Pt. Mouillee SGA - 27 Mar 2004

27 March 2004 Pt. Mouillee SGA, Monroe
 
With all of the talk of savanna(h)'s I thought I'd mention that I saw a single Savannah Sparrow this morning along the Bloody Run Trail near the Middle Causeway. Other birds: 

Nelson Unit/Long Pond Unit: 
(100's) Red-winged/Rusty Blackbirds 
(2) Bald Eagles - across the river W of the Headquarters - one bird was carrying nesting material. Is this part of courtship? or is it possible we may have a pair starting to nest? 
(12) Ruddy Ducks 
(8) Bufflehead 
Common Coots 
Mute Swans 
Lesser Scaup 
Song Sparrows 
Hooded Mergansers 
Wood Ducks 
Ring-necked Ducks 
Coots 
Blue-winged Teal 
Green-winged Teal 

Vermet Unit: 
(3) Marsh Wrens setting up territories 

Cell 5: 
(1) Eastern Towhee - male 
(1) Fox Sparrow 

Cell 4: 
(1) Horned Grebe - winter 
(1) Great Black-backed Gull 
Goldeneyes 
Greater Scaup 
Bufflehead 
Lead Unit: 
Tundra Swans 
Ring-necked Ducks 
Pintails 
Redheads 
Coots 
Pied-billed Grebes 

Middle Causeway: 
Horned Larks 
Northern Harrier 

Pte. Mouillee SGA (permit required Sep 1-Dec 15), Monroe, Michigan, US
Mar 27, 2004 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
25 species (+1 other taxa)

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  10
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)  12
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)  3
Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)  6
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)  4
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)  10
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)  4
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)  6
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)  12
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)  6
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)  2
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)  12
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)  4
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)  1
American Coot (Fulica americana)  50
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)  1
Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)  1
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)  2
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)  2
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)  3     singing already! early arrivals in Vermet Unit
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)  1
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  4
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  1
Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)  1
blackbird sp. (Icteridae sp.)  200     mix of red-winged and rusty blackbirds

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