UP Rare Bird Report for May 7, 2009

Fri May 8 00:03:23 EDT 2009

*UP Rare Bird Report for May 7, 2009*

*Highlights*

*"KRIDER'S" RED-TAILED HAWK*
"AUDUBON'S" YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER**
Greater White-fronted Goose
Red-throated Loon
American White Pelican
Cattle Egret
Golden Eagle
WHOOPING CRANE
American Avocet
Willet
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Snowy Owl
Great Gray Owl
Northern Hawk
Boreal Owl
Black-backed Woodpecker
Boreal Chickadee
Northern Mockingbird
Western Meadowlark

*Exotics*
*Common Chaffinch*

*Ontonagon County*
Don May reported a WHOOPING CRANE at the corner of Gardiner and 5 Mile Rd in
Interior Township on May 2nd.

*Keweenaw County*
Zach Gayk and Scott Hickman found a *"AUDUBON'S" YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER** in
Copper Harbor on May 4th. Zach also reported 2 BOREAL CHICKADEES in Bete
Grise on the 3rd.  2-3 GOLDEN EAGLES were seen on Brockway Mountain on the
3rd. Laurie Binford had an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN on the 2nd.

*Houghton County*
Joe Youngman found a WILLET at the Chassel Park on May 6th. This has been a
good location for AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS this spring with up to 20 seen on
April 25th, and  4 birds lingering to at least May 7th. Joe also reported a
GOLDEN EAGLE at Arnheim on the 25th. Owen Mills reported a BLACK-BACKED
WOODPECKER at the Swedetown Marsh on May 3rd.

*Baraga County*
Morty Harwood reported a WHOOPING CRANE flying south over the Baraga Plains
on May 2nd, quite possible the same bird from the Ontonagon report.

*Dickinson County*
Greg Cleary reported 3 RUDDY DUCKS at Fumee Lake on April 25th.

*Marquette County*
4 CATTLE EGRETS were observed flying east over Marquette Bay on May 5th.
Ryne Rutherford reported a WESTERN MEADOWLARK at the Presque Isle Bogwalk on
the 6th. 1 MARSH WREN has been present at the Presque Isle Bogwalk since May
1st, and was joined by a second wren on the 5th. A female YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRD was at the Bogwalk on the 4th. A SNOWY OWL was present in the
Presque Isle Marina on May 2nd. A number of WILLET sightings have occured in
Marquette in the last week with a flock of 7 WILLETS at the Dead River mouth
on the 2nd; 2 WILLETS at Founders Landing in the lower harbor on the 3rd,
and a flock of 7 again at the mouth of the Dead River on the 7th. Morty
Harwood reported a GRAY JAY along CO RD 478 on May 2nd. A RED-THROATED LOON
was present in the lower harbor of Marquette from April 26-27th. A
RED-THROATED LOON was seen migrating past the Big Bay lighthouse on May 4th.
Cindy Lynne found 3 SPRUCE GROUSE near Noren Lake in Old Swanzy on April
18th. At least 2 ICELAND GULLS lingered until May 2nd in Marquette.

*Delta County*
Glenn VandeWater found a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE in Kipling just west of
the DNR access site on the bay on April 28th. The bird was still present as
of May 5th. A RUDDY DUCK has also been present at this location as well as
two pairs of RED-NECKED GREBES on breeding territory.

*Alger County*
The Babbits photographed an AMERICAN AVOCET in Grand Marais on April 25th.
Scott Hickman found a flock of 7 WILLETS at the mouth of the AuTrain River
on April 30th. Mark & Joanie Hubinger had a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
along the Slapneck Creek north of Chatham on April 28th. Mark also reported
an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL from the mouth of the Rock River on April
28th. 3 CACKLING GEESE were just east of Chatham on April 24th. A COMMON
CHAFFINCH has been coming to the feeders of John Hurst since April 27th, and
has been present for over a week. Rare inland, and almost unheard of on a
sewage pond, Janet Bordeaux reported a RED-NECKED GREBE at the Chatham farm
ponds on April 26th. David Pavlik had an ICELAND GULL in Munising on April
25th.

*Luce County*
Dixie Stewart had a NORTHERN HAWK OWL along M-28 just west of the West
Branch of the Sage River on May 4th. Louie Dombroski had an NORTHERN
MOCKINGBIRD at Lake Muskellunge State Park on May 7th.

*Chippewa County*
Constituting a 2nd Point record was an AMERICAN AVOCET at the Harbor of
Refuge at WPBO on April 25th. Notable at the hawk-watch was a probable
*"KRIDER'S"
RED-TAILED HAWK** on May 6th. Highlights from the owl banding program have
been extensive and 51 NORTHERN SAW-WHETS, 24 BOREAL, 28 LONG-EARED and a
single SHORT-EARED OWL has been banded in May alone. Other owl sightings
include 3 GREAT GRAY OWL around the parking lot May 1-3rd, SNOWY OWL on
April 25, and 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS on the 25th and one on the 2nd. Other
highlights include 1 GOLDEN EAGLE and 1 PIPING PLOVER on the 7th; 2 GOLDEN
EAGLES and 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER on the 6th; 9 GOLDEN EAGLES on the 4th;
58 RED-THROATED LOONS and 1 PIPING PLOVER on the 3rd; and 5 GOLDEN EAGLES on
the 2nd. For more details on the migration counts at Whitefish Point, visit
www.wpbo.org
*
Mackinac County*
Mark & Joanie Hubinger found a WESTERN MEADOWLARK at Pt. LaBarbe on May 5th.

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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

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Till next time,

~Skye Haas
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