It has been a while. Nothing too exciting happening for me lately, in the bird world anyway. I've been working my way around the state of Michigan trying to clean up some year birds that I have regrettably missed while in Alaska. My first trip was to Whitefish Point where I picked up Least and Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, and enjoyed some shorebirds at the tip as well.
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| Buff-breasted Sandpiper was not hard to photograph |
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| American Golden Plovers were running by the shack. |
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| You had to be careful while waterbird watching. Sanderlings were running around everywhere, you could almost step on them. | |
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The rest of my time has been spent around the central part of the state, where Ingham was mighty nice to me, adding 2 more year birds- Scarlet Tanager and Northern Parula. This sets me at #399 for the year.
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| This is only part of a massive Tree Swallow flock in Ionia County. It was quite fun to enjoy. |
So, whats next? I'll be going to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas from October 23-30th for a bird/butterfly ragefest. Unfortunately, none of my friends can go during this time, so I'll be raging alone. Then I go back to Alaska for the 3rd time this year to do a winter seabird observing job on a 400ft+ icebreaker. The route takes me from Seward through Unimak Pass into the Bearing Sea, and up through the Chukchi Sea, then back down to Dutch Harbor. It is a 6 week cruise. I can almost smell the Whiskered Auklets! With only a few hours of daylight each day, it will be interesting to see how surveys go.
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