Red-necked Phalarope! - 19 May 2013
Least Sandpiper |
We met up with Chris McCreedy who was visiting Michigan from Point Reyes, CA. The spit was quiet with only a few more Dunlin and a couple of Forster's and Common Terns. We chatted a bit before I left them to head back to the car.
Pte. Mouillee SGA (permit required Sep 1-Dec 15), Monroe, Michigan, US
May 19, 2013 7:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
7.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: I went back to Pt. Mouillee this morning to look for the Wilson's Phalarope that Will Weber and I found yesterday. I was also hoping to see the Whimbrels that Patrick Jakel had seen in Cell 4.
10 species
Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) 1
Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) 2
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) 8
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) 1
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) 1 I headed straight to Cell 3 to look for shorebirds. No Whimbrels in Cell 4, but as I scoped the Dunlin in Cell 3 I spotted a gorgeous female Red-necked Phalarope foraging just a few feet from the mudline about 200' away. With the sun behind the bird I was in no position I was in postion to get any decent digiscoped images, so I hiked down the side of the dike and headed toward the middle of the cell. The mud was sufficiently dry to support my weight so I worked my way toward the bird so that I could get within 100' or so for better digiscoping w/ the sun behind me.
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) 300 Significantly fewer dunlin in Laughtenschlager Unit than yesterday (1000).
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 1
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 1
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S100565266
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May 19, 2013 7:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
7.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: I went back to Pt. Mouillee this morning to look for the Wilson's Phalarope that Will Weber and I found yesterday. I was also hoping to see the Whimbrels that Patrick Jakel had seen in Cell 4.
10 species
Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) 1
Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) 2
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) 8
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) 1
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) 1 I headed straight to Cell 3 to look for shorebirds. No Whimbrels in Cell 4, but as I scoped the Dunlin in Cell 3 I spotted a gorgeous female Red-necked Phalarope foraging just a few feet from the mudline about 200' away. With the sun behind the bird I was in no position I was in postion to get any decent digiscoped images, so I hiked down the side of the dike and headed toward the middle of the cell. The mud was sufficiently dry to support my weight so I worked my way toward the bird so that I could get within 100' or so for better digiscoping w/ the sun behind me.
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) 300 Significantly fewer dunlin in Laughtenschlager Unit than yesterday (1000).
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 1
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 1
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)