Eight of us birded three areas in Allegan County yesterday and lunched at the Crane's Orchard Pie Pantry Restaurant. Photos taken by Beth Miller.
At the Allegan State Game Area farm unit we found 46 species including a very cooperative Henslow's Sparrow that sang repeatedly and perched on a grass stalk for us. Other species there included Dickcissel ...
... Sandhill Crane, Red-tailed Hawk, Cedar Waxwing, Grasshopper Sparrow, Eastern Towhee and Indigo Bunting.
Chip led us to a beautiful woods east of Fennville where we heard a few Cerulean Warblers and watched this particularly cooperative one:
Other birds at that location included Acadian, Least and Great Crested Flycatcher; Yellow-throated, Warbling and Red-eyed Vireo; Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; Wood Thrush; Ovenbird and American Redstart; Scarlet Tanager; and Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
At New Richmond we watched and listened to a Carolina Wren! Also present was a Prothonotary Warbler ...
... and Cliff Swallow, another Cerulean Warbler, Osprey, and more.
Well over 60 species on this beautiful almost-summer day!
