Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Birding 2020

October 20-21, Home
Carolina Wren singing on the 20th; looked in the window at me on the 21st!
 
October 17-18, Home
Ovenbird in the early evening, backyard, looking for a drink

October 15, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co., Walker
1st returned Junco
 
October 6, home, Kent Co.
White-crowned sparrow
 
September 29, Kent Co.
flock of (Great?) Egrets on pond, Maynard Ave SW
Double-crested Cormorant (flying east of Lake Eastbrook Blvd)
Merlin chasing a crow
Veery (Blandford Nature Center, Walker)


September 25, Geddes Ave, Kent Co., Grand Rapids
Great Egret flying  
 
September 22, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co., Walker
8 wild turkeys (hens)
 
August 18, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co., Grand Rapids
Hooded warbler, Barred Owl
 
July 21, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co., Walker
Indigo Bunting singing

July 14, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co., Walker
female Yellow Warbler

May 23, Upper Macatawa Natural Area, Ottawa Co.
Song Sparrows, Swamp Sparrow, Willow Flycatchers, Yellow-throated Warblers, Yellow Warblers, Great Blue Herons, 2 Soras, Baltimore Orioles (males and a female in her nest), Red-breasted Grosbeaks, Cedar Waxwings, Killdeer, female Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Indigo Bunting, Cowbirds, Bluebirds, female Wood Duck and 8 ducklings swimming.

Muskrat lodges, Pickerel Frogs, large Garter or Ribbon snake
Mayapple blooming, lots of Wild Geraniums.

May 16, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co., Grand Rapids
American Redstart (a different one than yesterday), male and female Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, multiple Baltimore Orioles, 2 deer chewing their cud while lying down

May 15, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co., Walker
American Redstart ! 4 deer, 3 Red-bellied Woodpeckers

May 13, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co., Walker
Baltimore Orioles, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Indigo Bunting, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-headed Vireo, Black and White Warbler, many Black-throated Green Warblers, Magnolia Warbler, and Nashville Warbler
Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers, Robins, White-throated Sparrow, Catbird, Chickadees, Nuthatch, Red-winged Blackbird, Mourning Dove

May 12, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co., Walker
woods: Ovenbirds, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Red-breasted Nuthatch?
meadow: Least Flycatcher, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow

May 11, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co., Walker
Black-throated Green Warbler

May 5, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co., Grand Rapids
Baltimore Oriole
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Palm Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
Barn swallows
Tree swallows

May 3, Aman Park, Ottawa Co.
Nashville Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pileated woodpecker
Thrushes singing

April 25, Aman Park, Ottawa Co.
flock of Yellow-rumped Warblers
several pairs of Wood Thrushes
a Pileated Woodpecker very close, on the ground
On the way home, Leonard between 14th and 8th Avenues: Great Egret

April 24, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co.
White-throated Sparrow
April 17, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co.
Hermit Thrush

April 16, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co.
Carolina Wren

April 12, Millennium Park, Kent Co.
female Red-winged Blackbirds

April 3, Aman Park, Ottawa Co.
Pileated hammering

March 29, Aman Park, Ottawa Co.
  • Phoebe
  • Also, the black squirrels here are a color variant of Fox Squirrels (same size)
M-45 between 14th and 8th
  • 3 Sandhill Cranes
  • Red-tailed Hawk
March 27, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co.
Song sparrows, Red-bellied woodpeckers, Downy woodpecker, Robins, Blue jays, Cardinals, Nuthatch, Titmouse, Junco, Crow, Brown creeper.

Also: Northern Spring Peepers in addition to the Wood Frogs (see https://youtu.be/jWQZXnOZuJY)

March 23, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co.
  • Song Sparrow singing
  • Wood Frogs chortling
March 18, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co.
  • Field Sparrows singing
March 15: Home
  • House Finch
  • Hairy Woodpeckers
March 14: Aman Park, Ottawa Co.
  • Chickadees
  • White-breasted Nuthatches
  • Titmice
  • Juncos
  • Blue Jays
  • Crows
  • Robins
  • Downy Woodpeckers
  • Red-bellied Woodpeckers
  • Pileated Woodpecker
  • Turkey Vultures  *1st time this year
  • Brown Creeper  *1st time this year
March 7: home
  • Robins singing at dusk
March 4, 2020: Leonard St between 8th and 14th, Ottawa Co; M-45 between 8th and 14th, Ottawa Co
  • male Red-winged Blackbird - a sure sign of spring! 
  • small flock of Sandhill Cranes

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