tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31374346202898281912024-03-13T15:56:47.332-04:00Hunting Digital Plumes in the US and BeyondHunting Digital Plumes in the US and Beyond.
Bearing photographic witness to the visual brilliance of our avifauna. © Copyright Hemant Kishan.Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.comBlogger300125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-61878383999858058912021-01-03T23:19:00.005-05:002021-01-04T16:21:11.909-05:00Wrens, Woodpeckers and Thrushes in Migration featuring Winter Wren<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">[Lake St. Clair Metropark. Fall 2020]</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While warblers and shorebirds generally steal the show when it comes to migration, there is nevertheless more to a life in birding than just these avian superstars. We turn our attention, therefore, to a different mix of migrant (and a few resident) species that are familiar but no less extraordinary:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Winter, Marsh and House Wren</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglet</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hermit and Swainson's Thrush</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Purple Martin, Northern Rough-winged and Barn Swallow</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Brown Thrasher and Grey Catbird</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Red-bellied, Downy, Northern Flicker, and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Wood-Pewee and Eastern Phoebe</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">White-breasted and Red-breasted Nuthatch</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Red-eyed and Warbling Vireo</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ruby-throated Hummingbird</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We start with the wrens. Winter Wren is seen at Lake St. Clair in migration. It's never conspicuous and generally found foraging on the ground:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDfhNqJiKh_SDwTAnbmUM83ytIi5Hpe-71msDGIUo4mlW36hHOTwy5mYbgqFaobSqNLeoy-OIU6Stdkb2eUSR3bJCf6wcU4JXP2fKDj4J2P_ASDg3AFm4i3VBKI3ia7G2OCFlENVaWHqL/s4032/ww+DSC_5488.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3967" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDfhNqJiKh_SDwTAnbmUM83ytIi5Hpe-71msDGIUo4mlW36hHOTwy5mYbgqFaobSqNLeoy-OIU6Stdkb2eUSR3bJCf6wcU4JXP2fKDj4J2P_ASDg3AFm4i3VBKI3ia7G2OCFlENVaWHqL/w630-h640/ww+DSC_5488.jpg" width="630" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisqYXutVuXyUlc0iv4ACFk6Efe1xCbtWanUDj_RseGria-2KXi3V4id04FWA5OE6XKjECzSYXKN3BSdMNZhyVSOnlQZIwEI-j_gOAirFtZ4v9H8bLXKTzp47Qdj1BI_zbHYDT7kpaHuPIs/s4453/ww+DSC_5467.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3593" data-original-width="4453" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisqYXutVuXyUlc0iv4ACFk6Efe1xCbtWanUDj_RseGria-2KXi3V4id04FWA5OE6XKjECzSYXKN3BSdMNZhyVSOnlQZIwEI-j_gOAirFtZ4v9H8bLXKTzp47Qdj1BI_zbHYDT7kpaHuPIs/w640-h516/ww+DSC_5467.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pacific Wren was recently split from Winter Wren. The latter is more spotted and less brown.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdq9QUDVj602GbRA6NCnryHXkziyOAlibWfa2I7idHwZ1HDh-xuucG0v9eaM0nF3cV3Zugqxt3oREhkO3V4-23bjRvOpe8k4pf3pbCj3KAWZ_1L2SArpbvC4mtkDD8IeqMrm8sr0l5vB-6/s4004/ww+DSC_5267.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3994" data-original-width="4004" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdq9QUDVj602GbRA6NCnryHXkziyOAlibWfa2I7idHwZ1HDh-xuucG0v9eaM0nF3cV3Zugqxt3oREhkO3V4-23bjRvOpe8k4pf3pbCj3KAWZ_1L2SArpbvC4mtkDD8IeqMrm8sr0l5vB-6/w640-h638/ww+DSC_5267.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2KQSu7NZgyUGzCRr6dCzdXnl9vpRwCWq-qvXnxqIHpiEoyeeHWY0cF6oRqYl69iDbAH5UzRSV2pMdwFoR_UgFJsK50Yc44LfXWWvS-m6qDAtR-0EcT7D4OS9VOzq8j7-43qEHWQZ-p_7/s4858/ww+DSC_4700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3293" data-original-width="4858" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2KQSu7NZgyUGzCRr6dCzdXnl9vpRwCWq-qvXnxqIHpiEoyeeHWY0cF6oRqYl69iDbAH5UzRSV2pMdwFoR_UgFJsK50Yc44LfXWWvS-m6qDAtR-0EcT7D4OS9VOzq8j7-43qEHWQZ-p_7/w640-h434/ww+DSC_4700.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Smaller than the House Wren, the short, cocked tail is a good identification marker. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoTZlZr7Y0rpGl1vUUynrr_Y0x_pqEYroCOccORIoxuIflLlK_L2OgXxUAaVtHdHfjpKiJ398btlel1ZbM6nV4nPvMVoF_DFG70eyxqVH8PBEmwIHcPpLEsnTDwhRNKi40bZ7QBytDdevR/s2414/ww+IMG_0079.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2073" data-original-width="2414" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoTZlZr7Y0rpGl1vUUynrr_Y0x_pqEYroCOccORIoxuIflLlK_L2OgXxUAaVtHdHfjpKiJ398btlel1ZbM6nV4nPvMVoF_DFG70eyxqVH8PBEmwIHcPpLEsnTDwhRNKi40bZ7QBytDdevR/w640-h550/ww+IMG_0079.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Marsh Wren can be found across the park in Fall:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9ZwPtIYgrsL7rZ75RheEyhwwzLBpXwp_z6g1Ok7U0Cu8fW4zpPSsMeLSUMXfrqrqEPz0te87mINx2G8mBisIDRr7feIbqjTRkVEtVfgNfhXsO6ZGZOAt23wrGdI-57SBkXWrl8LUtdam/s3139/mw+DSC_8537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3139" data-original-width="3088" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9ZwPtIYgrsL7rZ75RheEyhwwzLBpXwp_z6g1Ok7U0Cu8fW4zpPSsMeLSUMXfrqrqEPz0te87mINx2G8mBisIDRr7feIbqjTRkVEtVfgNfhXsO6ZGZOAt23wrGdI-57SBkXWrl8LUtdam/w630-h640/mw+DSC_8537.jpg" width="630" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGXJm4LaQ9XpSIOdVzlF1PM0pqyupR9tpGcTWDc2chzk6q2GFONFfdNCr68ksCKrzGz08rjqAFBw51u6Ucb1shDNkOHy3bC1JihbhsWkPqzhEWvLT2Xthsofl3k_izb4oA6_z5lFiNAzbc/s3350/mw+DSC_8543.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3350" data-original-width="3067" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGXJm4LaQ9XpSIOdVzlF1PM0pqyupR9tpGcTWDc2chzk6q2GFONFfdNCr68ksCKrzGz08rjqAFBw51u6Ucb1shDNkOHy3bC1JihbhsWkPqzhEWvLT2Xthsofl3k_izb4oA6_z5lFiNAzbc/w586-h640/mw+DSC_8543.jpg" width="586" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the Spring time, these energetic songbirds liven up the marsh with their buzzy songs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEELOFmrsgvAnsbKQWihqxseuyArWBT4zzBloLNMhY0Hn3V1FIA1cNnuuND-jf7iK9Va8N_xlzmXfO0e4oUtE94CVXv1lfogj6n2a54nVWkDTEzslHHMFqV92tRKD8hQPJNVCZEgBzBQLb/s4395/hw+0H0A8609.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3640" data-original-width="4395" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEELOFmrsgvAnsbKQWihqxseuyArWBT4zzBloLNMhY0Hn3V1FIA1cNnuuND-jf7iK9Va8N_xlzmXfO0e4oUtE94CVXv1lfogj6n2a54nVWkDTEzslHHMFqV92tRKD8hQPJNVCZEgBzBQLb/w640-h530/hw+0H0A8609.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Yk336AchKe1MYZHX_2lla1PlQdDLRdgHMFN__fgE96OkT6cGJIG64UB9f4BgY2T1lcDz55wG0Y3qA3TPBLPSFl_3g8wGAl8seXoMJddxLwBwS_4vD8IRHYu3b-I8fCyXC2XWA4evmnZf/s4672/hw+0H0A8634.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3424" data-original-width="4672" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Yk336AchKe1MYZHX_2lla1PlQdDLRdgHMFN__fgE96OkT6cGJIG64UB9f4BgY2T1lcDz55wG0Y3qA3TPBLPSFl_3g8wGAl8seXoMJddxLwBwS_4vD8IRHYu3b-I8fCyXC2XWA4evmnZf/w640-h470/hw+0H0A8634.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">House Wren is a breeder at Metro and, granted its charisma falls short of the Winter Wren, yet it delights with its song.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">From the large family of 40+ wrens found in the US, we move to the Kinglets:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCXmCpHGFXtbJmiJA-08ArF-PFPMg0K8DEYtjOElbiy0FX9sBUpcsS7YG3OPSn1xtps0DAYLXxOx_cTw4LwHV5dtOkGkZWu-gUN36-12vVov5Q7E1wMxKbUzcij_j4BYW1X2POx3KWHeg/s4170/gck+IMG_9558.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3275" data-original-width="4170" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCXmCpHGFXtbJmiJA-08ArF-PFPMg0K8DEYtjOElbiy0FX9sBUpcsS7YG3OPSn1xtps0DAYLXxOx_cTw4LwHV5dtOkGkZWu-gUN36-12vVov5Q7E1wMxKbUzcij_j4BYW1X2POx3KWHeg/w640-h502/gck+IMG_9558.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRL_BZpjJFs9VjMTPpdxF15wi3ifyoq_aDQOUSWFrmIVc_e04vgvAM0OeMGbc8nfESy27nVRObJVKL7MoKXtQGO29GyCQ4CGlLC66Hh84f23jbOFVFLVGQs8aY0z_BJ3E-l_P55q45Bf4f/s3591/gck+IMG_9532.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3378" data-original-width="3591" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRL_BZpjJFs9VjMTPpdxF15wi3ifyoq_aDQOUSWFrmIVc_e04vgvAM0OeMGbc8nfESy27nVRObJVKL7MoKXtQGO29GyCQ4CGlLC66Hh84f23jbOFVFLVGQs8aY0z_BJ3E-l_P55q45Bf4f/w640-h602/gck+IMG_9532.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixEfvMGUCGJALW7pARlKR2ssA9xHNbg9koeP7O5icjcef-JLlGMkB71LQOLQVi-TByrMgsCn3Br23KLWA9KllmqOfT1KPtPUQaByhw0xXeooRidcuXK1dz0hV0ZlLWQSTR_i8Mg7ISvD8/s4184/gck+IMG_9505.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2957" data-original-width="4184" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixEfvMGUCGJALW7pARlKR2ssA9xHNbg9koeP7O5icjcef-JLlGMkB71LQOLQVi-TByrMgsCn3Br23KLWA9KllmqOfT1KPtPUQaByhw0xXeooRidcuXK1dz0hV0ZlLWQSTR_i8Mg7ISvD8/w640-h452/gck+IMG_9505.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The kinglets are represented in the US with just two species: the Golden-crowned and the Ruby-crowned:</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQY5I1EMkhQyH00XyrCeDgvzpQI9IeXHq4w2EPRhuPRO3d-PERQAZlQH85muvGzlxgEx3yRcAF1ZMz9nTKHvvFMVAj7e1gytUSMCpW3twkYlCoHZZ-EaIG1pSjELFmNExnopK6mzJ4D5bA/s3762/rck+DSC04836.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3762" data-original-width="3527" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQY5I1EMkhQyH00XyrCeDgvzpQI9IeXHq4w2EPRhuPRO3d-PERQAZlQH85muvGzlxgEx3yRcAF1ZMz9nTKHvvFMVAj7e1gytUSMCpW3twkYlCoHZZ-EaIG1pSjELFmNExnopK6mzJ4D5bA/w600-h640/rck+DSC04836.jpg" width="600" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifpUxJPGBvTlsvsfstQ80ZpDnSnIcmUCz8A0RH4QRoHE1cN7guPkKpXt-kKsMP2vdF8gEr12xUukbk2N1EPZJIclbckQGgX_6P7vhtKeBrv6Z8eyJT7LqLcJKsdO6MwGxPnxqUj7aHOnQ9/s4645/rck+DSC04827.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3444" data-original-width="4645" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifpUxJPGBvTlsvsfstQ80ZpDnSnIcmUCz8A0RH4QRoHE1cN7guPkKpXt-kKsMP2vdF8gEr12xUukbk2N1EPZJIclbckQGgX_6P7vhtKeBrv6Z8eyJT7LqLcJKsdO6MwGxPnxqUj7aHOnQ9/w640-h474/rck+DSC04827.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5pLYKcqy-RkvoCVwKQdRdIgvw6dN9sPv7SSXmYyGYGPb_8Htr_CFAkso3iZZsp935c3R5GeFioo5o1LMHQzURI99eaxHds-43Y40n2JJzh_PvARPkERAtDZkNgg4nLxb1ygoxJ89MpDa/s4463/rck+DSC02357.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3585" data-original-width="4463" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5pLYKcqy-RkvoCVwKQdRdIgvw6dN9sPv7SSXmYyGYGPb_8Htr_CFAkso3iZZsp935c3R5GeFioo5o1LMHQzURI99eaxHds-43Y40n2JJzh_PvARPkERAtDZkNgg4nLxb1ygoxJ89MpDa/w640-h514/rck+DSC02357.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Ruby-crowned is a drab olive, neckless bird with a prominent yet asymmetric eyering.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>In the Eastern US, thrushes are well represented with the common migrants being Hermit Thrush:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3610" data-original-width="4170" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkTRRCXmOqFP-4QeTeV1j2mjgS9hR5258K6zJwAYbRYWL9f0pwJm24wOHh03qVzuLB7C5Nn4haLCp97Q4sG-MCzVrNBQaoRuwisqEN9FkdqJl6rkuHSuoyyoa6jCtwaU8J_Q0NZLsFXjT1/w640-h554/ht+DSC_0339.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">.. .and Swainson's Thrush:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCXhwBUVzMZ1SHUiWoL_OLvcMRdKPfOcu_f8dRgpbjU_RODQCTL1b_opsGhotRNAXrkvvDnmCB8VKBBzZFWZGFU_5xLwUXu20tIJ7RiwtwJ1NHoQRgOjNqIs7__sPPZRLP_RQD9pZ0yak/s4387/st+DSC_8067.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3223" data-original-width="4387" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCXhwBUVzMZ1SHUiWoL_OLvcMRdKPfOcu_f8dRgpbjU_RODQCTL1b_opsGhotRNAXrkvvDnmCB8VKBBzZFWZGFU_5xLwUXu20tIJ7RiwtwJ1NHoQRgOjNqIs7__sPPZRLP_RQD9pZ0yak/w640-h470/st+DSC_8067.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2730" data-original-width="3560" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgonNu1j6BGxzRn2VeSfwIhTXYFu_pm3gCVaLkNtT2jys7NYtjxtl3KuqXSlEt4xgohAi996Rf1ji9MHcwWaQEoWtevgAmf9qcdDyuQZx5iv9GvJPxqiZI7IVxSm-270S89DbMREV0hOuMR/w640-h490/pm+DSC03598.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Northern Rough-winged Swallow:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8tUvtOyn3XyK9kidqNv89mXXkZwIVZ1C2QoCIKn6uP3Ao24OtL8Bgb8r-fuIlexrfGUMpBc6gLQ0lUysERTIwIPraHQnqH94WXj1vvM5GBs5BFhvv8Lu3DFQy4uCiIwIOTIT-oq6gjeg/s2592/nrws+DSC03570.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2169" data-original-width="2592" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8tUvtOyn3XyK9kidqNv89mXXkZwIVZ1C2QoCIKn6uP3Ao24OtL8Bgb8r-fuIlexrfGUMpBc6gLQ0lUysERTIwIPraHQnqH94WXj1vvM5GBs5BFhvv8Lu3DFQy4uCiIwIOTIT-oq6gjeg/w640-h536/nrws+DSC03570.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2611" data-original-width="3102" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieURYF6hJXDMKGksXkCNbiRt7e-qWWCEKP7b1pudln0YW7sSFMm-SB0O1J0Kb5Kb-vcNpiVndM_dzw2eXpE4qlA4N2RXDkPbdpyVFOMEQ_WnNcqtQxJpM1bXvRyzH7rBxGb6GYTca0oLxk/w640-h538/nrws+DSC03551.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">While they may fascinate on the wing, these birds are clearly out of their element on the ground.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Red-bellied Woodpecker is poorly named:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6ozuQkROG7s9LULOJ-N26w5HMWEWRIaAgBciImrx0Rms9yv2b-y8xNX3Ghb6tL1sT2yJNJtdijPTMUZyejFJEbUzZZQ-vhY4kANvarlO817hvWk2aWrTA360JRDAfaqdghrb-7_jQxb9/s3909/rbw+DSCF2821.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3153" data-original-width="3043" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wvWJMKesUZn7KFJpxCc8EXtnBdzVG1cRtfvOVPJ04NeMV5m9XzoCfCmjysCioOFkZxxHLp43ng57Hw3jSNoV1mKCaMIBJGuzwuDiDeNHNpfWf2Chbyr9UDNqWnKvFiUsq6XCZxSFG11i/w618-h640/rbw+DSCF2684.jpg" width="618" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Downy is also a resident:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5ag3qZL9-UkuZjObbQviPhNAPLLmdbVSXT95Pgmm5W75yGSqMh8VMx-S3nTmcAmEZl0Rgegv6YPPi1sABTx8604EbWtfL37TtxDPve7QQnCEKrwayoiAcvmYL49zgYoyHpfTGkLGo1cV/s4898/dw+DSC02627.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4898" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5ag3qZL9-UkuZjObbQviPhNAPLLmdbVSXT95Pgmm5W75yGSqMh8VMx-S3nTmcAmEZl0Rgegv6YPPi1sABTx8604EbWtfL37TtxDPve7QQnCEKrwayoiAcvmYL49zgYoyHpfTGkLGo1cV/w640-h426/dw+DSC02627.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8qKa5XSqSG-qAcZJzVhY-nN7qk2gw8GvT9qentg7xTNdTN_LqFbV4dFV9UMHXkEtTt5eqD2xKbW_a2eOHqo9z_IwVF0fmlAnPAROuxNcbmklJHaYc4NZ5PMXI0MDjyjK_-1kFGxxyCJq/s4636/ep+0H0A7397.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3401" data-original-width="4636" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8qKa5XSqSG-qAcZJzVhY-nN7qk2gw8GvT9qentg7xTNdTN_LqFbV4dFV9UMHXkEtTt5eqD2xKbW_a2eOHqo9z_IwVF0fmlAnPAROuxNcbmklJHaYc4NZ5PMXI0MDjyjK_-1kFGxxyCJq/w640-h470/ep+0H0A7397.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VZESEUlFuoZ2RvsiWml58JpLI1NqfgUjBkUvsV-DIwEVz_iztn0suZ7WASyccqhxevCRSRwFw2s-mphZOMlsmFV6PfW49KisajdB4zd8D70OOFZ49WomRKqCt4TOrXHOI3WnB6eKmGHG/s4577/ep+0H0A7352.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3495" data-original-width="4577" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VZESEUlFuoZ2RvsiWml58JpLI1NqfgUjBkUvsV-DIwEVz_iztn0suZ7WASyccqhxevCRSRwFw2s-mphZOMlsmFV6PfW49KisajdB4zd8D70OOFZ49WomRKqCt4TOrXHOI3WnB6eKmGHG/w640-h488/ep+0H0A7352.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Eastern Phoebe is the first flycatcher to arrive and the last to leave at this venue.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Szj9upphCqwnvJQTYOapEjzh04mItOqMCbTGqTIznIBpCf51clSNtzdosP8_lgMMj211mFPMUNc1yoHt4E2xWF61_hwqmHmxkXEkcFpHCSHa3IczFoOKCvzQyJUo2wtmHNteHTmmK0sH/s3592/ewp+DSC_0307.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Eastern Kingbird is a charismatic tyrant flycatcher:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8J3T3-0f7e_eUOBWB6bxlO7BSS0sCAg3XG88g2SVYnn8nGaAdPOvRrwr0PFBNcUBz1jEkPOvR0gpqy899lgqnnidsrGmirTlzFnH4ozPkjIwF7qA-YkB5G3LYqaJZlN2TzF2umX6uaDG/s4776/ekb+DSC_4010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3349" data-original-width="4776" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8J3T3-0f7e_eUOBWB6bxlO7BSS0sCAg3XG88g2SVYnn8nGaAdPOvRrwr0PFBNcUBz1jEkPOvR0gpqy899lgqnnidsrGmirTlzFnH4ozPkjIwF7qA-YkB5G3LYqaJZlN2TzF2umX6uaDG/w640-h448/ekb+DSC_4010.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQ4QP5DRwJAnk3ouidadbeEGZy6XftML-QPjdkqTPBOt1qmtHFiTmw_A9abI0GjFfaxwf_rdar8grA9qaV5dhp1lujZC8KRI5HUqkNLWhGAEBBKEC9eGymO5QRDjhY-uVKE05x0145Gej/s3292/ekb+DSC03725.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3292" data-original-width="3049" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQ4QP5DRwJAnk3ouidadbeEGZy6XftML-QPjdkqTPBOt1qmtHFiTmw_A9abI0GjFfaxwf_rdar8grA9qaV5dhp1lujZC8KRI5HUqkNLWhGAEBBKEC9eGymO5QRDjhY-uVKE05x0145Gej/w592-h640/ekb+DSC03725.jpg" width="592" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">White-breasted Nuthatch is a resident:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpIpYLsBCowwW_x1PYTyfPErQs8-usAsK6UwhsD-S1symexNCNHN2yc97lYXiqQQpmsnnG9HtHkB5Re8PY-OoUyS0HV1wceMimmAxo2ynk_PytqekjBBgZHk7Bh61FSFeNjyQvY9Ds5m0/s3994/wbnh+DSC03274.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3332" data-original-width="4445" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisyeR_6WkDfleWMxd-4bmFDQHkKFhzIgMNE32QwMmPNLhXeIYrfNbx1-8DMTVEMPo4JjhHVwCWbs9hIOI2rzX1zkT5r_st5XS7Uku8ETdemV9GBxt3nsVQSZ6u3_nnsG2EpGeYdJ6DGkfy/w640-h480/wbnh+DSC_7910.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Red-breasted was seen passing through:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwIFn-AEcKmzz-hlKwrQRRJ4RmpKP9numBPe_NTxh3c0nuQj4Dv0Bg3CSk12JBZ746eLfVcs3ZaMGrVG-5Jzt_TbjqWnaePeuY1rwEx9xitY11vRE7VO0QI4xykFvQeCQ51ZgoBvnuLFf/s4339/rbn+DSC_9937.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3533" data-original-width="4339" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwIFn-AEcKmzz-hlKwrQRRJ4RmpKP9numBPe_NTxh3c0nuQj4Dv0Bg3CSk12JBZ746eLfVcs3ZaMGrVG-5Jzt_TbjqWnaePeuY1rwEx9xitY11vRE7VO0QI4xykFvQeCQ51ZgoBvnuLFf/w640-h522/rbn+DSC_9937.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipkrm_fBhUJGLmPHZdllNTEIii8hS3rv8-fQeBnANVl9jGJOdl_DWQTXX6P-7PqPPtdsXX4N86zetMI3ZaYKJ1rrl5oVX1wzEl-HJXU0kj9o1ZJXVfszk_n4Ia2vGki6Srwc5oMfbZlta-/s4353/rbn+DSC_9814.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3082" data-original-width="4353" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipkrm_fBhUJGLmPHZdllNTEIii8hS3rv8-fQeBnANVl9jGJOdl_DWQTXX6P-7PqPPtdsXX4N86zetMI3ZaYKJ1rrl5oVX1wzEl-HJXU0kj9o1ZJXVfszk_n4Ia2vGki6Srwc5oMfbZlta-/w640-h454/rbn+DSC_9814.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">All the vireos seen here (excepting one) are migrants:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGT-IdiD2kSHpbtrS6ZQJfUieyYHUEgxLiAgYi1a9WZj9aqH7tENMpALDbWfKbHQPO4nMXuFHMqrPmPMi4xeSZRgwdS5Uqa2svyfSOAv5wp73XV9zJEP0V-2V7aQIXvkdulrxQp-bgCDj/s4460/rev+DSC_0109.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unlike Red-eyed Vireo above, Warbling Vireo is a nester at this venue:</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYLIK3Wr8871Bhx83bgzx7oiEbCIOEJ7aKy4rzSZVHgpYrw5ggHOPgkidC3sTJxK6ZwjEyfbBaTSYOLo0E70H8ltALxHpeJboqpAIlmThkuPIqTltM_QlJxnEStOICs07fzVyk5yASukFj/s2000/wv+DSC_3575_resize.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1739" data-original-width="2000" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYLIK3Wr8871Bhx83bgzx7oiEbCIOEJ7aKy4rzSZVHgpYrw5ggHOPgkidC3sTJxK6ZwjEyfbBaTSYOLo0E70H8ltALxHpeJboqpAIlmThkuPIqTltM_QlJxnEStOICs07fzVyk5yASukFj/w640-h556/wv+DSC_3575_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We close out with the only hummer found in the Eastern US:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2jHakRLqtlVmWq0Zmxz8mQYWTTaq-Ls0bxSjPF2cJHUkFnzm_bf6Es4c4aGX7PVCxA0-VBfG1CbiTJi3zUF9zPFTC91Mxh30Q4HGvpn0-VFdW7Wcyen_LOWaVeiiJcYsz5mpC8qoKGoy/s3685/rth+DSC_8109.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2785" data-original-width="3685" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2jHakRLqtlVmWq0Zmxz8mQYWTTaq-Ls0bxSjPF2cJHUkFnzm_bf6Es4c4aGX7PVCxA0-VBfG1CbiTJi3zUF9zPFTC91Mxh30Q4HGvpn0-VFdW7Wcyen_LOWaVeiiJcYsz5mpC8qoKGoy/w640-h484/rth+DSC_8109.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicW13quyFhUWjqY0nVpZojrt1y_fWheVwIv9ahllykin-SFQC8v9z5u9Ozjn-1VMEoIcTx74xSj3IPT6_WuMd3alcYE0LeWMX3V6D2cjD1UlJcAgtPxDcIu1E82VpVr9ra4wLSBFtebvXU/s3151/rth+DSC_8099.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3151" data-original-width="2760" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicW13quyFhUWjqY0nVpZojrt1y_fWheVwIv9ahllykin-SFQC8v9z5u9Ozjn-1VMEoIcTx74xSj3IPT6_WuMd3alcYE0LeWMX3V6D2cjD1UlJcAgtPxDcIu1E82VpVr9ra4wLSBFtebvXU/w560-h640/rth+DSC_8099.jpg" width="560" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Of the many thousands of visitors at Lake St. Clair Metropark, scarcely a minority engage in the quiet study of its natural bounty. Among the hordes of boisterous recreationists and ardent dog walkers, who shall show any concern for the birds in perilous passage? Yet, to the intrepid birder, the avian presence of the migrants in passage marks the rhythm of the seasons and a miracle of nature as wrens, vireos, thrushes and more navigate many thousands of miles without the crutch of technology. What could be more inspiring? </span></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com0Lake Saint Clair Metropark, 31300 Metro Pkwy, Harrison Charter Township, MI 48045, USA42.581796 -82.80929314.271562163821152 -117.965543 70.892029836178835 -47.653043tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-6011057727111492462020-12-19T22:21:00.000-05:002020-12-19T22:21:29.984-05:00Sparrows at Metro: Fox, White-throated, Lincoln's and more ...<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">[Fall 2020. Lake St. Clair Metropark]</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lake St. Clair Metropark was formerly known as Metrobeach Metropark and many locals still refer to it as simply "Metro". Due to its varied habitats -- including swamp, woods, lakeshore, and aquatic -- it attracts a fine assortment of species which in turn attracts a motley assortment of birders including this blogger. And, at Metro, a fine assortment of sparrows may be observed in the Fall which we explore in this post.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We start with the Fox Sparrow:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0hXHqH3ECtaq6aaHAV-cZyK8cKZY5Lgs8iwUa5MQU9j3Rd3Ogkd34qms-mES9kI2noyVP3IFg05jwWU9wWwQlBGwN4EcP-7mIBAJdczlJLHmrNZ8OVJ36_4EC3Lju-l3Abbq-783ACAs/s4874/fs+DSC_3766.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3234" data-original-width="4874" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0hXHqH3ECtaq6aaHAV-cZyK8cKZY5Lgs8iwUa5MQU9j3Rd3Ogkd34qms-mES9kI2noyVP3IFg05jwWU9wWwQlBGwN4EcP-7mIBAJdczlJLHmrNZ8OVJ36_4EC3Lju-l3Abbq-783ACAs/w640-h424/fs+DSC_3766.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRp-viXis2N13hnnbmotpj_4ynCK_G4M_o58oWup16Y_NRsqmJJSOL2md2rjJniQvIpqOTQZ5TCIQhwOls6_oxc-x8vX_4atZ-g2cTfkDjT5jVPwu7YpeUZVRJp8k76OqdbikRA2oESmH1/s4791/fs+DSC_3647.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3187" data-original-width="4791" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRp-viXis2N13hnnbmotpj_4ynCK_G4M_o58oWup16Y_NRsqmJJSOL2md2rjJniQvIpqOTQZ5TCIQhwOls6_oxc-x8vX_4atZ-g2cTfkDjT5jVPwu7YpeUZVRJp8k76OqdbikRA2oESmH1/w640-h426/fs+DSC_3647.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Almost as big as a thrush, this large sparrow shows bold, broad streaking and rich red hues. Like many other sparrows, Fox Sparrow forages on the ground using the "double scratch" technique.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOGzsG0GdZv-ScnWA-6tnoiRyC2Emzz5xQCnpeGCWR060Dk0wFxyeII_wOhQPE1lhQzH7heoUDSSRvLk2PeWoLPGjgcqidkxL75J4eCmpZfM7QrKnD3xDOuHB4xZaP6dH-AXdLtGY2gRLS/s3603/fs+DSC_3685.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3603" data-original-width="3177" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOGzsG0GdZv-ScnWA-6tnoiRyC2Emzz5xQCnpeGCWR060Dk0wFxyeII_wOhQPE1lhQzH7heoUDSSRvLk2PeWoLPGjgcqidkxL75J4eCmpZfM7QrKnD3xDOuHB4xZaP6dH-AXdLtGY2gRLS/w564-h640/fs+DSC_3685.jpg" width="564" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The race we see in the Eastern US, is the red morph. However, more common on the West Coast is the slate-colored (image below is from 12/2015 at Bixbee Park). Note the distinctive arrowhead markings on the chest.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDMB3ZBxx2FAs-Y56rgo8E0HyvX2jgfOw98DC2WezBKvUp_SNICkawwhhtSUTTAFUVHb4xk9ce0Aj8TqsMERQAic94ZHOwS6Pu5gwcH33zcgCz3ksgQXp011-VfdHUMe0-0CmFskt9URr/s4702/fs+7R5A6125.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3403" data-original-width="4702" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDMB3ZBxx2FAs-Y56rgo8E0HyvX2jgfOw98DC2WezBKvUp_SNICkawwhhtSUTTAFUVHb4xk9ce0Aj8TqsMERQAic94ZHOwS6Pu5gwcH33zcgCz3ksgQXp011-VfdHUMe0-0CmFskt9URr/w640-h464/fs+7R5A6125.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another sparrow that is much more common in the West is White-crowned Sparrow:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCa7LXeVfapnEzdUjZyWTA2Pf6z6vJ6lsBttGjAxJ-uONwbyESpISOedofEjXrDTdMsvI4-Iv5MaJiCx1yDVocFq5RO3aT0Y8PqEBNK6g3MFp4C5LuesAFFL5KG8EdJwEsQyAYnQJW2Fk/s3748/wcs+DSCF3361.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2742" data-original-width="3748" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCa7LXeVfapnEzdUjZyWTA2Pf6z6vJ6lsBttGjAxJ-uONwbyESpISOedofEjXrDTdMsvI4-Iv5MaJiCx1yDVocFq5RO3aT0Y8PqEBNK6g3MFp4C5LuesAFFL5KG8EdJwEsQyAYnQJW2Fk/w640-h468/wcs+DSCF3361.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgldsLz_M_vlPT1YfWSAk1VdhPPNjQ7hyFNYBrxsBbgKpZ_PPJ1NyHHUplwjmFLT5oWwku8ZgGZ0bTdEZNgf2PwW6M_HTlb1iLX70egB4wewo20pdgK07STOmOivNlqIQ5RSnKGMOvXIjb/s4224/wcs+DSCF3238.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2959" data-original-width="4224" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgldsLz_M_vlPT1YfWSAk1VdhPPNjQ7hyFNYBrxsBbgKpZ_PPJ1NyHHUplwjmFLT5oWwku8ZgGZ0bTdEZNgf2PwW6M_HTlb1iLX70egB4wewo20pdgK07STOmOivNlqIQ5RSnKGMOvXIjb/w640-h448/wcs+DSCF3238.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrVL05lPSQ4XzYj-yd19qKSnseKanv1AOILS7hkNXz3QU_zmUJyKLr__N8dI1ZqXM2pIqrSdPjmXjjHewmh7c77nIKf6Ixr-r2IIfDOeXJMNO43XXuUYSS8g4AM6Jl01GmMblBBFq7I6i/s3105/wcs+DSCF3159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3105" data-original-width="2626" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixrVL05lPSQ4XzYj-yd19qKSnseKanv1AOILS7hkNXz3QU_zmUJyKLr__N8dI1ZqXM2pIqrSdPjmXjjHewmh7c77nIKf6Ixr-r2IIfDOeXJMNO43XXuUYSS8g4AM6Jl01GmMblBBFq7I6i/w542-h640/wcs+DSCF3159.jpg" width="542" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The black lores of this individual are characteristic of the Eastern race. These are lacking in Gambel's race more frequently seen in the West.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu2A17qf-I1C2cJXdgqpijBaaq375p2XmjZHYFVOgQF-VltdgDRe7vGMbHrE6fu0o1wXUHYvWcwBY7t-3U1e1OHkteqZJOe5V3hLNq3ityYBcNdVGIksDcZkOotMc57tepoP_YsMMbnmbH/s3909/wcs+DSCF3098.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2930" data-original-width="3909" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu2A17qf-I1C2cJXdgqpijBaaq375p2XmjZHYFVOgQF-VltdgDRe7vGMbHrE6fu0o1wXUHYvWcwBY7t-3U1e1OHkteqZJOe5V3hLNq3ityYBcNdVGIksDcZkOotMc57tepoP_YsMMbnmbH/w640-h480/wcs+DSCF3098.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The juvenile White-crowned shows brown stripes on the crown. The White-crowned Sparrow is seen at Metro in both Spring and Fall migration. It is found in brushy areas or in the leaf litter on the forest floor.