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Allegan State Game Area (general)
=Allegan State Game Area--North of 118th Avenue= 4590 118th Avenue / Route 3 Allegan, MI 49010 [|Allegan State Game Area--Highbanks Unit / Swan Creek map] [|Allegan State Game Area--Ottawa Marsh map]

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Allegan SGA--46th St. between 118th Ave. and 121st Ave.
Coordinates: 42.5567606, -85.995607 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Allegan SGA--Allegan Dam
Coordinates: 42.56595, -85.95206 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Allegan SGA--Highbanks Unit
Coordinates: 42.5733729, -85.9724808 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Allegan SGA--Hoffman Landing
Coordinates: 42.6177892, -86.0527534 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Allegan SGA--M-89 Kalamazoo River Bridge & Boat Launch
Coordinates: 42.5939117, -85.9827805 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Allegan SGA--Pipeline Landing
Coordinates: 42.6111993, -86.0017664 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Allegan SGA--Round Lake
Coordinates: 42.5496659, -86.0126495 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Allegan SGA--Swan Creek (118th Ave. to Highbanks Unit)
Coordinates: 42.5653051, -85.9797592 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Allegan SGA--Swan Creek Marsh
Coordinates: 42.5869609, -85.982008 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Allegan State Game Area--North of 118th Avenue
(NOTE: The Highbanks Refuge Unit is one of the closed wildlife refuge units at Allegan State Game Area. Please respect the signs and do not enter this portion of the property).

A variety of woodland passerines can be found breeding here during the summer months. At the end of 121st Street where it meets the Swan Creek Marsh, look for red-headed woodpecker, wood thrush, black-throated green warbler, prothonotary warbler, scarlet tanager, and rose-breasted grosbeak. At the end of this road, there is a trail beyond the parking lot gate that can be walked to Swan Creek. This trail is good for many of the aforementioned species, as well as for many other warbler species. Along the way, there is also a vantage point from which to view the open marsh (do not walk past the orange gate), where it is possible to observe black tern, osprey, bald eagle, and various waterfowl.

A second vantage point for the marsh is the parking lot and boat launch at the northeast corner of Swan Creek Marsh off of M-89. Early summer (May-June) is the best time to observe species like least flycatcher, yellow-throated vireo, warbling vireo, blue-gray gnatcatcher, cerulean warbler, indigo bunting, and Baltimore oriole. Finally, be sure to visit several of the viewing areas along Ottawa Marsh (126th Avenue) where it's possible to hear or see wood ducks, hooded mergansers, red-headed woodpeckers, yellow-billed cuckoo, prothonotary warbler, and baltimore oriole. Black terns also nest on the open marsh.

As an aside, prairie warbler are rare, but can be found on occasion in large, regeneration clearcuts. From: Chartier, Allen T., and Jerry Ziarno. A Birder's Guide To Michigan. Colorado Springs, CO: American Birding Association, 2004. Print.

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