring 
Kingfisher
Cooper's Hawk
Bald Eagle-  a pair at Dunton Park
Crow
Cardinal
Titmouse
Chickadee
Finches-  Gold and House
Mourning Dove
Tree Sparrow
White-breasted Nuthatch
Woodpeckers-  Pileated- a beautiful pair, Downy, and Red-bellied
Golden-crowned Kinglet-  a pair was out in the open feeding on a wire.  Kinglets 
on a wire were never before seen by anyone in the group!
Junco
Bluejay

I may have left out one or 2.  In short, it was a great morning of birding.  I 
encourage all of you to get out there while the weather is cold.  Once the ice 
melts, most of the waterfowl will melt away too.  Now is the best time.  See you 
all on Tues at our meeting.
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