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| Tennessee Warbler |
The first half of October had a mix of warblers and sparrows passing through the yard.
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| White-throated Sparrow |
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| White-crowned Sparrow |
The Eastern Towhee seen below was the 108th species to visit the yard this year.
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| Eastern Towhee |
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| Full cheeks give this chipmunk a bobble head look |
On October 7, a trip around the lower reservoir road at my work yielded an Eastern Phoebe...
… and a few bucks.
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| 10 points.....the hard way |
At the south pier of Ludington Harbor a Dunlin was seen on October 8.
On Saturday October 15th a pair of plovers were active on the pier.
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| American Golden Plover |
Also on Saturday, a single Snow Goose was hanging out with a large flock of Canada Geese in Pere Marquette Lake at Peter Copeyon Park.
The highlight on Sunday at Lake Erie Metropark was the first Golden Eagle of the year at the hawk count site.
Turkey Vulture migration is peaking this time of year at the count. Over 7000 were tallied on Sunday.
The Goodyear Blimp took off from Grosse Ile Airport where it spent the night, after hovering over the Michigan-Wisconsin game in Ann Arbor on Saturday.
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