compiled by R.V. ("Dick")
Dietrich
=========================================
This
web site is updated continually!
Last update: 23
October 2018
RECENT
ADDITION(s), latest is first on list:
Goose, snow -- first
(composite) in main album; Warbler, black and white -- main
Album; Blackbirds -- female of pair in main
Album; Eagle, bald -- first one, tabulated
group; Duck, northern shoveller in
tabulated group, Vireo, red-eyed -- first
one. main Album; Pelicans, American white -- first one, tabulated group;
Snipe,
Wilson's snipe -- second
one, main Album; Canada
geese -- in
Appendix A. "Remarkables"; Creeper,
brown in
main Album; Northern
mockingbird in
tabulated group
"Hmmm ..."
[(Bewhiskered) Bemused Pondlog, 12 May 2012]
[West
of
Castle Rock Rd., south of Allenville, Brevort Twp.]
"A
picture is worth a thousand words."
[Tess Sanders, 1911
(but variously attributed)]
This album includes
photographs by 42 people. More than 700
photographs are exhibited.
Format:
Names: Common and scientific names
are given for each bird. The order
of presentation in the album is based on the
birds’ common names – e.g., red-winged blackbird photographs appear as
Blackbird, red-winged. Information
given for each photograph includes
date and place where photograph was taken and name of photographer, who continues
to hold rights (copyright) to the given photograph.
Centered photos are by photographers other
than the compiler -- i.e., those flush left are mine. The order of birds on the Checklist -- i.e., those recorded for Mackinac County --
conforms to the American Ornithological Society's "Checklist of North
and Middle American Birds."
Additional information, which
is given below several of the photographs
includes
one or more of the following: The "See
also ... in tabulated group" includes links to one or more
additional
photographs of the featured
bird
that group, which is at the end of the album
part of this document -- i.e., preceding the checklist of birds
recorded
for the county. Additional remarks and/or the directing of
viewers' attention to
related photographs in one or more of
the
appendices etc. are also given for some birds.
Choices made so far as
which photographs are displayed in
the main album and those included in the
tabulated group are mine. An
EXPLANATION
that relates to my
considerations precedes the appendicies.
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CONTINUALLY UPDATED. Please
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Bittern, American (Botaurus
lentiginosus)
Upper left, 2 June
2011(photo ©
rvd);
upper right,
16 May 2010 (photo
© Donna Pope);
lower
center, 30 August 2009 (photo © Steve
Baker);
Each
of these photographs was taken along
Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp.
Blackbird,
Red-winged (Agelaius phoeniceus)
[Male]
[Female]
Both birds Gros Cap,
Moran Twp.: Male, 15 August
2015; Female, 31 July 2018,
[both birds were in small flocks that consisted
largely of young birds, and included rusty blackbirds and grackles]
[ See also | Blackbird,red-winged(female)
|, | Blackbird, red-winged |
in the tabulated
group
and
the
photo in Appendix
A."Remarkables".]
Blackbird,
Rusty (Euphagus carolinus)
26 October 2012, east
of Huron St., St. Ignace City.
Blackbird, Yellow-headed (Xanthocephalus
xanthocephalus)
For the Record:
May or June, 2009 or
2010, west of Pleasant Ave., circa 4 1/2 miles
northnortheast of Engadine, Garfield Twp. (photo © Linda
Boisclair)
Bluebird,
Eastern (Sialia sialis)
25
May 2015, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
10 February 2012, near southwestern
end of South State St., St. Ignace.
[Attention
is
directed to the date!]
(photo ©
Paul H. & Cindy Brown)
Bluebird,
Mountain (Sialia
currucoides)
[Female]
For
the
Record:
17
November 2010, "SW of Pickford, just barely in Mackinac County(?)"
(photo © Steve
Baker)
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
[Left, male; right, female]
Left, 5 June 2011, Right, 10 July 2014.
These two photos, both taken northeast of intersection of Blair and
3-mile roads, Marquette Twp. are not shown at the same scale --
the male is NOT, as shown,
larger (at least not much, if any) than the female.
Bobwhite,
Northern (Colinus
virginianus)
9 April 2012, yard of
photographer, State St., St. Ignace.
(&photo © Robert B.
McGreevy)
Bunting, Indigo (Passerina cyanea)
[Males]
Left,
22 May 2011; right, 19 May 2014. Both
- Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
[ See also | Bunting, indigo |,
| Bunting,
indigo
| & | Bunting,
indigo (Hudson
Twp.) |
in
tabulated group.]
Bunting,
Snow (Plectrophenax nivalis)
27 October 2009,
five, of a flock of about 40, in a waterfront
parking lot on State St., St. Ignace.
20
April 2013, two,
"King and Queen of the Hill" -- this "hill" is a loose rock that is
behind the Electric ... Co. building north of the junction of
Betrand and Huron streets., St. Ignace. [In
late April and early May of a rather
atypical winter (2012-13), some snow buntings, like these two,
already had their summer plumage, which is seldom seen in this area.]
[ See also | BuntingS,
snow(flock)
|
in
tabulated group.]
Cardinal,
Northern (Cardinalis cardinalis)
[Left, male; right, female]
9
& 10 December 2009, Gros
Cap, Moran Twp.
[Both are "puffed up"
during a snowstorm, temperature <20°F.]
[ See also |
Cardinal,
northern (female) |
in
tabulated group and
the moulting female cardinal in
Appendix
A."Remarkables".]
Catbird,
Gray (Dumetella carolinensis)
19 December
2014, photographer's yard, south end of Milakokia Lake, Newton Twp.
(photo © Barb
Brockway)
Chickadee, Black-capped (Poecile atricapillus)
3
November 2010, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
22 January 2011, Gros
Cap, Moran Twp.
(photo © Krista
Brown)
Coot,
American (Fulica americana)
25
October 2009,
Cedarville waterfront, Clark Twp.
Cormorant,
Double-crested (Phalacrocorax auritus)
All
but lower right -
3, 4, & 5 May 2010, St. Ignace dock areas; lower right - 25
September 2014, #2 pond southwest of Castle Rock Rd., Brevort
Twp.
[[ Photos do not show birds at same
size; Not a favorite bird(!!!), framing them seemed not
worth the time! Inclusion of the lower right immature bird was
prompted by interesting reflections. ]].
[
See also | *Cormorant, double-crested | & | Cormorant, double-crested |
in
tabulated group.]
Cormorant, ?Neotropic (Phalacrocorax ?brasilianus)
7
September 2013, South shore, Brevort Lake, Brevort Twp.
[ The identity of this bird is
listed with the
question mark because it seems possible that it is, instead, a
SMALL
adult double-crested cormorant in non-breeding plumage. Indeed, a
couple of its
characteristics --
e.g., the color of this bird's lores and the -- seem better to
fit the
alternative possibility. In any case, although my observations of
two cormorants -- gained during several three-month-plus winters
spent on the
Texas coast of the Gulf of Mexico -- supports better the Neotropic
species ID, it seems prudent to question this ID (and, admittedly, even
to wonder
if this bird is a hybrid -- see (A & S -- refs cited are on list
part of this web site). ]
Cowbird,
Brown-headed (Molothrus ater)
Left, male -- 13 April 2015, Evergreen
Shores, St. Ignace Twp.
Right, male(upper
bird) and female -- 3 April 2010, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
Crane,
Sandhill (Grus canadensis)
7
September 2014, east of Wartella Rd., south of junction
with Brevort Lake Rd.,
Brevort Twp.
[The
above photographs are part
of a ten-photo sequence -- See | Crane, sandhill Sequence |
in
tabulated group.]
[
See also
| Crane, sandhill ( Sequence ,,,)
|, | Crane, sandhill
(Great evnivronment, near Rexton) |, | Crane,
sandhill (partly
brown from preening?!) |,
| CraneS, Sandhill (dozen, Garfield Twp.) | & | Cranes,
Sandhill (& hostess)
|
in
the tabulated group.]
Creeper,
Brown (Certhia americana)
17
March 2018, Graham
Point area, southeastern St.
Ignace.
(photo © Caroline Cheeseman)
Crossbill,
White-winged (Loxia leucoptera)
April
2013, near end of East Martin Lake Rd., Moran Twp.
(photos ©
Harold
Kriesche)
[ See also |
Crossbill, white-winged
|
in
tabulated group.]
Crow, American (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
24
March 2010, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
[ See also
| Crow, American |
& |
Crow & Raven compared
|
in
tabulated group.]
Cuckoo, Black-billed (Coccyzus
erythropthalmus)
16
August 2013, photographer's yard, Mackinac Island.
(&photo © Elizabeth
Murcko)
Cuckoo, Yellow-billed (Coccyzus
americanus)
5 October 2009,
Pte. LaBarbe, Moran Twp.
(photo
© Steve Baker)
Dove, Mourning (Zenaida macroura)
12
July 2011, Evergreen Shores, St. Ignace Twp.
(photo © Mary Hough)
Dowitcher,
Short-billed (Limnodromus grieus)
17 April 2015, wastewater pond,
northwest of Cedarville, Clark Twp.
[ See also
|
Dowitcher,
short(?)-billed (Clark Twp.)
|
in
tabulated group. ]
Duck,
American Black !? (Anas
rubripes)
25
March 2012, offshore from the American
Legion Memorial Park, State St., St.
Ignace.
[The following comments should NOT be interpreted to say that
black ducks
do not occur within Mackinac County. -- They do, and the above
photograph may be of one of them. Nonetheless, it seems
noteworthy to mention that some birds of
this general appearance that have been identified as black ducks may
have been black duck-mallard hybrids (i.e., Anas
platyrhynchos/rubripes) or even female or immature mallards. The "!?", which is
included in
the heading for this photograph, was put there to direct attention to
this proviso. (By the by, the better part of discretion led to
the inclusion
of one of my photos, rather than someone else's identified as a
black duck, here.)]
Duck:
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
[Left, male;
right, female]
17 April 2015, wastewater pond,
northwest of Cedarville, Clark Twp.
[ See
also | Duck -- Bufflehead
|
in
tabulated group.]
Duck:
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
Same locality as next
entry. (photo
© Robert B. Brown)
[Left,
male; right, female]
13
April 2010, Waterfront
along Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp..
Duck: Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
(Anas
strepera)
2
June 2016, southwest of Boulevard
Dr., Moran Twp. [lower photo: Left, male; right, female]
[ See also
| Duck
--Gadwall |
in tabulated
group.]
Duck:
Goldeneye, Barrow's (Bucephala
islandica)*
For
the Record: 2
October 2016, Lake Brevort, offshore from Rte. H-57, Brevort Twp.
[ Is this bird possibly a Common x
Barrow's hybrid? ]
Duck:
Goldeneye, Common (Bucephala clangula)
[Left, male; right, female]
24
March 2010, waterfront, northeast of Indian Village, St.
Ignace.Twp.
[Female and juveniles]
Waterfront, northeast
of Indian Village, St. Ignace Twp.
[Young
birds of a few other species
are included in the tabulated group of photographs.]
Duck, Long-tailed (Clangula hyemalis)
Two upper photos 24 April 2012;
three lower
photos: 2 May 2010;
all off-shore
from the old State ferry dock south of Ferry Ln., St. Ignace.
Duck: Mallard (Anas platyrynchos)
[Adult
female]
22
October 2009,
waterfront, north of Indian Village, St. Ignace.
[Adult
male]
22
October 2009,
waterfront, north of Indian Village, St. Ignace.
[ See also "Frontispiece."
]
Duck: Mandarin (Aix galericulata)
For the
Record: 30 November 2017,
water
front
(photographs
('phone) © Sally Herbon)
lot east of "Big Mac Bridge," St. Ignace.
[This bird is apparently a "free
flying" exotic -- i.e., no nearby ownership is known.]
Duck: Merganser, Common (Mergus merganser)
[Left,
male; right, female]
25
March 2010, St. Ignace waterfront
4
November 2009, along
board walk, St.
Ignace waterfront.
North side of Prospect Stree, St. Ignace.
(photo © Robert B. Brown)
Nest: During the early 2010s,
several photographs were taken of this "nest." A few taken by Prentiss
M. ("Moey") Brown, Jr. and Mary B. Clement are shown in the "See also
... tabulated group." ¶ Observers
have
often expressed the opinion that this "nest" was destined
to fail so far as producing
young mergansers that would survive. Information that may
invalidate these laments is included on the following linked
photographs.
Duck: Merganser,
Hooded (Lophodytes cucullatus)
[Left, male; right, female]
6
May 2012, offshore near Indian Village, St. Ignace.
5 November 2009, in
southeastern Lake Brevort, north of Rte. H37,
Brevort Twp.
[Above males and females, with their
diverse plumages, were members of an
~30-bird flock.]
Duck:
Merganser, Red-breasted (Mergus serrator)
[Left, male; right, female]
19
April 2010, waterfront
along Boulevard
Dr.,
Moran Twp.
[ See also | Duck --Merganser, red-breasted |
& | Duck, merganser,
red-breasted (Ducklings) |
in
tabulated group.]
Duck: Northern
Pintail (Anas acuta)
[Male]
11
April 2011, Waterfront
along Boulevard
Dr.,
Moran Twp.
Duck: Northern
Shoveler (Spatual clypeata)
(Anas
clypeata)
[Left, male; right, female]
Upper
left male 10 May 2012, others 25 May 2012, wastewater pond, northwest
of Cedarville, Clark Twp.
[ See also | Duck - Northern Shoveler
| in
tabulated group: < This photograph shows a mature male in
grass in
Chippewa County -- i.e., east of S. Centerline Rd., ~100 feet north of
its intersection with MI Rte. 48.
Duck: Redhead (Aythya americana)
[Male]
[Female]
17
April 2013, offshore former dock for the former train ferry ("The
Chief" -- Wawatam)
in downtown St. Ignace.
Duck, Ring-necked (Aythya collaris)
[Male]
22 April 2014, off old State Ferry dock, beyond end
of Ferry Lane, St. Ignace.
[Below: Left,
male; right, female]
1 May 2015, wastewater lagoon,
northwest of Cedarville, Clark Twp.
Duck,
Ruddy (Oxyura jamaicensis)
For
the Record
7 April
2010, May 20, wastewater
lagoon,
northwest of Cedarville, Clark
Twp.
[The blank between the two represents a foreshortening.] (photo
© Steve
Baker)
Duck: Scaup
(Greater!?) (Aythya marila?)
[Upper, female; lower, male]
Top,
4 April 2010; bottom, 17 April 2010, St. Ignace waterfront.
Duck: Scoter,
White-winged (Melanitta fusca)
19
April 2010, off old State Ferry dock, near end of Ferry Lane, St.
Ignace.
[The four photos are of the same scoter.
Viewers have wondered if it -- see lower right -- was trying to emulate
the mythical phoenix.]
[juvenile]
17
October 2017, off shore near "launching site" beside Boulevard Dr.just
southeast of junction of Densmore Ave.
[Excuse quality of photographs -- taken with
difficultly UNmanagable
light
conditions.]
DUCK: Teal,
Blue-winged (Spatula discors) (Anas discors)
9
May 2016, Sand Bay on Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp.
[Below: Left,
male; right, female]
22 April 2016,
Near the end of the man-made channel that extends from Brevort Lake,
past the state launching site, to Duke's Road (Brevort Twp.).
[ See also | Duck-Teal,
Blue-winged | (<-
part of blue shows.) &
|
DuckS, TealS
| in the tabulated group.]
DUCK: Teal,
Green-winged (Anas crecca)
For
the Record
4 May
2015, Lake Michigan,
near-shore, Boulevard, Moran Twp.
Duck: Wigeon,
American (Anas americana)
[Upper photo: male; lower
photos: Left, male; right, female]
14 April 2010, Waterfront
along Boulevard
Dr.,
Moran Twp.
Duck, Wood (Aix sponsa)
[Male]
17 April 2015, wastewater pond,
northwest of Cedarville, Clark Twp.
[Female]
7 May 2013, different wastewater pond,
northwest of Cedarville, Clark Twp.
[See
also a female |
Duck,
wood
(pair)
| & | Duck, wood (male - nonbreeding) |
in
tabulated group.]
Dunlin (Calidrus alpina)
18
May 2015, lake side of Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp.
[ See also |
Dunlin (16
December,St. Ignace)
| in the tablulated group. ]
Eagle,
Bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
27 October 2009, south side of Rte. 2,
~4 miles west of St. Ignace, Moran Twp.
January
2012, north of LaVake Rd., east of Allenville, Brevort
Twp. (photo © Ruth
LaChapelle)
[ This
photograph was taken by a motion-activated
camera that was set up by Ruth LaChapelle.
The attraction was a road-kill
deer that was put on a property north of LaVake Road, Brevort Twp.]
[Immature]
12 July 2013, on Little Cut Lane, which
is off Walker Rd., west of Moran and north of
Brevort Lake, Brevort Twp.
(photos, taken with cell
'phone, © Larry Hough)
[Immature]
6 April 2010, shore
near Pte. LaBarbe Rd., Moran Twp.
[ See also |Eagle,
bald|, | Eagle,
bald: eating & flying 2018 |, | Eagle,
bald (Mac...Isld.) |, | Eagle,
bald (on ice, off Mac...Isld) |, | Eagle, bald (immature) |,
| Eagle, bald (immature) |. | Eagle, bald (imm.; one of ~50) | & | Eagle, bald (color reversal) | in tabulated group]
Eagle,
Golden (Aquila chrysaetos) -- See below, right.
[ The two
following
photographs show a bald eagle (left) and a golden
eagle (right), both in
flight; These photographs show different shapes, dark and
light patterns of the golden eagle, etc. More definitive photos
will
replace these two when available.]
[Immature]
8
June, 2011, Bald Eagle over Mackinac Island.
1 April 2010, Moran,
Brevort Twp.
(&photo © Robert B.
McGreevy)
(photo
© Steve
Baker)
Egret,
Cattle (Bubulcus ibis)
For
the Record
XX;November 2016, Graham
Point area, southeastern St.
Ignace
(photos
© Sally
Herbon)
Egret,
Great (Ardea alba)
6
July 2015, "Sand Bay" along Boulevard
Dr.,
20 May
2017, waterfront
along Boulevard
Dr.,
Moran Twp. (photo
© rvd)
Moran
Twp.
(photo
© Caroline
Cheeseman)
24 May 2015, pond south of Poupard Bay, Moran Twp.
FALCONS (photographs
are NOT all at same scale !):
Falcon: Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
For
the
Record:
20 January 2005, near north end of
"Big Mac" bridge (photo © Steve
Baker)
Falcon:
Kestrel,
American (Falco sparverius)
14 September 2010, Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp.
Falcon:
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
3
May 2014, north of Taylor Rd.
east of Rutledge Rd., Marquette Twp.
[ See also
| Falcon,
Merlin
| &
| Falcon,
Merlin |
in tabulated group.]
Falcon:
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
END FALCONS
Finch,
Purple (Haemorhous purpureus)
[Left, male; right, female]
Left,
22 October 2005, St. Ignace - backyard feeder of of
photographer.
(photo
© Ruth LaChapelle)
Right, !?date to come?!,
near end of East Martin Lake Rd., Moran Twp.
(photo © Harold Kriesche)
Left to right: Male purple finch,
American
goldfinch and female purple finch. 24 February 2014, Gros Cap,
Moran Twp.
Flicker,
Northern (Colaptes auratus)
[Female]
[Male]
Left, 15 April 2015; right, 21 July 2014,
both Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
[ See
also | Flicker,northern
(male & female) | & | Flicker, northern (nestlings &) | in tabulated group.]
Flycatcher,
Alder(?*) (Empidonax
alnorum)
For the
Record: 5 June 2015, north of Boulevard Drive,
Moran Twp.
[*I did not hear the bird's call. It
may be one of the other
empidomax flycatchers.]
Flycatcher, Great
Crested (Myiarchus crinitus)
-- Both, Mackinac
Island.
(&photos, not to same scale, © Elizabeth Murcko)
Left,
15 July 2014, Fort
Holmes.
Right, 29 July 2014,
photographer's yard.
Flycatcher,
Olive-sided (Contopus cooperi)
19 May 2015, along Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp.
[See
also |
Flycatcher, olive-sided
(some ID
features)
|
in tabulated group.]
Gnatcatcher,
Blue-gray (Polioptila caerulea)
16
May 2005, Pte. LaBarbe, Moran Twp.
(photo
© Steve Baker)
Golden-Plover, American (Pluvialis dominica)
19
October 2015, lakeside of Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp
[See also | Golden-Plover,
American (Composite) |
in tabulated group and Cf. Plover, Black-bellied.]
Goldfinch, American (Spinus tristis)
9
June 2010, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
24
March 2017, Gros Cap, Moran Twp
[See also | Goldfinch,
American (nonbreeding) plumage) |
in tabulated group and
the
"?Siskin-Goldfinch?" in Appendix
A."Remarkables".]
Goose,
Cackling (Branta hutchinsii)
[Right, with Canada
goose]
6
October 2006, Lake Brevort, Brevort Twp.
(photos © Steve
Baker)
Goose,
Canada (Branta canadensis)
28 November 2009, St.
Ignace.
AND the "quilled" (i.e., Quill Lakes
area??) pair
included in Appendix A."Remarkables".]
Goose,
Greater White-fronted (Anser albifrons)
Left,
19 February 2012 (photo
©
rvd);
right, 12 February
2012 (photo
© Stan
Lilley
both on old
State ferry dock, near end of Ferry Lane, St. Ignace.
Goose,Ross's (Anser rossii)
(Chen rossii)
16 March 2017,
parking area on lakeside of Epoufette Bay across from the junction of
the former "Dishaw Rd," and Epoufette Rd.,Hendricks Twp.
[See
also
| |Goose, Ross's (& friends)
| in tabulated group.]
Goose,
Snow (Chen caerulescens)
Upper
photo: October 2011, on Makinac Island. (?&photo © Robert
B. McGreevy)
Lower
pair: 25 October 2011, offshore Makinac Island. (photos
© Candi J. Wynn)
[Dark morph -- i.e., "Blue Goose"]
19 April 2014, ~4 miles NNW of Engadine, Garfield Twp. (photo © Laura Wong)
[Above photo first appeared on
<birdnet@upbirders.org>]
[ See
also | Goose,
snow (with
Canada ...) | & | Goose, snow - "blue" &
white morphs |
in
tabulated group.]
Grackle, Common (Quiscalus quiscula)
23 October 2012, edge of pond east of
Black Point Rd. ~.2 mi. north of Dukes Rd., Brevort Twp.
[The white line represents a foreshortening of the original
photograph.]
[See also
| Grackle, Common (female)
|
in tabulated group.]
Grebe,
Horned (Podiceps auritus)
Upper,
20 October 2009, offshore
from Boulevard
Dr
Lower,
7 May
2013, these two photos are of the same bird, which was
one of three offshore, south of State Street, St.
Ignace.
Grebe, Pied-billed (Podilymbus podiceps)\
Upper
left, 22 June
2012; lower left, 27 May 2011, swampy area beside
causeway across Flower Bay to Hill
Island, Clark Twp.
Middle, 13 July 2012, same
locality. two
juveniles and adult (progenitor?) -- notice that
juveniles are larger than mature bird.
Right, 26 July 2015.
swampy area on south side of Boulevard Drive, just west of Densmore
Avenue junction, Moran Twp.
Grebe, Red-necked (Podiceps grisegena)
28
April 2009, St. Ignace waterfront. (photo © Steve
Baker)
19 May April 2014, near Mackinac Island. (&photo © Robert B. McGreevy)
[See also |
Grebe,
red-necked
| in tabulated group.]
Grosbeak, Evening (Coccothraustes vespertinus)
[male]
June 2015, photographer's yard,
Mackinac Island.
(&photo
© Elizabeth Murcko)
[See also |
Grosbeak,
evening (June) | & | Grosbeak,
evening (pair-Chip..Co.) |
(<--This
second one shows a female.)
in tabulated group.]
Grosbeak, Pine (Piniccola enucleator)
[Left,
male; right, female]
Left,14 January 2012, near SW
end, South State St. (photo
© Paul & Cindy Brown)
Right, 22 November 2007, deck of deck of photographer,
(photo
© Ruth LaChapelle)
-- both St. Ignace. [not to same scale] --
[See
also |
Grosbeak,
pine (pair & immature)
|
in tabulated group.]
Grosbeak, Rose-breasted (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
[Left, female; right, male]
10 May 2014, feeder of John
Schieding,
30 May 2008, deck of photographer,
Moran Twp. (photo © rvd)
St. Ignace. (©
Ruth LaChapelle)
Grouse, Ruffed (Bonasa umbellus)
Fall
of 2008, Epoufette Bay. Hendricks Twp.
(photo
© Krista & Robert B. Brown)
1st week of March 2014, Pte.
LaBarbe
Rd., Moran Twp.
(photo © Nancy Brown)
Grouse,
Sharp-tailed (Tympanuchus phasianellus)
30
April 2006, Moran, Brevort Twp.
(photo
© Steve Baker)
18 April 2014, North
of Lovegrove Rd. Moran Twp.
[See
also | Grouse, sharp-tailed
|
& |
Grouse, sharp-tailed | in tabulated group.]
Grouse, Spruce (Falcipennis canadensis)
[See
the photos in
Appendix B "Wish List".]
[[ Guineafowl,
Helmeted (Numida meleagris) -- feral
[See
| Guineafowl (FERAL?
- 2010) | in tabulated group.] ]]
Gull, Bonaparte's (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
30 April & 1 May
2013, respectively:
Bottom
group, offshore south of old State Ferry dock, St. Ignace;
top pair, shore of
Mismer Bay, east of Pte. Brulee Rd., Clark Twp.
[Five
gulls were offshore of St. Ignace; two
were in Mismer Bay.]
Gull,
Glaucous (Larus hyperboreus)
16
December 2011, St. Ignace waterfront.
(photos © Steve
Baker)
Gull, Great Black-backed (Larus marinus)
For the
Record:
16 December 2011,
St. Ignace waterfront. (photo © Steve
Baker)
Gull,
Herring (Larus argentatus)
Left, 22
October 2009, Boulevard
Dr., Moran Twp. (photo
©
rvd)
Right, 30 April 2015, Saint Ignace.
(&photo © Robert B. McGreevy)
[Juvenile]
16 September 2015, parking
area south of Old State Ferry Dock, St. Ignace.
[See also
| Gull,herring - 3rd winter | [<-
This
one is included, for
the most part, to show the Gull's bill at this stage.]
&
|
Gull, herring - in snow
|
&
| Gull,
herring - "Orator" | in the tabulated group.]
[The above herring and
below ring-billed gull are shown
at the same scale in the left, overall
"shots," of these photographs, Despite the fact that
the overall sizes of these two gulls differ
markedly, this is not easily discerned
by some observers. Fortunately, the
beaks of the mature individuals are characteristic and easily seen.
The general statements in the Notes/References on
the Checklist on this web site appear to be based on information
published in Cuthbert and Wires (2013). The actual observations
of those authors, plus some additional information follow:
"estimated 11,000 Ring-billed Gulls (by direct nest count) on Green
Island (of the Straits area,) and estimated about 500 Herring Gulls on
the 3 shoals directly to the west of Green Island. The largest
shoal had 400 pairs which is a large colony for this species in the
Great Lakes. Interestingly, those shoals were either not present
or at least had not been colonized in the 1990s when we completed the
previous census. So, I think they emerged from the lake and birds
began to use them sometime after the late 1990s. ... I [also]
know from flying over Green Island in early June this year [2015] that
the ring-bill colony is now smaller by maybe 2/3 or 1/2 from its peak
around 2007." (F. Cuthbert, p.c., 21 June 2015) ]
Gull, Ring-billed (Larus delawarensis)
Left, 18
October 2009, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
Right,
16 May 2010, parking area south of Old State Ferry
Dock, St. Ignace.
[The red
areas that
are around the eye and along the gape of the gull on the right
are exhibited by at least a few of these gulls during pre-breeding
and/or breeding periods.]
[See
also | Gull, ring-billed
|, | Gull, ring-billed (Juv.) |, | Gull,
ring-billed - "Overseer" | &
| Gull ring-billed
- "Scottish Gaels"
(would beS) | in tabulated group.]
Gull,
Little (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
For the
Record: 21 April 2016, off-shore from Cloverland Electric
facility, St.
Ignace; in lower
(photos © Steve
Baker)
photo, the larger
black-headed gull, on the right is a Bonaparte's gull.
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
[See photo in the "FALCON" group.]
Harrier, Northern (Circus cyaneus)
1
April 2010, Pte. LaBarbe, Moran Twp.
(photo
© Steve
Baker)
Left, 4 May
2010; right, 28 April 2011, swamp, along Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp.
Hawk,
Broad-winged (Buteo
platypterus)
23 April 2014, northeast end of
29 April 2015, Mackinac Island.
causeway
across Flower
Bay to
(&photo © Robert B. McGreevy)
Hill
Island, Clark
Twp. (photo © rvd)
1 June
2015, photographer's yard, East Bluff, Mackinac
Island. (&photo © Elizabeth
Murcko)
[See also |
Hawk, broad-winged
| in tabulated group.]
