Recreation
: Bird
Watching | Michigan American
Black Duck (Anas rubripes) - Dodge Park
American
Coot (Fulica americana) - Metro Beach Metropark
American Crow (Corvus
brachyrhynchos) - clip to come - St Joseph
American
Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) and film
clip - Sterling Heights
American
Robin (Turdus migratorius) - Sterling Heights
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus
leucephalus) - Detroit Zoo, Binder Park Zoo, and Toledo Zoo
Baltimore Oriole
(Icterus galbula) - Seven Ponds Nature Center
Barn
Swallow (Hirundo rustica) - St Joseph
Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle
alcyon) - Bald Mountain Recreation Area
Black-Capped
Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) - Kensington Metropark
Blue
Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) - Sterling Heights
Brown-Headed
Cowbird (Molothrus ater) - Sterling Heights
Brown
Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) - Sterling Heights
Canada
Goose (Branta Canadensis) and film
clip - Dodge Park
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) - Sterling
Heights
Common
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) - Metro Beach Metropark
Common
Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) - Sterling Heights
Common Tern
(Sterna hirundo) - Algonac
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperi)
- Sterling Heights
Dark-eyed
Junco (Junco hyemalis) - Sterling Heights
Downy
Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) - Sterling Heights
Eastern
Bluebird (Sialia sialis) - Hudson Mills Metro Park, Dahlem Environmental
Education Center
Eastern
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) - Seven Ponds Nature Center
European
Starling (Sturnis vulgaris) - Sterling Heights
Great
Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) - Kensington Metropark
Great
Egret (Ardea alba) - Lake Erie Metropark
Green
Heron (Butorides virescens) - Metro Beach Metropark
House
Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) - Sterling Heights
House
Sparrow (Passer domesticus) - Sterling Heights
Killdeer
(Charadrius vociferus) - Metro Beach Metropark
Lesser
Scaup (Aythya affinis) - Metro Beach Metropark
Mallard
Duck (Anas platyrhynchos) and film
clip - Dodge Park
Mourning Dove
(Zenaida macroura) and film
clip - Sterling Heights
Mute Swan
(Cygnus olor) and film
clip - Kensington Metropark
Northern
Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) and film
clip - Sterling Heights
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) - Metro
Beach Metropark
Northern
Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serrpennis) - Algonac
Pied-Billed
Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) - Metro Beach Metropark
Purple Finch
(Carpodacus purpureus) - clip to come - Sterling Heights
Red-Bellied
Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) - Dodge Park
Redhead
(Aythya americana) - Harsen's Island
Red-tailed
Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) and film
clip - Stony Creek Metropark
Red-Winged
Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) and film
clip - Point Pelee and Lake Erie
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
- clip to come - Metro Beach Metropark
Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
- Detroit
Rock Pigeon
/Dove (Columbia livia) - film clip - Sterling Heights
Rose-Breasted
Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) - Pigeon River State Forest
Ruby-Throated
Hummingbird (Archilochus colibrus) - Bloomfield Hills
Sandhill
Crane (Grus canadensis) - Baker Sanctuary
Shiny
Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) - Sterling Heights
Snowy Egret (Egretta
thula)
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) - Harsen's Island
Tree
Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) - Metro Beach Metropark
Trumpeter
Swan (Cygnus buccinator) - Detroit Zoo and Binder Park Zoo
Tufted Titmouse
(Baeolophus bicolor) - Kensington Metropark
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes
aura) - create fact sheet - Sterling Heights
White-breasted
Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) - Seven Ponds Nature Center
White-crowned
Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophyrs) - Sterling Heights
Wood Duck (Aix
sponsa) - Metro Beach Metropark Orlando,
Florida Little
Egret (Egretta garzetta) - Orlando, Florida Washington,
DC
Wood Duck
(Aix sponsa) - National Zoo - Washington, DC
Tanja's
Favorite Birding Spots: Baker
Sanctuary - see Sandhill Cranes in October.
Bloomfield
Hills Nature Preserve - you never know what you could encounter.
Dodge
Park - 40620 Utica Rd - plenty of woodpeckers and ducks.
Harsen's
Island - An excellent site viewing for ducks, geese, and swans.
Hudson
Mills Metropark - has Bluebird nesting boxes.
Kensington
Metropark - great for viewing swans and woodland birds. Deer and rodents as
well.
Lake
Erie Metropark - great for viewing gulls and herons, also redwings. Seasonal
hawks.
Lloyd
A. Stage Nature Center - butterflies in early spring, Eastern Cottontail Rabbits,
turtles, garden and wildbirds, as well as waterfowl and deer.
Metro
Beach Metropark - good sightings of shorebirds, gulls, and also ducks in the
woodland area. Seasonal swallows. Redwings and grackles in the marsh area. Turtles
as well. Groundhogs near the picnic site.
Pointe
Mouillee State Game Area - Swans and gulls, also wildbirds. Do not visit before
April due to hunting.
Seven
Ponds Nature Center - An excellent location for summer butterflies, squirrels,
and Nuthatches. Also good for turtles.
Stony
Creek Metropark - raptors can be viewed near the nature center. See the Osprey
trail as well. Also good for summer butterflies. More
bird watching and wildlife viewing ideas from DNR. Further
information : Macomb
Audubon Society |
