Wind! - 08 Apr 2009
I continued along the trail to look for the Great Horned Owlets, but found one of the parents roosting in the opening of the tree cavity. Luckily the wind was blowing enough to sweep away the phragmites long enough to get a few pics from trail. BTW, the two owlets at the entrance to the park were barely visible in their nest.
As I walked around the perimeter of the woods I couldn't help but notice the numbers of trees downed by wind (and clear-cutting?). I'm assuming that some of this is to promote openings for icreased species diversity.
Lake Erie Metropark, Wayne, Michigan, US
Apr 8, 2009 3:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Windy, cool
2 species
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) 3 adult and 2 chicks in nest
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
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With nothing else visible on my walk, I headed over to Pt. Mouillee for a quick walk along the North Causeway (Siegler Rd.). The winds coming off the lake, however, made for a difficult (and short) walk. The Nelson Unit was void of birds, but a pair of Caspian Terns hunted along the channels at the west end of the Long Pond Unit. I managed a few flight pics as one bird hovered in the strong head winds, and dove for prey in the shallow waters. Out in the Huron River I saw a pair of Bonaparte's Gulls flying along the far shoreline.
Apr 8, 2009 3:00 PM - 3:40 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Windy, cool
2 species
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) 3 adult and 2 chicks in nest
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
With nothing else visible on my walk, I headed over to Pt. Mouillee for a quick walk along the North Causeway (Siegler Rd.). The winds coming off the lake, however, made for a difficult (and short) walk. The Nelson Unit was void of birds, but a pair of Caspian Terns hunted along the channels at the west end of the Long Pond Unit. I managed a few flight pics as one bird hovered in the strong head winds, and dove for prey in the shallow waters. Out in the Huron River I saw a pair of Bonaparte's Gulls flying along the far shoreline.
Pte. Mouillee SGA--HQ, Wayne, Michigan, US
Apr 8, 2009 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Windy. North Causeway only
4 species
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) 2
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 3
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 1
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Apr 8, 2009 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Windy. North Causeway only
4 species
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) 2
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 3
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)