Hawk,
Cooper's (Accipiter cooperii)
13 May 2017, east of St. Martin Rd., ~ 100 ft. north of
turn-around at gate to St. Martin Point Sub.,
Marquette Twp - sec.27, T.42N., R.2W.
Hawk,
ferruginous (Buteo regalis)
For
the Record: 21
& 22 February 2017, south of Brevort Lake Rd. (Rte. H-57), ~0.1 mi. west of Apple Lane,
Brevort Twp. This tentative-plus ID, which to me seems best
to include dark or
intermediate morph?,
is based on past experience with the species and checking several references. See
especially Plates
389 & 390 in Wheeler (Wheeler, B.K. 2003. Raptors of easter North
America.Princeton. (NJ);Princeton Univ. Press.
439p.).
Hawk,
Red-shouldered (Buteo lineatus)
9 September 2010, north of Duke's Rd., east
of Lake Brevort, Brevort Twp.
[See also |
Hawk, red-shouldered
|
& | Hawk, red-shouldered (chicks)
| in tabulated group.]
Hawk,
Red-tailed (Buteo jamaicensis)
Left, 26 September 2014, Mackinac
Island.
Right, 3 April 2010, Pte. LaBarbe, Moran
Twp.
(&photo © Robert B. McGreevy)
(photo
© Steve Baker)
Hawk,
Rough-legged (Buteo lagopus)
12 December 2016,
Boulevard Drive., Moran Twp.
9 April 2014, circa 4
miles north-northwest of Engadine, Garfield Twp. (photo © Laura Wong)
mid Octoger 2013. Shoulder of Rte. 123, ~2 milles south of
junction of Kenneth Rd.
Hawk, Sharp-shinned (Accipiter striatus)
6 May 2014, Gros Cap,
3 April 2010, Pte.
LaBarbe, Moran Twp.
Moran Twp. (photo ©
rvd)
(photo
© Steve Baker)
Hawk, Swainson's?? (Buteo swainsoni??)
[immature]
2
January 2012, north side of Boulevard Dr., St. Ignace.
The
following information is
included as an example of frustration and to support my reason for
putting the two question marks after the
identification of this bird. -- The species designation went
through many stages before it was listed as "Swainson's" with
the question marks. Part of the problem(s) relate to the fact
that the front of the bird was not seen; after the photos
were taken, it flew and only its underwings etc., which were relatively
light colored. were seen. On the basis of the
above photographs, the hawk was identifed by two astute observers as
possibly a juvenile Swainson's or
Goshawk; subsequently, however, another good bird watcher, upon
seeing the photographs, thought it more likely a Red-tailed hawk and
this i.d. -- i.e., as a
JUVENILE Red-tailed hawk was supported by a professional ornithologist
who sent her i.d. "Juvenile
red-tailed hawk?" and directed attention to the photo on the
following website:
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/PHOTO/LARGE/red_tailed_hawk_21.jpg .
The reason for her question mark, though
not
clarified, AND the fact that some correspondants and I believe that the
white fringe on the feathers seem more like those in specimens
identified as Swainson's hawks led to the ID given in the heading,
albeit with two question marks. In addition. ¶
Later, my attention was directed to the following
photographs: 1. the one
identified as a "juv[enile]. light" Swainson's Hawk in Crossley,
Richard. 2011. The Crossley ID guide:
Eastern birds, p.250
and the one identified as a young male Swainson's hawk on page 69 of
"Audoubon" magazine, March-April, 2012, p. 69. The
latter one, in particular, appears to resemble
in nearly all aspects the one in the above photographs. And, subsequently, I also
looked at the feathers of each of these birds on
the following web site: http://www.lab.fws.gov/fa/index.php
(the "The feather atlas..." of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service,
Forensics Laboratory).
As of now, the current
ID seems most likely, albeit still in question. However, the following
was recently received from another viewer of this web site:
"Swainson's Hawk (??) is definitely a Red-tailed Hawk" -- email,
20 January 2013. AfAnd, even
later, I have even wondered if the individual shown herein
as Hawk:
?Goshawk, Northern (Accipiter gentilis)
is of not only
questionable, but should raise the same questions as this one.]
Heron,
Great Blue (Ardea herodias)
15 May 2012, lake
side of Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp.
[Immature]
Above two are same individual: 24
July
2014, lake side of Boulevard
Dr., Moran Twp.
[See
also | Heron,
great blue |, | Heron,
great blue |
& | Heron,
great blue |
in tabulate group.]
Heron, Green (Butorides virescens)
12
July 2013
19
July 2014, swampy area south of Poupard Bay, west of Gros Cap Rd., Moran Twp.
(photos © Caroline Cheeseman)
Hummingbird, Ruby-throated (Archilochus colubris)
[Females]
Left,
12 May 2012, feeder, Gros Cap, Moran Twp. (photo
©
rvd)
Right, 21 August 2005, St. Ignace - near
Gladys Pope's trellis. (photo
© Ruth LaChapelle)
[Males]
Left,
11 May 2012; right, 22 June
2010, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
[See
also |
Hummingbird, ruby-throated (juvenile)
|,
| Hummingbird,
ruby-throated (immature) |
& | Hummingbird,
ruby-throated |;
also,
of at least passing
interest, the | Hummingbird
Moth --NOT a bird | in tabulated group.]
Jay, Blue (Cyanocitta cristata)
11 January 2014, Gros
Cap, Moran Twp.
[See also | JayS,
blue (15 at home!) | & |
Jay, blue | in tabulated group.]
Junco,
Dark-eyed (Junco hyemalis)
20 March
2012, Gros Cap, Moran
Twp.
April
2013, This junco, which some observers refer to as pink-sided, is one
of three that were part of a flock of 20-25 typical "slate-colored"
juncos that was in
the
Gros Cap area, Moran Twp. for
two and a half weeks during the month.
[See
also | Junco, dark-eyed | &
|
Junco,
dark-eyed (2 more pink ... ) |
in tabulated group.]
Kestrel,
American (Falco sparverius)
[See photo in the "FALCON" group.]
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
10 May 2012,
Wastewater pond, northwest of Cedarville, Clark
Twp.
7 July 2014, "Broken wing display," East shore, Mackinac Island.
(photo © Elizabeth Murcko)
[See
also | Killdeer | & | Killdeer (eggs) | in tabulated group. ]
Kingbird,
Eastern (Tyrannus tyrannus)
24 July
2016, next to
wastewater
pond, northwest
of Cedarville, Clark Twp.
Kingbird,
Western (Tyrannus verticalis)
For
the
Record: 31 May 2015, Boulevard Drive, Moran
Twp.
Kingfisher, Belted (Megaceryle alcyon)
6 August 2012,
wastewater pond, northwest of Cedarville, Clark
Twp.
[The male, lower
photo, was in nearby trees -- and nowhere long enough to permit
me to self-set the focus --
whereas the female, was on a line extending over one of the
ponds and only now and then diving into the
pond. Both of the top photos are of the
the female; the one on the right shows, in
particular, the undertail stripes.]
[See
also |
Kingfisher, belted
|
in the tabulated group and
the
kingfisher in Appendix
A."Remarkables".]
Kinglet,
Golden-crowned (Regulus satrapa)
Lark, Horned (Eremophila alpestris)
Left pair, 5 May
2016, launching area across water from Dock 3, St. Ignace
City;
Right, 4 October 2012, lake
side
of Boulevard
Dr., Moran Twp.
[See
also |
Lark, horned (guards
& sentry) |
in
tabulated group.]
Longspur, Lapland (Calcarius
lapponicus)
4
October 2012, lake side of Boulevard Drive, Moran Twp.
[See also | Longspur, Lapland (white belly) | in tabulated group.]
Loon,
Common (Gavia immer)
26 June
2010, southeastern Lake Brevort, Brevort Twp.
[See also | Loon, northern (Portage Twp.) |
in tabulated group.]
Meadowlark (Sturnella sp. -- probably Sturnella magna)
22 April 2014, west of southern end of
South State St., St. Ignace.
[All
photos are of same individual.] (photos © Cindy Brown)
[See also | Meadowlark sp.. | & | Meadowlark,
eastern!!?! |
in tabulated group.]
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
[See photo in the "FALCON" group.]
Mockingbird, Northern (Mimus polyglottos)
For
the
Record: 6 May 2013, between Gros Cap school & church,
Moran Twp.
[Fuzziness
result of taking photo through windshield.]
See
also | Mockingbird, northern |
in tabulated group.]
Nighthawk,
Common (Chordeiles minor)
[See |
Nighthawk,
common - (Chipp...Co.)
|,
in the tabulated group <-; it shows a bird that was
near, but apparently not within Mackinac County, when the photography
was
taken.]
Night-heron, Black-crowned (Nycticorax nycticorax)
15
June 2012, on Mackinac
Island.
13
May 2017, Graham Point,
south end of State St., Saint Ignace.
(photo © Robert
B. McGreevy).
(photo © Paul H.
Brown).
Nuthatch, Red-breasted (Sitta canadensis)
11
December 2012, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
18 September 2013, photographer's yard,
Mackinac Island.
(&photo © Elizabeth Murcko)
[See also
| Nuthatch,
red-breasted |
in tabulated group.]
Nuthatch, White-breasted (Sitta carolinensis)
27 February, 2010,
Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
Oriole,
Baltimore (Icterus galbula)
[Left,
male; right, female]
Left,13 May
2014,
Right, 10
May 2014, feeder of
Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
John Schieding, Moran Twp.
[See
also | Oriole, Baltimore male |
& |
Oriole, Baltimore
(pair) | in tabulated group.]
Oriole, Orchard (Icterus spurius)
~20 May 2014, feeder of photographer, St.
Ignace. (© Ruth LaChapelle)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
16 June 2014, near top of tall tree on
lake side of the Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp.
6
August 2005, near southern shore of Lake Brevort,
August 2017, off Mackinac Island
Brevort
Twp. (photo © Ruth LaChapelle)
(?&photo © Robert
B. McGreevy)
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
[See photo in the "Warbler" group.]
Owl, Barred (Strix varia)
Left, 22 February 2008, St. Ignace - along Old
Portage Rd., Moran
Twp. (photo © Ruth LaChapelle)
Center,12 March 2014, the Annex, Mackinac Island. (& photo © Clark Bloswick)
Right, 30 April 2010,
Epoufette Bay, Hendricks Twp. (photo © Steve Baker)
Owl, Boreal (Aegolius funereus)
20 February 2012, along Boulevard
Dr., Moran Twp. (photos © Caroline
Cheeseman)
Owl, Great
Gray (Strix
nebulosa)
4
March 2009, the above imprint was made in the snow where a great gray
owl caught a mouse; the
photograph was taken in a wooded area on
Mackinac island (?&photo © Robert
B. McGreevy).
[See photos
in Appendix
B. Wish List.]
Owl,
Great Horned (Bubo virginianus)
Left (adult), 16 August 2014;
right (immature), 8 August 2014 -- Both on East Bluff, Mackinac Island.
(photos
© Elizabeth
Murcko, - & one of immature)
24 January 2014, Old Portage Rd., Moran
Twp. (& 'phone photos © Sheri
Damron)
[See also | Owl,
great horned ("It's cold ...")
| in tabulated group; it has
been entitled "It's Cold and Windy Out
Here!"; it may be the same owl as the one shown in the the
above photographs.]
Owl, Northern
Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula)
[See photos
in Appendix
B. Wish List.]
Owl,
Northern Saw-whet (Aegolius acadicus)
October
2006, Pointe Labarbe, Moran Twp. (photo ©
Edward A. Pike)
~2006 (i.e., received 2017, but noted
as taken "about ten years
ago"), (&photo © Tamara Gady)
north of Lovegrove Rd., Ozark area, Moran Twp.
Owl,
Short-eared (Asio flammeus)
For the
Record:
5
November 2005, "south of Rudyard, maybe in Mackinac County"
(photo ©
Steve Baker)
Owl,
Snowy (Bubo scandiaca)
April 2009, north end of northern
causeway of "Big Mac" Bridge.
[cell 'phone photo © Joe Visnaw]
(Above photo is
first one taken by a 'phone on this web site.)
20 November
2005, St.
Ignace.
(photo © Steve Baker)
21
December 2011, offshore of Boulevard
Dr., Moran Twp.
15
January 2017, north of Town Line Rd. circa 4.6 miles west of
Michigan Rte.129, Marquette Twp. [ When this photo was taken,
this owl was in Chippewa County; we -- daughter
Krista Brown, Mary B. ("Diggy") Clement and I -- had just seen it fly
from Mackinac County, across the road, and alight on this tree, the
road's width plus a few feet from Mackinac County.]
Pelican, American White (Pelecanus
erythrorhynchos)
10 June
2012, above Boulevard
Dr. and the nearby offshore
area, Moran Twp.
Peregrine
Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
[See photo in the "FALCON" group.]
Pewee
-- see Wood-pewee,
Eastern (Contopus virens)
Phalarope, Red (Phalaropus
fulicarius)
For the
Record: 21 November 2017, (Photos ID'd by Francesca Cuthbert
and David Pavlik.;
I am not familiar with this bird in this plumage.)
Phalarope,
Wilson's (Phalaropus tricolor)
For the
Record: 2 October 2013, ponded area north of Rte.
2, just east of
junction of
Brevort Lake Rd (Rte. H57), Moran Twp.
[ Numbers indicate order in which photographs were taken,
]
Pheasant, Ring-necked (Phasianus colchicus)
[Male]
29
April 2010, along Rte. H37 between
Black Point and Church roads, Brevort Twp.
and the
iridescent, partly purple, (etc.)
pheasant in Appendix
A."Remarkables".]
Phoebe,
Eastern (Sayornis phoebe)
17 April
2010, north of Cheesman Rd. ~0.5 mile east of junction of
Cecil Rd., Moran Twp.
Pigeon,
Rock (Columba livia)
15 March 2010, north
of Duke's Rd., west of Moran, Brevort Twp.
11 March 2012, north
of Duke's Rd., west of Moran, Brevort Twp.
[These
are examples of the various color patterns of pigeons here and
elsewhere in the county.
Cf. Dove, Mourning
photo.]
Pipit,
American (Anthus rubescens)
15 May 2015, wastewater pond,
northwest of Cedarville, Clark Twp.
Plover,
Black-bellied (Pluvialis squatarola)
27 May
2011, on
western shore of Mizmer Bay, east of Pte. Brulee Rd., Clark Twp.
Plover,
Piping (Charadrius melodus)
[This
bird is an ENDANGERED SPECIES.]
30
June, 2010, near Pte. aux Chenes,
Moran Twp. (Hiawatha
National Forest photo
by Tiffany Marie Radka)
June,
2007, near Pte. aux Chenes, Moran Twp. (Hiawatha
Forest photo
by Lisa Sommers)
Plover,
Semipalmated (Charadrius
semipalmatus)
18 May 2015, lake side of Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp. [breeding adult --
note
especially bill.]
[immature]
20 August 2017, lake side of Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp. [juvenile ?!].
Rail, Virginia (Rallus limicola)
13
May 2006, Pte. LaBarbe, Moran Twp.
(photo © Steve Baker)
Raven, Common (Corvus corax)
Top,19 April 2010,
north of Gorman Rd., ~0.5
mile east of its southern
junction with Mackinac Trail, St. Ignace Twp.
Lower
pair,10 October 2009, near
shore of Lake Michigan, southeast of
Epoufette, Hendricks Twp.
[See
also | Crow & Raven compared |
in tabulated group.]
Redpoll,
Common (Acanthis flammea)
Left, 5
November 2012, one of the below described flock at Gros Cap, Moran
Twp.
Right, early 2011, one of
two "regulars" at the photographer's feeder, St. Ignace.
[See also |
Redpolls --"Sock hop" | &
|
Redpoll, common (reddish ...)
| in
tabulated group AND both
the "Redpolls ...",
and
the
"?Siskin X Redpoll . . .?" in
Appendix
A."Remarkables".]
Redpoll, Hoary?? (Acanthis hornemanni ??)
29
January 2012, Gros Cap, Moran
Twp.
[The ?? s seem best included because
of
current information about the species
status of this bird.]
Redpolls
(...)
5 November 2012,
feeder area Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
[These two redpolls
and a few similar ones were part of a mixed flock of 25 - 30
redpolls. In my experience, these two, and those like them,
differ rather markedly from the associated redpolls, which appeared to
be typical of those usually seen in this area and in
downstate areas where I observed the species for more than 40
years.
The one on the left has features
widely
associated with so-called "Greenland" redpolls -- e.g., a relatively large black area on its throat (see Sibley, p. 532).
These redpolls are also referred to as "Greater" Common Redpolls
(Subspecies rostrata),
especially by Canadians, because of
their association with Baffin Island (see Pittaway, 2014). The one on the right
has the white "rump" widely attributed to Hoary Redpolls; someof its other features, however, raise the question:
Are it and those like it in the flock possibly "Greenland
(Hornemann's)" redpolls(?) (see Sibley 2009, p. 533).]
Redstart,
American (Setophaga
ruticilla)
[See photo in the Warblers group.]
Note: The
photographs of the following group, the sandpipers, serve well to
direct attention to the statement in the explanation that photographs in this Album DO NOT show the birds, even birds
of
related groups, at the same scale. Approximate
length
figures (in inches) -- i.e., from tip of bill to tip of tail --
for the following sandpipers, as given in several sources, are: Least --
6", pectoral -- 7.5" to
8.75",
solitary -- 8.5", spotted
-- 7.5", and western -- 6.5".
Sandpiper, Least (Calidris minutilla)
23(top)/ 25(bottom) July 2015, in Lake
Michigan "wash,"
along Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp.
Lower one has had following title applied to it: "Gilligan's may
be larger -- But, So What ---")
[See
also |
Sandpiper,
Least
|
&
| Sandpiper,
least | in tabulated group.]
Sandpiper,
Pectoral (Calidris melanotos)
10 July 2015, in Lake Michigan "wash,"
along Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp.
[See
also | Sandpiper, pectoral | &
| Sandpiper,
pectoral & yellowlegs,
lesser | in tabulated group.]
Sandpiper,
Semipalmated (Calidris
pusilla)
1 June 2017, in Lake Michigan "wash,"
along Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp.
14 July 2015, in Lake Michigan "wash,"
along Boulevard Dr., Moran
Twp.
[See
also | Sandpiper,
semipalmated (note foot.) |
<- a
close-up shows "semi-webbing"
of one of the bird's feet) in tabulated group.]
Sandpiper, Solitary (Tringa solitaria)
6 August 2012, Clark
Twp. wastewater pond, northwest of Cedarville, Clark Twp.
13 July 2015, in Lake Michigan "wash,"
along Boulevard Dr., Moran
Twp.
[This bird was one of five "juveniles(?)" along with one adult.]
[See
also |
Sandpiper, solitary
| &
| Sandpiper,
solitary |
in tabulated group.]
Sandpiper,
Spotted (Actitis macularius)
6
May
2016, Clark
Twp. wastewater pond, northwest of Cedarville, Clark Twp.
[See also | Sandpiper,
spotted |, | SandpiperS,
spotted |, | Sandpiper,
spotted & nest |
& | Sandpiper,spotted
& chick |
in tabulated group.]
Sandpiper,
Western (Calidris mauri)
31 July 2014, along Boulevard Dr., Moran
Twp.
[Several photos of this
bird are on file; they
were taken because of questions about the bird's identity -- i.e.,
Western vs. Semipalmated.]
Sapsucker,
Yellow-bellied (Sphyrapicus varius)
| 
[!?date to come?!],
near end of East Martin Lake Rd., Moran Twp.
(photo © Harold Kriesche)
Shrike,
Northern (Lanius borealis)
(excubitor)
17
April 2013, north of Lovegrove
Rd., ~0.3 east of 28 Mile Rd., Moran
Twp.
[See
also | Shrike,
northern
|, | Shrike, northern |, |
Shrike, northern
| & | Shrike, northern (composite) | in the tabulated group.]
Siskin,
Pine (Spinus
pinus)
11
January 2016, Gros
Cap, Moran Twp.
[See
also | Siskin, pine |,
| Siskin, pine | & | Siskins,
pine - in flight |
in the tabulated group
and
the "?Siskin-Goldfinch?" in
Appendix
A."Remarkables".]
Snipe,
Wilson's (Gallinago delicata)
3 May
2012, near the Mackinac Island Airport. (?&photo © Robert
B. McGreevy)
21 April 2018, Clark
Twp. wastewater pond, northwest of Cedarville, Clark Twp.
[See
also | Snipe, Wilson's (composite &)
| in tabulated group.]
SPARROW family (photographs
are NOT all to same scale!):
Sparrow,
AmericanTree (Spizelloides arborea)
24 April 2014, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
[Note
that the colors of the upper and lower mandibles differ.]
[See also | Sparrow, American tree
| & | Sparrow,
American tree | in tabulated group.]
Sparrow,
Chipping (Spizella passerina)
20 May 2014, Gros Cap, Moran Twp. (My
Dad's favorite bird!)
Sparrow,
Clay-colored (Spizella pallida)
6
September 2012, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
[See
also | Sparrow,
clay-colored
| in tabulated group.]
Sparrow,
Field (Spizella pusilla)
4 May
2013, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
Sparrow, Fox (Passerella
iliaca)
13 April 2013, Gros
Cap, Moran Twp. This one, when considered with the one in the
tabulated group,
might well be entitled "What a difference a year makes." [See
also | Sparrow, fox
|
in tabulated group.]
Sparrow, Lincoln (Melospiza
lincolnii)
2 May 2013, Gros Cap,
Moran Twp.
[See
also
| Sparrow, Lincoln's
| in tabulated group.]
Sparrow, Savannah (Passerculus sandwichensis)
19 May 2014, south side of County Line Rd., west of Rutledge Rd.,
Marquette Twp.
14 April 2015, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
[See
also | Sparrow,
savannah |,
& | Sparrow,
savannah | in tabulated group.]
Sparrow,
Song (Melospiza melodia)
2 May
2010, Gros Cap, Moran
Twp.
8 April
2015, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
[See
also | Sparrow,
song |
in tabulated group.]
Sparrow,
White-crowned (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
26
September 2010, Gros
Cap, Moran Twp.
[Left, immature]
[Right & below, adult]
Left, 24 October
2009; right, 2 May 2010, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
Sparrow,
White-throated (Zonotrichia albicollis)
24 April 2014, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
[Left, immature]
[Right and above, "adults"]
Left, 24
October 2009; right, 17
April 2010, Gros Cap,
Moran Twp.
Towhee, Eastern (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
29 April
2010, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
[See also |
Towhee,
eastern (January)
|
in tabulated group.]
END SPARROW family
Starling, European (Sturnus vulgaris)
[Adult nonbreeding]
[Adult breeding]
I 18 October 2009, lake
side of State St., St. Ignace.
5
April 2014, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
Swallow,
Barn (Hirundo rustica)
9
August 2012 (two on left); late
July and early August 2013 (two on right),
near intersection of Wartella and Brevort Lake
roads, Brevort Twp.
[The
one on the lower right is bothersome -- although the pattern
seems correct,
my experience is that barn swallow's two outside "feathers" typically
extend well
beyond the rest of the tail. (Each
of these photos has been brightened, but not otherwise altered, using the NikonPictureProject program.)]
[See
also | Swallow,
barn
| in tabulated group.]
Swallow,
Cliff (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
31 May 2011, near
junction of New Portage Rd. with Old Portage Rd., west of
St. Ignace, Moran Twp.
[See also
| Swallow, Cliff - Go!
| in tabulated group.]
Swallow,
Northern Rough-winged (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
9 July 2012, Mackinac Island. (photos © Elizabeth Murcko)
Swallow,
Tree (Tachycineta bicolor)
9 April 2010, east
of Cedar Rd., east of Hessel, Clark Twp.
[See also |
Swallow,
tree
-juvenile
| in tabulated group.]
Swan,
Black (Cygnus
atratus)
For the
Record: Early January 2001, offshore of Mackinac
Island. (photo © Rob
Jerstrom, photographer)
Swan, Mute (Cygnus olor)
Upper left, 30 October 2010 (photo
© Ruth LaChapelle)
Lower right, 22 November 2010 (photo © rvd)
[Both photos were taken near the
northwestern end of the "Big Mac" bridge.]
[adults]
21 March 2010,
Waterfront, St. Ignace.
[Female (pen) &
babies (cygnets) -- This
photo has been entitled "It was I, Mother."]
22 May 2016, lake side of Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp.
[See also | Swan, mute |,
|
Swan, mute
make sure this link
works (wish for future) |
& | Swan, mute | in tabulated group.]
Swan,
Tundra (Cygnus columbianus)
5 April 2010, waterfront
along Boulevard
Dr.,
Moran Twp.
28 October 2017, easternmost bay of Lake
Brevort, Brevort Twp. -- [Apologies for quality of photographs --
they were taken from Envoy during a downpour; but,
the camera did better than anticipated!]
[ See
also | Swan, tundra | & | SwanS,
tundra(Chipp.Co.) | in tabulated group.]
Tanager, Scarlet (Piranga olivacea)
[Females]
[Male]
23 & 24 May 2013 Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp.
[See also "orange variant" in Appendix A."Remarkables".]
Tanager, Summer (Piranga rubra)
Late May/early June 2011 [see Note on Checklist],
near end of East Martin Lake Rd., Moran Twp.
(photo © Harold Kriesche)
11 January 2016, feeder of
photographer, St. Ignace (photo © Robert B. McGreevy)
Tern, Black (Chlidonias niger)
21 June 2010, east of causeway
across Flower Bay
on Hill Island
Rd., east of Cedarville, Clark Twp.
Tern, Caspian (Hydroprogne caspia)
2
May 2014, east
of causeway across Flower Bay on Hill Island Rd., Clark Twp.
21 June 2010, bayside
in Cedarville, Clark Twp.
Banded: The following composite shows a Caspian
tern that was one of two in the "wash" of Lake Michigan, along the
southernmost section of Boulevard Drive, Moran Twp. (~45º 51' N;
84º 45' W). The band was put on this bird, as a "chick," on
Hat Island of the Beaver Island group by Nancy Seefelt (of Central
Michigan University) on 14 July 2011. Hat Island, the
northeasternmost island of the Beaver group, is ~28 miles west of where
the below photographs were taken on 6 June 2015.
As can be
seen in the large photograph, one designation on the band is 100.
This is shown to direct attention to the need to take several
photographs that include such bands. This is so because the C37 that
shows on the close-up of a different view of the band is an important
part of the identity of the band -- i.e., it is required to indicate
when and where the band was put on the bird.
In any
case, photographs of bands on birds should be recorded and reported --
e.g., to www.reportband.gov OR cmreports@usgs.gov Or to Dr. F. Cuthbert
(cuthb001@umn.edu)
[ The
above summary is based in part on correspondence (June 6, 7, 14 &
21, 2015) with Francesca J. Cuthbert, Distinguished Teaching
Professor, Dept. of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology,
University of Minnesota. ]
Tern, Common (Sterna hirundo)
22 July 2015, near-shore Boulevard
Dr., Moran
Twp. 15 May 2012,
off-shore from Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp.
[Note dark outer
margin of the tail feathers.]
Tern,
?Forster's (Sterna forsteri)
28
July 2015, near west side of Causeway of Big Mac Bridge. (photo
© Caroline Cheeseman)
[The question "Is this
a Forster's tern?" has been raised. The "dent" in this tern's
"shoulder" has been variously interpreted by two professional
ornithologists and two highly reputable, long-time "bird watchers"
possibly to represent: "an injury that resulted in scar tissue
that deformed the feather growth around the wound?"; OR
due to the wind? -- i.e.,"Was the wind playing that day?"; "my
first thought was wind but the suggestion regarding an old injury is
also intriguing ... I just don't know."; and .. "I shall continue to
think about possibie explanations ...." ]
Thrasher, Brown (Toxostoma rufum)
11 May 2014, St. Ignace. (&photo © Robert
B. McGreevy)
Thrush, Hermit (Catharus guttatus)
19 April 2006, Moran,
Brevort Twp. (photo © Steve Baker)
Towhee,
Eastern (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
[See
photo in the "SPARROW family" group.]
Turkey, Wild (Meleagris gallopavo)
23
September 2007, eastern end of Bois Blanc Island, Bois Blanc Twp (photo © Jim
Vosper)
[Both parts of the
above composite are part of one photograph; birdless grass is
deleted between the two parts.]
[See also | TurkeyS, wild | & | Turkey, wild (wattle) | (Wattle is
translucent reddish.) in tabulated group.]
Turnstone,
Ruddy (Arenaria interpres)
23 May 2013, shore area off Graham Ave., St. Ignace.
(photo © Caroline Cheeseman)
[This one-ONLY!! turnstone
was with a flock of more than 70 whimbrels.]
