| Rough-legged Hawk Bald Eagle Red-tailed Hawk Red-headed Woodpecker Trumpeter Swan Greater Scaup Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Trumpeter Swan Red-breasted Merganser Ruffed Grouse Wild Turkey Purple Finch White-winged Scoter American Robin Cedar Waxwing Red-headed Woodpecker Northern Shrike | 1 dk ph 1 ad 1 5 6 2 125 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 8 2 1 | M-65, AR " " " " " " Sand Lake Area, IO " " " " " " " " " " " " " Five Channels Dam, IO " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " Cooke Dam Area, IO " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " East Tawas, IO " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " Douglas Dr, IO Keystone Rd, IO |
It was a stunningly beautiful day along the AuSable River from Loud Dam to the AuSable River mouth with the bluest sky that you'll see in Michigan. See photo below of the Lumberman's Monument overlook....
The most surprising bird of the day? A male White-winged Scoter flyover in East Tawas as we were photographing waxwings and robins. I'm sure that it was desperately searching for open water on which to land.
The most unique observation? Watching a Northern Shrike on Keystone Rd dive down into the snow, not once but twice, to pluck out a mouse and fly to the top of a small pine tree for an instant as the mouse dangled from its mouth.
The most surprising bird of the day? A male White-winged Scoter flyover in East Tawas as we were photographing waxwings and robins. I'm sure that it was desperately searching for open water on which to land.
The most unique observation? Watching a Northern Shrike on Keystone Rd dive down into the snow, not once but twice, to pluck out a mouse and fly to the top of a small pine tree for an instant as the mouse dangled from its mouth.
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