Central Lake Roughie - 25 Mar 2006

0800 Hrs. 35F. Cloudy, drizzly, snowflakes. Little to no snow on the ground, but its overcast, drab and drizzly. Hanley Lake is about half open as is Intermediate Lake. 

Lots of Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, two pair of Hooded Mergansers, Common Mergansers. Red-winged Blackbirds are singing along the shore. American Robins on the lawn, Black-capped Chickadees, and Common Grackles. American Goldfinches starting to molt into breeding colors. A single Lesser Scaup on the lake.  



Central Lake, MI, Antrim, Michigan, US
Mar 25, 2006 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
12.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Cloudy, drizzly, snowflakes. Little to no snow on the ground, but its overcast, drab and drizzly. Hanley Lake is about half open as is Intermediate Lake.
11 species

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  6

Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)  1
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)  8
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)  6
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)  4
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)  6
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  2
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  4
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  2
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  2

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1100 Hrs. Robin and I are driving on C-48 between East Jordan and Boyne City and I’ve just spotted a pair of Eastern Meadowlarks on an overhead wire in an area of open farmland/pastureland. Neat! 


On the way back after lunch there’s a light-phase Rough-legged Hawk on a telephone pole in the same area. I stopped the car and managed several flight shots before it disappeared into the stratosphere. Gorgeous!


St. Clair Lake-Six Mile Lake Natural Area, Charlevoix, Michigan, US
Mar 25, 2006 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
2 species

Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)  1
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)  2

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