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April 1999:29 April: A Whippooorwill is heard at dusk.
28 April: The first Black-and-white Warblers were here today. There was also a single Rusty Blackbird back in the swamp.
27 April: Things are picking up, with many more Ruby-crowned Kinglets, White-throated Sparrows, and Yellow-rumped Warblers around. An American Woodcock was still displaying this morning. We also netted our first Common Yellowthroat of the season, and Palm Warblers have arrived. A Black-throated Green Warbler was also a new arrival.
22 April: Two Caspian Terns over the concrete channel are right on schedule.
19 April: The season's first Eastern Towhee is in west Dearborn; 2 Common Terns fly over Greenfield Village.
17 April: At the Ford Rouge Plant there are over 250 Double-crested Cormorants (one of the largest gatherings we've recorded) and about 25 Bonaparte's Gulls.
16 April: A Green Heron on campus is a new early spring arrival date. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher shows up at the usual time.
13 April: Barn Swallows return to Greenfield Village.
12 April: Two Common Loons flew over Greenfield Village. A newly fledged Mourning Dove was in the Craves yard.
1 April: A Great Egret over campus was the spring's first.
10 April: Two Winter Wrens were found, as well as additional kinglets and Hermit Thrushes.
8 April: Five days early than our previous record was a House Wren today near the Ford estate. The Blue-winged Teal pair remained on the lake, and two Hermit Thrushes and a Fox Sparrow were also present. In the Craves yard today were Yellow-rumped Warblers, Golden-crowned Kinglets, two Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers and a Chipping Sparrow.
7 April: Two Blue-winged Teal were on Fairlane Lake this evening with a Pied-billed Grebe. A Ruby-crowned Kinglet was in with a flock of Golden-crowned Kinglets. Five Double-crested Cormorants kettling over campus was a new early spring date.
2 April: A Field Sparrow was singing on campus, and an Eastern Phoebe was found.
1 April: A Black-crowned Night-heron at Greenfield Village returned on its usual day.
March 1999:
28 Mar: Two Wood Ducks near Fordson Island.
24 Mar: As he was leaving for campus, my co-worker Rick Simek was amazed to see an immature Bald Eagle flying south over I-96 and Telegraph. Fifteen minutes later, my other co-worker Dorothy McLeer, also heading into work, saw what had to be the same bird flying over her house at Southfield and Warren! Our first Pied-billed Grebe of the season was at Greenfield Village, and so was an American Pipit, a pretty unusual bird for Dearborn.
20 Mar: A male Redhead was at the Ford Ponds today.
23 Mar: Last night and this evening the first American Woodcock performed on campus. Two Turkey Vultures were seen today, seemingly checking out the area near Evergreen and Michigan Avenue where we've suspected them nesting the last few years.
17 Mar: The first Killdeer finally arrived in town. Increasing numbers of blackbirds and robins are being seen. Everyone's tuning up...
4 Mar: Today, the first female Red-winged Blackbirds was at the Craves feeder, a much more reliable sign of spring than the males, some of which stick around all winter, and always arrive before females.
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