UP Rare Bird Report for September 12, 2007

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UP Rare Bird Report for September 12, 2007

 

 

Migration has taken on a decidedly northern feel in the last few days. The number of tundra breeders arriving has increased, and includes species like Snow Geese, Sabine’s Gull, American Pipits, White-crowned Sparrows, and Lapland Longspurs. What seems to be a low rumble across the eastern US, numbers of Red-breasted Nuthatches are building in the UP. Other irruptive species of note include good numbers of Pine Siskins, with scattered reports of both Red & White-winged Crossbills. Numbers of shorebirds are dropping with end of season species appearing like Golden-Plover and Dunlin being seen. Warbler numbers seem to be starting to diminish as well. 

 

 

Highlights

 

Snow Goose

Cackling Goose

Black Scoter

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Sabine’s Gull

Forster’s Tern

Parasitic Jaeger

Jaeger species

Black-backed Woodpecker

 

 

Houghton County

Joe Youngman reported an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER at the Lake Linden Sewage Ponds on September 9th.

 

Baraga County

Max Henschell & Joe Kaplan had 5 blue-phased SNOW GEESE and 4 CACKLING GEESE at the head of Keweenaw Bay on September 6th. This is a record early date for both species in the Keweenaw. Joe Youngman & Lynn Murphy had a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER at Ojibwa Beach on September 8th. Joe reported an amazing total of 34 BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS in the Covington burn area on the Baraga Plains on the 9th. Joe also reported a juvenile FORSTER’S TERN in Baraga on the 11th. 

 

Marquette County

An unidentified JAEGER species was seen flying passed the Big Bay Lighthouse on September 8th. David Pavlik reported a RED-THROATED LOON in Big Bay on the 9th. 6 RED-THROATED LOONS & 1 white-phased SNOW GOOSE were seen at the Big Bay Lighthouse on the 12th. 3 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were at the City of Marquette’s lower breakwall on September 7th. Also on the 7th, were 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS at the mouth of the Dead River. 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were at this location on the 10th-11th. 3 CACKLING GEESE were at the Marquette Golf Course on the 8th. 

 

Delta County

1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 2 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, 1 STILT SANDPIPER and 11 BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS were the highlights of flock of 450+ shorebirds at Portage Marsh on the 9th. Scot Stewart had 7 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS and 3 GREAT EGRETS at Portage Marsh on the 8th. 

 

Alger County

Scott Hickman found a juvenile SABINE’S GULL in Munising on September 12th. Scott also had a FORSTER’S TERN at the mouth of the Au Train River on September 6th. Jude Holloway reported a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO along M-94 south of Munising on the 9th. 

 

Chippewa County

Recent highlights from Whitefish Point Bird Observatory include 1 juvenile SABINE’S GULL, 1 PARASITIC JAEGER, 1 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, & 1 BLACK TERN; 1 PARASITIC JAEGER & 4 BLACK TERNS on the 11th; 1 PARASITIC JAEGER and 2 BLACK SCOTERS on the 10th; 1 PARASITIC JAEGER, 1 WHIMBREL, 3 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS & 1 FORSTER’S TERN on the 9th; 1 PARASITIC JAEGER & 3 WHIMBREL on the 8th; 1 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, 1 FORSTER’S TERN and an unidentified JAEGER species on the 7th; and a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO on the 6th. Other good birds reported at the point as of late include frequent sightings of WHITE-WINGED & SURF SCOTERS, RED-THROATED LOONS, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and BAIRD’S SANDPIPER.

 

 

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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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