Birding Whitefish Point Michigan ❤️ PIPING PLOVER! Plus..Lighthouse & Shipwreck Museum
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
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@dnasbirdingadventures heads out for a big #birdingwatching #roadtrip with our #vanagon #vanlife , Annie Van. We’ll head through Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin & Michigan. We’re not sure which way we’ll head home yet. These are new roads and we’re finding some new birds for our 2024 bird list! What beautiful country! So far we’ve found excellent #birds #hiking trails, and campgrounds !
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We’re in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan highlighting birds of Lighthouse Point. We’ll also visit the museum and take in a beautiful walk along the beach. We found several new birds for out 2024 bird list so far. Next Stop: Tahquamenon Falls in the UP!
Creative commons photo credit: Oaktree B & Detroit District for the Edmund Fitzgerald & Mike’s Birds for the Nashville Warbler
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**Thanks to Sarah Doddridge (our daughter)who took the beginning & end pictures of Dave and me.
Great video. Most people who visit Whitefish Point are not aware of the birding. The flies in the UP this year are terrible . Some claim it was due to the mild winter. It is a beautiful area .
Such a beautiful place to go birding! New subscriber here ✨
@@wingsanddaydreams Thanks for subscribing! It WAS beautiful and new roads for us as well.
Thanks for the comment. I guess you have to be a birder to notice 😆. That's the main reason we went up there. I'm so glad they decided to return after that 2023 storm took out so much area. The museum made it worth the trip too. Amazing wreck remnants and history. We do love it up there in the UP. I think we missed a lot though. We'll have to return to the rest of the Seney WR and other areas we missed.You must frequent that area or live there. Those damn flies!!😮
I live in the lower peninsula but have been coming to the UP for 50 years. Two family members graduated from NMU in Marquette and one worked on a Great Lakes freighter . I used to fish a lot and am very interested in wildlife. I have yet to see or hear a wolf or a moose . Even a few cougars are around up there . I know Whitefish Point is popular for bird migrations. There are peregrines around Pictured Rocks. The UP is a great place if you like history , waterfalls , wildlife and all kinds of outdoor activities. The bugs are usually an issue late May until mid-August but as you noticed it seems to be a record year for them.
@@KurtG-nn2cz wow, working on a freighter would be interesting. We were hoping to see a bear at least since I read there are 12k in Michigan and about 10k in the UP. We did see a wolf when we were on our way home in Necedah, Wisconsin.
@@dnasbirdingadventures The closest I got to a bear was at Tahquamenon. I was standing a good 50 feet from it and a large group was about 30 feet away taking pictures.It was on the other side of a rail fence eating blueberries. It gave them a bluff charge and then came towards me and climbed the rail fence a few feet from me. It was never a threat . I got it all on video. The freighter Michipicoten developed a 13 foot long crack in the hull near Isle Royale a few weeks ago. It made it safely to harbor. I do not think there will be a disaster like the Fitz again due to modern electronics on the boats. If big waves come up they will anchor in a protected area , sometimes for a few days.
@KurtG-nn2cz interesting about the bear. We ran into tourists getting too close to Bison in Yellowstone last year. We have a lot of bears, Moose, and mountain lions where I live. I have a great respect for them and give them space.