Nothing of note as I've not birded beyond the confines of the yard the past 2 weeks.  Weather has been less than spring-like.  The only thing of note is I received an e-mail that the Buff-breasted Sandpiper from 4/16/2017 was flagged as potential Ruff.  A huge bird for this area.  First in the 8 counties around here, according to eBird.  I don't have high hopes that it gets approved by the MBRC.  I posted to Whatbird.com and to Birdforum.net and got a couple positives, as well as an e-mail, one saying looked okay for BBSA and another saying maybe Ruff but they wouldn't vote positive on it.  Bird would be in the upper left.  Definitely isn't a Pectoral Sandpiper as the shape in flight is way off.  

April 7th the 4 American Robin hatchlings were present in the morning, but gone later in the afternoon.  Didn't see any sign of an attack, and have only seen a couple of juvenile Robins since then.  Plenty of hiding places in the woods, so they may have just skipped town.  April 15th a Red-tailed Hawk successfully caught something at the woodpile.  I couldn't tell what it was though.  Looked small and black, so it could have been a bird.  Not sure why it would have been near the woodpile though as no place for it to hide there.  

Only other "exciting" things of note were a Scarlet Tanager and Yellow-billed Cuckoo added to the year list for the yard.  With some Chaos continuing going to be rough to find a Dickcissel or Alder Flycatcher to add to the list this month.  

The week was relatively quiet, as I stayed home for all but today.  Still getting plenty of Turkeys around the yard, with two large Toms and at least one of them continuing to try to show off.  The Robin that had a nest 10 feet from my door continue to grow rapidly.  The Chunky Monkees have grown so much the nail was starting to pull out the wreath was on, as well as it was down to one strand hanging on there.  I grabbed a large screw and some paracord and stabilized it so there should be no risk of it falling.  Also placed puppy kennel around there so dogs will stay away.  

Some synchronicity happened this week as a Michigan list serve had a posting responding that "BirdNet" called the bird on a call, then on Whatbird I saw someone post a link to a BirdNet recording.  I looked it up and never realized that Cornell has an online song identification program, as well as an app.  I've found just under 1000 recordings that I'm sure I've not gotten through 5% of them to decide to pitch or post.  So I have been trying to go through some of those, staring with the latest.  I uploaded a song I recorded that I thought was a Savannah Sparrow on the same day I fought the ticks at Baker to see the Yellow-breasted Chat.  BirdNet called it a Golden-winged Warbler, and I got confirmation on Whatbird.  One more added to the year of a bird I had no chance of in the fall.  So despite the crappy 2 weeks during migration I managed to best my pace through May.  I don't expect to do the same through June.  I am having a tough time finding the Alder, despite driving around most of the morning.  Lots of Acadian Flycatchers though.  
Even rarer than the Golden-winged Warbler was this completely white European Starling I found near D DR N and 10.5 Mile.  I'm pretty sure it is a full albino bird, but the eye color is hard to tell.  Thing is going to have it rough since it sticks out in the flock of black and grey Starling.  In fact an American Kestrel took a run at the flock.  I may have to check that spot now and then to see if I can get some better pics.