Black-necked Stilts @ Pt. Mouillee - 29 Jun 2008
At ~8 am I arrived at the SE corner of the Long Pond Unit and found this bird working the far shoreline near its nest, which was found yesterday by Adam Byrne, Brad Murphy, Tex Wells, and Phil Chu. I scoped it for a bit, then got some decent digiscoped images before settling on a digiscoped video. The bird stayed in this particular location for a few minutes after this video before being spooked by a Killdeer, where it flew to the SW corner of the unit. I would see it again about 2 hours later on my way out. Since it was raining I didn't stop to try to take any more pics. Just as well though, as it was quite a distant out.
Common, and Black Terns in the Vermet and Lead Units.
A drake Canvasback in Cell 4 was a bit of a surprise, as were the numerous Lesser Scaup and Redhead.
As I photographed fly-by Black Terns and Forster's Terns an Osprey passed overhead and gave me looks at a red band on its left tarsus and a silver band on its right tarsus.
Song Sparrows were about the only willing subjects for digiscoping.
I was a bit too slow to get a nice male Common Yellowthroat a few feet away. And male Indigo Buntings were less cooperative - they'd take off the second I'd stop to raise the camera.
Pte. Mouillee SGA (permit required Sep 1-Dec 15), Monroe, Michigan, US
Jun 29, 2008 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
13 species
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) 12
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) 1
Redhead (Aythya americana) 6
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) 6
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) 1 A pair of Black-necked Stilts have been seen at Pt. Mouillee since 13 Jun 2008, and I was able to see one of the birds last weekend with Will Weber, but haven't been able to try any serious digiscoping until today.
At ~8 am I arrived at the SE corner of the Long Pond Unit and found this bird working the far shoreline near its nest, which was found yesterday by Adam Byrne, Brad Murphy, Tex Wells, and Phil Chu. I scoped it for a bit, then got some decent digiscoped images before settling on a digiscoped video. The bird stayed in this particular location for a few minutes after this video before being spooked by a Killdeer, where it flew to the SW corner of the unit. I would see it again about 2 hours later on my way out.
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 1
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) 3
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) 9
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) 3
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 2
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) 2
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Jun 29, 2008 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
13 species
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) 12
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) 1
Redhead (Aythya americana) 6
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) 6
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) 1 A pair of Black-necked Stilts have been seen at Pt. Mouillee since 13 Jun 2008, and I was able to see one of the birds last weekend with Will Weber, but haven't been able to try any serious digiscoping until today.
At ~8 am I arrived at the SE corner of the Long Pond Unit and found this bird working the far shoreline near its nest, which was found yesterday by Adam Byrne, Brad Murphy, Tex Wells, and Phil Chu. I scoped it for a bit, then got some decent digiscoped images before settling on a digiscoped video. The bird stayed in this particular location for a few minutes after this video before being spooked by a Killdeer, where it flew to the SW corner of the unit. I would see it again about 2 hours later on my way out.
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 1
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) 3
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) 9
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) 3
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 2
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