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVsDBndOMtJM1c3xcrVhn6sWJ-9I-EuHsziDtGoZkOsR8zXDzuhwNl00Ryh1GZqC8pYs3UDn_etwp8Nksy0MmWDT_chRiH1FLdRSDUSMPk_fEP3nPuGUKRVlldy6pLC0xfZtD54H_Wa6P/s3819/wcs+DSC08030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3488" data-original-width="3819" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVsDBndOMtJM1c3xcrVhn6sWJ-9I-EuHsziDtGoZkOsR8zXDzuhwNl00Ryh1GZqC8pYs3UDn_etwp8Nksy0MmWDT_chRiH1FLdRSDUSMPk_fEP3nPuGUKRVlldy6pLC0xfZtD54H_Wa6P/w640-h584/wcs+DSC08030.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">A much more dainty sparrow is Dark-eyed Junco:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6Z7zapjUNJCzf8tfl58KIMgfvV7Wf5pFGOJvRTC3zSiFUAMsXEvlM1wswPzu-r2rpDayFSQ6KilIcaXS97wszZ6ghIqBg0eBTa384t1F69-J0Q4XsG9EiHgLTD9h9ivZC3E4MRCVUHcd/s4626/dej+DSC07825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3257" data-original-width="4626" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6Z7zapjUNJCzf8tfl58KIMgfvV7Wf5pFGOJvRTC3zSiFUAMsXEvlM1wswPzu-r2rpDayFSQ6KilIcaXS97wszZ6ghIqBg0eBTa384t1F69-J0Q4XsG9EiHgLTD9h9ivZC3E4MRCVUHcd/w640-h450/dej+DSC07825.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqPQAaMa5Jc-sKuYpgUFxQMOrnBc5W7qj1xbixBQmgxUsA8qNtZjARB4dVtCRc3PUVg_sMfv92cGo546gAkSrSIKobCYAqqKZ9BErPnYBqutKH5cFHTfeYsEN4jIGAUYG5uAg0tuWTn0r/s4491/dej+DSC07822.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3256" data-original-width="4491" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqPQAaMa5Jc-sKuYpgUFxQMOrnBc5W7qj1xbixBQmgxUsA8qNtZjARB4dVtCRc3PUVg_sMfv92cGo546gAkSrSIKobCYAqqKZ9BErPnYBqutKH5cFHTfeYsEN4jIGAUYG5uAg0tuWTn0r/w640-h464/dej+DSC07822.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Dark-eyed Junco comes in many morphs with the slate-colored being found in the Eastern US. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unlike the other sparrows, Song Sparrow is a year-round resident at Metro:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9UaVlzRY5-Eu-PIqvYigNYIAtOst5K3ZGlvwvyRhHUZjnUyH7mzukgQ6FQzUFsIg3M8hz6NHlHbiCOezO3iDwEEHJ7cnWQ7TitwGW0jFMPK7O-EOryuBhnq7U5e-LJUPwOJT2SbrzQSFJ/s4437/ss+DSC08117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3095" data-original-width="4437" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9UaVlzRY5-Eu-PIqvYigNYIAtOst5K3ZGlvwvyRhHUZjnUyH7mzukgQ6FQzUFsIg3M8hz6NHlHbiCOezO3iDwEEHJ7cnWQ7TitwGW0jFMPK7O-EOryuBhnq7U5e-LJUPwOJT2SbrzQSFJ/w640-h446/ss+DSC08117.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO93XEqOUumXvvXFZF8cx3Vyz6zyOZnN4m-JI_2ZLpfOpuBH2OZd-rGDciEzGscLZxQF7gtfXCXzngItgeUOYqr_6XwFJKsjkiG5vC46ifI5SJlU93FD8rNkoAnDC3SZX4atZRN2lrl759/s3641/ss+DSC08111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3021" data-original-width="3641" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO93XEqOUumXvvXFZF8cx3Vyz6zyOZnN4m-JI_2ZLpfOpuBH2OZd-rGDciEzGscLZxQF7gtfXCXzngItgeUOYqr_6XwFJKsjkiG5vC46ifI5SJlU93FD8rNkoAnDC3SZX4atZRN2lrl759/w640-h532/ss+DSC08111.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Song Sparrow are conspicuous unlike a couple of Field Sparrows who pass through silently:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl8ypHYj2InL0US5NPYtQOCvetcZmdMHcei5-EZRMJ_kwrVNgmIeN5R-YNhsXW-IospJOm0dFbFN3zoV7AeHMnFIMRLxOVvkDTCdCo4LYnMmXZ3FgnGtVo063x-WwCLyMLCDy664n2Qob6/s3234/fs+IMG_0122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2281" data-original-width="3234" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl8ypHYj2InL0US5NPYtQOCvetcZmdMHcei5-EZRMJ_kwrVNgmIeN5R-YNhsXW-IospJOm0dFbFN3zoV7AeHMnFIMRLxOVvkDTCdCo4LYnMmXZ3FgnGtVo063x-WwCLyMLCDy664n2Qob6/w640-h452/fs+IMG_0122.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Perhaps the most numerous migrant through Metro, is White-throated Sparrow:</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3347" data-original-width="4780" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbC9yVnnetD043KkdxmccWb6cYN9c6wP_SncNbfoggIGCRaK8GcT8sk7JxkivQ2HSdk7DxQHEytfieNS_e-IwTvbG9A1iTmzfeFjOCMV0_HNf3Ef_Ck69gsNXrVNN698hyphenhyphenYCpDpHsypZu/w640-h448/wts+DSC_4510.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The White-throated Sparrow at this time will render its autumnal subsong on occasion with faint rings of "O Sam Peabody, Peabody ..." being frequently heard.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qEzFmnVrlUt0tZilEmx6Hs81WJhI1nTW8ZnX7Ou6BYVs_IHyTzl31aX1gJT4qyL-YqQgiyosbGhwIYX3JXEFg7dTAix_5rghLLDnLauMAq1rLMSm7P3-DJSSg7xq_1qhqaeQ6mSZJqc_/s4829/wts+DSC_4411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3313" data-original-width="4829" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qEzFmnVrlUt0tZilEmx6Hs81WJhI1nTW8ZnX7Ou6BYVs_IHyTzl31aX1gJT4qyL-YqQgiyosbGhwIYX3JXEFg7dTAix_5rghLLDnLauMAq1rLMSm7P3-DJSSg7xq_1qhqaeQ6mSZJqc_/w640-h440/wts+DSC_4411.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unlike White-throated Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrows are never numerous in migration:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJpTzTdL6Hwk3dIs4wLbdkD6Rr0Is9krvfJRDgh33Kt2Q12Qd1IEKgKImApcsPD71Pnq6eflFORDbzH94lunh2JKHRUdcwfnIJHZpKFkE2_Pz7ZtGq1co-QP5PlNlY4I7XtKmVN18S2rP4/s4298/ls+0H0A9490.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In many ways, its appearance is quite the opposite of Fox Sparrow -- it is smaller, much more finely streaked and hued in subtle shades of grey and brown.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXfDVg21BHvAWZHhYF-EcIEejkZdl4rHkLVg4bljrooEy5zX-OoT2DpVlOSnPHLOB5UyVwYpn_s4uagkeEy2nOJ_Taj6Lo-7li_09J6oGmsOgg2cWxUYUgrZEQBuzokGYFzJlRwO4fwWK/s3962/ls+0H0A9447.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3391" data-original-width="3962" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXfDVg21BHvAWZHhYF-EcIEejkZdl4rHkLVg4bljrooEy5zX-OoT2DpVlOSnPHLOB5UyVwYpn_s4uagkeEy2nOJ_Taj6Lo-7li_09J6oGmsOgg2cWxUYUgrZEQBuzokGYFzJlRwO4fwWK/w640-h548/ls+0H0A9447.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Also observed was Swamp Sparrow:</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPGn7Hv31sGDOsXtTDffxMgTGYgyRrcYKXeefJkPN89lquXpjcFb8xrFwc6dk9GrlzjmywYAcsC0ZolR8xp914btnAfzABhhVDdrce_hyphenhyphen6r-hRUs5MnW6VFsCWysUEcvC4bkpZrJr73-3x/s4525/ss+0H0A9337.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3362" data-original-width="4525" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPGn7Hv31sGDOsXtTDffxMgTGYgyRrcYKXeefJkPN89lquXpjcFb8xrFwc6dk9GrlzjmywYAcsC0ZolR8xp914btnAfzABhhVDdrce_hyphenhyphen6r-hRUs5MnW6VFsCWysUEcvC4bkpZrJr73-3x/w640-h476/ss+0H0A9337.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgspFxrEq32Fhnihyphenhyphen9uYnrC7iBq-dtnSuoxL08LQhm10SlgaCfXkHHbCLe4AhMJ2UJZnui6AVfHcf85YcDg3yn2Z-HkeB6wKn2eHaiytmL4ioaoeUGfPeurPloBJ5RvL_ebGXIRuGcc7Ok/s4555/ss+0H0A9306.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3512" data-original-width="4555" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgspFxrEq32Fhnihyphenhyphen9uYnrC7iBq-dtnSuoxL08LQhm10SlgaCfXkHHbCLe4AhMJ2UJZnui6AVfHcf85YcDg3yn2Z-HkeB6wKn2eHaiytmL4ioaoeUGfPeurPloBJ5RvL_ebGXIRuGcc7Ok/w640-h494/ss+0H0A9306.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finally, if sparrows abound, the American Sparrowhawk is surely around:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6x7G6ExIl9vrJtFBByuzk8rGbd_5WTaLXCgUh1gu6bh6VAknERh3YPYizYd3uZfZc1q1W9DWuWikuS8IHsu1oPyM4DGtFOrWROTIncML3-ohcioYv5xvP82cYTqhSDawJuDGxdfJQ3fc-/s4028/ch+DSC_3608.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2847" data-original-width="4028" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6x7G6ExIl9vrJtFBByuzk8rGbd_5WTaLXCgUh1gu6bh6VAknERh3YPYizYd3uZfZc1q1W9DWuWikuS8IHsu1oPyM4DGtFOrWROTIncML3-ohcioYv5xvP82cYTqhSDawJuDGxdfJQ3fc-/w640-h452/ch+DSC_3608.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdMEeC4JFpdeiGAp0wdyfVGsqAoyJbPwneM6QOQrg3RAw37bBooXwv2SaOmNNUO-ME29l8vaOdXydUAp06GszgCo7RQunHnu_o_5j00tzmAPcOLgq-gb-m96ijtuqaYitecBxac1h4A_j6/s4617/ch+DSC_3581.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3465" data-original-width="4617" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdMEeC4JFpdeiGAp0wdyfVGsqAoyJbPwneM6QOQrg3RAw37bBooXwv2SaOmNNUO-ME29l8vaOdXydUAp06GszgCo7RQunHnu_o_5j00tzmAPcOLgq-gb-m96ijtuqaYitecBxac1h4A_j6/w640-h480/ch+DSC_3581.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span>A Cooper's Hawk seen at Metro. Related to the Eurasian Sparrowhawk, this accipiter is a specialist bird hunter. Curiously, in the 1800's "American Sparrowhawk" was a name assigned to the American Kestrel (which is not a hawk at all but a falcon!).</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After the heady days of summer, the magic of migration begins anew as songbirds and shorebirds head South. And in this avian movement, we must pay particular attention to the LBJ's (little brown jobs) that are fascinating in their own right despite living in the shadow of the more charismatic warblers. </span></div>Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com0Lake Saint Clair Metropark, 31300 Metro Pkwy, Harrison Charter Township, MI 48045, USA42.581796 -82.80929314.271562163821152 -117.965543 70.892029836178835 -47.653043tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-50930925472320219332020-12-13T22:04:00.002-05:002020-12-15T20:52:40.130-05:00Arctic Highlights: including the "White Ghost" (Snowy Owl), Snow Bunting and Common Redpoll<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>[Macomb Co. Hotspots. Late Fall and Winter 2020]<br /></span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Detroit is probably the only major American city from which Canada is South of the border. It is no understatement then to state that Michigan winters are cold and harsh. Yet, even these conditions are balmy for species who call the Arctic their home. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And, thus in this post, we highlight species such as Snowy Owl, Snow Bunting and Common Redpoll who are winter visitors to Michigan when most of the temperate avifauna has long since fled.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We start with the avian "White Ghost" -- the Snowy Owl (seen at Harley Ensign Memorial Boat Launch in Macomb Co.):</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjasWOAYvi-w_ofGoyLnxJ15z8Z9I1jawvTneH9KwmwNfiHE5yDz-S8ZMD6XElWjyVaQjGs2aRO_4nJiM0CtHbiPZWEDxmB4mNiC33BM21YxMqOC9V7F-K4HllIjTd9hvfXMbEB4bTT72yz/s3896/so+DSC_3920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2705" data-original-width="3896" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjasWOAYvi-w_ofGoyLnxJ15z8Z9I1jawvTneH9KwmwNfiHE5yDz-S8ZMD6XElWjyVaQjGs2aRO_4nJiM0CtHbiPZWEDxmB4mNiC33BM21YxMqOC9V7F-K4HllIjTd9hvfXMbEB4bTT72yz/w640-h444/so+DSC_3920.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This individual is heavily barred thereby indicating an immature female. All sexes and ages, however, show a pure white face and yellow eyes. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqsLeualYneGeFSl4jWFC78ia2EM-8RJTTAzzWnhi7G33Yv2rhlHHR7AcKYmjFnvTE5nh1xb_ewxeoAOzT-m5QRL9y3CnqP7v955DZ6Cy-CnPDDtIhT0ob3-_lW9tal5JtQeuWTY_JSWz8/s2364/so+0H0A4290.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2357" data-original-width="2364" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqsLeualYneGeFSl4jWFC78ia2EM-8RJTTAzzWnhi7G33Yv2rhlHHR7AcKYmjFnvTE5nh1xb_ewxeoAOzT-m5QRL9y3CnqP7v955DZ6Cy-CnPDDtIhT0ob3-_lW9tal5JtQeuWTY_JSWz8/w640-h638/so+0H0A4290.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqS3irHtZMD_oJlD0u3YqgvNgcU8zswSLJZgweeiX7GsbfGWk96quXKQxEV_ncM8mWrWlebJ63CIAUE82liJ3yQfh2hhZvlA1XtvuIIE8Fk9k16Nok1gOzG_lGsPws1yvokuKNt_1mkcb/s3262/so+0H0A4562.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3262" data-original-width="3245" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqS3irHtZMD_oJlD0u3YqgvNgcU8zswSLJZgweeiX7GsbfGWk96quXKQxEV_ncM8mWrWlebJ63CIAUE82liJ3yQfh2hhZvlA1XtvuIIE8Fk9k16Nok1gOzG_lGsPws1yvokuKNt_1mkcb/w636-h640/so+0H0A4562.jpg" width="636" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>In the above picture, the adage "form follows function" comes instantly to mind. The owl is all legs and talons. The latter are as big as the owl's face while the legs are muscular and run the length of its body. Hallmarks of a true raptor.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjS0yaTEr91OPoQA5zolF1avhFCCuVYnxoaeT-GlQkirBKX8RJVzKJl7HKazs7xO7XXBhyTAq2Gdc6XNoVb-fVN0fCL-XF4-bF9QGHaqsJOUoPwF6mMbegyafta3IZIwhaLGLL4pThD7LL/s3238/so+0H0A2096.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3238" data-original-width="3201" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjS0yaTEr91OPoQA5zolF1avhFCCuVYnxoaeT-GlQkirBKX8RJVzKJl7HKazs7xO7XXBhyTAq2Gdc6XNoVb-fVN0fCL-XF4-bF9QGHaqsJOUoPwF6mMbegyafta3IZIwhaLGLL4pThD7LL/w632-h640/so+0H0A2096.jpg" width="632" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEcTK0BEqMaqM1xwGu0egLN-O3mGjvVRtWYoaMV3puqxf8Q3zp7mfTBDlI0YsKUeLwnmhbT9jr_tu8pO5bBvqkp16zwp8n6Sl9E7nDaU18v9IxtZ-LBVYS_acQpnU7_BaxseuERJWXN3Mm/s3023/so+0H0A1533.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2477" data-original-width="3023" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEcTK0BEqMaqM1xwGu0egLN-O3mGjvVRtWYoaMV3puqxf8Q3zp7mfTBDlI0YsKUeLwnmhbT9jr_tu8pO5bBvqkp16zwp8n6Sl9E7nDaU18v9IxtZ-LBVYS_acQpnU7_BaxseuERJWXN3Mm/w640-h524/so+0H0A1533.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>The owl's bill is covered in tiny feathers and the piercing yellow eyes are distinctive.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZSQbvrZB-oxh_kv0UtQFs1KeP7u-JqkD_k27TXwJKEE05fHN0sf20nz5FWL3vkHIahUMItBjy2SvnNjV_tFSYIJuUT11QHxQx7sKflVU_Zq6raNNMh1QgH968UIbycLRiYseLJQ4VsJk/s3765/so+0H0A1428.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2962" data-original-width="3765" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZSQbvrZB-oxh_kv0UtQFs1KeP7u-JqkD_k27TXwJKEE05fHN0sf20nz5FWL3vkHIahUMItBjy2SvnNjV_tFSYIJuUT11QHxQx7sKflVU_Zq6raNNMh1QgH968UIbycLRiYseLJQ4VsJk/w640-h504/so+0H0A1428.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>The owl's flight is as silent as a ghost; unlike hawks and falcons, the Snowy Owl relies on stealth rather than speed while hunting.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wsJhVonOvxC9OUn0DEU2rGS3sBSdvnuAOPwNfBSPnHgUaaBh0BfBrK_A05DPU93Jwfz85FnQVn9PwyllAWruE2uY6qRAbiqHHOPPkbQgeYt_jG9M03z3jAO66OBgFBGTDTnsfOo_6Psq/s3243/so+DSC_1339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2409" data-original-width="3243" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wsJhVonOvxC9OUn0DEU2rGS3sBSdvnuAOPwNfBSPnHgUaaBh0BfBrK_A05DPU93Jwfz85FnQVn9PwyllAWruE2uY6qRAbiqHHOPPkbQgeYt_jG9M03z3jAO66OBgFBGTDTnsfOo_6Psq/w640-h476/so+DSC_1339.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0HVsSLLFo4ebGxuElbqJ_6Utp8J0qvm1jYAtNHyMUeNn5bpVN3RJqMLzqeXYJ0pvqMlGI_9yxACAiznQ5-6hPqXrEEfd7DJNNJN6yVVejyRnF22esUXEAShLhfCB5qsgpEpXqxWIMZbb/s3529/so+0H0A3286.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3174" data-original-width="3529" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0HVsSLLFo4ebGxuElbqJ_6Utp8J0qvm1jYAtNHyMUeNn5bpVN3RJqMLzqeXYJ0pvqMlGI_9yxACAiznQ5-6hPqXrEEfd7DJNNJN6yVVejyRnF22esUXEAShLhfCB5qsgpEpXqxWIMZbb/w640-h576/so+0H0A3286.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next, Common Redpoll. This hardy finch of the arctic is capable of withstanding temperatures down to negative 65 F. It is seen in Michigan in irruption years and travels in flocks that can sometimes be over a hundred.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqFdH4PM57aC-LZ0uGoEVGytofiB4NpFJx2yfnrVIi64NZ01SKHeImA7cnEKQKcCif7Uod-X3Pq2pn4VZaQC0AkFkb822ugOBpoYuxVzToGfXjHOb8JV7d-kDaM2HtibYGTLzKWp2fPfJ/s4819/crp+DSC_7258.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3319" data-original-width="4819" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqFdH4PM57aC-LZ0uGoEVGytofiB4NpFJx2yfnrVIi64NZ01SKHeImA7cnEKQKcCif7Uod-X3Pq2pn4VZaQC0AkFkb822ugOBpoYuxVzToGfXjHOb8JV7d-kDaM2HtibYGTLzKWp2fPfJ/w640-h440/crp+DSC_7258.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here at Harley Ensign a small flock of about a dozen individuals relished the seeds on the small plants and grasses.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgAe6gPDazDiGNw-LUy3IF6o26TXLV56R-3awcIUe6itS130b7fSCfZu2OyHJAUUxIH0TIbLzeo7vHLYM1Uq2-jC_2w38k4D9t_setRmvZ7vDXZYzo6OwWwsTYPlOYeaEOencQ2Hh7bGk/s4583/crp+DSC_3428.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3490" data-original-width="4583" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgAe6gPDazDiGNw-LUy3IF6o26TXLV56R-3awcIUe6itS130b7fSCfZu2OyHJAUUxIH0TIbLzeo7vHLYM1Uq2-jC_2w38k4D9t_setRmvZ7vDXZYzo6OwWwsTYPlOYeaEOencQ2Hh7bGk/w640-h488/crp+DSC_3428.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25d7FaboKgWndlqmzmZPNPuNF5h1EV2wo7KQkCZ4GPMyIj7jiMga6_MDG8835gGAj_Y5nNMK7dC5usNzG8DI-pflo7UcQYYBN_UZ71PksPJC7fMDhju76aB8bu6YITfSRyI_tm7pxkK_4/s4608/crp+DSC_3394.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3472" data-original-width="4608" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25d7FaboKgWndlqmzmZPNPuNF5h1EV2wo7KQkCZ4GPMyIj7jiMga6_MDG8835gGAj_Y5nNMK7dC5usNzG8DI-pflo7UcQYYBN_UZ71PksPJC7fMDhju76aB8bu6YITfSRyI_tm7pxkK_4/w640-h482/crp+DSC_3394.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The red crown, pointed bill and pronounced streaking are clearly visible. The male is gloriously resplendent with a rose-pink breast.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIf5BpugCYfp_JNQkFInZ8utlrgrPGZxlb3KE-_fxBieBsH73wv88FqobwlA4JRSPhAqhCSCgG7JQDm0qRfYmcw2U3ruDh7kA0yxG5PGrBD6hU_rEJ0HTX2Vtcwl2Jy0mADbuWf-gZkMf3/s4203/crp+0H0A1169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3805" data-original-width="4203" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIf5BpugCYfp_JNQkFInZ8utlrgrPGZxlb3KE-_fxBieBsH73wv88FqobwlA4JRSPhAqhCSCgG7JQDm0qRfYmcw2U3ruDh7kA0yxG5PGrBD6hU_rEJ0HTX2Vtcwl2Jy0mADbuWf-gZkMf3/w640-h580/crp+0H0A1169.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2oiIarb39hRZZ_o-fzec0Mb6yP6oE7obxL2P_gfsgodVC4wRU9bdRgrhy0uQ2hteKwAUoUrsvWH5MVH1rP72vm66rg3vTzfQne51mJ96Jm_p6tJjb7YUj_1oqhr4MomLiRQuch8x6YMhc/s4732/crp+0H0A1157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3352" data-original-width="3297" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHopA4Ux-rj0fKYrFjc3439T0Ek5qXytj8w4Rq3b3KTEIlOM8KsRF3Bn6vk_GfFI9dE73CjEG-ZxIvdPURFxmcH-xt-MUi5mSSgjZIxcjKRH_h-oqc52eqgVzFR1jAUodkFdHznpI7HjVC/w630-h640/sb+DSC_3541.jpg" width="630" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pVAT7FhvKjtIcrWNSB80lMMEnnNXZ0SOhPB74pAYpGbto2lV7CYX644FlSwCRWPbLklz-oEibljGXiVUuWJ6UNbwuLh584KOZM_LNh4Lo24VePoN8fHFQUsyMLhG1n8iNQFtShsdy-_U/s3875/sb+DSC_3207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3035" data-original-width="3875" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pVAT7FhvKjtIcrWNSB80lMMEnnNXZ0SOhPB74pAYpGbto2lV7CYX644FlSwCRWPbLklz-oEibljGXiVUuWJ6UNbwuLh584KOZM_LNh4Lo24VePoN8fHFQUsyMLhG1n8iNQFtShsdy-_U/w640-h502/sb+DSC_3207.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">These songbirds are also an arctic species. Here seen in basic plumage at Lake St. Clair Metropark.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9BWRivCNm8EO-uiMFUwNZdOWqQwf7btCWX51byqBdB-Z3TZvFxzCJ2MYEe2iJ8RckftdX6zWTXPGh8QKTnRM62bajXXgWSbN0i8N9qcPPHn7OBVft4KSjx-awny2iBuqqVzSCDsetrDGj/s4261/sb+DSC_2845.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3158" data-original-width="4261" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9BWRivCNm8EO-uiMFUwNZdOWqQwf7btCWX51byqBdB-Z3TZvFxzCJ2MYEe2iJ8RckftdX6zWTXPGh8QKTnRM62bajXXgWSbN0i8N9qcPPHn7OBVft4KSjx-awny2iBuqqVzSCDsetrDGj/w640-h474/sb+DSC_2845.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjepFCFyB4NrEAnFrE_MMh7LswETvfItYNASk9-lwJhBWc7mmNxJY6cZHsBPal1N8qRz4-ieESmoDQ5ScV8Ybw_ObBSJj6FiEttIjLYbYCIA8EF8V724cP3XvU1NvzrH7BdzNHcCx7SKvWA/s3782/sb+DSC_3525.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3464" data-original-width="3782" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjepFCFyB4NrEAnFrE_MMh7LswETvfItYNASk9-lwJhBWc7mmNxJY6cZHsBPal1N8qRz4-ieESmoDQ5ScV8Ybw_ObBSJj6FiEttIjLYbYCIA8EF8V724cP3XvU1NvzrH7BdzNHcCx7SKvWA/w640-h586/sb+DSC_3525.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Like the Redpolls, these birds are seed eaters and are typically found foraging on the ground. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1SVcNMqMZAHSc2ioqu_wwSGsReWBpQsglbEwynGxdaBO33GcPBmcG_r6QFyzf-JfdJSdGVaPOMu7m1YaIH_GT9GlMI6xtxRSIK8yo2DOydVPLjB9FpL2sNfdgD5_tyeBfQwGHGiISzed/s4161/sb+DSC_2802.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3124" data-original-width="4161" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1SVcNMqMZAHSc2ioqu_wwSGsReWBpQsglbEwynGxdaBO33GcPBmcG_r6QFyzf-JfdJSdGVaPOMu7m1YaIH_GT9GlMI6xtxRSIK8yo2DOydVPLjB9FpL2sNfdgD5_tyeBfQwGHGiISzed/w640-h480/sb+DSC_2802.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is universally acknowledged that the twin events of Spring and Fall migration </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">bracket the main birding calendar; indeed, this time period offers the best opportunities for observing songbirds and shorebirds. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">However, outside this main birding season -- late Fall and Winter -- should not be underrated. For it is in winter that a truly unique assortment of species may be found. And, the intrepid birder shall not be deterred by winter's biting chill in pursuing the White Ghost and other elusive artic specialties.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com0Harley Ensign Memorial - Boating Access Site, 32995 S River Rd, Harrison Charter Township, MI 48045, USA42.5933623 -82.77061314.283128463821157 -117.926863 70.903596136178848 -47.614363tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-11489594428610452582020-11-22T20:26:00.001-05:002020-11-22T20:33:12.422-05:00Magee in 2020: Plan B<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">[Magee Marsh. September 2020]</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What would one do if Magee Marsh, the warbler capital of the US, should remain closed in Spring due to the Pandemic? If Plan A for the intrepid birder be thwarted, surely Plan B would demand a visit to Magee in the Fall. And so in this spirit we explore Fall songbird migration at this iconic venue.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>Fall migration is at its peak in the first two weeks of September and warbler diversity and numbers are fairly good yet the crowds are absent. Yet risks abound: e</span>xcepting a few species, birders are forced to re-learn their warbler plumages. For example, Chestnut-sided Warbler, does not show chestnut sides: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq90I14JKStb4SvGFTG3UpZ2RI2K0L0RK3rlMpij6WcpZcpA8xWW-36EvNmwPvCN6_XqPCEIMomIpjwbEw0gC9pZ1ek4Y9rdW0SdGJC9QUlEqybWDzj0Kt0UVWznO_oelVCxerCc3ls8ZW/s3939/csw+DSC_0627.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3028" data-original-width="3939" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq90I14JKStb4SvGFTG3UpZ2RI2K0L0RK3rlMpij6WcpZcpA8xWW-36EvNmwPvCN6_XqPCEIMomIpjwbEw0gC9pZ1ek4Y9rdW0SdGJC9QUlEqybWDzj0Kt0UVWznO_oelVCxerCc3ls8ZW/w640-h492/csw+DSC_0627.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQoguRsCcaRK-UE0WNvoMQHV7JEie6UqrqaURdxM09qXUOvl_tC9o7llU1sjJm-QmIXTRLhrw8ekaTl2Yo-sfre8SEyWtTNOBdngUXZ7oySROEhaEZuf5vRZszxetgwqosrtxw-cdJA28/s4446/csw+DSC_0619.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3149" data-original-width="4446" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQoguRsCcaRK-UE0WNvoMQHV7JEie6UqrqaURdxM09qXUOvl_tC9o7llU1sjJm-QmIXTRLhrw8ekaTl2Yo-sfre8SEyWtTNOBdngUXZ7oySROEhaEZuf5vRZszxetgwqosrtxw-cdJA28/w640-h454/csw+DSC_0619.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span>The fog of identification confusion continues with the all-too-similar Bay-breasted and Blackpoll warblers:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4daFF6hIW3gFyimK561xxO5VOwXg9jltnAp-QAOVr-og7z6n6S5rqxHJzF41cE6jB13-HR_ozXLTgtKxgMqlVLXvwztZwlIH9YqEaBCAqnZuF1AYsPh8GLkaR07Y6v0D69cn60UpxL-B/s3454/bbw+DSC_0669.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3326" data-original-width="3454" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4daFF6hIW3gFyimK561xxO5VOwXg9jltnAp-QAOVr-og7z6n6S5rqxHJzF41cE6jB13-HR_ozXLTgtKxgMqlVLXvwztZwlIH9YqEaBCAqnZuF1AYsPh8GLkaR07Y6v0D69cn60UpxL-B/w640-h616/bbw+DSC_0669.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5Y1ATN31LZ7ofwyNfJf-VWpvfE7Ix6aPDNPjoggjCK7BPHgKAOsh6oOiDaqr4mnv52fA2ydiFz2TlVVnmCgZ-FVLkpjOOVb_HL1O2b8kYChVQc5H-c1bXNBxRsArI_FkFo7eIRqekIWe/s3707/bbw+DSC_0689.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3319" data-original-width="3707" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5Y1ATN31LZ7ofwyNfJf-VWpvfE7Ix6aPDNPjoggjCK7BPHgKAOsh6oOiDaqr4mnv52fA2ydiFz2TlVVnmCgZ-FVLkpjOOVb_HL1O2b8kYChVQc5H-c1bXNBxRsArI_FkFo7eIRqekIWe/w640-h574/bbw+DSC_0689.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>The Bay-breasted above only betrays a hint of bay on the flanks. Blackpoll Warbler's plumage is no better:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Iml1PrcNR_0an436w7aOVQOnJKWqKONBpbqgGwcWp-3PZ8YlDoFhkIjAEpcsJcY1IVPdD4sia4Y6TMVA1vRrEQh6VHOrbzNZ42g3kObPCLLa43FiItbfmB5zBwh-N-SeXwE4eFGxWUSg/s4447/bp+DSC_0703.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3155" data-original-width="4447" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Iml1PrcNR_0an436w7aOVQOnJKWqKONBpbqgGwcWp-3PZ8YlDoFhkIjAEpcsJcY1IVPdD4sia4Y6TMVA1vRrEQh6VHOrbzNZ42g3kObPCLLa43FiItbfmB5zBwh-N-SeXwE4eFGxWUSg/w640-h454/bp+DSC_0703.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjraO3-tWJzwm1yF5lcjKl2Rybzgj578EN6up5NAlz5UqdnC_I5ZYSZb05roDUx5TUA-KDL07h54sB11T25bA5BtEdHMVjyMvvz5KHzuFbXuJdZ-6MgPxP52bGT3sN5Lff9HGQtYAB5fbkY/s4445/bp+DSC_0871.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3568" data-original-width="4445" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjraO3-tWJzwm1yF5lcjKl2Rybzgj578EN6up5NAlz5UqdnC_I5ZYSZb05roDUx5TUA-KDL07h54sB11T25bA5BtEdHMVjyMvvz5KHzuFbXuJdZ-6MgPxP52bGT3sN5Lff9HGQtYAB5fbkY/w640-h514/bp+DSC_0871.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span>Gone is the striking black cap and white undersides with bold streaking. Next, Cape May which usually radiates maroon accents on bright yellow, is now a dull yellow-grey:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmXJ2zDnxwFs-5kSS7Lr0dZYiFPc9BWRPJAG9pYUasFfSzKLQQ0dGg3kMM5GzachkNFOgne8FD07LvndXTFHdBQ70S6zuMtxv9zRu2AgeT_NQmt7Ftub93fEyCji_rdI7lCPSCevozuOI/s3443/cmw+DSC_5996.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3443" data-original-width="3142" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmXJ2zDnxwFs-5kSS7Lr0dZYiFPc9BWRPJAG9pYUasFfSzKLQQ0dGg3kMM5GzachkNFOgne8FD07LvndXTFHdBQ70S6zuMtxv9zRu2AgeT_NQmt7Ftub93fEyCji_rdI7lCPSCevozuOI/w584-h640/cmw+DSC_5996.jpg" width="584" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRLTIuyN_lUlJPVpjI6sHsPL3BNmAMS1yG8WJaHi9Il2IKrYdKxhVHeKbrwcWIHMf6_QoLNmMigW3-L1o7-_UCj_Zh6kbpTSZ08N0rbLYUbkaxDUPIMEZ4wU4gB1yYNytmezSymkvcNpy/s4084/cmw+DSC_5995.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3167" data-original-width="4084" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieRLTIuyN_lUlJPVpjI6sHsPL3BNmAMS1yG8WJaHi9Il2IKrYdKxhVHeKbrwcWIHMf6_QoLNmMigW3-L1o7-_UCj_Zh6kbpTSZ08N0rbLYUbkaxDUPIMEZ4wU4gB1yYNytmezSymkvcNpy/w640-h496/cmw+DSC_5995.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Farther down the boardwalk, movement in the trees above afforded a fleeting look at Canada Warbler -- still mercifully recognizable due to its prominent eyering and blue-grey upperparts:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWCGIILPjFj4fhXmYohC8IVblhVNA2X20l_o4SQJlgL4dJ5DtUsPl0tKH6yrwk7QXwQNUZ1Z2zP0UxemaS1ZjRUfZzJr_Q-zyXEdmCzCjBuFxPRco54OMnwMAWXX2wir0wEZOtobZN-jZQ/s3384/cw+DSC_2330.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="3384" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWCGIILPjFj4fhXmYohC8IVblhVNA2X20l_o4SQJlgL4dJ5DtUsPl0tKH6yrwk7QXwQNUZ1Z2zP0UxemaS1ZjRUfZzJr_Q-zyXEdmCzCjBuFxPRco54OMnwMAWXX2wir0wEZOtobZN-jZQ/w640-h562/cw+DSC_2330.