UP Rare Bird Report for December 14, 2007

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UP Rare Bird Report for December 14, 2007

 

 

The eve of the start of the Christmas Bird Counts. Good luck, may you all have calm conditions and open water!

 

 

Highlights

 

WESTERN/CLARK’S GREBE*

Golden Eagle

Gyrfalcon

Thayer’s Gull

Iceland Gull

Snowy Owl

Black-backed Woodpecker

Boreal Chickadee

Northern Mockingbird

Bohemian Waxwing

 

 

Baraga County

Joe Youngman found a WESTERN/CLARK’S GREBE* in the Keweenaw Bay on the north side of L’anse on December 10th. The bird was too distant to determine the exact species. Kitt Wulf & Bob Seasor reported an immature GOLDEN EAGLE along M-28 by Parent Lake on December 10th. 

 

Dickinson County

Greg Cleary reported a good count of 100 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in Crystal Falls on December 1st. Very impressive was Kay Kavanagh’s report of 350 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in Iron River from December 3rd-10th. 

 

Marquette County

An adult grey-morph GYRFALCON was found by David Pavlik and seen by multiple observers in the Lower Harbor in Marquette from December 7-10th. The bird is eating well and may stay the winter. Scot Stewart and Loren Cliford reported a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD along Lakeshore Bldv. on November 30-December 1st. A BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was seen along County Road 478 southwest of Ishpeming on the 2nd. Another BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER, along with 1 HOARY REDPOLL & 7 BOREAL CHICKADEES were seen up the Peshekee Grade on the 1st. A single BOREAL CHICKADEE & 3 GRAY JAYS were along the Wolf Lake Road on the 2nd. Also on the 2nd, an adult THAYER’S GULL was seen at the mouth of the Dead River. A second-year ICELAND GULL was at the mouth of the Dead on the 8th, and an adult THAYER’S/ICELAND GULL was on the 13th. Up to 8 GLAUCOUS GULLS and 2 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS have been in Marquette in the last week as well. A flock of 38 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were in Beaver Grove on the 14th. 

 

Alger County

Luke Langstaff reported an excellent total of 17 BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS feeding in diseased Jack Pines along Doe Lake Road on December 13th. He said they have been there for a while and even observed a NORTHERN GOSHAWK attempting to catch one.

 

Schoolcraft County

Erik Enbody & Phil Chayon reported a GOLDEN EAGLE scavenging on a road-killed deer along M-28 just west of Seney on the “Seney Strech” on December 3rd. 

 

Chippewa County

Rick Baetsen reported a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER, 1 BOREAL CHICKADEE, 2 HOARY REDPOLLS, 4 GRAY JAYS as well as RED CROSSBILLS at Hulbert Bog on December 7th. Kirk Zulfelt had a SNOWY OWL along Prairie Road in Dryburg on the 7th. Kirk also had an ICELAND GULL and 6 GLAUCOUS GULLS at the Dafter Dump. Chris Neri has been hanging on at Whitefish Point recording the last few birds of the season. A male BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was present on the 6th, and a couple of HOARY REDPOLLS remain at the Gift Shop feeders. 

 

Mackinac County

David Pavlik reported a flock of 350 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS at the Mackinaw Bridge overlook near the McDonalds on December 13th. 

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All birds marked with an asterisk “*” in the report are review species in the State of Michigan and should be documented with photos or a written description. Please send documentation to Adam Byrne at the Michigan Birds Records Committee at either 11771 Rachel LN, Dewitt, MI, 48820 or by email at Byrnea”AT”msu.edu

For further information about the Records Committee, please visit: http://www.michiganaudubon.org/mbrc/mbrc_home.html

 

 

To report rare birds, please email me at the 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

 

Till next time,

 

~Skye Haas

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