Birder's- a small group of us toured Chippewa County in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. At Trout Lake we were graced with amazing prolonged scope views of a singing Connecticut Warbler as another Connecticut sang in the background. The next stop produced a pair of Kirtland's Warblers with a male seemingly on territory with another bird chasing it around -maybe two males, but didn't get a definitive view at the second bird. On Farm Truck Rd. we had a singing Yellow-bellied Flycatcher but Olive -sided Flycatcher was elusive. At Whitefish Point most of the group went out to see the 3 sets of nesting Plovers Plovers and lingering shorebirds included 3 Semipalm Sandpipers and a Sanderling. One lucky participant who stayed at the visitors centre spotted a light morph Swainson's Hawk which is likely the same bird seen earlier in the week.
Walking in from Whitefish Point we had a dozen or so Buckeyes and a Little Sulphur- Given the heat we opted to not head to Munuscong for Leconte's Sparrow which we missed earlier at the Forrest Rd. site south of the Sault. I have missed them here before on really dry years. Thanks to the participants for an enjoyable outing. Kirk Zufelt _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
