Thursday, January 21, 2021

Birding 2021

November 27, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co., Grand Rapids, MI
Cedar Waxwing

November 6, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co., Grand Rapids, MI
Bluebirds (flock)
American Robins (juveniles and adults)
Blue jays
Cardinals
Chickadees
Titmice
Nuthatches
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Mallards

October 10, Kiwanis Youth Conservation Area, Calhoun Co., 22300 15 Mile Road, Bellevue, MI
*Trumpeter Swans - pair: new for life list
Bald Eagles - pair
Great Egret
Sandhill Cranes

October 9, Connor Bayou, Ottawa Co., Grand Haven, MI 
Edge of the Grand River, and along the bayou:
Sandhill Cranes 
Great Blue Heron
Mute Swans
Red-winged Blackbirds (I thought they had all migrated, but no!)
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Ruby-crowned Kinglets
Swamp Sparrows
White-throated Sparrow
Cardinals
Chickadees
Tufted Titmice
White-breasted Nuthatches
Crows

In the woods:
Pileated Woodpeckers
Northern Flickers
Downy Woodpeckers
Blue Jays

October 3, ponds at Versluis Orchards, Maynard Dr NW, Kent Co., Grand Rapids, MI
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Sandhill Crane
10 Turkey Vultures perched on posts, drying their wings

September 30, Blandford Nature Center, West Meadow, Kent Co., Walker, MI
Ovenbird
White-throated Sparrows
Cardinals, Blue Jays, Tufted Titmice, Robins, Crows, Chickadees

September 28, home
10 Sandhill Cranes flying over

September 18, Ball Perkins Park, Kent Co., Grand Rapids, MI
Met Barbara and Quinn Schultze, Dave (David) Jacobs, and James Markham (at the pond)
* = new for life list

American Redstart
Black-throated Green Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Northern Parula *
Philadelphia Vireo *
Red-eyed Vireo
Ovenbird

Black-capped Chickadees
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Tufted Titmice
Catbird
Robins
Red-bellied Woodpeckers (2)
House Finch
Blue jays

Great Blue Herons (2)
Great Egrets (2) 
Green Heron
Wood Ducks (~23)
Mallards
Solitary Sandpiper

Sharp-shinned Hawks (2) 
Red-shouldered Hawk *

September 11, pond on Leonard just west of Wilson, Kent Co., Walker, MI
5 Great Egrets
Home: Red-breasted Nuthatch

August 16, pond on Leonard just west of Wilson, Kent Co., Walker, MI
Great Egret
 
July 5, home
Marsh Wren singing at north window

June 22, Blandford Nature Center, West Meadow, Kent Co., Walker, MI
Cedar Waxwing

June 9, Millboro Springs, Bath County,VA
Wild turkeys (hens & chicks still fluffy but flying!)
Brown Thrashers (pair) 
Eastern Towhee (heard call) 
 
June 6, Millboro Springs, Bath County, VA
Eastern narrow mouth toad (Gastrophryne carolinensis)
 
June 2,  Millboro Springs, Bath County, VA
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (heard call)
Common Five-lined Skink juvenile
Woodland Box Turtle
 
May 31, Millboro Springs, Bath County, VA
Carolina Wrens
Catbird
Wood Thrushes (heard call)
Whippoorwills (heard calls in duet!)
Yellow-billed Cuckoos (heard call)
 
May 31, Gaudineer Knob, WV
Golden-crowned Kinglet juvenile
 
May 30, traveling in MI and OH
6 Sandhill Cranes
Great Blue Heron standing in a marsh
Several Red-tailed Hawks
2 deer galloping across a field
 
May 19, home
Yellow Warbler (heard calls)
 
Blandford Nature Center, West Meadow, Kent Co., Walker, MI
Blue-headed Vireo (heard calls)
Magnolia Warbler? (heard calls)
 
May 17, Blandford Nature Center, West Meadow, Kent Co., Walker, MI
Veery (heard calls)
Home: feeder: Indigo Bunting
 
May 14 & 16, Blandford Nature Center, West Meadow, Kent Co., Walker, MI
Wild turkey tom and hen

May 13, Blandford Nature Center, West Meadow, Kent Co., Walker, MI
Ovenbird
Catbird
Black-throated Green Warbler (heard calls)
 
May 11, Blandford Nature Center, West Meadow, Kent Co., Walker, MI
Wild Turkey
 
May 10, home
White-crowned Sparrow 
 
May 9, Aman Park, Ottawa Co., MI
Swainson's Thrush
Black-throated Green Warblers (heard calls)

May 9, Crockery Creek Park, Ottawa Co., MI
Blue-winged Warbler
Great Blue Herons
Baltimore Oriole (heard)

May 9, Lamont - Grand River, Ottawa Co., MI
Great Egret

May 8, Blandford Nature Center, Heron trail, Kent Co., Grand Rapids, MI
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Solitary Sandpipers
Green Heron
Muskrat

May 2, Aman Park, Ottawa Co., MI
Heard calls: Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
 
May 1, Blandford Nature Center, Heron trail, Kent Co., Grand Rapids, MI
Yellow-shafted Flicker making a nest hole
White-throated Sparrow male
pair of Blue-winged Teals

April 30, Blandford Nature Center, West Meadow, Kent Co., Walker, MI
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

April 29, Blandford Nature Center, West Meadow, Kent Co., Walker, MI
Catbird 
Brown Creeper

April 28, Leonard St at 14th, Ottawa Co., MI
Family of Sandhill Cranes in the cornfield

April 27, Blandford Nature Center, West Meadow, Kent Co., Walker, MI
Turkey juvenile tom ran ahead of me on the path
White-crowned sparrow singing

April 13, Blandford Nature Center, West Meadow, Kent Co., Walker, MI
Brown Creeper
Bluebirds

April 10, home
Red-breasted Nuthatch

April 9, Blandford Nature Center, Kent Co., Grand Rapids, MI
Tree swallows

April 4, Aman Park, Ottawa Co., MI
Phoebe (heard call)

March 25, Blandford Nature Center, West Meadow, Kent Co., Walker, MI
Golden-crowned Kinglets

March 19, Blandford Nature Center, West Meadow, Kent Co., Walker, MI
Birdsongs: Song Sparrows, Cardinals, Crows, Titmice, Blue Jay, Starlings, Chickadees.
Frogs.

February 1, Walker City Park, Kent Co., Walker, MI
Bald eagle soaring
 
January 21, Milo St. at Mullins Ave NW, Kent Co., Walker, MI
Cooper's Hawk, immature female

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