Date sent:        Sun, 06 May 2001 19:44:28 -0400
To:               "Bruce M. Bowman" <bbowman@umich.edu>
From:             Victor Fazio III <vfazio@bright.net>
Subject:          Pipe Creek W.A.

Pipe Creek Wildlife Area is 45 minutes. Take Rt. 2 to the Rt 250 
exit. Take 250 into Sandusky. Follow the signs for Cedar Point 
Amusement Park. After making a left off Rt. 6, you will be 
heading to the lake and the Cedar Point causeway. There is a 
Radison Hotel on your right after you have made the turn (again 
follow the signs for Cedar Point). At the next light, there is a 
MacDonalds on your right, take this right. It loops back around 
to the next light - but off that loop is the parking lot to Pipe 
Creek W.A. This is a postage stamp of a wildlife area and does 
not take much time to assess the area. It's main claim to fame is 
the Common Tern colony but can pick up a few goodies from time to 
time. 

Walk the trail from the parking lot back to a T-section. I 
generally choose to go right to walk the outer perimeter but a 
late afternoon visit warrants a left turn so as to have the sun 
with you. 

I also had a half-dozen Sora calling at 3:00 pm. Least Sandpipers
(4), and Lesser Yellowlegs (12), and Spotted Sandpiper (4) were
the only shorebirds (but can be much better with lower water
levels later in the year). B.C. Night-Herons and Snowy Egrets
are rare but regular. 

cheers

Vic