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ovenbird, however, stayed mostly true to its Spring look:</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_SYXbwVL_YQ7YiCqvpyIWg0LA7Oox3ugKIKog1Llgey51FnoaJmvlIkMUdyFWMbz1l_3UzNJSo5MJ6LWfqBL6t-kQSbFiJ4CjaMdOPoKECGA9JyjqkZO8ggR-dnTFfBRh_7HGID5vakF/s4524/ob+DSC_2367.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3193" data-original-width="4524" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_SYXbwVL_YQ7YiCqvpyIWg0LA7Oox3ugKIKog1Llgey51FnoaJmvlIkMUdyFWMbz1l_3UzNJSo5MJ6LWfqBL6t-kQSbFiJ4CjaMdOPoKECGA9JyjqkZO8ggR-dnTFfBRh_7HGID5vakF/w640-h452/ob+DSC_2367.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">American Redstart:</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Q5isk35424ywIUKWXnOrGN77verQRH54ZzwVJBsWpJsaX6QlN7rdWhWz8Pyc0EtC3SZDfrjNESoK8CiaZgTDLJlxIfQZcOmk3JRBgofd7d6dyXiGbFpBtUTw6bp0eTAdL2pyny14-ly9/s3297/ars+DSC_1711.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3043" data-original-width="3297" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Q5isk35424ywIUKWXnOrGN77verQRH54ZzwVJBsWpJsaX6QlN7rdWhWz8Pyc0EtC3SZDfrjNESoK8CiaZgTDLJlxIfQZcOmk3JRBgofd7d6dyXiGbFpBtUTw6bp0eTAdL2pyny14-ly9/w640-h590/ars+DSC_1711.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNrXNgcIX6hNc7tF0OUOk5M9WizAsiP4SNzYavRfHtJL14LT5TU2BzBPdVJ7EAEQvljTyH33YwGFzP-Giix3TgWsjOqEza3prh-pgHxcP49ondE-tww62VIDKXh_ww5hpkOZXRCpMVo3G/s4514/ars+DSC_1574.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3365" data-original-width="4514" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNrXNgcIX6hNc7tF0OUOk5M9WizAsiP4SNzYavRfHtJL14LT5TU2BzBPdVJ7EAEQvljTyH33YwGFzP-Giix3TgWsjOqEza3prh-pgHxcP49ondE-tww62VIDKXh_ww5hpkOZXRCpMVo3G/w640-h478/ars+DSC_1574.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">... and Blackburnian were a shadow of their breeding brilliance:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1qfEnsBx0oGj4pY7WxiKOzB69mMq1kl0u-0iooslH2C6c7yBrWFDwS0VGtKI_X89CwTKuoT1w4NV_EldYzSNLvCCKlvSUebn9bvmvUScE9gtBrEGLt0L0UKVhCCCU4KHuNveCnMoIQ1Q5/s4384/bw+DSC_1913.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3514" data-original-width="4384" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1qfEnsBx0oGj4pY7WxiKOzB69mMq1kl0u-0iooslH2C6c7yBrWFDwS0VGtKI_X89CwTKuoT1w4NV_EldYzSNLvCCKlvSUebn9bvmvUScE9gtBrEGLt0L0UKVhCCCU4KHuNveCnMoIQ1Q5/w640-h512/bw+DSC_1913.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq34PZgy_bqQvKR9HLqJ5tYn_yeuPPNGtZkU6hG5XWXNuhNj8rQBpqhN2Ync7cGsnQwMBsnv7TBmTKoZfeOwrCK6bAHxtieOnF8by-Kr31wmy-MD2w-MYbQGFNInRx4OFioesp3kc0vKhx/s2756/bw+DSC_6079.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2756" data-original-width="2428" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq34PZgy_bqQvKR9HLqJ5tYn_yeuPPNGtZkU6hG5XWXNuhNj8rQBpqhN2Ync7cGsnQwMBsnv7TBmTKoZfeOwrCK6bAHxtieOnF8by-Kr31wmy-MD2w-MYbQGFNInRx4OFioesp3kc0vKhx/w564-h640/bw+DSC_6079.jpg" width="564" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Black-and-white has no colors to speak of that fade: </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN6qDBMRgXiXsl0oqrh-zOLvKLfQ3p69LtWLy9-KyvZc0sJJGCk39QKxtAOJHoWZEJ3ZF3opOIzBXDmQIvXYmAmgCkE4VkqDgGb_RzGd0BUj5gZb9PVvIIO8dbJo1ygh2Vwbrdsjk95J9z/s3601/baww+DSC_6152.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3049" data-original-width="3601" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN6qDBMRgXiXsl0oqrh-zOLvKLfQ3p69LtWLy9-KyvZc0sJJGCk39QKxtAOJHoWZEJ3ZF3opOIzBXDmQIvXYmAmgCkE4VkqDgGb_RzGd0BUj5gZb9PVvIIO8dbJo1ygh2Vwbrdsjk95J9z/w640-h542/baww+DSC_6152.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLiUs9coFscbgpQLOeNvRUelsOUGYEM-aSfhouU_-dD6J2Yr29W_MKSOW5tj8ao-bVIT45o0JTlUzPspSK3-jq1CwOJV0LltrDFb-BACTygrT3zX_QRARt3Uz52iuy27GvOi_9IOHkuOZz/s3484/baww+DSC_6206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2818" data-original-width="3484" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLiUs9coFscbgpQLOeNvRUelsOUGYEM-aSfhouU_-dD6J2Yr29W_MKSOW5tj8ao-bVIT45o0JTlUzPspSK3-jq1CwOJV0LltrDFb-BACTygrT3zX_QRARt3Uz52iuy27GvOi_9IOHkuOZz/w640-h518/baww+DSC_6206.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhJwaM8xx_2J_iuvm1ewfpaIsSB6nrwjZu8gn1OhDwN7FaHLDrUTkx35EuO-psMo_6T39-5ZIG0y4hs5x9a-GDuiL_AmG4PSfvg_UQ6kDZ0bKfckiXWfuSsRKfZxKJoDXQvzNSmdD7dH3/s3984/baww+DSC_6187.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2948" data-original-width="3984" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhJwaM8xx_2J_iuvm1ewfpaIsSB6nrwjZu8gn1OhDwN7FaHLDrUTkx35EuO-psMo_6T39-5ZIG0y4hs5x9a-GDuiL_AmG4PSfvg_UQ6kDZ0bKfckiXWfuSsRKfZxKJoDXQvzNSmdD7dH3/w640-h474/baww+DSC_6187.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Black-and-white loses its black chin in the Fall; however this Black-throated Green still sported most of its diagnostic marks:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-KJZLJCTaTkIDNOc9LpIHZfkcNz36h0ifngqN553dFYzd3SxJqLC3KJBLFJCmEWN-TzKq8m0pA4W3jOuzi3MhWZKjwKG3VTd2uDR_BkvHjfQgQs5US1i3AT8sNH3lA9Kd0t7RqXkIb18/s4281/btg+DSC_2155.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3124" data-original-width="4281" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB-KJZLJCTaTkIDNOc9LpIHZfkcNz36h0ifngqN553dFYzd3SxJqLC3KJBLFJCmEWN-TzKq8m0pA4W3jOuzi3MhWZKjwKG3VTd2uDR_BkvHjfQgQs5US1i3AT8sNH3lA9Kd0t7RqXkIb18/w640-h468/btg+DSC_2155.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSDfRIO8E8wWYGomTCF9uj55rhe1h3XeNi-tX6FEoikSGf45EGoXH_5Zu3M46DG8ncqDtdc6lZQOaMnlXkX5mjk7dvsdsjlneTa-WTFEnfK3PUnuo62N-siPtRLtMmws_1Fu01acnFqsf/s3405/btg+DSC_2179.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2982" data-original-width="3405" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSDfRIO8E8wWYGomTCF9uj55rhe1h3XeNi-tX6FEoikSGf45EGoXH_5Zu3M46DG8ncqDtdc6lZQOaMnlXkX5mjk7dvsdsjlneTa-WTFEnfK3PUnuo62N-siPtRLtMmws_1Fu01acnFqsf/w640-h560/btg+DSC_2179.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Northern Parula:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3332" data-original-width="4592" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivrlOTTzBlGfqQpSLVIFInqI5E8RFMGjoqhVKupMtrEdp_YkC5Zv7gCIhFbOgX3SUXzPvj2YFFMNDUrzGKYzryxBtWGndxt7Mnt0TML7awp8F1_8ALgPMLyJPedRtorc64E5Ypxh_EhABq/w640-h464/np+DSC_1078.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tennessee:<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1hITzeC1aZUFS-ldTckdzqw6_shgczekj5XusxD6nPeMFjG7s9sLigpu1AE_R4VXQWip2_-TTTC9WUNA8zrGaepsMyw0PKb48E4z9JBHzo7-gYov0mbh3GPGSvKn1t8EzJTYDkv3S6xp/s4644/tw+DSC_1743.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3346" data-original-width="4644" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1hITzeC1aZUFS-ldTckdzqw6_shgczekj5XusxD6nPeMFjG7s9sLigpu1AE_R4VXQWip2_-TTTC9WUNA8zrGaepsMyw0PKb48E4z9JBHzo7-gYov0mbh3GPGSvKn1t8EzJTYDkv3S6xp/w640-h462/tw+DSC_1743.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3451" data-original-width="3030" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmggK2Am_Davdl-l_Fit0pLCSkRo87L1kidEtEMLpdadl8u9yW627Tk6DaJB131xXc0ncxgYXICItpMLzIK6mopgVorGsz8vjA6lUaSmIbmyYlPqA6sIqMjTtMBiwaTRpQwZjU01-xzVZ3/w562-h640/tw+DSC_1820.jpg" width="562" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With fewer people, the birds did not hesitate to enjoy the boardwalk:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUlWca4AdMTLuRhiASfymBokEFcTs3b64pd_BCeSAfkNt9QuzujOQsR6sy7WDRMOEA9mYRS51dId_kqL52MXHtTa0VfKQF5UZ9BKI9iU_d5DvEAQ-wWkjCpjeLe7LNs5ls-f1uWPDjprMV/s3986/ep+DSC_1328.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7Msno8fMSG-PAe-SmHPl8N68i947C_CSs9aQ_LtvuaJvrw17lkB9LTtOocqoR3j7Kj80Qt7wS9soZH-QigjN2BLonYme4yi4Lt8umuxKSmJREy4lwTHsXv-bYHms2ckkwYV4omaoWlkd/s3898/ars+DSC_1455.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3565" data-original-width="3898" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7Msno8fMSG-PAe-SmHPl8N68i947C_CSs9aQ_LtvuaJvrw17lkB9LTtOocqoR3j7Kj80Qt7wS9soZH-QigjN2BLonYme4yi4Lt8umuxKSmJREy4lwTHsXv-bYHms2ckkwYV4omaoWlkd/w640-h586/ars+DSC_1455.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">And, there were variations between individual plumages of the same species, such as this Cape May:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafgnemOjbKzKny0IbvOtcDikCamoNJ45lrHi7cLd2U88jYhLaPoRs64uJmBeIU3kGOQ2nXtoYgqBDQw7zNPlU9ADUZW4PowzrYfqgjs0X-jKJWlTsxifbK9kgRkjCXS_6We8c6cy2gubE/s4387/cmw+DSC_2354.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3156" data-original-width="3522" height="574" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1kuPRfT9tPJo5RzgVTha9YLOjvfWNZTckGNKHOQ50q0O5R1IOh49gjAakXluSuQd40OnoYeFiVvZglZuZ6mzWIy7lJS7-0t0B45PRZWIKMZdffRsGnMsm4rtziOfCpwFPIcPvflsAbmgU/w640-h574/cmw+DSC_5971.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Other than warblers, there were flycatchers such as this Eastern Phoebe:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDZfktyUDXdQvkdxSfqSS33yIRfn99rlQNzQAEuCt7d7__qwNcFGEwaCrJoRE0XWhv3GPn6r5tKKpAy02h7xiEiHgi6fN8sS0mdczRiNPoWCdSBjxGxA4xG3GztW9BxyavO7zzVmC7xxji/s4020/ep+DSC_6066.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3098" data-original-width="4020" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDZfktyUDXdQvkdxSfqSS33yIRfn99rlQNzQAEuCt7d7__qwNcFGEwaCrJoRE0XWhv3GPn6r5tKKpAy02h7xiEiHgi6fN8sS0mdczRiNPoWCdSBjxGxA4xG3GztW9BxyavO7zzVmC7xxji/w640-h494/ep+DSC_6066.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Red-breasted Nuthatch:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3010" data-original-width="4260" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBzIXMEBU9ryEArsmPtGW9BzZCTRJ0Df092IingIdGBX_srBLHpnvVhtwQAww1Onzj6ZPdXqS03kMMlwCjRH9UHBhgUBd8YJzzm6g0NBvYAwMBzEyh8-Qkcf3O6jSX_5zn0Bct4RP5Gu4/w640-h452/rbn+DSC_1644.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Red-eyed Vireo:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafY_NtbX0vxa6lOZCTS1AcEAUdUtVnRrewfL7_Ru1MAhD4fayl_Uip9bbawTmJAdtRVHjK568a17mkLSkoAGFtPzWcEP4JyiaLslaUplz7HXj7DtQ_yq-GMx7r5Q2kLZhNQ2ewOP5LcgX/s4387/rev+DSC_1978.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3646" data-original-width="4387" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafY_NtbX0vxa6lOZCTS1AcEAUdUtVnRrewfL7_Ru1MAhD4fayl_Uip9bbawTmJAdtRVHjK568a17mkLSkoAGFtPzWcEP4JyiaLslaUplz7HXj7DtQ_yq-GMx7r5Q2kLZhNQ2ewOP5LcgX/w640-h532/rev+DSC_1978.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2573" data-original-width="2841" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBILEMKCd1dcUmclJ3a7Q0aFi2yDTfnPFcP5i4xUvsLMG6Ipt-88Eu6wqBWNDMgoRe7liIpL7V2_YivAea6FjKdVMFdlNr3PoBcuQIg3BDEE9ONGEScVCeItR_3PcvxmM4V0TaaUuBpCKR/w640-h580/rth+DSC_6038.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Swainsons's Thrush:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWgQSySu8JK6VaEOwvGFWwKQxpOww4qpXVj0IgrrOIhp7EakXuufWqRbzVIX-CSx0VWU5S2tpQicM0hn26QBEGkEk-zeEyfciniIqCt5VJPyPNuL5es44T_LRzFQRfh6_Fp_UuLlEnFOG/s4125/st+DSC_2380.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3232" data-original-width="4125" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWgQSySu8JK6VaEOwvGFWwKQxpOww4qpXVj0IgrrOIhp7EakXuufWqRbzVIX-CSx0VWU5S2tpQicM0hn26QBEGkEk-zeEyfciniIqCt5VJPyPNuL5es44T_LRzFQRfh6_Fp_UuLlEnFOG/w640-h502/st+DSC_2380.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9w2Dh4oL5H37iEQ7oNev3YNutLIO0swpH7xQ5LZfhkv4z2djjQDscO9kk6NjoVL72nZiWTDc7w8hW89vN-wzrZrYUik5UOKodfAWn6023Q1dLd38_9cHVCkg4WVErbTu3kbCSD57ftDC/s3389/st+DSC_2402.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3389" data-original-width="3352" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9w2Dh4oL5H37iEQ7oNev3YNutLIO0swpH7xQ5LZfhkv4z2djjQDscO9kk6NjoVL72nZiWTDc7w8hW89vN-wzrZrYUik5UOKodfAWn6023Q1dLd38_9cHVCkg4WVErbTu3kbCSD57ftDC/w634-h640/st+DSC_2402.jpg" width="634" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While Spring is justifiably glorified in the birding calendar, Fall is the season when we are truly tested. Although the bright colors are gone, the faded glory of autumnal plumages lingers just enough to provide challenge and enjoyment to the intrepid birder.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com0Magee Marsh Wildlife Area, Oak Harbor, OH 43449, USA41.6155368 -83.1629428999999913.305302963821156 -118.31919289999999 69.925770636178839 -48.00669289999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-81196001119605448812020-11-08T12:10:00.003-05:002020-11-08T13:32:03.487-05:00Carnal Carnivores: Tigers in Love<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">[Rajasthan. June 2019] <br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The largest cat in the world is <i>Panthera Tigris. </i>Males can weigh over 600 lbs and have canines 3.5" long; to see these magnificent carnivores, one has to travel to Asia. And in Asia, India's vast jungles hold about 70% of the global population of this endangered species at places like Ranthambhore National Park (Rajasthan state). A summer vacation to this venue afforded this blogger an opportunity to observe both mammalian and avian s eirpecies with the famed tiger being the star attraction.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The breeding season for the striped carnivore is timed to coincide with the fecundity that the monsoon season brings to the subcontinent every summer. A safari through the Ranthambhore jungle in late June (just before the park closes for a 3-month period) brought upon a surprise observation of two tigers in an amorous yet fierce encounter -- equal parts aggression and love.</span></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJcdQQ98yygSPuMLec3KBqPX5ZZ-I7Zi1Zg56QeoE1XnSQxHMQUWO8JtULU4saL7GgmqQbChWcY0xdyHRKksc3n_afpW9PDqjPMLBfXJ02xwBIKpR3qxtO3lPAp5Qk-6_a_6jRp8fnflC/s4898/t+DSC_5038.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4898" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJcdQQ98yygSPuMLec3KBqPX5ZZ-I7Zi1Zg56QeoE1XnSQxHMQUWO8JtULU4saL7GgmqQbChWcY0xdyHRKksc3n_afpW9PDqjPMLBfXJ02xwBIKpR3qxtO3lPAp5Qk-6_a_6jRp8fnflC/w640-h426/t+DSC_5038.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfYo-qkX7fRwqsnGV5tDcVszzyjL-cU6t2L4oiGpuhXjGSoX94etXAkdjyz6ur4rAVx3ooLK2EFyVIND_5Q4egD0n_Rd5e0sVhXnFnq14K1C_Tvfd60TIXE0wzgMHR2QQgm7A3vtI0JTX/s4898/t+DSC_4845.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4898" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfYo-qkX7fRwqsnGV5tDcVszzyjL-cU6t2L4oiGpuhXjGSoX94etXAkdjyz6ur4rAVx3ooLK2EFyVIND_5Q4egD0n_Rd5e0sVhXnFnq14K1C_Tvfd60TIXE0wzgMHR2QQgm7A3vtI0JTX/w640-h426/t+DSC_4845.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-sIJLCfmfpPyTfKf8Pev7LfQOAgNoJTKcVffyqyqdhDIrgXwPg3BPYJ9biE8VfrX7Qn2NIBh3C2r3BhSLG46E653uMpd-UoIvwy6LUL9i3SykJN2s0U86_HXCu386kHmTrG88l8VFcUW7/s4898/t+DSC_4974.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4898" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-sIJLCfmfpPyTfKf8Pev7LfQOAgNoJTKcVffyqyqdhDIrgXwPg3BPYJ9biE8VfrX7Qn2NIBh3C2r3BhSLG46E653uMpd-UoIvwy6LUL9i3SykJN2s0U86_HXCu386kHmTrG88l8VFcUW7/w640-h426/t+DSC_4974.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">These fearful beasts had used a clearing in the jungle as their love nest. Although generally solitary, at this time, the tigers were inseparable. The cycle of love consisted of the male circling the female, approaching her cautiously, followed by a bout of vigorous sex. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie-vduyYjn9pGSfg1itP26LLFyNKBtdW-OjxcUAlaoYmvCg0IGiSclgJ4VzKfE4I6GR0QKV0ZqFFN1M9tw7VhOOHv-Ih2KhscxyTFaAT0AAhpiw5oF-Hsc4PZ-7TuqArD4_TGTOH-dtBCm/s4898/t+DSC_5007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4898" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie-vduyYjn9pGSfg1itP26LLFyNKBtdW-OjxcUAlaoYmvCg0IGiSclgJ4VzKfE4I6GR0QKV0ZqFFN1M9tw7VhOOHv-Ih2KhscxyTFaAT0AAhpiw5oF-Hsc4PZ-7TuqArD4_TGTOH-dtBCm/w640-h426/t+DSC_5007.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Post the session, the male retreated to his corner to rest and regain strength.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4898" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHHOMw47nwtwLS4S8ki1c1hsySZORKOaFqYZvZs2cn62tOBISv4v5DspnZDQKczpPRdu5OqDkoWYmwu98AUQlsqxQIfXwXKHk_l67zw78d4MiWQJkvETAIbotMljqo2V2N2mOx4ocBDW7E/w640-h426/t34+kumbha+DSC_4898.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhp_7QzrVBeDWL9T3t4jvbMhF3-ybZeTDy3jbBMKAT4Ls3w2xioIDOtcdo-e0SlzajqSk7aWihy9I40AAcFLWcZTDPCMFTDFzs2CVh3T2aQdyqAW5OcazsdxB3VA1Xg-HLcyU8ZCMjDEv4/s4898/t34+DSC_1744.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4898" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhp_7QzrVBeDWL9T3t4jvbMhF3-ybZeTDy3jbBMKAT4Ls3w2xioIDOtcdo-e0SlzajqSk7aWihy9I40AAcFLWcZTDPCMFTDFzs2CVh3T2aQdyqAW5OcazsdxB3VA1Xg-HLcyU8ZCMjDEv4/w640-h426/t34+DSC_1744.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Only to resume his duties again:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXWY1ZidEMGKN3V30I3aP5ryk-meIZTBx5meMDWU-PQDtJLp9EgehJI1nkmp4DTiKgRJbWhf7PBLpIQZ9cykc1PI2eYvnWiu6z32B4cvv57W8Df-ByKpJ1rhe2lis-2IHRLtja8DiMAZo_/s4488/t+DSC_4838.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3590" data-original-width="4488" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXWY1ZidEMGKN3V30I3aP5ryk-meIZTBx5meMDWU-PQDtJLp9EgehJI1nkmp4DTiKgRJbWhf7PBLpIQZ9cykc1PI2eYvnWiu6z32B4cvv57W8Df-ByKpJ1rhe2lis-2IHRLtja8DiMAZo_/w640-h512/t+DSC_4838.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibaeVg9QzYxxrgAmZX2FCxF9SuyC-uA9Ac7hgF4Bh1-o0DI5j_29a_QawLM0dFXfxyiVYBj2SQU01Eif_DiYLNgTH0XtvHcYHSS8qw4o8lQFZDaJ5ywwt-9nOMldj3Ncr0Vzlbhu9HMRoF/s4898/t34+DSC_5120.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4898" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibaeVg9QzYxxrgAmZX2FCxF9SuyC-uA9Ac7hgF4Bh1-o0DI5j_29a_QawLM0dFXfxyiVYBj2SQU01Eif_DiYLNgTH0XtvHcYHSS8qw4o8lQFZDaJ5ywwt-9nOMldj3Ncr0Vzlbhu9HMRoF/w640-h426/t34+DSC_5120.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span>The female could be moody:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0RyDcGTp_Oeay0XNs9JSBKBOiWCUHrOOHLK5UR1bINctqQDBU3lfSV-ghL8_GVP7UOLshbTSPs-TA7EHMa5P42DnFkJGFCTmG3veRGo2izxaNdCOGrnzElNrk2EQh26yLmqP6Xl_UQq7/s3919/t39+noora+DSC_1140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3240" data-original-width="3919" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil0RyDcGTp_Oeay0XNs9JSBKBOiWCUHrOOHLK5UR1bINctqQDBU3lfSV-ghL8_GVP7UOLshbTSPs-TA7EHMa5P42DnFkJGFCTmG3veRGo2izxaNdCOGrnzElNrk2EQh26yLmqP6Xl_UQq7/w640-h530/t39+noora+DSC_1140.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The jungle primates (Hanuman Langurs) were confused. The tigers were not interested in hunting; and the langurs looked at the sex spectacle with their mounts agape at the marathon carnal antics of the carnivores. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ArKwBF6pRJgCJPQJqCB6N9XhzbKcweFU-WGqDlhLss3PBitgrwwGENniyzign9tzWvSDr8O3474BW1069fpocO0ED7djurr6N0pvGDslsWjIIy6bvb-_IsnQIPdd8I10V2O9WsF5LSWv/s4898/hl+DSC_1272.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4898" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ArKwBF6pRJgCJPQJqCB6N9XhzbKcweFU-WGqDlhLss3PBitgrwwGENniyzign9tzWvSDr8O3474BW1069fpocO0ED7djurr6N0pvGDslsWjIIy6bvb-_IsnQIPdd8I10V2O9WsF5LSWv/w640-h426/hl+DSC_1272.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9n7uawXUm9lk9NTpA6xDyEM8KfmPCgKOSqmwHt7FVqM4CKgVBwEjLERu-3UGmW02v3QotAlfskFnaxpv8DAETZFBeg4IpKgmx0qPapgUepM7QNH97JCe78yGQ-fSR46U88RNiV300JfWT/s4898/hl+DSC_1389.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4898" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9n7uawXUm9lk9NTpA6xDyEM8KfmPCgKOSqmwHt7FVqM4CKgVBwEjLERu-3UGmW02v3QotAlfskFnaxpv8DAETZFBeg4IpKgmx0qPapgUepM7QNH97JCe78yGQ-fSR46U88RNiV300JfWT/w640-h426/hl+DSC_1389.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span>The following day, visiting the same site showed that the love nest had been vacated. The male was still around, though -- limping and lethargic. The forest ranger surmised that the injured tiger was likely involved in a fight for the female with another male: </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5DMFrMokCJ38hrH65KDK07GEXDubCZov-SLNjAcxmhrmdEbbfPHxTozD44eoPfX49agZZVdDGiTRL_6t3J0mWbi5lzkxYFstRpy9u4omluUV8ML68CZeaUZeo_w5oESrYUtvRGUPSsQy/s4898/t+DSC_6637.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4898" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5DMFrMokCJ38hrH65KDK07GEXDubCZov-SLNjAcxmhrmdEbbfPHxTozD44eoPfX49agZZVdDGiTRL_6t3J0mWbi5lzkxYFstRpy9u4omluUV8ML68CZeaUZeo_w5oESrYUtvRGUPSsQy/w640-h426/t+DSC_6637.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJKD8wUaZQrpiM5tuVSJ1oYVCCTKppghhWu428cU4bf_TYTbdjbPmj3xfSGBeHhO7uUmkiRtN8N1ruOmo8YWBQVRVwFa5K3DkKIZYkMFlqE4kgFCIbRAqTrHJMZdS595l8MCd1qtplI8i/s4734/t+DSC_5018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3379" data-original-width="4734" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJKD8wUaZQrpiM5tuVSJ1oYVCCTKppghhWu428cU4bf_TYTbdjbPmj3xfSGBeHhO7uUmkiRtN8N1ruOmo8YWBQVRVwFa5K3DkKIZYkMFlqE4kgFCIbRAqTrHJMZdS595l8MCd1qtplI8i/w640-h456/t+DSC_5018.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The tigers here are supported by an abundant p<span>rey base of wild boar, deer and antelope:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3575" data-original-width="4474" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDhpjoeFvCcLxuoA-Bks0S1N3D8uef0-0CqlKOSKx0r7IfiGSYEFYkwNxK3161QTDVwjzn8-PZeZyA15Lr1qdySRAq7e9sOkmArdHomYiY9IDViNg2K5rQBxuARVau84PcP05ptBC_8xL/w640-h512/j+DSC_6353.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>At the entrance of the park:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlCbMBbNe3xKLPMU0-N__t6WD0eKUakwuf3HGDPQf941wITdQ8N_w8zCYLZGEyOVB1hZOZ8wVkRQvFqDTHtRetTmM27psIy7WfD7QMxQfLfSTGXQOADPQYJJ0uhIcsp0rThN9Iv2KGBqbp/s4622/j+DSC_6389.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3460" data-original-width="4622" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlCbMBbNe3xKLPMU0-N__t6WD0eKUakwuf3HGDPQf941wITdQ8N_w8zCYLZGEyOVB1hZOZ8wVkRQvFqDTHtRetTmM27psIy7WfD7QMxQfLfSTGXQOADPQYJJ0uhIcsp0rThN9Iv2KGBqbp/w640-h480/j+DSC_6389.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The age of the maharajas is now over in India; yet, the king of the jungle still rules. And, every monsoon love is in the air as the king and the queen engage with ferocity in the dance of love as they mark the cycle of regeneration for the next generation of tigers. </span></div></div>Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com2Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India26.0173274 76.5025742-2.2929064361788463 41.3463242 54.327561236178845 111.6588242tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-48950236585840132492020-11-01T01:42:00.001-04:002020-11-01T01:42:43.569-04:00Sure Shorebird Delights: Stilt and Solitary Sandpiper<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">[Southeast Michigan. Late Summer/Early Fall 2020]</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As certain as songbirds are in Spring, shorebirds are a surety in Fall. The intrepid birder lives the birding year in consonance with the graceful grammar of avian movement. And, between August and October, a proud parade of sandpipers and plovers pass through stopover hotspots around Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Accordingly, in this post, we shall profile a number of remarkable species such as:</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Stilt Sandpiper</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lesser Yellowlegs</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Solitary Sandpiper</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pectoral Sandpiper</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Semipalmated Sandpiper</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sanderling</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Short-billed Dowitcher</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Black-bellied Plover</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Killdeer</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Semipalmated Plover</span></li></ol><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We start with the Stilt Sandpiper:</span></div></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpsnj0NXItPxQuD5-uYtC3JDZ1BVbcr8RVK9pawxp-qDKqRrZ24kbZmOCAnAzuspRmO6QT136LJ9g_OsFAlpMANmXU5ob5NiT2kTfV-9d2gzRca0vCj5AiGOpo7bziMVxlVuPkp6D2-x3r/s4405/ss+DSC_2967.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3200" data-original-width="4405" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpsnj0NXItPxQuD5-uYtC3JDZ1BVbcr8RVK9pawxp-qDKqRrZ24kbZmOCAnAzuspRmO6QT136LJ9g_OsFAlpMANmXU5ob5NiT2kTfV-9d2gzRca0vCj5AiGOpo7bziMVxlVuPkp6D2-x3r/w640-h464/ss+DSC_2967.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6Wp9HWJ-2bGvrGcbNiee0MHh-agjOb-V-Uxy4Xk3ofYiyjvN6arYPv_iC8qxNStynVoik61cM-9L7ztmnRlW7uaxkejPuN3NZYaXMZmUGvddT-A_KCQqWCcnpo3Cm9Tx2d16bqY-3vLE/s3837/ss+DSC_3937.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3166" data-original-width="3837" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6Wp9HWJ-2bGvrGcbNiee0MHh-agjOb-V-Uxy4Xk3ofYiyjvN6arYPv_iC8qxNStynVoik61cM-9L7ztmnRlW7uaxkejPuN3NZYaXMZmUGvddT-A_KCQqWCcnpo3Cm9Tx2d16bqY-3vLE/w640-h528/ss+DSC_3937.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">One could easily be forgiven for committing the misdemeanor of misidentification with the Stilt Sandpiper. An eBird checklist submitted for Lake St. Clair just before this observation reported a "Short-billed Dowitcher" where only the Stilt was present. </span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKarb5xZgBN89lOMBNJX9k9imGJlBka6qCfd2F1qtjvTWbrzOhuAAPFNsTuIeof4t1RQo9ak_mTRHckuY8Xk1rhjGNZvmsiIXwKesQ1j3o86Ee1Fdupva_hCeqgDXUsCkYpuH_AYbLoel/s3392/ss+DSC_3058.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3392" data-original-width="3231" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKarb5xZgBN89lOMBNJX9k9imGJlBka6qCfd2F1qtjvTWbrzOhuAAPFNsTuIeof4t1RQo9ak_mTRHckuY8Xk1rhjGNZvmsiIXwKesQ1j3o86Ee1Fdupva_hCeqgDXUsCkYpuH_AYbLoel/w610-h640/ss+DSC_3058.jpg" width="610" /></a></div><br />This </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">errant</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> eBirder is deserving of our fullest empathy -- what birder can claim identification infallibility in the field? The bill is indeed long and the legs a dull yellow -- both not unlike the Short-billed Dowitcher (here seen in SW Florida):</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUuAhsv4ir1uh2E5Pqj8VJhmjjRDiPPPs0BD0rsOgQ15qDsn33t25BneRN3rXJ-U5B832AZrtRQcsAcwDZkm_vfrqFkTrfo4XuCMrNYuj_K-lnObdLrD-_1SZWYQua68slNkWC7_B4F86/s2048/sbd+DSC02969.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1686" data-original-width="2048" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUuAhsv4ir1uh2E5Pqj8VJhmjjRDiPPPs0BD0rsOgQ15qDsn33t25BneRN3rXJ-U5B832AZrtRQcsAcwDZkm_vfrqFkTrfo4XuCMrNYuj_K-lnObdLrD-_1SZWYQua68slNkWC7_B4F86/w640-h526/sbd+DSC02969.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yet, the Stilt's bill is shorter and the legs, longer; the white eyebrow is significantly more prominent. Despite this distinction, the fog of confusion did not entirely dissipate as another sandpiper came into view -- feeding in the same area as the Stilt:</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOt3T8LfwrSToP-PRSX9AJJWkpD3ZieTefAy_9rMMoB6dlzIamq1qpxZ7LgqKK4H4emiHlG9tkGiBlKGZptkB9pmP75Rix6hp0IhMmyqh7uJ6I9Ou1AHwDgp1Tk6UDVjNyzqBszxDGoaw6/s4898/lyl+DSC_2785.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4898" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOt3T8LfwrSToP-PRSX9AJJWkpD3ZieTefAy_9rMMoB6dlzIamq1qpxZ7LgqKK4H4emiHlG9tkGiBlKGZptkB9pmP75Rix6hp0IhMmyqh7uJ6I9Ou1AHwDgp1Tk6UDVjNyzqBszxDGoaw6/w640-h426/lyl+DSC_2785.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEsCGfjYI93mHQXMhrhsH2s8Yac89cSmMVLlJOxQ2HbWZFSeSk7MMeHnV7IgrddJPsuu9o15ejRq403T7SvxkR7xCQIErFYS28FZLFXeQKL6tkzhER_X1UZc83YxgLO-X8vqST_9EBQ5si/s4673/lyl+DSC_2840.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3423" data-original-width="4673" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEsCGfjYI93mHQXMhrhsH2s8Yac89cSmMVLlJOxQ2HbWZFSeSk7MMeHnV7IgrddJPsuu9o15ejRq403T7SvxkR7xCQIErFYS28FZLFXeQKL6tkzhER_X1UZc83YxgLO-X8vqST_9EBQ5si/w640-h468/lyl+DSC_2840.