> Thank you Juliet!
>
> On Apr 24, 2025, at 2:17 PM, 'NAPBirds' via Birders <
> <birders...> wrote:
>
> Eastern Whip-poor-will is already on territory and singing at dusk at the
> Green Lake Campground Access Rd. in Washtenaw County. No need to travel too
> far if you live nearby. For Dody, I’m aware of them singing on Noggles Rd.
> at dusk in Manchester area.
> 😊
> Juliet Berger
>
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> *From:* Dody Wyman <dody...>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 23, 2025 6:49 PM
> *To:* Allen Chartier <amazilia3...>
> *Cc:* Mag Tait <magtait1...>; Birders UM <birders...>;
> Fred Kaluza <fkaluza...>
> *Subject:* Re: [birders] Is Spring springing or what?
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> Thank you again, Allen. This makes great sense and explains why we don’t
> hear them. I’ll cherish the feathers!
>
> Dody
>
> On Apr 23, 2025, at 6:09 PM, Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> wrote:
>
> I've been looking for a Whip in Wayne County for decades. No luck yet.
> Spring migration for all species is faster than fall. My best guess is that
> Whips move through from late April to mid-May. They are probably less vocal
> in migration.
>
> Allen T. Chartier
> Inkster, Michigan
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> On Wed, Apr 23, 2025, 5:49 PM Dody Wyman <dody...> wrote:
>
> Thank you Allen! Yes - I was thinking it was grabbed by something. No
> other feathers or carcasses or anything, so (hopefully) it only lost these
> feathers.
>
> How long is their migration through SE Michigan? I want to hear one! :)
>
>
>
> On Apr 23, 2025, at 4:46 PM, Allen Chartier <amazilia3...> wrote:
>
> Yes, Whip-poor-will. They are migrating through southern Michigan right
> now, but not at all common. Looks like yours became prey for something else.
>
> Allen T. Chartier
> Inkster, Michigan
> Email: <amazilia3...>
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> On Wed, Apr 23, 2025, 3:02 PM Dody Wyman <dody...> wrote:
>
> We live south of Manchester on 30 mostly wooded acres. These three molted
> feathers were found in our one opening close to each other. Two birding
> friends have said whip-or-will tail feathers. We haven’t heard these birds
> for a few decades around here.
>
> Are they at all “common” in SE Michigan now? Not sure what to make of
> this!
>
> Dody
>
>
>
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> On Apr 23, 2025, at 2:36 PM, Mag Tait <magtait1...> wrote:
>
> I am in Washington state until mid June. I made my first rhubarb crisp for
> my daughter‘s family so we are definitely ahead of Michigan but I don’t
> think peak migration is here for a couple of weeks. Since I’m here to take
> care of my infant granddaughter, I won’t have much time to be looking at
> birds but I am enjoying the golden crown sparrows that visit her feeder the
> stellar Jays, the peacocks, both feral and domesticated, etc.. I am hearing
> the Pacific wren and red breasted nut hatches that are in abundance
>
> From home, my cat sitter has noted a golden crown Kinglet in my yard.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Apr 23, 2025, at 5:17 AM, Fred Kaluza <fkaluza...> wrote:
>
>
> I took a road-trip to the Everglades in January and it really wrecked my
> sense of timing. Until this January, I’d overwintered someplace cold for
> 65 years with the exception of 1981 when they sent me to the Middle East.
> I’m wondering about migration and nesting. There was a wave of migrators
> in March and then nothing here. The Bluebirds I heard then have been gone
> until just yesterday. Am I too late to get nesting Wood Ducks and
> Chickadees? Everything feels like they should be in full swing but,
> Trillium are just emerging, Trout Lillys just just starting to bloom etc.
> I’ve seen Morning Cloaks over the last couple weeks, heard Chorus Frogs and
> Spring Peepers and we have our first Wood Frog tadpoles in the vernal
> ponds. Yesterday a Wooly Bear caterpillar was sunning itself on the
> walkway. For this late in April, things seem slow. I think I get this way
> every year. It’s like that commercial about the ketchup in the bottle.
>
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