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March 1997:
31 Mar: Two Ruddy Ducks and two Redheads at Greenfield Village on 18 March, an American Coot on 25 Mar, and a Great Egret on 29 Mar (new early date).
24 Mar: Belated news from Gary Hutman, who spotted an immature Bald Eagle over the concrete channel of the Rouge on 2 March, and re-found the Northern Shrike on 9 March downstream from Greenfield Village. Gary also had the season's first Golden-crowned Kinglets on 21 March, Pied-billed Grebe on 22 March, and the fourth Dearborn record for American Pipit on 23 March. Looks like he's ahead of the pack in the Dearborn birding contest for 1997.
Jerry Sadowski relocated our wintering Winter Wren on 23 March, and also had a Lesser Scaup on Fairlane Lake.
22 Mar: TheWhite-crowned Sparrow that first appeared 28 Feb at the Craves feeder is still visiting.
15 Mar: A singing Brown Creeper.
15 Mar: American Woodcock are back in the old field area on campus.
14 Mar: A Common Merganser was on Fairlane Lake, and the Wood Ducks have also returned. Jim Fowler found a Lesser Scaup today at Greenfield Village, as well as seven Rusty Blackbirds, a new early date for this species.
13 Mar: A Bufflehead was at the Ford Ponds at Oakwood and Village Road.
12 Mar: At least 6 Turkey Vultures migrated over UM-D -- beating our previous early spring date by a day.
11 Mar: Jim Fowler spotted 2 Sandhill Cranes flying over Greenfield Village towards UM-D.
1 Mar: Two Killdeer