Birding MLNP with Californians

Tom and Jane Graley, members of Golden Gate Audubon, contacted me about birding Muskegon while she was here for her high school reunion.  We walked around the Muskegon Lake Nature Preserve this morning finding 26 species, none out of the ordinary.  Of note were a Caspian Tern, two Sandhill Cranes, an adult Bald Eagle, and Brian Johnson.

It was fun observing "ho-hum birds" like Northern Cardinal and American Goldfinch through the eyes of the Californians.  We'll do it again Monday at other locations before the Graley's return to California.

- Ric