American Avocet @ Erie Marsh - 29 Jun 2023
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| Lesser Yellowlegs in Pool 4 |
An American Avocet was reported in Pool 4 at Erie Marsh yesterday, so I decided to make a quick run down there to look for it. I didn't expect to see it, but after running into Bruce Arnold he was able to relocate it along the far shore of Pool 3 (scope view only). Haze from Canadian Wildfires made viewing poor, but the bird was visible, as well as several Green-winged Teal that were flagged by eBird as being rare.
Before leaving I spotted a Great Blue Heron just 3 feet away, so I took a few pics.
Erie Marsh Preserve, Monroe, Michigan, US
Jun 29, 2023 7:30 AM - 8:30 AMProtocol: Traveling
0.9 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Bruce Arnold
12 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 2
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) 2
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) 7 Adult w/ six cygnets. Continuing.
Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) 2
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) 2 Pond 3 far shore. Green-headed teal w/ red stripe on side of face, Yellow and black rump. Continuing.
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 2
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) 1 found by Bruce Arnold yesterday in Pool 4 it was now along the far shore of Pond 3. Scope view only in haze but visible as tall shorebird w/ black/white back, blue legs, long slender red head and neck, slender recurved bill.
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 4
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 2
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
I stopped by the Erie Road Fluddle but found nothing of interest in the field that was now mostly vegetation with few scattered, obscured puddles.
I then made a quick ride to Cell 1 at Pt. Mouillee but found no shorebirds. It was windy and humid and hazy and lighting was poor. A loop around Cell 1 only got me raindrops and a few Common Toad babies hopping across the trail.
