A Slow Number of Days - 01 Oct 2025

The past week has been slow around here. Sure, hawks are flying at Lake Erie Metropark but warbler action has been all-but non-existent at Elizabeth Park, Lake Erie Metropark and the DRIWR Humbug Marsh Unit. No photos of birds. Just checklists.

Elizabeth Park (Trenton), Wayne, Michigan, US
Sep 28, 2025 7:59 AM - 8:23 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.378 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Mostly cloudy, calm, mild, 60F
11 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  62
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  2
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)  1
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  3
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S275998119

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Detroit River IWR--Refuge Gateway (Humbug Marsh), Wayne, Michigan, US
Sep 28, 2025 8:32 AM - 8:52 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.444 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Ptly cloudy, mild, 64F, calm.
13 species

Great Egret (Ardea alba)  4
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)  1
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)  1
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  1
Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)  1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  1
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  3
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  3
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S276010007

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Elizabeth Park (Trenton), Wayne, Michigan, US
Oct 1, 2025 8:26 AM - 8:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.645 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Clear, calm, 63F, NW 0-8mph winds
11 species

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  80
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  12
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  1
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  3
Cooper's Hawk (Astur cooperii)  2
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  6
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  1
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  4
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S276638233

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