With the help of 2 birders whose names I didn't get, I viewed a Western Grebe at the end of the south pier at Grand Haven; I was standing 1/2 way down the south pier and the bird was on the south side of it. Also with their help, I viewed the Harlequin Duck which was hanging rather tight to the north side of the north pier; not very conveniently viewed from the base of the north pier.
At the end of my short jaunt, and from the parking lot near the north pier, a Western Grebe flew west down the channel towards the end of the piers. Was this the reported 2nd grebe or did the other one move around a bit while I searched for the Harlequin?
2 Horned Grebes, 1 adult male White-winged Scoter, 1 adult male Surf Scoter, 1 female Hooded Merganser, and a Long-tailed Duck along with the other typical fare made for a nice (and cold) outing.
As you can imagine the piers are nearly completely ice-covered and rather treacherous; use caution!
Good birding,
- Mike Overway
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There was a Ross's Goose with 1000 Canada Geese near the Administration Building today at the Muskegon County Wastewater System.
- John Lowry (from my iPhone)
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