Date sent:        Sun, 24 Nov 2002 13:34:01 -0800 (PST)
From:             Jacco Gelderloos <jjgelderloos@yahoo.com>
Subject:          [se-mi-birdlist] White-winged Scoter, 
                  Portage Lake (Washtenaw/Livingston), 11/24/02
To:               se-mi-birdlist@umich.edu

Birders,

The adult male White-winged Scoter first reported by
Raburn Howland this morning was still present at 12:30
p.m. on the north end of Portage Lake, which straddles
the Washtenaw-Livingston County border. It was seen
from Fox Pointe Dr in Livingston County. Directions to
this site:

* Take US-23 to North Territorial Rd and go west on
North Territorial
* Take Dexter-Pinckney Rd north to McGregor Rd
* Follow McGregor Rd north past the Livingston County
line and turn on the first road on the left, Fox Point
Dr.
* Take Fox Pointe Dr to the lakefront and scan the
lake.

For an alternate vantage point, try the Portage Lake
boat launch on the west side of McGregor. The launch
area is closed at this time, but there is some parking
room on the entrance road in fornt of the gate.

Good birding,
Jacco G.