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sharing many similarities with the Stilt Sandpiper, the Lesser Yellowlegs, however, has brighter yellow in the legs and a straighter bill.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0R-6vDhvbyGOP9MxuaJ8uG_nzOpzN47nE8Scr-99_3Hp1VMyI3XDrrkrAzsreHHc55EwuXvLZDFfzK0LOI2cAjuOfsApdFWJ-7l_x02RxiiY_ZCi22Tb0giwo29Yso-ux4ywSchVsdfN0/s3757/lyl+DSC_2770.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3331" data-original-width="3757" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0R-6vDhvbyGOP9MxuaJ8uG_nzOpzN47nE8Scr-99_3Hp1VMyI3XDrrkrAzsreHHc55EwuXvLZDFfzK0LOI2cAjuOfsApdFWJ-7l_x02RxiiY_ZCi22Tb0giwo29Yso-ux4ywSchVsdfN0/w640-h568/lyl+DSC_2770.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A side by side comparison between the two is instructive:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71EpiB5fIZVdY7HJ7sCuLn3_BcfxJp8XQWN-tIV1nNVFelV3uYfV4fU5j1XT8aDffdx0IcA05myKEnrbhyphenhyphenCNX2rrAj-BhLS-UuOUKw7JZA7ApJtzRb9UjjQDh0vBLZEdy6sDgfDjwHIsU/s3403/ss+lyl+DSC_3966.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3403" data-original-width="3309" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71EpiB5fIZVdY7HJ7sCuLn3_BcfxJp8XQWN-tIV1nNVFelV3uYfV4fU5j1XT8aDffdx0IcA05myKEnrbhyphenhyphenCNX2rrAj-BhLS-UuOUKw7JZA7ApJtzRb9UjjQDh0vBLZEdy6sDgfDjwHIsU/w622-h640/ss+lyl+DSC_3966.jpg" width="622" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Other shorebirds seen at Lake St. Clair included Solitary Sandpiper:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizteMxLoyZwd2hVwUZcude_TmqSfLkGjiER11dhN3TDIzu-6On53l-wjzWZnm0tc_oxBEK5siHeyNRiJmdRr_f-aU5UxrojwQekoqeFO8YJ240F_pt6CPSmAQjKqNyxAxYpnE29G97Afk6/s3534/ss+DSC_2835.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2765" data-original-width="3534" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizteMxLoyZwd2hVwUZcude_TmqSfLkGjiER11dhN3TDIzu-6On53l-wjzWZnm0tc_oxBEK5siHeyNRiJmdRr_f-aU5UxrojwQekoqeFO8YJ240F_pt6CPSmAQjKqNyxAxYpnE29G97Afk6/w640-h500/ss+DSC_2835.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7TDJ4QFW6j5lDp-spH5yzP_ZUKbYzmBecijC7QBKf4C0lM23j5a5KJ5jsP6m6VlBw6cuiNGIMMT45uevo1H66sW_dWbXK4pfJdWtPelFlGT0yvxX5yGepLkrooKRH3NGN85YZ7378AIw1/s4276/ss+DSC_2790.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3049" data-original-width="4276" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7TDJ4QFW6j5lDp-spH5yzP_ZUKbYzmBecijC7QBKf4C0lM23j5a5KJ5jsP6m6VlBw6cuiNGIMMT45uevo1H66sW_dWbXK4pfJdWtPelFlGT0yvxX5yGepLkrooKRH3NGN85YZ7378AIw1/w640-h456/ss+DSC_2790.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />In contrast, Pectoral Sandpiper is smaller and has a heavily streaked breast:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">This is a handsome sandpiper and is seen in the US only in passage unlike the next shorebird which can be found overwintering widely in the Southern US:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdm8c2agQhKEb27lLeKFhm0J_2U5tcQundOyqwl0qOFEwqVrAICo5I1fVIE4UIeX39Px_jM7LaG3rv2uFONBUOwzYzpIvp3vX-VXLxqBOjOHffrj8gT_wvMprUIQvMC_dsKEijoR5ldjO/s3365/ls+DSC_8013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3365" data-original-width="3361" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWdm8c2agQhKEb27lLeKFhm0J_2U5tcQundOyqwl0qOFEwqVrAICo5I1fVIE4UIeX39Px_jM7LaG3rv2uFONBUOwzYzpIvp3vX-VXLxqBOjOHffrj8gT_wvMprUIQvMC_dsKEijoR5ldjO/w640-h640/ls+DSC_8013.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>The Least Sandpiper is aptly named and has dull yellow legs and a pointed, slightly drooping bill.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaaf2SsoQhWSJ21iwmDzWyxLssJBDGI8aXqTgcQw87GqaBj5QY047m_u5iGipCH-R_cN93AaiCCEbrKceGFGf-vZsgXWzO9YvUulzZoCVrKAmtBS3VvMxZVWyOfOdy_93A0JNJUWBm0vbS/s4499/ls+DSC_8014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3191" data-original-width="4499" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaaf2SsoQhWSJ21iwmDzWyxLssJBDGI8aXqTgcQw87GqaBj5QY047m_u5iGipCH-R_cN93AaiCCEbrKceGFGf-vZsgXWzO9YvUulzZoCVrKAmtBS3VvMxZVWyOfOdy_93A0JNJUWBm0vbS/w640-h454/ls+DSC_8014.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Vying for the smallest shorebird trophy is also the Semipalmated Sandpiper:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kJ51Gj8Did-GDUmb8sdcF1XDxnuLiDLEF9mOJDcIiCjPWoomoxPiDvp9DfgLZAckEBFhyphenhyphengE8WaX7etZcZLc_dI-QrbVu85NxbeoK-_DyeXgi7YU-2y_OfWFR0YFUkNSVmi87MtwwpzBH/s4544/sps+DSC_8179.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3119" data-original-width="4544" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kJ51Gj8Did-GDUmb8sdcF1XDxnuLiDLEF9mOJDcIiCjPWoomoxPiDvp9DfgLZAckEBFhyphenhyphengE8WaX7etZcZLc_dI-QrbVu85NxbeoK-_DyeXgi7YU-2y_OfWFR0YFUkNSVmi87MtwwpzBH/w640-h440/sps+DSC_8179.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTR2pVCbIvDFSdAdsCGr01kaprQP8LIE4k8tOVu4UA9nACsvkElhDVWCeC3Vc_tBBsSva1ugJs7rfRPfOfqT3vq9hdqWux15rQCyjJK4YMoFp7IEREoL55YhzNGwdUlJhgKfoOtIpGHQCP/s3422/sps+DSC_8277.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3422" data-original-width="3391" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTR2pVCbIvDFSdAdsCGr01kaprQP8LIE4k8tOVu4UA9nACsvkElhDVWCeC3Vc_tBBsSva1ugJs7rfRPfOfqT3vq9hdqWux15rQCyjJK4YMoFp7IEREoL55YhzNGwdUlJhgKfoOtIpGHQCP/w634-h640/sps+DSC_8277.jpg" width="634" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>The bill is blunt, not pointed and the legs are black; and the plumage shows less rufous.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeXmH51O6-ehYi1YfPTo64gGnd_Lfsy0k9loAJ_mVlTl1Xkb9HpAky-yjNzGajUHvGJcvD8rBT1k0wjxd02upaDcdxDxrpgS2acgUuUu2YwKkWJ6KJ4IXb1Qr2jk-7wpB1v0wys2UE01Y/s4518/sps+DSC_8255.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3208" data-original-width="4518" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeXmH51O6-ehYi1YfPTo64gGnd_Lfsy0k9loAJ_mVlTl1Xkb9HpAky-yjNzGajUHvGJcvD8rBT1k0wjxd02upaDcdxDxrpgS2acgUuUu2YwKkWJ6KJ4IXb1Qr2jk-7wpB1v0wys2UE01Y/w640-h454/sps+DSC_8255.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another pale sandpiper at Lake St. Clair shows some superficial resemblance to the Semipalmated:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7SbvwUB3YpAykCvqTkObLAA_Hr2WLQ56F38BimKGlKjRkbVI77nILC7_77iIQ5jsjGnoI-n4X5chImvKeiy3IDoby3d8bHZGcFJErIBh3rG3AiKSjyiFYfFutL9DIbnvnkTM9jNLj0Fzl/s4556/s+DSC_2777.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3511" data-original-width="4556" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7SbvwUB3YpAykCvqTkObLAA_Hr2WLQ56F38BimKGlKjRkbVI77nILC7_77iIQ5jsjGnoI-n4X5chImvKeiy3IDoby3d8bHZGcFJErIBh3rG3AiKSjyiFYfFutL9DIbnvnkTM9jNLj0Fzl/w640-h494/s+DSC_2777.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unlike the Semipalmateds which vacate US territory in winter, Sanderlings are an abundant winter visitor on our beaches.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjL72D_3RGwnxXpJ2Dd_S4Ptbi2zomD-OLw_oYJxdCBoHfl3h7nrvPiwjxcZYLUVMqIWQyN7nACDbXfpFkQ0FhV6gGEzPV6IqSQ5nJfvJtovV_P2fEZRGiyZm2fBgjbwUvbMVPmQQGANr7/s2000/s+DSC_2945_resize.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1839" data-original-width="2000" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjL72D_3RGwnxXpJ2Dd_S4Ptbi2zomD-OLw_oYJxdCBoHfl3h7nrvPiwjxcZYLUVMqIWQyN7nACDbXfpFkQ0FhV6gGEzPV6IqSQ5nJfvJtovV_P2fEZRGiyZm2fBgjbwUvbMVPmQQGANr7/w640-h588/s+DSC_2945_resize.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>The Sanderling is our palest sandpiper.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN8LWeEeCq-Y3naeyxJt3rXfpRJyUT5YOceTFe9NaH7-JjYXrlcV7YyEJB6nqYprp4AHO2p7vj1CiFo-Mcg4RejEAwovamNSUJguIy9CGmwKawkl27554v8OC0lFvujw9X3BRY9L_kfEJU/s2000/s+DSC_2970_resize.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1945" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN8LWeEeCq-Y3naeyxJt3rXfpRJyUT5YOceTFe9NaH7-JjYXrlcV7YyEJB6nqYprp4AHO2p7vj1CiFo-Mcg4RejEAwovamNSUJguIy9CGmwKawkl27554v8OC0lFvujw9X3BRY9L_kfEJU/w622-h640/s+DSC_2970_resize.jpg" width="622" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In addition to Lake St. Clair, Erie Marsh Preserve is another good venue for shorebirds. The assortment of species is actually richer at this venue; however, this comes at the cost of distance as the shorebirds are much farther out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Short-billed Dowitcher:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOCvPoqiCYAHPxq2EPKgtcTk7Cdy4nhUPpDZy9_bcCg5TGF5jX5lIG-ZJNEFdDmzjRWobUncqKrhilY-hO-JTgw2y7d4ym3lD3r31LsQISrgOyR-uJLVKYDVHPVgStZM1bHaO2ygg0DbqY/s3831/sbd+DSC_5791.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2958" data-original-width="3831" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOCvPoqiCYAHPxq2EPKgtcTk7Cdy4nhUPpDZy9_bcCg5TGF5jX5lIG-ZJNEFdDmzjRWobUncqKrhilY-hO-JTgw2y7d4ym3lD3r31LsQISrgOyR-uJLVKYDVHPVgStZM1bHaO2ygg0DbqY/w640-h494/sbd+DSC_5791.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRibu8XGQPcC3HgwjyihyphenhyphenDJY9ioGvsZybsZeI3uF24EC1RZTps2nS9Yo5cNEnX5kELImV2qyQ_NnuwkMyAlhyphenhyphenfkgIBLLDvCDJ6BG4WIFyFlD6s6ldVtU0cExWWF1ZhyBnwBVswDb13E-pA/s3492/sbd+DSC_5830.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2739" data-original-width="3492" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRibu8XGQPcC3HgwjyihyphenhyphenDJY9ioGvsZybsZeI3uF24EC1RZTps2nS9Yo5cNEnX5kELImV2qyQ_NnuwkMyAlhyphenhyphenfkgIBLLDvCDJ6BG4WIFyFlD6s6ldVtU0cExWWF1ZhyBnwBVswDb13E-pA/w640-h502/sbd+DSC_5830.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This individual shows a fair amount of breeding color as does this Black-bellied Plover seen at the same venue:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJ79rwgmDxm1I04lCAw-o1HS-X9yKSKwz44cHaQnigMiCrCjppwMJNd8yeKghyBnTCvPs2qN_2echcgxMAh7oewIJVogFABwwMiNK74IhpHs43NkGn1f8ZNGnwLkW_hfMJ8UBeirXAAB1/s3019/bpp+DSC_4639.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2150" data-original-width="3019" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJ79rwgmDxm1I04lCAw-o1HS-X9yKSKwz44cHaQnigMiCrCjppwMJNd8yeKghyBnTCvPs2qN_2echcgxMAh7oewIJVogFABwwMiNK74IhpHs43NkGn1f8ZNGnwLkW_hfMJ8UBeirXAAB1/w640-h456/bpp+DSC_4639.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizTreUlVsbmaYyOEMsu_2HbJ9FjntfhryNW-KIQrRhC3qliTLTScYDQVNbiyoqH999KjYQ1qMkxh4ykzO12-B-FtDaqu3P3-x0JOWq5CntwilxaHnMegADMkMhIHIQnPeaFSEVrdzAh9o4/s3105/bbp+DSC_5706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2284" data-original-width="3105" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizTreUlVsbmaYyOEMsu_2HbJ9FjntfhryNW-KIQrRhC3qliTLTScYDQVNbiyoqH999KjYQ1qMkxh4ykzO12-B-FtDaqu3P3-x0JOWq5CntwilxaHnMegADMkMhIHIQnPeaFSEVrdzAh9o4/w640-h470/bbp+DSC_5706.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While Black-bellied Plover may be our largest, the Killdeer is our most familiar:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouXiyd83S_Xc_wg4DZ8CWrQWzrDeChk7hcjqtsPzx5yUVpr7X50Lg5U7nYL59SuuvNDbhmlO-MC3IRxVmlYH-idwuW4Xd7KPUXuW1OrpN18yTf7Db-7tsA57unJCzFEGlNndqfkkuynWr/s3775/kd+DSC_4925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2693" data-original-width="3775" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouXiyd83S_Xc_wg4DZ8CWrQWzrDeChk7hcjqtsPzx5yUVpr7X50Lg5U7nYL59SuuvNDbhmlO-MC3IRxVmlYH-idwuW4Xd7KPUXuW1OrpN18yTf7Db-7tsA57unJCzFEGlNndqfkkuynWr/w640-h456/kd+DSC_4925.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, Semipalmated Plover seen at Lake St. Clair:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyQfH9Yj2DGxzm0h0exsuMR_g3L7UTfbDamr-MY8KMDnZHX24IsTErHgdRxu4_ZcPe80E2ua9gtWzDCMsoY5Id1UyE_Dh8iJs_H7Cz_fCgcZWDHtH-6tXdoD-obLQGB8Cbr1EPpOw0tXG/s4176/spp+0H0A7827.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3831" data-original-width="4176" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyQfH9Yj2DGxzm0h0exsuMR_g3L7UTfbDamr-MY8KMDnZHX24IsTErHgdRxu4_ZcPe80E2ua9gtWzDCMsoY5Id1UyE_Dh8iJs_H7Cz_fCgcZWDHtH-6tXdoD-obLQGB8Cbr1EPpOw0tXG/w640-h588/spp+0H0A7827.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8IMb67HLwvSRQ9rztbRmuKrhaggmJYPVANRVEdT7f1wr28cWjpqQa-JzTypttbxURR0Z7ctqK6occernDLGg4WXEsCSqOo_-h8lOm7XkALfX2cLYIGEyB8fZDAyWdx3yq6NqzOWn0XMd0/s4200/spp+0H0A7956.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Shorebirds excite and enthrall in equal measure -- yet the joy of shorebird observation must be tempered with the very real risk of misidentification. However, for the diligent birder, these pitfalls are naught but badges of courage as they strive to distinguish cryptic plumages, leg coloration and bill shape and droop. Surely, a welcome challenge that presents itself every Fall.</span></p>Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-30816784086001459432020-10-26T23:01:00.004-04:002020-10-26T23:07:28.609-04:00Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: Plovers in Peril<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">[Glen Arbor, Lake Michigan. July 2020]</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This blogger has been fortunate in the many occasions that have afforded observation of wintering plovers at several remarkable shorebird sites in Southwest Florida such as Bunche Beach, Carlos Pointe, Little Estero Lagoon and Tigertail Beach resulting in previous posts such as this <a href="https://www.digitalplumehunter.com/2012/10/coastal-plovers-of-sw-florida.html" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;" target="_blank">one</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Invariably, a sighting of the <a href="https://www.digitalplumehunter.com/2015/02/plovers-plight-and-winter-shorebirds-of.html" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;" target="_blank">Piping Plover</a> among the shorebirds has always been deemed rather special given the multitude of perils they face earning them the unfortunate distinction of being the most endangered among our plover species. Naturally, seeing the Piping Plover at its wintering grounds has inevitably raised the question -- where do these prettiest of American plovers spend their summers?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Research reveals that Piping Plovers have 3 breeding populations in the US: the Atlantic coast, Great Plains and Great Lakes. Of these, the Great Lakes population is the smallest and the most fragile. Accordingly, a trip to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore to see breeding Great Lakes Piping Plover was planned and what ensues is a photographic essay of the area species thus encountered with the centerpiece, of course, belonging deservedly to the Piping Plover.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0PY4LmKCSHghHIofn85oSBRPL0FXhM-T1Yd49vYtXxJ3lr4KN3zHx03n5EL9xF8DreXW7scU5Qrxmy5AgOc1d3jyDrsSTB12nztD3UhoqFgf9y1-ffjoQc9c6fKSOGiZ7t3ZocPf0VId/s2948/pp+DSC_9405.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2900" data-original-width="2948" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO0PY4LmKCSHghHIofn85oSBRPL0FXhM-T1Yd49vYtXxJ3lr4KN3zHx03n5EL9xF8DreXW7scU5Qrxmy5AgOc1d3jyDrsSTB12nztD3UhoqFgf9y1-ffjoQc9c6fKSOGiZ7t3ZocPf0VId/w640-h630/pp+DSC_9405.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">An unbroken collar and headband mark this dainty plover in its breeding prime. Pale underparts and sandy upperparts work in tandem to make it virtually invisible against the sandy shore. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrLP7WRpQiJ59L8lSJGEYXcLJD8QEoomwKgQURPg_WFa_CUCrVWXiUlDSODZ8TyqCpfh4FY3nQivgU7jvF7VK03GR3mmPL2zSLbLBnTOS59MXMR2D2vbP_3p96UPRLbbATdSIW6Rmi4xu0/s3511/pp+DSC_9815.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3511" data-original-width="3414" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrLP7WRpQiJ59L8lSJGEYXcLJD8QEoomwKgQURPg_WFa_CUCrVWXiUlDSODZ8TyqCpfh4FY3nQivgU7jvF7VK03GR3mmPL2zSLbLBnTOS59MXMR2D2vbP_3p96UPRLbbATdSIW6Rmi4xu0/w622-h640/pp+DSC_9815.jpg" width="622" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Flying long distance on their migration route is only one of the the many hazards these plovers face in Spring. Once they arrive at their nesting grounds on the pristine beaches of the Great Lakes, it unfortunately marks the beginning of warmer weather, and with it, commences a relentless plague of further disturbance and harassment. Mindless recreationists, boisterous beachgoers, marauding dogs; charging children -- all vying to inflict the maximum physical and psychological damage on the nesting shorebirds as they seek to outdo each other in the crudity and severity of their antics while the plovers work desperately to secure the safety of the next generation.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSN2Ei_jAcbBYPvZV_q8usBAnM3L5plPazxly-CRZ-Hz9vScCfoV2bYhF2PVBWm48_JakVyn0saZqYzgcRVF4EWHVI4HxCiPAaMXeRLv0ABaSjcONHbielfxtULmU0USq1nhZ3Ione8Nb/s4450/pp+DSC_9220.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3680" data-original-width="4450" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinSN2Ei_jAcbBYPvZV_q8usBAnM3L5plPazxly-CRZ-Hz9vScCfoV2bYhF2PVBWm48_JakVyn0saZqYzgcRVF4EWHVI4HxCiPAaMXeRLv0ABaSjcONHbielfxtULmU0USq1nhZ3Ione8Nb/w640-h530/pp+DSC_9220.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And, here is the fruit of their tender love and care: adorable Piping chicks that look like cottonwool balls on matchsticks. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00Ua9blLSWlVTI8tv2wFBH6DoV3dCzzVqYpQEYBRtgOQKUa5Bz17cgSGUXiE4vMtjg7I_1zbfQK7j9m4mGlrm3qYc8Nip507CGryn0zLfXw2ObyxXnNanjdOUBAQniwHi0Rg-z1Vkbk6f/s4547/pp+DSC_9849.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3332" data-original-width="4547" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00Ua9blLSWlVTI8tv2wFBH6DoV3dCzzVqYpQEYBRtgOQKUa5Bz17cgSGUXiE4vMtjg7I_1zbfQK7j9m4mGlrm3qYc8Nip507CGryn0zLfXw2ObyxXnNanjdOUBAQniwHi0Rg-z1Vkbk6f/w640-h468/pp+DSC_9849.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Farther away from the shore, forested areas were productive for songbirds such as warblers and others.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">First, Canada Warbler: A specialty warbler known for its unparalleled "necklace" of streaks radiating from a </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">black</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> collar.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Other species observed included: Eastern Kingbird:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnft_v6lUCVwvalsfSKs830HEoIpgavy7LGiidXiqB5XoHh4f0tMZEP5GAsTVb7oNmpgqZG0qhlyg_9_R6IU7tdKSPTyImalQ0IIZGfgq8spNcUNfXiT4QhYpbcTssAKDHoLC7gePWOC0E/s3149/kb+DSC_9090.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3149" data-original-width="2741" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnft_v6lUCVwvalsfSKs830HEoIpgavy7LGiidXiqB5XoHh4f0tMZEP5GAsTVb7oNmpgqZG0qhlyg_9_R6IU7tdKSPTyImalQ0IIZGfgq8spNcUNfXiT4QhYpbcTssAKDHoLC7gePWOC0E/w558-h640/kb+DSC_9090.jpg" width="558" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is a familiar tyrant flycatcher known for its bold, aggressive behavior in defending its territory.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiia5fydLBb6joCjf3UW1e-U7opSgpjZkIwz2-1ajE9UJtAO7ckOiGYwf_16tILVViEH6RMlKNQITQjgZGRPoCiDBneJfa7PGIiOsyCVOamKIMqqK7IGKHrBkZgTcygjXxIKCG9NThNmKzU/s4440/kb+DSC_9115.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3332" data-original-width="4440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiia5fydLBb6joCjf3UW1e-U7opSgpjZkIwz2-1ajE9UJtAO7ckOiGYwf_16tILVViEH6RMlKNQITQjgZGRPoCiDBneJfa7PGIiOsyCVOamKIMqqK7IGKHrBkZgTcygjXxIKCG9NThNmKzU/w640-h480/kb+DSC_9115.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWSM5P-9qnZpcraPmy0hDthLa9cxOBZxgP10k2-HVtV402ebo3hlniXMCTy8wM0ATKoM1-wkmvlB2Kedst_RqMu-CGhGEgFMVqLqUXkiaLIseHvlsk9moL7ynuTG3B1aOg4WC9agxUb7g/s4115/ekb+DSC_9155.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3065" data-original-width="4115" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCWSM5P-9qnZpcraPmy0hDthLa9cxOBZxgP10k2-HVtV402ebo3hlniXMCTy8wM0ATKoM1-wkmvlB2Kedst_RqMu-CGhGEgFMVqLqUXkiaLIseHvlsk9moL7ynuTG3B1aOg4WC9agxUb7g/w640-h476/ekb+DSC_9155.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">White-throated Sparrow:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGfCsDioIQfb_WPBfcIW_ueDFCcBcjLUYxdHz-nvjERgYdzCDgOwqTbtKr9DtvvWAnqG5pihobG7UWJDCKeti0YgEGca5OQJ_hmvlPBYyZGNjERdiZWAlWaASJqQOYhDDAHLAxImFp_dc/s4107/wts+7R5A1913.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3501" data-original-width="4107" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGfCsDioIQfb_WPBfcIW_ueDFCcBcjLUYxdHz-nvjERgYdzCDgOwqTbtKr9DtvvWAnqG5pihobG7UWJDCKeti0YgEGca5OQJ_hmvlPBYyZGNjERdiZWAlWaASJqQOYhDDAHLAxImFp_dc/w640-h546/wts+7R5A1913.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">This sparrow was singing the new version of its song as profiled in this <a href="https://www.audubon.org/news/how-white-throated-sparrows-new-tune-went-viral" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;" target="_blank">article</a>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On the drive back from Lake Michigan, we passed through the fabled nesting territory of Kirtland's Warbler:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpg6a9Mt-A59a-F7gJZpZph6zXEZ1gwR2KPR2hLnQb8vw4Y7ZNHlieEmhYlJwUxIkkV8x5UhIFG6DHC0PWSIgC7qvWolFbZre7vY5C_2HUtTQaZJh1Pknu-odsyJ09gxCaV2jGuTADNCu8/s4620/kw+DSC_2120.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3463" data-original-width="4620" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpg6a9Mt-A59a-F7gJZpZph6zXEZ1gwR2KPR2hLnQb8vw4Y7ZNHlieEmhYlJwUxIkkV8x5UhIFG6DHC0PWSIgC7qvWolFbZre7vY5C_2HUtTQaZJh1Pknu-odsyJ09gxCaV2jGuTADNCu8/w640-h480/kw+DSC_2120.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghp-1VlD-5gHKykwzS_WtkWQjnygo9HWKs1jGiRFTac8L-ktDdnRbKqrbHCfNrRLrXUeqAxw2xO8giy3LTge1jjp5xvFtEf_Z67q-n-RuBFgf6Nbb2e_3YRkw44nzgpBaD8hzB0nFbjQex/s3994/kw+DSC_2161.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3618" data-original-width="3994" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghp-1VlD-5gHKykwzS_WtkWQjnygo9HWKs1jGiRFTac8L-ktDdnRbKqrbHCfNrRLrXUeqAxw2xO8giy3LTge1jjp5xvFtEf_Z67q-n-RuBFgf6Nbb2e_3YRkw44nzgpBaD8hzB0nFbjQex/w640-h580/kw+DSC_2161.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Coincidentally, one of the things the Kirtland's shares with Piping Plover is the choice of wintering grounds -- the Bahamas. While the latter also overwinters on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, the entire global population of Kirtland's warbler is found in the Bahamas in winter.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKYa03EMTT2zN83jLIWWGd1P7UIlpQrkXAHW1OrK_NxfRMW-YeaaqwCTgpjogwrigGypuQtpijaONDdUugOfCIPKXLesmMWXXbeNEZl_OVtvLZgw5p4qIAyBcoVaD9SBpfue49qlKJ0Jwq/s4676/kw+DSC_2285.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3420" data-original-width="4676" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKYa03EMTT2zN83jLIWWGd1P7UIlpQrkXAHW1OrK_NxfRMW-YeaaqwCTgpjogwrigGypuQtpijaONDdUugOfCIPKXLesmMWXXbeNEZl_OVtvLZgw5p4qIAyBcoVaD9SBpfue49qlKJ0Jwq/w640-h468/kw+DSC_2285.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>The male was seen in close vicinity of the female as well.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiCcQfkXAkBO4SMvIn4UiiEx_siV6flb8t27K8HDFJZ8dJjuVFWRqjJsyXzE7iw0PHK8LdJWKBxY5NxtE2ejUM423oN7CgpFBwGxd6yyWNxGx5ptwqr_AKFT6CxZUl7cn67R_6J7fwWg5/s4094/kw+DSC_2431.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3937" data-original-width="4094" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiCcQfkXAkBO4SMvIn4UiiEx_siV6flb8t27K8HDFJZ8dJjuVFWRqjJsyXzE7iw0PHK8LdJWKBxY5NxtE2ejUM423oN7CgpFBwGxd6yyWNxGx5ptwqr_AKFT6CxZUl7cn67R_6J7fwWg5/w640-h616/kw+DSC_2431.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Great Lakes are deserving of the epithet "Great" not because of their enormity but because of the critical habitats they provide to iconic species that are nourished under their protection. And, nothing personifies the unique ecology of the region than the American crown jewel of plovers: the Piping Plover.</span></div></div><br />Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-84873147666581201372020-10-14T19:59:00.007-04:002020-11-01T22:43:03.824-05:00A Decade in the Making: To See All US Warblers!<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">[US states and territories. 2007 to 2019]</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This blogger's first warbler Lifer was a Yellow Warbler observed on May 12th, 2007 in Michigan. But it wasn't until 2010 (barring a wintering Black-and-white lifer seen in Southwest Florida in 2009), that a maiden May trip to Magee Marsh resulted in the following 6 additional Lifers:</span></p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Chestnut-sided</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Black-throated Blue</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blackpoll</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Magnolia</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">American Redstart</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Canada Warbler</span></li></ol><span style="font-family: verdana;">The magic of warbler mania at Magee in 2010 was addictive and this migration hotspot became firmly cemented as an annual rite of Spring on this blogger's birding calendar. </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Having taken 3 years to get to 8, the lifers would steadily accumulate by 47 more warblers over a long period of nine years. When the lifelist </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">finally</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">hit 55 warblers by 2019, it marked the glorious culmination of a quest to photodocument all regularly occurring warblers in the US. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Indeed, this goal was substantially complete by </span><a href="https://www.digitalplumehunter.com/2013/12/my-big-warbler-year.html" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="background-color: #cccccc;">2013</b></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> but the last few stragglers remained elusive; and, the final capstone warbler species -- the notorious Connecticut Warbler -- finally relented by offering a quick observation opportunity in 2019. As the archetypical nemesis bird, the Connecticut sighting broke a 3-year curse of zero warbler lifers in 2016, 2017 and 2018. </span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">How did this quest unfold? Many species can be observed in migration at Magee Marsh (Northwest Ohio). However, many others demand unqualified obeisance on their own turf. Trips were planned and travel ensued to San Antonio, TX (Golden-cheeked), Southern Virginia (Swainson's), the Chisos Mountains (Colima), the Arizona Sky Islands (Red-faced Warbler, Olive Warbler and other specialties), Alaska (Orange-crowned) and Puerto Rico (Adelaide's and Elfin-woods). