Slow Morning at the Moo - 18 Jul 2023
A quick run to Pt. Mouillee SGA yielded few specialties this morning. I parked at Roberts Road and road the South Causeway to the Banana north to Cell 4 then back south along the Lake Erie shoreline. Skies were clear, calm and mild (70F).
Cell 1 north was flooded with growing vegetation. I heard two Lesser Yellowlegs.
Cell 2 west side was overgrown with phragmites.
I ran into Mike McGee and David Boon in Cell 3. Noone saw any Black Terns or White-winged Terns. Linda and Kelly, however, had seen the WWTE three days ago, so it may still be around.
Cell 4 was quiet. Dredging pumping was actively going on in Cell 3 north. Hopefully, it will flood Cell 3 enough to knock down some of the phragmites overgrowing the area.
I stopped midway along the Lake Erie shoreline opposite Cell 3 and found a couple dozen Semipalmated Sandpipers and Least Sandpipers in Cell 3 east, but nothing else.
An American White Pelican was hanging out with the Canada Geese on the beach opposite Cell 3. Just a short distance farther south a Bonaparte's Gull was along the shoreline.
Cell 2 held a pair of Short-billed Dowitchers but they were only seen in flight.
Cell 1 south held 16 Lesser Yellowlegs (non-breeding adults).
Pte. Mouillee SGA, Monroe, Michigan, US
Jul 18, 2023 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
6.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Clear, calm, 70F; Roberts Road, South Causeway to Cell 4 east to Lk Erie shoreline and south back to Cell 1. No Black Terns or White-winged Tern seen during morning.
39 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 140
Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) 4
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 20
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) 1
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) 1
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) 1
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 1
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 6
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 12
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) 24
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) 2
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 6
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 22
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia) 1
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 6
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 1
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 6
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) 1
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) 1
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 1
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 1
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) 1
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) 1
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) 1
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 12
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) 12
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 12
Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) 1
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 16
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 2
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 36
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 18
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 2
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 5
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) 2
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