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Dearborn birds - Cerulean Warbler

Julie Craves — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:44:53 GMT

Despite good conditions overnight for migration, today was quite slow (and radar loops indicated birds pushed mostly west of this side of the state last

Dearborn birds

Julie Craves — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:12:10 GMT

It was a cold and drizzly morning, but I had 18 species of warblers on the survey today, including the first Bay-breasted Warbler of the season. Except for

Dearborn Prothonotary Warbler, White-eyed Vireo

Julie Craves — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:21:56 GMT

I found a Prothonotary Warbler and a White-eyed Vireo in a small flock of warblers at the south end of the lake this morning. Neither were vocalizing. In fact,

Dearborn birds; another Summer Tanager

Julie Craves — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:13:17 GMT

A nice day today, not huge numbers, but new arrivals and nice variety. I had 62 species. A beautiful (but silent) male Summer Tanager was in the first garden

Dearborn birds

Julie Craves — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:31:44 GMT

Late additions to the spring arrival list from Saturday, April 26 were Scarlet Tanager (a new early date), a Common Yellowthroat in west Dearborn, and a Wood

Dearborn: Summer Tanager - yes; Whippoorwill

Julie Craves — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:52:51 GMT

A number of new migrant species arrived today, although not in any big numbers. The day began at 3:30 AM with a Whippoorwill in east Dearborn. The female

Dearborn birds (Summer Tanager)

Julie Craves — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:26:02 GMT

As Dave Sing noted, there was a large influx of White-throated Sparrows overnight, with many in the area today. A female-plumaged tanager was seen by several

Dearborn birds

Julie Craves — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:36:42 GMT

An interesting mix of winter and spring the last few days. On Thursday, a singing Pine Siskin was in east Dearborn. Yesterday, four Purple Finches visited my

Dearborn gnatcatcher

Julie Craves — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:35:09 GMT

Mike O'Leary found a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher on campus on 12 April, which is a new early spring arrival date for Dearborn; I saw one on my survey this morning as

Dearborn birds

Julie Craves — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:10:14 GMT

There have been a few new arrivals the last few days, including Eastern Towhee, Tree Swallow, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, and Winter Wren. -- Julie A. Craves

Recent Dearborn birds

Julie Craves — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:52:19 GMT

Over the last few days, we've had some new arrivals, including Eastern Phoebe, Fox Sparrow, and Golden-crowned Kinglet. Rusty Blackbirds have been seen both

Northern Shrike - Dearborn

Julie Craves — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:40:28 GMT

Late yesterday afternoon, I saw a Northern Shrike at the east end of the sunflower/sorghum field on the south side of Hubbard at Southfield. It was

Dearborn Christmas Bird results

Julie Craves — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:14:45 GMT

The Detroit River Christmas Bird count was conducted yesterday. In the Dearborn portion of the count 49 species were recorded. Unusual species included: --

Dearborn Hoary Redpoll

Julie A. Craves — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:07:37 GMT

Today on a bird survey, Darrin O'Brien and I came upon a small flock (<20 birds) of Common Redpolls on the UM-Dearborn campus at the north end of Fairlane

Dearborn falcons

Julie Craves — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:40:07 GMT

My husband Darrin and I birded in Dearborn today. The fields at Hubbard Drive and the Southfield Fwy. service drive have a lot of raptor drama going on.