Lake Michigan Lakefront
September 9, 2017
Stockbridge Audubon gathered five birders in Fort Wayne for a field trip to the lakefront on a beautiful day, cool early but warming into the 70s later.
We started at Michigan City Harbor, hoping in vain for a Little Gull, but setting for a big one -- a Great Black-backed Gull. Four Sanderlings were a treat, and we were surprised by a small flock of early Snow Geese.
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Update:
I am told that the Great Black-backed Gull I reported at Michigan City harbor was almost certainly a Kelp x Herring hybrid.
Ed Powers, Allen County
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Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte, Indiana, US
Sep 9, 2017 9:15 AM - 10:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.3 mile(s)
10 species (+1 other taxa)
Snow Goose 7 Seven geese in a tight group, flying overhead; 5 "Blue", 2 white
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Sanderling 4
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Ring-billed Gull 300
Herring Gull 50
Great Black-backed Gull 1 Very large gull, black back, white head and underparts. Standing on beach with Ring-billed and Herring Gulls
tern sp. 25 Sterna
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
American Crow 1
Barn Swallow 8
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39098639
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Driving along Beverly Drive, we were astounded by a huge flock of Palm Warblers, more of any warbler species in one place than any of us could remember.
Beverly Shores--Beverly Drive Central, Broadway to Lake Shore County Road, Porter, Indiana, US
Sep 9, 2017 10:25 AM - 11:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
17 species
Canada Goose 15
Wood Duck 5
Mallard 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 1
European Starling X
Palm Warbler 60 best guess -- they really were uncountable
Red-winged Blackbird 2
American Goldfinch 1
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39098780
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
A visit to Miller Beach, Lake Street, was prolonged by my getting my car grounded on a curb, requiring a tow truck to wince it off. The others walked a trail while waiting.
Miller Beach, Lake Street, Lake, Indiana, US
Sep 9, 2017 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
4 species
Ring-billed Gull 30
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
Bay-breasted Warbler 2
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39098869
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
In spite of the delay, we agreed to head for Lakefront Park in Hammond. We were rewarded for our decision by Red-breasted Nuthatch and five warblers, including Connecticut.
Lakefront Park and Sanctuary, Hammond, Lake, Indiana, US
Sep 9, 2017 3:30 PM - 5:05 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
20 species
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 7
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
Swainson's Thrush 2
American Robin 15
Gray Catbird 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Connecticut Warbler 1
American Redstart 2
Magnolia Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Common Grackle 1
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 6
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39098985
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Ed Powers, Allen County
September 9, 2017
Stockbridge Audubon gathered five birders in Fort Wayne for a field trip to the lakefront on a beautiful day, cool early but warming into the 70s later.
We started at Michigan City Harbor, hoping in vain for a Little Gull, but setting for a big one -- a Great Black-backed Gull. Four Sanderlings were a treat, and we were surprised by a small flock of early Snow Geese.
**************************************
Update:
I am told that the Great Black-backed Gull I reported at Michigan City harbor was almost certainly a Kelp x Herring hybrid.
Ed Powers, Allen County
******************************************
Michigan City Harbor, LaPorte, Indiana, US
Sep 9, 2017 9:15 AM - 10:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.3 mile(s)
10 species (+1 other taxa)
Snow Goose 7 Seven geese in a tight group, flying overhead; 5 "Blue", 2 white
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Sanderling 4
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Ring-billed Gull 300
Herring Gull 50
Great Black-backed Gull 1 Very large gull, black back, white head and underparts. Standing on beach with Ring-billed and Herring Gulls
tern sp. 25 Sterna
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
American Crow 1
Barn Swallow 8
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39098639
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Driving along Beverly Drive, we were astounded by a huge flock of Palm Warblers, more of any warbler species in one place than any of us could remember.
Beverly Shores--Beverly Drive Central, Broadway to Lake Shore County Road, Porter, Indiana, US
Sep 9, 2017 10:25 AM - 11:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
17 species
Canada Goose 15
Wood Duck 5
Mallard 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 1
European Starling X
Palm Warbler 60 best guess -- they really were uncountable
Red-winged Blackbird 2
American Goldfinch 1
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39098780
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
A visit to Miller Beach, Lake Street, was prolonged by my getting my car grounded on a curb, requiring a tow truck to wince it off. The others walked a trail while waiting.
Miller Beach, Lake Street, Lake, Indiana, US
Sep 9, 2017 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
4 species
Ring-billed Gull 30
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
Bay-breasted Warbler 2
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39098869
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
In spite of the delay, we agreed to head for Lakefront Park in Hammond. We were rewarded for our decision by Red-breasted Nuthatch and five warblers, including Connecticut.
Lakefront Park and Sanctuary, Hammond, Lake, Indiana, US
Sep 9, 2017 3:30 PM - 5:05 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
20 species
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 7
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
Swainson's Thrush 2
American Robin 15
Gray Catbird 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Connecticut Warbler 1
American Redstart 2
Magnolia Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Common Grackle 1
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 6
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39098985
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Ed Powers, Allen County
