[Mich-listers] Avocets & Kittiwake, Emmet County, 10/31

[Louie Dombroski]

This afternoon, 31 Oct, there were three AMERICAN AVOCETS on the beach at Petoskey State Park, Emmet County. They favored a spot along a temporary pool along the sandy beach just south of the big parking lot reached by taking the first right after passing through the park entrance. They were flushed from this spot three times during my visit(twice by humans, once by a Bald Eagle), but returned within several minutes each time.
 
Also, a first-year BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE made several passes along the beach, sometimes reasonably close, sometimes at more challenging distances. It was sometimes associating loosely with a few Bonaparte's Gulls.
 
There were many ducks (White-winged Scoters, Buffleheads, Common Goldeneyes, and others) and Common Loons flying about, all apparently blown in to Little Traverse Bay by the strong west winds.
 
Louie Dombroski


      
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