Summer Winter Wren - 12 Jul 2023
Robin and I came up to Mackinac Island for a quick two-day retreat on Monday. We drove north early in the morning, had lunch at Audies Restaurant, then took Shepler's across the Straits to the island. A 2-night stay at Mission Point put us on the quiet side of the island with a gorgeous view of the Straights.
This morning I took a short walk around the grounds and just up the road at Mackinac Island State Park. We had watched the All-Star Game last night and then went out to look for Northern Lights, but all we got was a soaked tennis shoe. Turns out Robin stepped in the only 2'x3' puddle in the whole field...
Red-eyed Vireos and Cedar Waxwings were calling from the trees around the Inn, and as I walked the road I picked up Cape May Warbler and Black-and-White Warbler from the cedars lining the road. When I reached the stairs to the Arch Rocks I heard the distinct, high-pitched call of a Winter Wren. Hiking the stairs I managed to run into a family of 4 Winter Wrens that entertained me for several minutes overhead in the cedars and at eye-level. I managed a few pics.
Returning to the field across from the Mission Point Resort I took some pics of the flowers growing in the grass.
Before returning home we had breakfast at the Inn, and were entertained by Red-eyed Vireos, Yellow Warbler, Cedar Waxwing and Gray Catbird feeding in the cherry tree right outside our window.
Mackinac Island, Mackinac, Michigan, US
Jul 12, 2023 9:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Mission Point Resort and Mackinac Island SP
22 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 24
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 4
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) 3
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) 2
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 4
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 2
Merlin (Falco columbarius) 1
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) 2
Winter Wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) 4
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 2
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 4
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 12
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 4
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 2
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 4
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 4
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1
Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) 1
Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) 2
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) 1
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