Date: 4/24/25 11:18 am From: 'NAPBirds' via Birders <birders...> Subject: RE: [birders] Is Spring springing or what?
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.
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Juliet Berger
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...><mailto:<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.
On Wed, Apr 23, 2025, 5:49 PM Dody Wyman <dody...><mailto:<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...><mailto:<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.
On Wed, Apr 23, 2025, 3:02 PM Dody Wyman <dody...><mailto:<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...><mailto:<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.
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On Apr 23, 2025, at 5:17 AM, Fred Kaluza <fkaluza...><mailto:<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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