US-MI-South+Manitou+Island


 * =Birding in Michigan=

Leelanau County
=South Manitou Island= 207 West River Street Leland, MI [|South Manitou Island web site] [|Manitou Island Transit web site] [|South Manitou Island map]

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South Manitou Island
Coordinates: 45.009307, -86.0944977 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About South Manitou Island
South Manitou Island lies approximately 16 miles west of Leland and is the easier of the two Manitou Islands to visit. The island is 5,260 acres with approximately 10 miles of shoreline. Day trips usually allow about 4 hours on the island. There are many good birding habitats on the island, including lakeshore, dunes, shrub-scrub, open fields, and mixed woodlands. If you don't have much time, check the shoreline, dunes, and woods near the lighthouse. If time allows, check the Florence Lake area for breeding warblers, including Black-throated Blue Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and Black-throated Green Warbler. Source: Chartier, Allen T., and Jerry Ziarno. A Birder's Guide To Michigan. Colorado Springs, CO: American Birding Association, 2004. Print.

Double-crested Cormorant, Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper, American Woodcock, Merlin, Red-eyed Vireo, Barn Swallow, Veery, Gray Catbird, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Chipping Sparrow, Indigo Bunting
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