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Birds of Mackinac County,
Michigan:
Photo Album
compiled by R.V. ("Dick")
Dietrich
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Last update: 15
November 2017
LATEST
ADDITION(s): Tundra swan composite
12 May 2012, west of
Castle Rock Rd., south of Allenville, Brevort Twp.
[ "Unlikely
Trio" or "Two's company; three's a
crowd!" ]
"A
picture is worth a thousand words."
[Tess Sanders, 1911
(but variously attributed)]
This album includes
photographs by 41 people. More than 750
photographs are exhibited.
Format:
Names …: Common and scientific names
are given for each bird. The order
of presentation 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.
Additional information, which
is given below several of the photographs
includes
one or more of the following: "See
also ///" includes links to addition photographs of the featured
bird
that are
in the tabulated group; that group is at the end of the album
part of this document -- i.e., before the check list of birds recorded
for the county. Addotopmal remarks and/or the direction of
attention to related photographs in one or more of
the
appendices are also given for some birds.
Choices made so far as
which photographs are displayed in
the main album versus those included in the
tabulated group are mine. An
EXPLANATION
that relates to my
involed considerations precedes the appendicies.
As noted, THIS WEB SITE IS
CONTINUALLY UPDATED. Please
contact me if
you have photograph(s) that you think might be good additions to this
album.
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to send photographs and/or comments to me via email.
If
above | Checklist | works as link to top of second part of web
site -- globally change the ones along left edge to this one!!
Bittern, American (Bottaurus
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.
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Blackbird,
Red-winged (Agelaius phoeniceus)
[Male]
[Female]
Left, 22 July 2015, Along Boulevard Dr.; right,11
August 2015, Gros Cap, both Moran Twp. [not to same scale]
Get better female photo for this composite.
Both birds: 11
August 2015, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
[two
birds of a small flock that consisted largely of young birds and/or
females]
[ See also | Blackbird,red-winged(female)
|, | Blackbird, red-winged | and the
photo in Appendix
A."Remarkables".]
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Blackbird,
Rusty (Euphagus carolinus)
26 October 2012, east
of Huron St., St. Ignace City.
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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)
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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)
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Bluebird,
Mountain (Sialia
currcoides)
[Female]
For
the
Record:
17
November 2010, "SW of Pickford, just barely in Mackinac County(?)"
(photo © Steve
Baker)
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Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
[Left, male; right, female]
Left,
12 June 2011, north
of Lake Brevort Rd., east of Wartella Rd., Bevort Twp.
Right, 10 July 2014,
northeast of intersection of Blair and 3-mile roads, Marquette Twp.
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Bobwhite, Northern (Colinus virginianus)
9 April 2012, yard of
photographer, State St., St. Ignace.
(&photo © Robert B.
McGreevy)
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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.]
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Try to get photo of female
for here --
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.]
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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 cardinals in
Appendix
A."Remarkables".]
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Catbird,
Gray (Dumetella carollinensis)
19 December
2014, photographer's yard, south end of Milakokia Lake, Newton Twp.
(photo © Barb
Brockway)
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Chickadee, Black-capped (Poecile atricapillus)
3
November 2010, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
22 January 2011, Gros
Cap, Moran Twp.
(photo © Krista
Brown)
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Coot,
American (Fulica americana)
25
October 2009,
Cedarville waterfront, Clark Twp.
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Cormorant,
Double-crested (Phalacrocorax auritus)
f
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.]
Better photos of
cormorant's head are to be taken . . . !
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Cormorant, ?Neotropic (Phalacrocorax ?brasilianus)
7
September 2013, South shore, Brevort Lake, Brevort Twp.
[ This bird is listed with the
question mark because I have found no prior report of its occurrence
within
the county. There is a possibility that it is really a
SMALL
adult double-crested cormorant in non-breeding plumage rather than a
neotropic cormorant. Indeed, a couple of its
characteristics --
e.g., the color of this bird's lores -- seem better to fit the
alternative possibility. In any case, although my experiience
with
these two cormorants -- gained during several three-month-plus winters
living and observing both of these species along 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). ]
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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.
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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
tabulated group.]
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Creeper,
Brown (Certhia americana)
23
April 2013,
near end of East Martin Lake Rd., Moran Twp.
(photo © Harold
Kriesche)
[Photo was brightened but otherwise
unmodified.]
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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.]
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Crow, American (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
24
March 2010, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
[ See also
| Crow, American |
& |
Crow & Raven compared
|
in
tabulated group.]
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Cuckoo, Black-billed (Coccyzus
erythropthalmus)
16
August 2013, photographer's yard, Mackinac Island.
(&photo © Elizabeth
Murcko)
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Cuckoo, Yellow-billed (Coccyzus
americanus)
5 October 2009,
Pte. LaBarbe, Moran Twp.
