Showing posts with label Birds and bird surveys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birds and bird surveys. Show all posts
Friday, September 1, 2023

Michigan's Threatened and Endangered bird species

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  There has been a revision of the threatened and endangered species list for the state of Michigan. Many of the changes in the lists below ...
Thursday, June 1, 2023

Ferruginous Hawk: A new Dearborn bird?

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The  Ferruginous Hawk  ( Buteo regalis ) is large hawk of the western prairies and grasslands. There are a number of records for Michigan in...
Wednesday, February 8, 2023

20 years of European Goldfinches = 1 big paper

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  Craves, J.A., and N.M. Anich. 2023. ­­­Status and distribution of an introduced population of European Goldfinches ( Carduelis carduelis ...
Thursday, July 1, 2021

Neotropic Cormorant: A new Wayne County species

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Birder Robert (Bobby) Irwin found a Neotropic Cormorant (just assigned to a new genus, and now Nannopterum brasilianum ) off Humbug Island...
Friday, March 15, 2019

Updated annotated Dearborn bird checklist available now

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The metro Detroit area has a long and rich history of documented bird sightings. A number of early ornithologists documented birds early in ...
Friday, March 8, 2019

Yellow-crowned Night-herons: Setting the records straight

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The Yellow-crowned Night-Heron ( Nyctanassa violacea ) is generally thought of as a southern species that sometimes wanders north -- particu...
Thursday, March 7, 2019

The last Dearborn Barn Owl

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Barn Owls ( Tyto alba ) are considered extirpated as breeding birds in Michigan. Although I suspect that occasionally a few persist, for the...
Wednesday, February 13, 2019

The updated Dearborn bird checklist

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I've now put up a revised version of the Dearborn bird checklist incorporating changes through 2018. A link is also in the sidebar. T...
Monday, February 11, 2019

White-tailed Kite and King Rail in Dearborn: Hypothetical

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NOTE: In anticipation of publishing a new Dearborn bird checklist, I am posting information on some of the city's more interesting sigh...
Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Eurasian Tree Sparrow: historical report

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NOTE: In anticipation of publishing a new Dearborn bird checklist, I am posting information on some of the city's more interesting sigh...
Sunday, February 3, 2019

Bewick's Wren in Dearborn: historical report

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NOTE: In anticipation of publishing a new Dearborn bird checklist, I am posting information on some of the city's more interesting sigh...
Thursday, January 31, 2019

Bachman's Sparrow in Dearborn, 1946

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NOTE: In anticipation of publishing a new Dearborn bird checklist, I am posting information on some of the city's more interesting sigh...
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Friday, January 25, 2019

European Goldfinches and other cage birds in the Western Great Lakes

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European Goldfinches in Kenosha, WI, April 2016 Photo by Darrin O'Brien     I have posted an updated page on European Goldfinches an...
Friday, April 21, 2017

Winter Bird Population Survey 2016-2017

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The 25th year of RRBO's Winter Bird Population Survey was completed in February. It was another mild winter. It began rather snowy wit...
Thursday, March 23, 2017

The forgotten Detroit River Ivory Gull

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Over the years, the University of Michigan-Dearborn has hosted its fair share of rare birds, including the first state record of Virginia...
Friday, January 6, 2017

Dearborn portion of the Detroit River Christmas Bird Count 2017

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The Detroit River Michigan-Ontario Christmas Bird Count was held, as it is each year, on January 1. This was the 40th year for the count, w...
Monday, February 29, 2016

Winter Bird Population Survey 2015-2016

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The 24th year of RRBO's Winter Bird Population Survey has been completed. After two brutally cold winters, this one was much milder,...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Dearborn portion of Detroit River CBC, 2016

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The Detroit River Michigan-Ontario Christmas Bird Count was held, as it is each year, on January 1. This was the 38th year for the count, w...
Monday, October 12, 2015

Yellow Rail - new Dearborn species

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Another new species has been added to the Dearborn checklist. I received, through a chain of 6 people, a clear photo of a Yellow Rail at t...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Peregrine Falcons nesting in Dearborn

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[Update: The jury is still out on the band number and identity. Barb Baldinger writes: " We clearly saw 6/M, but want a better look. I...