Nine people met at the Muskegon Lake Nature Preserve on a cold cloudy morning for this month’s field trip. By the end of the trip before noon, skies were sunnier and temperatures were warmer.
We counted 46 species on a slow walk around the property. Notable were Wood Duck, Blue-winged and Green-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, Hooded and Red-breasted Merganser, Sandhill Crane, Greater Yellowlegs, Pied-billed Grebe, Great Egret (6!), Bald Eagle, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flicker (at least 6), Eastern Phoebe, Tree and Barn Swallows, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brown Creeper, Brown Thrasher, White-throated, Song and Swamp Sparrow, and Eastern Towhee.
