US-MI-Nordhouse+Dunes+Wilderness+Area


 * =Birding in Michigan=

Mason County
=Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area= West Nurnberg Road Free Soil, MI 49411

Lake Michigan Recreation Area
West Forest Trail Road / Forest Road 5629 Free Soil, MI 49411 [|Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area web site] [|Lake Michigan Recreation Area web site] [|Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area & Lake Michigan Recreation Area map]

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Lake Michigan RA
Coordinates: 44.1204842, -86.429471 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area
Coordinates: 44.0987, -86.43373 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Lake Michigan Recreation Area
The wooded dunes in the Lake Michigan Recreation Area provide good habitat for migrant passerines, and the Lake Michigan shoreline is a good vantage point for viewing migrant loons, grebes, and waterfowl. Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area hosts one of the most consistent breeding populations of Prairie Warblers in Michigan. The Lake Michigan Recreation Area consists of campgrounds and public beaches that are fairly heavily used from mid-June through early-September. Both the Lake Michigan Recreation Area and Nordhouse Dunes are mostly forested, with second-growth oak-pine stands among scattered wetlands and pine groves. The Nordhouse Dunes are sand-dune blowouts, with bare sand, beach grass, and scrub forests of Jack Pine. However, there are some moist areas behind the dunes that are forested with mature beech and maple. From May through August, nesting Piping Plovers are often seen along the Lake Michigan beaches of the Nordhouse Dunes. In the fall, migrating loons, waterfowl, as well as Bald Eagles and Common Ravens are also seen here. 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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