The past few days have been pleasant temperature wise but, the local lakes are still pretty much iced over. Kind of tough to get water dependent species. Today was a really nice day to be out chasing species so we chased after a northern shrike down near Chelsea. Found the little devil too. We also added turkey vulture, American robin, tree sparrow, song sparrow, cedar waxwings, bluebird, flicker, red-bellied woodpecker, tree sparrow and song sparrow.
Molly and her sidekick Lindsay helped out by making a nice several course Japanese dinner.
One of the reasons we undertook this effort was to get out to more places in Michigan. We have been down to the Vreeland road area in Washtenaw County for a great short-eared owl display. We have also been around the Waterloo area of Jackson and Washtenaw Counties. Both areas will get repeat visits. Next weekend we may go over to Muskegon to visit the ever popular sewage treatment plant. Things should be productive where we have some nice warm open water.
Right now the list stands at 45 species which takes us up to about February 14 using the species a day metric.
Ed's and Lise's Biggish Years 