From: Karl Overman [mailto:martineoverman@earthlink.net] 
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 8:00 AM
Subject: Morenci sewage lagoons


The town of Morenci is a half mile north of the Ohio line in SW  
Lenawee County.  From the center of town go west on Morenci Road  
about a mile to Sims Highway (north-south roads in Lenawee County are  
typically labelled highways).  This is also the road to the Morenci  
medical center.  Go north on Sims .7 miles to the sewage lagoons.   
They have to be one of the most accessible lagoons in the state as  
the lagoon with the most bird activity is easily viewed from the  
road.  A scope is needed for the shorebirds and even then  
considerable squinting may be needed.  At the south end of this  
roadside lagoon, there is a dirt track that leads to a small hill  
overlook a lagoon in back of the first lagoon.  Water levels were too  
high for shorebirds yesterday in this lagoon but there were still  
ducks. Also the weedy strips of vegetation next to where you park  
your vehicle were loaded with sparrows--White-crowns, Tree, Field, Song.

Back on Sims, continue north to view the lagoon on the north side of  
the road that is at a higher elevation, Once around the corner, you  
can go to the NW corner of that pond and check it out.  This pond has  
had a few ducks but nothing great while I have checked it this fall.

This is a fairly remote location for birding in  Michigan but 
quite productive. 

Cheers,

Karl Overman
Farmington Hills, Mi.

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> From: Karl Overman [mailto:martineoverman@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 9:34 PM
> To: se-mi-birdlist@umich.edu
> Subject: [se-mi-birdlist] White-rumped and Baird's Sandpiper  
> Lenawee Co
>
> Today, October 31st, Tex Wells, Robert Epstein and I visited the
> Morenci sewage lagoons in extreme SW Lenawee County on the west side
> of the town of Morenci.  Water levels were reduced from my visit a
> week ago and there were more shorebirds species than a week ago even
> at this relatively late date in shorebird migration.  A scope is
> required for identifying the shorebirds except for Killdeer.  Here
> are some of the birds we found today at that sewage lagoon:
>
> 40 Green-winged Teal
> 4 Pintail
> 3 Ring-necked Duck
> 1 Redhead
> 120 Ruddy Duck
> 20 Killdeer
>   2 Greater Yellowlegs
>   4 Pectoral Sandpiper
>   1 Least Sandpiper
>   1 Baird's Sandpiper
>   1 White-rumped Sandpiper
>   4 Wilson's Snipe
> 100 American Pipit
>     2 Lapland Longspur
>
> Cheers,
>
> Karl Overman
> Farmington Hills, Mi
>