Eight people participated in Saturday morning's field trip.
We found 18 bird species at the north pier at Grand Haven including a Semipalmated Plover with an injured left foot, a Ruddy Turnstone, Sanderlings, Bonaparte's Gulls, Bald Eagles, Caspian Terns and Forster's Terns.
At Ottawa Sands County Park we encountered 39 species including Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Green Herons, a Northern Harrier, several woodpeckers (Red-headed, Red-bellied, Pileated, Downy, Northern Flicker), Eastern Wood-Pewee, Swainson's Thrushes, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, several warblers (American Redstart, Magnolia, Blackburnian, Blackpoll and Bay-breasted) and a Merlin chasing a Mourning Dove.
