[Mich-listers] WAIT -- Re: [birders] ATLANTIC PUFFIN - Livingston Co., Bishop Lake

[Bruce M. Bowman]

I suggest WAITING for more information before heading out to get the 
puffin.  Ideally, Chris Kargel at Brighton State Park would go over and 
find the bird, but I have not been able to reach Chris or anyone else at 
the state park.  I have gotten the word to four other Livingston County 
birders.  I do not know yet if any of them will be able to go for a look 
earlier than late afternoon.  I want to repeat that the bird has not been 
seen today.  I talked with Theresa on the phone again a few minutes ago 
regarding IDing the bird.  She said that the bird was NOT near but that 
she and her sisters studied the bird through binoculars and had good 
looks at it.  The bird was diving there most of the day.  They had a bird 
field guide with them to study.  Their bird's bill was bright orange, 
almost red.  Their bird was definitely not a Surf Scoter, she said--
another bird with an orange bill.  Their bird had a white face, and the 
top of the head was black.  The black went down the back of the head and 
across the front under the chin.  She said the bird was "small."  It 
sounds right for Atlantic Puffin, but it hasn't yet been seen by a 
birder.

I'll post new information as I get it.

Bruce

From:           	"Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99 at comcast.net>
To:             	birders at umich.edu
Date sent:      	Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:09:59 -0500
Subject:        	[birders] ATLANTIC PUFFIN - Livingston Co., Bishop Lake
Send reply to:  	"Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99 at comcast.net>

> I just had a call from Theresa Arrington about a bird she saw yesterday on
> Bishop Lake in Livingston County--an ATLANTIC PUFFIN.  Bishop Lake is at
> Brighton State Park.  (I believe this is also called Brighton State
> Recreation Area.)  She looked for it briefly this morning but did not find
> it.  She has not been back to look again.
> 
> Theresa saw the puffin from the close range on Bishop Lake.  It was near
> the trailor park, toward the right-hand side.
> 
> Again, the puffin was seen yesterday but not yet today.
> 
> Bruce
> 
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