[Mich-listers] UP Rare Bird Report for October 15, 2009

[Skye Haas]

*UP Rare Bird Report for October 15, 2009*


*Highlights*

*BRANT**
*RED PHALAROPE**
*SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER**
Greater White-fronted Goose
Harlequin Duck
Hudsonian Godwit
Long-billed Dowitcher
Sabine's Gull
Thayer's Gull
Parasitic Jaeger
Northern Hawk Owl
Boreal Owl
Black-backed Woodpecker
Boreal Chickadee
Carolina Wren
LeConte's Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow


*Keweenaw County*
Greg Cleary had a CAROLINA WREN on Manitou Island on October 5th. Also on
Manitou on the 5th, Joe Youngman had an early NORTHERN SHRIKE. Other Manitou
highlights include 2 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS on the 6th, and a waterbird
flight that comprised of nearly 4000 birds, including several RED-THROATED
LOONS. Zach Gayk had a HARRIS'S SPARROW at Bete Gris on the 9th. Zach also
reported a flock of 50+ SNOW GEESE at Bete Gris on September 29th.

*Houghton County*
Zach Gayk and Scott Hickman had a sandpiper that was a very good candidate
for a PECTORALxCURLEW SANDPIPER hybrid on October 5th. Scott also reported 4
SNOW GEESE at the Calumet Sewage Ponds on the 6th.

*Baraga County*
Joe Youngman photographed an interesting flock of swans at the head of the
Keweenaw Bay that included 4 TUNDRA SWANS and 1 TRUMPETER SWAN on October
12th.

*Marquette County*
A total of 4 *BRANT** were observed during a massive goose flight at the Big
Bay Lighthouse on September 29th. Other highlights from that count included
1 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, 1 SNOW GOOSE, 17 CACKLING GEESE and 3396
CANADA GEESE, along with 19 RED-THROATED LOONS. 3 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE were observed migrating over the City of Marquette on the 25th. A
HARRIS'S SPARROW was along Powder Mill Road in Marquette on the 29th. Vicki
Bennon had 3 GRAY JAYS come into her feeders on October 11th. A number of
notable gull sightings have occurred in the City of Marquette this week with
a total of at least 4 THAYER'S GULLS, 1 THAYER'S/ICELAND GULL, and 1 each of
GLAUCOUS and GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS from October 13-15. 12 CACKLING GEESE
were at the Gwinn Sewage Ponds on the 14th.

*Delta County*
2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS and 1 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER were at Indian Pt on October
13th. Also notable was a flyover of 2 "LESSER" SANDHILL CRANES. 552 RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS was a good count on the Stonington Peninsula on the 13th. All
notable late migrants to the UP, 1 BROAD-WINGED HAWK, 1 EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE,
and 1 AMERICAN REDSTART were at Peninsula Point on the 7th, while a
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was seen on the 1st.

*Alger County*
Scott Hickman had a CACKLING GOOSE in Munising on October 8th.

*Luce County*
Jeff McCoy reported 1 SPRUCE GROUSE and 2 BOREAL CHICKADEES on Skyline Road
on the 9th.

*Chippewa County*
Whitefish Point Bird Observatory certainly lived up to it's reputation on
October 8th, when 1 *SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER**, 1 *RED PHALAROPE**, 1
NORTHERN HAWK-OWL, 2 BOREAL OWLS and 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS were observed! Other
highlights from WPBO include 2 BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS and a NORTHERN
SHRIKE on the 14th; 1 PARASITIC JAEGER on the 13th; 1 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
on the 12th; 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS on the 11th; 1 SABINE'S GULL and 5000
migrant SCAUP/AYTHYA, along with a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER on the 9th; 1
HARLEQUIN DUCK on the 7th; 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS and a BOREAL OWL was banded on
the 4th; 7 TRUMPETER SWANS on the 2nd; 1 unidentified JAEGER SPECIES and a
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL on September 29th; and an unidentified JAEGER
SPECIES along with a BREWER'S BLACKBIRD (a rare bird past August in the UP)
on the 27th. There have been frequent sightings of SURF, BLACK &
WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, RED-THROATED LOONS, AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS, RED &
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS as well several NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS banded. Tom
Prestby reported 1 SPRUCE GROUSE and 1 GRAY JAY at Clark Lake in Tahquamnon
Falls State Park on the 8th.

*Mackinac County*
Gerald Vork had 2 LECONTE'S SPARROWS and 2 TUNDRA SWANS at Pt. LaBarbe on
October 2nd. Gerald also reported a late RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD at
Brevort Lake on the 11th.


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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://michiganaudubon.org/research/records_committee.html
To report rare birds, please email me at the TheOwlRanch at gmail.com or to
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Till next time,
~Skye Haas
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