Weekend sightings! - 27 Sep 2009


On Saturday the 26th I spotted an Emidonax sp. flycatcher perched on the telephone wire just outside the back window. I grabbed the camera to photograph it, but it flew off as soon as I approached the window. I'm guessing it was a Willow Flycatcher as it had a faint eyering and buffy brown wingbars.

2506 21st Street, Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, US
Sep 26, 2009 5:30 PM
Protocol: Incidental
Checklist Comments:     Yard
0 species (+1 other taxa)

Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher) (Empidonax alnorum/traillii)  1     On Saturday the 26th I spotted an Emidonax sp. flycatcher perched on the telephone wire just outside the back window. I grabbed the camera to photograph it, but it flew off as soon as I approached the window. I'm guessing it was a Willow Flycatcher as it had a faint eyering and buffy brown wingbars.

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Sunday morning Robin and I took a walk through the woods at Lake Erie Metropark. Luc, the Bald Eagle convalescing in his Eagle House, was a bit agitated by my presence, so I didn't stay long. Things were relatively quiet in the woods, but I did come across small flocks of warblers in two locations. I was able to spot a nice Blue-headed Vireo, Magnolia Warbler, Palm, Yellow and Yellow-rumped Warblers, and a Common Yellowthroat. Eastern Phoebes were abundant this morning, as I counted six separate birds along the trail. I managed a few digiscoped images from about 100 ft of a singing bird. 



Blue Jays were moving through by the dozens, as well. At the long boardwalk I spotted a gorgeous adult Bald Eagle perched atop a dead tree, but it flew before I could get the scope on it. A few Sharp-shinned Hawks passed high overhead.

Lake Erie Metropark--Marshlands Nature Center, Wayne, Michigan, US
Sep 27, 2009 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
10 species

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)  3
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)  1
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  6
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)  1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  1
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)  1
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)  1
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)  1     yellow warbler with red necklace still visible. Among flock of other warblers.
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)  1

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A quick pass down Campau Rd at Pt. Mouillee yielded no birds, except for an Osprey that was calling from somewhere in the distance.

Pte. Mouillee SGA--HQ, Wayne, Michigan, US
Sep 27, 2009 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
1 species

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)  1

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Later in the afternoon I heard the 'tseet' of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet in the backyard. I grabbed the camera and Better Beamer and managed a half-dozen keeper photos of the bird as it fed in the neighbor's White Pine Tree.


2506 21st Street, Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, US
Sep 27, 2009 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments:     Yard
1 species

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)  1

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