White Pelican, Godwits at Pointe Mouillee

[Jerry Jourdan]

I made a quick run down to Pt. Moo this morning between 6:30 - 8:00 am.
I was able to relocate one of the Black-necked Stilts in the SW corner
of the Vermet Unit.  I did not see the Marbled Godwit in the Vermet
along the sand spit.  I also dipped on the White Pelican in Cell 4.
 
Cell 3 was hopping w/ hundreds of shorebirds, including the Marbled
Godwit, one Wilson's Phalarope, several Black-bellied Plovers, numerous
Pectoral, Stilt, Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers.  I attempted a
digiscoped video scan of the entire Cell with the hopes of estimating a
count but the birds are at extreme distances (I'll look at it tonight)
An immature Bald Eagle scattered the flocks several times.
 
Just a note of caution - the Middle Causeway is being used to transport
truckloads of dirt that is being dumped in the path separating the
Middle Causeway from the Long Pond Unit.  Care should be taken with
passing trucks.   A convoy of trucks is moving in both directions and
kicking up lots of dust.
 
Thanks, Karl for the great post!
 
Jerry
http://jerryjourdan.blogspot.com


<-----Original Message----->

 	  	 From: Karl Overman [martineoverman at earthlink.net]
Sent: 8/13/2008 7:59:55 PM
To: mich-listers at envirolink.org
Subject: White Pelican, Godwits at Pointe Mouillee 

I birded at Pointe Mouillee from 3:40 p.m. to 6:20 p.m. today, August 
13th. Highlights were White Pelican, Hudsonian Godwit and Marbled 
Godwit. The White Pelican was resting in a group of Great Egrets in 
the Vermet Unit along the Banana across from the dredging equipment n 
cell 4. The Marbled Godwit was also in the Vermet Unit, seemingly 
roosting at 6 p.m. with some yellowlegs along the side of the long, 
straight ditch that is in the SW corner and that numerous egrets, 
terns and gulls rest on. 

Cell 3 was where most of the action was. It was loaded with 
shorebirds and ducks. Alas, I did not get to sort through them 
carefully as a young Peregrine drove most of them away before I could 
look through them. Still, I had a Hudsonian Godwit, 2 Wilson's 
Phalaropes, 4 Baird's Sandpipers, 7 Stilt Sandpipers (4 adults, 3 
juveniles), numerous Pectoral Sandpipers, 10 juvenile Short-billed 
Dowitchers among others. It is a long walk/ bike ride if you park at 
the Sigler Road or Mouillee Creek parking areas. Roberts Road would 
be somewhat closer. 

There was still some shorebird habit in the NW corner of Long Pond 
Unit but the SW corner looked dry from a distance at least. 



Cheers, 

Karl Overman 
Farmington Hills, Mi. 
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