Considering the cold, windy conditions on Saturday, May 17, and an abbreviated day (we quit early), our total of 116 Muskegon County bird species was very respectable. At least ten people participated from 5:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. from Lane’s Landing to State Game Area Headquarters to the Wastewater to Hoffmaster to Black Lake Park.
Notable species included Trumpeter Swan, Blue-winged and Green-winged Teal, Black-billed and Yellow-billed Cuckoo, nighthawk, whip-poor-will, hummingbird, American and Least Bittern, Yellow-throated Vireo, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Veery, Cedar Waxwing, Orchard Oriole, Northern Waterthrush, Blue-winged, Black-and-White, Prothonotary, Magnolia, Blackburnian, Black-throated Blue and Chestnut-sided Warbler, and Scarlet Tanager.
We dipped on both nuthatches. Go figure!
