Red Knot and Blue Grosbeak - 07 Sep 2026
A pair of Blue Grosbeaks (male and female) were found along Rheaume Rd. at Pt. Mouillee yesterday and today. It is most likely the pair seen all summer (except by me) so I took a chance to go looking for them late afternoon. Skies were partly cloudy but a bit hazy as temps pushed 80ºF under high humidity conditions. I drove up and down Rheaume Rd. next to the mine entrance three times but failed to hear or see anything despite the birds being reported 15 minutes earlier. Winds were picking up so the phragmites were swaying. So I decided to drive down Roberts Road and check out the South Causeway for shorebirds despite reports of hunters running their dogs into the marsh from the nearby boat launch. I parked at the barriers and walked into the parking lot and headed east up the side of the embankment to the Bad Creek dike. I then walked the dike south toward the foot of Roberts Road and took the small loop that would give me a view of the South Causeway from a more northerly...
