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Main Details

Location Pte. Mouillee SGA (permit required Sep 1-Dec 15)
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Owner Jerome Jourdan

Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  1
  • Distance:  12 mi

Checklist Comments

Stiff NE winds at 30mph the entire morning made biking difficult; birds, especially waterfowl, were lacking on Lake Erie and large Units. Whimbrel flights reported in Ontario prompted trip;

Totals

61
Species Observed
1,619 individuals

Observations

  1. Canada Goose

    Number observed:  130

  2. Mute Swan

    Number observed:  148

    Details

    Heaviest concentrations in Long Pond (NE end) and Vermet (NW) side where they were a bit protected from wind.

  3. Wood Duck

    Number observed:  1

  4. Blue-winged Teal

    Number observed:  4

  5. Gadwall

    Number observed:  16

  6. Mallard

    Number observed:  78

  7. Green-winged Teal

    Number observed:  2

  8. Lesser Scaup

    Number observed:  2

  9. Ruddy Duck

    Number observed:  3

  10. Sora

    Number observed:  1

  11. Common Gallinule

    Number observed:  2

  12. Killdeer

    Number observed:  6

  13. Semipalmated Plover

    Number observed:  5

  14. Whimbrel

    Number observed:  7

    Details

    One bird in Cell 3 the other 6 in a group in NE corner of Long Pond Unit.

  15. Short-billed Dowitcher

    Number observed:  14

  16. Spotted Sandpiper

    Number observed:  5

  17. Ruddy Turnstone

    Number observed:  1

  18. Dunlin

    Number observed:  396

    Details

    Largest concentrations in Bad Creek Unit and Cell 3, otherwise all over in small flocks of 3 - 10 birds.

  19. Least Sandpiper

    Number observed:  5

  20. Bonaparte's Gull

    Number observed:  8

  21. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed:  2

  22. American Herring Gull

    Number observed:  30

  23. Caspian Tern

    Number observed:  1

  24. Black Tern

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Flying far out over Humphries Unit

  25. Forster's Tern

    Number observed:  86

    Details

    Actively nesting and foraging over Humphries Unit and feeding in Vermet and Cell 4. Lake Erie shoreline, as well.

  26. Common Tern

    Number observed:  70

    Details

    A constant stream of Common Terns flew directly overhead screaming "keeeeerrrrr" while I rode the dike along the east end of Vermet Unit. They were flying directly NE into the wind and out to Lake Erie and Huron River. Darker gray than Forster's Terns, which were mainly in Cell 4 and Humphries Unit.

  27. Pied-billed Grebe

    Number observed:  2

  28. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  37

  29. Black-crowned Night Heron

    Number observed:  1

  30. Great Egret

    Number observed:  16

    Details

    Odd seeing 2 birds flying directly into teeth of wind east over Lake Erie w/ no land in sight.

  31. Great Blue Heron

    Number observed:  5

  32. American White Pelican

    Number observed:  30

    Details

    Separate groups of 8 - 10 birds in Bloody Run, Lake Erie, Cell 4 and Long Pond Units.

  33. Osprey

    Number observed:  4

  34. Northern Harrier

    Number observed:  1

  35. Bald Eagle

    Number observed:  2

  36. Willow Flycatcher

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    Walpatch Unit near pump house

  37. Eastern Kingbird

    Number observed:  12

  38. Warbling Vireo

    Number observed:  3

  39. Horned Lark

    Number observed:  2

  40. Bank Swallow

    Number observed:  23

  41. Tree Swallow

    Number observed:  10

  42. Purple Martin

    Number observed:  3

  43. Barn Swallow

    Number observed:  12

  44. Marsh Wren

    Number observed:  6

  45. European Starling

    Number observed:  12

  46. Eastern Bluebird

    Number observed:  1

  47. American Robin

    Number observed:  1

  48. American Goldfinch

    Number observed:  8

  49. Savannah Sparrow

    Number observed:  2

  50. Song Sparrow

    Number observed:  7

  51. Swamp Sparrow

    Number observed:  5

  52. Yellow-headed Blackbird

    Number observed:  7

    Details

    Six immature males (brown bodies, yellow hoods) on dike between Long Pond and Bloody Run. 1 more on dike between Vermet and Long Pond Units. Squabbling w/ RWBB's and mostly foraging.

  53. Bobolink

    Number observed:  6

    Details

    Antennae farm

  54. Eastern Meadowlark

    Number observed:  1

  55. Baltimore Oriole

    Number observed:  1

  56. Red-winged Blackbird

    Number observed:  340

    Details

    nesting all over the marsh. No large flocks seen.

  57. Brown-headed Cowbird

    Number observed:  2

  58. Common Grackle

    Number observed:  13

  59. Common Yellowthroat

    Number observed:  5

  60. Yellow Warbler

    Number observed:  12

  61. Indigo Bunting

    Number observed:  1