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The tally by Warbler lifers by year:</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">2007: 1 lifer </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">2009: 1 lifer</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">2010: 7 lifers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">2011: 11 lifers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>2012: 14 </span>lifers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>2013: 15 </span>lifers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>2014: 3 </span>lifers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>2015: 2 </span>lifers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">2016: 0</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">2017: 0</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">2018: 0</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>2019: 1 </span>lifer</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">And, here is the detail on </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">how we got here:</span></div><div><br /></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" dir="ltr" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; table-layout: fixed; width: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><colgroup><col width="44"></col><col width="133"></col><col width="100"></col><col width="137"></col><col width="100"></col><col width="100"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"#"}" style="background-color: #d9d9d9; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">#</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Species"}" style="background-color: #d9d9d9; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Species</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1st Seen Date"}" style="background-color: #d9d9d9; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">1st Seen Date</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Location"}" style="background-color: #d9d9d9; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Location</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Warbler Lifers in the Year"}" style="background-color: #d9d9d9; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Warbler Lifers in the Year</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Year"}" style="background-color: #d9d9d9; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Year</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Yellow"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Yellow</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":39203}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2007</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Seven Ponds, MI"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Seven Ponds, MI</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2007}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2007</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Black-and-white"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Black-and-white</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":39814}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1/2009</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Corkscrew, FL"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Corkscrew, FL</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2009}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2009</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Chestnut-sided"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Chestnut-sided</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":40299}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2010</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">4</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Black-throated Blue"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Black-throated Blue</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":40299}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2010</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">5</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Blackpoll"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Blackpoll</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":40299}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2010</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">6</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magnolia"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magnolia</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":40299}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2010</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">7</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"American Redstart"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">American Redstart</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":40299}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2010</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":8}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">8</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Canada Warbler"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Canada Warbler</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":40299}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2010</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":9}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">9</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Palm"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Palm</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":40452}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">10/2010</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Carlos Pointe, FL"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Carlos Pointe, FL</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2010}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2010</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Common Yellowthroat"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Common Yellowthroat</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":40634}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4/2011</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"El Moro, CA"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">El Moro, CA</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":11}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">11</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Bay-breasted "}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Bay-breasted</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":40664}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2011</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Black-throated Green"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Black-throated Green</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":40664}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2011</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":13}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">13</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Blackburnian"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Blackburnian</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":40664}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2011</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Cape May"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Cape May</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":40664}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2011</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Nashville"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Nashville</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":40664}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2011</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Northern Parula"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Northern Parula</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":40664}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2011</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Northern Waterthrush"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Northern Waterthrush</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":40664}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2011</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Ovenbird"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Ovenbird</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":40664}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2011</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":19}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">19</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Prothonotary"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Prothonotary</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":40664}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2011</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":20}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">20</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Pine"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Pine</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":40848}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">11/2011</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Corkscrew, FL"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Corkscrew, FL</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":11}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">11</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2011}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2011</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":21}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">21</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Hooded"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Hooded</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41000}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4/2012</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":22}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">22</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Louisiana"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Louisiana</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41000}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4/2012</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Corkscrew, FL"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Corkscrew, FL</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":23}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">23</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Myrtle"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Myrtle</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41000}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4/2012</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":24}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">24</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Kirtland's"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Kirtland's</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41030}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2012</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":25}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">25</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Tennessee"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Tennessee</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41030}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2012</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":26}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">26</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Wilson's"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Wilson's</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41030}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2012</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":27}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">27</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Blue-winged"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Blue-winged</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41061}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6/2012</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Port Huron SGA, MI"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Port Huron SGA, MI</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":28}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">28</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Mourning"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Mourning</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41061}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6/2012</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Port Huron SGA, MI"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Port Huron SGA, MI</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":29}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">29</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Prairie"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Prairie</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41061}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6/2012</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Corkscrew, FL"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Corkscrew, FL</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":30}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">30</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Orange-crowned"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Orange-crowned</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41091}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7/2012</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Anchorage, AK"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Anchorage, AK</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":31}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">31</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Audubon's"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Audubon's</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41214}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">11/2012</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Pillar Pt, CA"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Pillar Pt, CA</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":32}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">32</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Yellow-throated"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Yellow-throated</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41214}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">11/2012</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Corkscrew, FL"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Corkscrew, FL</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":33}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">33</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Black-throated Grey"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Black-throated Grey</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41244}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">12/2012</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sabino Canyon, AZ"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Sabino Canyon, AZ</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":34}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">34</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Painted Redstart"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Painted Redstart</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41244}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">12/2012</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sabino Canyon, AZ"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Sabino Canyon, AZ</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2012}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2012</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":35}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">35</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Lucy's"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Lucy's</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41334}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3/2013</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sabino Canyon, AZ"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Sabino Canyon, AZ</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":36}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">36</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Grace's"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Grace's</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41365}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4/2013</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Mt. Lemmon, AZ"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Mt. Lemmon, AZ</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":37}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">37</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Olive"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Olive</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41365}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4/2013</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Mt. Lemmon, AZ"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Mt. Lemmon, AZ</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":38}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">38</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Cerulean"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Cerulean</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41395}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2013</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":39}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">39</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Golden-winged"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Golden-winged</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41395}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2013</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":40}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">40</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Hermit"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Hermit</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41395}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2013</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Mt. Ord, AZ"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Mt. Ord, AZ</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">41</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Kentucky"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Kentucky</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41395}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2013</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":42}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">42</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Red-faced"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Red-faced</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41395}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2013</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Mt. Lemmon, AZ"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Mt. Lemmon, AZ</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":43}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">43</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Townsend's"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Townsend's</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41395}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2013</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Mt. Ord, AZ"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Mt. Ord, AZ</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":44}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">44</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Virginia's"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Virginia's</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41395}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2013</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Mt. Ord, AZ"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Mt. Ord, AZ</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":45}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">45</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Worm-eating"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Worm-eating</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41395}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2013</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":46}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">46</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Yellow-breasted Chat"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Yellow-breasted Chat</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41456}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7/2013</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Big Bend, TX"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Big Bend, TX</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":47}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">47</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Adelaide's"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Adelaide's</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41518}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">9/2013</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Cabo Rojo, PR"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Cabo Rojo, PR</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":48}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">48</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"MacGillivray's"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">MacGillivray's</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41518}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">9/2013</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sweetwater Wetlands, AZ"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Sweetwater Wetlands, AZ</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":49}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">49</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Elfin Woods"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Elfin Woods</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41548}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">10/2013</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Maricao, PR"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Maricao, PR</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2013}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2013</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":50}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">50</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Swainson's"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Swainson's</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41730}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4/2014</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Great Dismal Swamp, VA"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Great Dismal Swamp, VA</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":51}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">51</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Colima"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Colima</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41791}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6/2014</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Big Bend, TX"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Big Bend, TX</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":52}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">52</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Golden-cheeked"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Golden-cheeked</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":41791}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6/2014</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"San Antonio, TX"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">San Antonio, TX</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2014}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2014</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":53}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">53</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Lawrence's"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Lawrence's</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":42125}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2015</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Port Huron SGA, MI"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Port Huron SGA, MI</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":54}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">54</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Brewster's"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Brewster's</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":42156}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6/2015</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Port Huron SGA, MI"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Port Huron SGA, MI</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2015}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2015</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]+1" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":55}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">55</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Connecticut"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Connecticut</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"m/yyyy","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":43586}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5/2019</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Magee Marsh, OH"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Magee Marsh, OH</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2019}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2019</td></tr></tbody></table></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Note: these were all found on US territory (Adelaide's and Elfin-woods are in Puerto Rico). Some warblers are no longer placed in <i>Parulidae</i> (eg., Olive, Yellow-breasted Chat) while some are considered subspecies but once had full-species status (ie., Myrtle and Audubon's) and finally, some are hybrids (Brewster's and Lawrence's).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Among acclaimed birding personalities, some have seen all species in their home state; others, their home country; still others have towering lifelists that span the globe. In humble comparison, photodocumenting all 55 US warbler species is no feat of mastery, yet in its own meager way, it is nevertheless a notable, perhaps even celebratable, marker in this blogger's pursuit of a passion in birding. