My wife and I took a trip up to Armitage road this afternoon. We saw 9 pectoral
sandpipers
and a lone dunlin that have been found by others. The shorebirds were found
on the north side of the road very close to the dike, initially,where they were
tough to see from Armitage. Eventually they came out some and were
fairly close to the road and easy to see. The dunlin (non-breeding plumage)
was the odd bird in this group with a different posture and droopy/longer bill.
In addition, found what I believe was a bonaparte's gull in the middle of the
same field
close to the shorebirds. The head pattern looked like bonaparte's to me.
However, this
bird had what seemed to be red (not pink) legs. Ran into Stuart Krasnoff
who took some pictures and video of this bird. Maybe it was the lighting that
contributed
to the redness of this bird's legs??
There were also several greater yellowlegs, tons of green-winged teals, several
shovelers, killdeer,
and mallards. Also got great views of the adult bald eagles by the nest.
Made a quick stop at Tschache Pool as it was getting late with poor lightning.
Saw loads of
american widgeon and gadwall. Also had a pair of hooded merganser, several
common merganser and
a ring-necked duck. Wish we had more time and light as there were a lot of
birds at Tschache. May's Point
also seemed to have quite a bit of waterfowl as well.
On the way back, we counted 3 osprey each on a nest on Route 20 with another
bird soaring.
Near Lansing, saw a short-eared owl flying near the Intersection of Route 34
(Ridge Road)
and Algerine Road before sunset. The bird flew into the pine trees that are
near the
intersection.
Dave Nicosia
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