[See also | Turnstone, ruddy | in tabulated group.]
Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
24 June 2014, Mackinac Island. (photo © Elizabeth Murcko)
[See
also | Veery | in tabulated group.]
Vireo,
Red-eyed (Vireo
olivaceus)
5 June 2018, Birge Nature Preserve,
east of Cedarville, Clark
Twp. (photo
© Stan Lilley)
29 May 2013, southeastern St. Ignace.
(photo
© Caroline Cheeseman)
[This
photo was brightened but otherwise unmodified.]
[See also | Vireo, red-eyed |, which
shows head patter, etc. in tabulated group.]
Vulture,
Turkey (Cathartes aura)
Left, 14 April 2015; center, 21
May 2015; right, 5 July 2015 (through windshield). Each along Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp.
19
September 2014, two
of more than 40 above Boulevard
Dr., Moran Twp.
[See also | Vulture, turkey |, | VultureS, Turkey | and
the startling appearing juvenile in Appendix A."Remarkables".]
WARBLERS (photographs
are NOT all at same scale !):
Warbler, Blackburnian (Setophaga fusca)
Left, 23 May 2013; right, 24 May
2014, both - photographyer's yard, Mackinac Island.
(photos
© Elizabeth Murcko -- left one first published
in: Martin, P. 2013.Town Crier. 60(#6)12.]
Warbler,
Black-and-white (Mniotilta
varia)
Left, August 20, 2012, photographer's backyard; right,
21 June, 2014, Anne's Tablet (&)
--
Both -
Mackinac Island.
(photos © Elizabeth Murcko)
25 August
2018, atop rug on photographer's
patio
after flying into living room window
-- St. Ignace. (photo © Krista D. Brown)
Warbler,
Black-throated Blue (Setophaga caerulescens)
16 & 17 May 2014,
Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
[See
also | Warbler, black-throated blue | in
tabulated group.]
Warbler,
Black-throated Green (Setophaga virens)
8
June 2013, yard of photographer, Mackinac Island.
(photo
© Elizabeth Murcko)
[Female]
11 August 2010, Gros
Cap, Moran Twp.
Warbler,
Cape May (Setophaga virens)
16 May 2014, Gros
Cap, Moran Twp.
[See
also | Warbler, Cape May | in tabulated group.]
Warbler,
Chestnut-sided (Setophaga pensylvanica)
24 May 2014, photographer's yard, Mackinac Island. (photo © Elizabeth Murcko)
Warbler, Nashville (Oreothlypis ruficapilla)
24
May 2014, photographer's yard, Mackinac
Island. (photo
© Elizabeth Murcko)
[See
also | Warbler, Nashville | in
tabulated group.]
(Warbler), Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
Left, June 2015; right, 25 May
2014, photographer's yard, Mackinac Island. (&photos
© Elizabeth Murcko)
[Immature]
14 December 2009, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
["All puffed up"
during a snow fall, temperature ~20°F.]
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
Left, 16 August 2013, photographer's yard,
Mackinac Island; right, 19 June 2013,
Huron Rd. between Sunrise Cottage and Arch rock. (photos ©
Elizabeth Murcko, &one on right)
Warbler, Palm (Setophaga palmarum)
14
May 2014 (Spring),
28
September 2012 (Fall), west side
Prospect St., St. Ignace.
of
Krause Rd., Garfield Twp.
[Photo on right was
originally distributed with title "The fruit is GREAT! BUT, one
must avoid the thorns." ]
[See also | Warbler, palm |
& | Warbler,
palm | in tabulated group.]
Warbler, Pine (Setophaga pinus)
23 April 2014, Gros
Cap, Moran Twp.
[See
also | Warbler, pine | in
tabulated group.]
Redstart, American (Setophaga ruticilla)
[ male] [female]
Left, June 2013; right, August
2011, photographer's backyard, Mackinac Island. (&photos ©
Elizabeth Murcko)
[See also | Redstart,
American | in
tabulated group.]
Warbler, Tennessee (Oreothlypis peregrina)
For the Record:
7 August 2015, south
of
Townline Rd., west of Fish Rd., Marquette Twp.
Warbler,
Yellow (Setophaga petechia)
Left, 9
July 2011, Hessel, Clark Twp.; right, 21 May 2010, along Boulevard
Dr., Moran Twp.
[Right side
photo was brightened but otherwise unmodified.]
Warbler,
Yellow-rumped (Setophaga coronata)
["Myrtle" adult male breeding]
Left, 26 May
2009, east of Hessel, Clark Twp. (photo © Krista
Brown)
Lower right, 1 May 2010, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
(photo © rvd)
[See also | Warbler,
yellow-rumped | in tabulated group.]
END WARBLER
family
Waxwing, Bohemian (Bombycilla garrulus)
9 January 2015,
Macinac Island (photo © Robert
B. McGreevy)
23
February 2015, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
[When these photographs were taken, thirty plus individuals came
to the tree; the temperature was -11ºF., with the recorded
wind chill temperature of -27ºF.]
[See also | Waxwing,
Bohemian |, | WaxwingS, Bohemian (on Blvd.) |
& | WaxwingS, Bohemian (in trees) | in tabulated
group.]
Waxwing,
Cedar (Bombycilla
cedrorum)
15 February 2012, near southwest end of
South State St., St. Ignace
(photo © Paul
& Cindy Brown)
Left,
17 December 2013, Gros Cap, Moran Twp. (photo © rvd) Right, 19 July 2012,
Mackinac Island. (photo ©
Elizabeth Murcko)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
3
October 2012, On bar in a bay along Boulevard
Dr., Moran Twp.
[See also | Whimbrel x 2 |, | WhimbrelS | in tabulated group and the ruddy turnstone
entry in this Album.]
Wood-pewee,
Eastern (Contopus virens)
September
2016, east of
Pte. Brulee Rd., ~0.3 mi. south of Rte. 134, Clark Twp.
Woodcock,
American (Scolopax minor)
17
May 2014, on Dam Rd., ~0.7 mi.
from junction with Brevort Lake Rd., Brevort Twp.
2017, Mackinac Island.
(&photo © Robert B.
McGreevy)
Woodpecker,
Black-backed (Picoides
arcticus)
9 February 2015, Mackinac Island.
(&photos © Robert
B. McGreevy)
Woodpecker,
Downy (Picoides
pubescens)
[Left, male; right, female]
Left, 1 May 2015; right, 7 February 2015, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
[The above downy and
the below hairy woodpeckers, next two composites, are shown at
approximately the same scale. Note especially the different
relative sizes of the beaks of these two species and the black and
white undertail markings of the downy woodpecker, as shown rather well
on the above female, that differ from the white undertail feathers of
the female hairy woodpeckeer, as evident in the lower right photograph.
]
[See also | Woodpeckers: Downy vs Hairy | in tabulated group.]
Woodpecker,
Hairy (Picoides villosus)
[Male]
18 October 2009, Gros
Cap, Moran Twp.
[Female]
22 & 25 October 2009, Gros Cap,
Moran Twp.
Woodpecker,
Pileated (Dryocopus
pileatus)
[female]
[male]
Left, 5 November 2010, Gros Cap, Moran
Twp. (photo © rvd)
Right, 21 February 2009, St. Ignace. (photo
© Ruth LaChapelle)
[See also b| Woodpecker, pileated|, | Woodpecker, pileated |, | Woodpecker, pileated | & | Woodpecker, pileated - peckings| in tabulated group.]
Woodpecker, Red-bellied (Melanerpes carolinus)
[female -- left & right, same
bird]
Left, 5 December 2016; Right, 8 December
2016, Gros Cap, Moran Twp. [ "What a difference a(few)
day(s) makes"]
Lower, Male: 6 July 2017, Gros Cap, Moran
Twp.
[See also | Woodpecker, red-bellied |
in
tabulated group.]
Woodpecker, Red-headed (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
26
May 2016, yard of photographer, Mackinac Island. (photo
© Elizabeth Murcko)
[See
also | Woodpecker, red-headed (two immatures)
| in
tabulated group.]
Wren, House (Troglodytes aedon)
1 July 2010, Gros
Cap, Moran Twp.
[See
also | Wren, house | in
tabulated group.]
Wren, Winter (Troglodytes hiemalis)
17 June 2012, yard of photographer,
Mackinac Island. (photo © Elizabeth Murcko)
Yellowlegs,
Greater (Tringa
melanoleuca)
29 April
2011, North of Lake Brevort Rd., east
of Wartella Rd., Brevort Twp.
[[An aside: This species' scientific name is a
great example of an oxymoron, methinks.]]
[See also | Yellowllegs,
greater |,
| Yellowlegs,
greater (immature ?) | &
| YellowlegsS,
greater | in
tabulated group.]
Yellowlegs, Lesser (Tringa flavipes)
13
May 2015, Wastewater pond, northwest of Cedarville, Clark Twp.
[See also
| Yellowlegs, lesser |, | Yellowlegs,
lesser |, | Yellowlegs,
lesser | & | Sandpiper,
pectoral & yellowlegs, lesser | in tabulated group.]
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Additional
information
INTRODUCTION. Photographs taken of birds within any given area almost
always seem to be more real than the sketches or generic photographs used as
illustrations in guidebooks; this seems especially
so
for viewers who are in the early stages of gaining interest in
birds. This widely held belief
led
to my
decision to add this album of photographs to the earlier compiled check
list of birds recorded for Mackinac County. ¶ In
addition, it seemed that such photographs might
serve as impetus for others to take photographs and have their
photographs considered for addition to the album.
-- And, this
has happened(!):
Several
observers, both
residents and visitors to the area, have taken an interest in the album
and have
been sending their photographs for possible inclusion in this
album. Some of these people and other viewers of the
album have also provided information and/or comments that have led to
worthwhile
revisions of the original document.
EXPLANATION. The captions for the
photographs indicate when and where they were taken. Nearly all of the photographs were taken within
Mackinac County, Michigan. The exceptions,
which are noted in the captions, include those in the "Wish List"
(Appendix B).
As noted in the
Format, which is below the heading of this document, the
photographs in the main part of the album, the tabulated group and the
Appendices are in alphabetical order according to
each bird's
common group or family name – e.g., Rusty blackbird is
listed as Blackbird, Rusty, and Mallard is listed as Duck,
Mallard. The birds are NOT shown at the
same scale; in fact, some of the photographs included in
some of the composites are not shown at the same
scale. Most
of the identifications are obvious; I have, however,
questioned a few; with exception, those photographs are
included as the photographer labeled them; this seemed prudent because the photographers
were, for example, able to observe the birds activities, hear their "songs," etc., whereas I was not.
The photographs of the
tabulated groups are there rather than in the main
part of the album for one or more reasons, primarily my decision, for
which I take full responsibility. My
decisions have been, and will continue to be, based on CONSIDERATIONS such as those that follow.
CONSIDERATIONS. As mentioned above,
the addition of this album of photographs to the annotated list of
birds
recorded for Mackinac County was conceived as a way to stimulate and/or
increase interest in the birds of the county. In addition, it was
thought that a considered selection of photographs could help
bird-watchers in their observations. Consequently, while
viewing the photographs that have been sent to me and those I have
taken,
several considerations were involved that led to which photographs were
included and where they should
appear within this collection. The
purpose and hoped for result can be stated as follows: Preparation and inclusion of each
photograph should make it a noteworthy educational part of the report.
Granted, there are exceptions!
Most
of the photos were chosen to show one or more of the following:
1. Birds seldom seen within the county
-- e.g., the yellow-headed blackbird, mountain bluebird, and
greater black-backed gull
2. Birds whose male and female look
quite different – e.g., the cardinal, most ducks, the purple
finch and the diverse grosbeaks.
3. Birds whose young differ
markedly from adults – e.g., bald eagle,
pied-billed grebe, killdeer and
turkey vulture.
4.
Birds whose
plumage undergoes marked seasonal changes – e.g., snow buntings, goldfinch and
long-tailed duck
5.
The “little brown
birds” – i.e., the sparrows, pipit and longspur,
all of which are frequently identified only as "sparrows" or "little
brown birds"
6a.
Characteristics,
including activities and environments that may help identify the bird – e.g., eagles, hawks and vultures in-flight; cormorants’ spreading their
wings; and the sandhill crane in early spring,
dead swamp "grass."
b.
Characteristics
that seemed to warrant description – e.g., those of the black duck and the
Swainson's hawk
7. Date of photograph – This is an important record for several of
the photographs. Dates for rare visitors and for common visitors
that have been present at atypical times are of special interest. Rare
visitors include the greater western bluebird, white-fronted goose,
mockingbird, black swan (apparently a vagrant or escapee). and western kingbird. Photographs of birds
while within the county at atypical times of the year include the
bluebird (February) and the orange-crowned warbler
(mid December),
and the winter visiting towhee.
8.
"For the Record" birds – These birds seem to warrant special
attention. The included photographs range from good to less than
good (but identifiable). It seems likely that some of these birds
will subsequently, probably as a consequence of global warming, become
more common, perhaps even residents or common visitors.
9. Historical
interest --
An example: The top snowy owl photograph was the first one taken,
submitted, ... that was taken with a 'phone camera.
In any case, the choices
of photographs and where they are within the album are
mine and, admittedly, some of those decisions were subjective -- e.g,, three
additional considerations were based on my attempts to include: 1. photographs by
most, if not all, of those who submitted one or more photographs for
possibile inclusion; 2. geographic distribution -- i.e.,
photographs from each
of the eleven townships and two municipalities of Mackinac
County; [and] 3. photographs that .
. .
To answer a question that has arisen: Yes, I will move a
photograph, whenever, for example, a "new" photo becomes available that
shows certain features of the given bird better than the one then
displayed. In the past, and very likely in the future, most such
changes have involved moving one of my photograph from the main album
into Appendix d. Tabulated Photographs.
.
ADDITIONAL
NOTES.
Five
appendices are
included: A. Remarkables:
--
photographs of birds with out-of-the ordinary
appearances for their species. B. Wish List: --
photographs of four species, as
examples(!), for which no good photographs taken within the
county have become available.
C. Location Maps
--
location of the county within the state AND the
county with township names and borders plus a few community
names. [and] D. Tabulated Additional Photographs:
-- Instructions for viewing
these photographs are given above the tabulation.
A few of the
photographs in this album have
been posted and/or published elsewhere. I saw four of them in
such publications that were directed to my attention and asked the
photographers if they would let me include them or ones like them in
this album. They gave me permission to do so, and those
photographs are designated by a superscript, bold-face &, that directly follows the
parenthesis before the credit given the photographer who holds the
copyright to the given photogarph(s) -- e.g., (&photo © ... ...). Subsequently, two of those photographers have
sent me additional photographs that are also included in this
album; those known to have been previously published are
similarly marked; others for which this information has not been
forthcoming are designated as follows: (?&photo © ... ...).
Acknowledgments. Persons
whose photographs are currently included in this album, listed
alphabetically, are: Steve
Baker, Ron Barry, Clark Bloswick, Linda Boisclair, Barb Brockway, Barbara
Brown, Cindy Brown, Krista Brown, Nancy Brown, Paul Brown, Prentiss M.
("Moey") Brown, Jr., Robert B. Brown, Curtis P. Cheeseman, Caroline
Cheeseman, Mary B. Clement, Sheri Damron, Robert D. Evans, Tamara Gady,
Sandy
Harrell, Sally Herbon, Larry Hough, Mary Hough, Vern Hunt, Robert
Jerstrom, Harold
Kriesche, Ruth LaChapelle, Stan Lilley, Robert B. McGreevy, Eizabeth Murcko, Sally
Oeffner, Edward A. Pike, Donna Pope, Tiffany Marie Radka, Stephen J.
Sjogren, Lisa Sommers, Joe Visnaw, Jim Vosper, Tina Walsh, Don Windsor,
Laura Wong,
and Candi Wynn. The album would not be what it is without their
contributions. I gratefully
acknowledge all of them for providing their photographs. Thanks are also due
Frances S. Dietrich, Robert B. and Krista D. Brown, Kurt R. Dietrich, Richard
S. Dietrich, Alan Huff, Barbara Brown, and Kathleen Schacht,
each of whom has graciously given
their time as they accompanied me, in most cases as drivers as well as
spotters, several of the times I was observing birds here and there
throughout Mackinac
County. Ornithologists Francesca Cuthbert and Memuna Khan have
been ready-accessible to provide information and opinions about
diverse questions that have arisen as this document has evolved since
the PDF file was prepared. Kurt R.
Dietrich, Richard S. Dietrich, Kathleen Schacht and Laura Wong
proofread and made suggestions that improved all or parts of this
document, for which viewers can be, as I am, most grateful.
Addition (December 17, 2017)::
Special Thanks are ue Laura Wong, who proofread the updated revision --
especially for her directing attention to scientific names that were
misppelled AND for rechecking the links to the tabulated photographs
and the captions on those photographs.
Please
contact me if
you have or know about photograph(s) that you think might be good
additions to this
album.
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Appendix A. "Remarkables"
[This appendix was added
after the PDF became available.]:
The following birds were photographed within Mackinac County when their
appearances differed markedly from illustrations that are shown for
their species in widely available guidebooks and/or from these birds
that are usually seen. Some of their extraordinary appearances,
which led to the "Remarkables" heading for this appendix, have been
referred to by such terms as aberrant, strange, weird and bizarre as
well as by more descriptive terms such as leucisitic and moulting.
\
\
See "Lark,
Horned (Eremophila alpestris)" entry in Main Album.
See "Redpolls (...)" entry in Main Album.
See
Pine Siskin x
American Goldfinch (hybrid)
and Pine Siskin
x Redpoll(s) entry in this Appendix.
Pine Siskin(Spinus
pinus) x American
Goldfinch(Spinus
tristis) Hybridization?
One or two birds like the one
shown in the photographs were included in
one or more flocks that consisted chiefly of pine siskins that were at
feeders and on the nearby ground during a few days of early winter-like
weather at Gros Cap, in mid-October, 2012. Most of the flocks
consisted of several (> a score) of siskins and relatively few
(< a dozen) typical
goldfinches.
The bird shown in the photographs was one
of those recorded as ?Pine
Siskin-American
Goldfinch?. The features that led to this designation
follow: a. the siskin-like color and shape of
its bill; b. the streaking, albeit faint, of its
back and belly; c. its mode of foraging for seeds on
the ground; and d. its overall appearance -- i.e.,
that of goldfinchs in their winter
plumage.
?Pine Siskin x American Goldfinch hybrid?
Pine Siskin(Spinus
pinus) x Redpoll(Acanthis
sp.)1/*
Hybridization?
_________________________________________
*Footnote
1A. The
redpoll genus is indicated Carduelis
in some books; Acanthis is applied in the American Ornithological
Society "Checklist of North and Middle American Birds."
1B. sp. --The species of the Redpolls in the flocks that
included the hybirds?, which were
at Gros Cap feeders in late February, 2018, are not
differentiated. It may, however, be
noteworthy that on the basis of
considerations of most statements and
illustrations that are in on-line documents and in guidebooks, most of
them seemed best to match hoary redpolls. In any case, most of
these
flocks consisted of more than a
score of siskins and a few (6 to 8) redpolls and none to only two or
three American goldfinches.
__________________________________________
In February 2018 (a so-to-speak “Year of
Pine Siskins & Redpolls”
at Gros Cap), features of a few of these birds suggested
another possible hybridization. CHIEFLY
SISKIN-LIKE individuals: 1.
A few of
these birds had red - i. e., redpoll-red - crowns2/*;
and 2. One
had a yellow bill2/* (this might relate
to an X goldfinch rather than a redpoll.). CHIEFLY
REDPOLL-LIKE:
3. A couple had
yellow wing bars2/*; 4. One had a bill the shape of which was
that typical of pine siskins2/*; 5.
All of the upper mandible of one was
blackl2/*;
and
6.The pattern and amount of breast stripes of these
birds seemed unlike those of
most of the so-to-speak typical redpolls of the flocks in which they
were included2/* - i.e., they appear more like those of the siskins of
thsse flocks - admittedly thiese (i.e., #6) observations are rather
subjective.
_________________________________________
*Footnote 2. Photographs
taken of these characteristics were taken when I had an eye difficulty
which precluded my getting subjects centered and in good
focus; none seems worthy of inclusion here.
__________________________________________
Acknowledgments.
Kurt Dietrich, Geoff Playford and Reed Wicander
critically read two versions of this entry. David Ginsburg
formatted the references. I greatly appreciate their
contributions!
Afterword.
So far as socialization,
each of these birds
seemed to be well integrated within its flock.
Are any, perhaps all,
of the listed
features just aberrant characteristics of the individuals seen? None of them was captured for,
for example, DNA studies.
Should
these examples of possible Hybridization? be referred to as
interbreeding? I know not - this is beyond
my ken.
To date, no bird in any of the
flocks that consisted largely of pine siskins appeared to be what one
might characterize as an American goldfinch X
redpoll(s) ?hybrid?.
After
this entry was on-line,
1. My attention was directed to
the following recently published accounts, the contents of which seem
noteworthy here:
Caron,
Jess. 2013, May 29. “The amazing world of hybrid birds”. Audubon:
News. < http://www.audubon.org/news/the-amazing-world-hybrid-birds
>. Accessed 01 April 2018).
Lund, Nicholas, 2018, Spring. "The Birdlist:
Hybrid or Not". Audubon,
Spring-2018:44-45.
Ray,
C. Claiborne. 2013, April 23. “Avian Affairs: Does bird
mating ever
cross the species line?” New York Times, p.
D6. < https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/23/science/does-bird-mating-ever-cross-the-species-line.html
>. Accessed 01 April 2018.
2. On 2 April 2018, another
possible pine siskin x American goldfinch OR pine siskin x
redpoll (n sp) ?hybrid? was at a thistle seed feeder at Gros Cap.
Most of its features were akin to those of pine siskins; its bill
was similar to those of redpolls and breeding goldfinches.
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Appendix
B. Wish
List.
The following birds, recorded within the county, are
ones for which I hope, to get good photographs taken within the
county to include in the main part
of this album.
Grouse,
Spruce (Falcipennis
canadensis)
Owl, Great
Gray (Strix
nebulosa)
February
2013, near corner of 71/2 Mile and South Nicolet Rds., Chippewa County. (?&photo © Tina Walsh)
Owl, Northern Hawk (Surnia ulula)
Left, March 2013, west of
Rte. H40, near junction of Dryburg Rd.(south), Chippewa Co. (photo
© dick dietrich)
Right, 7 December 2007, "SW of Pickford" (Mackinac Co.!?) (photo © Steve Baker)
[Basis of questioning location where right side photo was taken is available
from compiler.]
[Attention
is also directed to the photograph, and date it was taken, of the Hawk
Owl shown in the "Wish List" of the Isabella County birds web site:
http://stoneplus.cst.cmich.edu/birds/birds-2.html
[ Considering the fact
that the localities where the above owl and the one shown on the
Isabella County site, which was taken in 2009, are apparently so close
to each other,I wonder if BOTH ARE THE SAME INDIVIDUAL? This
possibililty came to my mind when I saw the above photograph because a
number of us are rather certain that at least two, and probably three,
of the Snowy Owls that we have observed during more than one winter in
Isabella County seem likely to be the same individuals that have come
south to virtually the same localities more than once.]
Appendix C. Location maps.
Sketch map. Locations of townships within
Mackinac County. The black and white dashed lines
indicate the approximate boundaries between adjacent townships.
The two-letter indicators designate the townships given in the captions of
the photographs in this album. West to east the correlations of
the two-letter indicators and full names are: Ne-Newton, Po-Portage, Ga-Garfield, Hu-Hudson, He-Hendricks,
Mo-Moran, Br-Brevort, Si-St. Ignace, Ma-Marquette, Bb-Bois
Blanc and Cl-Clark.
Appendix
D. Tabulated Photographs.
The birds on each of the following tables are in alphabetical order
according to their common main name -- e.g., mute swan is listed as
swan, mute. Depending on your computer set up,
the photographs on the tabulated group can be seen by a
procedure, such as the following:
Left Click the name and
the image(s) and pertinent caption/text will appear; THEN, to return to
the
table, click the left-facing arrow near the upper left of the
screen OR, for some images, click the x that is on the right, within the
upper partial row that is above and near the left side of the
image.
|
Tabulated Photographs |
(A), B, C, D, E, F
|
G, H, (I), J,
K, L, M
|
N, O, P,(Q) R, S |
T, (U), V, W, (X), Y, (Z) |
| Bat--NOT
a bird! |
Golden-Plover,
American (Composite) |
Nighthawk,
common - (Chipp...Co.)
|
Tanager,
summer |
|
|
Night-heron,
black-crowned |
Thrasher,
brown |
| Bittern, American
|
Goldfinch,
American (nonbreeding) plumage) |
Night-heron,
black-crowned (immature,)
|
Thrush, hermit |
| Blackbird, red-winged |
|
Nuthatch,
red-breasted |
Thrush, hermit (December) |
Blackbird,red-winged(female)
|
|
|
Towhee,
eastern (January)
|
|
Goose, Canada (pairs & goslings) |
|
Turkey, wild |
|
Goose, Ross's (& friends)
|
|
TurkeyS,
wild (wattle)
|
|
Goose,
snow (with
Canada ...)
|
|
Turnstone, ruddy |
| Bluebird,
eastern(Mac..Isld.) |
Goose,
snow - "blue" &
white morphs
|
Oriole, Baltimore male
|
Veery |
| Bluebird, eastern(February) |
|
Oriole, Baltimore
(pair |
Vireo, red-eyed |
| Bluebird, eastern
|
Grackle, Common
(female)
|
Osprey - in
flight
|
Vulture, turkey |
|
Grebe,
red-necked
|
Owl, barred |
VultureS, Turkey
|
| Bunting,
indigo |
|
Owl,
great horned ("It's cold ...")
|
Warbler, black-throated blue |
| Bunting, indigo |
Grosbeak,
evening (June)
|
Owl,
snowy - A favorite!
|
|
|
|
Pelican,
American white (three in Straits) |
|
Bunting,
indigo(Hudson Twp.)
|
Grosbeak, evening (pair-Chip..Co.)
|
Pelican, American white (five) |
|
|
Grosbeak,
pine (pair & immature)
|
Pheasant,
ring-necked (note tail)
|
|
|
|
|
Pheasant, ring-necked
(female & male)
|
Warbler, Cape May
|
|
Grosbeak, rose-breasted |
Phoebe,
eastern (brownish)
|
|
|
|
Pipit,
American |
|
| Cardinal,
northern(female) |
|
Pipit, American (sentry & runner)
|
|
|
|
Plover, piping |
Warbler,
Nashville
|
|
Grouse, ruffed (note tail!)
|
Plover,
piping -(hatchlings & egg) |
|
|
|
Redpolls --"Sock hop"
|
|
| Chickadee, black-capped |
Grouse, ruffed
(St. Ignace Twp.)
|
Redpoll,
common (reddish ...)
|
Warbler, northern parula |
|
Grouse,
sharp-tailed
|
Redstart,
American |
|
|
Grouse, sharp-tailed |
Robin,
American (see text)
|
|
|
|
Robin,
American (atop a late snow here at ...)
|
Warbler, palm |
|
|
Sandpiper,
Least |
Warbler,
palm |
|
Guineafowl (FERAL?
