US-MI-Muskegon+State+Park


 * =Birding in Michigan=

Muskegon County
=Muskegon State Park= 3560 Memorial Drive North Muskegon MI, 49445 [|Muskegon State Park web site] [|Muskegon State Park map]

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Lost Lake Trail
Coordinates: 43.2501573, -86.3349974 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Muskegon SP
Coordinates: 43.2360791, -86.3402653 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Muskegon SP--Snug Harbor Marsh
Coordinates: 43.2460624, -86.3355231 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Muskegon State Park--Lake Michigan CG
Coordinates: 43.2609874, -86.3578498 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Muskegon State Park
Located on Lake Michigan, Muskegon State Park provides opportunities to view waterbirds along 2-miles of Lake Michigan shoreline and 1-mile along Muskegon Lake. The park is situated on a blunt peninsula separating Muskegon Lake from Lake Michigan, and is a migratory corridor for passerines and hawks. Over 12-miles of trails wander through a variety of habitats.

Follow the park road east along the ship channel until the road ends at the Channel Campground. On the north end of the campground is a large dune where an informal hawkwatch is conducted. Western Michigan has rarely produced much of a raptor flight. There have been notable occurrences of large numbers of hawks, usually with easterly winds. Unfortunately, east winds at Muskegon are rare in the fall. Movements here are modest compared to other Great Lakes locations. Irregardless, due to the unique geographical lay-out of the park, Muskegon State Park is likely one of the best locations in west Michigan to observe fall hawk migration (no matter the wind direction). Source: Chartier, Allen T., and Jerry Ziarno. A Birder's Guide To Michigan. Colorado Springs, CO: American Birding Association, 2004. Print.
 * Fall Hawkwatch Area:**

Wood Duck, White-winged Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, Common Loon, Pied-billed Grebe, Horned Grebe, Green Heron, Bonaparte's Gull, Caspian Tern, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Red-headed Woodpecker, Least Flycatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo, Marsh Wren, Blue-gray Gnatchatcher, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Wood Thrush, Ovenbird, Magnolia Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Swamp Sparrow, Scarlet Tanager, Baltimore Oriole
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