irds:
Isabella County, Michigan
Photo Archive
Compiled by
R.V. ("Dick") Dietrich
Photo
consultant, Stan
Lilley, Executive
Director,
Chippewa Watershed Conservancy
latest
update: 16 July 2018
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INTRODUCTION
All of the photographs in this
PHOTO
ARCHIVE have been taken in
Isabella County,
Michigan. Some of the photographs are displayed
directly below this introduction. Others can be seen by clicking
the names of the birds on the tabulated lists that follow
the directly
displayed
images. The directly displayed photographs include
birds that are
rare or unusal within the county, birds of certain groups (e.g., the
ducks,
raptors, and
sparrows), photographs that seem especially worthy of widespread
viewing, . . ., and a
bit of “whimsy." The
photographs that can be seen by clicking the names of the birds listed
along the margins of the main archive and those on
the tabulated group include birds that are relatively common
within the county, additional photographs of some of the birds whose
images are in
the directly
displayed group, . . ., and a few less than
good photographs that serve as records for the presence of relatively
rare or unusual birds when they were in the
county.
It seems noteworthy that the
following photographs include
the Henslow's Sparrow, which
is "Endangered";
the Red-shouldered
Hawk, Merlin, Common Gallinule (formerly Moorhen), Yellow-throated
warbler and
Louisiana Waterthrush, which are "Threatened";
and
the American Bittern, Bald Eagle, Northern
Goshawk, Wilson's
Phalarope,
Grasshopper Sparrow and Dickcissel, which are of "Special
Concern" according to the designations on the Michigan Natural Feature
Inventory ( April 9, 2009 -- http://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/data/specialanimals.cfm -- web site citation updated February,
2014
). Each
of these
birds is protected
under the
Endangered Species Act of the State of Michigan (Part 365 of PA 451,
1994 Michigan Natural Resources and
Environmental Protection Act).
The directly displayed photographs are in
the order in
which the pictured species appear on the American Ornithologist's Union
(A.O.U.) Check-list of North American Birds (7th edition). Most
of these photographs are
cropped versions of the originals that were sent to me by the indicated
photographers. None
-- so
far as I know -- has been
retouched. Only three of the included photographs -- the two by
Myles McNally of
the
rufous hummingbird and the one that includes the whooping crane by Stan
Lilley, which I requested for inclusion
in this archive --
were previously published elsewhere.
(- Unfortunately, when I was
soliciting
permission from the
photographers while
preparing this archive for downloading to CONDOR, I found that my
presumption about no previous
publication to be
untrue -- i.e., some of the photographs that were then on this website
had been
previously published
elsewhere. Had
I known that to be the case at the time, those photographs would either
have
not been
included on this website or, if included, would have included citations
of the original publications in their captions. I was/am
distraught about this and apologize to the publications involved, my
colleagues, and anyone who viewed the Archive with the
photographs for which appropriate citations were not given. In
any case, those
photographs have been deleted -- i.e., they are not included in the
version of
this website that is on CONDOR, and they are no longer on this website.
-)
This
archive will be
updated continually. Those who take photographs of birds
within
Isabella County are invited to submit them to me for future inclusion
on the website.
Additions
to this album since 31 July 2013:
Main Archive: Creeper, brown; Flycatcher, great crested; Gnatcatcher, blue-gray; Golden-plover, American; Goose, Greater white-fronted;
Gull, Franklin's'; Killdeer; Loon, common; Loon,
Pacific; Orioles, Baltimore & orchard; Owl, snowy (2nd one in 1st photo
and the composite);
Phalarope, red-necked; Pintail, northern -- pair; Redstart, American; Sandpiper, upland (1st one); Shrike, loggerhead (photo of
pair & composite) ;
Sparrow, lark; Stilt, black-necked Stilt; Turkey,
wild (females);
Vireo, yellow-throated; Warbler,
blackburnian; Warbler, Cape May; Warbler,
Canada; Warbler, yellow-rumped; Waterthrush, northern;
Tabulated photo (These photographs are "clickable"
from their
names on the left margin or below the photos of the same species in the
Main
Album
as well as from their names on the Table.):
Blackbird, red-winged; Bunting, indigo (male & female); Cardinal, northern (2);
Chickadee, black-capped; Grebe, red-necked -
("For the Record" group); Phalarope, Wilson's; Phoebe,
eastern; Pigeon,
rock; Pipit, American;
Sandpiper, spotted; Sandpiper, stilt; Sandpiper, western: Tiitmouse, tufted; Waxwing,
cedar - composite;
Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser
albifrons)
(with two Canada
geese (Branta canadensis)
Nottawa
Twp. (Sec. 18): Weidman
Pond,
22
March 2015.
