A New One!

Yesterday I went kayaking on the Kalamazoo River with my wife, sister, niece and brother-in-law. We put in at the New Richmond Bridge Park Access and took out at Wades Bayou. It was a perfect day for a paddle with the perfect company. I thoroughly enjoyed the almost 4 hour paddle.  Afterward we had a lovely Lunch at the Hickory Pit in Saugatuck. Last stop was the Mouth of the Kalamazoo River to look for shore birds. We were not disappointed, and saw Sanderlings, Semipalmated Sandpipers, a Semipalmated Plover, Herring, Bonapart and Ring-billed Gulls, Caspian, Common, and a Forster's Tern. The highlight was this Great Black-backed Gull. All in all we saw 44 species of birds for the day. It was a very good/excellent day!

Great Black-backed Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Look at the size of this gull next to a Semipalmated Sandpiper and Ring-billed Gull!