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April 1997:
30 April: Hooded Merganser (new late date for us)
21 April: Solitary Vireo
28 April: N. Rough-winged Swallow, Palm Warbler
27 April: Spotted Sandpiper
24 April: Common Tern
22 April: Northern Goshawk (possibly same individual that had been tentatively identified in late March), Osprey
21 April: Pine Warbler, House Wren
20 April: Right on time several years running, White-crowned Sparrow
19 April: Swamp Sparrow. And a tantalizing report of a probable female BlueGrosbeak seen along the Rouge south of Rotunda by Gary Hutman. Gary is a very experienced, reliable observer. He saw the bird in good light, noted the large beak and wingbar, but the bird was perched in a chain-link fence facing him, then flew away. If we manage to relocate the bird, it will mean Jim Fowler, Julie Craves, and Mike Mencotti share in the "Next species on the Dearborn checklist" betting pool!
15 April: Caspian Tern
11-15 April: One and two Common Loons
10 April: Eleven Double-crested Cormorants
8 April: Chipping Sparrow, three Sandhill Cranes, Red-breasted Nuthatch
6 April: Ruby-crowned Kinglets
5 April: Bonaparte's Gulll, Tree Swallows, Eastern Towhee
4 April: Eastern Bluebirds, Savannah Sparrows, Pied-billed Grebe, Hermit Thrush, two Hooded Mergansers
3 April: Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 April: A Vesper Sparrow at UM-D and another at Greenfield Village, a Brown Thrasher, Fox Sparrow, Winter Wren, and Eastern Meadowlark at UM-D.
1 April: A Field
Sparrow, two Buffleheads, Eastern Phoebe