Shorebirds, Pointe Mouillee, Monroe Co.

[Scott Manly]

Did you tell the Black-bellied Plovers I would see them when they get up here?  Did you tell them to hurry?

 

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Scott Manly

Iqaluit, Nunavut
 
> To: mich-listers at envirolink.org
> From: martineoverman at earthlink.net
> Subject: Shorebirds, Pointe Mouillee, Monroe Co.
> Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 22:41:44 -0400
> 
> I went around Pointe Mouillee today and found cell 3 of the Banana 
> loaded with a nice selection of shorebirds. The Banana for those 
> unfamiliar with this local birding landmark, is the manmade outer 
> reaches of Pointe Mouillee that was built by the Corps of Engineers 
> to have a location to dispose of polluted dredge material. Cell 3 
> happens to be where the dredge material has most recently been 
> deposited and that is where most of the shorebirds are. Enough prologue.
> 
> Cell 3 had the following shorebirds today:
> 
> Black-bellied Plover 11
> Semipalmated Plover XX (25 in the Lead Unit--did not attempt count at 
> cell 3)
> Whimbrel 19
> Ruddy Turnstone 1
> Sanderling 3
> Semipalmated Sandpiper 30
> Least Sandpiper--none identified at cell 3; 3 at south end of Long 
> Pond Unit
> Dunlin 500
> Short-billed Dowitcher (by call)--presumably most if not all of the 
> 30 dowitchers present
> Red-necked Phalarope 1
> 
> I was surprised not to pick out any White-rumped Sandpipers nor 
> yellowlegs. At the south end of the Long Pond unit there was a 
> dowitcher sp. still in basic plumage.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Karl Overman
> Farmington Hills, Mi.
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