Wind! - 31 Mar 2004
31 March 2004 Pt. Mouillee SGA, Monroe
I decided to brave tonight's windy, cold, windy, rainy, windy, ugly, ugly, ugly weather and ride the bike at Pt. Mouillee from 5:30 to 7:30pm.
I decided to brave tonight's windy, cold, windy, rainy, windy, ugly, ugly, ugly weather and ride the bike at Pt. Mouillee from 5:30 to 7:30pm.
Despite the less than stellar conditions I was able to see the following:
Riverside park:
(1) Carolina Wren
wind
(1) Carolina Wren
wind
Siegler parking lot:
(5) Rusty Blackbird
wind
(5) Rusty Blackbird
wind
Long Pond/Huron River:
(17) Bonaparte's Gulls
(100's) Coots
(few) Mute Swans
(6) Blue-winged Teal
(4) Bufflehead
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(17) Bonaparte's Gulls
(100's) Coots
(few) Mute Swans
(6) Blue-winged Teal
(4) Bufflehead
wind
Cell 5/Cell 4:
(1000's) Red-wings, Grackles, Rusty Blackbirds
(14) Greater Scaup
(1) Lesser Black-backed Gull
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(1000's) Red-wings, Grackles, Rusty Blackbirds
(14) Greater Scaup
(1) Lesser Black-backed Gull
wind
Middle Causeway:
(2) Horned Larks
(2) Eastern Meadowlarks
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(2) Horned Larks
(2) Eastern Meadowlarks
wind
Lead Unit:
Pied-billed Grebes, Mute Swans, Pintails, Redheads, Coots, Ring-necks, Northern Shovelers, Mallards, Canvasbacks, Great Blue Herons, Red-Tail Hawk,
Pied-billed Grebes, Mute Swans, Pintails, Redheads, Coots, Ring-necks, Northern Shovelers, Mallards, Canvasbacks, Great Blue Herons, Red-Tail Hawk,
more wind
Siegler parking lot:
No wind - go figure...
Pte. Mouillee SGA (permit required Sep 1-Dec 15), Monroe, Michigan, US
Mar 31, 2004 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Wind, rain, ugly, ugly, weather!
21 species (+1 other taxa)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) 10
Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) 6
Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata) 6
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 12
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) 6
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) 6
Redhead (Aythya americana) 12
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) 8
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) 14
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 4
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 2
American Coot (Fulica americana) 250
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) 17
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) 1 adult dark-backed gull with dark eye smudge and yellow legs
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 4
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) 2
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 10
Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) 5
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 10
blackbird sp. (Icteridae sp.) 1500 large flocks of red-winged, grackles and rusty blackbirds moving into marsh at dusk
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
Mar 31, 2004 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Wind, rain, ugly, ugly, weather!
21 species (+1 other taxa)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) 10
Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) 6
Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata) 6
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 12
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) 6
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) 6
Redhead (Aythya americana) 12
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) 8
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) 14
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 4
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 2
American Coot (Fulica americana) 250
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) 17
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) 1 adult dark-backed gull with dark eye smudge and yellow legs
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 4
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) 2
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 10
Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) 5
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 10
blackbird sp. (Icteridae sp.) 1500 large flocks of red-winged, grackles and rusty blackbirds moving into marsh at dusk
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
