Pre-CBC Scouting - 15 Dec 2021
With the Monroe, MI Christmas Bird Count just 3 days away today was the first day of "Count Week". Jack Volker had texted that the American White Pelicans were still at Sterling State Park in Monroe County, MI so I was hoping to see them and at least count them as part of the count week tally.
With light rain falling a trip to Sterling State Park yielded no pelicans. A few other birds were seen, though:
400 Hooded Mergansers
200 Ring-billed Gulls
50 Mute Swans
Cooper's Hawk
American Kestrel
6 Northern Shoveler
American Robin
2 American Coot
I'll try again tomorrow.
200 Ring-billed Gulls
50 Mute Swans
Cooper's Hawk
American Kestrel
6 Northern Shoveler
American Robin
2 American Coot
I'll try again tomorrow.
Sterling SP, Monroe, Michigan, US
Dec 15, 2021 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Light rain
8 species
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) 50
Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata) 6
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) 400 In pond at SW end of park near campground. Exclusively Hooded Mergansers. Estimate based on cluster counts of 50.
American Coot (Fulica americana) 2
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 200
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 1
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