- 2010) |
Sandpiper,
least |
|
|
|
Sandpiper, pectoral
|
Warbler, pine |
Crane, sandhill ( Sequence
,,,)
|
|
|
|
| Crane, sandhill
(Great evnivronment, near Rexton) |
|
|
|
| Crane,
sandhill (partly
brown from preening?!) |
Gull, herring - in snow |
Sandpiper,
semipalmated (note foot.) |
|
| CraneS, Sandhill (dozen, Garfield Twp.) |
Gull,
herring - (3rd winter)
|
Sandpiper, solitary
|
Warbler,
yellow-rumped |
| Cranes,
Sandhill (& hostess) |
Gull,
herring - "Orator" |
Sandpiper,
solitary |
|
| Creeper,
brown
|
Gull, ring-billed
|
|
|
| Crossbill, white-winged |
Gull, ring-billed (Juv.) |
Sandpiper,
spotted |
|
|
|
SandpiperS,
spotted
|
|
Crow, American
|
Gull ring-billed
- "Scottish Gaels' (would beS)
|
Sandpiper,
spotted & nest |
|
| Crow & Raven compared |
Hawk, broad-winged |
Sandpiper,spotted
& chick |
|
Cuckoo, black-billed (Brevort Twp.)
|
Hawk, red-shouldered |
Sapsucker, yellow-bellied |
|
Dove, mourning (note tail)
|
|
Sapsucker, yellow-bellied
|
|
| DoveS, mourning |
|
Shrike,
northern
|
Waxwing,
Bohemian |
Dowitcher,
short(?)-billed (Clark Twp.)
|
Hawk,
rough-legged (top & bottom
flying)
|
Shrike, northern |
WaxwingS,
Bohemian (on Blvd.)
|
|
Hawk,
rough-legged
|
Shrike, northern
|
WaxwingS,
Bohemian (in trees)
|
| Duck -- Bufflehead |
Hawk, rough-legged
|
Shrike, northern (composite)
|
Waxwing, cedar |
Duck
--Gadwall
|
Heron,
great blue |
Siskin, pine |
Waxwing, cedar |
Duck, Long-tailed
|
Heron,
great blue |
Siskin, pine |
Waxwing, cedar |
Duck,
merganser, common (Nests)
|
Heron,
great blue |
Siskins,
pine - in flight |
Waxwing,
cedar |
Duck,
merganser,common (Nest Info)
|
Hummingbird, ruby-throated (juvenile) |
|
|
Duck, merganser,
red-breasted (Ducklings)
|
Hummingbird,
ruby-throated (immature)
|
Snipe,
Wilson's (composite &)
|
|
Duck, merganser, red-breasted (males)
|
Hummingbird,
ruby-throated |
|
|
Duck - Northern Shoveler
|
|
|
|
Duck -- Redhead (pair)
|
Hummingbird
Moth --NOT a bird
|
|
Whimbrel x2
|
| DuckS, TealS |
|
|
Whimbrels |
Duck-Teal, Blue-winged
|
|
|
Woodcock (on nest & eggs)
|
| Duck,
wood
(pair) |
Jay, blue |
Sparrow, American tree |
Woodpecker,
black-backed |
Duck, wood (male - nonbreeding)
|
|
Sparrow,
American tree |
Woodpeckers:Downy
vs Hairy
|
Dunlin (16
December,St. Ignace)
|
Junco,
dark-eyed (2 more pinks ) |
Sparrow,
clay-colored |
Woodpecker,
pileated
|
Eagle, bald eating & flying 2018
|
|
Sparrow, fox
|
Woodpecker, pileated |
| Eagle,
bald (Mac...Isld.)
|
Killdeer |
Sparrow, Lincoln's |
Woodpecker, pileated |
|
|
|
Sparrow,
savannah |
Woodpecker, pileated - peckings
|
|
|
|
Sparrow,
savannah |
|
Eagle, bald (immature)
|
|
Sparrow,
song
|
Woodpecker, red-bellied
|
|
|
Kingfisher, belted |
|
Woodpecker, red-headed (two immatures)
|
|
|
Swallow,
barn |
Wren, house |
Egret, great
& Swan,mute
|
Lark, horned (guards
& sentry) |
Swallow, Cliff - Go!
|
|
|
|
Longspur, Lapland (white belly) |
|
Longspur (guard
& sentry) |
| Falcon,
Kestrel
|
|
|
|
| Falcon,
Merlin |
|
Swan, black |
|
| Falcon,
Merlin |
|
|
Yellowllegs,
greater
|
Falcon, Peregrine - Big Mac Bridge
|
|
|
|
Falcon,
Peregrine '16
|
|
|
Yellowlegs, greater (immature)
|
Falcon, Peregrine '17
|
Loon, northern (Portage Twp.)
|
Swan, mute |
YellowlegsS,
greater |
Flicker,northern
(male & female)
|
Meadowlark sp. |
|
Yellowlegs,
lesser |
|
|
|
Swan, tundra |
Yellowlegs, lesser |
| Flycatcher, olive-sided
(ID features) |
Mockingbird, northern
|
SwanS,
tundra(Chipp.Co.) |
Yellowlegs,
lesser |
|
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R.V. Dietrich © 2018
Last Update: 23 October 2018
Birds of Mackinac County,
Michigan:
compiled by R.V. ("Dick")
Dietrich
The
following Checklist,
with information
about most of the birds recorded as occurring within the county, is a
continuously updated record that was first compiled and made available
in 2009.
Latest update of
"Checklist": 23 October 2018
Latest change of
"Photo Album": 23 October 2018
|
This
compilation is
dedicated to the memory of
Frances Smith Dietrich
(1921-2007)
Grace Lillie Dietrich
(1895-1962)
Rena Vincent Marsh (1893-1951)
|
[ A PDF file made
spring 2013, which has NOT been UPDATED(!!!) was in CMU's CONDOR.
That repository has been "replaced ... with the CMU Libraries Digital
Collections; visit scholarly.cmich.edu." ]
The following Checklist, like the above
Photo Album --
unlike the PDF version
in the Central Michigan University Library files --
will be
continually
updated.
INTRODUCTION
Three
hundred eight (308) species of birds and at least one
hybrid have
been recorded as observed in Mackinac County of the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan. These species are listed on the following
Checklist; the
hybrid (Brewster's warbler, in some books listed as "Vermivora
leucobronchialis"
-- note quotation marks) is mentioned only in the Notes/Referemces of
its
parents). It also seems noteworthy that one of the listed
species
is now extinct, one was introduced and is now absent, one is
extirpated, two
others are thought possibly to be extirpated, two
others are not included on the Michigan Checklist (MICkLst),
and nearly a score are questioned as valid records; each of the
questioned
records is preceded by a bold-face question mark (?) on the
A.O.U. list
(see Addenda, An Aside.). One of the so questioned birds
is the Kirtland's Warbler: It
is listed because the
species was among the "thousands of birds killed annually [during
migration] at the Spectacle Reef Light" (Barrows, 1912).
This
lighthouse is in Lake Huron, ~10.7 miles east of Bois Blanc Island,
which is
part of Mackinac County, and south of the eastern Upper Peninsula
just
west of a southward extension of the county line between Mackinac and
Chippewa
counties. Consequently, it has been thought likely that this
warbler has
also been within Mackinac County one or more times in the past;
nonetheless, lacking any direct record of the bird's being recorded as
present
within the county, it seems prudent to question that possibility.
By
the way, species recorded for
this lighthouse are preceded by three asterisks (***) in the
Notes/References
column on the A.O.U. list.
[The
birds referred to in third sentence of above
paragraph are as follows: Extinct - passenger
pigeon;
introduced, now absent - gray partridge; extirpated
- greater prairie-chicken; thought to be extirpated
-
northern bobwhite and loggerhead shrike; not included
on the
Michigan Checklist -- Barnacle Goose and Black Swan; questioned
- brant, Eurasian wigeon, Cinnamon Teal, snowy egret, tricolored heron,
Mississippi kite, yellow rail, black-necked stilt, buff-breasted
sandpiper, long-billed dowitcher, black-legged kittiwake, Franklin's
gull,
royal tern, white-winged dove, rufous hummingbird, vermillion
flycatcher,
Kirtland's warbler, and lark sparrow.]
Two
lists are included: The first
one gives the common and scientific names of the birds according to the
A.O U.
list -- i.e., The American Ornithologist's Union Check-list of
North
American Birds, 7th
Checklist, through
55th supplement
[i.e.,
http://checklist.aou.org/taxa/http <last
accessed 5 June 2016>
]. The second list, given as the INDEX, has the common
names of the birds in alphabetical order.
The
A.O.U. list includes
additional information as follows:
NOTES
are given for
several of the species in the column headed Notes/References,
The first entry for birds that are protected under
the Endangered Species Act of the State of Michigan, according to the
list that
became effective on April 9, 2009 (sfee (MB)
in references cited),
gives their status -- i.e., Endangered,
Threatened
or of Special
Concern.
Additional information includes such things as the
following: Species listed on Michigan's Bird Records
Committee's state checklist as only Casual or Accidental
(see (MA)
in references cited); selected records
that support the given bird's having been identified as being within
the
county; tidbits that include such things as former names widely
applied
to a few of the birds and information about a few of the birds that
indicate
that marked changes have taken place in the county's avifauna during
the last
century or so; and relatively recent information, most of which
has been
sent to me or is based on my observations. Sources for the
former
are noted; the latter are not attributed. In any case, many of
both of
these bits of information are supported by photographs several of which
are
included in the Photo Album; and, for example, the dates (etc.)
given in
the captions for some of those photographs provide noteworthy
information == e.g., times when those birds were within the county..
The
statement See
photos
in Photo
Album, indicates
that one or
more photograph(s) of the given species is(are) included in the "Photo
Album"; however, this statement is NOT
a link! Such seems unnecessary; the
birds are
easy to find; as mentioned in the
introduction to the Album, the birds for which there are photographs
are in alphabetical
order according to their common names -- e.g.,
Eastern
Bluebird photographs occur under the heading Bluebird, Eastern,
after the
blackbirds and before the boboli -- and,
of course, a search program can ge used.
BREEDING
RECORDS, column
headed BR,
are indicated as definite ( ! ), probable ( # ) or
possible ( ±
) for each bird that has been so-recorded
within the
county. Most of these indications are those published in Brewer
et al.
(1991), Regrettably, I have not been given access to the
county-based data recorded during the more recent compilation of
breeding
records.
OCCURRENCE
DATA are historical
-- i.e., they are based on recorded sightings and other observations,
albeit
some of which are relatively recent.: Those from the literature,
including the internet, are attributed to the source that is cited in
the
Seclected References; those not so-attributed are based on the
compiler's
tentative conclusions, which, in turn, are based on conversations,
discussions,
etc.. The validity of the identification of those preceded
with a
bold face question mark (?) has been questioned. The
occurrences
of most of the species are correlated with winter, summer, and/or
spring/fall,
the last being the most common migration seasons -- i.e., a large
percentage of
the occurrences listed in the S/F column pertain to a so-to-speak
record of the
bird as a migrant. The time periods used for the seasons
are based
on the weather rather than on
astronomically based terminology whereby each season is
considered to
begin with an equinox or solstice -- consequently, winter, for example,
refers to the time when there is usually
snow cover.
The descriptive terms -- common, frequent, uncommon, and occasional --
are
subjective. That is to say, they merely indicate that the given bird is
relatively common in an appropriate environment within
the county during the noted season(s). Most of the indications in
the Hbt
(= habitat/environment) column are those given on the Hiawatha National
Forest
brochure "Breeding Birds of Eastern Upper Michigan: A Field
Checklist." The key for these follows:
|
AS -
alder swamp
|
CM -
cattail marsh
|
LS -
lakes & swamps
|
SM -
sedge marsh
|
|
BF -
brush forests
|
DB -
dense brush
|
MF -
mixed forests
|
UO -
upland openings
|
|
BL -
Great & inland lakes
|
GL -
Great lakes
|
MH -
mixed hardwoods
|
UR -
urban areas
|
|
BO -
brush openings
|
IH -
all inland habitats
|
PF -
pine, wet forests
|
WB -
wide beaches
|
|
CF -
conifer forests
|
IL -
inland lakes
|
R -
rivers
|
WD -
wet/dry openings
|
|
CL -
cliffs
|
LK -
lakeshore
|
SC -
swamp conifer
|
WL -
wetlands
|
The
gray background color for a few
of the entries has NO significance so far as the context. It is
there
only to facilitate correlation -- i.e., correctly lining up -- of
the
pertinent notes etc. with the individual species.
ALSO NOTEWORTHY:
Several
birds recorded for
Mackinac County are protected under the Endangered Species Act of the
State of
Michigan (Part 365 of PA 451, 1994 Michigan Natural Resources and
Environmental
Protection Act). These birds are listed below according to
the
designations on the Michigan Natural Feature Inventory web site:
http://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/data/specialanimals.cfm
.
The birds' names that are preceded by and
asterisk (*)
on these three lists are shown on photographs in the [ Photo
Album
|.
"Endangered":
*American bittern, *peregrine falcon, *short-eared owl, *piping plover,
Kirtland's warbler?, prairie warbler;
"Threatened":
Least bittern, *red-shouldered hawk, *common loon, *merlin, long-eared
owl,
yellow rail, trumpeter swan, *Caspian tern, *common tern, Forster's tern;
"of Special
concern": Dickcissel, *bald eagle, northern
goshawk,
*sharp-tailed grouse, *spruce grouse, *northern harrier, western
meadowlark,
*black-crowned night-heron, *osprey, *Wilson's phalarope, *black tern,
grasshopper sparrow, *black-backed woodpecker, marsh wren.
Finally,
it seems prudent to mention again
that the
contents of this
column will be changed continually
-- i.e., modified, added to or even deleted. This is especially
true of the associated Photo Album, which has its own INTRODUCTION.
Following may be
duplicative. I
shall greatly appreciate anyone's
directing my attention to changes
-- e.g., corrections or
additions
--
that should be made in this
compilation ! ! !
Click here to send them to me via email
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First,
the dedicatees, Frances,
Aunt Grace and Aunt Rena:
Aunt Rena, my mother's sister, first started me watching and
identifying birds at feeders in her garden during the late 1920s.
Aunt Grace, my father's
sister and ever the teacher, purchased bird books to help me identify
birds wherever I saw them. Frances, my friend for nearly
seventy years and
my wife for alnmost sixty-one years, helped me in innumerable ways as I
observed
birds here and there throughout the world. Although I do
not
easily relate to such thoughts, even now, whenever I
see certain birds unexpectedly, especially a relatively rare one, I
almost always glance upward and say,
"Thank you, Girls!" -- meaning these three
ladies.
Two
highly knowledgeable, widely reputed bird-recorders, Dr. John W. Murray
and
Dr. Nicholas
L. Cuthbert, while spending many days in the field with me, helped me
improve certain aspects my bird-watching procedures. In addition,
their kind
comments about my observational skills increased my confidence so far
as identifying birds not
previously seen. Frances S. Dietrich, Robert B. and Krista D. Brown, Kurt R. Dietrich,
Richard S. Dietrich, David D.
Ginsburg, Stephen
J. Sjogren, Alan Huff,
Barbara Brown, and Kathleen
Schacht, have graciously given
their
time, supplied information, and/or
accompanied (frequently driven for) me in
the field as I have been observing birds within Mackinac County. Debbie Sterk, aided
my searches of the Town Crier for
information and Judy Gross finally located a printed report and
photograph that served to support its stay within the county.
Ornithologists Francesca Cuthbert and Memuna Khan have been
ready-accessible to provide information and opinions about diverse
questions that have arisen as this document has evolved since the PDF
file was prepared. Emmett E.
Mason
helped
design a chart that evolved to the A.O.U. list. Additional
acknowledgments are included in the Introduction and captions in the
Photo Album.
See photos in Photo
Album directs attention to these, indeed to all
photographs (one or more) of each of the birds included in the Album
part of this web site; this indication is NOT A LINK k to any given
photograph!!! This o.As the "compiled by"
indicates, much of tthe information about the birds
included on
this list is taken
from records of former observers. Most are indicated by the
references with the
notes on the A.O.U. list and/or given in the selected references.
It seems only prudent, however, to note that many of these references
are "secondary" -- i.e., compilations of data
rather than the originally published records or observations.
Special thanks are
due those who feed birds within the county. Several observations
and many of the photographs could not have been made/taken had their
feeders not attracted the recorded birds.
I
gratefully acknowledge my indebtedness to each of these
contributors.
R.V. ("Dick") Dietrich, October, 2009/ last revision, February, 2018
A.O.U.
Listing
ANSERIFORMES
(order)
ANATIDAE (family)
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Notes/References
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LEGEND
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| $Greater
White-fronted
Goose, Anser
albifrons |
On
older lists, and once considered common, it was not been recorded for
the county for nearly a century (see discussion by Barrrows, 1912,
p. 117). In fact, N.A. Wood (1951)
"excluded [this species] from
[his Michigan checklist] ... for lack of positive evidence" but put it
on his "Hypothetical List."
Recently, the species has
been
identified within Mackinac County:
Robert B. Brown, of St.
Ignace and Hessel, saw 6-8 of
these geese at Hessel on 02 March 2011 (p.c.,
4 March '11.); Stan Lilley and Myles McNally
recorded
one
near the Arnold line #3
dock in St. Ignace on 12 Feb 2012, and I observed the bird daily
on or
near the dock
until 28 Feb.2012, a day when strong winds and blowing snow moved into
the area. Four at Epoufette
15 March 2017 -- see Ross's Goose entry. See
photos in Photo
Album.
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$Snow
Goose, Chen
caerulescens
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One at
St. Ignace
marina, mid November, 2002 (Wg). One in Straits area 21-25 Oct.
2011. One offshore from Huron St., St. Ignace 8 Oct. 2012
(K.Schacht, p.c.). See
photos in Photo
Album.
A small
flock,
including some dark morph individuals (formerly referred to as blue
...) in
Lake
Michigan, along Rte. 2, near sand dunes, west of Pte. Aux Chenes, late
November,
1978. A single dark morph
individual was with several Canada geese ~4 miles north-northeast
of Engadine, 19 April 2014; seven (7) - six white and 1 dark,
were in northeast quarter of Sec.4, T.41N.-R4W Brevort Twp.
25 March 2017. See
photos in Photo
Album.
A small white goose, the photographs of which seem best to indicate it
probably/possibly (opinions) to be a "lesser" snow goose (NOT a
Ross's ...) was with a small flock of Canada Geese in grassy area west
of State St. in section 17 of T-40-N, R-3-W (St. Ignace
City), 28-30, Sepetember,
2018. (R.B. Brown, and on 30th Krista D. Brown and compiler, when
several photographs were taken) Apparently same bird (with same
flock of Canada Geese was later on Grayham Point (See
photos in Photo
Album.) for several days and then on
St. Ignace Golf Course for two days.
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Key:
R
- resident
c -
common
f -
frequent
u
- uncommon
o
- occasional
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| $Ross's
Goose, Chen Anser rossii |
One
with six greater white-fronted geese at small parking area on lake
side of Epoufette Bay Rd., south of the
junction of southern end
"Dishaw Rd." which formerly extended north
to Rte.2, 15 & 16 March 2017, Hendricks Twp.. See photos in Photo
Album. |
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| ? [Brant, Branta bernicla] |
A lone
individual tentatively
identified in Straits area off South State St.,
St. Ignace, 23 March 2013. [p.c. (telecom.) unidentified
caller]
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o? |
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| $+ Barnacle
Goose, Branta leucopsis |
"An immature was
identified on 21 May [1965] near Naubinway, ... and determined to be
this species rather than an Am. Brant (EGB)." (Ke).
Frances,
my
wife, several other bird-watchers (one from Great Britain,
another
from Connecticut, et al.) and I observed one [NOT
on Michigan Checklist (MICkLst)] at the municipal
dock
south east of Whitefish Pt., Chippewa Co. -- late May, 1983. |
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o? |
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| Cackling
Goose, Branta hutchinsii |
One
observed in
Brevort Lake,
October, 2008
(Steve Baker, p.c. 24 Jan. 2010) See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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o |
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| $Canada
Goose, Branta
canadensis |
Common!! Four
family groups
--
i.e., two adults, apparently a
pair, plus downy hatchlings were swimming offshore from Boulevard Dr.
on 7 May 2012; the number of hatchlings per group ranged from
three (3) to ten (10).
See
photos in Photo
Album.. -- one
of the geese is banded.
Two white-bodied
(?Quill Lake?) birds in
flock of ~ 35 typical Canada geese at campground area on lakeside
of Epoufetted Bay directly south of junction of the former "Dishaw Rd."
and Epoufette Rd., HendricksTwp. - 39 March 2018 -- See
photos in Photo
Album..
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o |
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cR |
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c |
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BL |
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| $Mute
Swan, Cygnus olor |
An
example: 50 to 60 mute swans made a stop of about 24 hours in
Lake Michigan, just west of the "Big Mac" bridge 28-29 Nov.
2011; another group of 36 were in the same area 2 Dec. 2011
Some
observers have mistaken immature mute swans as other species -- e.g.,
black swans . See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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u
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cR |
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c
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BL
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Breeding
record:
!
- definite
# -
probable
±
- possible |
| $Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus
buccinator |
Threatened "Louie Dombroski had
4 TRUMPETER SWANS in a flooded
field on Dollarville Road on March 29th." (UP: April 2, 2007)
Also said to have bred on South Manistique Lake. Eight observed
on Lake Brevort 14 Apr. 2011.
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uR |
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IL
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| $Tundra Swan, Cygnus columbianus |
Formerly
widely
known as "whistling swan." "[14] at LaBarbe on
13th [April, 2006]." (UP: April 25, 2006) At Pte.
LaBarbe 2
October 2009 (UP:
October
15, 2009). See
photos in Photo
Album. Six in Epoufette Bay
11 Oct. 2103. Forty-five were in the southern part
of Brevort Lake 23-2 October 2015 (p.c., Karen Fowler).
[ Ninety-five (95 counted, probably
a few missed), --
along with several ducks (mostly mallards, a few pintails), a few Canda
geese and 7 sandhill cranes --
were northeast of the intersection of Rte. 48 and Centerline Rd.,
Chippewa Co., ~2 miles north Mackinac Co. -- First seen by compiler 17
April 2015; last seen by compiler 1 May 2015. ]
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BL |
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Black Swan, Cygnus
atratus
|
The presence of one
or more of these swans within the county has been recorded by
photographs -- See
photos in Photo
Album.
The general consensus is that the black swans recorded here and
elsewhere in North America are escapees; these swans,
especially in the past, were distributed rather widely in, for example,
ponds near
corporate office buildings.
Two sets of reports (Shoberg, 2000; and Doud, 2001) relate to the visit(s) of this species
within the
county: On the basis of
the recorded red beaks, the former reports of two of these swans in the
LaCheneaux area during August of 2000 appear to be acceptable
records. The bird(?s?), recorded as in the Mackinac
Island-St. Ignace area in early January of 2001, is/are shown .. However,
the length of time the swan(s) was/were within the areas is unknown; considering the
distance between
the two locatons where photographs were taken, the question
remains as to
whether these photographs are of only one or of two different
individuals. ¶ It also seems noteworthy that
during the January 2001 period, a photograph of a black swan "on
Lake Huron recently between Mackinaw City and Cheboygan" was featured
on the front page of the Cheboygan
Daily Tribune. [NOT on Michigan Checklist (MICkLst)]
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<o |
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GL |
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Key:
R
- resident
c -
common
f -
frequent
u
- uncommon
o
- occasional
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| $Wood
Duck, Aix
sponsa |
Forty
to more than fifty were at a pond east of Simmons Rd., ~ 1 mile north
of junction with St. Ignace Rd. each night during
part of May, 2010 (p.c.,Vern Hunt). See
photos in Photo
Album. Three immature wood ducks were
"cavorting" in a high-grass area off-shore from Boulevard Drive ~ 0.1
mi north of the bridge lookout area - 18 Sept. 2017; these appear
to be the first wood ducks recorded for this part of Lake Michigan. .
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uR |
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f |
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IL
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Mandarin Duck, Aix galericulata
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One with mallards in shoreside lots of
two residents on Front St., Saint Ignace. See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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<o |
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| $Gadwall, Anas
Mareca
strepera |
Two were observed,
along with some American wigeons, in a bay along Boulevard Dr., on 28
Apr.2011; three (two males and one female) in same general
location, 31 May 2011; 20
plus
were near the shore of Lake Huron east of Mackinac Co. Airport, St.
Ignace, 21 Oct. 2013. See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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u |
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f |
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BL
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Breeding
record:
!
-
definite
# -
probable
±
- possible |
| ? [Eurasian Wigeon, Anas penelope] |
"Jerry
Ziarno found a male
EURASIAN WIGEON in a flock of American Wigeos & Redheads off Point
Larbarbe (sec) on April 26th [2007]. Efforts to refind this bird
have been unsuccessful." (UP: April 30, 2007) |
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o?
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| $American
Wigeon, Anas
americana |
A
few have been seen each spring each year since 2010 along shore of
LakeHuron, near Mackinac Co. Airport and along Blvd., Moran Twp. --
e.g., four males and one female were offshore from Boulevard Dr.,
daily from 14 to
19
April 2010. See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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# |
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f |
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u |
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BL
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| $American
Black Duck, Anas rubripes |
One
seen at Steeles Creek July 5, and eight more on August 1, 1919 (VT3).
See
photo and caption in Photo
Album. |
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! |
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o |
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u |
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u |
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BL
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| $Mallard, Anas
platyrhynchos |
See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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! |
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fR |
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cR |
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R |
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BL
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| $Blue-winged
Teal, Anas
Spatula
discors |
A
pair offshore
from the Boulevard, southwest of St. Ignace- 28 April, 2013;
another pair was in reedy area near boat launch ramp in Cedarville 1
May 2013. A few were
in water-surrounded
bushes along Boulevard
Dr., Moran Twp. for several days in early May 2015. . .
. The occurrence of this species appears to be increasing, at least
during the spring, as of 2016. See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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uR |
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u |
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IL
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| ? [Cinnamon
Teal, Anas
cyanoptera]
|
Accidental (MA). Observed
"along Lake
Michigan
shoreline near St.
Ignace, Mackinac County, on 2 May 1977 (DNR)" (P:11). -- BUT, this species is NOT
on the "Field Checklist of Birds of
Michigan's Upper Peninsula" dated 15 Jan. 2010 (Hi). |
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o? |
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| $Northern Shoveler, Anas Spatula
clypeata |
A
complete skeleton (MMSU #2252), collected 1 October 1957 at an
unidentified location within the county (FL). One male on "bar" that
extends into water from Boulevard Dr. - 10 Apr.2011; pair -- male
& female -- near-shore reed area south of junction of Densmore and
Boulevard drives. - 17 Apr. 2012; two pair at wastewater lagoon,
Cedarville - 22 ... Apr. 2012.At
least two were in offshore water-surrounded bushes along Boulevard Dr.,
Moran Twp for several days in early May 2015. See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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f
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u |
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CM
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Key:
R
- resident
c -
common
f -
frequent
u
- uncommon
o
- occasional
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| $Northern
Pintail, Anas acuta |
Uncommon
spring
visitor to
Straints and, for example, Lake Brevort. Six were in ponded water just onshore
from still ice-covered Lake Michigan south-southwest of the mouth of
the Pointe aux Chenes River - 14 April 2015; one with mallards
near shore, east of Rte. 2 and northeastern end of St. Ignace airstrip
- 9 January 2017. See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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# |
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o |
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u
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u
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BL
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| $Green-winged
Teal, Anas
crecca |
Observations:
One near Hessel, 11 August 1920 (VT3); on
Mackinac Island, June 1937 (P:10).
Four in off
shore, near "bar" that extends into lake along Boulevard Dr., St.
Ignace -
13 Apr.2011; flock of 10-12 in bay near north end of Boulevard
Dr. 31 March 2012. At least two
were in offshore water-surrounded bushes along Boulevard Dr., Moran
Twp. for several days in early May 2015 iSee photo in Photo
Album. |
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u |
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f |
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BL |
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Breeding
record:
!
-
definite
# -
probable
±
- possible
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| $Canvasback, Aythya
valisineria |
Among
several fairly
recent reports: Two at Point LaBarbe
1 May 2007 (UP: May 7, 2007) Seven observed at
Pte. LaBarbe 7 Apr.2008 by Kirk Zulfelt (UP: May 2, 2008). Two males
and two females observed offshore from Boulevard Dr., daily
12-19 Apr.2010; a
pair was in the same area 18-25 Nov. 2011. A single male was in
same bay 2 Dec. 2011; five were there 26 March 2012; a pair was there
late April, 2013. See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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GL |
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$Redhead, Aythya
americana
|
Perhaps
the most
numerous of the migrant ducks of the Straits area; more
than 5,000 have been in the area at one time -- e.g., early spring of
2013 . See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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o |
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f
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GL
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| $Ring-necked
Duck, Aythya collaris |
A
pair, female and male, at Clark
Twp. Waste
Water Pond #3, near Cedarville 8
April 2012; male at
Brevprt Twp. wastewater pond, south of Dam Rd., 9 April 2012;
several were in Straits, in Aux Chenes River and in the Clark Twp.
Waste
Water Ponds, near Cedarville in late April and
early May 2013; a single male in Lake off-shore of State St.
overlook 22 Dec 2017. See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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o |
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f |
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c |
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BL
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| $Greater
Scaup, Aythya
marila |
Greater
and Lesser
Scaups, both frequently referred to as "bluebills" by hunters, are not
distinguished in most records. See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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f |
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GL |
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| $Lesser
Scaup, Aythya
affinis |
See
note on preceding species. This one is widely thought to be the
more ommon species within the county. Frequently a pair or more are with
large flocks of redheads -- e.g., 2 April 2017, off shore, northeast
of State St., south of junction with Business Rte. 75, in St.
Ignace.
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u |
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f |
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GL |
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Harlequin
duck, Arlequin plongeur ONE
|
Immature birds recorded at
several near-shore sites between Johnson St.and Dock 3 in
St. Ignace in November and December 2017.(per Audubon Birds web site).
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| Surf scoter, Melanitta
perspicillata |
One
reported by Kirk Zulfelt
at Pte. LaBarbe, 4 December [2009] (B:19Jan.'10).
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o
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o |
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GL |
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| $White-winged
Scoter, Melanitta
fusca |
One
was seen by Vince Yurkuas on 24 June 1985 at an unpublished location in
Mackinac [County] (T:915). In addition, Michigan's
DNR "has
confirmed Type E Botulism in the white-winged scoter...
