Entries for November 1, 2008

Yep, fall migration.

I participated in a lakeshore count today in southwestern Michigan as part of a coordinated effort from Leelanau down to New Buffalo.

My dad and I counted (actually, I should say my dad wrote down the birds as I yelled them out to him) for the specified two hours and ended up with 1,006 individual birds of 39 species. Pretty good! I'm looking forward to seeing what numbers/species the other birders had. One rarity - a Brant off of Grand Haven -...

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