Today (Oct. 31, 2012) at about 10:45 a.m. Ken Sapkowski, Feller DeWitt and I found this Purple Sandpiper on the south side of the south pier at Muskegon about 150 feet from the elbow. Large numbers of Long-tailed ducks were seen. A few Buffleheads, Mallards and Red-breasted Mergansers were also seen. The gulls were Ring-billed, Herring and Bonaparte's.
Charlie DeWitt
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Nice find! Rick Brigham also had 1 Black-legged Kittiwake today at Douglas Beach in Sautatuck: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11909115
Awesome! Purples look so cool.
Another question for the pros, do you have a better chance of seeing migrating waterfowl in the morning? I've been to Holland SP plenty of times lately, only in the evening, and have seen nothing on the water but a single Redhead. I'd love to go with Rick some day...
Disregard that. Location, location, location, I guess. At Douglas there were plenty mergansers and scoters this evening :D
Chace's correction of his previous post gives me the opportunity to tell everyone that if you post something in error on this page and want it removed, just let me know and I can do that. In this case, no big deal, just FYI.
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