(Mackinac County)." (SG)
Five seen by
compiler and son off Arnold Transit Company freight dock in St. Ignace,
15 March 2010; one seen at same location and another one off
shore along Pte. LaBarbe Rd., 19 April 2013; small group seen in
norther Lake Huron, offshore from St. Ignace Airport, 16 October,
2016; off-shore from Boulevard Dr. near launchhing site southeast
of junction with Densmore Ave. - 17 October 2017. See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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o
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o
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o
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GL
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Key:
R
- resident
c -
common
f -
frequent
u
- uncommon
o
- occasional
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| Black Scoter, Melanitta
nigra |
"American
Scoter, oidemia americana"
among the Autumn birds of the
Les Cheneaux Islands area. (VT3). |
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o |
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GL |
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| $Long-tailed
Duck, Clangula hyemalis |
***
Formerly
named, and
still widely called, "oldsquaw" and in a few reports as only
"squaw."
"Oldsquaw - a
solitary male in summer plumage ... near Hessel August 11, 1920" (VT3). Michigan's
DNR "has confirmed Type E Botulism in
the long-tailed duck (as probable) ... (Mackinac County)." (SG) Several later
records, most off shore at St. Ignace; in addition, one "on
Milokia Lake [during first full week of November, 2005]" (UP:
November 9, 2005) See
photos in Photo
Album.
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f
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o
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f |
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GL
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Breeding
record:
! -
definite
# -
probable
±
- possible
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| $Bufflehead, Bucephala
albeola |
"I
observed one
flock of eight July 3, 1890." (Wh)
Common migrant.
See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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u |
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f
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f |
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BL
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|
| $Common Goldeneye, Bucephala
clangula |
A
few of these ducks are often
here during the winter, after the bays are frozen -- usually
in water near the edge of the ice. See
photos in Photo
Album |
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!
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f |
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f |
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f |
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GL
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|
$Barrow's Goldeneye, Bucephala
islandica
|
Listed
as observed
at "St. Ignace, Mackinac County" with NO reference or date (P:14). One on southeastern Brevort Lake --
first recorded on the fternoon of 2 October; later observed --
e.g., 5, 6, and 9
October, 2016. See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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o? |
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o |
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$Hooded
Merganser, Lophodytes
cucullatus
|
See
photos | Photo
Album |. |
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!
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o |
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f |
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f |
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BL
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| $Common
Merganser, Mergus merganser |
Note re Common Goldeneye also obtains
here. More than 300 adult
males, in "breeding
plumage" were in southeastern Christensen Bay in ice-free Brevort Lake,
24 December 2015. See
photos in Photo
Album.
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!
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f |
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fR |
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c |
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BL
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| $Red-breasted
Merganser, Mergus
serrator |
"Round
Island ... A set of nine incubated eggs was taken ...July 4, 1891." (Wh) See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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u |
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fR
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c |
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GL
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|
| $Ruddy
Duck, Oxyura
jamaicensis |
One
was
killed on Mackinac Island 3 September 1890 (Wh). Female at Clark Twp. Waste
Water Pond #3, near Cedarville 23 May 2016. See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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GALLIFORMES
NUMIDDAE
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Notes/References |
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BR
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Wi
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Su |
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S/F |
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Hbt
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LEGEND
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| $Helmeted Guineafowl, Numida
meleagris |
Not included
in total given in Introduction; feral group (claimed by noone within
area!) west of Moran, August 2010. See
photos in Photo
Album. [NOT on Michigan Checklist (MICkLst)] |
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ODONTOPHORIDAE
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Notes/References |
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BR
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Wi
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Su |
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S/F |
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Hbt
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LEGEND
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Northern Bobwhite, Colinus virginianus
extirpated (?)
|
Two
on
Mackinac
Island, 24 July 1890. "Mr. Early [landowner on island] states
that they were once common on his farm , but were exterminated by
hunters." (Wh)
Although, as noted to the left, the species has been considered for
several years as
"extirpated" so far as Mackinac Co., one was
seen,
heard, and photographed in St. Ignace in early April, 2012! -- Thus the
(?); one was seen east of
Huron Street, , St. Ignace -- 7
September 2017 See
photo in Photo
Album. |
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o |
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PHASIANIDAE
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Notes/References |
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BR
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Wi
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Su |
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S/F |
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Hbt
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LEGEND
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$+Gray
Partridge, Perdix
perdix
(introduced; now absent) |
Widely
called Hungarian partridge. This species
is NOT on the "Field Checklist of Birds of Michigan's Upper Peninsula"
dated 15 Jan.2010 (Hi). Frances,
my wife, and our "kids" and one of their spouses saw a couple of these
on Drummond Island, Chippewa Co., Summer of 1997. [NOT on Michigan Checklist (MICkLst)] |
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| $Ring-necked
Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus |
"Observed
on Mackinac Island ... during the past 15 years."
(MSHP) This species, native to Asia and introduced into the
United States as a game bird, is rare within the county.
Pheasants recently seen seem likely to represent those known to have
been hatched from
eggs obtained from, for example,
the
Rudyard Co-op -- e.g., in
2007,
Cheryl
Amacher,
who lives on Charles
Moran Rd. west of M123, hatched 10-12 eggs, later
released the pheasants, and subsequently saw one of
the hens regularly thereafter (she thinks that the others
probably
became food for
predators such as coyotes and hawks). However, see dates on
photos and note
the fact that a male and female were together south the Brevort Lake Rd
(H37) east of Black Point Rd.during the mating
season, June, 2011. See
photos in Photo
Album.. ¶ A dark
melanistic or mutant individual was foraging in a field east of
Pleasant Ave. and north of Linck Rd., Garfield Twp. on 6 May
2014; this bird -- See
photo in Appendix A. "Remarkables" group
near end of the photo album. |
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# |
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u |
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u |
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u |
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BO |
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Key:
R
- resident
c -
common
f -
frequent
u
- uncommon
o
- occasional
Breeding
record:
! -
definite
# -
probable
±
- possible |
| $Ruffed
Grouse, Bonasa umbellus
|
Referred
to as partridge in some reports. One
with chicks viewed on southeast side of Rte H40, ~2.2 miles west of
Chippewa
County line, 28 June 2012. See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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R
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R
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R
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MH
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| Spruce
Grouse, Falcipennis
canadensis |
Special
Concern
See
photo in Photo
Album.
photograph are in "Wish List" group.
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! |
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R |
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R |
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R |
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SC
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| $Sharp-tailed Grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus |
Special
Concern Recent
examples: "3 ... at Point (sic) LaBarbe on 20th
[December, 2005] (UP: January 24, 2006); a flock of 20-plus birds was east
of Simmons Rd., ca. 1
mile north of St. Ignace Rd., January,
2010; 8 were north of
Lovegrove Rd. east of Rte.123, April, 2011. See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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R
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R
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R
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UO
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| Greater
Prairie-Chicken, Tympanuchus cupido (extirpated) |
Last
recorded in state in 1981 (G:81). |
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| $Wild
Turkey, Meleagris
gallopavo |
See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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# |
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uR |
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uR |
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R
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MH
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GAVIFORMESf
GAVIIDAE
|
Notes/References |
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BR |
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Wi
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Su |
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S/F |
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Hbt
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LEGEND |
$Red-throated Loon, Gavia stellata
|
“Rare
transient and
winter visitant ... In most instances only a single individual ...,
usually along the Great Lakes shores." (Wd:17) "Observed on
Mackinac Island or in the surrounding waters of the Straits... during
the past 15 years." (MSHP) [ Among reports from adjacent
counties,
"Christofferson reported 1 at Blaney, Schoolcraft Count, on October 23
and 24, 1933." (Wd:17) ] One off shore along Boulevard Dr. 21
October 2017
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o?
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o?
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GL |
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Key:
R -
resident
c -
common
f -
frequent
u -
uncommon
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Pacific Loon, Gavia
pacifica
|
Off shore from Cloverland Electric ...
, St. Ignace 2 December 2013 (Be)
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o? |
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o
- occasional |
| $Common
Loon, Gavia
immer |
Threatened
Michigan's DNR "has confirmed Type E
Botulism in the common ... (Mackinac County)." (SG). Observed
almost every summer -- i.e., mid-August to mid-September -- on the
three inland lakes that have boat access -- e.g., a pair on Thompson
Lake late July, 2015; also in Lake Huron off-shore from the
family cottage, which is on the east side of the island.
(Vj)
Frequently heard, less often
seen, near shores of Lake Huron (e.g., near Hessel) and Lake Michigan
(e.g., at Gros Cap); seen in Brevort lake (e.g., 26 June 2010 and
14
October 2016). See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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! |
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uR |
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f |
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BL |
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PODICIPEDIFORMES
PODICIPEDIDAE
|
Notes/References |
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BR |
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Wi
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Su |
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S/F |
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Hbt
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LEGEND
|
| $Pied-billed
Grebe, Podilymbus
podiceps |
***
The
most common grebe of the area. See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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! |
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fR |
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f
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BL
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| $Horned
Grebe, Podiceps auritus |
Two
offshore from
Boulevard Dr., St. Ignace - 20 Oct. 2009. One in Lake
Michigan, offshore from South State St., St. Ignace - 21 Oct. 2011
and two in Lake Brevort - 22 Oct. 2011. Two offshore down-town
dock
area, St. Ignace - 17 Oct. 2012 and five in Lake Brevort - 4 Nov. 2012.
Three offshore south State St., St. Ignace 5-7 May 2013; seven in Christensen Bay. Lake
Brevort
19-22 October 2014. See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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u
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f |
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GL
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Breeding
record:
! - definite
#
- probable
±
-
possible
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$Red-necked Grebe, Podiceps
grisegena
|
A
single breeding record, in a marsh near Cedarville,
dates to June 1976 (Ch). Michigan's DNR "has
confirmed Type E
Botulism in the red-necked grebe ... (Mackinac County)." (SG) And, "observed on
Mackinac Island or in the surrounding waters of the Straits... during
the past 15 years." (MSHP) "at Pt. (sic) LaBarbe on 23rd [April,
2006]." (UP: April 25, 2006) Three in Straits, off Dock #3,
St. Ignace- 14 April 2012. See
photos in Photo
Album.
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o
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f
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Western
Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
|
"Word-of-mouth"
reports of
sightings of this bird within the Straits area have existed over
several years. An occurrence in mid January, 2013 has been
verified by a number of dependable observers.
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o
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SULIFORMES
FREGATIDAE
|
Notes/References |
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BR
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Wi
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Su |
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S/F |
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Hbt
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LEGEND
|
| Frigatebird,
Magnificent, Fregata magnificens |
Observed in Straits area from
Boulevard, 23 September 2017; presumed to have been here, perhaps
after being seen and photographed in Wisconsin on the the preceding
day, as one of
the consequences of one of the major hurricanes -- i.e., Harvey or
Irma, or
Maria (Jones, 2017). [ v in
S/F column is for vagrant / visitor.] |
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v
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PHALACROCORACIDAE
|
Notes/References |
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BR |
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Wi
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Su |
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S/F |
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Hbt
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LEGEND
|
$Double-crested
Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
|
In
2010, Green
Island (Lake Michigan) is recorded as the "home to ... 600
Double-crested Cormorant pairs ...." (NA) Juvenile double-crested cormorant was
observed diving, ... and swallowing a rather large fish in the "slip," where the public boat ramp is, east of
Waterfont Park and Dock #3 Rd. -- 30 December 2016 (Kurt R. Dietrich & rvd).
See
photos in Photo
Album.
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GL
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| ?[Neotropic
Cormorant, Phalacrocorax
brasilianus] |
Bird questioned as such on dock
along north of Michigan Rte
H57 (Brevort Lake Rd.) T.41N.-R.5W. of Brevort Township 7 September
2013. See
photo AND note in its caption. See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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PELECANIFORMES
PELECANIDAE
|
Notes/References |
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BR |
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Wi
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Su |
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S/F |
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Hbt
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LEGEND
|
$American
White Pelican, Pelecanus
erythrorhynchos
|
One is recorded as
flying over
the I-75/M-123 interchange north of St. Ignace, 26 September 2005 (Au). "A
flock of 15-20
... on South Manistique Lake on June 8th [2008]" (UP: June 10,
2008). "26 ... reported [and photographed] ...in the outer Prentis Bay"
29 May 2012 (SM). Five in flight above
Boulevard Dr, St. Ignace, and the
adjacent offshore area 10 June 2012 -- See
photos in Photo
Album. Later:
Six
in flight above shoreline of Lake Michigan at Gros Cap (15 May
2014); 12 on lake side of a motel northeast of
St. Ignace business section (23 June 2015) (p.c., Bob Brown);
"Small flock..., maybe 20 flyover on Highway 2, near Epoufette, heading
south toward the lake." 23 June 2016. (p.c., Judi Mouser)
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o
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ARDEIDAE
|
Notes/References |
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BR |
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Wi
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Su |
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S/F |
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Hbt |
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LEGEND
|
$American
Bittern, Botaurus
lentiginosus
|
Special
Concern "Several were observed ... and one
specimen taken by T.G. White [on
Mackinac
Island]." (Wh) More recent occurrences include
those photographically recorded -- e.g., See
photos in
Photo
Album. --
and one in swamp
area beside Boulevard Drive, 26 July 2015; one (a different one) in
same area 10 August 2015. |
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uR |
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u
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CM
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| Least
Bittern, Ixobrychus exilis |
Threatened
Although noted
as "an abundant bird in all suitable places in the state"
(Ba:133), the nearest records that I have found, other than the indication of the
probable breeding, is for Cheboygan county (Wd:38 & Pe:38). |
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CM
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$Great
Blue Heron, Ardea
herodias
|
See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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! |
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o |
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fR |
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f |
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IL
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Key: |
$Great Egret , Ardea alba
|
"Brian
Johnson reported 5 GREAT EGRETS at Pt. Aux Chenne on the 26th [August,
2006] (UP: August 26, 2006). Two
observed at Pte. LaBarbe 7 Apr.2008 by Kirk Zulfelt (UP:
May 2, 2008). One
in reeds offshore Boulevard Dr. 11 June 2012. Two
in swamp southwest of western junction of Densmore Dr. and
Boulevard Dr. 17 June 2014; one
to three
in same general area mid May through early June, 2015; one
in same general area--e.g., 6, 11 & 25 July 2015. The occurrence -- i.e., the
number -- of this species appears to be increasing, at least
during the spring, as of 2016 -- See
photos in
Photo
Album. ¶ "I
found a
pair nesting on Green Island a handful of years ago. ... at the
time it was the northernmost breeding record in the state. We
went back after the eggs hatched and got some good photos."
(F.Cuthbert, p.c., 2015) -- added BR. >
Fall
-- 18 October 2017 - at mouth of Pt. aux Chenes River (KRD).
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f |
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u
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R - resident
c -
common
f -
frequent
u -
uncommon
o
- occasional |
? [Snowy Egret, Egretta
thula]
|
Widespread
hearsay has this bird within the county a few summers ago. The presence
of one at two fairly nearby locations west of St. Ignace is given on
the Mich-listers web site for May 2004 (Ci). [A photograph that
was so
labeled and sent to the compiler was of a Great egret!!
]
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o? |
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| ? [Tricolored
Heron , Egretta tricolor] |
Casual
(MA).
One was reported by
Matt &
Cyndi Johnstone at Pte. LaBarbe on 3 July 2006 (UP: July 12, 2006). |
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o? |
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Cattle
Egret, Bubulcus
ibis
|
One was reported to Rarebirds.com as
along a shoreline, near St. Ignace, 21 Aug. 2006. Five were on lawns in the Graham Point
area of Southeastern St. Ignace, 1 November2016 (p.c., Sally Herbon and Janie
Perry). See
photos in
Photo
Album.
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o |
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o
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| $Green
Heron, Butorides
virescens
|
"Observed
on Mackinac Island or in the
surrounding waters of the Straits... during the past 15 years." (MSHP) The species is listed on the
checklist
of
the Hiawatha
National Forest
(n.d.). A
friend, who is an experienced, objective
"bird-watcher" indicates that one or more of these herons has been in
the swampy area south of Poupard Bay, off Gros Cap Rd., Moran Twp. each
of the last several years.
See
photos in
Photo
Album.
The # breeding entry given here for this
bird, added
in
August 2014, is based on observations of adult herons within
an area in the county in early July, the fact that eggs of this species
hatch in 19-21 days, and the presence of a juvenile bird in
the same area in early August.
added
BR. > |
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u
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AS
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Breeding
record:
! -
definite
#
-
probable
±
- possible
|
| $Black-crowned
Night-Heron, Nycticorax nycticorax |
Special
Concern In
the past, the following information was said to obtain: St. Helena Island
"supports a moderately large colony of nesting Black-crowned Night
Herons." Bear
Island is the "home to a moderately large colony." [and] Green
Island (Lake Michigan) is the "home to a small number of nesting
Black-crowned Night-Herons." (NA)
"9 ..at Pt. (sic) LaBarbe on 23rd [April, 2006]." (UP: April 25,
2006) Four (or more)
arrived several nights (each night?) at about sunset at the St.
Ignace
Marina during much of May and June in 2012 -- see especially the one
photographed
on 11 May 2012. At
launching ramp south of Dock 3, St. Ignace -- several evenings, near
sundown, late May and early June 2015 &
2016; three at St. Igance Marina breakwater early June, 2017. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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! |
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uR |
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f |
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IL
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ACCIPITRIFORMES
CATHARTIDAE
|
Notes/References |
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BR
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Wi
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Su |
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S/F |
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Hbt |
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LEGEND
|
Black Vulture, Coragyps
altratus
|
Single
one above
Boulevard, Moran Twp., 10
& 13 June 2012.
One
north of Engadine, after the passing of a major southern front with
high winds,
200? (Linda Boisclair,
p.c.).
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o
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$Turkey
Vulture, Cathartes aura
|
"Late"
winter/"early" spring pair at Allenville, 18 March 2012. See
photos in
Photo
Album.
The photo by
Cheeseman, which is in the photo album, indicates that an ! is
more likely correct in the BR
column.
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#
<see |
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o |
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o |
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c |
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IH |
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PANDIONIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR
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Wi
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Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND
|
| $Osprey, Pandion
haliaetus
|
Special
Concern fairly
common in Les Cheneaux area of Lake
Huron. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
!
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fR
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u |
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BL |
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ACCIPITRIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR |
|
Wi
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Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
? [Mississippi
Kite, Icinia mississippiensis]
|
"4 May 1990 in Mackinac County"
(G)
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o? |
|
o |
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| $Bald
Eagle, Haliaeetus
leucocephalus |
[Special
Concern <<removed from list 2007?!] Habitat:
widespread near Lakes Huron &
Micigan. Currently (in 2000s and into early 2010s) is becoming
more abundant both as a resident and as a migrant (e.g., a group of 12
was at Gros Cap in mid-November, 2011); thrityfive (35) were in the
trees bordering the abandoned sandpit east -- i.e., across Rte.2 --
of the Harold "Jim" Nyquist Roadside Park on Rte. 2, near Gros Cap
during in the early evening of 2 November 2014; more than fifty
(50) were there the next morning. See also the note re the 2015
spring migration in Golden Eagle entry.See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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! |
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R |
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cR |
|
R |
|
BL
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|
Key:
R
- resident
c -
common
f -
frequent
u
- uncommon
o
- occasional
|
| $Northern
Harrier, Circus cyaneus |
Special
Concern
Formerly widely referred to as "marsh hawk."
"Two very late for the UP ... December 8th" reported by Gerald Vork and
Steve Baker (B:19 Jan.'10). See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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# |
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o |
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fR |
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f |
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WD
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$Sharp-shinned
Hawk,
Accipiter striatus
|
An
adult male was atop a suet-holding crook at Gros Cap 5 April
2014; an immature individual was on the ground at the same
locality 6 May 2014. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
o |
|
uR |
|
u
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SC
|
|
|
| $Cooper's
Hawk, Accipiter
cooperii |
Formerly
widely referred to as "chicken hawk." However, this former desig
nation was also sometimes given sharp-shinned and even red-tailed
hawks. See
photo in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
u |
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uR |
|
u |
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MH
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|
Breeding
record:
|
$Northern
Goshawk,
Accipiter gentilis
|
Special
Concern "In 1889
two pairs ... could be seen on any clear day [from Mackinac
Island]."
(Wh)
One at Evergreen Shores,
Spring, 2015.
|
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! |
|
u |
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o
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o |
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MH
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|
! -
definite
# -
probable |
$Red-shouldered
Hawk, Buteo lineatus
|
Threatened
"A pair lived
on the [Mackinac] island in 1890." (Wh) Two recent
observations were near Moran -- 9 September 2010 & 6 September
2012. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
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u |
|
u |
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MH
|
|
±
- possible |
| $Broad-winged
Hawk,
Buteo platypterus |
See
photos in
Photo
Album.
|
|
! |
|
o |
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fR |
|
f
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MH
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|
| $Swainson's
Hawk, Buteo swainsoni |
One
(UMMZ)
collected [near Hessel] 13 October 1908 by Clarence Law (Z&VT:13). See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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o |
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o |
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|
| $Red-tailed
Hawk, Buteo
jamaicensis
|
A
hawk that my experience and current additional checking in/of several
articles and photographs would be identified as a Harlan' Hawk (i.e.,
the subspecies
B. j. harlani) was
at Gros Cap on 7 December 2016.
See
photos in
Photo
Album.
|
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! |
|
uR |
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fR |
|
R |
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WD
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|
|
| $Ferruginous Hawk, Buteo regalis |
A
hawk, which on the basis ofmy experience and checking in/of several
articles and photographs (see note with the photos) was identified as a
Ferruginous Hawk
(dark or intermediate morph), was south
of Brevort Lake Road, just west of the Apple Lane Junction - 21
& 22 February 2017. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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|
o |
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$Rough-legged
Hawk, Buteo
lagopus
|
Recorded
on Mackinac
Island (Wh). Fairly common in
sporadic "meadow areas" -- perhaps as residents. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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f
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f
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$Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
|
A
tracked golden
eagle of northern Quebec "migrated along Hudson Bay, then moved through
Ontario to cross the Great Lakes by the Strait of Mackinac..." (Br) "Brian
Zwiebel reported an immature GOLDEN EAGLE on a deer kill along I-75
north of St. Ignace on February 5th [2007]." (UP: February 13,
2007) One was seen east of Engadine by two experienced
observers, 9 July 2011. Two
reports indicate that at least 224 of these eagles, 113 bald
eagles and eight species of hawks passed through Macinac City (south of
the Straits in Michigan's lower peninsula) during the Spring of
2015 (The St. Ignace News, March 26 and April 2
editions). See
photo in
Photo
Album. |
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GRUIFORMES
RALLIDAE
|
Notes/References |
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BR
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Wi
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Su |
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S/F |
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Hbt |
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LEGEND |
| ? [Yellow Rail, Coturnicops
noveboracensis] |
Threatened
Although I have been told this species has been heard in
the swamp area
east of Hessel, I have found no record of its being observed within the
county. The species is recorded for adjacent Chippewa and
Schoolcraft counties. |
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o?
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CM
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Key:
R - resident
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Virginia
Rail, Rallus limicola
|
***
One
with downy young
on marshy shore of mill-pond of Hessel 3 August 1919 (VT3). Also, it is reported
"as breeding at Nimmons Bay [-- no so-named bay within area -- perhaps
Mismer Bay? --], near Hessel (2 nests with eggs found June
22, 1934, by F.C. Gillett)." (Wd:150)
So, a !
seems to be correct BR >
See
photo in
Photo
Album. |
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±
<see
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u |
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u |
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CM
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c -
common
f -
frequent
u- uncommon
o
- occasional
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Sora, Porzana
carolina
|
"Common summer
resident in marshes [on Mackinac Island]" (Wh) Near
Pte. Aux Chenes, Summer 2009 (St/Sj).
In marshy area east side of
St. Martin Bay 9 June 2016 (KD, p.c.).
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# |
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fR |
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f |
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CM
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| $American
Coot, Fulica
americana |
Sporadic
in n marshy areas along
north shore
of Lakes Huron and Michigan.
See
photo in
Photo
Album.
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uR |
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f |
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BL
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GRUIDAE
|
Notes/References |
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BR
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Wi
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Su |
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S/F |
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Hbt |
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LEGEND |
| $Sandhill
Crane, Grus canadensis |
See
photos in
Photo
Album. -- see especially the Sequence in the Main
tabulated group.
"Avian history
reveals that cranes are ancient birds. The Sandhill Crane we see today
was present some 9 million years ago, and its ancestors date back 40 to
60 million years." (G:96)
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fR |
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c |
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UO
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CHARADRIIFORMES
RECURVIROSTRIDAE
|
Notes/References |
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BR
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Wi
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Su
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S/F |
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Hbt |
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LEGEND
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? [Black-necked Stilt, Himantopus
mexicanus]
|
Casual
(MA).
Pair said to have
been killed
and mounted [in late 1800s] from "the shore near St. Ignace."
oral report to Barrows (1912, p.
170). However, N.A.Wood
(1951) "excluded [this species] from [his
Michigan
checklist] ... for lack of positive evidence" BUT included it on
his
"Hypothetical List." So?? In any case, it is NOT on the
"Field Checklist of Birds of Michigan's Upper Peninsula" that is dated
15
January 2010 (Hi). |
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o?
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Key:
R-resident
c
-
common
f -
frequent
u-
uncommon
o
- occasional
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American
Avocet, Recurvirostra americana
|
In
"bridge view"
area west of
the U.P. end of the Mackinac Bridge, 31 May 2003 (Bo). Note
that pre 1951
observations of this bird within Michigan were "excluded from
[his Michigan checklist] ... for lack of positive evidence."
BUT it is included on his "Hypothetical List" (Wd) and it is on the Audoubon
Checklist for Michigan (NA). In addition to these
inconsistent "observations" and conclusions (albeit some
are tentative), a specimen, number 214980, from "Mackinac Island, on 20
September 1968" is recorded (P:21). |
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o?
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Breeding
record:
! -
definite
# -
probable
±
- possible
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CHARADRIIDAE
|
Notes/References |
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BR |
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Wi
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Su |
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S/F |
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Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
| $Black-bellied
Plover, Pluvialis
squatarola |
Noted
as in eastern
Mackinac County from August 18 through October in 1929 (Wd:168) [to me,
this report is a bit
garbled!].
Near
Pte. Aux Chenes, Summer 2009 (St/Sj).
Three west of Hessel, late May, 2011 --See
photos in
Photo
Album.
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o |
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WB
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$American
Golden-Plover, Pluvialis dominica
|
Recorded
as one of the Autumn
birds of the Les Cheneaux Islands (W5). Five American golden
plovers were on shore, Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp. 25 September
2013 See
photos in
Photo
Album. One, only, at same site, 18
September 2018. |
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u
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WB |
|
Key:
R
- resident
c
-
common
|
| $Semipalmated
Plover, Charadrius semipalmatus |
Near
Pte. Aux
Chenes, Summer 2009 (St/Sj). One with Dunlin along Boulevard, Moran
Twp. 18 May 2015; single bird(s) along Boulevard Dr. 10 & 25
August 2015; two along Boulevard Dr. 3 June 2017; additional
dates are on photos. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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u
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o
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WB
|
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f -
frequent
|
| Piping Plover, Charadrius melodus |
Endangered
"Between 2002 and
2006, [the Pointe Aux Chenes beachfront] supported between 3 and 8
pairs [of these plovers]." (NA) also during Summer
of 2009 (St/Sj). See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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! |
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uR |
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WB
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u -
uncommon
o
- occasional
|
SCOLOPACIDAE
|
Notes/References |
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BR
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Wi
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Su
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S/F |
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Hbt |
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LEGEND
|
$Spotted
Sandpiper, Actitis
macularius
|
"Very
common summer resident [on Mackinac Island, where it] feeds on stone
spiders." (Wh) At Clark
Twp. Waste
Water Ponds, near Cedarville -- e.g., May
2012 - 2015; in Lake
Michigan
wash along Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp., summer, 2015. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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!
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cR
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f |
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LK |
|
|
| $Solitary
Sandpiper, Tringa
solitaria |
On
Mackinac Island (Wh);
"observed on ... [the] Island ... during the past 15 years."
(MSHP). Three at Clark
Twp. Waste
Water Pondsf, near Cedarville 9 May
2012; one or more there
May/June 2013-15; one in Lake Michigan wash along
Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp., 4-7 July 2015; five, 12 July
2015. A virtually black (melanistic??) one at Clark Twp. Waste
Water Pond, near Cedarville -- 15 May 2016. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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u |
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f |
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$Greater
Yellowlegs, Tringa
melanoleuca
|
"Several
flocks" observed in Les Cheneaux Islands area, August
1918
(VT4). Near Pte. Aux
Chenes, Summer 2009 (St/Sj).
