Bird Survey Site 4

Site 4 overlooks the main inlet to the large marsh area on the east end of Point Sauble.  This large marsh supports Swamp Sparrows, Yellow Yarblers, Common Yellowthroats, Marsh Wrens, Yellow-headed Blackbirds, bitterns, rails, and a number of other waterbirds.  Teal, mallards, pintail, wigeon and black ducks gather here in the fall to stage for migration.  The exposed mud flats this fall attracted snipe, pectoral sandpipers and many killdeer.  The most conspicuous residents are Belted Kingfishers, who use the deep water as a favorite hunting area.  Herring Gulls, Ring-billed Gulls and Caspian Terns are common late summers loafers on the bay side of the inlet.  According to some of the local duck hunters, the water here has dropped over 3 feet during 1999.

Biodiversity Topics: Introduction . Plants . Animals . Mammals . Birds . Reptiles & Amphibians . Arthropods . Spiders . Insects

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