(photo
© Steve Baker)
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<>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. ]
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Duck,
American Black !? (Anas
rubripes)
25
March 2012, offshore from the American
Legion Memorial Park, State St., St.
Ignace.
[The following comments are NOT to say that no black ducks
occur within this area or elsewhere within the 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 female or young mallards. The "!?", which is included in
the heading for this photograph, was put there to direct attention to
this proviso. (And, the better part of discretion accounts for
the use
of one of my photos here rather than someone else's identified as a
black duck.)]
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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.]
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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..
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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.]
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Duck:
Goldeneye, Barrow's (Bucephala
islandica)*
For
the Record: 2
October 2016, Lake Brevort, offshore from Rte. H-57, Brevort Twp.
[ ? possibly 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."
]
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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: The above "nest" and
close-up and additional photographs -- taken by xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx were taken
of this nest when it was occupied in different years during the early
2010s. Observers
have
often expressed the opinion that it is 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.
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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.]
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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.]
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Duck: Northern
Pintail (Anas acuta)
[Male]
11
April 2011, Waterfront
along Boulevard
Dr.,
Moran Twp.
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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.
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Duck: Redhead (Aythya americana)
[Male]
[Female]
17
April 2013, offshore former dock for the former train ferry ("The
Chief" -- Wawatam)
in downtown St. Ignace.
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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.
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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)
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Duck: Scaup
(Greater!?) (Aythya marila?)
[Upper, female; lower, male]
Top,
4 April 2010; bottom, 17 April 2010, St. Ignace waterfront.
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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.]
[immature]
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.]
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DUCK: Teal,
Blue-winged (Spatual 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.]
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DUCK: Teal,
Green-winged (Anas crecca)
For
the Record
4 May
2015, Lake Michigan,
near-shore, Boulevard, Mortan Twp.
Get better
photo!!!!| Checklist |
Duck: Wigeon,
American (Anas americana)
[Upper photo: male; lower
photos: Left, male; right, female]
14 April 2010, Waterfront
along Boulevard
Dr.,
Moran Twp.
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Duck, Wood (Aix sponsa)
[Male]
17 April 2015, wastewater pond,
northwest of Cedarville, Clark Twp.
[See
also a female |
Duck,
wood
(pair)
| & | Duck, wood (male - nonbreeding) |
in
tabulated group.]
Get good female photo for
here!
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Dunlin (Calidrus alpina)
18
May 2015, lake side of Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp.
[ See also |
Dunlin (16
December,St. Ignace)
| in the tablulated group. ]
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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 (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]
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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, Bals Eagle over Mackinac Island.
1 April 2010, Moran,
Brevort Twp.
(&photo © Robert B.
McGreevy)
(photo
© Steve
Baker)
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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.
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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)
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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.]
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Falcon:
Peregrine (Falco perginus)
Finch,
Purple (Haemorphous 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.
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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.]
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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.]
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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,
photographers yard.
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Flycatcher,
Olive-sided (Contopus cooperi)
19 May 2015, along Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp.
[See
also |
Flycatcher, olive-sided
(some ID
features)
|
in tabulated group.]
| Checklist |
Gnatcatcher,
Blue-gray (Polioptila caerulea)
16
May 2005, Pte. LaBarbe, Moran Twp.
(photo
© Steve Baker)
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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.]
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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".]
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Goose,
Cackling (Branta hutchinsii)
[Right, with Canada
goose]
6
October 2006, Lake Brevort, Brevort Twp.
(photos © Steve
Baker)
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Goose,
Canada (Branta canadensis)
28 November 2009, St.
Ignace.
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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.
| Checklist |
Goose,Ross's (Anser rossii)
(Chen rossii)
16 March 2017,
parking area on lakeside of Epoufette Bay across
from junction of south
end of the road that formerly
extended northward to
Rte. 2, Hendricks Twp.
["Compatriot?" is one of four Greater
white-fronted geese that were present.]
???Add
one with four Greater... as (See also
.... tabulated group.)
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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.]
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Grackle, Common (Quiscalus quiscula)
3 April 2009, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
[See also | Grackle, common.|
in tabulated group.]
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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.
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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?) -- tnotice 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.
[See also |
Grebe,
pied-billed
|
in tabulated group.]
|
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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.]
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Grosbeak, Evening (Coccothraustes vespertinus)
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.]
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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.]
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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)
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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.]
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Grouse, Spruce (Falcipennis canadensis)
[See
the photos in
Appendix B "Wish List".]
[[ Guineafowl,
Helmeted (Numida meleagris) -- feral
[See | Guineafowl (FERAL?
- 2010) | in tabulated group.] ]]
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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.]
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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)
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Gull,
Herring (Larus argentatus)
Left, 22
October 2009, Boulevard
Dr., Moran Twp. (photo
©
rvd)
Right, 30 April 2015, Saint Ignace.
(&photo © Robert B. McGreevy)
[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
the below ring-billed gull, in the photographs on the left, are shown
at the same scale.
