IKLland Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 16 hours ago, Aidan B said: Finally managed to get photos of a Calliope Hummingbird from my patch. They're quite rare in the county, and my patch is definitely the best place to look for them. They're very hard to photograph though. I only saw 24 there before I managed to get a photo of one! Ahhh how I need one. Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark5 Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 Not sure how rare these are including their Caribbean range, but their range in the US is a tiny sliver of south Florida. I did know what they were when I spotted them. My best bird by far from spring break on Marco Island. White-crowned Pigeon. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Got a very very rare for county Black-throated Sparrow yesterday! I than found myself a Hammond's Flycatcher this morning. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigOly Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Gray-crowned Yellowthroat 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 Murphy's Petrel from yesterday 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted May 10, 2022 Share Posted May 10, 2022 First county record: Rare: 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gry Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 I found a rare one in my own backyard tonight in Green Bay, WI... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 8 minutes ago, Gry said: I found a rare one in my own backyard tonight in Green Bay, WI... That's an awesome yardbird! I'm jealous 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 2nd County record, and still a review species in Michigan through this year. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 (edited) My "Rarities" from yesterday at Tawas Pt. State Park in east-central Michigan. So hyped about this one. Adult Little Gull!! A very uncommon migrant through the great lakes and one I've wanted to see in adult plumage (And closer than a 250 feet away) for a while. Rare this far east and north, a migrant Yellow-headed Blackbird VERY rare past southern Michigan, had some pretty good views of a continuing Cerulean Warbler! 3rd report for the state so far this year, and another very rare bird so far north, a migrant Dickcissel And whatever this bunting thing is... Edited May 14, 2022 by Birding Boy 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Birding Boy said: My "Rarities" from yesterday at Tawas Pt. State Park in east-central Michigan. So hyped about this one. Adult Little Gull!! A very uncommon migrant through the great lakes and one I've wanted to see in adult plumage (And closer than a 250 feet away) for a while. VERY rare past southern Michigan, had some pretty good views of a continuing Cerulean Warbler! Rad. Congrats! These two in particular!!! That underwing might be one of the most beautiful things in the entire avian kingdom! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 8 hours ago, Birding Boy said: My "Rarities" from yesterday at Tawas Pt. State Park in east-central Michigan. So hyped about this one. Adult Little Gull!! A very uncommon migrant through the great lakes and one I've wanted to see in adult plumage (And closer than a 250 feet away) for a while. And whatever this bunting thing is... Is that the bird that was thought initially to be a Lazuli? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 13 hours ago, Birding Boy said: My "Rarities" from yesterday at Tawas Pt. State Park in east-central Michigan. So hyped about this one. Adult Little Gull!! A very uncommon migrant through the great lakes and one I've wanted to see in adult plumage (And closer than a 250 feet away) for a while. Rare this far east and north, a migrant Yellow-headed Blackbird VERY rare past southern Michigan, had some pretty good views of a continuing Cerulean Warbler! 3rd report for the state so far this year, and another very rare bird so far north, a migrant Dickcissel And whatever this bunting thing is... Wow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 5 hours ago, chipperatl said: Is that the bird that was thought initially to be a Lazuli? Yes, they think it could be a hybrid now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 10 hours ago, chipperatl said: Is that the bird that was thought initially to be a Lazuli? Yes. Someone had told me originally that they thought it looked fine for a Lazuli, but thankfully some people here and someone from the MRBRC chimed in with other options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 16 hours ago, DLecy said: Rad. Congrats! These two in particular!!! That underwing might be one of the most beautiful things in the entire avian kingdom! Thanks! And yeah, so true, glad I'm not the only one who thinks that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Rare for county Hairy Woodpecker. Probably only about ten records or so. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 This was the third record for this county, also not exactly a typical gas-station bird. https://ebird.org/checklist/S110867797 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 Managed to get over to the Little Gull late yesterday afternoon! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipperatl Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 At some point I will check, but I'm not sure I've had this many super-rare birds in one day in the county. These are the first Spring records in the county for White-rumped Sandpiper, Franklin's Gull and Black-bellied Plover. All the best looks I've had at each of these species. Also a late tagged Horned Grebe. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gry Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 An olive-sided flycatcher sure isn't a typical backyard bird in Green Bay, WI. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Not super rare, but in my county, Chestnut-sided Warblers are uncommon but annual in the fall in relatively small numbers. They are much less common in the spring, and this is the first breeding plumage individual I have ever seen in my county. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/454295911 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/454295651 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colton V Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher showed up at the Portland International Airport last week. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 5 hours ago, Colton V said: A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher showed up at the Portland International Airport last week. Awesome!! I'd forgotten just how exciting these fellas are to the birders that don't live in the southern Great Plains. I was birding in Oklahoma with a friend from Tennessee a few days ago and he was super excited at getting his lifer Scissor-tailed Flycatcher! He and his dad were bonkers for those things. We should never take our birds for granted, even if all we think we have is Starlings and House Sparrows. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 7 hours ago, Colton V said: A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher showed up at the Portland International Airport last week. Wow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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