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thus, without further ado, we now present the 55 in alphabetical order (see also the blogger's Flickr <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/39289133@N07/albums/72157704709369604" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b style="background-color: #eeeeee;">album</b></a>):</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Adelaide's</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPrf_xaraPRfdNBbpXA9tLmAY2lDPlVyicSLH3D6R-RpD5jrLfqYOclKsJVAdtX7K6sUp18uyWEhT68QAYBVB1xNHaYqOd4rpeoxgqXo6BPC1Tc7W60AvdakmoFb9EyU6pdCgyYTnnU74/s2048/adelaides-warbler_32475271918_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1493" data-original-width="2048" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuPrf_xaraPRfdNBbpXA9tLmAY2lDPlVyicSLH3D6R-RpD5jrLfqYOclKsJVAdtX7K6sUp18uyWEhT68QAYBVB1xNHaYqOd4rpeoxgqXo6BPC1Tc7W60AvdakmoFb9EyU6pdCgyYTnnU74/w640-h466/adelaides-warbler_32475271918_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixK5wRtpIPDv0_FORLxe6a8NPcwY250Cwiv3lYywPH8gtSSSKML9Tcw-KDpPAHi9z6RAHWKQOIUjEifS7NsXNR6CSxS7DaPbeLQ5zmyMv2pEssmXgEn00Wt3VW8JsWGgrINpdE_a1Hbgx1/s2048/adelaides-warbler_32475272698_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="2048" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixK5wRtpIPDv0_FORLxe6a8NPcwY250Cwiv3lYywPH8gtSSSKML9Tcw-KDpPAHi9z6RAHWKQOIUjEifS7NsXNR6CSxS7DaPbeLQ5zmyMv2pEssmXgEn00Wt3VW8JsWGgrINpdE_a1Hbgx1/w640-h420/adelaides-warbler_32475272698_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">American Redstart<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="2048" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZn0bpHPrBKhf3r8KfhyphenhyphenAZFmYCKBLnm92GTpJ-VTntE3LM1Dd3bl2UcXQH3E9Ynjf5JLZn9TNkYevGAmpqowWwRoq1aUP9rlOcb3vBfBhtuDtw-LkX0XJmGwy9bDi-7pT349zki3V2ul6A/w640-h512/american-redstart_32475271058_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Audubon's<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikg0M5puxGb4i9zbBtlH46okVWcxlIGbwZtu4LCySTkMAWH1YPuXk_KGuVkbpRfBiugWjCk8vJlgMAQzDi70HIsqBjWfRfEtT16E_tx6cTAmMecuf9jRtiBgLLLGsREeHxONTCyqfFYxIL/s2048/audubons-warbler_8668453365_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1933" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikg0M5puxGb4i9zbBtlH46okVWcxlIGbwZtu4LCySTkMAWH1YPuXk_KGuVkbpRfBiugWjCk8vJlgMAQzDi70HIsqBjWfRfEtT16E_tx6cTAmMecuf9jRtiBgLLLGsREeHxONTCyqfFYxIL/w604-h640/audubons-warbler_8668453365_o.jpg" width="604" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1685" data-original-width="2048" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWfX3Fa46YpwswKJ-iU5EMpw-AtBTnmzLjax5ZMbwrPHQIRR-liEQby-BaMthbAZ51TqLQ1kAgeRIrKn78Cj-l0TwcV9ikjcjCg_vtcS5mAh0wkIVuf2XtkEr6I4oQLkq-E7x3hmQaRCN/w640-h526/black-and-whtie-warbler_45623932934_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Black-throated Blue<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxpTcqQsGMHrSgTyE_PvjOP17lb2m7K2W7rAYC2WuNKDR2Y2tQ6ozX6yOUrqqRCdN_4KME-TW-60KMUqPr8_jPXlwYxDLaZIRbwIoCjZEr52FtqA6YYmy6On4OFycR5Huxw_cOFW4S_yGL/s2048/black-throated-blue-warbler_45623924744_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="2048" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxpTcqQsGMHrSgTyE_PvjOP17lb2m7K2W7rAYC2WuNKDR2Y2tQ6ozX6yOUrqqRCdN_4KME-TW-60KMUqPr8_jPXlwYxDLaZIRbwIoCjZEr52FtqA6YYmy6On4OFycR5Huxw_cOFW4S_yGL/w640-h512/black-throated-blue-warbler_45623924744_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="2048" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiPSEX9biIaUOZ6zByG2npSrQDkjWbaK6SAqtfi-jLtB4AgYDMSieFs5C5waErZ4iRlBnIfD7wOjM1qBRD42DafCTxidS30jkPvUZh2iPgjfOwuIwOXgNO-3BddF7thKmIvT7ikWWMxbF/w640-h512/hooded-warbler_45665865264_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCM4Sg9FjKORmY54MePBDpRZccQjVzQwXuJRDNm3wsepbQO68IFsuhah28isfEtqFS1JUJIMaI38D5cFu60OdwfaaW-JJmF2bVFXgiAsRSOdkf1YR7HHZZ6VwYVJ46N5AN7ACUZdK6W2iH/s2048/hooded-warbler_45665866074_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1811" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCM4Sg9FjKORmY54MePBDpRZccQjVzQwXuJRDNm3wsepbQO68IFsuhah28isfEtqFS1JUJIMaI38D5cFu60OdwfaaW-JJmF2bVFXgiAsRSOdkf1YR7HHZZ6VwYVJ46N5AN7ACUZdK6W2iH/w566-h640/hooded-warbler_45665866074_o.jpg" width="566" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kentucky<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxOGneD4qAVSAFc2Y-ysX4fcfLk50hCiXSgCBWgkdAon_e_WhHQ80sa1YqLpsrVl3TWd6xfBLvmxjXvnkP5PmVsy47rGfCKRPGruz3CqtB48pekU4GbGw71PwNANz0NRT5Wt9zSHV1aAw/s2048/kentucky-warbler_44572172840_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxOGneD4qAVSAFc2Y-ysX4fcfLk50hCiXSgCBWgkdAon_e_WhHQ80sa1YqLpsrVl3TWd6xfBLvmxjXvnkP5PmVsy47rGfCKRPGruz3CqtB48pekU4GbGw71PwNANz0NRT5Wt9zSHV1aAw/w640-h426/kentucky-warbler_44572172840_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5vpNCRpPjhV-jmRgkkWyOj5B3G2lcosn5J5PGiwjuR7ZQBTE3wROfJMi8z7lHe_zUNw4y4PlF1AT6gQwUN8fIRvpzZnvwY-Ku3O6x1gr5xImeUFq5kHv_Yjke5tkDez_INkjL89OS42R/s2048/kentucky-warbler_46389191581_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="2048" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5vpNCRpPjhV-jmRgkkWyOj5B3G2lcosn5J5PGiwjuR7ZQBTE3wROfJMi8z7lHe_zUNw4y4PlF1AT6gQwUN8fIRvpzZnvwY-Ku3O6x1gr5xImeUFq5kHv_Yjke5tkDez_INkjL89OS42R/w640-h512/kentucky-warbler_46389191581_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kirtland's<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQhjVmewhhiuuLxLFRXAH4RITnag6Db426uuXODwTgysZbFjL3okd54QZ-Mm-5kViFRR0sME3Nl2kTNOdllW4z1L0yP3nJBPUrjgLnTKWaD8mM26mn8smKSEMdRXNiKjG0-TmfWv_vcm1-/s2048/kirtlands-warbler_44572166500_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1717" data-original-width="2048" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQhjVmewhhiuuLxLFRXAH4RITnag6Db426uuXODwTgysZbFjL3okd54QZ-Mm-5kViFRR0sME3Nl2kTNOdllW4z1L0yP3nJBPUrjgLnTKWaD8mM26mn8smKSEMdRXNiKjG0-TmfWv_vcm1-/w640-h536/kirtlands-warbler_44572166500_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbSJPf5nYBXi1NR9491qyPFbRHMASP4j4mfL6vDQOdHjGMgXcfrjhb1PUpy_46fpwf7K7sTSFslLJLP4gnALIET8lilv-8OOugJKj3ompPOMt4SeRK2J1QbVFJ-lhUASjVDrirdaNHfcT/s2048/kirtlands-warbler_44572171530_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbSJPf5nYBXi1NR9491qyPFbRHMASP4j4mfL6vDQOdHjGMgXcfrjhb1PUpy_46fpwf7K7sTSFslLJLP4gnALIET8lilv-8OOugJKj3ompPOMt4SeRK2J1QbVFJ-lhUASjVDrirdaNHfcT/w640-h426/kirtlands-warbler_44572171530_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lawrence's<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eJK9T6yD1PBABD6vKYoF89CKEij1G61SiKxZQF00NooVY-H0mYZbrPTiDYWFm0dTz8ds6hNmLdsjxHTP6xdGVeZ4q2mpglYcwOWNh0hyphenhyphenBjngniGSNI0RNXNjTZZeaJOQzeGdzvUEjjWf/s2048/lawrences-warbler_18976057109_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2032" data-original-width="2048" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eJK9T6yD1PBABD6vKYoF89CKEij1G61SiKxZQF00NooVY-H0mYZbrPTiDYWFm0dTz8ds6hNmLdsjxHTP6xdGVeZ4q2mpglYcwOWNh0hyphenhyphenBjngniGSNI0RNXNjTZZeaJOQzeGdzvUEjjWf/w640-h636/lawrences-warbler_18976057109_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixru54xHwxKGByQ_aeWCA8KGFaxaE_SDr6RQt3iD0spe1rE2Doff6G7hTn7EYuuh38attamtI3IPP9wWgbWmes7QeleniPc5zP8U27-Y88mqKlX_qm3lYJ5iVbDyDIO_dOcShCpxBu4XS6/s2048/lawrences-warbler_19162184275_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="2048" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixru54xHwxKGByQ_aeWCA8KGFaxaE_SDr6RQt3iD0spe1rE2Doff6G7hTn7EYuuh38attamtI3IPP9wWgbWmes7QeleniPc5zP8U27-Y88mqKlX_qm3lYJ5iVbDyDIO_dOcShCpxBu4XS6/w640-h532/lawrences-warbler_19162184275_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Louisiana Waterthrush<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKzAsQoZxICF5NxgGzcf-k_yzwup4V3hh-dWWL019QXgiOKplfOAA7CIQpf-T04_EfUKA3Ew3hkA7RdSkS_ZtTqkbi60MHcrdiLPdEs3_oRea7AP9HM-6pKPBPUwqPsyJn7el7xewaqWJ/s2048/louisiana-waterthrush_31449748127_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1459" data-original-width="2048" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKzAsQoZxICF5NxgGzcf-k_yzwup4V3hh-dWWL019QXgiOKplfOAA7CIQpf-T04_EfUKA3Ew3hkA7RdSkS_ZtTqkbi60MHcrdiLPdEs3_oRea7AP9HM-6pKPBPUwqPsyJn7el7xewaqWJ/w640-h456/louisiana-waterthrush_31449748127_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvmZFWTxPj6HCS2FtWCG7qK9cumK1bd8TfX6phH1gMZk6hejV13B4Z1W_KLhh5lpidH67UGlpdgyo4XnmDngtA-QB7hfNEx_L7-n0N6eLA68ChGYEFy7qYLaGjj-Hc-N0wRI8ffegiaSm/s2048/louisiana-waterthrush_31449753697_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvmZFWTxPj6HCS2FtWCG7qK9cumK1bd8TfX6phH1gMZk6hejV13B4Z1W_KLhh5lpidH67UGlpdgyo4XnmDngtA-QB7hfNEx_L7-n0N6eLA68ChGYEFy7qYLaGjj-Hc-N0wRI8ffegiaSm/w640-h426/louisiana-waterthrush_31449753697_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lucy's<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJshoHmeRgn78lSVFFY44Iblrk5iswEsQFywns7bgX3vTP7dOOy2yykrAvNwj8dMzrv1NTJH9_6xCIua-3bUxdwyi34cxQ6RgufTkgaFqO3lvl48zaXYFDOlyS2eD-KP-cj0r6ILfWmQE6/s2048/lucys-warbler_31449743137_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1823" data-original-width="2048" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJshoHmeRgn78lSVFFY44Iblrk5iswEsQFywns7bgX3vTP7dOOy2yykrAvNwj8dMzrv1NTJH9_6xCIua-3bUxdwyi34cxQ6RgufTkgaFqO3lvl48zaXYFDOlyS2eD-KP-cj0r6ILfWmQE6/w640-h570/lucys-warbler_31449743137_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-d3OtwAmiUThPP0OZktsWjSYLZpau8gZGuPlSmegs-uNJUF9u2OwX-gN6k-cVw1Hs9wjwbd0EjQuJmApXdlBw4f9LBi2WvVtoQQ-lmbc453ravzGy7UpBb-QP7pGLikFSzQfmnlHCDNJ/s2048/lucys-warbler_31449743277_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1940" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-d3OtwAmiUThPP0OZktsWjSYLZpau8gZGuPlSmegs-uNJUF9u2OwX-gN6k-cVw1Hs9wjwbd0EjQuJmApXdlBw4f9LBi2WvVtoQQ-lmbc453ravzGy7UpBb-QP7pGLikFSzQfmnlHCDNJ/w606-h640/lucys-warbler_31449743277_o.jpg" width="606" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">MacGillivray's<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMZbfkZWdL3YBWnvp9sp2I4MaoHGPvvrW7wMAi6pQb2wAXYVppMC-FC5uiLKucSyIUJg1k1mjV2UxiLmzdW5m8AIisLFmbfjrunNxeBdUs6JwU7A3_Kr16uwA8l7tBGZ_tm34d65qPucb/s2048/macgillivrays-warbler_45665902514_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1664" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMZbfkZWdL3YBWnvp9sp2I4MaoHGPvvrW7wMAi6pQb2wAXYVppMC-FC5uiLKucSyIUJg1k1mjV2UxiLmzdW5m8AIisLFmbfjrunNxeBdUs6JwU7A3_Kr16uwA8l7tBGZ_tm34d65qPucb/w520-h640/macgillivrays-warbler_45665902514_o.jpg" width="520" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXKKJSXTmoEa0oOG9j4PRjzH03GqUSHUmb5BQniytuzDdF3p95xIOQA-u6kte68q2tHLjf0AMi5wq_nHbP30TNwxY3_piFbDioXZElTx3xo-UbGaDG1ZZ_zqDZjkAnXFWZtZVvZExdYOS/s2048/macgillivrays-warbler_45665902984_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1597" data-original-width="2048" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXKKJSXTmoEa0oOG9j4PRjzH03GqUSHUmb5BQniytuzDdF3p95xIOQA-u6kte68q2tHLjf0AMi5wq_nHbP30TNwxY3_piFbDioXZElTx3xo-UbGaDG1ZZ_zqDZjkAnXFWZtZVvZExdYOS/w640-h500/macgillivrays-warbler_45665902984_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Magnolia<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KuZ7GlceOcSoHsKe5kxexnd5NAZC8Y3XejuglhWRQqsN260STeipoG9aKkJttBn3RqJSPChzQV8TiZpHEf6H0aCMeJhJGHeGRnG3JBfdcS2N-1gAFYLfvzalMq8amEAwxsKHL1eLYG03/s2048/magnolia-warbler_31449761887_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1637" data-original-width="2048" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KuZ7GlceOcSoHsKe5kxexnd5NAZC8Y3XejuglhWRQqsN260STeipoG9aKkJttBn3RqJSPChzQV8TiZpHEf6H0aCMeJhJGHeGRnG3JBfdcS2N-1gAFYLfvzalMq8amEAwxsKHL1eLYG03/w640-h512/magnolia-warbler_31449761887_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnT2M8zefVAQ1RAKSUrlbQRvKz1KfjWg9XMv9A1lWugiTzOMeEqdtnVZPyVLrOzee7HuFyroP_TOUG8zojKBYeXjSOxy7VhQduyc-t8RFysAq470FrRgaRmpGsO4WMSiwt5Uuv0nDPd1rG/s2048/magnolia-warbler_45476659355_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1543" data-original-width="2048" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnT2M8zefVAQ1RAKSUrlbQRvKz1KfjWg9XMv9A1lWugiTzOMeEqdtnVZPyVLrOzee7HuFyroP_TOUG8zojKBYeXjSOxy7VhQduyc-t8RFysAq470FrRgaRmpGsO4WMSiwt5Uuv0nDPd1rG/w640-h482/magnolia-warbler_45476659355_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mourning<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7EuFS8p6G6d3XYt9tmX62pOJMIVhCZrChc_81XgXRV1NL63R49es-SJnvMafQJnmtv9I-9qB_38bIIKqiGozOGX5uwdcm6-Hbcxrl9_hQ1owSHqVcHaRqRMz4FgGAcM5JLZIVdgtAUPO/s2048/mourning-warbler_45476660265_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7EuFS8p6G6d3XYt9tmX62pOJMIVhCZrChc_81XgXRV1NL63R49es-SJnvMafQJnmtv9I-9qB_38bIIKqiGozOGX5uwdcm6-Hbcxrl9_hQ1owSHqVcHaRqRMz4FgGAcM5JLZIVdgtAUPO/w640-h480/mourning-warbler_45476660265_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="2048" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOS-FzeQSwlDsYsJfQAQkwGme75JxwnZfyCjVcujNYMlznJPC-sZlBS8Rh2BZq9pCoLR4JGtATGIxr5QGLVwbXdh1rThbfC3MY4MBcCLC188RFjdPUmrWiqPIQRgChKIJboHKLT8O0L5rH/w640-h512/virginias-warbler_45527743265_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wilson's<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvRytsdRdGU29Az4SBquXUHx9DlJ4mPMOBIbFUy1fJWGNi8HrVdbeNVPxyM5DAJKs57oKga_O-In51QmjlNthrMBjgin3foVr5ehH6tAjsB9Jfoy7S-aKmwe-8l8SkKNsYQAAzj8fC9jD/s2048/wilsons-warbler_45527745285_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvRytsdRdGU29Az4SBquXUHx9DlJ4mPMOBIbFUy1fJWGNi8HrVdbeNVPxyM5DAJKs57oKga_O-In51QmjlNthrMBjgin3foVr5ehH6tAjsB9Jfoy7S-aKmwe-8l8SkKNsYQAAzj8fC9jD/w640-h426/wilsons-warbler_45527745285_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1828" data-original-width="2048" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruQzmCBk9jSQd-YEgKbWnT8NZIPvZOlQiHAVEFceFj6cLYf-zeOjo4JNxydySOjTSt8CGTHwYLCZMToDA2xzy8lJlW3Ym5ptmJaPpvv62ghhG5RqDW1R9Lv_QM8N3BvPI0TQH-vL7rMsG/w640-h572/yellow-warbler_45527749925_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIQ0DcETMA_ukBFdTLxWDY3ymjApqQPW9XVp5IXvkBAEdbbPCGVA6rskUH5Z-TNcpyvJbPgkWeWVx2gLvjFggouuGYi4gKUwCCHZyz1XD7_N5J8cRLeee2itij5vRWYH7jWGcc-k4oQ6d/s2048/yellow-warbler_45527751925_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1478" data-original-width="2048" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIQ0DcETMA_ukBFdTLxWDY3ymjApqQPW9XVp5IXvkBAEdbbPCGVA6rskUH5Z-TNcpyvJbPgkWeWVx2gLvjFggouuGYi4gKUwCCHZyz1XD7_N5J8cRLeee2itij5vRWYH7jWGcc-k4oQ6d/w640-h462/yellow-warbler_45527751925_o.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />While passion can fuel such a quest, it must be kept in mind that birding as a process and activity cannot be circumscribed by mere metrics or milestones. Nevertheless, a goal, however inconsequential it may appear to others, can hold tremendous significance in one's own birding development. And, such was indeed the case with the observation of this blogger's 55th warbler -- a Connecticut -- which marked the culmination of a long cherished quest to see all warbler species in the US. </span></div></div>Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-86844504083638451352020-10-10T15:01:00.007-04:002020-10-11T12:29:13.873-04:00Pandemic Pandemonium: Spring at Lake St. Clair<div style="text-align: left;"><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">[Michigan. Spring, 2020]</span></span></h4></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2020. The year of the pandemic. A year that will live in infamy with the corona virus having ravaged every people on the planet with devastating effect. The loss of lives, livelihoods and unprecedented disruption shall indelibly mark humankind's collective trauma for years to come. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In comparison therefore, the loss of access to a favorite Spring migration venue -- Magee Marsh -- must seem trivial in comparison. Yet, Spring _is_ Christmas for birders; a season that gifts nature's feathered bounty on the yearning, birding faithful. In benign consequence, the closure of Magee Marsh pushed this blogger to avail </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">intensely</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">of other birding opportunities in pursuit of avian gold. And, in North America, avian gold is measured in warblers -- the delightful and desirable assortment of neotropical species belonging to the </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">parulidae</i><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We shall highlight the season's sightings in roughly chronological order with a focus on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_St._Clair_Metropark" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: #cccccc;">Lake St. Clair</a> and its environs in Macomb County, Michigan. April and early May bring the first migrants: Myrtle, Yellow, Common Yellowthroat and Palm Warblers:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlb48-co3CTbuKURGohYNi3I6rowScVecoIjwxxR0LtJbqITzdHarxfjLFP3bxbrbAz5LeUXFQiChcyHn8VDrOLXguMIlQ_LTLPrqllbwnwhdcUXzm2iUu4xu_4rZvRoiODAEh4o3xinL7/s3720/yrw+DSC_7546.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2640" data-original-width="3720" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlb48-co3CTbuKURGohYNi3I6rowScVecoIjwxxR0LtJbqITzdHarxfjLFP3bxbrbAz5LeUXFQiChcyHn8VDrOLXguMIlQ_LTLPrqllbwnwhdcUXzm2iUu4xu_4rZvRoiODAEh4o3xinL7/w640-h454/yrw+DSC_7546.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbZ77mv-yA6-KnyXo3GLyOS7J73fR2UJew2YCLA2sCSXjr90mm17qKaRbVi99HDRdJHCQBmG7ivp1WvXmzCRlPg_MSug_XVxDnpyG-gzEcxdpOhYq1nKM3uRhq1KCkyFDOcVexMSFKstb/s4311/yrw2+0H0A8500.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3710" data-original-width="4311" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbZ77mv-yA6-KnyXo3GLyOS7J73fR2UJew2YCLA2sCSXjr90mm17qKaRbVi99HDRdJHCQBmG7ivp1WvXmzCRlPg_MSug_XVxDnpyG-gzEcxdpOhYq1nKM3uRhq1KCkyFDOcVexMSFKstb/w640-h550/yrw2+0H0A8500.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Compared to the yellow highlights on white, grey and black, the Yellow Warbler is positively striking:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxFdoFhFhPlJPIy1U8l5HfxHCtplnW86W-pyTIzS6T8TZCu4f62Lq9Dmb-dtMX5ef9GK4zl838GK0UBJlT9vr08tUGZFeirdqTnwj-qhdYxTv9PXuyE_KPwdccn2dc7rl-YyU-YoIhEGMc/s4619/yw+0H0A8608.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3463" data-original-width="4619" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxFdoFhFhPlJPIy1U8l5HfxHCtplnW86W-pyTIzS6T8TZCu4f62Lq9Dmb-dtMX5ef9GK4zl838GK0UBJlT9vr08tUGZFeirdqTnwj-qhdYxTv9PXuyE_KPwdccn2dc7rl-YyU-YoIhEGMc/w640-h480/yw+0H0A8608.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The maroon streaking on yellow is a diagnostic marker for the male Yellow Warbler:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtvEdfEjYHLo767iE-i_rCrL9nWr5FeGFxRu7IGmIjlr0TJcKedSf1gDfe9RKZgY6PljhXoT9PkBUrSvpbpG6457kDkkT4dts63dtilXZ9-llD7yFeZMvioS9KMx9cC75gR62tMMwl1iY/s3590/yw+DSCF2262.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3590" data-original-width="3588" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtvEdfEjYHLo767iE-i_rCrL9nWr5FeGFxRu7IGmIjlr0TJcKedSf1gDfe9RKZgY6PljhXoT9PkBUrSvpbpG6457kDkkT4dts63dtilXZ9-llD7yFeZMvioS9KMx9cC75gR62tMMwl1iY/w640-h640/yw+DSCF2262.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqW6ZWifTZF4f2njYvGmUTim3g4_jUJgGcNTMdmh1qDqJEC2dPzfdAKVUdx2ixOhaHa2S3xY_yDUxZoa9GZZ0s7Q3AggYVqq88SgbohwhGU2pZ4Yz9Zdm9POdqLtINNcsoL5IrtRzXkcZw/s3690/yw+DSCF1987.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3690" data-original-width="3500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqW6ZWifTZF4f2njYvGmUTim3g4_jUJgGcNTMdmh1qDqJEC2dPzfdAKVUdx2ixOhaHa2S3xY_yDUxZoa9GZZ0s7Q3AggYVqq88SgbohwhGU2pZ4Yz9Zdm9POdqLtINNcsoL5IrtRzXkcZw/w608-h640/yw+DSCF1987.jpg" width="608" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Let not "Common" in Common Yellowthroat lead to lowered expectations on aesthetics, for this warbler is very pleasing on the eyes:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZw44RAzpFHd2cEKR3Lg2XH817sNuVCRwXbkxVRF9tRoDCpSZL9G5gvkTDvjnNcb2aE71aQlanNEnhkrly3I-8xXj5mHliJovEKB3geqFtDEtAiy587VvBFduKH4kFD-URuGaHFDZjXQqZ/s4437/cyt+DSCF2321.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3605" data-original-width="4437" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZw44RAzpFHd2cEKR3Lg2XH817sNuVCRwXbkxVRF9tRoDCpSZL9G5gvkTDvjnNcb2aE71aQlanNEnhkrly3I-8xXj5mHliJovEKB3geqFtDEtAiy587VvBFduKH4kFD-URuGaHFDZjXQqZ/w640-h520/cyt+DSCF2321.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Starting with the Magnolia:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHLh8s6jMyTQeFOlXzaR7aQEVpU2BzzYSYbYod-Iv5gA4nXH35BYGmntiF9jhnzss5kSHHNdv5PiRn-he3YUJdDXBqDM-Rrsmt1iVOa50inqKOtkC-MYdQ8TtsVElCIUcpKUS6MtINHSI/s4424/mw+DSCF7229.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3275" data-original-width="4424" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHLh8s6jMyTQeFOlXzaR7aQEVpU2BzzYSYbYod-Iv5gA4nXH35BYGmntiF9jhnzss5kSHHNdv5PiRn-he3YUJdDXBqDM-Rrsmt1iVOa50inqKOtkC-MYdQ8TtsVElCIUcpKUS6MtINHSI/w640-h474/mw+DSCF7229.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEklwuPfEOhfoddiii5JdFvuCL4Jg-VvA97PgIcgtgSHaUkHirfCazWGk3Yivzzjcpi4SrIqOIaz3vl18Wp0ocbIcnRHZ_I8gk6DrqNj6LCCMhyphenhyphen_zcUL55ImOCDrlZkaUZRKX3lOJ4O1Gl/s4598/mw+DSCF7285.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOa8zLSWgP9wR3_jbddh_9Efab0Zn1VS5afzEtiDjA6JX2kvwcfr2Ffp-yKMrMn1qE-99ISJIazLqCWy1wl2UVg5Qm13bs27d5eXj9z_AZfaE526IRD6qHbTXctGuAyZcX5N0MS-g1QzSH/s2909/cmw+DSC_7089.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2909" data-original-width="2845" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOa8zLSWgP9wR3_jbddh_9Efab0Zn1VS5afzEtiDjA6JX2kvwcfr2Ffp-yKMrMn1qE-99ISJIazLqCWy1wl2UVg5Qm13bs27d5eXj9z_AZfaE526IRD6qHbTXctGuAyZcX5N0MS-g1QzSH/w626-h640/cmw+DSC_7089.jpg" width="626" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Black-throated Blue showed particularly well:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZt-Suh8E-UESgex_Kw9Cdqxuc-I99BMnod9Wwkgw1ygIohHqt5xoHdRpZNsd-jTaRp0ZQ1XZf8ZihUEGOyh_IDV8pGWePo3QfgExGrjY7_kTXYAN2Bzf20MMuKPCkj15IdlXsLkr5CH90/s4436/btb+DSC_8883.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">A Blackburnian which showed poorly this season:</span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadbKvAKrlBjuyzj-hqi-NwfeUeaeTKuOPTjB83H77YPoB9xDoQFFjtuvEr-i-5ep1SZWGNYEUIpAzaeXQ4VsssVMhqpdivCh3QAmxxcw7X4j2I4ahTDJld1DAO_bpmduUJfaZ_B_VH93u/s2560/b+DSC_0629.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1989" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiadbKvAKrlBjuyzj-hqi-NwfeUeaeTKuOPTjB83H77YPoB9xDoQFFjtuvEr-i-5ep1SZWGNYEUIpAzaeXQ4VsssVMhqpdivCh3QAmxxcw7X4j2I4ahTDJld1DAO_bpmduUJfaZ_B_VH93u/w498-h640/b+DSC_0629.jpg" width="498" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And, we close with American Redstart, Chestnut-sided, Tennessee, Northern Parula, Blue-winged and Bay-breasted:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Starting with Tennessee:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQ-EhifJ3wVbbi9twuPhaUa55g8zKRv168t6D9FOFF3kY7UGERJLtoFbcrb9tVAJsaRE9umvQBPc2NnMioQLDxzJ2eTHIjEX3fXKm4PrKkC-UA8pYarDmmTncVxU9K5_9C6QEoz2SRFzJ/s4101/tw+DSC_7208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3016" data-original-width="4101" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQ-EhifJ3wVbbi9twuPhaUa55g8zKRv168t6D9FOFF3kY7UGERJLtoFbcrb9tVAJsaRE9umvQBPc2NnMioQLDxzJ2eTHIjEX3fXKm4PrKkC-UA8pYarDmmTncVxU9K5_9C6QEoz2SRFzJ/w640-h470/tw+DSC_7208.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMPtaRZMBMUjim6-eR_xlMR1NAfZ74xuONiq1mCri-bYPmSA_zc9rRRm1D4sBa0fR7mZlBn7z7OIf7qAL9Aas0SBRL5f9m0eYqVYOhntbA7Bf9tw1lZCE2sBd-KDwU9usCCi9FCYkvBO0/s4026/tw+DSC_7216.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Ze3NjJZihdBs8dReSn0MRqTNEwpSV7L7BVD5SN6J1QoyMUgZWLgs54WZa2qlGsWOko0VRhzYtlZ1K4814e5AcftdIJLPWjdO2BWfY3Y4jwpn_w8TgK_gjT1QpOqM4Ow-_Gfq-OMk8H6P/s3793/tw+DSC_8027.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3186" data-original-width="3793" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Ze3NjJZihdBs8dReSn0MRqTNEwpSV7L7BVD5SN6J1QoyMUgZWLgs54WZa2qlGsWOko0VRhzYtlZ1K4814e5AcftdIJLPWjdO2BWfY3Y4jwpn_w8TgK_gjT1QpOqM4Ow-_Gfq-OMk8H6P/w640-h538/tw+DSC_8027.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Chestnut-sided:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSCbPAeMmEEt-liNm0-sWrfUKc6QxuXV4ksossgN6kfhiHCmUl4ZEdO7tFcu6zr1SCbXHBptchws4FEryzqwD_Y9BvvbhAtVoWTUpSH9l09a65nFxZxT4a8CJzMFQrB7pm2PEGcUegegp/s3587/csw+DSC_8123.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2726" data-original-width="3587" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSCbPAeMmEEt-liNm0-sWrfUKc6QxuXV4ksossgN6kfhiHCmUl4ZEdO7tFcu6zr1SCbXHBptchws4FEryzqwD_Y9BvvbhAtVoWTUpSH9l09a65nFxZxT4a8CJzMFQrB7pm2PEGcUegegp/w640-h486/csw+DSC_8123.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blue-winged:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYdy2nncHiCTwoWRKk4yegbXed2DlCX7-V8PPtuunXF2m9mBG9fxP-ZkXq2FcfJ2uECB9N-4beAZKelyDnB9C8bjJw422vnHrORBdkDikQVJPYgbqAL9yOQXbJHUzhIaJUMazWUOwwT34/s3685/bww+DSC_9973.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3184" data-original-width="3685" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYdy2nncHiCTwoWRKk4yegbXed2DlCX7-V8PPtuunXF2m9mBG9fxP-ZkXq2FcfJ2uECB9N-4beAZKelyDnB9C8bjJw422vnHrORBdkDikQVJPYgbqAL9yOQXbJHUzhIaJUMazWUOwwT34/w640-h552/bww+DSC_9973.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LSW72cq9YjA13bu_VlcXz8DCXGgI4LubWXsI1oHurlmQBRpLQwuUWY1t35AZngQ8CaUCApI9I8EM_zhnQxz0vINYYwp9D4Xc1ZQ9xxxKvn6Zh8SB6qSiYZiKtILrm3EJ4-GFbcBLcQ4G/s3684/bww+DSC_0187.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2884" data-original-width="3684" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LSW72cq9YjA13bu_VlcXz8DCXGgI4LubWXsI1oHurlmQBRpLQwuUWY1t35AZngQ8CaUCApI9I8EM_zhnQxz0vINYYwp9D4Xc1ZQ9xxxKvn6Zh8SB6qSiYZiKtILrm3EJ4-GFbcBLcQ4G/w640-h502/bww+DSC_0187.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Northern Parula:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrk72DjO0GBOOr87wirqR7Q9EpGGtwNfTTp2vYBrMzVKNyfTWTPYcqfcsUV2Rs0EW0Typbf_fIGO12U0W5ZzXet0AVQB28IiPKZ5Hhos4wqjfONlY0W7CDD5n8yAGFOTB-aMjZF05sP565/s4273/np+DSC_1269.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCAG28mWVkbQXTuRJVfzctb6vjtpJZat8ZezMoBEafGj8hotiot5uGnQhya7zFbiMAFvVN7xhFa771jZ_8PNJXfOxTw2E9qK_EZQezFITFdT7EJ6nW12XpQKIfM9QpJa4AbkyDDk1IsUj/s4739/csw+DSC_3859.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3375" data-original-width="4739" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCAG28mWVkbQXTuRJVfzctb6vjtpJZat8ZezMoBEafGj8hotiot5uGnQhya7zFbiMAFvVN7xhFa771jZ_8PNJXfOxTw2E9qK_EZQezFITFdT7EJ6nW12XpQKIfM9QpJa4AbkyDDk1IsUj/w640-h456/csw+DSC_3859.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And another Bay-breasted seen at Sterling Heights: </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8u-p0yrvQ_lN_-i2_28EAIFUQaCfJ-KH4ECmAqHriIcdljCDjzO9DWud6UvGt84tuH8xeL5XgROwHEZ_zc8Ip8Bsx90Xct1qpaqW7omaZt62ZuKEIleBLi-srVmzCqA_opMBBhfHgFUZ/s4078/bbw+DSC_3970.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is said that in life, when one door closes another one opens. And the lesson for the intrepid birder from the Spring closure of Magee is that there are other hotspots to explore and discover. Indeed, Lake St. Clair and Sterling Heights Nature Center proved to be fruitfully birdy in the dreadful year of the pandemic.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com2Michigan, USA44.3148443 -85.60236429999999116.004608415197577 -120.758616982209 72.625080184802414 -50.446111617790976tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-76425546522414880122020-10-08T23:38:00.002-04:002020-10-08T23:38:18.422-04:00Panama Shorebirds Starring Southern Lapwing Plus Common Tanagers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">[Playa Bonita, Panama. Dec 2017]</span><br />