(photo
© Stan
Lilley)
[Six of these geese were with 500-plus
Canada geese in p.m.]
26
March 2009.
(photos © Stan
Lilley)
Mute Swan (Cygnus
olor)
Coe Twp. (Sec. 18)
early Summer 2009.
(photo © Dick
Dietrich)
[This swan was
in an atypical environment --
i.e., in a
pasture next to small, shallow (< 1 foot deep)
pond,]
Wood Duck (Aix
sponsa)
Left, Lincoln Twp.
(Sec. 15),
Right, Sherman Twp.
north of Pleasant Valley
Road.
1/2 mile west of Weidman
20 April
2008.
30 April 2006.
(photo © Dick Dietrich)
(photo © Stan Lilley)
American
Black Duck (Anas
rubripes)
Nottawa Twp. (Sec. 19)
13 November 2010.
(photo © Stan
Lilley)
Mallard
(Anas
platyrhynchos)
Lincoln Twp. (Sec. 7)
early
Spring 2009.
(photo © Dick
Dietrich)
[The female, right,
is in a position that exhibits the white
bars on either
side of the blue speculum of it left wing.]
Northern
Shoveler (Spatula
clypeata)
Deerfield Twp. (Sec. 5)
10 April 2010.
(photo © Dick
Dietrich)
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Gilmore Twp. (Sec. 33): near Vernon Rd., east of Winn Rd.
10 May 2014.
(photo © Stan
Lilley)
[in
lower photo,
with pair of Mallards (Anas
platyrhynchos)]
Union Twp. (Sec. 29):
Pond northwest of intersection of
Deerfield and Lincoln roads
6
April 2008. (photos
© Dick
Dietrich)
Ring-necked
Duck (Aythya collaris)
Nottawa Twp.: Weidman Millpond
28 March 2010.
(photo © Stan
Lilley)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Broomfield Twp. (Sec. 3)
Lake Isabella,
east of Rolland Road.
8 November 2009.
(photo © Dick Dietrich)
[ Ring-billed gull (Larus delawarensis)
flying on left]
Hooded
Merganser
(Lophodytes cucullatus)
Northern Goshawk
(Accipiter
gentilis)
Gilmore Twp.: "Several miles north of
Weidman"
9 April 2005
(photo © Stan
Lilley)
Red-shouldered Hawk
(Buteo lineatus)
Sherman
Twp.: Near Lilley home, 1/2 mile west of Weidman
29 March 2011.
(photo
© Stan Lilley)
See also photo in tabulated images photo2
Broad-winged Hawk
(Buteo platypterus)
Left, Sherman Twp.: Near
Lilley home,
1/2
mile west of Weidman
9 September 2012;
Right,
Coldwater Twp. (Sec. 29):
Along Coleman Road, near Coldwater River
3 May 2009.
(photos
© Stan Lilley)
Red-tailed
Hawk
(Buteo
jamaicensis)
Left, Lincoln Twp. (Sec. 19)
29 July 2009
Right, Denver
Twp. (Sec. 10)
13 August 2009.
(photos © Dick Dietrich)
See also the photos
in
the tabulated images
photo2
photo3
Hawk,
red-tailed
Rough-legged
Hawk (Buteo lagopus)
Nottawa Twp. (Sec. 7)
7 April 2007.
(photo © Stan Lilley)
See also
the photo in the tabulated images photo2
Merlin
(Falco
columbarius)
Sherman Twp.: Near
Lilley home, 1/2
mile west of Weidman
31 August 2004.
(photo © Stan Lilley)
Peregrine (Falco
peregrinus)
Mt. Pleasant. On support
structure of water tower that is
northwest of intersection of
Pickard and Mission streets.
early January 2018
(photo © Stan Lilley)
Virginia
Rail (Rallus limicola)
Coldwater
Twp.
29
April 2005.
(photo
© Stan Lilley)
Sora
(Porzana
carolina)
Sherman Twp.
(Sec. 3):
Marsh along Rolland Road, north of Denver Road.
23 May 2008.
(photo © Stan Lilley)
Sandhill Crane
(Grus
canadensis)
Lincoln Twp.
(Sec. 32):
Three of large number of migrants, west of Lincoln Road.
17
March
2009.
(photos © Dick
Dietrich)
See
also the photos in the tabulated images photo2
Left, Sandhill Crane
(Grus
canadensis); Right, Whooping Crane
(Grus
americana)
Vernon Twp.
(Sec. 15):
23
April
2013.
