Westerly winds have already brought Ancient Murrelets to Southwest lower
Michigan this November-specifically this past weekend. It was seen in the St.
Joseph area of Lake Michigan and about 15-20' off shore. Really close for pics.
Hopefully, one shows up here. Enjoy and good birding- Tom Lechlei
For those who would like to see a killer photo of the Ancient Murrelet from the
Michigan sighting, go to surfbirds.com. Hopefully, colorado can get one here
soon and that close for a pic. Enjoy and good birding.
Tom Lechleitner
Fort Lupton, CO
Weld County
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Colorado Field Ornithologists: http
I would like to make a comment on the Mandarin duck and counting exotic
birds/waterfoul on CBC's. I firmly believe that all bird species counted should
be listed on the states bird list or the ABA checklist. Why is this duck posted
on the rare bird alert? I know that Ted Floyd made a comment on
Sorry for the late post, had some email issues to work out. This past sunday
1/10/10, I walked the Platte river at 88th and Colorado. The Long-tailed duck
was still at the pond immediately to the west. That species was downgraded to 1
duck from 2 that was previously reported. Also, there was a m
