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

[Bruce M. Bowman]

More re. bill description.  Theresa said the bill was triangular in 
shape.

Bruce

From:           	"Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99 at comcast.net>
To:             	birders at umich.edu
Date sent:      	Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:14:31 -0500
Subject:        	[birders] WAIT --  Re: ATLANTIC PUFFIN - Livingston Co., Bishop Lake
Send reply to:  	"Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman99 at comcast.net>

> 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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