Fog at the Refuge - 25 Jan 2024
I dropped Robin off at the dentist and had about an hour to kill, so I drove over to the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge. The past several days have hosted dense fog, so photo opps for birds have been hard to come by.
I drove down by the Detroit River and found ~400 Mute Swans ( a couple Tundra Swans among them) crowded along the near shore and ice around the island.
An adult Bald Eagle was in the trees overlooking the concentration of swans, so I grabbed a few pics from the car.
I'd find a Red-tailed Hawk perched next to the pond at the entrance to the Refuge on my way out.
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| increased Clarity and DeHazing |
Detroit River IWR--Refuge Gateway (Humbug Marsh), Wayne, Michigan, US
Jan 25, 2024 2:41 PM - 2:55 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Dense fog and 39F
8 species (+2 other taxa)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) 200 Concentrated in the river and banks south of the fishing pier. Another 200 presumed Mute Swans are present but are being identified as swan species due to dense fog.
swan sp. (Cygnus sp.) 200 Presumed to be an additional 200 Mute Swans to the 200 already reported in the river south of the fishing pier.
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 2
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) 2
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 2
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 2
Common/Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus merganser/serrator) 6
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1
American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea) 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
