Day 119 Monday July 31 2018, We start for Canada on August 1. Today Seney NWR again.

Seney National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1935 as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife. The wild land that today is the refuge has not always appeared so wild. This is a land that was once heavily logged, burned, ditched, drained and cultivated. Despite repeated attempts, the soils and harsh conditions of this country would not provide a hospitable environment for sustained settlement and agriculture. So, nature claimed it once again. What was viewed as a loss by early 20th century entrepreneurs became a huge gain for the wildlife, natural resources and the people of Michigan’s eastern Upper Peninsula.
Seney National Wildlife Refuge is located in the east-central portion of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, halfway between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. The 95,238 acre refuge encompasses the 25,150 acre Seney Wilderness Area, which contains the Strangmoor Bog National Natural Landmark.
The Whitefish Point Unit of the Seney National Wildlife Refuge is located nearly 80 miles away from the headquarters. This 53-acre tract is renowned for its concentrations of birds during migration. Each year thousands of raptors, passerines and waterbirds funnel through the point, stopping here to replenish energy reserves before or after venturing across Lake Superior. The area is recognized as a Globally Important Bird Area for birds migrating between the US and Canada.

We visited it again today and found  a few birds that we had not seen previously. We took the "Marshland Loop" again.

Among them were the: RED THROATED GREBE, EASTERN PHOEBE and the YELLOW BELLIED SAPSUCKER. On one pond there were 42 TRUMPETER SWAN, some with young cygnets. In all we identified 30 birds on that turn around the Loop.

Good view of one of the ponds at6Seney

African Clouded Butterfly

More views of Seney in the mornng on a calm day

A musk turtle on a log

Eagle's nest  with the Eagle nearby

Clouded Sulphur Butterfly

There were many muskrat. This one is gathering food.

Buckeye Sp. on Joe Pye Weed

They are still working on the new electric poles , with drilling, platforms, cassions and moving the timbers for the platform like "leap frog", from one platform to another set up.

Tomorrow we head for Canada and the Maritime Provinces especially Nova Scotia which we dearly love.

Thanks so much for following along and we will continue the blogs as we move through Canada.