Allegan Co. Little Gull, 25 Sept & Emmet Co Golden-Plovers, 23 Sept

[Caleb Putnam]

Birders-

Rick Brigham, Sean Fitzgerald and I had a Little Gull today, 25 Sept 2006, 
at Oval Beach in Saugatuck- it was very probably a 2nd winter, less likely 
an adult.  The bird came by around 6:30 PM with a small group of Bonaparte's 
heading south.  There was also a major flight of Common Terns (~500+) and 
over 100 Bonaparte's Gulls in about 2.5 hours watching.  Also had 4 Surf 
Scoters and several diving and dabbling ducks on the move.

Also, on Saturday 23 Sept, observers at the Michigan Bird Conservation 
Initiative Congress in Pellston found a group of American Golden-Plovers at 
the Pellston airport.  Mike Bishop and I went over and counted 38 birds in 2 
groups at the NE corner of the runways.  There were also 2 Lapland Longspurs 
and several pipts in with larks at the main terminal.

Good Birding,
Caleb Putnam

Caleb G Putnam
Grand Rapids, MI
larus10 at hotmail.com