Waterbirds – 10/22

I covered for Jason on Saturday, but have been out of town since, so this post is a little out of order. Saturday’s count started out pretty well for the first couple of hours with nice numbers of Common Loons and White-winged Scoters flying by, but it slowed to barely a crawl after. Highlights included my first Pine Siskins, Snow Buntings, Lapland Longspurs (first in Michigan anyway) and Rough-legged Hawks of the season. The raptor movement never picked up in the afternoon, so it was kind of slow. A few flocks of White-winged Scoters would fly by at an interval that kept me from getting totally bored though. Here is the complete list for the day.

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 50
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) 2
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 2
Redhead (Aythya americana) 393
Aythya sp. (Aythya sp.) 125
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca) 187
Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) 2
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) 337
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) 27
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) 27
duck sp. (Anatinae sp.) 642
Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) 2
Common Loon (Gavia immer) 28
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) 1
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 5
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 5
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) 2
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) 12
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 8
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) (Buteo jamaicensis borealis) 2
Red-tailed Hawk (abieticola) (Buteo jamaicensis abieticola) 1 Dark throat, wide patagial bar, dark belly band that flared on the sides.
Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) 1
Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) 377
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 26
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 111
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 113
Common Raven (Corvus corax) 3
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 17
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) 8
Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) 25
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) 58
American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea) 2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis) 1
Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) 3
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 3
passerine sp. (Passeriformes sp.) 2

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Pink Jet that flew over – Presumably for Breast Cancer Awareness
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Snow Bunting
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White-winged Scoters

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