Slow Evening @ Pt. Mouillee - 24 Apr 2025
A late afternoon bike ride was not awful, but a bit slow. Dikes have been graded so biking was a bit slow and treacherous. I stuck to the Middle Causeway and had to settle for distant looks at fly-by Pectoral Sandpipers and American White Pelicans.
Cell 3 had a good mix of Dunlin (several hundred), Caspian and Forster's Terns but back-lighting made seeing difficult.
Pte. Mouillee SGA (permit required Sep 1-Dec 15), Monroe, Michigan, US
Apr 24, 2025 4:53 PM - 6:16 PMProtocol: Traveling
7.089 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Pt cloudy, warm, 81F, winds 5mph SW
33 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 64
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) 12
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 2
Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) 4
Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata) 18
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 124
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) 16
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2
American Coot (Fulica americana) 26
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 8
Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) 1
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 2
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 2
Dunlin (Calidris alpina) 140
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) 6
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 4
American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus) 7
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 12
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) 22
Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum) 2
Great Egret (Ardea alba) 9
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 2
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) 44
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) 1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 2
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 2
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 2
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) 6
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 220
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
