US-MI-Ludington+WWTP+(restricted+access)


 * =Birding in Michigan=

Mason County
=Ludington Waste Water Treatment Plant (restricted access)= 5160 West 6th Street Ludington, Michigan 49431 [|Ludington Waste Water Treatment Plant (restricted access) web site]

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Ludington WWTP (restricted access)
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About Ludington Waste Water Treatment Plant (restricted access)
The Ludington Waste Water Treatment Plant is one of the few areas in Michigan with consistently good shorebird habitat and is one of the most convenient places to search for shorebirds in west Michigan. After you park next to the headquarters, check in with staff for permission to bird the ponds. Staff have historically been friendly and helpful to local birders for many years. In order to further facilitate this good relationship, please **DO NOT** enter the gated area behind the headquarters. Please use the gate to the west (left) of the headquarters building to reach the ponds.

The best birding is the 3rd (western-most) impoundment. This pond is larger and at a much lower level than the first two ponds. There are extensive mudflats and some areas of cattail marsh. This pond often hosts hundreds of shorebirds. The more common species here include: Common Gallinule, Virginia Rail, Sora, Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Dunlin. Source: Chartier, Allen T., and Jerry Ziarno. A Birder's Guide To Michigan. Colorado Springs, CO: American Birding Association, 2004. Print.

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