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Michigan Hummingbird Guy: August 2014

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014. Metro Beach banding report - August 3-14, 2014. Highlights of the 31 birds banded on Sunday, August 3. Included hatch-year Yellow Warblers, with pristine and bright feathers. Juvenile Swamp Sparrows were captured also, looking a lot like Lincoln's Sparrow. But note that the buffy malar is not bordered with dark on both sides, as it is in Lincoln's, and the crown is generally darker. Hatch-year male Brown-headed Cowbird. Highlights of the 119 birds banded on Thursday, August 7.

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Michigan Hummingbird Guy: December 2013

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Monday, December 2, 2013. Metro Beach banding station - Fall 2013 summary. RED-TAILED HAWK - 2 (first ever for the station). SORA - 1 (first ever for the station). Mourning Dove - 6 (record high). Eastern Screech-Owl - 1 (2nd ever for the station). Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 79. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1. Downy Woodpecker - 4. Hairy Woodpecker - 1. Northern Flicker - 5. Eastern Wood-Pewee - 6. Alder Flycatcher - 1. Willow Flycatcher - 6. Traill's" Flycatcher - 1. Least Flycatcher - 2. Eastern Phoebe - 3.

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Michigan Hummingbird Guy: June 2014

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Sunday, June 8, 2014. Metro Beach banding report - Spring 2014 finale. Highlights of the 28 birds banded on Friday, June 6. Included a Ruby-throated Hummingbird; this one an adult female that was showing signs of breeding locally. After hatch-year female Ruby-throated Hummingbird. After hatch-year Alder Flycatcher. Figure 149 in Pyle for identifying Willow/Alder Flycatchers. Second-year female Common Yellowthroat. American Goldfinches have not been in the highlights for a while, and the number of newly b...

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Michigan Hummingbird Guy: December 2014

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Friday, December 26, 2014. Off on a wild goose chase. With the 2014 songbird banding season over, and the late fall hummingbird banding season cut short by a lack of birds, we had some spare time on our hands in December. And, with very low gas prices, and a car that gets 50 mpg, we decided to get away for a few days. But where? Near Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania. Canada Geese near Hightstown, New Jersey. Thank you John, and our new friend from Toronto, for being the sacrificial birders! At the northern end...

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Michigan Hummingbird Guy: Summer Hummingbirds and other things

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Friday, July 17, 2015. Summer Hummingbirds and other things. Hatch-year female Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Summer is also the season of bugs (insects), but it has been surprising so far how few mosquitos and deer flies there have been, considering how wet and rainy it has been. Perhaps the cool conditions (we have not had a 90 degree day yet) have been keeping their numbers down? And finally, an interesting beetle was presented to me at a home where I was banding hummingbirds. It was a species I was n...

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Michigan Hummingbird Guy: March Madness - Searching for Spring - Part 4

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Friday, April 17, 2015. March Madness - Searching for Spring - Part 4. It was singing some very short phrases, sounding more like a vireo than a warbler. But once found it was fairly cooperative for photos. Painted Redstart. Falfurrias, Texas. Painted Redstart. Falfurrias, Texas. Painted Redstart. Falfurrias, Texas. From there we headed north to Corpus Christi, and saw the first gulls and terns of the trip. Unlike those we saw in Florida in January, they were in nice breeding plumage now. And after more ...

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Michigan Area Birds/Birding Links

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Email Listserver Lists and Archives. BIRDING (GENERAL) - personal web sites. Into the Woods and Elsewhere. Karl Overman: Birds and More. PHOTO GALLERIES - personal web sites. Rick Baetsen Wildlife and Nature Photography. Birders@umich Photo sharing site. Info - Birders@umich Photo sharing site. Photos: Bird Families of the World. Nature and Wildlife Photography. Josh and Dave Haas. Grosse Pointe Bird Photos. Rob Poniatowski and Eli Thomas. Robert Royse's Bird Photography. Birding Michigan and elsewhere.

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Michigan Hummingbird Guy: March 2014

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Sunday, March 2, 2014. Winter is for writing reports. The record setting winter in southeastern Michigan has kept me indoors more than normal. The up side is that I've had more time to get reports from last year's activities finished. These include the 2013 Hummingbird Banding Report (download a PDF here. Adult male Rufous Hummingbird, banded in Westerville, OH. Also available is the Fall 2013 Banding Report from Lake St. Clair Metropark, Macomb Co., Michigan ( download a PDF here. I did manage to get ou...

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Michigan Hummingbird Guy: June 2015

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Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Seabirding and interesting plants. On Friday, June 5. Southeast of Hatteras, North Carolina. Several miles out, we began encountering flying fish, and I tried my hand at photographing them, with a little success. This one is an Atlantic Patchwing. These thrush-sized birds with a wingspan similar to a small tern, have long legs with yellow webs between their toes, seem to dance over the surface of the water. The nesting areas of the more frequently encountered (at sea) white-necked...