Ottawa County Purple Sandpiper

[Wildbirders]

Greeting for the New Year

After checking our feeders this morning, we checked out Lake Macatawa 
and found a single Purple Sandpiper near the entrance to Holland State 
Park (east, or inland end of the channel) around 11:15 AM. It may be 
moving around the general area, since we saw it fly in to a small point 
near Parkside Marina, but later in the day we did not re-find it.

We also found one second-year Great Black-backed Gull and two 
second-year Glaucous Gulls sitting on the ice in front of Kollen Park. 
Kollen Park is at the east end of Lake Macatawa, on the south side.

Several Bald Eagles are also present, mostly near Kollen Park.

Good Birding,
Carl Manning
Holland, MI