US-MI-Ludington+Harbor


 * =Birding in Michigan=

Mason County
=Ludington Harbor & Stearns Park Beach= West Ludington Avenue / Stearns Drive Ludington, MI 49431

=Ludington Municipal Marina= 200 South William Street Ludington, MI 49431

=Ludington South Pier= Harbor Drive Ludington, MI 49431

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Ludington Harbor
Coordinates: 43.954039, -86.4612114 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Ludington South Breakwall
Coordinates: 43.9496363, -86.4612865 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Ludington Harbor & South Pier
Stearns Park is a city park with a large sandy beach on Lake Michigan. This park is too busy during the summer for birding. The best time of year to go birding here is during the spring and fall. From the parking lots along Stearns Drive, walk west towards the breakwall. The Ludington North Pier extends approximately 0.2 miles offshore and is a good vantage point to look for waterfowl out in the harbor.

The Ludington South Pier is an approximately 0.1 mile walk west from the parking lot near the north end of Harbor Drive (before the sub-division / houses). The beach and dunes here are much quieter in terms of pedestrian traffic than at Stearns Park Beach. Walk out over the sand dunes to look for shorebirds. Besides the Lundington Waste Water Treatment Plant, this is the next best location in Ludington to look for shorebirds. At the base of the pier, there is often a pond and series of sandbars where shorebirds rest and forage. In the fall and early winter, scoters and Harlequin Duck can be seen just out from the end of the pier. 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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