December 1997- January 1998:
 

21 January:  Today's survey turned up 25 species including Common Redpoll (15), Brown Creeper (1), White-throated Sparrow (5), Song Sparrow (4), Carolina Wren (2), a Great Horned Owl being mobbed by crows, and six birds flying overhead that were probably White-winged Crossbills.

7 January:  A Fox Sparrow, with a band, made an appearance in the Craves yard yesterday.  Obviously it's been around, but had the audacity not to show up for the entire Christmas Count period.  The Red-breasted Nuthatches at the same location are apparently the only ones around in Dearborn.

3 January:  The Detroit River Christmas Bird Count was held on New Year's Day.  Highlights of the Dearborn portion include:

Also recorded were Brown Creeper, Hermit Thrush, a single Pine Siskin, and White-throated Sparrows.  You can check out a full summary of the Dearborn portion of the count.

29 December:  A single Common Redpoll has been found on two different occasions with a large flock of goldfinch feeding on the alders around Fairlane Lake.  Today's survey also turned up an American Black Duck,  Brown Creeper, and Northern Flicker.  A Hermit Thrush was seen yesterday.  A summary of the birds of Dearborn for 1997 totalled 186 species.

14 December:  Things have been quiet in Dearborn lately.  White-throated Sparrows are still around.  Mike O'Leary had one in his west Dearborn yard, and there are two or three in my  Springwells Park yard, along with two or three Red-breasted Nuthatches and at least one Fox Sparrow, seen today.

November ended on a nice note.   A pair of White-winged Crossbills were in my yard on 30 November...for about 30 seconds and haven't been seen since.  Gary Hutman had a Hermit Thrush on 27 November, and two Snow Buntings on 22 November near the concrete channel of the Rouge River.

Interested in receiving updates on the bird sightings at UM-Dearborn via e-mail? Contact Julie Craves . During migration, the e-mail list is posted more frequently than the Web page.