[Mich-chat] Avocets and Semipalmated plovers at Muskegon Wastewater August 2, 2009

[Carolyn Weng]

Jill Henemyer and I observed a variety of shorebirds species, several in
good numbers, at the Muskegon Wastewater Sunday afternoon.

The avocets, semipalmated plovers, Wilson's phalarope, and pectorals were in
the large drawn-down cell near the east end of the line of aerator cells
adjacent to the West Lagoon. Six species alone were present in the small
puddle that passes for habitat in the westernmost drawn-down cell -- stilt,
solitary, least, and spotted sandpiper, lesser yellowlegs and killdeer.

Location:     Muskegon Wastewater System
Observation date:     8/2/09
Number of species:     10

Semipalmated Plover - Charadrius semipalmatus     14
Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus     47
American Avocet - Recurvirostra americana     2
Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius     65
Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria     1
Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes     42
Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla     75
Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos     3
Stilt Sandpiper - Calidris himantopus     1
Wilson's Phalarope - Phalaropus tricolor     1


Carolyn Weng
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