US-MI-Sleeping+Bear+Dunes+NL+(south+of+Glen+Arbor)


 * =Birding in Michigan=

Leelanau County
=Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (South of Glen Arbor)= [|Sleeping Bear Point Trail web site] [|Sleeping Bear Point Trail Systems map] [|Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive web site]

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Little Glen Park
Coordinates: 44.8838502, -86.0364246 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Sleeping Bear Dunes NL--Glen Haven
Coordinates: 44.9041498, -86.0257612 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Sleeping Bear Dunes NL--North Bar Lake
Coordinates: 44.8419947, -86.0641394 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Sleeping Bear Dunes NL--Pierce Stocking Scenic Dr.
Coordinates: 44.8606605, -86.0504296 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Sleeping Bear Dunes NL--Sleeping Bear Point
Coordinates: 44.9095902, -86.0396411 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Glen Haven & Sleeping Bear Point
During migration watch for waterfowl in Sleeping Bear Bay and hike the shoreline to find shorebirds, American Pipits, and Horned Larks. Piping Plovers and Spotted Sandpipers nest near the shore and Eastern Towhees sing near the road to the Sleeping Bear Point Trailhead. In winter, look for waterfowl on Sleeping Bear Bay and flocks of Snow Buntings, or an occasional Snowy Owl, on the dunes. There is always a chance of finding unusual gulls on the pilings in the lake at Glen Haven.

The 2.8 mile loop extending from the Sleeping Bear Point Trailhead traverses a boreal microenvironment and a dunescape that provides a significant amount of diversity. A half-mile spur leads to Lake Michigan. This loop provides access to an area which can be very productive as pockets of spruce and conifer woods hold breeding Canada and Magnolia Warblers and Yellow-bellied Flycatchers. This woods is a very productive migrant trap with 20+ warbler days in May.

Looking out over Lake Michigan from any location you may see Common Goldeneyes, Common and Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Loons, Horned and Red-necked Grebes, Buffleheads, Long-tailed Ducks and White-winged Scoters. In summer watch for Caspian Terns. If you’re lucky, you might see some of the recently reintroduced Trumpeter Swans.

From [|Sleeping Bear Birding Trail: Glen Haven & Sleeping Bear Point web site]
 * Directions:** From Glen Arbor, take M-109 west for two miles until it dead ends into Glen Haven Rd. Take a right and park in the loop at the red Cannery building. To access the Trailhead, follow Sleeping Bear Dunes Rd 0.7 miles west past the Maritime Museum and the trailhead is located at the end of the gravel road extending from the Museum loop.

Little Glen Park
The Mill Pond and Little Glen Park are easily overlooked as you drive along M-109 just north of the Dune Climb. There is a beaver lodge on the lake that you can see from the road, but don’t try to walk in there. You can sink up to your hip in the marshy area surrounding it. This lake always seems to produce interesting and varied sightings.

Several rail species are often seen or heard here. There are often herons and egrets that live here most of the summer and a resident family of Green Herons entertained people for most of the summer of 2012. As the water levels drop in late summer, mud flats are exposed which attract migrating shorebirds and American Pipits. This lake can be enjoyed from the road.

Little Glen Lake and then walk across M-109 to the southwest to view the pond. From [|Sleeping Bear Birding Trail: Little Glen Park web site]
 * Directions:** From Glen Arbor, travel two miles west on M-109. Take a left at the intersection, following M-109, and the Little Glen Lake Picnic Area (parking area for Mill Pond) is approximately 0.7 miles on the left. Park here and scope

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