Nature Preserve and Breakwater Today

I spent a couple hours at the Muskegon Lake Nature Preserve this morning finding only 21 bird species.  A Caspian Tern foraged over the yacht club west of the preserve, a Peregrine Falcon bothered some small birds south of the river, and a Marsh Wren almost shook my hand along the east boardwalk.

Later I walked the south breakwall at Pere Marquette Park. Along the rocks between the elbow and the lighthouse were several Semipalmated Sandpipers, a few Least Sandpipers, one Sanderling (frightened by walkers before I could take its picture), and a female Red-breasted Merganser that may not have been real healthy.

- Ric