Small flocks in
ponded water on fields in Allenville area, late April and early
May, 2010,
2013 & 2014; five in Lake Michigan wash,
along Boulevard, 12
July
2015. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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o
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f |
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| Willet,
Tringa semipalmata |
On
Mackinac Island (Wh). |
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o |
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Key: |
$Lesser
Yellowlegs, Tringa
flavipes
|
Flocks
seen during
August 1918 and 1920 in
Les Cheneaux Islands area (VT4). Near
Pte. Aux Chenes, Summer 2009 (St/Sj).
Same area, with greater yellowlegs during fall migration,
2012; with greater yellowlegs east of Allenville, 2 May
201; one along Boulevard, Moran Twp., 31
July 2014; six in Lake Michigan wash, along Boulevard, 4
July
2015; two, same locality, 10 July 2015; three,12 July 2015. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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u
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f |
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R - resident
c
-
common
f -
frequent
u -
uncommon
o
- occasional
|
Upland
Sandpiper,
Bartramia longicauda
|
Formerly
widely
called "upland plover."
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# |
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uR |
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o |
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UO
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$Whimbrel, Numenius
phaeopus
|
Near
Pte. Aux Chenes, Summer
2009 (St/Sj); along
shore in St. Ignace, 20 April 2012 -- seen by Matt Hunt (p.c., Vern
Hunt, 24 Apr. 2012); in Sand Bay beside Boulevard Dr. 3 - 5 Oct.
2012. A flock
of 70-plus (count verified by photographs) along the shoreline
off Graham St., St. Ignace City, 23 May 2013. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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u |
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o |
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WB |
|
Breeding
record:
! -
definite
# -
probable
±
- possible
|
Marbled
Godwit, Limosa fedoa
|
Near
Pte. Aux Chenes, Summer
2009 (St/Sj). |
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u |
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WB |
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Ruddy
Turnstone, Arenaria
interpres
|
Near
Pte. Aux Chenes, Summer 2009 (St/Sj).
A single turnstone was with
the 70-plus whimbrels (see above)
offshore from Graham St., St.. Ignace City, 23 May
2013. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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o
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|
WB
|
|
|
| $Red
Knot, Calidris
canutus |
"I
saw two pinkish-breasted
individuals on the shore of the small pond at Green Island [25 June
1954]." (Pe). Six tentatively identified on shore near Boulevard
Dr., Moran Twp. 19 September 2012.
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o |
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WB |
|
|
| $Stilt
Sandpiper, Calidris himantopus |
Specimens have
been collected near Cheboygan (Wd:196-197&Pe:56-57). A
pair were photographed in pond west of Apple Lane, Brevort Twp. 29
April 2016.
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o |
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| Sanderling, Calidris
alba |
Near
Pte. Aux Chenes, Summer 2009 (St/Sj).
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o
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o? |
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| $Dunlin, Calidris
alpina |
"I
watched one
individual, with grayish back and small, dark splotches on the
underparts ... at Green Island [25 June 1954]." (Pe) Also, near
Pte. Aux Chenes, Summer 2009 (St/Sj).
One was seen on Mackinac Island on December 16, 2011 (PJ) -- However, the photographer of the photo
shown in
that article told me that the bird was actually near
shore in St. Ignace City (p.c., Steve Baker). Three at Clark Twp.
water disposal ponds 1 June 2017 (K.R. Dietrich and compiler) See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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u |
|
WB |
|
Key:
R - resident
c
-
common
f -
frequent
u -
uncommon
o
- occasional |
| $Baird's
Sandpiper, Calidris
bairdii |
"The
highest
number claimed is 60 on 29 May 1958..." (G:110)
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u |
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$Least Sandpiper, Calidris
minutilla
|
***
"Rather
rare
migrant on Round Island" (Wh).
Recorded
near Hessel in September 1918 (VT4).
Near Pte. Aux Chenes, Summer 2009 (St/Sj).
Seven in Lake Michigan
"wash" by Boulevard Dr. Moran Twp. 7 July 2015; others, usually
only 1-3 at any time, in same
area mid-late July 2015. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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o |
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o |
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$White-rumped
Sandpiper, Calidris
fuscicollis
|
Two
- in muddy flat along Boulevard
Dr., Moran Twp. mid July 2015; four, same location, 4 August 2015. .
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u |
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| ? [Buff-breasted
Sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis] |
Per county list on
eBird (www.ebird.org): "Buff-breasted
Sandpiper [in county] see http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S9139721. However, requests for
details (p.c. to, Marshall Iliff,
eBird Project Leader, 12 April
2012) received no response. |
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Breeding
record:
! -
definite
# -
probable
±
- possible |
| $Pectoral
Sandpiper, Calidris
melanotos |
Seen
rather frequently during August of 1919 and 1920 in
Les Cheneaux Islands
area (VT3). One
with five
American golden plovers on shore, Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp. 25
September 2013; one with two yellowlegs at same locality
11 July 2015, See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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f |
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f |
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| &Semipalmated
Sandpiper, Calidris
pusilla |
Specimen
collected
on Mackinac Island 4 September 1889 (Wh).
Near Pte. Aux Chenes, Summer 2009 (St/Sj).
Small (~6) flock in Lake Michigan
"wash" along Boulevard, Moran Twp. mid-July 2015. One at Clark Twp. water disposal ponds 1
June 2017 (K.R. Dietrich and compiler) See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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o |
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$Western
Sandpiper, Calidris mauri
|
One near lake shore along Boulevard
Dr., Moran Twp. 30 July through 1 August 2014; four in Lake
Michigan wash along Boulevard Dr. 4 July 2015; two, 22 July 2015,
etc. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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u |
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| $Short-billed
Dowitcher, Limnodromus
griseus |
Near
Pte. Aux Chenes, Summer 2009 -- but, the Short-billed designation is
questioned. (St/Sj).
Three at Clarke Twp. waterwaste
disposal ponds 10 May 2012; 16
at same location 15 May 2016. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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o
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o |
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| ? [Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus
scolopaceus] |
See
above entry, second comment and
the photographs. -- Possibly one, in particular, or even
more of those shown is/are long-billed ....
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o |
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|
$Wilson's
Snipe, Gallinago
delicata
|
"Rare
migrant. I
flushed one in a meadow [on Mackinac Island] September 17,
1889." (Wh) Also, Near
Pte. Aux Chenes, Summer 2009 (St/Sj);
east of Allenville late April 2013; lakeside of Boulevard Dr. late July
& early August 2014; mid-July 2015. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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# |
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uR
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f |
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LS
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Key:
R - resident
c
-
common
f -
frequent
|
| $American
Woodcock, Scolopax
minor |
"Often
flushed from
the middle of shaded roads towards evening [on Mackinac Island]." (Wh) See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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! |
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fR |
|
f
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UO
|
|
u -
uncommon
o
- occasional |
$Wilson's
Phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor
|
Four (one "spinning") in pond
north of Rte.2, east of
Brevort Lake Rd. 2 October 2013. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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o |
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$Red phalarope, Phalarops fulicarius
|
One by St. Ignace dock near end of
Ferry Drive, where former car (plus) ferry landed, loaded, etc. 20
November 1917; photo taken by rvd IDd by Francesca Cutherbert
& David Pavlik. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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o
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STERCORARIIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR
|
|
Wi
|
|
Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
| Parasitic
Jaeger, Stercorarius
parasiticus |
"Adult
observed
perched on rock off LaFayette Point [Bois Blanc Island], June 20, 1942
by O.M. Root and T.
Nelson." (Z&VT:23) |
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o |
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LARIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR
|
|
Wi
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Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND
|
| ? [Black-legged
Kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla] |
"'Rare
accidental
Visitor' (Gibbs' Birds of Michigan); 'rare at Mackinac Island' (S.E.
White)" (Co:219-220).
"Frequent in winter on Lake Huron, common around
Straits of
Mackinac" (A2).
However, N.A.
Wood
(1951) "excluded [this species] from [his Michigan
checklist] ... for lack of positive evidence," BUT he includes
it on
his
"Hypothetical List."
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o?
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o?
|
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|
$Bonaparte's
Gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia
|
"Dr.
M.Gibbs is
reported to have seen a flock on Mackinac Island." (Co:221)
Christofferson saw one, June 3, 1936 at Gould City (Wd:212). "Observed on
Mackinac Island or in the surrounding waters of the Straits... during
the past 15 years." (MSHP) Five offshore from the Old State Ferry
dock, St. Ignace, 30
April 2013; two in Mismer Bay west of Hessel, 1 May 2013. ~ 25 in Straits area,
east of the southern end of State St., St. Ignace City, 9 May 2016. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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o
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|
u |
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|
Key:
R
- resident
c -
common
f -
frequent
u - uncommon
o
- occasional
|
Little
Gull, Hydrocoloeus minutus
|
A "small black-headed
gull in St. Ignace [believed to be] an adult Little Gull ... on the water
... with two Bonaparts (sic) Gulls
which were at least 25% larger . The smaller gull lacked the white eye
liner of the Bonies, had obvious white wing tips at rest, appeared to
have a shorter and thicker neck, and showed a slightly more
extensive black hood. [It was] observed from the Cloverland
Electric facility [St. Ignace.] ... fuzzy photos[*] ... show the size
difference at least." (p.c.
Steve Baker, 21 April 2016) See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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o |
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| ? [Franklin's
Gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan] |
Per county list on eBird (www.ebird.org): "Franklin's
Gull takes me here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S6574292.
When I check the review status, I see it has not been reviewed, so I
have asked the observer for more details." (p.c.,
Marshall Iliff, eBird Project Leader, 12 April
2012) My request for details received no
response.
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o?
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|
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|
|
| $Ring-billed
Gull, Larus
delawarensis |
Green
Island (Lake Michigan) is recorded as the "home to ... many
nesting ... Ring-billed Gulls." [and] Little
Hog Island "supports Michigan's 5th largest Ring-billed Gull breeding
colony." (NA) See
the third paragraph in the following entry. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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oR |
|
cR |
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c |
|
BL
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$Herring
Gull, Larus
argentatus
|
Michigan's
DNR "has confirmed Type E Botulism in the herring gull ...
(Mackinac County)." (SG)
See also the remarks about hybridization with Greater Black-backed Gull
in the notes for that species. (NA)
Green
Island (Lake Michigan) is recorded as the "home to ... many nesting
Herring ... Gulls." --
It seems likely that the "home to..." statement was based on
information then known but only subsequently published by Cuthbert and
Wires (C&W). Information from that report is given in the second
paragraph
of text between the photographs of the Herring and Ring-billed
gulls in the Photo Album. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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uR |
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fR |
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c |
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GL
|
|
Breeding
record:
!
-
definite
#
-
probable
±
- possible
|
$Iceland
Gull, Larus
glaucoides
|
"Observed
in winter in Straits of Mackinac (Pettingill, 1974 [not seen])."
(P:28) --
Apparently the date was 8 Feb.[1974?] and the observer
was Michael Kielb.
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o |
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|
$Glaucous Gull, Larus
hyperboreus
|
Three
seen 4 March
1945 near St. Ignace by G.A. Ammann (Z&VT:24).
One on shore side of State St., near junction with East Elliott
Ave. 31 Dec. 2011. One off-shore
at Gros Cap 19 Dec. 2016. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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o |
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GL
|
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|
$Great Black-backed
Gull, Larus marinus
|
"Observed
on
Mackinac Island or in the surrounding waters of the Straits... during
the past 15 years." (MSHP) BR
indication for
this bird
is based on Granlund et al. (1995,
p.126). One is recorded as "in the [Herring] gull
colony at Pt. Labarbe. [and] This is a known area for Great Black-backs
for nesting, including hybridizing with Herring Gulls." (UP: March 27,
2009) small flock off shore (ice!) 7 March 2013. See
photo in
Photo
Album. |
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o |
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o |
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$Caspian
Tern, Hydroprogne caspia
|
Threatened
"I
repeatedly took this tern, and should call it common [at Mackinac
Island]." (Wh)
On inland lakes, commonly with smaller
terns, during recent summers. (Vj) See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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# |
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uR |
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GL |
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| $Black
Tern, Chlidonias
niger |
Special
Concern Rather
common during summers along causeway from mainland to Hill
Island 2010-2014 but not after the
environmental change in 2015. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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uR |
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u
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GL
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Key:
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| $Common Tern, Sterna hirundo |
Threatened
Epoufette
Island shoal is recorded as the "Home to a moderately large colony of
nesting Common terns." The Sand Products
"man-made breakwall extending into Lake Michigan at Brevoort (sic) [is recorded as the] Home to a
large ...nesting colony." [and] The
"rock- covered dock [at the St. Ignace Coast Guard Station has a]
nesting colony.". (NA) See
photos in
Photo
Album.
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fR |
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GL
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R - resident
c -
common
f -
frequent
u - uncommon
o - occasional
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| $Forster's
Tern, Sterna forsteri |
In my experience, the "f" (=frequent) seems to be
an overstatement! See photo? in
Photo
Album. |
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fR |
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GL
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? [Royal Tern, Thalasseus maxima]
|
"I
examined several
specimens. Rather more rare than S. tshegrava [=Caspian Tern]." (Wh) However, N.A. Wood
(1951) "excluded [this species] from [his Michigan
checklist]
... for lack of positive evidence." And, it is not on the
Audoubon Checklist for Michigan birds (NA).
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COLUMBIFORMES
COLUMBIDAE
|
Notes/References |
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BR
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Wi
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Su |
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S/F |
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Hbt |
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LEGEND |
| $Rock
Pigeon, Columba
livia |
Three
"flocks" that seem noteworthy in 2009-2010: 1. one
in St. Ignace; 2.one,
most pigeons of which are white, just west of
Garnet, Hundson Twp.; [and] 3.a
small flock with diverse patterns
on their backs and wings,
along Duke's Road west of
Moran. -- See
photos in
Photo
Album.. |
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± |
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cR |
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cR |
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cR |
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Sev-
eral
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Breeding
record:
! -
definite
# -
probable
±
- possible |
Passenger
Pigeon, Ectopistes
migratorius
(extinct, no records this century)
|
Mackinac
Island observations: "A
large flock was seen ...August 30, 1889 ... About a hundred were
observed Sept. 10 and on Sept. 12 ... None were observed in 1890 or
1891." (Wh) [The last
confirmed record of this bird in Michigan was 1896
(G:149) / 1898 (NA).] |
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Dove, Zenaida asiaica] |
Casual
(MA). One
reported to have been at
the feeders of Barb & Jeff Brockway at Milakokia Lake, 7 September
2008 (UP: September
11, 2008). |
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| $Mourning
Dove, Zenaida macroura |
See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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# |
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uR |
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fR |
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fR
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UO
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CUCULIFORMES
CUCULIDAE
|
Notes/References |
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BR |
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Wi
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Su |
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S/F |
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Hbt |
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LEGEND |
| $Yellow-billed
Cuckoo, Coccyzus
americanus |
Observed
on Mackinac
Island 6 July 1889 (Wh). One at feeder on
Gorman Rd, -- north side of road, ~1/4 mi. from southern junction
with Mackinac Trail, 22 October, 2018 (ID'd by Kurt R Dietrich
and compiler). See
photo in
Photo
Album. |
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# |
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uR |
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u |
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AS |
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$Black-billed
Cuckoo, Coccyzus
erythropthalmus
|
"One
specimen taken July 13, 1889. Not uncommon summer resident in
1890 and 1891 [on Mackinac Island]." (Wh)
A nest with
2 young near Hessel,...on June 23, 1919 (VT3).
Along Wartella Rd., Brevort Twp. June 2010. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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! |
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fR |
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u |
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MH
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STRIGIFORMES
STRIGIDAE
|
Notes/References |
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BR
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Wi
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Su |
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S/F |
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Hbt |
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LEGEND
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| $Great
Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus |
Specimen
(UMMZ) from St. Ignace, dated 1 March 1919 (Wd:233).
"Observed on Mackinac Island ... during the past 15
years."
(MSHP) Photos verify three occurrences: 23 February 2007,
Pte.LaBarbe, Moran Twp. -- See
photos in
Photo
Album. 24 January
2014, Old Portage Rd., near St. Ignace.
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!
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uR |
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uR |
|
uR |
|
MF
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|
Key:
R
- resident
c
- common
f -
frequent
u
- uncommon
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| $Snowy
Owl, Bubo
scandiacus
|
One
was recorded in
the county on July 4, 1987 (G:145).
One was on the "Big Mac" bridge (Mackinac County side) on 20 November
2012. The winter of
2014-2015 featured a much larger than usual number of Snowy Owls in
Mackinac and adjoining Chippewa counties: See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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o
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o
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o |
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IH
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o
- occasional
|
| $+Northern
Hawk Owl, Surnia
ulula |
The
record for the presence of this owl within Mackinac Co. is less than
clear, but it seems likely that the bird has at least now and then
occurred. I have seen it a few miles
north of the county line in
Chippewa Co. AND south of the Straits, in
Cheboygan Co. but not within
Mackinac Co. See
photos in
Photo
Album, in
the "Wish List" group. |
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CF |
|
Breeding
record:
!
- definite
#
- probable
±
- possible
|
$Barred
Owl, Strix varia
|
"Observed
on Mackinac Island ...
during the past 15 years." (MSHP) For three more recently
recorded
observations, See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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! |
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uR |
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uR |
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MF
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| $Great Gray
Owl, Strix
nebulosa |
"A
specimen
in the Agricultural College [now MSU] collection, taken at St. Ignace
... in January, 1894" (Ba:310).
Four
others were collected: 1.Milakokia Lake - 27 October 1946
[preserved by H. Moilanen];
2. a female at
county line
near Rudyard - 18 November 1950; 3.one near Gould City - 25 Feb.1951 (Z&VT:29); 4."GRPM
29211 from [an undesignated locality,] Mackinac County on 9 May 1967"
(P:33). Two
later recorded occurrences are: "1 on 16 June [1982] near Trout Lake,
Mackinac Co." (P0:156) [and]
one "present all summer on Bois Blanc Island ...."
(P2:108) Others are recorded
in newspapers etc One that four of us observed for several
minutes was on
the north side of Rte.134 about two miles east of Thruway 75,
7 Apr.1992 (unfortunately none of us had a camera!). See
photos in
Photo
Album. in
the "Wish List" group.
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#
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o |
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o
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CF
|
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| Long-eared Owl, Asio
otus |
Threatened "An
individual was captured on a freighter on northern
Lake
Huron on July 30, 1921 (banded by Christofferson the following day)." (Wd:237) "Observed
on Mackinac Island ...
during the past 15 years." (MSHP) |
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o
|
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|
MF
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|
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| Short-eared
Owl, Asio flammeus |
Endangered
"near Lovegrove Road and M-234 on the 8th [November 2005]." (UP:
November 9, 2005)
"along M-123 east of Moran on April 17th [2008]" (UP: April 24,
2008) See
photo in
Photo
Album.
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± |
|
o |
|
u |
|
u
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MH
|
|
Key:
|
Boreal Owl, Aegolius
funereus
|
A
"Boreal
Owl (Richardson's Owl). Aegolius
funereus richardsoni ...",
now a UMMZ specimen, was collected by Mrs. H. Van Farowe at Carp
Lake, 4
Feb.1958 (Z&VT:30).
Another one is also said to have been on Mackinac Island during the
winter of
2004-2005. One was along Boulevard Dr., 20 Feb.2012. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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o |
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R - resident
c
- common
f -
frequent
u
- uncommon
o
- occasional |
| Northern
Saw-whet Owl, Aegolius
acadicus |
Observed
on
Mackinac Island (Wh).
"Observed
on Mackinac Island ...
during the past 15 years." (MSHP) Five were "tagged" (banded?)
by E. Pike at
St.Ignace on 8 October 2010. (Booker) See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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o |
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f |
|
SC
|
|
Breeding
record:
!
- definite
#
- probable
±
- possible
|
?? !! Note:
on 24 August 2017, a screech owl and two barn owls were reported
as seen near St. Ignace. Attempts will be made to verify these
observations before recording them herein.
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CAPRIMULGIFORMES
CAPRIMULGIDAE
|
Notes/References |
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BR
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Wi
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Su |
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S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND
|
| $Common
Nighthawk, Chordeiles
minor |
"Rare
summer
resident but common migrant at Mackinac
Island, where it becomes common in August." (Wh) See
photo in
Photo
Album.-- It
seems likely that this photograph was taken in Chippewa Co. -- i.e.,
not within Mackinac Co. |
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# |
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uR |
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u |
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IH
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| Eastern
Whip-poor-will, Antrostomus vociferus |
"Reported...from
Mackinac Island" (Co:279). Said to
be "singing" almost every night during recent summers, BUT not in
2012(!), within the area north of the intersecion of Worth
and School House roads, north of Brevort village (Mary Ann First, p.c.,
2012).
Frequently
heard on Bois Blanc Island
during the 1930s (per Jim Vosper, the elder, who then lived on
the island); more recently, rare -- possibly because of racoon
predation; one heard and seen on Vosper property on east side of
the island August 1987-89. (Vj)
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# |
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u |
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MF
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APODIFORMES
APODIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR |
|
Wi
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Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
| Chimney
Swift, Chaetura pelagica |
"Common
summer
resident. Last seen aug. 29-Sept.2. [~1890?]." (Wh)
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# |
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u |
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UR
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TROCHILIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR |
|
Wi
|
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Su |
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S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND
|
| $Ruby-throated
Hummingbird, Archilochus
colubris
|
Latest
in fall one seen at Gros Cap -- 8 November 2014. See
photos in
Photo
Album.
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! |
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cR |
|
c
|
|
IH |
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? [Rufous
Hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus]
|
"Spotted
on Mackinac Island ...
earlier this summer [2010]" BUT, no name of
spotter, date of the sighting or photograph is given. (Nn)
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o |
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CORACIIFORMES
ALCEDINIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR
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Wi
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Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND
|
$Belted
Kingfisher, Megaceryle
alcyon
|
Habitat: also along
streams and near-shore areas of Great Lakes -- e.g., along Brevort River north of the
Dam Rd. and near
the shore of Lake Michigan along Gros Cap Rd. and the docks on
Lake Huron near Hessel. See
photos in
Photo
Album.
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! |
|
o |
|
cR |
|
f |
|
WL
|
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PICIFORMES
PICIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR |
|
Wi
|
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Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
| $Red-headed
Woodpecker, Melanerpes
erythrocephalus
|
"I
shot two immature birds Sept. 11 and
14 [on Mackinac
Island]" (Wh).
J. Van Tyne (1923: 23) saw several full-grown young (near Hessel)
on
August 6, 1920, and Christofferson saw 8 adults (near Gould City) on
June 3, 1936 (Wd:257).
"in Gould City on the 9th [October, 2005]. (UP: October 12,
2005) One observed by John Watts along
US-2,
west of St. Ignace 6 July
2006 (UP: July
12, 2006). One adult near intersection of Wartella and
Brevort Lake roads - 14 May 2012 and
two inmmatures in same area late August 2017; adult along Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp.
13 May 2016. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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# |
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o
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o
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MH
|
|
Key:
R -
resident
c -
common
f -
frequent
u -uncommon
o -occasional |
$Red-bellied
Woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus
|
One
at feeder on north side of Worth Rd., ~ .2 mi east of School House Rd.,
Brevort - 4 January 2012.. One at Gros Cap, 9 May and again
November & December, 2016. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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±
|
|
o |
|
u
|
|
u
|
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|
|
| $Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius
|
"St. Ignace, June 20
[1932]" (Wi:179);
photos in Archive record a few other more recent dates. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
oR |
|
uR |
|
oR |
|
MH
|
|
|
| $Downy
Woodpecker, Picoides
pubescens |
During
the winter and early spring of 2014-2015, a pair of much smaller than
typical downys frequently visited feeders at Gros Cap. Their
small size was the subject of conversation by four long-time observers
of the species. These birds were shorter (bill to end of tail)
than the black-capped
chickadees that often shared the peanut butter feeder with them.
See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
cR |
|
cR |
|
cR
|
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MF
|
|
|
| $Hairy
Woodpecker, Picoides
villosus |
Common, especially late fall through
early spring, Gros Cap. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
cR |
|
cR |
|
cR
|
|
MF
|
|
|
$+Black-backed
Woodpecker, Picoides
arcticus
|
Special
Concern Recorded
as "Arctic three toed woodpecker" and noted as "most abundant of the
woodpeckers" among the Autumn
birds of the Les Cheneaux Islands (W5).
"Observed on Mackinac Island ... during the
past 15 years."
(MSHP) "Kevin Walsh reported a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER
along US-2 in between M-117 and Gould City on the 26th [November,
2006]." (UP: December 3, 2006) On Mackinac Island 9 February
2015 See
photos in
Photo
Album.
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o |
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o
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SC
|
|
Breeding
record:
!
- definite
#
- probable
±
- possible
|
| $Northern
Flicker, Colaptes
auratus |
See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
o |
|
fR
|
|
c |
|
UO
|
|
|
$Pileated
Woodpecker, Dryocopus
pileatus
|
Formely
called "log-cock." See
photos in
Photo
Album.
|
|
! |
|
uR |
|
uR |
|
uR
|
|
MH
|
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FALCONIFORMES
FALCONIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR
|
|
Wi
|
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Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
| $American
Kestrel, Falco
sparverius
|
Formerly
widely
referred to as "sparrow hawk." See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
o |
|
cR |
|
f |
|
UO
|
|
Key:
|
| $Merlin, Falco
columbarius |
Threatened
"Mackinac
County (8.5
miles S of Gould City)." (P:17); "observed
on Mackinac Island ...
during the past 15 years." (MSHP); near Pte. Aux Chenes, Summer
2009 (St/Sj). O or more
has been observed near St. Ignace -- e.g., along
Boulevard Drive, Moran Twp. -- in 2010 -2014. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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± |
|
u
|
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fR
|
|
u |
|
SC
|
|
R-resident
c
-
common
f -
frequent
u -
uncommon
o -
occasional |
$Gyrfalcon,
Falco
rusticolus
|
At an unidentified location "in Mackinac
County."
(P:18).
"Visible on Green Island from Pt. (sic) LaBarbe Road [20 Jan. 2005].
(Wh). See
photo in
Photo
Album. |
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o
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o
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| $Peregrine Falcon, Falco
peregrinus |
Endangered
"On Mackinac Island, in 1939, ...a nest, with the
adults and 1 or more juveniles near by, on July 19" (Wd:127); "an adult ... at
Pt. (sic) LaBarbe on the 30th [November
2005]. (UP: December 6, 2005). It also seems
noteworthy that a nest with eggs is
currently (May, 2010) on the southern pier, albeit not in Mackinac Co.,
of the "Big Mac" bridge (p.c., Joe Visnaw). One immature in near-shore ponded area
along Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp. 25 August 2016; one across
the Blvd. from the same location 24 April 2017. See
photos in
Photo
Album.
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! |
|
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|
u
|
|
u |
|
CL
|
|
Breeding
record:
!
- definite
#
- probable
±
- possible
|
PASSERIFORMES
TYRANNIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR |
|
Wi
|
|
Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND
|
| $Olive-sided
Flycatcher, Contopus
cooperi |
Specimen
taken -- Mackinac Island, August 15, 1890 (Wh). "Observed on Mackinac Island
... during the past 15 years." (MSHP) One on
Boulevard Dr. 23 May 2013;
two near same locality 19 May 2015; one there early June
2018. See
photos in
Photo
Album.
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± |
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uR |
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f |
|
SC
|
|
: |
| $Eastern
Wood-pewee, Contopus
virens |
"St.
Ignace, June 20
[1932]" (Wi:183) "Observed on Mackinac
Island ... during the past
15 years." (MSHP) See
photos in
Photo
Album.
|
|
! |
|
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|
fR |
|
f |
|
MH
|
|
|
| $Yellow-bellied
Flycatcher, Empidonax
flaviventris |
"Rare
migrant;
[specimens] taken Aug. 14 and 30, 1890 [on Mackinac island]." (Wh) "Observed on Mackinac
Island ... during the past 15 years."
(MSHP) One near
launching site near mouth of Carp River into Lake Huron - 11 August
2015.
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# |
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uR |
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f |
|
WL
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|
Acadian Flycatcher, Empidonax
virescens
|
Although
N.A.Wood (1951, p.272) notes that "There is no verified specimen from
north of
Saginaw County, though various workers have listed sight records from
the north.",
among the sight
records he mentions is one by himself in Cheboygan County and one by
S.E.
White on
Mackinac Island in 1893. In addition, he notes (ibid.) that "White
reported that
he collected 'many specimens' on Mackinac Island, but these were not
examined by a qualified ornithologist." Also,
"Observed on
Mackinac Island ... during
the past 15 years." (MSHP) |
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|
AS |
|
Key:
R
- resident
c
-
common
f -
frequent
u -uncommon
o - occasional
|
| $Alder
Flycatcher, Empidonax
alnorum |
***
This
species
is listed as "Accidental" on the "Field Checklist of Birds of
Michigan's Upper Peninsula" dated 15 Jan. 2010 (Hi).
