Low Battery Birding - 30 Mar 2026
Temperatures hit 70ºF this afternoon and the winds didn't look too bad so I took a late afternoon ride to Pt. Mouillee. Skies were mostly cloudy but a bit of sunlight was poking through the clouds. I drove down Haggerman Road to check the Antenna Farm. A Northern Harrier drifted over the field inside the fence line while a pair of Bald Eagles floated overhead. Otherwise the area was quiet. An Osprey appears to be starting to nest at Port Sunlight and US Turnpike. Parking at Mouillee Creek I rode the Middle Causeway to the Walpatich Unit and looped around to the north end of the Lautenschlager Unit. A flock of 100+ Red-winged Blackbirds were foraging in the corner as a tight unit so they were nice to photograph. Scoping the west side of the Lautenschlager Unit from the east bank I found decent numbers of Green-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Ring-necked Duck, Ruddy Duck , Gadwall and American Wigeon . Again, no Greater White-fronted Geese so its pretty assured that they've mov...