Despite the fact that the overall sizes of these two gulls differ
markedly, this is not easily discerned
by some observers. Fortunately, their
beaks 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 the 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) ]
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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.]
[Juvenile]
16 September 2015, parking
area south of Old State Ferry Dock, St. Ignace.
[See
also | Gull, ring-billed
|, | Gull, ring-billed (Juv.) |, | Gull,
ring-billed - "Overseer" | &
| Gull ring-billed
- "Scottish Gaels"
(would beS) | in tabulated group.]
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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.
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Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
[See photo in the "FALCON" group.]
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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.
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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.]
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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.
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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:
?Goshawk, Northern (Accipiter gentilis)
For
the Record: 30
October 2017, Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
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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.]
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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)
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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)
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Hawk, Sharp-shinned (Accipiter striatus)
6 May 2014, Gros Cap,
3 April 2010, Pte.
LaBarbe, Moran Twp.
Moran Twp. (photo ©
rvd)
(photo
© Steve Baker)
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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 heading -- i.e., the
identification of this bird. -- The species designation of this
bird went through many stages before it was listed as "Swainson's" plus
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 web site: 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, however, 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 youn 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.
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.]
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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.]
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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)
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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.]
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Jay, Blue (Cyanocitta cristata)
11 January 2014, Gros
Cap, Moran Twp.
[See also | JayS,
blue (15 at home!) | & |
Jay, blue | in tabulated group.]
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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 of 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.]
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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) | & | Killdeer (juvenile) | in tabulated group. ]
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Kingbird,
Eastern (Tyrannus tyrannus)
24 July
2016, next to
wastewater
pond, northwest
of Cedarville, Clark Twp.
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Kingbird,
Western (Tyrannus verticalis)
For
the
Record: 31 May 2015, Boulevard Drive, Moran
Twp.
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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 same
female; the one on the right shows, in
particular, the undertail stripes.]
[See
also |
Kingfisher, belted
|
and the
kingfisher in Appendix
A."Remarkables".]
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Kinglet, Golden-crowned (Regulus satrapa)
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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
|
in
tabulated group.]
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Longspur, Lapland (Calcarius
lapponicus)
4
October 2012, lake side of Boulevard Drive, Moran Twp.
[See also | Longspur, Lapland |
in tabulated group.]
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Loon,
Common (Gavia immer)
26 June
2010, southeastern Lake Brevort, Brevort Twp.
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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.]
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Merlin (Falco columbarius)
[See photo in the "FALCON" group.]
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Mockingbird, Northern (Mimus polyglottos)
For
the
Record: 6 May 2013, between Gros Cap school & church,
Moran Twp.
[Fuzziness
result of taking photo through windshield.]
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Nighthawk,
Common (Chordeiles minor)
[See |
Nighthawk,
common - (Chipp...Co.)
|,
in the tabulated group; it is the photograph of a bird that was
near, but only perhaps 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).
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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.]
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Nuthatch, White-breasted (Sitta carolinensis)
27 February, 2010,
Gros Cap, Moran Twp.
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Oriole,
Baltimore (Icterus
[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.]
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Oriole, Orchard (Icterus spurius)
~20 May 2014, feeder of photographer, St.
Ignace. (© Ruth LaChapelle)
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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)
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Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
[See photo in the "Warbler" group.]
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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)
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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.]
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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.]
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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.
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Owl,
Short-eared (Aseo flammeus)
For the
Record:
5
November 2005, "south of Rudyard, maybe in Mackinac County"
(photo ©
Steve Baker)
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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 snowy 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.]
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Pelican, American White (Pelecanus
erythrorhynchos)
10 June
2012, above Boulevard
Dr. and the nearby offshore
area, Moran Twp.
Peregrine
Falcon (Falco perginus)
[See photo in the "FALCON" group.]
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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,
]
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Pheasant, Ring-necked (Phasianus colchicus)
[Male]
29
April 2010, along Rte. H37 between
Black Point and Church roads, Brevort Twp.
<>
and the
iridescent (etc.)
pheasant in Appendix
A."Remarkables".]
<>Do!! check
to see if photos taken in Allenville are better than any of these . . .
<>
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Phoebe,
Eastern (Sayornis phoebe)
17 April
2010, north of Cheesman Rd. ~0.5 mile east of junction of
Cecil Rd., Moran Twp.
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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.]
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Pipit,
American (Anthus rubescens)
15 May 2015, wastewater pond,
northwest of Cedarville, Clark Twp.
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Plover,
Black-bellied (Pluvialis squatarola)
27 May
2011, on
western shore of Mizmer Bay, east of Pte. Brulee Rd., Clark Twp.
[Cf.
Golden-plover, American.]
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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)
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Plover,
Semipalmated (Charadrius
semipalmatus)
18 May 2015, lake side of Boulevard Dr., Moran Twp. [breeding adult --
note
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