White-eyed Vireo - 07 May 2026

A drive to Petersburg State Game Area in s. Monroe County, MI yielded a few birds this morning, but very few photo opps. This White-eyed Vireo was the exception; it was singing loudly from the trees next to the Lulu Rd. parking lot 

and finally came low enough to get some nice photos under clear skies.

Blue-winged Warblers were a target bird this morning. Although I heard several along Lulu Rd. they refused to show themselves. Kip Cotter was birding the road and mentioned seeing a Lawrence's Warbler and possibly a Brewster's Warbler. I was not so fortunate.

A nice highlight was seeing, and then hearing the "Ti-piiii" of a Broad-winged Hawk that continues in the woods across the road from the parking lot.

I would also hear Chestnut-sided Warbler, several Black-throated Green Warblers, Northern Parula, Magnolia Warbler and an Acadian Flycatcher that would not present itself next to the parking lot.

A fly-over Osprey was a nice way to confirm Merlin's identification of an Osprey when I first arrived along Teal Road earlier in the morning. I disregarded the ID until now.

Petersburg SGA, Monroe, Michigan, US
May 7, 2026 7:06 AM - 8:52 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.876 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Clear, cool, 38F
44 species

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  2
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  1
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)  1
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)  1
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)  1
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)  1
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)  1
Eastern Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)  1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  1
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  1
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)  1
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  1
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  1
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  4
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)  2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  6
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  2
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)  1
Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)  2
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)  1
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  3
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  2
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)  4
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)  4
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  1
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)  2
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  1
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)  2
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)  1
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)  3
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)  1
Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla)  2
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)  2
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)  2
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)  1
Northern Yellow Warbler (Setophaga aestiva)  3
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)  1
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)  2
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)  2
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)  1

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