(photo © Stan Lilley)
(This photograph was previously
published -- see References cited in "Birds: ... Checklists" part of
this website.)
See
also the photo at the end of the text on the Lists part of this website.
Black-necked Stilt,
(Himantopus mexicanus)
Freemont
Twp.:Iintersection of Coe and Littlefield rds.
13 May 2018.
(photo © Gary Kramer)
American Golden-plover
(Pluvialis dominica)
Gilmore Twp.: off Battle rd.,
west of Nottawa Rd.
9 May 2014.
(photo © Stan Lilley)
Semipalmated
Plover Charadrius
semipalmatus)
Lincoln Twp. (Sec. 7):
Pond in field East of Meridian Road.
20 May 2008.
(photo © Dick Dietrich)
See also photographs in the tabulated
images
photo2
Yellowlegs, greater
Yellowlegs, lesser
Solitary
Sandpiper (Tringa
solitaria)
[Least sandpiper (Caldris minutilla)
in background]
Lincoln Twp. (Sec.
30): Ponded farmland south of Fremont Road.
31 August 2009.
(photo © Dick Dietrich)
See also photo in the
tabulated images
photo2
Upland
Sandpiper (Bartramia
longicauda)
Right: Vernon Twp.:
"near Stevenson Lake"
Left: Gilmore
Twp.
22 June
2006.
10 May 2014
(photo © Ryan
Dziedzic) (photo
© Stan Lilley)
Dunlin
(Calidris
alpina)
Lincoln Twp. (Sec. 7): Pond in
field East of Meridian Road.
19 May 2008.
(photo
© Dick Dietrich)
**Sandpiper,
stilt
Union Twp. (Sec. 7): Whiteville
Rd., south of intersection with Wing Rd..
14 May 2018.
(photo
© Stan Lilley)
American Woodcock (Scolopax
minor)
Fremont Twp. (Sec. 13),
Edmore State Game Area.
Notes:
The adult and chick are at
different scales.
30
April 2011.
(photos
© Stan Lilley)
Wilson's
Phalarope (Phalaropus
tricolor)
Front to back:
female (foreground), male,
immature(?)
and semipalmated plover (Charadrius
semipalmatus)
Lincoln
Twp. (Sec. 7): Pond in field East of Meridian Road.
20
May 2008.
(photo
© Dick Dietrich)
See also photo in the
tabulated image **Phalarope,
Wilson's
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus
lobatus)
[recorded in Cuthbert (1963) as Northern Phalarope (Lobipes lobatus)]
Union Twp. (Sec. 32): "wet spot
on Whiteville Rd., south of Wing Rd.
23 July 2017
(photo ©
Stan
Lilley)
[members of flock of
more than
100]
Fremont
Twp. (Sec. 13):
Ponded water in
field
17
April 2008.
(photos © Dick Dietrich)
Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus
pipixcan)
Coe Twp. (Sec. 8):
Southeast of intersection of Walton & Leaton roads
19 November 2015
(photo © Myles McNally, previously "embedded in McNally's eBird
checklist)
Herring
Gull (Larus
argentatus)
ShermanTwp.:
Pond
near Lilley home,
1/2
mile west of Weidman
10
April 2008.
(photos
© Stan Lilley)
**Pigeon,
rock
Black-billed
Cuckoo (Coccyzus
erythropthalmus)
Sherman
Twp.: Wooded area on Rolland Road,
just
north of the intersection with Denver Road.
29
May 2006.
(photo
© Stan Lilley)
Great
Horned
Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Sherman Twp.:
Lilley home, 1/2
mile west of Weidman
5 July 2012.
(photo © Stan
Lilley)
Snowy
Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)
Left,
Nottawa Twp.: west of
Nottawa Road, north
of Rosebush Road. 15 January
2009.
Right,
Nottawa Twp.: on
Zeien Road, south of Weidman
Road. 2 April 2014.
(photos ©
Stan
Lilley)
Snowy
Owl (Nyctea
scandiaca)
Gilmer Twp.: on Vernon Road, near
intersectdion with Fordyce Road.
24 April 2015
(photos © Stan Lilley)
See also the
photo in the tabulated images
photo2
Barred
Owl (Strix
varia)
Vernon Twp. (Sec.
19):
East of Meridian Road.
15 May 2009
(photos © Dick Dietrich)
Lower right, part of the back
and
top of
the owl's head
as it looked downward to its left, after it flew into the nearby
woods.
See also the
photo in the tabulated images photo2
Ruby-throated
Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
Mt. Pleasant, backyard of
photographer
left, male 30 August 2009 ;
right, female 13 May 2009
(photos © Dick Dietrich)
Cf. this male and female with
the next individual.
