32 Wastewater Species

After saying hi to Matt Schultz, Bill Martinez and others at the Five Lakes Sanctuary, I drove out to the Wastewater and recorded 32 bird species from the rapid filtration cells, to the churning lagoons, to the south grass fields.  Along the way I met a couple of Grand Rapids area photographers who may send photos which I'll post here if they do.

- Ric

Jul 27, 2013
Muskegon Wastewater System
Traveling
3 miles
150 Minutes
Observers: 1
All birds reported? No
Comments:  Muskegon Wastewater Properties 10:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

17 Canada Goose
2 Wood Duck
50 Mallard
1 Great Blue Heron
40 Turkey Vulture
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Sandhill Crane
1 Killdeer
2 Spotted Sandpiper
1 Lesser Yellowlegs
55 Least Sandpiper
4 Pectoral Sandpiper
4 Red-necked Phalarope -- intermed. plumage: middle churning lagoon
100 gull sp.
4 Mourning Dove
2 Eastern Kingbird
2 American Crow
2 Horned Lark
50 Tree Swallow
1 Bank Swallow
3 Barn Swallow
5 Cliff Swallow
400 European Starling -- 1 albino 
1 Common Yellowthroat
6 Vesper Sparrow
9 Savannah Sparrow
3 Grasshopper Sparrow
3 Song Sparrow
2 Bobolink
20 Red-winged Blackbird
3 Eastern Meadowlark
1 American Goldfinch