[birders] Bohemian Waxwing at Belle Isle Detroit 1/11

[Thierry Lach]

Anyone have any more recent sightings?

On Jan 11, 2008 1:23 PM, Jim Fowler <JAFowl at comcast.net> wrote:

>  All,
>
> The way Belle Isle is situated in the Detroit River (it essentially runs
> east-west), the location of the Bohemian Waxwing is actually northwest
> (mostly north) of the red bridge referred to in Roger's e-mail below.  It is
> a pedestrian bridge, just left of Central Avenue (across from the old zoo)
> before it crosses the same small creek.  The bird was in a flock of about 20
> Cedars and would feed in the non-native honeysuckle shrubs and then perch
> and preen in the taller trees above for 10-15 minutes at a time.  We viewed
> the birds from the west side of the creek.  The last record I know of a
> Bohemian Waxwing in Wayne County was 8-11 January 1945 in Dearborn (Craves,
> 2007, The Birds of Dearborn).  Good luck
>
> Jim Fowler
> Dearborn, MI
> JAFowl at comcast.net
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> *To:* birders at umich.edu
> *Sent:* Friday, January 11, 2008 10:32 AM
> *Subject:* [birders] Bohemian Waxwing at Belle Isle Detroit 1/11
>
> All,
>
> Joe Agius just called (10:15am) to report that the Bohemian Waxwing found
> yesterday by Roger Kuhlman is present today at Belle Isle in Detroit. The
> bird was about 50 yards southeast of the red bridge. Dave Washington, Jim
> Fowler and Sean Bachman were sharing the fun. You know its a good bird when
> Jim Fowler picks up a new bird for Wayne County!
> Roger's post is included below:
>
>  "I found a single Bohemian Waxwing just off of Central Avenue near the
> red bridge on Belle Isle in Detroit about 10:30am Thursday morning. In the
> afternoon after birding other locations on the island, I refound the bird
> again around 2pm in the same general area. You can get to this location by
> following Central Avenue north along the Detroit Zoo. Park just before the
> road crosses a small creek. The red bridge bearing the legend "Leonard Loves
> Constance" is on the west side of the road.
>
> Originally I went to this place looking for a Brown Thrasher that had been
> sighted there relatively recently. I did not find the Thrasher but saw some
> Robins there and heard some Cedar Waxwings. I was looking at various Cedars
> when I noticed a Waxwing that seemed to have white patches and a long yellow
> stripe on its folded wings. I thought 'whoa maybe its a Bohemian' I have
> check this bird out more carefully. A better look confirmed these two
> features and then I saw the rufous undertail coverts. So then I knew I had
> definite Bohemian Waxwing. In continuing to observe the bird I could see
> that the gray belly was prominent and that it was a much bigger bird than
> the Cedar Waxwings also present. The Bohemian Waxwing as well as the Cedar
> Waxwings and Robins at the site were all feeding on non-native berries.
> Since there are are quite a lot of berries in the area it could mean the
> Bohemian Waxwing will hang here around for awhile."
>
> Scott Jennex
> Ferndale
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