On Sunday May 16 Dave Dister called to say that Suzie Knoll found 4 Common Gallinules at the marsh on Pere Marquette Highway. Having recently discovered that I was near the top of the list of ebirders for Mason County and that I was lacking the Gallinules I headed out there and got some distant photos. Also while I was out there I heard several Sedge Wrens and was able to get a decent photo of the mostly heard but not always seen bird.
I had been firmly planted in fifth place on the county ebird list until I found the "Target Species" link on ebird's Mason County page. When I went over the list I found that I had not only seen about 20 of the birds that I was lacking, I had photographed and blogged about them. So I went back and submitted the sightings and found myself tied for first with Matt McConnell. The Gallinules and Sedge Wren put me on top of the list temporarily.
Update : It didn't take long(one week) before Matt McConnell deservedly reclaimed the top spot on the Ebird Mason County Leaderboard.
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