Twenty Species at the Ovals

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Charlie and Feller DeWitt, Kathy Neff and I tallied 20 Species 7:45-9:45 this morning from the end of the south breakwall at Pere Marquette Park for Chip Francke's Shoreline Survey. Highlights included four birds coming in off the Big Lake: Mourning Dove, Fox Sparrow, American Robin (exhausted) and American Woodcock.
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Pere Marquette Park, Muskegon, US-MI
Mar 24, 2012 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:    Shoreline Survey at the end of the South Breakwall with Charlie & Feller DeWitt and Kathy Neff
20 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  8
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  11
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)  2
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca)  1
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)  54
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)  6
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)  19
duck sp. (Anatinae sp.)  3
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)  6
Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)  1
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  5
American Coot (Fulica americana)  2
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)  1    Flew in from the Big Lake.
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  1
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)  3
gull sp. (Larinae sp.)  6
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  1    Flew in from the Big Lake.
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  1    Flew in from the Big Lake.
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)  1    Flew in from the Big Lake.
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  1
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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- Ric