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Avian Tendencies: October 2011
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Birding, listing, and digiscoping in Kent Co., Michigan and beyond. Wednesday, October 26, 2011. Not sure why birding is this way, but like shooting a basketball or playing a slot machine, the hits often come in bursts. (Is this not the true definition of mathematical chaos? Tuesday, October 18, 2011. A good Kent Co tick, and not the age class I expected. The birds frequented these 3 locations throughout our visit. Here are the best photos I could manage of them:. So, I believe these two birds have to be...
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Avian Tendencies: The Holland State Park jaeger, and the morass that is juvenile jaeger ID
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Birding, listing, and digiscoping in Kent Co., Michigan and beyond. Friday, September 27, 2013. The Holland State Park jaeger, and the morass that is juvenile jaeger ID. So you know the old adage "the best way to learn is to teach"? So on Friday September 20th, I received a call from Curtis Dykstra that a darkish juvenile jaeger was sitting on the beach at Holland SP. I mean, does anyone looking at this photo think the R1s are pointed? Here is Pyle's treatment of uppertail coverts in juvenile jaegers, th...
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Avian Tendencies: March 2013
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Birding, listing, and digiscoping in Kent Co., Michigan and beyond. Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Update on Ross's Goose candidate, March 12. The bird spent the night at the 100th St flooding in Caledonia with the 11 Greater White-fronteds, and I got much better looks at the Ross's this morning, March 12. It does indeed appear to be a pure Ross's (or within variation of what we define as pure Ross's currently, more accurately stated! Here is checklist, video, photos, and discussion:. Monday, March 11, 2013.
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See you at sunrise...: May 2014
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See you at sunrise. First things first, at the end of the last post, I said I’d keep you posted once I identified this flower:. Turns out, it’s a Rock Jasmine. It seems to be pretty common; at least it’s distinct enough when I do see it. Anyway, I wasn’t guiding for most of today so I ventured out solo. First up, a female LONG-TAILED DUCK stretched her wings out on Weather Bureau Lake:. A check of the Polovina Wetlands yielded the ubiquitous RED-NECKED PHALAROPES:. Likewise, Lake Hill is aptly named:.
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See you at sunrise...: July 2014
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See you at sunrise. Don't touch the bumblebee's house! Finally, I have other things to blame for not getting a timely blog post written! Usually it’s just my indolence but this time I get to point to our internet problems (half the town lost their internet for a while) and the fact that I’ve actually been working. Yes, when one of these anchors offshore, better brace yourself:. Sometimes they speak English, sometimes they don’t. Oh yeah, puffins, here’s one:. Yes, I managed to snag another new ABA bird j...
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See you at sunrise...: April 2014
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See you at sunrise. Well, Ashley and I finally ventured over to downtown San Francisco where birders had been able to scope the bird. We walked out on the Aquatic Park Pier, set up the scope, and. well. it wasn't hard (look for the only white bird):. Here's a map showing where the bird hangs out and where we viewed it from:. View Northern Gannet viewing. In a larger map. It was cool to see Alcatraz. The out-of-service prison was more than a mile away from where we were:. And this Hermit Warbler:. It was ...
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Virginia Big Year 2016: March 2012
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Virginia Big Year 2016. Thursday, March 29, 2012. This morning I decided to head out to Shenandoah River State Park in the hopes of finding a drumming Ruffed Grouse. While this search was unsuccessful I still had a very good morning. There was a flock of Golden-crowned and singing Ruby-crowned Kinglets at the picnic area and I saw this Louisiana Waterthrush along a nearby creek. As I was walking along the Cottonwood Trail I was surprised to see this Black Rat Snake coming out of a hole in a juniper!
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Virginia Big Year 2016: May 2013
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Virginia Big Year 2016. Friday, May 17, 2013. Birding the Point Pelee Area. This morning Karl Overman and I crossed the border into Ontario to bird Point Pelee National Park and the surrounding area. Today was not one of the best days for Pelee but we still managed 20 species of warblers including these three. The biggest surprise at the park was a flyby Surf Scoter Karl spotted coming in near West Beach. Black-billed Cuckoo and Mourning Warbler were the other highlights but were heard only. My brother h...
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Virginia Big Year 2016: February 2012
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Virginia Big Year 2016. Wednesday, February 22, 2012. This Merlin was also a surprise. I cant believe what a great February I have had for birds! Normally I see very little this time of year. Two first state records in less than a week is incredible! Saturday, February 18, 2012. Virginia's Warbler in MD! It quickly flitted from bush to bush for the next fifteen or so minutes before disappearing. I was not able to get any photos but Rob Ostrowski has generously allowed me to use one of his. As I was drivi...
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See you at sunrise...: January 2015
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See you at sunrise. As January comes to a close, I've been continuing to bird locally in Sacramento County. One such destination is the Blue Heron trail portion of Stone Lakes NWR. This spot is less than a 5 mile drive from where I live and it has the benefit of being rather quiet; no hoards of bikers zooming by like those up along the river. I ventured into the woods after that to continue to round off my checklist. GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS are one the most abundant species in thickets and brambles h...
