June 21, 1969, Fletcher Sharp-tail Grouse area, W of Higgins L., Kalkaska & Missaukee.Cos. (w/Lawrence A. Ryel) Mich. Clear, Cold w/ frost - 4:45-6 a.m. EST. Marsh Hawk Cedar Waxwings pr Chipping Sp common Mourning Dove Nashville Warbler Clay-color Sparrows common Black-billed Cuckoos common, calling Yellow-throat w/ buzzy calls Yellow-shafted Flicker Ovenbird Field Sps. common Eastern Kingbird Redwings Song Sps. Horned Lark C. Grackles Common Crows & young Indigo Bunting tell Chan Robbins map Black-capped Chickadee Rose-breasted Grosbeak Brown Thrasher Rufous-sided Towhee Robins Vesper Sps. common E. Bluebirds, nest hole, S side, black cherry dead stub at 8½' June 21, 1969, near Higgins Lake, Roscommon Co. Mich Mallards w/ ½-grown young. Robins Redstarts Black-billed Cuckoo Veery C. Grackle Hairy Woodpecker Warbling Vireo Chipping Sp. Least Flycatcher Yellow Warbler Blue Jays Parula Warbler White-breasted Nutatch Chestnut-sided Warbler June 21, 1969, E. of Grayling, along Au Sable R., Crawford Co. Mich. 7 a.m. Traill Flycatcher Blue Jays Nashville Warbler Tree Swallow Robin Redwings Barn Swallow Starlings B. Oriole Bank Swallow Cedar Waxwings C. Grackles Purple Martins Golden-winged Warbler M C. Goldfinches June 21, 1969, Camp Grayling Nat. Gd. Artill Range, NE of Grayling 7 mi. 7:30-8:20 a.m. EST. Upland Plover w/ special calls Cowbirds Black-billed Cuckoo Clay-colored Sps. Yellow-shafted Flicker Chipping Sp. Blue Jay came to squeeks Indigo Bunting Brown Thrasher came to squeeks E. Bluebirds ***Kirtland Warbler - Dendroica kirtlandi*** 1 pr. plus 3 or 4 singing males. watched M "butterfly" to ground. M&F fed in jack pine in lower level branches. M also sang there, but most persistent and time and again from highest dead or living parches in area. Usually close to open, brushless area of ground. M came 100' to my squeeks and to chase another bird (F or other sp.-probably goldfinch/or chip. sp.) June 21, 1969, Mich Cons. Dept. Mgmt. area NE of Lovells, perhaps in SE Otsego Co(Crawford) 6-10 rows of trees w/ branches touching, open space of equal width. All about same height. Crooked and straight rows. Yellow-shafted Flicker Kirtland Warbler - although more uniform height pines here (5-8'), singing mainly came from few higher, dead or alive. No F seen for sure. Brewer Blackbird Cowbirds Chipping Sp. Clay-colored Sp. hi ovc. June 21, 1969, Hartwick Pines (old growth white pine) St. Pk, Crawford Co. Mich.10:45-11:30EST Crested Flycatcher Robins /CARDINALS/ Cowbirds Phoebe Red-eyed Vireo Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pewee Black-throated Green Warbler Chipping Sparrow Least Flycatcher Pine Warbler Song Sp. Blue Jay Ovenbird Red-breasted Nuthatch Yellow-throat