See also the
photos in the tabulated images photo2 photo4 photo5
Rufous
Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Sherman Twp. (Sec. 33)
[At feeder, 1081 Fairway Drive,
Lake Isabella, from 3 October until 21
November, 2012]
Upper left and
lower right photographs © Myles McNally,
Upper right © Hudson
Keenan; Lower left © Stan Lilley
(McNally's photos previously
published -- see References cited in "Birds: ... Checklists" part of
this website.)
Kingfisher,
belted
Kingfisher,
belted #2
Red-headed
Woodpecker (Melanerpes
erythrocelaphus)
Sherman Twp.:
Lilley home, 1/2
mile west of Weidman
2 May 2008.
(photo © Stan
Lilley)
See also the
photos in the tabulated images photo3
Red-headed
Woodpecker (Melanerpes
erythrocelaphus)
Sherman Twp.:
Lilley home, 1/2
mile west of Weidman
Left, Adult - 17
August
2006; Right, Immature - 4 August 2006.
(photo © Stan
Lilley)
See also the
photos in the tabulated images photo3
Yellow-bellied
sapsucker (Sphyrapicus
varius)
Deerfield Twp. (Sec.
25):
On property of
photographer, east of Meridian Road.
15 January 2011
(photos © Bob
Lichtman)
See also the
photo in the tabulated images photo2
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
Sherman
Twp.:
Lilley home, 1/2
mile west of Weidman
24
August 2009.
(photos © Stan
Lilley)
See also the
photo in the tabulated images
photo2
Pewee,
eastern wood
**Phoebe,
eastern
Great crested flycatcher (Mylarchus crinitus)
Union
Twp.: Chipp-a-water Park, MLilley home, 1/2
mile west of Weidman
17May
2014.
(photos © Karen Green)
See also the
photo in the tabulated images
photo
Northern Shrike (Lanius borealis)
Sherman
Twp.:
Lilley home, 1/2
mile west of Weidman
8
February 2011.
(photos © Stan
Lilley)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
Deerfield
Twp.: Audubon Woods Preserve,
Intersection of Gilmore and Wing roads
2 May
2016.
(photos © Stan
Lilley)
Blue
Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
"Wet but Independent on the 4th of July"
Mt. Pleasant: Back yard, Dietrich residence
4
July 2005.
(photo © Dick
Dietrich)
See also the
photo in the tabulated images photo2
Horned
Lark (Eremophila
alpestris)
How about those
"horns" --
Deerfield Twp.
(Sec. 12): East side of Nottawa Road.
6 March 2009.
(photo © Dick
Dietrich)
See also the
photo in the tabulated images photo2
Martin,
purple
Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon
pyrrhonota)
Rolland Twp.
(Sec. 1)
4 June 2009.
(photo © Dick Dietrich)
**Chickadee, black-capped
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
Mt. Pleasant
Back yard of photographer
3 June 2009.
(photo © Dick Dietrich)
[ This photograph, which includes the house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) on the left, was originally included in the
tabulated group. It was taken
after my wife of more than 60 years passed away
and before the time I began spending
much of my time away from our Mt. Pleasant home
there -- most places where I no longer saw of these
birds.
Consequently, I moved to
the main Archive, where I would see the titmouse fairly often.
The photograph and caption directly below it are as they appeared while
included as one of the tabulated entries.]
**Titmouse
Brown
Creeper (Certhia americana)
Mt. Pleasant: near dam at Millpond
22 February 2015
(photo © Karen Green)
Nuthatch,
red-breasted
House
Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
Left, Sherman Twp. (Sec. 13)
15 July 2009, (photo © Stan Lilley)
Right, Mt.
Pleasant, yard of photographer
15 June 2009, (photo © Dick Dietrich)
Winter
Wren (Troglodytes
troglodytes)
Gilmore
Twp.
(Sec. 16): ~3/4 mile north of Stephenson Lake Road.
20
April 2008.
(photo © Stan Lilley)
Photographs of additional wrens
are in the following tabulated images.
photo2
photo3
Brown
Thrasher (Toxostoma
rufum)
Sherman
Twp.:
Lilley home, 1/2
mile west of Weidman
17
June 2006.
(photo
© Stan
Lilley)
Starling,
European
**Pipit,
American
Bohemian
Waxwing (Bombycilla
garrulus)
Mt.
Pleasant: 1 of ~60 in mixed
flock of ~200
waxwings
in
fruiting tree south of Finch
Hall, CMU campus.
