Ross' Goose Continues - 01 May 2023

Rain, winds and cold were forecast for most of the day here in SE Michigan, but clearing skies to the west prompted me to run down to Erie Marsh to look for warblers. 

After checking the Bay Creek Rd. fluddle, which was flooded and held no shorebirds, I drove down Dean Rd. toward Erie Marsh Preserve. Stopping alongside Pool 1 I scanned the dike separating it and Pool 2 and refound the Ross' Goose that was seen last week (well, Bruce Arnold reported the bird 10 minutes before so technically he refound it). 

I got out and took another set of digiscoped images and a digiscoped video to document it.

Digiscoped images were captured at 60X magnification using the Sony a1 and 40/2.5 and Digidapter™DLM on the Swarovski STX85.

Erie Marsh Preserve, Monroe, Michigan, US
May 1, 2023 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Cold, windy, rainy
26 species

Ross's Goose (Anser rossii)  1     Continuing small white goose on dike separating ponds 1 and 2 at Erie Marsh Preserve. Digiscoped images show no grin patch, short neck, and small size relative to nearby Canada Geese. Photos.
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  6
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)  2
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)  1
American Coot (Fulica americana)  2
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)  1
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)  3
Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)  6
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)  3
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)  2
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)  1
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)  1
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  1
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)  6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)  1
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)  1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  4
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  12
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)  2
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)  1
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)  12
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum)  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)  10

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S135749747

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)