Antrim Co. - 29 Apr 2010


A quick trip up to the condo the check A/C this weekend. We left Friday morning with the plan to return home Saturday morning. A Great lunch at the Red Mesa in Traverse City was followed by a wonderful dinner at the Blue Pelican just up the street from us in Central Lake. Skies were clear, and weather was a perfect 84ºF.

An afternoon walk around the neighborhood netted a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, a nesting Common Grackle, Warbling Vireos, and Baltimore Orioles.

Thurston Park, Antrim, Michigan, US
Apr 29, 2010 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     84F, Sunny
3 species

Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)  2
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)  2
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  2

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After dinner I took a quick run over to Childs Rd and M-65 to look for Grasshopper Sparrows. I failed to hear a single bird, but did pick up Eastern Meadowlark and a singing Vesper Sparrow. On my way out this Chipping Sparrow made a dash for cover just next to the car.

Childs Road and M-65, Antrim, Michigan, US
Apr 29, 2010 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 mile(s)
3 species

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)  1
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)  1
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)  1

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A pair of Bobolink and Eastern Meadowlark would also be seen over on Kiessel Rd. and M-88.

M-88 and Kiessel Road, Antrim, Michigan, US
Apr 29, 2010 5:30 PM - 5:40 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 mile(s)
2 species

Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)  2     Pair of Bobolink singing / displaying in grassland at corner among Eastern Meadowlarks. Black sparrows w/ gold heads.
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)  2

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