Wednesday, September 9, 2009

2009-09-07 Robert H. Long Nature Park

2009-09-07 Robert H. Long Nature Park 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
I am still working on pics and ID confirmations. We dropped by for a quick walkthru on our way to the free day at Henry Ford Museum.

Species list:
Mute Swans
Canada Geese
Great Blue Heron
Killdeer
Mallards
Double-crested Cormorants
American Goldfinch
Chickadee (H)
Pied-billed Grebe
Least Sandpiper
Wood Ducks
Belted Kingfisher (H)
Warbling vireo ? (H)
Ring-Billed Gulls
Green Herons (I will have a question about this when I process my pics. We shot a "dinky one" (slightly larger than a RWBB?) fishing quite close to us, and a larger standing one in the middle of the lake - same???) I really think they are both Green Herons.

2009-09-01 Robert H. Long Nature Park

2009-09-01 Robert H. Long Nature Park
I am rather late in posting the species we saw there, then. And I still have pics to process, and IDs to check, but I need to get this out there before I post something more recent!

Species list:
Blue Gray Gnatcatcher?
Starlings
American Goldfinch
Mallards
Gulls (prob. Ring-Billed)
Canada Geese
Great Blue Herons
Mute Swans
Chickadees (H)
Great Egrets
Killdeer
Northern Flicker
Warbling Vireo (thanks Darrin!)
American Widgeon (thanks, Darrin!)
Pied-Billed Grebe
Cedar Waxwings
Turkey Vulture
Wood Ducks
Eastern Kingbird
Flycatcher sp. ?
and Judy shot a Black-Crowned Night Heron ?