Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 07:18:26 -0400
From: Susan Falcone (sfalcone@umich.edu)
To: alb@umcc.umcc.umich.edu

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Today I saw the first loon of the season on Frains Lake (corner of 
Plymouth & Prospect, Superior Township).  If it goes like last year, 
we may have up to 4 loons for about a month.  Please feel free to come 
out and look--it's a fairly small lake, and they usually (at times) 
come very close to the western shore. The marsh on the far side of the 
lake leads into Murray's Lake, another small private lake.
 
--From Ann Arbor, take Plymouth Rd east and go about 2-1/4 miles past 
the Lord Fox restaurant to Prospect and turn right.  (or from US23 
take M14 east to the Ford Rd exit.  Turn east (left) on Plymouth.  
Prospect is 1/2 mile from the intersection on the right.) 

The western shore of  Frains Lake parallels Prospect Rd, but in 
addition to being a no-access lake, there's nowhere to park along 
Prospect.  You can, however,  park anywhere along Plymouth and walk 
across the road to the lake.  We own the lakeside property from the 
flagged marker just to the right of the brushpile near the house on 
the lake all the way south to the last "private" sign that's near a 
flagged marker.  Birders welcome!  I like to go down into the opening 
near the brushpile for a fairly unobstructed view.

Susan