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif">In the neotropics, even the shorebirds are flamboyant! Take the Southern Lapwing: a plover that is both colorful and crested! How many shorebirds in the US have a crest? If you answered "none", you are correct!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-dwUuwdrgCTHrHT5LJSofsvRWrBfZ_0suNwObygRNfDqCnUf28zVdaz4k6s8-MiZaDTWddtE9jDMUOqDO9h4BqzHbihwqURQIiAVBMlBJllJCGs92OndlUdKa3MPTPCwreqlFj9K1iwZ/s4898/sl+DSCF1871.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4898" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-dwUuwdrgCTHrHT5LJSofsvRWrBfZ_0suNwObygRNfDqCnUf28zVdaz4k6s8-MiZaDTWddtE9jDMUOqDO9h4BqzHbihwqURQIiAVBMlBJllJCGs92OndlUdKa3MPTPCwreqlFj9K1iwZ/w640-h426/sl+DSCF1871.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFuN0XkZtJa4R7IYWjx-7X2LmIHq3YkSm4fkpSIiKpFxoBbiwBAUeJ2cFL9qn1gcrZ50Sd5wVTYvqwDywfc3mF2cTYuqOyaMndGBE2Vz2deOyzuZGD02eXdNuNpP0Z-ASIMGD6QfMiiUB/s2000/sl+DSCF1106_resize.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1948" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFuN0XkZtJa4R7IYWjx-7X2LmIHq3YkSm4fkpSIiKpFxoBbiwBAUeJ2cFL9qn1gcrZ50Sd5wVTYvqwDywfc3mF2cTYuqOyaMndGBE2Vz2deOyzuZGD02eXdNuNpP0Z-ASIMGD6QfMiiUB/w624-h640/sl+DSCF1106_resize.jpg" width="624" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDuoaW2IYWb50z-Y3EYPQu9ud9o4_-G316wLEkKNc-t541wFpezgpwY0Oft-bTmEr10Bl3wQZb-srGEwkyNBkSjbAmAvMOnlTl2qGtCF0YyI5AK7bwfqDeQg_zhK_NEXtzVQdjNDKZNZaE/s4491/sl+DSCF1569.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3591" data-original-width="4491" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDuoaW2IYWb50z-Y3EYPQu9ud9o4_-G316wLEkKNc-t541wFpezgpwY0Oft-bTmEr10Bl3wQZb-srGEwkyNBkSjbAmAvMOnlTl2qGtCF0YyI5AK7bwfqDeQg_zhK_NEXtzVQdjNDKZNZaE/w640-h512/sl+DSCF1569.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Southern Lapwing is not uncommon in the neotropics and in Playa Bonita it was observed in appropriate habitat quite frequently.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Besides the Lapwing, other shorebirds were decidedly familiar: </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A Spotted Sandpiper in its bronzed winter avatar:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQacDfaCZL6yFGUz661XnHBXBtFBkPoGmncrqfVwSX7g_G97NsuPn0U33CtBPs6jqelXw2g8p1ZAPQOTlfBt48FhIYuLcJnFk_eEAEYo-gC7F7T5lGagg5ZygWtIyTgLAbVu8t-zRSRah/s4005/ss+DSCF1764.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2890" data-original-width="4005" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQacDfaCZL6yFGUz661XnHBXBtFBkPoGmncrqfVwSX7g_G97NsuPn0U33CtBPs6jqelXw2g8p1ZAPQOTlfBt48FhIYuLcJnFk_eEAEYo-gC7F7T5lGagg5ZygWtIyTgLAbVu8t-zRSRah/w640-h462/ss+DSCF1764.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">An assortment of plovers, an oystercatcher and a whimbrel on some rocky outcrops:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2933" data-original-width="3998" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZuuK8hlgHp_qGp_7fh9VOvAl5TdlxzIdsMIOK11ld-EQLV7GhQEgGi9u7Fg5buhgBbXIAdmhfkSK6GISu24WPmjbzUQsGaaGPuQ494G_aFW0yxFAp8SZyIuABjCpW3z8BpC9e4kGaFvp/w640-h470/sb+DSCF1831.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The ever familiar Willet:<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6mlpNchkcy3eHG3Fw0e50JH6yfLhNlQtwrIG0fbKlmePkINdd2BCZVw4SfqsnQHWLi1VexYdGn-lALCPsiVQz4BqlZthEyPYNvMNKBPTYvoA16K7K76E5y-YgCvGlFt5BfOeyXq7RbvT/s4488/w+DSCF1845.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3590" data-original-width="4488" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6mlpNchkcy3eHG3Fw0e50JH6yfLhNlQtwrIG0fbKlmePkINdd2BCZVw4SfqsnQHWLi1VexYdGn-lALCPsiVQz4BqlZthEyPYNvMNKBPTYvoA16K7K76E5y-YgCvGlFt5BfOeyXq7RbvT/w640-h512/w+DSCF1845.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">And everyone's favorite orange-billed Shorebird:<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhON2IH2fQawh1Pn_shcjC3bdUeA2bUPrAMS9fyd3-lXLTlRqT9j9JpX9HAbpaJM7GdRvDUcWNXd9c2ww5CsDb-V3mh16uYBO-n4uBPmf6JnBKo3UIXECQM64_cDOz4CkJaFfkyfFfhQNAq/s3801/ao+DSCF3215.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3590" data-original-width="3801" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhON2IH2fQawh1Pn_shcjC3bdUeA2bUPrAMS9fyd3-lXLTlRqT9j9JpX9HAbpaJM7GdRvDUcWNXd9c2ww5CsDb-V3mh16uYBO-n4uBPmf6JnBKo3UIXECQM64_cDOz4CkJaFfkyfFfhQNAq/w640-h604/ao+DSCF3215.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />But at the hotel grounds, it was the tanagers that stole the show:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The ubiquitous Palm Tanager:</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbu4VgNT8j6HkFYh6SOZBc0eAYaaom_EKAAmlAEUfiO3zAaWVwOiQkvcLhUbop3duSIfPo06lEYY_Va2CVlob5LgY5w642afyGwRQDr1aGkZPtAhNCuAzHnS2vj3zrzLnJJXfbWVIh2dq/s2000/yw+DSCF3822_resize.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1573" data-original-width="2000" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbu4VgNT8j6HkFYh6SOZBc0eAYaaom_EKAAmlAEUfiO3zAaWVwOiQkvcLhUbop3duSIfPo06lEYY_Va2CVlob5LgY5w642afyGwRQDr1aGkZPtAhNCuAzHnS2vj3zrzLnJJXfbWVIh2dq/w640-h504/yw+DSCF3822_resize.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Any American who travels to the Neotropics will be struck with wonder with a cornucopia of new species; yet comforted in the presence of the familiar. And, as a first foray into extending our birding frontier, Panama presents an enticing opportunity to the intrepid birder.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div>
Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-2680108937033300682018-06-23T13:44:00.001-04:002018-06-23T13:48:33.362-04:00Laguna del Lagarto: An Avian Treasure in Costa Rica<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">[Boca Tapada, CR. March 2018]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Situated in Northern Costa Rica near the Nicaragua border, Laguna del Lagarto is an ecolodge that is famed for its avian marvels. Many species that are elusive or seen only in the high canopy are regularly </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">seen at this hotspot. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thus it was no surprise that this nature reserve became the destination for our local birding club's first neotropical venture. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As many would attest, it is not unusual to hear the query -- "are you a birder or a photographer"? What the query implies is that to be both is a contradiction. But is it? Indeed, this blogger would posit that it is perfectly possible -- nay even desirable, to both count species as well as photodocument them -- the former to add to one's lifelist; the latter to stream on one's preferred photosharing platform (eg. this blogger's photostream here <a href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/39289133@N07/9Tvadm" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #ffe599;"><i>DigitalPlumeHunter</i></span></b></a></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">). And, this, in a nutshell sums up the mission of our neotropical adventure where 77 species were observed -- of which we present, in this post, only those seen at the Lodge; starting first with </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the glorious toucans:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Collared Aracari is a medium-sized toucan with a yellow breast, black head and back.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These are gregarious birds; seen in small, noisy groups as they hop and jump on tree branches while foraging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here the red rump of this species is clearly visible.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Chestnut-mandibled Toucan is larger and generally seen alone or in pairs:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Some consider this as a sub-species of Yellow-throated Toucan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lastly, the fantastic Keel-billed Toucan:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Keel-billed looks like a Yellow-throated toucan that dipped its bill in different cans of bright paint!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Intriguingly, the female comes in 3 color morphs (rufous morph was observed here) while the male is splendid in black:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is a colorful parrot that shows a brown hood, a white eye-patch, and blue and red highlights in the wings. Much larger is the Red-lored Parrot:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This amazon is found widely in forests of Central and South America.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tanagers are one of the stars of neotropical birding and Laguna offered close-up views of several species.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Golden-hooded Tanager:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and Passerini's Tanager:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This tanager is strongly sexually dimorphic; with the female not bearing much of a resemblance to the male at all:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Honeycreepers are small tanagers that will partake of flower nectar:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Shining Honeycreeper appears unbelievable with its electric blue and bright yellow legs:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And Red-legged Honeycreeper looks equally stunning:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The prized icterid here however is Montezuma Oropendola:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Its song is neither a sweet whistling (like the Orioles) or a croaking trill (like Red-winged or Yellow-headed Blackbird); instead the Montezuma emits a weird bubbling gargle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A beautiful Olive-backed Euphonia:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and Black-cheeked Woodpecker:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The perfect cure for the winter slowdown in North American birding is a trip to the neotropics. And, Laguna del Lagarto is just what the doctor ordered! </span><br />
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Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-57752759989578243922018-06-10T11:43:00.001-04:002018-06-10T11:43:25.685-04:00Delving into the Neotropics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">[December '17 & March '18. Panama & Costa Rica]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Surely, it is no exaggeration to claim that the birding crown jewels of North America are entirely dependent on the annual neotropical arrivals from Central and South America. A Spring without our warblers, tanagers or orioles? -- perish the thought!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It should come as no surprise, then, that this blogger was tempted to make his maiden foray into the American Tropics of Panama and Costa Rica in the winter of 2017/2018. And, in the next few posts we will attempt to highlight the richness of the birdlife in the neotropics.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Until then, here is a sampling of what the future posts will highlight:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, stay tuned, dear readers, as we bring the locales, species and the stories behind the birds in future posts on this blog.</span><br />
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Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-26654527312845089582018-06-01T22:32:00.000-04:002018-06-04T00:09:09.086-04:00May is for Magee: Warblermania at Magee Marsh<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">[Magee Marsh, OH. May 2018]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If one died and went to Birding Heaven, it would look something like Magee Marsh on a good day. And, in 2018, there were many good days at Magee: warblers dripping off trees and shrubs, adorning the bare branches and twigs like precious jewels -- d</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ozens of colorful species within touching distance oblivious to the crowds of mildly crazed but fully ecstatic humans peering through their high-end optics as they gaze in numb wonder at the unbelievable spectacle that only nature could conjure -- a feathered storm of neotropical delights that blankets the southern shores of Lake Erie in Northwestern Ohio in a glorious cornucopia of warblers, vireos, thrushes and flycatchers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What could ever be deemed adequate testament to this avian marvel? No words would suffice; and, no images could conceivably capture, the magical enormity of this unparalleled experience. And, yet we humbly offer our best attempt to share the highlights from Spring migration at Magee with the reader in this post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We start with American Redstart:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bay-breasted Warbler:</span><br />
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Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-75231295032375091772017-12-15T22:49:00.002-05:002017-12-15T22:51:04.663-05:00An Artist's Vision and a Birder's Passion: Hooded Warbler and Brown Creeper as seen through the eyes of Pamela Wagner<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">[December 2017]<br /><br /> This blog's humble purpose will have been amply served should it serve just once to inspire an artist; encourage a birder; entertain a reader; or, enrich a nature lover. And, in this post, this blogger is pleased to present the art of Pam Wagner whose inspiration, in part, was drawn from this very blog -- and we quote:<br /><br /><i> Your photos are an artist's delight! I was looking for any decent photo of two birds to look at, needing to know what a Hooded Warbler and a Brown Creeper look like, for a piece I am drawing for a friend's Chanukah present, and came across both birds at your site. What marvelously clear and beautiful photos! As someone who despite being able to draw has trouble seeing, these were a dream come true as each detail is clear that I needed for my renderings. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The above is Pam's signature “fractured portrait” in colored pencil depicting a young man who also happens to be an avid birder. A birder whose two favorite small birds are the Hooded Warbler and Brown Creeper that are also depicted with him. We are reminded of Kari's <a href="http://www.digitalplumehunter.com/2017/08/karis-snowy-plover.html"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><i><b>Snowy Plover</b></i></span></a> that was recently profiled in a similar vein earlier this year.<br /><br />For the birds themselves, we start with a quick review of the species; first with Hooded Warbler seen in Michigan:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The second bird -- the Creeper -- is famously described as "moving bark" as it scurries up and down tree limbs, barely distinguishable from its surroundings:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Finally, a little more about our featured artist:<br /><br />Pamela Spiro Wagner: Artist, poet, co-author of Divided Minds: Twin Sisters and their Journey through Schizophrenia (St Martins Press, 2005) and author of We Mad Climb Shaky Ladders (CavanKerry Press, 2009). Her third book, poems, Learning to See in Three Dimensions, poems and art, was published in June 2017 by Green Writers Press and Sundog Poetry Center of Vermont.<br /><br />Wagner is open to readings, speaking on mental health issues, and sales/donations of her art. Please contact for details by email or cell phone, 802-579-1432. Check out <a href="http://pamelaspirowagner.com/">http://pamelaspirowagner.com</a> for links to Wagner's art and poetry.<br /><br /><i>"There is no negative space, only the shapely void. Hold your hands out, cup the air. To see the emptiness you hold is to know that space loves the world." P. Wagner</i></span></div>
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Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-84638817466827166492017-11-18T22:02:00.000-05:002017-11-27T11:51:58.746-05:00A Most Unexpected Irruption plus Sparrows of the Eastern US<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">[Southeast Michigan. Spring/Summer 2017]</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Predictability and balance are the cornerstones of what passes as normality. A state that, uncontestably, marks our preferred state of stable, daily existence (or dare we say "drudgery"?) . </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">However, it is the very unpredictability in birding that imbues it with the thrill of discovery. And, except perhaps the occasional rarity chase, there is seldom a more thrilling occasion in birding than the mystical event known as an "irruption". Irruptions are caused by an ecological imbalance that results in a sudden upsurge or "invasion" of a species into a region where they are normally absent. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The astute reader will surely be profoundly aware of the <a href="http://www.digitalplumehunter.com/2012/12/razorbills-in-gulf.html" target="_blank"><b style="background-color: #cccccc;">Razorbill irruption</b></a> in the Gulf of Mexico that this blogger had the distinct pleasure of witnessing in the Winter of 2012. And, now, we are pleased to report on the irruption of Dickcissel into Southeast Michigan in the summer of 2017 -- the full list of species includes this iconic species plus a delightful collection of sparrows:</span></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Field Sparrow</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Song Sparrow</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Swamp Sparrow</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Savannah Sparrow</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Seen at the I-94 Service Road in Macomb Co., this was a maiden sighting of this species for this blogger. A species of prairie grasslands in the American heartland, this songbird's last irruption to this region was in 2012.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Various theories have been postulated as to the reasons behind an irruption -- a shortage of food, or a drought; maybe climate change and warming temperatures, or perhaps lack of suitable nesting conditions. Whatever the reason, their arrival is celebrated and observation opportunities fully availed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A loud songster, this sparrow with a bold black hood, red eyes and brown flanks is hard to miss.</span></span><br />
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Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-8164033014018889112017-11-14T01:11:00.000-05:002017-11-18T12:01:50.662-05:00Hawks, Gulls and Herons feautirng Bonaparte's Gull and Sharp-shinned Hawk<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">[Lake St. Clair Metropark. Aug/Sep 2017]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not every post need center around flashy songbirds or intriguing shorebirds. The avifauna universe has many more riches to offer including familiar gulls, herons and hawks. Yet these -- unheralded as they are -- are neither scarce nor exalted and barely attract a second look from the otherwise insatiable birder. This, then, is the subject of this post -- for, commonplace need not equate with uninteresting as we consider the following eclectic set: </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bonaparte's Gull</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Great black-backed Gull</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ring-billed Gull</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Herring Gull</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Caspian Tern</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Green Heron</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Great Blue Heron</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sharp-shinned Hawk</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Red-tailed Hawk</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Northern Flicker</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In August, this delicate gull is an early migrant and the extensive grey-brown on the wings indicates that this is a juvenile. The slender bill and pink legs are distinctive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Indubitably, the most numerous gull is the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ring-billed:</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Commonly found at this venue -- these opportunistic feeders, however, are equally at home in the suburban sprawl of SE Michigan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Caspian Tern tend to more skittish than the gulls and the juveniles miss no opportunity to get a free lunch:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">An erect crest betrays this small heron's excitement while hunting:</span><br />
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Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-66081688639238509402017-10-29T14:01:00.000-04:002017-11-01T19:06:36.168-04:00Halloween Special: Birds with Hoods Starring Hooded Warbler<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All Hallow's Eve (aka Halloween) is today associated with harmless rituals of guising, pumpkin-carving and the exuberant display of cheap, spooky props. Yet, behind all the light-hearted graveyard mirth and the relentless sugary assault of candy treats, lies a tradition that has its historical origins in the somber remembrance of the saints and martyrs of the Christian faith. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This Halloween, however, we contemplate the occasion's parallel in the world of avifauna by remembering the tremendous sacrifice and the untold deaths that neotropical migrants such as warblers must endure for a chance to breed in (what's left of) our expansive forests. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is therefore befitting that we profile warblers such as the Hooded and the Mourning (named for its funeral-appropriate black hood) that not only evoke the guises associated with Halloween but also celebrate the sacrifice of their race in epic migrations over countless millennia. The full list of species encountered at Port Huron SGA profiled here is:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hooded Warbler</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Pine Warbler</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mourning Warbler</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Blue-winged Warbler</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Brown Thrasher</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Indigo Bunting</span></li>
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A typical yellow warbler with a green back and a striking black hood, the Hooded Warbler was earlier considered a specialty of the Southeastern US. However, warmer temperatures now enable this handsome warbler to breed farther North in Michigan.</div>
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Like most warblers, the Hooded is an insectivore -- catching insects on the fly.</div>
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When in song, this warbler's melody is somewhat similar to Chestnut-sided Warbler but more fluty.</div>
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Consistent with its looks, the Pine Warbler's song is a simple trill.</div>
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Curiously, the Mourning Warbler is placed with the Yellowthroats. And, indeed, both have skulking habits.<br />
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The perfect blue of this songbird provides a perfect contrast against the greens of the forest:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the multitude of garish and loud human festivals, should we not give pause for thought of those creatures whose only celebration is the dance of courtship, the magic of migration and the miracle of raising the next generation?</span><br />
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Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-58887516640250958932017-09-30T23:41:00.002-04:002017-10-01T14:21:22.063-04:00Peeps and Plovers in Fall Migration Starring American Golden-Plover and Baird's Sandpiper<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">[Lake St. Clair Metropark & Textile Rd Pond, Aug/Sep 2017]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Unlike songbirds that are well represented as summer breeders in the verdant forests of the US, most of our shorebirds nest beyond our Northern borders in the high Arctic and overwinter in South America (or the Southern US). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thus, their passage through the continental US affords the only opportunity to engage in their study while they simultaneously enthrall and bamboozle eager observers with their cryptic plumage and confusing features. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is a brave birding soul indeed who dares to take on the legendary identification challenges posed by our peeps and plovers. Yet it is a task we invite our readers to embrace as we review the full gamut of shorebird migration action encountered this Fall at Lake St. Clair and Textile Rd. Pond which featured species such as:</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">American Golden-Plover</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Baird's Sandpiper</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Least Sandpiper</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Semipalmated Sandpiper</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sanderling</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Pectoral Sandpiper</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Stilt Sandpiper</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Solitary Sandpiper</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Spotted Sandpiper</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lesser Yellowlegs</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Semipalmated Plover</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Killdeer</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We start with the Golden-Plover:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The American Golden-Plover was earlier lumped with Pacific Golden Plover into "Lesser Golden Plover". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">The American Golden Plover is known for its epic migrations to and from the extremities of land at each of the poles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To the casual observer, the Golden-plover may evoke comparison, nay, even confusion, with the Black-bellied Plover (see below):</span><br />
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Note that in a standing stance, the Black-bellied (above, seen at Bunche Beach, SWFL) tends to more horizontal while the Golden Plover is more upright. The bill is thicker and the wingpits are black in the Black-bellied.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">In this particular specimen, seen at Lake St. Clair, there are some vestiges of the golden speckles on the back. Note that the head is also smaller and overall the plover has a more delicate look. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />The Golden Plover does not winter in the US unlike the Black-bellied. The latter are abundant at coastal venues such as Bunche Beach and Tigertail beach in SW Florida.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Baird's Sandpiper:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> At first glance, Baird's Sandpiper could be mistaken for perhaps a White-rumped Sandpiper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">However, note that plumage wears a scalloped look thanks to the white edging of the feathers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Also note, as above, how the wings project comfortably past the tail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">As far as identification goes, this peep should not trouble even the most carefree and quick-to-judgement of birders.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">The legs are yellow, the bill is pointed to a fine tip. And, or course, the size is small -- no bigger than a sparrow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The individual above was spied at Lake St. Clair and shows a lot of rufous still in its plumage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If names were always to be construed as clues to identification, we'd all be staring at the webbing between the toes of the Semipalmated Sandpiper's feet:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">Indeed, the feet are "half webbed" not "fully webbed" like a duck's for example. This condition has earned this dear peep the epithet of "Semipalmated".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This peep is suffering from a declining population and is classified as "Near Threatened".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">This is our palest sandpiper. The individual above does show vestiges of alternate plumage as it passes through Lake St. Clair.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">This sandpiper is one of our most abundant coastal shorebirds. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Pectoral Sandpiper has an extensively streaked breast (here seen at Textile Rd Pond, Washtenaw Co.):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">The legs are dull yellow and the bill as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is another sandpiper that vacates US territory entirely in the Fall and Winter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">The Stilt Sandpiper does seem to be aptly named -- it has a tall posture and a long, slightly drooping bill.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Solitary Sandpiper sports a striking white eyering:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Spotted Sandpiper may look superficially similar but is brighter and smaller. Both the Spotted and Stilt will overwinter in the US unlike the Solitary which sensibly heads South to the American tropics.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is a tiny plover with a single, unbroken band and mask (in breeding plumage). The orange legs and brown uppersides are characteristic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">This is our only double-banded plover and generally found inland, near freshwater.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">This is the first shorebird to arrive here in Michigan followed by American Woodcock.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The many nuances of bill shape, angle of droop, leg color, wing projection, etc., are, to some, landmines, but to others, learning opportunities. And, for the intrepid birder, shorebird migration is nothing but the proving grounds to a higher level of birding.</span><br />