"Observed
on Mackinac Island ...
during the past 15 years." (MSHP) See
photos in
Photo
Album.
|
|
! |
|
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|
fR |
|
|
|
WL
|
|
Breeding
record:
!
- definite
#
- probable
±
- possible
|
$Willow Flycatcher, Empidonax traillii
|
"At
Engadine in
Mackinac
County
(UMMZ)" (P:36). "Observed
on Mackinac Island ...
during the past 15 years." (MSHP) |
|
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|
|
o |
|
|
|
AS
|
|
|
| $Least
Flycatcher, Empidonax
minimus |
|
|
! |
|
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|
uR |
|
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|
MF
|
|
|
| $Eastern
Phoebe, Sayornis
phoebe |
See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
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|
cR |
|
c
|
|
MH
|
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? [Vermillion
Flycatcher, Pyrocephalus
rubinus]
|
Accidental
(MA).
Indicated
as a hypothetical sighting; recorded as follows: "One
sight record: Mackinac Island, October 8, 1944, adult observed and
described in detail by Walter P. Hill (letter, October 10, 1944, in
UMMZ)." (Z&VT:35).
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o?
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| Ash-throated
Flycatcher, Myiarchus cinerascens |
Accidental
(MA). Near
Naubinway on 22
October
2005 "Seen in migration along US-2. It
was photographed, but not
[later] relocated." (Mrb:27
October 2005) |
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| $Great
Crested
Flycatcher, Myiarchus
crinitus |
One at junction of Simmonds and St.
Ignace roads, St. Ignace Twp., 13 June 2015; one west of Pt. Brulee Rd,
~1½ south of Rte.134,Clark Twp., 9 June 2016. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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! |
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fR |
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f |
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MH
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$Western
Kingbird, Tyrannus
verticalis
|
Beside Boulevard Drive, Moran Twp. 31
May 2015. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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o |
|
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| $Eastern
Kingbird, Tyrannus
tyrannus |
See
photos in
Photo
Album.
|
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! |
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cR |
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f |
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UO
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LANIIDAE
|
Notes/References
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BR
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Wi
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Su
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S/F |
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Hbt |
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LEGEND
|
Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius
ludovicianus
(extirpated !? ) |
Endangered
Casual
(MA).
White
(1905) recorded "migrant shrike, Lanius
ludovicianus migrans [and noted] several
observed" among the Autumn
birds of the Les Cheneaux Islands area. One also was recorded at
"St. Ignace, June 20.[year?]." (Wi:189)
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$Northern
Shrike, Lanius borealis
excubitor
|
One:
at Gros Cap
early November, 2009; along Boulevard Dr.- 18 Oct.
2011; in Allenville area, winter of 2012-2013; northwest of Rte. 123-Brevort Lake Rd.
intersection, 1 April 2016;
in vicinity of Brevort Cemetery, Brevort Lake Rd., 19-22 Feb.
2017. See
photos in
Photo
Album.
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u |
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o |
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IH
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VIREONIDAE
|
Notes/References
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BR
|
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Wi
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Su
|
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S/F
|
|
Hbt
|
|
LEGEND |
| GENERAL NOTE: >
> >> |
Each of
the vireos is recorded
as having been "Observed on Mackinac Island
...
during the past 15 years." (MSHP) |
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Key: |
| Yellow-throated
Vireo, Vireo flavifrons |
One
specimen taken on Mackinac Island, 1891 (Wh).
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± |
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uR |
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UO
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R - resident |
| Blue-headed
Vireo, Vireo
solitarius |
***
Formerly
"solitary vireo," a
designation still frequently applied. A
specimen taken by T.G. White, August 1891 (Wh). |
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# |
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uR |
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f |
|
MH
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c -
common
f
-
frequent
|
| Warbling Vireo, Vireo
gilvus |
Often
heard but
seldom seen.
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! |
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uR |
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MH
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u - uncommon |
| Philadelphia
Vireo, Vireo philadelphicus |
Three
specimens
taken on Mackinac Island (Wh).
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f |
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MH
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o
- occasional |
$Red-eyed
Vireo, Vireo
olivaceus
|
***
"Abundant
summer resident in maple woods and bushes [on Mackinac
Island]" (Wh). Near
Pte. Aux Chenes, Summer 2009 (St/Sj).
Several just east of Hessel in 2009. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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! |
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fR |
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f |
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MH
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CORVIDAE
|
Notes/References
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BR
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Wi
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Su |
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S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND
|
$Gray Jay, Perisoreus canadensis
|
Formerly
"Canadian (or Canada) jay," name(s) still frequently used.
Noted as -"a
rather common and conspicuous species found mainly along the Indian
trails and deer runs" in Les
Cheneaux Islands area (W5).
"In Somersby Swamp [8 November 2005]." (UP: November 9,
2005) "GRAY
JAYS were reported along M-123 north
of Moran on the 4th [November, 2006]. (UP: November 9, 2006)
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u
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u |
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SC
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Breeding
record:
!
-
definite
#
- probable
±
-
possible
|
$Blue
Jay, Cyanocitta
cristata
|
See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
oR |
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cR |
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f |
|
IH |
|
|
| $American
Crow, Corvus
brachyrhynchos |
See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
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cR |
|
cR |
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cR
|
|
IH
|
|
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| $Common
Raven, Corvus corax |
See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
cR |
|
cR |
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cR
|
|
IH
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ALAUDIDAE
|
Notes/References
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BR
|
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Wi
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Su |
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S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND
|
$Horned
Lark, Eremophila alpestris
|
"The
Indians shoot
numbers of them for food under the
name of 'Yellowthroat.'" (Wh)
Most of the
horned larks
that are present in the late Fall and early Winter are likely migrants
from the north. See
photos in
Photo
Album.
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o
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cR |
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c |
|
UO
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HIRUNDINIDAE
|
Notes/References
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BR
|
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Wi
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Su |
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S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
| Purple
Martin, Progne
subis |
Information
supporting the indicated breeding and
presence (see >) not found.
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! |
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uR |
|
u
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UR
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Key:
|
$Tree
Swallow, Tachycineta
bicolor
|
"A
single,
early-bird tree swallow was near east shore of Brevort Lake -- i.e.,
along H57 -- 13 April '12 (the "uncommon year")..." See
photos in
Photo
Album.
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! |
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cR |
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f |
|
UO
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R - resident
c
-
common
f
-
frequent
|
| $Northern
Rough-winged
Swallow, Stelgidopteryx
serripennis |
See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
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fR |
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f |
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R
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u -
uncommon
o - occasional
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| Bank
Swallow, Riparia
riparia |
"St.
Ignace, June 20
[1932]" (Wi:183) |
|
! |
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?R |
|
u
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gvl
pits
|
|
|
| $Cliff
Swallow, Petrochelidon
pyrrhonota |
Migrating
flock of ~ 20 in area beside City Garage, east of Dock #3 Rd., St.
Ignace 29 May 2016. See
photos in
Photo
Album.
|
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!
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uR |
|
u |
|
bldgs
|
|
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$Barn
Swallow, Hirundo
rustica
|
See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
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cR |
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f |
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UO
|
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PARIDAE
|
Notes/References
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|
BR |
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Wi
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Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
| $Black-capped
Chickadee, Poecile
atricapillus |
[My
choice if "state
bird" is changed] See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
cR |
|
cR |
|
cR |
|
IH
|
|
|
| $+Boreal
Chickadee, Poecile hudsonica |
Formerly
called "Hudson's Bay ... " or "Hudsonian chickadee" and currnetly
widely referred to as
"brown-capped
chickadee" -- Described
as "Found abundantly in the Upper Peninsula and around Mackinac" (A1),
and as the "most abundant winter
bird and
very tame, in fact more so than atripcapillus"
for a location in Les
Cheneaux Islands after
a heavy snowfall in late November of 1906 (W7).
--
On the basis of more recent observations, it seems that this bird's distribution
has undergone a
marked change within the
last
century or so. This seems to be true, despite the fact that it
has
been “recorded in summer in Mackinac [among other U.P. counties]." (Z&VT:37)
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u |
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SC
|
|
Breeding
record:
!
-
definite
#
- probable
±
-
possible
|
| Tufted
Titmouse, Baeolophus
bicolor |
"Observed
on Mackinac Island ... during the past 15 years."
(MSHP) Recorded along Pte. LaBarbe, Moran
Twp. 6 May 2004. (apparently recorded by
L.Dombroski, ...) <<-- to be
completed; reference not yet seen. [A nearby record:
One was
photographed by Laura Carey
near Levering, Emmet County, 22 February 2014.]
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SITTIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR |
|
Wi
|
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Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
| $Red-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta
canadensis |
A really "bedraggled" one 5-7 July
2015, at feeders, Gros Cap, Moran Twp. A
similarly appearing bird 13 July 2017, same location. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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!
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cR |
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uR |
|
uR
|
|
PF
|
|
|
| $White-breasted
Nuthatch, Sitta
carolinensis |
See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
!
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R |
|
R |
|
R |
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MH
|
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|
CERTHIIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR |
|
Wi
|
|
Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
| $Brown
Creeper, Certhia americana |
See
photo in
Photo
Album. |
|
# |
|
uR |
|
uR |
|
uR |
|
MF
|
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TROGLODYTIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR
|
|
Wi
|
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Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
$House Wren, Troglodytes
aedon
|
See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
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fR |
|
f |
|
MH
|
|
|
$Winter
Wren, Troglodytes hiemalis
|
***
"Very
common summer resident [Mackinac Island]" (Wh). See
photo in
Photo
Album.
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#
|
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fR |
|
u |
|
SC
|
|
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| $Sedge
Wren, Cistothorus
platensis |
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± |
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uR |
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SM
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| Marsh
Wren, Cistothorus
palustris |
Special
Concern A
specimen (UMMZ) was taken near Hessel, Mackinac County, by A. D.
Tinker on September 4, 1930 (Wd:324).
|
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! |
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|
uR |
|
u
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|
CM
|
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POLIOPTILIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR
|
|
Wi
|
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Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
| $+Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher, Polioptila
caerulea |
"Shot
one and
saw another in mixed woods [on Mackinac Island] Sept. 22, 1889." (Wh) "Observed
on Mackinac Island ...
during the past 15 years." (MSHP) See
photo in
Photo
Album.
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± |
|
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u |
|
u |
|
MH
|
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REGULIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR
|
|
Wi
|
|
Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
$+Golden-crowned
Kinglet, Regulus
satrapa
|
***
Common
summer resident [on Mackinac Island]" (Wh). See
photos in Photo
Album. |
|
# |
|
u |
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fR |
|
f |
|
MF
|
|
|
| $Ruby-crowned
Kinglet, Regulus
calendula |
***
"I
found a nest [on
Mackinac Island] with four nearly fledged young July 20, 1889." (Wh) "Observed
on Mackinac Island ...
during the past 15 years." (MSHP) 1889 record
indicates , ! to be the
correct BR
entry, >
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#
<
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|
uR |
|
u |
|
MF
|
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|
MUSCICAPIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR
|
|
Wi
|
|
Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
| Northern
Wheatear, Oenanthe
oenanthe |
Accidental
[vagrant]
(MA) One at St. Ignace
19 September 1980(We).
|
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|
o |
|
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|
TURDIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR |
|
Wi
|
|
Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
| $Eastern
Bluebird, Sialia
sialis |
Two
or three of them were present in St.
Ignace in early February, 2012. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
o |
|
fR |
|
f |
|
UO
|
|
|
$Mountain
Bluebird, Sialia
currucoides
|
Female
recorded -- found
and photographed by Steve Baker -- near Pickford 17 November 2010 by
Baker (Haas -- the County name misspelled as Mackinaw, and the
bird may have been in Chippewa County.) See
photo in
Photo
Album.. Male was observed at Gros Cap 8 August
2014. |
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|
o
|
|
o
|
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| Townsend's Solitaire, Myadestes
townsendi |
Not recorded, or included
in total given in the Introduction; it is noted here
because it seems likely to have been in the county because the species
has been
spotted, albeit not often, in the general area..
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|
|
| Veery, Catharus
fuscescens |
"Observed
on Mackinac Island ...
during the past 15 years." (MSHP) See
photos in
Photo
Album.
|
|
!
|
|
|
|
fR |
|
o |
|
MF
|
|
Key: |
| $Gray-cheeked Thrush, Catharus
minimus |
***
"One
specimen August
23, 1891 [from Mackinac Island]" (Wh).
"One between
Cedarville
and Hessel ... on 14 June 1977" (P:43).
|
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|
|
u
|
|
u |
|
CF |
|
R - resident
c
- common
|
| $Swainson's
Thrush, Catharus ustulatus |
***
Formerly
"olive-backed thrush," a
designation that is still used rather widely. White(1893)
records
some interesting observations about its
song. "Observed on Mackinac Island ... during the past 15 years."
(MSHP) One dead because of its collision with a window of
the St. Ignace
Methodist Church - 29 May 2011.
|
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# |
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|
u
|
|
u |
|
SC
|
|
f -
frequent
u - uncommon
o
-occasional
|
| $Hermit
Thrush, Catharus
guttatus |
***
"Observed
on Mackinac Island ... during the past 15 years."
(MSHP) See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
o
|
|
fR |
|
f |
|
SC
|
|
|
| Wood
Thrush, Hylocichla mustelina |
***
"Observed
on Mackinac Island ... during the past 15 years."
(MSHP) |
|
#
|
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|
fR |
|
u |
|
MH
|
|
|
| $American
Robin, Turdus
migratorius |
Early
northward migrants arrive in
mid-March; late southward migrants, late October (e.g.,
2013). A few are seen each winter -- e.g., a single one at
Hessel during the last REALLY severe winter, 25 Feb. 2014; two near southern junction of Gros Cap
Rd. and Rte. 2, 29 Jan.2915 (Krista Brown, p.c.). 2017
appears to be the year of "Early-Arriving Robins": A
flock of 35-50 were
along Boulevard
Dr..20 January 2017; subsequently, single individuals and small groups
(ranging from pairs to a dozen) observed in several places in the area
from Evergreen Shores, through St. Ignace, to Gros Cap. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
o |
|
cR |
|
c |
|
IH
|
|
Breeding
record:
!
-
definite
#
-probable
±
-
possible
|
| Varied Thrush, Ixoreus
naevius |
Not recorded, or included
in total given in Introduction; it is included
here because it seems to be a likely vagrant because it has been
spotted,
albeit not often,
within the general area.. |
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MIMIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR
|
|
Wi
|
|
Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
$Gray
Catbird, Dumetella
carolinensis
|
Gros
Cap --e.g., early July 2013 (K.R. Dietrich, p.c.); at Barb
Brockway's
feeders on Milakokia Lake [19-30
December 2014 (email to
UPBirders
via birdnet)] - See
photo in
Photo
Album.
Recorded by Steve Baker as in St. Ignace during the 2014 end-
of-the-year bird count. |
|
! |
|
o |
|
fR |
|
f |
|
UO
|
|
|
| $Brown
Thrasher, Toxostoma
rufum |
"A
few ... near the town and in the
hedge-rows [on a farm on Mackinac Island" (Wh).
Several records of individual birds in 2010 - 2013 in St. Ignace
and southern Moran Twp. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
# |
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fR |
|
f |
|
UO |
|
|
$Northern
Mockingbird, Mimus
polyglottos
|
"Walter
P. Hill observed 1 on Mackinac Island between May 6 and 8, 1925." (Wd:325)
Pettingill and an ornithology class observed one in Brevort on on July
11, 1957. (Pe) More recent sightings include the following that
have been "published": In
"bridge view" area west of the U.P. end of the
Mackinac Bridge, 31 May 2003. (Bo);
"singing ... in Nabinway (sic) on June 2nd [2006]. (UP: June 6, 2006);
"Late May just west of Cut River." (UP: June 10, 2008). NOT published
signtings by compiler: 1.
6 May
2013 -- See
photo and caption in
Photo
Album. 2.
24 May 2013 -- south of Rte.134, near
eastern edge of Cedarville; 3.
21 May 2014 -- southern part of Evergreen Shores. |
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# |
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o
|
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|
Key:
R
- resident
c -
common
f -
frequent
u -
uncommon
o -
occasional
|
STURNIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR
|
|
Wi
|
|
Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
$European
Starling, Sturnus
vulgaris
|
See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
uR |
|
cR |
|
cR |
|
IH
|
|
|
MOTACILLIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR
|
|
Wi
|
|
Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
| $American
Pipit, Anthus
rubescens |
*** Flocks
of 15 to more
than 50
individuals are relatively common during spring and fall migration
periods -- e.g., during the last few days of September, 2012, several
hundred pipits were seen in such flocks in diverse environments within
the county. Examples include the following: The beach area on
Lake Michigan east of Brevort; the forest along Hog Island
Rd., north of Rte. 2; in meadows and pastures along Krause Rd.,
Garfield Twp.; on lawns in suburban areas along Pte. LaBarbe and
Gros Cap roads, northeast of St. Ignace; [and] in parking
areas within St. Ignace. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
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|
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|
c |
|
|
|
Key:
R -
resident
c
-
common
f
-
frequent
u -uncommon
o - occasional
|
BOMBYCILLIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR
|
|
Wi
|
|
Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
$Bohemian
Waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus
|
Among
several records: Rather
common during winters of 2008-2009 & 2009-2010. A flock of
more than 100 was in trees and on ground on Gros Cap Rd. 3 November
2012; a flock of more than 200 was in trees and on ground along
Boulevard Dr. 6 November 2012. Small flock south of Duke's Rd.,0.3 mi.
east of Black Pointe Rd. 6 March 2016. Flock of more than 200 at Evergreen
shores, 24 January 2017. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
|
|
u |
|
|
|
u |
|
IH |
|
|
| $Cedar
Waxwing, Bombycilla
cedrorum |
Small,
typically <20, flocks appear to be wandering here and there in the
county throughout the year. Pairs, apparently mating, occur
sporadically -- e.g., along the Boulevard. See
photos in
Photo
Album.. A large flock -- by
count more than 75 -- in the Gros Cap area 29 May 2014.
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! |
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R |
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R |
|
R |
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IH
|
|
Breeding
record:
!
-
definite
#
-probable
±
-
possible |
CALCARIIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR
|
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Wi
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Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
| $Lapland
Longspur, Calcarius lapponicus |
*** Reported
from Mackinac Island (Co:298).
Several with
horned larks in a mixed flock on the shoreward side of Boulevard Drive
1 October 2012. Seven
in
launching area east of Meridian Rd., Cedarville 19 October 2013. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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u
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u
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u
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UO |
|
|
$Snow
Bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis
|
*** White(1905),
using the name "snowflake," notes that "always in large flocks" they
occur among the Autumn
birds of the Les Cheneaux Island. A pair in breeding plumage were
west of Rte.H57 south of St. Andrew Ln. 2 & 3 April 2013. Two small "early" flocks along H40 in
Hendricks Twp. 22 October 2014. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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f
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f
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UO |
|
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PARULIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR |
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Wi
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Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND
|
GENERAL NOTE: >
> >>
|
The warblers names that are followed by three asterisks (***)
in
this
column are
among the birds that wererecorded by Barrows (1912) as
killed at Spectacle Reef Lighthouse, which is in Lake
Huron, east of Bois Blanc Island and south of Clark Township in eastern
Mackinac County
-- see Introduction.
All but the Blue-winged Warbler is
reported to have been "Observed on Mackinac Island ... during the past
15 years." (MSHP)
During
the spring -- especially May -- of 2014 nearly all warblers were
apparently more common and present in larger numbers than bird-watchers
had seen in the past.
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Key:
R -
resident
c
-
common
f
-
frequent
u -uncommon
o - occasional
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| $Ovenbird, Seiurus
aurocapilla |
*** "Common
in the maple woods [on Mackinac Island]" (Wh). Near
Pte. Aux Chenes, Summer 2009 (St/Sj). See
photos in Photo
Album. |
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! |
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fR |
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f |
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MH |
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| Northern
Waterthrush, Parkesia
noveboracensis |
*** A nest with
young
ready to leave was found near Hessel, on June
23, 1920 (VT3). Note
discrepancy: This record (
a ! )
vs. BR
entry, >
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#
<
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uR |
|
u |
|
WL |
|
Breeding
record:
!
-
definite
#
-probable
|
| Golden-winged
Warbler, Vermivora
chrysoptera |
O.S.
Pettingill, Jr., collected a specimen near Garnet, on
August 30, 1943 (Wd:373).
See also the last sentence in the following Note.
*** Brewster's warbler
hybrid also ID'd within Co. -- e.g., October 2015 |
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# |
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uR |
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u
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±
-
possible |
| $Blue-winged
Warbler, Vermivora cyanoptera |
One
recorded on
Mackinac Island,
July 1,
1889 (Wh). One north side of Epoufette Rd. 11
September 2015. (A "Brewster's Warbler" (hybrid!) was
in the same small flock.)
*** Brewster's warbler hybrid also ID'd within
Co. -- e.g., October 2015
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o |
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o |
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| $Black-and-white
Warbler, Mniotilta varia |
***
"Not
a common summer
resident but an abundant migrant [on Mackinac
Island]"(Wh).
"at Pt. (sic) LaBarbe on the 23rd [April, 2006]." (UP: April 25,
2006) at Gros Cap,
seen intermittently during summer of 2012. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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! |
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uR |
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f |
|
IH |
|
|
| $Tennessee
Warbler, Oreothlypis peregrina |
***
"Common
migrant [on Mackinac Island]" (Wh).
See
photo in
Photo
Album.
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±
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uR |
|
f |
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MF
|
|
|
$Orange-crowned Warbler, Oreothlypis
celata
|
included
on "Check list of the
Birds of Mackinac Island. See
photo in
Photo
Album. |
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$Nashville
Warbler, Oreothlypis ruficapilla
|
***
"Rare
summer resident and common migrant [on
Mackinac Island]" (Wh);
also on mainland,
especially abundant in spring of 2014 --
e.g., early to mid May. See
photo in
Photo
Album.
|
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! |
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uR
|
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f |
|
MF
|
|
|
| $Connecticut
Warbler, Oporornis agilis |
*** "I
took two specimens [on Mackinac
Island],
... one Aug. 30, 1889, the other Aug 30, 1890." (Wh) Female with food in her
bill was observed near Hessel, 19 July 1919, but neither nest
nor young were found (VT3). |
|
# |
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uR |
|
u
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|
SC |
|
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| $Mourning
Warbler, Geothlypis philadelphia |
***
"T.G.
White shot several of this species in the latter part of August, 1890."
(Wh). One
(plus?)
along
Boulevard Dr. 23 May 2013.
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! |
|
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|
uR |
|
u |
|
MF |
|
Key:
|
$Common
Yellowthroat, Geothlypis
trichas
|
***
"Not a common summer
resident [on
Mackinac Island]" (Wh).
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! |
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fR
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f |
|
WL |
|
R -
resident |
| $American
Redstart, Setophaga
ruticilla |
*** "The
most characteristic bird of the island [Mackinac]. It
occurs in
such amazing abundance that it seems as if every tree contained one of
these birds." (Wh)
Abundant
in Gros Cap area, summer of 2013. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
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fR
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f |
|
MH |
|
c -
common
f -
frequent
u -
uncommon
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| ? [Kirtland's Warbler, Setophaga
kirtlandii] |
*** See
pertinent statements in Introduction. |
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o - occasional
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| $Cape May
Warbler, Setophaga
tigrina |
*** "Not
uncommon migrant [on
Mackinac Island]" (Wh).
Observed singing
"along
the
Hiawatha Trail a mile east of the intersection with US-2" 6 July
2006. (UP:
July
12, 2006)
See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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± |
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|
uR |
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o
|
|
SC |
|
|
| Northern
Parula, Setophaga
americana |
***
"Abundant
migrant
[on
Mackinac Island]" (Wh).
See
photos in
Photo
Album.
|
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! |
|
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|
uR |
|
u
|
|
MF
|
|
|
| $Magnolia
Warbler, Setophaga magnolia |
***
"Found
abundantly ... I detected seven distinct songs [each of which he
describes] of
this species, no one of which is even a variation of the other." (Wh)
|
|
! |
|
|
|
fR
|
|
u |
|
SC
|
|
|
| Bay-breasted
Warbler, Setophaga
castanea |
*** "Rare
summer resident and abundant migrant [at Mackinac
Island]."
(Wh).
"S.E.
White writes me that he shot immature specimens at Mackinac island as
late as July." (Co:321)
|
|
± |
|
|
|
uR |
|
u
|
|
SC |
|
|
| $+Blackburnian
Warbler, Setophaga
fusca |
*** "In 1890
and 1891 it was a rather common summer resident among the evergreens [on
Mackinac Island]." (Wh) See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
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|
fR
|
|
c
|
|
MF |
|
|
| $Yellow
Warbler, Setophaga
petechia |
*** "Our most
common
resident warbler" (Co:318).
My
observations indicate that it may well be most common summer resident, but I suspect
that at least during some periods more yellowrump warblers than yellow
warblers are within the county. See
photos in
Photo
Album.
|
|
! |
|
|
|
cR |
|
f |
|
MF |
|
Breeding
record:
!
-
definite
#
- probable
±
-
possible |
| $Chestnut-sided
Warbler, Setophaga pensylvanica
|
*** "Rare
summer resident and common migrant [on
Mackinac Island]" (Wh). See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
|
|
uR |
|
f |
|
MF |
|
|
| $Blackpoll
Warbler, Setophaga
striata |
"Rare
summer resident and
abundant migrant [on Mackinac
Island]"(Wh). |
|
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|
oR |
|
u
|
|
|
|
|
| $Black-throated
Blue Warbler, Setophaga caerulescens |
***
"In
summer it inhabits the maple woods, but in migration it frequents the
evergreens [on Mackinac Island]." (Wh)
One at Gros Cap 23 September 2012. See
photos in
Photo
Album.
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#
|
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|
uR |
|
u |
|
|
|
|
| $Palm
Warbler, Setophaga palmarum |
"Common
migrant; arrives late
[at Mackinac Island]." (Wh) My
observations (2010-2013) indicate that the "Yellow" (i.e., Eastern)
variety is common, at least in and in the vicinity of St. Ignace.
See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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f
|
|
|
|
|
| $Pine
Warbler, Setophaga pinus |
Apparently
irregular summer resident and
migrant in 1889 and 1890 on Mackinac Island (Wh).
At Gros Cap 23 April 2014. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
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|
uR |
|
u
|
|
PF |
|
|
| $Yellow-rumped
Warbler, Setophaga coronata |
Recorded as "Myrtle warbler" in many reports. "In 1889,
one female was shot July 13 [on
Mackinac Island]." (Wh).
See note for yellow warbler. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
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|
cR |
|
c |
|
MF
|
|
|
| Prairie
Warbler, Setophaga
discolor |
Endangered *** "Common
migrant ... I took many specimens
[on Mackinac Island]." (Wh)
|
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o |
|
|
|
|
| $Black-throated
green Warbler, Setophaga virens |
***
"'breeds
...abundantly at Mackinac Island' (S.E. White)" -- apparently a
personal communication (Co:322)
See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
|
|
fR |
|
f |
|
MF
|
|
Key:
R - resident
|
Canada
Warbler, Cardellina
canadensis
|
"In
1890 and 1891 a very common summer resident and common migrant [on
Mackinac Island] ... The
young birds left the nests July 2-8." (Wh)
Note
the apparent discrepancy indicated by this record (a !)
vs. BR
entry (i.e.,
#),
which is based on Brewer
et al.
(1991). |
|
#
<
|
|
|
|
uR |
|
o |
|
SC
|
|
c -
common
f -
frequent
u - uncommon
o -
occasional
|
| $Wilson's
Warbler, Cardellina pusilla |
*** "very
abundant migrant" (Wh).
|
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± |
|
|
|
uR |
|
u |
|
MF |
|
|
EMBERIZIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR |
|
Wi
|
|
Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
| $Eastern
Towhee, Pipilo
erythrophthalmus |
"One
pair was
observed [on Mackinac Island] during the summer of 1890, but none were
seen the other
years." (Wh)
More
recently, "observed on Mackinac Island ... during the past 15 years."
(MSHP) One on ground beneath shrubs at N1007 Gros Cap Rd.,
Moran Twp. 4 Jan. 2012. Two along
Dam Rd., Brevord Twp. 19 Oct. 2015; one along Cheeseman Rd, just
east of Rte.2, Moran Twp. 20 Oct 2015. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
# |
|
o
|
|
u |
|
u |
|
BF
|
|
Key:
R - resident
c
-
common
f -
frequent |
$Chipping
Sparrow, Spizella passerina
|
Late
spring "straggling" tree sparrows
seem rather frequently to have been misidentified as chipping
sparrows. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
|
|
cR |
|
f |
|
MF
|
|
u - uncommon
o -
occasional
|
| $Clay-colored Sparrow, Spizella
pallida |
Two
at the tip of
Pte. LaBarbe 12 May 2006 (Mrb2:May
18, 2006); two at
Gros Cap 6 Sep. 2012. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
± |
|
|
|
uR |
|
u
|
|
BO
|
|
|
$Field
Sparrow, Spizella
pusilla
|
***
One
photographed at Gros Cap, 4 May 2013. See
photo iin
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
|
|
fR |
|
f |
|
UO
|
|
|
| $Vesper
Sparrow, Pooecetes
gramineus |
One
recorded at "St.
