UP Rare Bird Report for September 13, 2006

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UP Rare Bird Report for September 13, 2006
 
 
Migration underwent a fundamental shift this week in the Upper Peninsula. The first serious cold front occurred on Friday the 8th with the first frost advisory of the season issued. Warblers have notably decreased in numbers with mid-September migrants like White-crowned Sparrows and Grey-cheeked Thrushes appearing in the last week. Along the waterfront the number shorebirds have dropped, while duck numbers and Red-throated Loons are increasing. 
A final note for this week is that a year has passed since the Upper Peninsula Rare Bird Report was born. I hope everyone has enjoyed the UP reports as much has I have, and we at UP Birders have a few ideas bouncing around to update www.UPBirders.org in the next couple of months. Stay tuned!
 
 
Highlights
 
POMARINE JAEGER
LONG-TAILED JAEGER
Spruce Grouse
Snow Goose
Ross’s X Snow Goose hybrid
Whimbrel
Parasitic Jaeger
Black-backed Woodpecker
Harris’s Sparrow
 
 
Keweenaw County
Laurie Binford had a HARRIS’S SPARROW in Agate Harbor on the 7th. This is the 2nd earliest fall record for Harris’s Sparrow for the Keweenaw.
 
Marquette County
A presumed ROSS’S x SNOW GOOSE hybrid was found at Founders Landing on the 8th, in the Lower Harbor of Marquette. The goose was an immature bird and was refound on the 9th up at Presque Isle Park. David Pavlik reported a WHIMBREL on the 9th at the Black Rocks on the north end of Presque Isle Park. Also on 9th, was a RUDDY DUCK by the Ore Dock in the Upper Harbor of Marquette. Other highlights from the Presque Isle Waterbird Count this week included a RED-THROATED LOON and a good flight of REDHEADS on the 13th. Ryne Rutherford had 3 SNOW GEESE flying over Northern Michigan University on the 12th. Greg Cleary had an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER on the 10th at Wetmore Landing. 
 
Delta County
Dee Miller had a good fall count of 346 migrating BROAD-WINGED HAWKS on the MSU Tree Research Farm on the 9th. 
 
Luce County
Rick Baetsen reported 2 BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS at the Pike Lake State Forest Campground on the 10th. Rick also reported having 7 SPRUCE GROUSE on the 10th, with 2 more grouse on the 11th in the Swamp Lakes area.
 
Chippewa County
Well this seems to be a great year at Whitefish Point for observing jaegers with all 3 species being reported in the last week. The most notable sighting of the season so far was of a juvenile LONG-TAILED JAEGER on the 10th. A juvenile POMARINE JAEGER was seen on the 7th and the 8th. A second juvenile POMARINE JAEGER was recorded on the 12th. PARASITIC JAEGERS were recorded on the 10th and the 9th. Other highlights this week included 17 RED-THROATED LOONS, AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER and a JAEGER SPECIES on the 13th; 5 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS on the 8th and 3 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS on the 7th; 2 unidentified JAEGER SPECIES & 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS on the 6th, and 1 unidentified JAEGER SPECIES on the 6th. 
 
 
To report rare birds please email me at TheOwlRanch at aol.com or to Birdnet at UPBirders.org if you are a subscriber. If you are not on the net, call the Marquette Hotline at (906) 225-3886. For more information on Birdnet, or UP birds, please visit www.UPBirders.org
 
Thank you,
 
~Skye Haas
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