King Eider near Whitefish Point, Michigan - Chris Neri
Chippewa County
Kirk Zulfelt found a 1st year KING EIDER* at the mouth of the Tahquamenon River on November 6th along with 4 TUNDRA SWANS, as well as a TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE at Whitefish Point and a male SPRUCE GROUSE on Farm Truck Road. The KING EIDER* was seen again on the 7th. Kirk also reported a good selection of gulls from Dafter Dump on the 12th, including THAYER’S, ICELAND, GLAUCOUS and GREAT BLACK-BACKED. Hedi Doman and Craig Robson photographed an adult grey-morph GYRFALCON at the intersection of 9 Mile and Riverside Dr.south of Sault Ste. Marie on the 3rd. I recieved a second-hand report of an additional sighting of this bird along 5 Mile Road. Hedi and Craig also reported 48 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS along 8 Mile Road on the 3rd. Jason Bojczyk reported 100+ TUNDRA SWANS and 150+ BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS from Dunbar on the 7th, as well as a late BARN SWALLOW south of the Soo.
On Saturday evening, October 31, the owl-banding season at Whitefish Point will come to a close. Banding projects took place during the Spring, Summer, and Fall of 2009, yielding data that will be added to an ongoing effort to understand owl migration in the Great Lakes region. Whitefish Point remains the only site where large movements of juvenile Northern Saw-whet Owls have been recorded. Owls banded at the Point have turned up in New York, Ontario, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Massachusetts, and Virginia (Jack Pine Warbler 2009). 
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