Ignace, June 20 [1932]" (Wi:196). "Observed
on Mackinac Island ...
during the past 15 years." (MSHP)
|
|
# |
|
|
|
fR |
|
f |
|
UO
|
|
|
? [Lark
Sparrow, Chondestes grammacus]
|
per county list on eBird (www.ebird.org): "
Sparrow -- http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S5714335 -- This one has a note from
Adam Byrne "accepted by BRC", so I recommend you follow up with the
Records Committee for documentation. If it does not meet your
standards, please let me know."
(p.c., Marshall Iliff, eBird Project Leader, 12 April 2012). --
My response, a request for more data, received no reply. |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Breeding
record:
!
-
definite
#
- probable
±
-
possible |
$Savannah
Sparrow, Passerculus
sandwichensis
|
See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
|
|
fR |
|
f |
|
UO
|
|
|
| Grasshopper
Sparrow, Ammodramus savannarumo |
***
per county
list on eBird (www.ebird.org): "Grasshopper
Sparrow -- http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S9139685 -- I asked for details."
(p.c., Marshall Iliff, eBird Project Leader, 12 April 2012). --
Requests for elaboration have received no response.
|
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|
|
| $LeConte's
Sparrow, Ammodramus
leconteii |
"Pullup
Lake, Mackinac County," [no date]
(P:55). Two were observed by Gerald Vork at Pte.
LaBarbe, 2 October 2009 (UP:October
15, 2009). Two were south of County Line Rd, ~ two
miles west of Pickford, September, 2012.
|
|
± |
|
|
|
uR |
|
u
|
|
UO
|
|
|
$Fox Sparrow,
Passerella
iliaca
|
***
"Observed
on Mackinac Island ... during the past 15 years."
(MSHP) "[2-3] Observed "along
the
Hiawatha Trail a mile east of the intersection with US-2" 6 July
2006. (UP: July
12, 2006) One at Gros Cap: 13 -17 April 2013; See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
|
|
|
|
uR |
|
u
|
|
BO
|
|
Breeding
record:
!
-
definite
#
- probable
±
-
possible
|
$Song
Sparrow, Melospiza
melodia
|
***
See
photos [Photo
Album]. |
|
! |
|
o |
|
cR |
|
c |
|
IH
|
|
|
| $Lincoln's
Sparrow, Melospiza
lincolnii |
***
One
at Gros Cap 2 May 2013; eight
north of Lake Brevort Rd., southwest of Moran 13 September 2014;
two at Gros cap, 23 August 2015. See
photos in
Photo
Album.
|
|
# |
|
|
|
uR |
|
u
|
|
WD
|
|
|
| $Swamp
Sparrow, Melospiza
georgiana |
***
One
recorded at "St. Ignace, June 20 [1932]" (Wi:196). One on
Boulevard Dr. 2 July 2012.
|
|
! |
|
|
|
uR |
|
u |
|
WL
|
|
|
| $White-throated
Sparrow, Zonotrichia
albicollis |
***
See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
u |
|
fR |
|
f |
|
DB
|
|
|
$White-crowned
Sparrow, Zonotrichia
leucophrys
|
***
Fairly
common
migrant with a few historal records as follows: "Rare migrant
[on Mackinac Island]" (Wh).
"Observed on Mackinac Island ... during the past 15 years." (MSHP) "2
...
Naubinway [November 30, 2005?]. (UP: December 6, 2005) The southward migration during the fall
of 2014 was noteworthy because of the much larger than
usual number of these
birds. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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|
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|
o |
|
f |
|
BO |
|
Key:
R
-
resident
c
-
common
f
-
frequent
u - uncommon
o - occasional |
$American
Tree Sparrow, Spizelloides arborea
|
"Rare
in eastern portion of Upper
Peninsula" (Z&VT:60).
"Observed on Mackinac Island ... during the past 15 years."
(MSHP) See
photos in
Photo
Album. This
change of position, which may not end up being AOU placement, is
guess
based on Slager & Klicka
(2014).
|
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|
f |
|
u |
|
f |
|
IH |
|
|
| $Dark-eyed
Junco, Junco
hyemalis |
Single
bird, first of fall, at N1007 Gros
Cap Rd., 8 Oct. 2012; typically goes through in small
flocks. During
late April, 2013 & 2014,
a well above normal number of flocks of juncos were
in the
area; at least some of those flocks included a few juncos
sometimes referred to as
pink-sided and/or Oregon juncos -- see photo in For the Record
tabulated group.. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
f |
|
o
|
|
c |
|
MF
|
|
|
CARDINALIDAE
|
Notes/References |
|
BR
|
|
Wi
|
|
Su |
|
S/F |
|
Hbt |
|
LEGEND |
| $Summer
Tanager, Piranga rubra |
One,
a juvenile(?), was at a
feeder near the end
of East Martin Lake Rd., Moran Twp., in late May/early June, 2011 (H.
Krieshe, p.c.,
2012). [See also the Western
Tanager record date.] See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
|
|
o |
|
|
|
o |
|
|
|
|
| $Scarlet
Tanager, Piranga
olivacea |
"A
female was shot
...Aug. 3, 1889 [on Mackinac Island]. ... A male was observed
July
17, 1891." (Wh) The
year of
the Scarlet tanager? -- several "more than usual!" during third full
week of May,
2011; several
were also
present in May of 2014! Orange variant at Gros Cap 26 May 2015. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
# |
|
|
|
uR |
|
o |
|
MH |
|
Breeding
record:
!
-
definite
#
- probable
±
-
possible |
| $Western
Tanager, Piranga ludoviciana |
A
female was at
feeder at N1007 Gros Cap Rd., 23 May 2011. -- An interesting
coincidence, but unlikely(?) connection: The disastrous Joplin (MO)
tornado was on 22 May 2011. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
o |
|
|
|
|
| $Northern
Cardinal, Cardinalis
cardinalis |
See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
# |
|
R |
|
R |
|
R |
|
BO |
|
|
| $Rose-breasted
Grosbeak, Pheucticus
ludovicianus |
"A
young male
was shot July 24, 1890 [on Mackinac Island]." (Wh)
"Observed on Mackinac Island ... during the past 15 years."
(MSHP) See
photos in
Photo
Album.
|
|
! |
|
|
|
fR |
|
f |
|
MH
|
|
|
Blue
Grosbeak, Passerina caerulea
|
Twelve
on feeder on straits side
of Huron St., St. Ignace -- 19 May 1996 (Kathleen Schacht, p.c.,
2011).
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
o |
|
|
|
Key:
R
- resident |
| $Indigo
Bunting, Passerina
cyanea |
"In
1889 and 1891 a
common summer resident. ... In 1890 only a few were observed
[on Mackinac Island]." (Wh)
"Observed
on Mackinac Island ... during the past 15 years."
(MSHP) See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
|
! |
|
|
|
fR |
|
f |
|
MF
|
|
c -
common
f -
frequent
u -
uncommon
o -
occasional
|
| Dickcissel,
Spiza
americana |
One
seen 30 May
1956 at Engadine (by Mr. & Mrs. E.G. Boyes) and one seen in western
part of county 17 June
1958 by K. Christofferson (Z&VT:55).
Female observed feeding young along the
Hiawatha Trail a mile east of the intersection with Rte.2 - 6 July 2006
(UP: July 12,
2006).
Note the
apparent discrepancy: This record ( a ! ) vs. BR
entry, >
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LEGEND |
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Dolichonyx
oryzivorus |
See
photos in
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UO
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$Red-winged
Blackbird, Agelaius
phoeniceus
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photosin
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$Eastern
Meadowlark, Sturnella
magna
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The
eastern and western meadowlarks can be distinguished relatively easily
by listening to their "songs." See
photos in
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UO
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c
-
common |
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Meadowlark, Sturnella
neglecta |
Special
Concern One
observed in Bevort on July 11, 1957 by Pettingill and an ornithology
class. (Pe) See
photos? in
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frequent
u
- uncommon
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Yellow-headed
Blackbird, Xanthocephalus
xanthocephalus
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One
on
lawn southeast of the junction of Kovar Rd. with Pleasant Ave., ~4.5
miles
northnortheast of Engadine, May-June of 2009 or 2010 (recorded
photographically by Linda Booisclair --See
photo in
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o - occasional |
$Rusty
Blackbird, Euphagus
carolinus
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Three
along Boulevard Dr. 8 Oct. 2012, ... See
photo in
Photo
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f |
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AS
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Blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus |
Female -- along Pte. LaBarbe
Rd., ~ half way from junctions with Rte. 2, 4 July 2013.
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uR |
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u |
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UO
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Grackle, Quiscalus
quiscula |
See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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cR |
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c |
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IH
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record: |
$Brown-headed
cowbird, Molothrus
ater
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See
photos in
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IH
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definite
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Orchard
Oriole, Icterus spurius
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"at ... feeders at
Milakokia Lake in Gould City." (UP: May 18, 2008)
See
photo in
Photo
Album. |
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o |
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o
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MH |
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#
- probable
±
-
possible
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Oriole, Icterus
galbula |
Especially common during spring
migration. See
photo in
Photo
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LEGEND |
| $+Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, Leucosticte
tephrocotis |
Accidental
(MA). Not recorded, or included
in total given in Introduction; mentioned here
because Frances, my wife, and I saw a small
flock 7
March 1988,
along Rte.123 a few fmiles north of
the
county line in adjacent Chippewa
County,. Also,
this
species is listed as "Accidental" on the "Field Checklist of Birds of
Michigan's Upper Peninsula" dated 15 Jan. 2010 (Hi).
Therefore, it seems
that this bird should be kept in mind
while
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Grosbeak, Pinicola
enucleator |
Among
numerous records are
the following: Two flocks were observed
in January 2010: About
25 birds were in a maple tree beside Rte H57, near the
southeastern part of Lake Brevort on Jan. 4th, and about 10 were on
Chas. Moran Rd., about 1.5 miles west of Moran on the 11th. Also,
several flocks were near the northern side of Lake Brevort and along
Gros Cap
Rd. 6-10 Dec.
2010. Small flocks were rather common and widespread in late
December 2011 and early January 2012 -- e.g., along Cheeseman
Rd., ~one
mile north of Rte. 2; north of Worth Rd., ca. 0.1 mi east
of
School House Rd.; [and] along Prospect St., Saint Ignace. See
photos See
photo in
Photo
Album. |
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IH |
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Finch, Haemorhous
mexicanus |
"The
house finch
population was introduced to the eastern portion of the U.S. when a
flock of caged house finches from California (known as "Hollywood
Finches") were sold to people on Long Island, New York, in the 1940's.
When laws changed and it became illegal to sell and own American
songbirds, these captive finches were released. Their descendants now
occupy most of the eastern U.S." (My)
"The
first house finch reported nesting in Michigan [was] in 1981." (Brewer
et al, 1991) Probable
breeding indication is based on presence of a juvenile at Gros Cap 9
August 2014.
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R
-
resident
c
-
common
f -
frequent
u - uncommon
o - occasional
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Finch, Haemorhous
purpureus |
Although
usually uncommon in the summer, several were present in, for
example, the Ozark area and a few were at Gros Cap in mid July, 2014. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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f |
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u |
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f |
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MF |
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Crossbill, Loxia
curvirostra |
"Common
summer
resident. Probably breeds early, as old and young were gathered
into large flocks when we reached the island during the last week in
June." (Wh) "Many
small flocks
observed" in the Les
Cheneaux Islands (W5).
Observed "along
the
Hiawatha Trail a mile east of the intersection with US-2" 6 July
2006. (UP: July
12, 2006). |
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$White-winged
Crossbill, Loxia
leucoptera
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Specimen
taken
on Mackinac Island 9 July 1890 (Wh).
An
especially large
irruption occurred during the Winter of 2008-2009. A small flock was in
road and in pines beside Worth Rd., ~1.5 miles west of
Rte.129
14 Jan. 2012. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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$Common Redpoll, Acanthis
flammea
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***
A
single bird was
at feeders on Gros Cap Rd. 4 Nov. 2012; this "scout" was followed
the following day by a flock of ~ 20 birds, several of which,
resembled those illustrated as "Greenland(?) ..." (See (Sib),
p.532-533). --
Notice, for example, their yellowish brown areas and relatively large
black throat
areas. See
photos in
Photo
Album.
Two of the possibly "Greater"/"Greenland" subspecies [see Pittaway,2014.& (Sib)] that were photographed at Gros Cap 5
Nov 2012 are shown in the second
pair of photos. ¶ Several observations appear to
support
the
possibililty that the late winter and spring of 2015 witnessed a well
above normal number of common redpolls.
Later: Apparently
Common, Hoary, and Lesser REDPOLLS are all of the same genus.
So: 1. Even though several that have been IDd as Hoary in the
past, and the few IDd as "Lesser!?" (e.g., particularly those one
or two seen in flocks of predominantlhy pine siskins at Gros Cap) in
January 2016) are only worthy of note, if even that. This, of course,
means that the next entry is superfluous, except "for whatever it may
be worth from an historical standpoint." It has not yetNOT YET
been deleted from the total of species reported, etc. in the
county. |
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Several
with larger
number of common redpolls during winters of 2008-2009 and 2011-2012. See
photo in Photo
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$Pine
Siskin, Spinus
pinus
> Note
underlined text.
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A
flock of 50-plus
was at the feeders, on the railing of a stoop, and in the yard of
a resident on Boulevard Dr., St.Ignace 2 Jan.
2012 and flocks of 25 or more were common in area around St. Ignace in
January, February and March of 2012. A
bird with features that suggest that it is an American goldfinch-pine
siskin
hybrid was with a small flock of (~40) pine siskins at feeders on
Gros Cap Rd.--16 October 2012. I have wondered if this bird was
an Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus)!!! A single siskin
was at Gros Cap during summer of 2016 -- e.g., July 8. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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u
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MF
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Breeding
record:
!
-
definite
#
- probable
±
-
possible |
$American
Goldfinch, Spinus
tristis
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See
photos in
Photo
Album. Also bird with features that
suggest it is
an American goldfinch-pine siskin hybrid was with a small flock (~40)
of pine siskins at feeders on Gros Cap Rd.--16
October 2012. See
photo in
Photo
Album. |
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MF
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$Evening
Grosbeak, Coccothraustes
vespertinus
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Occurrence within Mackinac County is
best described as intermittent AND sporadic. Examples seen by
compiler: Small flock north of Worth Rd.
east of School House Rd.junction -- last few days of
December 2011 and early January 2012;
single
adult male at Gros Cap feeders -- 5 Nov. 2012; flock of ~25 east
of 27 Mile Rd., ~0.2 mi south of Chippewa Co. line -- 21 Jan.
2017. See
photos in
Photo
Album. |
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Notes/References |
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LEGEND |
| $House
Sparrow, Passer domesticus |
Widely
referred to
as "English sparrow."
According to a "Mr.
Conklin,
of
the Central Park [New York City] Museum ... In 1864, ...
the
Commissioners of Central Park set free 50 pairs of English sparrows and
they had multiplied amazingly." (AAS)
So far as Mackinac County, S.E. White (1893)
reports that "Not one was to be
found on the island [Mackinac]
in 1889 when I first arrived, but within a few weeks about twenty came
over with the boat from Mackinaw City. These have increased and
now they are quite common."
Since the compiler
has been spending much of his time within the county -- i.e., since
October 2009 -- these sparrows appear to uncommon within the
county. One noteworthy exception:
Son Kurt, a fine
bird-identifier, and I saw a small flock south of
Town(County)line Rd., ~1 mi west of 5-Mile Rd., Marquette Twp. 7 August
2015 and a single male south of Taylor Rd.~½ mi. west of Rte.
129 (Marquette Twp.) 9 June 2016. By 2018, more seem to be in
county -- e.g., in and near St. Ignace business district.
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worth while to list some web sites that I have found particularly
valuable so far as answering questions about birds. Three of them
are:
Cornell (university)
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listed. The selections have been made chiefly on the basis of
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Many of the data upon
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have not seen.
Consequently, anyone
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(Vj)
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A.S.
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Addenda:A
An aside: The included
species the names of which are preceded by a question mark on the above
list have been recorded as observed within the county; their
presences within the county are questioned on the basis of
diverse (for most birds, multiple)
considerations and conclusions by the compiler. (Opinions
were solicited from others, but I take full responsibility for these
question marks (?). Along
with general distribution data
and the kind of information given to support the presence of these
species, two particular experiences led to the addition these question
marks. In addition, a third, more recnt experience led to my not
adding a species that
I suspect would have a plase on the list had the available information,
known to me, been recorded like the questioned "occurrences" are.
The
alluded-to experiences follow:
1. After a spring
count in the Blacksburg,
Virginia area, John Murray, who for several years compiled and recorded
the results by observers participating in the count, called
me and wondered what I thought he should do about one person's
reporting
some score or so (I do no recall the exact number) of a bird, quite
uncommon within the area, as having been at several feeders within the
reporter's assigned area. And, among other things, as John noted,
the
species the person recorded does roughly resemble a different species
that is common within the area
but was
not recorded by the observer.
2. During the
several winters that Frances and I spent in the
Texas Gulf shore area, each year, we went to certain places to observe
the
whooping cranes that winter there. One time, we were stopped on
the stairs of one of the observation towers by a couple, who were
coming down from the tower; they were elated(!):
~"We just added the whooping crane to
our life list! Two of them are standing in the marsh, just down
to the
left of the platform.~" Frances and I, who so-to-speak knew the
area, thought this to be quite unlikely, but said "Thank YOU ..." and
continued on up to the platform. When we got there, two birds were
right
where the couple told us:
two great egrets.
3. During
the second week of June (2015),
a good friend of mine, who feeds birds and knows the identities of
several of the birds
that
are common within the area, asked me what I thought a bird was that
she had
recently seen but not known its identity. Her description, which
involved noteworthy comparisons to birds that she knows, best fit an
immature
Whooping Crane, and no other bird that I
know to occur in this part of the
world. She noted that she saw it fly over Rte.75 just
north of St. Ignace as she was driving home. Her observation, I
suspect, if made by some people would have been so-recorded, and
consequently to have led to including the whooping crane (very likely
with a ?)
on this County list. The question arises: Should it be?? -
- - - - Minus any
photograph or"published" record, it is NOT. This, be it right or
wrong, good or bad, is my modus
operandi. I should add, however, that based on my
knowledge of the
person's general knowledge and description, which I do not question(!),
I did "scout" the general area hoping to find the bird she
described; the search was in vain.
-- I did this because her observations and, among other things, the
fact that I well recall seeing and
photographing the two yearling female whooping cranes that were in Isabella County, central Michigan from June 1 to July 12,
2004 -- i.e., #303 & #312 of a flock of whooping
cranes that were involved in the Wisconsin-Florida migration project.
To elaborate: Along with the fact that I know
that many of us -- certainly I -- have at least initially made
incorrect IDs, the above and other
experiences and considerations led to my including the question marks
preceding the names of some of the species "recorded" (in print) and
also not even including, for example, the possible visit by a whooping
crane
. However, none of the the question marks should be
interpreted
to mean that any of the so-noted species have never been in Mackinac
County. They may have
been; they may have been seen as recorded. But, I believe
that photographic and/or additional data need to be made
available before
their presence within the county is established without doubt;
and, when this is done, the appropriate question marks will be
deleted.
-------------
Addenda:B
Information relating to where birds have been
recorded as seen at a few localities near St. Ignace and eastward
within the county are given in <
http://www.northhuronbirding.com/ >
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INDEX
This index includes
only the common names of
the birds given on the A.O.U. list. The names preceded by an
asterisk (*) are illustrated by
photographs in the Photo Album of this web site [ Photo
Album ]. The four
"NOT counted" birds noted on the A..O.U. list -- i.e., the helmeted
guineahen, gray-crowned rosy-finch, Townsend's solitaire and varied
thrush -- are not included on the following list.
.
| A A A |
F
F F |
K
K K |
S S S |
V
V V |
| avocet,
American |
finch,
house
|
*
kestrel,
American |
sanderling |
*
veery
|
|
* purple |
* killdeer
|
sandpiper,
Baird’s
|
vireo,
blue-headed |
| B
B B |
* flicker,
northern |
* kingbird,
western |
?
buff-breasted
|
Philadelphia |
| bittern, * American |
|
* kingbird,
eastern
|
* least
|
* red-eyed
|
|
least
|
flycatcher,
Acadian
|
* kingfisher,
belted |
* pectoral
|
warbling |
| blackbird,
Brewer's |
* alder
|
kinglet, * golden-crowned
|
* semipalmated
|
yellow-throated |
|
* red-winged
|
ash-throated
|
ruby-crowned
|
* solitary
|
vulture,
? black |
|
|
kite, Mississippi
|
|
|
|
* rusty
|
* great crested
|
? kittiwake,
black-legged
|
*
spotted |
* turkey
|
* Yellow-headed
|
least
|
knot, red
|
?
stilt |
|
bluebird,
* eastern
|
* olive-sided |
|
upland
|
W
W W
|
|
*
mountain |
willow |
L
L L |
* western
|
warbler,
bay-breasted
|
| * bobolink
|
yellow-bellied
|
* lark,
horned
|
* sapsucker,
yellow-bellied
|
* black
and white |
| * bobwhite,
northern |
|
* longspur, Lapland
|
shrike,
loggerhead
|
*
blackburnian |
| ? brant |
frigatebird, magnificent |
loon, red-throated |
* northern
|
blackpoll |
bunting, * indigo
|
|
Pacific |
* siskin,
pine |
* black-throated
blue |
|
* snow
|
G
G G |
*
common |
|
* black-throated green
|
|
* gnatcatcher,
blue-gray
|
|
* snipe,
Wilson’s |
blue-winged |
|
C
C C
|
|
M
M M |
sora
|
Canada |
* cardinal,
northern
|
godwit,
marbled |
martin, purple
|
|
Cape May |
|
* catbird,
gray
|
* golden-plover,
American |
meadowlark, *
eastern |
sparrow,
*
chipping |
* chestnut-sided |
|
chickadee,
* black-capped
|
* goldfinch,
American |
western
|
* clay-colored |
Connecticut |
| boreal |
goose,
? barnacle |
* merlin
|
* field
|
golden-winged |
| chicken,
greater prairie |
* cackling
|
* mockingbird,
northern |
* fox
|
? Kirtland's
|
|
|
* Canada
|
|
grasshopper |
magnolia |
| * coot, American
|
* greater
white-fronted
|
|
house
|
mourning |
cormorant,
* double-crested
|
* Ross's
|
|
|
|
|
*neotropical
|
* snow
|
|
? lark
|
Nashville
|
|
* cowbird, brown-headed
|
*
grackle,
common |
N N N
|
LeConte's
|
*orange-crowned
|
|
* crane,
sandhill
|
grebe, * horned
|
* nighthawk,
common
|
* Lincoln's
|
palm
|
| * creeper, brown
|
* pied-billed
|
* night-heron,
black-crowned
|
* savannah
|
|
|
crossbill,
red
|
* red-necked |
nuthatch,
* red-breasted |
* song
|
* parula (northern) |
|
white-winged
|
western
|
* white-breasted
|
swamp
|
* pine |
|
* crow,
American
|
grosbeak, blue
|
|
* tree
(American)
|
prairie |
| cuckoo, *
black-billed |
* evening |
O
O O |
vesper |
|
|
*
yellow-billed |
* pine
|
oriole,
* Baltimore |
* white-crowned |
* Tennessee
|
|
*
rose-breasted |
orchard
|
* white-throated |
Wilson's |
|
grouse,
* ruffed
|
* osprey
|
|
* yellow
|
| D
D D |
* sharp-tailed |
* ovenbird
|
* starling,
European |
|
| dickcissel
|
*
spruce |
owl, * barred
|
? stilt,
black-necked
|
* yellow-rumped
|
|
dove, * mourning
|
|
* boreal |
swallow, bank
|
|
|
? white-winged
|
gull, * Bonaparte's
|
* great
gray
|
* barn
|
waterthrush, northern
|
|
*
Little |
|
*
cliff |
|
dowitcher,
* short-billed
|
?
Franklin's
|
* great horned
|
* rough-winged,
northern
|
waxwing, * Bohemian
|
|
? long-billed
|
*
glaucous
|
* hawk (northern)
|
* tree
|
* cedar |
|
duck, *
American black
|
* great black-backed |
long-eared |
|
wheatear, northern |
|
* bufflehead
|
* herring
|
* saw-whet (northern) |
swan, *
black
|
* whimbrel
|
| * canvasback
|
Iceland |
* short-eared |
* mute
|
whip-poor-will, eastern
|
| * gadwall
|
*
ring-billed
|
*
snowy
|
trumpeter
|
willet
|
|
*
goldeneye, Barrow's |
* gyrfalcon |
|
* tundra
|
* woodcock,
American
|
|
*
goldeneye, common
|
|
|
swift, chimney
|
|
|
harlequin |
H H H |
P P P
|
|
woodpecker, * black-backed
|
|
* long-tailed
|
* harrier,
northern
|
partridge,
gray
|
T
T T |
* downy
|
| * mallard
|
hawk, * broad-winged
|
* pelican,
American white
|
tanager, * summer
|
* hairy |
| * mandarin |
|
|
|
|
|
* merganser, common |
* Cooper's
|
* peregrine
|
* scarlet |
* pileated |
|
* merganser, hooded |
* ferruginous |
* pewee,
eastern wood-
|
western |
* red-bellied |
|
*
merganser, red-breasted
|
northern
goshawk |
*
phalarope, red
|
tern, * black
|
* red-headed
|
|
* northern pintail
|
* red-shouldered |
*
phalarope, Wilson's
|
*
Caspian
|
|
|
* redhead
|
* red-tailed
|
*
pheasant,
ring-necked |
|
|
|
* ring-necked
|
* rough-legged |
* phoebe, eastern |
* common
|
wren, * house
|
* ruddy
|
* sharp-shinned |
pigeon,
passenger
|
Forster’s
|
marsh
|
|
* scaup
(greater) |
* Swainson's
|
* rock
|
? royal
|
sedge
|
| * scaup
(lesser) |
heron, * great
blue |
* pipit,
American
|
* thrasher,
brown |
* winter |
|
scoter, black |
* green
|
plover,* black-bellied
|
thrush, gray-cheeked
|
|
|
scoter, surf |
? tricolored
|
[* American
golden-] |
* hermit
|
X X X |
|
* scoter, white-winged
|
hummingbird,
*
ruby-throated
|
* piping
|
Swainson's
|
|
|
* shoveler
(northern) |
rufous
|
semipalmated
|
wood
|
Y
Y Y
|
|
* teal (blue-winged)
|
|
|
titmouse, tufted
|
yellowlegs, * greater
|
|
teal (cinnamon) |
I
I I |
Q
Q Q |
* towhee, eastern
|
* lesser
|
|
* teal
(green-winged) |
|
|
* turkey,
wild |
|
*
wigeon (American)
|
|
|
* turnstone, ruddy |
yellowthroat, common |
|
?
wigeon (Eurasian) |
J
J J |
R
R R |
|
Z
Z Z
|
|
* wood
|
jaeger,
parasitic |
rail,*
Virginia |
U
U U |
|
| * dunlin
|
jay,
* blue
|
? yellow
|
|
|
|
gray
|
* raven,
common
|
|
|
| E
E E |
* junco,
dark-eyed
|
redpoll, * common |
|
|
| eagle, * bald
|
|
* hoary
|
|
|
|
*
golden |
|
*
redstart
(American) |
|
|
|
egret,
*cattle
|
|
* robin,
American
|
|
|
| * great
|
|
|
|
|
| snowy |
|
|
|
|
| 70 |
62
|
59
|
62
|
54
|
[[Note:
$ -223
(seen in
county by rvd; $+ -10 (seen in elsewhere in MI's U.P.); +Brewster's
Warbler (hybrid) -- not listed -- also seen within county.
//
1478 Ll ]]
R.V
("Dick") Dietrich
(b. 1924), a native of the St. Lawrence Valley, Northern New York, is a
graduate of Colgate University (A.B.), and Yale University (M.S. &
Ph.D --
Geology). He is not an ornithologist; his
interest in birds, including "bird-watching," started in the late
1920s; as a geologist who spent much time in the field here
and there on all the continents except Antarctica, he has been
fortunate to see and ID 1478
species (though never going on a guided bird-watching tour!). He has authored or
coauthored many
professional papers and books, some of which are textbooks (mineralogy
and petrology), and also 14
web
sites, most of which are available at http://stoneplus.cst.cmich.edu/Default.htm. For additional informaton, click the
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