Pt. Mouillee SGA - 22 Apr 2006
Saturday morning I rode the dikes to check out activity at the Moo. NO unusual birds were seen this morning, but I had a pretty successful day of photographing birds through both the spotting scope and with the 400mm.
At Siegler Rd. I flushed 2 Wilson's Snipe from the cornfield as I proceeded eastward on the dike. I managed to catch one in flight:
Canada geese, Mute Swans, American Coots were pretty much everywhere in the Bloody Run and Vermet Units. I caught this pair of geese in a fly-by:
I finally got the chance to capture Song Sparrows through the spotting scope:
Cell 2 has exposed mudflats but only 17 Dunlin and a pair of Killdeer were the only shorebirds present. I saw several small flocks (7 & 5) of Greater Yellowlegs, but no Lesser's. No Pectoral Sandpipers were seen, either.
American Coots were everywhere, and I managed a few digiscoped images (one didn't quite like getting its picture taken):
I had a few Black-crowned Night Herons fly overhead:
A small flock of about 20 Bonaparte's Gulls were on the sand spit in Cell 4:
The Huron River had numerous Lesser Scaup and Ruddy Ducks, and I saw a Great Egret in gorgeous breeding plumage (bright green bill) but it was too far for a decent pic. A Bald Eagle was still on the nest on the north side of river from the Siegler rd parking lot.
A male American Kestrel was working the fields west of US Turnpike Rd, as well as a couple flyover Cooper's Hawks, Sharp-shinned and 1 Broad-winged Hawk.
Pte. Mouillee SGA (permit required Sep 1-Dec 15), Monroe, Michigan, US
Apr 22, 2006 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
6.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Parked at Siegler Rd.
19 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 12
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) 16
Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) 7
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) 120
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) 20
American Coot (Fulica americana) 36
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 2
Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) 2
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 12
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) 17
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) 20
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 3
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) 1
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 2
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) 1
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 1
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 4
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