4 American Avocets--Emmet County--1 May 2006

[Jonathan Wuepper]

Mich-listers,

This just in from Sally & Kenyon Stebbins [received 1pm, 2 May 2006]--JTW:

"Dear birders,

This morning [ 1 May 2006] while checking unsuccessfully for Piping Plovers 
at Petoskey State Park, we found four AMERICAN AVOCETS.  They were foraging 
along the shoreline approx. one mile north of the state park beach, not 
quite to the pavilion at Harbor Cove (private property).  The location can 
be legally accessed from Petoskey State Park by walking north along the 
shoreline.

According to the PRAS records that we have, including all of the spring 
migration counts dating back more than 20 years, no American Avocets have 
ever been recorded in Emmet County.  If anyone has information about 
sightings of American Avocets in Emmet County, we'd love to hear from you!

Sally & Kenyon Stebbins

You can reply to us directly at stebbins at chartermi.net.  Thanks. "