Sanderlings, ruddy turnstones, and dunlin were feeding along the beach below the east pavilion. Common and red-throated loons were numerous off-shore with a couple coming within 20 feet of the beach. Off the breakwater were four common goldeneye. Meigs Point gave good looks at a female common eider. Along the moraine trail more loons were sighted and two common mergansers were seen in Clinton Harbor. Four black-bellied plovers were on the rocks off the end of the moraine trail and a harbor seal was bobbing in the water. Back at the Nature Center parking lot was a flock of horned larks.
Bird list:
American Black Duck
Mallard
Common Eider
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Black-bellied Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
American Crow
Horned Lark
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Northern Mockingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
