Avocets, Loon and Long-tailed Ducks

Besides Travis's towhee (posted below) other good Thursday birds include a pair of Long-tailed Ducks in the Muskegon Channel and a Common Loon on the north side of Muskegon Lake south of the Ruddiman Drive - Buys Road intersection reported by David Holmberg and two American Avocets in the west lagoon at Muskegon Wastewater not far from the main dike reported by Ken Sapkowski.