Next on Dearborn checklist

Which species will be next on the Dearborn Checklist??

Kim Hall, Julie Craves, and Darrin O'Brien found a Gyrfalcon in an office complex on
1 January 2005 -- a really unexpected addition to the list!
Read more details here.

Jim Fowler found a Varied Thrush on 16 April 2004 near Edsel Ford High School,
the third county record. It was guessed by Fred McDonald, Allen Chartier, and
Darrin O'Brien.

Greg Norwood found a Lesser Black-backed Gull at the Ford Rouge Plant on
7 Jan 2004; it was Dearborn's 255th species. Darrin O'Brien, Jim Fowler, Mary Wise, Mike
Harhold, Allen Chartier, and Curt Powell all anticipated this species well ahead of the increase in numbers
that began a few years ago (these lists were solicited in 1995-1996).

A Tricolored Heron found by Jerry Sadowski on campus 19 April 2000 was the previous new species,
which was not guessed by anybody. What's next?

Local birders make their guesses....

Julie Craves, Dearborn Painted Bunting LeConte's Sparrow Swainson's Warbler Eurasian Collared-Dove Western Tanager	Jerry Sadowski, Dearborn Swainson's Warbler Swainson's Hawk Painted Bunting Green-tailed Towhee Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	Jim Fowler, Dearborn ~~Lesser Black-backed Gull~~ Cattle Egret Scissor-tailed Flycatcher LeConte's Sparrow Whimbrel
Fred McDonald, Dearborn Boreal Owl Rufous Hummingbird Black Vulture Sedge Wren ~~Varied Thrush~~*	Andy Dettling, Canton Black Vulture Wilson's Phalarope Rufous Hummingbird Snowy Egret* Iceland Gull	Allen Chartier, Inkster Semipalmated Sandpiper* Short-billed Dowitcher ~~Lesser Black-backed Gull~~ ~~Varied Thrush~~* Western Tanager
Mike Mencotti, Farmington White-rumped Sandpiper* Ruddy Turnstone* Willet* Semipalmated Sandpiper* LeConte's Sparrow	Rick Simek, Dearborn Western Tanager Townsend's Solitaire Black-billed Magpie Swainson's Warbler Say's Phoebe	Gary Hutman, Dearborn Cattle Egret Black Vulture Western Kingbird Boreal Owl Yellow Rail
Curt Powell, Dearborn Chuck-will's-widow Painted Bunting ~~Lesser Black-backed Gull~~ Semipalmated Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher	Mary Wise, Milan Sedge Wren ~~Lesser Black-backed Gull~~ LeConte's Sparrow Swallow-tailed Kite Least Bittern	Mike Harhold, Westland ~~Lesser Black-backed Gull~~ Swainson's Warbler Short-billed Dowitcher LeConte's Sparrow Henslow's Sparrow
Bill Rapai, Grosse Pointe Golden-crowned Sparrow Western Tanager Pileated Woodpecker Black-billed Magpie Groove-billed Ani	Jeff Schultz, Milan Western Kingbird Townsend's Solitaire Lark Bunting Swainson's Warbler Black-throated Sparrow	John Lowry, Hamburg Twp. Bell's Vireo Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Black Vulture Bullock's Oriole Rufous Hummingbird
Mark Dettling, Ithaca, NY Snowy Egret* Black Vulture Eurasian Collared-Dove Rufous Hummingbird Western Kingbird	Darrin O'Brien, Dearborn Black-headed Grosbeak Townsend's Solitaire ~~Lesser Black-backed Gull~~ ~~Varied Thrush~~ Hoary Redpoll	Greg Norwood, Dearborn
Paul Cypher, Woodhaven Sedge Wren Spotted Tohwee Iceland Gull Swainson's Hawk Boreal Owl	Cathy Carroll, Dearborn Townsend's Solitaire Eurasian Collared-Dove Rufous Hummingbird Trumpeter Swan Ash-throated Flycatcher	Mike O'Leary, Dearborn Common Ground-Dove Franklin's Gull Painted Bunting Sage Thrasher Boreal Owl

* Species with historical (pre-1970), hypothetical, or just-outside-of-Dearborn records

View current checklist

Rouge River Bird Observatory,

Natural Areas Dept., University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI 48128