Looking for waterbirds from the south lighthouse at Pere Marquette Park this morning Charlie DeWitt, Chip Francke and I saw four Surf Scoters fly from Lake Michigan to the Muskegon Channel. (Charlie's photo.)
Ruby-crowned Kinglets, White-crowned Sparrows, and Dark-eyed Juncos were the identifiable small birds on the rocks along the pier (presumably having found themselves over the big lake at first light).
Chip and I then sat near the east end of the channel for a little over an hour. We saw only one raptor (Red-tailed Hawk), a few small birds and woodpeckers, and about 650 migrating Blue Jays.