Date: 7/14/25 8:04 am From: '<plynkny...>' via Birders <birders...> Subject: [birders] hawk fledglings
Yesterday I watched a Cooper Hawk fledgling walk along the peak of a garage roof and attempt to perch on a telephone wire. He was quite good at walking, but his feet are too big to get a good grip on a thin wire, especially one that's swinging under his weight. Eventually he went back to the tree where it sounded like there was a second baby. I'm pretty sure he fledged yesterday; he still has quite a bit of fluffy white feathers around his face and forehead and very short tail feathers.
LynnDearborn
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Date: 7/8/25 7:12 pm From: Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> Subject: [birders] Spring Bird Banding Report - Belle Isle
Everyone,
I have finished a detailed bird banding report from this spring at Belle Isle Bird Observatory, Wayne County, Michigan, and it is posted on my website here:
Date: 7/5/25 4:18 am From: Mag Tait <magtait1...> Subject: [birders] NYTimes Gift Article: How a Parasitic Bird With No Parents Learns What Species It Is
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Date: 6/20/25 12:37 pm From: Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> Subject: Re: [birders] Spring 2025 Bird Banding Results
Fred,
I have been birding both locations for decades. Data from eBird hotspots
shows that Lake St. Clair Metropark has an accumulated list of 293 species (
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L388494), while Belle Isle has an accumulated
list of 261 species (https://ebird.org/hotspot/L275577). If you're asking
specifically about banding, there are significant habitat differences
between the two sites, so comparing them is probably not appropriate. And
I've only just started banding as of last October on Belle Isle, where
there is 27 years of data from Lake St. Clair Metropark.
Date: 6/20/25 6:21 am From: Fred Kaluza <fkaluza...> Subject: Re: [birders] Spring 2025 Bird Banding Results
Allen, have you been at the Belle Isle location long-enough to make any general statement as to which location (Metro Beach vs Belle Isle) is “birdier” or whether there are significant differences between the overall number of birds or the number of species at the two locations?
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Subject: [birders] Spring 2025 Bird Banding Results
Everyone,
I have just updated my blog with results from the spring 2025 bird banding season at the Belle Isle Bird Observatory, Wayne County, Michigan. Visit my blog here: https://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com/
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I just drove through the Parker/Scio Church corner and there were two adult trumpeters seemingly quite cozy with each other. Not sure if the missing one returned or a new one appeared or what, but it was nice to see them grazing the water plants together.
Dody
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Date: 6/19/25 7:38 am From: Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> Subject: [birders] Spring 2025 Bird Banding Results
Everyone,
I have just updated my blog with results from the spring 2025 bird banding season at the Belle Isle Bird Observatory, Wayne County, Michigan. Visit my blog here: https://mihummingbirdguy.blogspot.com/
