Ring-necked Pheasant - 26 May 2018
I took a ride out to Willow Run Airport this morning to look for Upland Sandpiper. Nope. I did see Savannah Sparrow, Eastern Meadowlark, Bobolink, and Northern Rough-winged Swallow.
Willow Run Airport (restricted access), Wayne, Michigan, US
May 26, 2018 8:30 AM - 9:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Looking for Upland Sandpiper - nope
4 species
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) 2
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) 2
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) 1
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) 1
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May 26, 2018 8:30 AM - 9:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Looking for Upland Sandpiper - nope
4 species
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) 2
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) 2
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) 1
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) 1
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Other birds heard or seen included Eastern Towhee, Field Sparrow, Song Sparrow, House Wren, Northern Waterthrush, and Yellow Warbler.
Oakwoods Metropark, Wayne, Michigan, US
May 26, 2018 10:20 AM - 11:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
7 species
Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 1
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 1
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) 2
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) 1
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) 1
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 2
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May 26, 2018 10:20 AM - 11:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
7 species
Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 1
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) 1
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) 2
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) 1
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) 1
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
Exquisite Pheasant!
ReplyDeleteI have been a long time fan of your pics. I am just a novice bird watcher, mostly in my back yard here in Taylor.
I have had some pretty traumatic discoveries over the past 6 weeks that I thought I would ask you about.
5 weeks ago i found a male sparrow hanging from his neck by a very thin thread that had snagged on a rough branch, in his struggles he must have caused the thread to embed deeper & deeper around his neck, he was upside down & very dead.
Yesterday early morning in the back yard mulberry tree was a juvenile sparrow who had a very thin blue thread entwined around its leg, snagged on a branch. I was able to free him, but he had nearly ripped the tiny leg from his body. I had to do the humane thing (which killed me) as there was nothing but a faint skinny tendon left holding the already thin leg to the body. I do not know where they are getting these threads, in the past 4 years I've been feeding & observing my backyard crew, i've never seen anything like this!
SO I am asking you, have you witnessed this before, or have heard of these kinds of deaths?