Crosswinds Marsh and LEMP - 12 Dec 2004

12 December 2004 Crosswinds Marsh / LEMP, Wayne Co.

11:30 Hrs.  Robin and I drove out to CWM after the snow stopped falling this morning (~0.5-1”).  Skies were heavy gray and windy w/ temps in the low 30’s.  

We walked the Bald Eagle Trail and saw very little.  A few Canada Geese and Mute Swans on the lake but no sign of the previously reported Northern Shrike or Cackling Geese.  We did see a pair of Golden-crowned Kinglets.  A couple pics w/ the D70 and Sigma 400mm f/5.6:

Crosswinds Marsh, Wayne, Michigan, US
Dec 12, 2004 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Robin and I; 1" snow on ground.
3 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  6
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  6
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)  2

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13:00 Hrs.  We then drove over to Lake Erie Metropark to look for ducks and swans on the lake.  We passed several small flocks of American Tree Sparrows and one Red-tailed Hawk.  The lake was still open and there were several hundred Tundra Swans and a few Mallards.  I managed a few flight shots of the swans 

and a couple long-distance pics of the Red-tailed Hawk.

Cove Point, Lake Erie Metropark, Wayne, Michigan, US
Dec 12, 2004 1:00 PM - 1:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.3 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Gray and windy, 30F, 1" snow on ground
4 species

Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)  156
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  4
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  1
American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea)  12

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