Red-tail Day! - 30 Dec 2007
Robin and I drove around the sunflower fields in Dearborn this afternoon to see if we could find the Peregrine Falcon that had been reported recently. We dipped on the Peregrine, but did manage to see several Red-tailed Hawks. One individual sat atop a street light over the Southfield service drive, and gave us a nice close-up view from our car below. I just love the coloring on this gorgeous hawk!
Dearborn Ford Plantings--Ford & Mercury, Wayne, Michigan, US
Dec 30, 2007 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Robin and I drove around the sunflower fields in Dearborn this afternoon to see if we could find the Peregrine Falcon that had been reported recently.
1 species
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 2
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I managed a quick series of digiscoped images of four Tundra Swans performing a chorus nearby. Too bad the third bird was a bit out of focus...
Dec 30, 2007 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Robin and I drove around the sunflower fields in Dearborn this afternoon to see if we could find the Peregrine Falcon that had been reported recently.
1 species
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
A drive down to Lake Erie Metropark afterward yielded three more Red-tailed Hawks inside the park. Stopping at the lakeshore we looked out over the hundreds of Tundra Swans and a mile-long raft of Canvasbacks. Amazing!
I managed a quick series of digiscoped images of four Tundra Swans performing a chorus nearby. Too bad the third bird was a bit out of focus...
Lake Erie Metropark, Wayne, Michigan, US
Dec 30, 2007 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
6 species
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) 110
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) 2500 mile-long raft of mostly Canvasback and some Redhead, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead. Count estimated by 100's.
Redhead (Aythya americana) 200
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 20
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 30
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
Dec 30, 2007 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
6 species
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) 110
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) 2500 mile-long raft of mostly Canvasback and some Redhead, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead. Count estimated by 100's.
Redhead (Aythya americana) 200
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 20
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 30
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