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Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-6769610989805618242017-09-10T21:49:00.001-04:002017-09-10T21:52:25.515-04:00Hidden Gems of Port Huron SGA: Blue-winged Warbler, Mourning Warbler and Rose-breasted Grosbeak<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">[Port Huron SGA. May/June 2017]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Every year we await the singular natural history event -- Spring Migration -- that marks the beginning of our helpless seduction by the irresistible forces of avian color and song as our neotropical songbirds arrive to bring our forests to bountiful vivacity. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The emerald of the leaves is now interspersed with the reds of Grosbeaks; the deep blues of Buntings; and, the greens and yellows of our Warblers. A richly hued treasure trove of avian gems awaits the intrepid birder who would venture into our Eastern woods.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This incredible transformation of our forests is a spectacle that demands celebration and, accordingly, we are pleased to bring some of the stars of this transformative miracle to the readers of this blog with species such as: </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Rose-breasted Grosbeak</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Blue-winged Warbler</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Chestnut-sided Warbler</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ovenbird</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cerulean Warbler</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mourning Warbler</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We start with our most colorful grosbeak -- the Rose-breasted:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With a "bleeding heart" red bib and a strongly contrasting scheme of black upperparts and white undersides, the Rose-breasted Grosbeak is hard to miss in the forest. White patches on the wings and a pale pink bill complete the picture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The female (above) is modestly attired in a cryptic pattern of brown and white -- virtually indistinguishable from the female Black-headed Grosbeak of the West.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Compared to the insect-like song of the Blue-winged Warbler, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Chestnut-sided Warbler's song is a musical warble best described as "pleased, pleased, pleased to meetcha".</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Chestnut-sided Warbler is well named -- the bold brown streaks are prominently visible:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It looks more like a thrush and can be found foraging on the ground when overwintering in S. Florida.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Named for its grey hood (as if in mourning), the Mourning Warbler never fails to bring joy in observation and song:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A renowned skulker, the Mourning Warbler generally keeps low in the undergrowth:</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Spring and Summer are not mere seasons, they represent nothing short of a resurrection of our forests into treasure troves of hidden gems such as Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Mourning Warbler.</span><br />
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Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-52468853692401649582017-09-02T13:53:00.000-04:002017-09-03T19:31:46.390-04:00Marvelous Madera: Elegant Trogon, Hepatic Tanager and Black-capped Gnatcatcher<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">[Madera Canyon, Pimo Co. AZ. April, 2017]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The driving force behind birding is a passionate thirst that is never slaked; or for others, a beautiful hunger that defies satiety. Indeed, the fuel for our avian quests is the eager prospect of the new; as well as, renewed contentment with the familiar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The above sentiment resonated strongly with this blogger while on a Spring pilgrimage to Madera Canyon. A trip that yielded a new addition to the Blogger's Life List (aka Lifer) in Black-capped Gnatcatcher while presenting familiar, yet always delightful, species such as Elegant Trogon and Hepatic Tanager. Indeed the full breadth of observations included:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hepatic Tanager</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Elegant Trogon</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Black-capped Gnatcatcher</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Arizona Woodpecker</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mexican Jay</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bridled Titmouse</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Grace's Warbler</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Painted Redstart</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">House Wren</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Magnificent Hummingbird</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Brown-crested Flycatcher</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dusky-capped Flycatcher</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Plumbeous Vireo</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We start with the Hepatic Tanager:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Hepatic is our most range-restricted tanager -- found in pine-oak woodlands in the canyons of SEAZ and Western New Mexico. Yet, as a global species, it is widely distributed throughout South and Central America.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Over to the Lifer -- Black-capped Gnatcatcher is a Mexican songbird that is an occasional visitor to SEAZ. It has been found nesting at Madera Canyon with surprising regularity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Of our 4 Gnatcatcher species, this is the most range-restricted but it is the California Gnatcatcher that is the most endangered. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Arizona Woodpecker -- a lovely brown and white woodpecker of Mexico that barely inches into US territory, also thrives in the canyon:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">House Wren -- this common songbird seemingly out of place amidst all the specialty birds!</span><br />
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Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-83293435765991625842017-08-19T00:35:00.000-04:002017-08-23T20:23:36.866-04:00Surreal Cerulean Celebration<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">[Port Huron SGA. June 2017]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The perils of unfettered excess are well publicized; virtue, as universally acknowledged, is circumscribed by the fine line of careful moderation. Yet, could we challenge conventional wisdom and </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">dare</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> to </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">flirt in unbridled decadence over a single species? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We posit that the answer to the above question is an emphatic "yes" and in this post, we ask the reader to indulge freely as we celebrate a brilliant songbird hued in surreal tones of cyan and azure -- the Cerulean Warbler. An avian gem widely regarded as the most aesthetically pleasing of all the birdlife found in North America. A claim whose proof demands nothing less than the complete dedication of this post to this singular subject: the </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">exceptional Cerulean Warbler.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The male Cerulean Warbler is a sight to behold. Unlike some of our larger warblers such as Bay-breasted or the Prothonotary, the Cerulean is a small warbler with pure white underparts. The head and back are azure with blue streaks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Described by Alexander Wilson in 1810: "This delicate little species is now, for the first time, introduced to public notice .... On the borders of streams and marshes, among the branches of the poplar, it is sometimes found....the front and upper part of the head is of a fine verditer blue...". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Unlike many of our warblers that nest on or close to the ground, the Cerulean nests high up in the tree canopy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sadly, the Cerulean is classified as "Vulnerable" having suffered steep population declines -- only a quarter of the historical population from the 1960's remains extant today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Cerulean's nesting grounds lie in the Eastern US with a small fraction extending into Canada. In winter, these distinctive warblers are found in South America.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">An unwritten rule of this blog is to feature a selection of birds to excite the reader's interest in a particular birding locale or hotspot. This post breaks this rule in focusing on a single species -- the Cerulean Warbler -- an exceptional warbler whose charisma demands exceptional treatment!</span><br />
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Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-6719435178630774412017-08-11T01:03:00.000-04:002017-08-11T13:55:50.968-04:00Kari's Snowy Plover<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">[SW Florida. April 2017]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At</span> the confluence of the land and sea, from the pure white sands of Florida's beaches, an avian mirage crystallizes, bit by bit, into a small feathery ball sitting on bright, silvery legs. If, as it is said, that Helen was the face that launched a thousand ships, then surely, the Snowy Plover is the shorebird that caused a thousand clicks!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And, indeed, while this vision has been captured by numerous photographers, including this blogger, perhaps the full aesthetic justice that this spectacular plover deserves requires the eye of an artist -- and in this regard, we are delighted to present this unique shorebird in all its </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ethereal</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">glory thanks to Kari Pagnano who eloquently describes the scene in her own art and words:</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Nature offers an endless source of subject matter to paint and the beauty and individuality of birds are gifts that inspire me. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Observing the stillness of a bird at rest leaves me peaceful and the exuberance of sudden flight fills me with delight. </span></i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What I am most interested in communicating with my paintings is serenity and beauty in a quiet, straightforward manner.</span></i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am so happy to have discovered the Digital Plume Hunter and his beautiful photography to expand my bird references and knowledge.</span></i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kari Pagnano</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kari's art expresses the universal joy of discovery and enchantment that we all feel when communing with nature in silence. An inspiration this writer humbly hopes rings true for every reader of this blog. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Indeed, the Snowy Plover was the highlight of 6 plover species enjoyed during a Spring visit to Southwest Florida at fabled venues such as Bunche Beach and Little Estero CWA:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Snowy Plover</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wilson's Plover</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Piping Plover</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Black-bellied Plover</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Semipalmated Plover; and,</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Killdear (aka Meadow Plover)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We start with the Snowy Plover that has been celebrated in art so masterfully by Kari:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In contrast to the dainty Snowy Plover, Wilson's Plover is larger, with a robust bill and dull, pink legs: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A gorgeous male seen at Little Estero CWA where this breeding pair were also spied:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The female, above, shows a beige collar and paler markings compared to the male below:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Another view of the magnificent male:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Piping Plover is also <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a pale plover with a dark <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(but <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">unbroken) </span></span>band; however, note the orange legs and bill.</span></span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Semipalmated Plover is a much more commoner species and <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">shows <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">orange legs and a brown back</span></span>:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In breeding plumage (above), a black mask develops <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">in addition to the band and "headband".</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Compared to the above, the Black-bellied Plover is a giant:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This i<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s our largest plover and <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">this particular individual is still molting into alternate plumage.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And, lastly, Killdeer <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(or Meadow Plover) </span>-- this is our only double banded plover and since it isn't coastal, it is best found in marshes (here seen at Harns Marsh):</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Nature may be celebrated in so many different ways -- for some, a furtive view through binoculars; for others, through the magic of digital capture; and for the rare few, in sublime art with paint and canvas as Kari's paintings have so beautifully illustrated.</span></span><br />
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Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-43873248424163913242017-07-28T17:44:00.000-04:002017-07-29T21:41:11.822-04:00Draining the Swamp: Photographic Highlights from Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Historically, mosquito populations were kept under control by the periodic draining of swampland. In a political context, however, the phrase "Drain the Swamp" implies something else: it is a metaphor for cleansing the seat of our national government (in Washington DC) from the nefarious forces of corruption. This is a phrase that has gained a lot of publicity (or should we say notoriety) in the recently concluded (and highly acrimonious) presidential campaign. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Taking facetious liberty with this expression, our goal in this blog post is to drain the available photographic opportunities from the Swamp -- more precisely the Audubon </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Corkscrew Swamp </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and present the choicest avian selections to the reader -- species such as:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Northern Parula</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">American Redstart</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Black-and-white Warbler</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Palm Warbler</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Northern Waterthrush</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Carolina Wren</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Grey Catbird</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Blue-grey Gnatcatcher</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">White-eyed Vireo</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Indigo Bunting</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Painted Bunting</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We start with the most colorful resident breeder at this venue:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At Corkscrew, the males start singing in February and by April, it is impossible to walk further than 50 yards without hearing their joyful song of galloping buzzes and chips.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While the male sports a red band on the chest, the female is a duller version and lacks the red band:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">American Redstart was also observed in migration:</span></div>
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Black-and-white Warbler is a common winter resident at the swamp and this individual won't be seen here much longer as they head North:</div>
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Palm Warbler is one of the most abundant warblers in winter in SW Florida; in April, the rich rusty crown of the males start to show:</div>
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The Palm Warbler, curiously, has absolutely no affinity with Palm trees but the name has stuck:<br />
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Corkscrew Swamp is a reliable venue for both waterthrushes and on this particular visit, Northern Waterthrush was well observed:</div>
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A lovely grey mockingbird known as the Grey Catbird for the sound it makes:</div>
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White-eyed Vireo:</div>
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Indigo Bunting:</div>
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And the most celebrated finch at this venue -- Painted Bunting:</div>
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We shall let the politicians indulge in their puerile games of legislative gridlock; and, while our leaders talk about "draining the swamp" by removing the entrenched elite in Washington; we birders, must see in this overused metaphor a more sanguine interpretation -- that of draining the full potential of observational opportunities at hotspots such as Corkscrew Swamp where a bounty of warblers, vireos and buntings await our eager discovery.</div>
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Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-89879036998193419202017-07-24T21:48:00.002-04:002017-07-31T22:01:40.175-04:00Macomb Marvels: Warbling Vireo, Yellow Warbler and Common Yellowthroat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">[Macomb Co. April/May 2017]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are many qualities we admire in committed naturalists and devoted birders. One of these, of course, is their unwavering dedication to the motto "We shall not equate abundance with apathy". Surely, a credo for all of us to live by. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Indeed, the dedicated birder is one whose inquisitive spirit is never dampened even when confronted by the frequent and the familiar. Thus, in celebration of the commonplace and the ordinary, we present a</span> collection of species that while never uncommon are nonetheless uncommonly beautiful (all species observed in Macomb County, Michigan):</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Warbling Vireo</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Common Yellowthroat</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yellow Warbler</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Baltimore Oriole</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Belted Kingfisher</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Great Blue Heron</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Pied-billed Grebe</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Rose-breasted Grosbeak</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tree Swallow</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It takes uncommon aesthetics to see the lurking beauty in our commoner species and nowhere is this more exemplified than in our first species, the Warbling Vireo:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is a striking warbler and one oft wonders if it didn't deserve to be named for its prominent black mask rather than its yellow throat. Seen at Wetzel State Park, this otherwise skulking warbler is more easily observed in the breeding season when the males are perched in song.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This yellow marvel with maroon streaking and its simple "sweet, sweet" song is a common sight even in suburbia (here observed at Lake St. Clair).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Baltimore Oriole were also observed at Lake St. Clair:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And, Tree Swallow:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Macomb county harbors many hotspots such as Wetzel SP and Lake St. Clair Metorpark that hold avian marvels such as Warbling Vireo and Common Yellowthroat. And, the inquisitive birder shall never be underwhelmed by their commonality; for, these "ordinary" denizens of our Eastern forests hold charms that have the capacity to enthrall and enthuse even the most jaded of birders.</span></span><br />
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Digital Plume Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12528819194221466338noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137434620289828191.post-61072396480717763012017-07-18T22:36:00.000-04:002017-07-18T22:36:41.384-04:00Spectacular Sky Islands of Arizona featuring Red-faced Warbler<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">[Mt. Lemmon. April/May 2017]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What would the annals of American Birding be without reference to the spectacular birdlife of the Arizona Sky Islands? Like the crown jewels without the Kohinoor; or, the Himalayas without Everest, American Birding without the Sky Islands of Arizona would be a limp, colorless and insipid affair.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Spring trip to Tucson and the surrounding area, proves why Mt. Lemmon should be on every birder's itinerary -- offering an unparalleled opportunity for observation of iconic species of the Sky Islands of the Southwest such as:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Red-faced Warbler</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Audubon's Warbler</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Acorn Woodpecker</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Buff-breasted Flycatcher</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cassin's Finch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grace's Warbler</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hermit Thrush</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pygmy Nuthatch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pine Siskin</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Plumbeous Vireo</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Red Crossbill</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stellar's Jay</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Summer Tanager</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Western Bluebird</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yellow-eyed Junco</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We start with the incomparable Red-faced Warbler:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Red-faced Warbler is a warbler like no other -- a delicate grey with white undersides and a striking red face and black bonnet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Restricted to the Southwest, this beautiful warbler is not widespread but can be common in its limited range. It was observed at Bear Wallow on Mt. Lemmon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Audubon's Warbler, on the other hand, is a widespread warbler of the West:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Despite JJ Audubon's many contributions to the understanding of American birdlife, there are few birds named in his honor (unlike his contemporary, Alexander Wilson).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Acorn Woodpecker is one of our most unique woodpeckers:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In addition to its incredible memory, these gregarious birds are cooperative breeders.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next, our most celebrated empid, Buff-breasted Flycatcher:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also seen were, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cassin's Finch:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, in the lower regions of Molino Basin, Summer Tanager:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The best birding in this blogger's experience is at Rose Canyon, where this Western Bluebird was observed:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As well as Yellow-eyed Junco:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The American Birding experience cannot be considered complete unless it comprehends the Sky Islands of Arizona where a veritable avian cornucopia awaits discovery.</span><br />
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