Scoters GR area

[Norm Zylstra]

Where can one see Scoters in the Holland/Muskegon area?  I'm a Boy  
Scout counselor and am working with some boys on the "Bird Study"  
merit badge.

Norm
mobile. 616.648.6273
home. 616.243.7639
office. 616.526.6835



On Jan 5, 2008, at 11:52 AM, Brian Allen wrote:

> Chip et al:
>
> Did the winter lakershore count at Orchard Beach State Park this  
> morning before the drizzle.  Seas were a bit choppy with a SW 10kt  
> wind and overcast skies.  First hour had 1, 200 Common Goldeneye,  
> 1,600 Long-tailed Ducks, 30 Red-breasted Mergansers, 15 White- 
> winged Scoters, 10 Common Mergansers, 8 Greater Scaup, 4  
> Bufflehead, 15 Herring Gulls, and one 1st year imm. Bald Eagle that  
> couldn'e even get a single duck to fly up in fear.
>
> In the second hour a sub-adult Eagle appeared and got quite a  
> reaction from the ducks.  I then had a total of 5,400 Long-tailed  
> Ducks.  I am always suprised by how many ducks can be out there  
> unseen until they fly up even when viewed from a bluff.
>
> At the First St. Pier in Manistee there were 1,500 other (part of  
> the same total?) Long-tails, 400 Herring Gulls and an adult Lesser  
> Black-backed Gull.
>
> On the way home there were several Pine Grosbeaks, a Northern  
> Shrike and a lone Bohemian Waxwing along Bar Lake Rd and Cedar Rd.
>
> Brian Allen
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