FW: [se-mi-birdlist] Kentucky Warbler - Hillsdale; Olive-sided Flycatcher - Jackson

[James Lesser]

> From: Don Henise [mailto:don_henise at ntm.org]
> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 9:58 PM
> To: se-mi-birdlist at umich.edu
> Subject: [se-mi-birdlist] Kentucky Warbler - Hillsdale; Olive-sided
Flycatcher -
> Jackson
> 
> A Kentucky Warbler was singing this morning at 10:00 am in the woods off
of
> Pittsford Road in Lost Nation State Game Area in Hillsdale county.
> 
> We listened first at the site off of Skuse Road where this species has
been
> for the past few years, but didn't hear any Kentucky Warblers there. Lots
of
> other stuff singing along Skuse road though; Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Acadian
> Flycatcher, Alder Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, Veery, Swainson's Thrush,
> Wood Thrush, etc. We saw a White-eyed Vireo along Skuse about 100 yards
past
> the pull off for the trail head that leads to the old Kentucky Warbler
spot.
> This is about 1/4 mile west of Gilbert Road.
> 
> Since we didn't hear Kentucky Warbler there, we went over to the location
> that held Kentucky Warblers several years ago. The trail head is on the
west
> side of Pittsford Road just north of Skuse. There is a silver metal guard
> rail gate at the pull off. Walk the trail until you come out into a large
> open meadow. Turn right and walk along the east edge of the field all the
> way to the northeast corner of the field (the grass is high and the
> mosquitoes are bad, so go prepared).  There is an overgrown trail entrance
> there. Walk in the trail just a short distance until the main trail is
> blocked by a blow down.  The Kentucky Warbler was singing off to the right
> of the trail at that spot.  I also thought that I heard a Louisiana
> Waterthrush singing pretty far off in that direction, but we had just
> spotted the Kentucky and I was working to get Robyn on it when I heard the
> waterthrush.  It did not sing again.  There were a couple of Hooded
Warblers
> singing in the area.
> 
> This afternoon about 1:00 pm we were back in Jackson county at the meadow
> across from the Lutheran Church on Riethmiller Road.  We had walked all
the
> way around the two-track down to the marsh and heard and saw an
Olive-sided
> Flycatcher. He was flycatching from a dead tree on the left of the trail
> where the trail has been recently filled in with some dirt.
> 
> In the past few days, I have seen several Sandhill Crane chicks in various
> locations, so when you see a pair of adult cranes, take a close look for
> little yellowish fuzz balls following them around.
> 
> We have heard Henslow's Sparrows in several locations lately. Besides the
> Riethmiller field and Heahnle Sanctuary (heard one there today), we heard
> one on Riethmiller east of the marsh in the field where Bobolinks have
been
> seen. There was one singing in an old brushy field on the west side of
> Updyke Road just north of Glenn this afternoon. On Saturday afternoon I
> visited the Sharonville State Game Area. The spot I stopped at is on the
> east side of Fishville Road 1/4 mile north of Sharonville Road. To the
east
> of the parking area are a couple of fields. In the field to the south, I
had
> 4 Henslow's, 3 Grasshopper Sparrows and 1 Savannah Sparrow.
> 
> Common Nighthawks were heard flying around downtown Jackson on Friday
> evening.
> 
> Good birding,
> 
> Don & Robyn Henise
> 
> Librarians
> New Tribes Bible Institute
> Jackson, MI
> don_henise at ntm.org
> 
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