South Pond - Ann Arbor
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Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:50:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Mike Sefton <mseft@yahoo.com>
Subject: [birders] Re: Shovelers, Hooded Mergansers, 
         and Trumpeter  Swans at South Pond
To: birders@umich.edu

Hi Dave,

  Assuming it's the Ann Arbor South Pond, it's on the north side 
of Huron River Drive between Huron Parkway and Hogback Rd., where 
Chalmers dead ends at Huron River Drive.  You can either park on 
Huron River Drive and take a path just west of the bridge until 
you overlook the pond, or park in the last parking lot at the 
east end of the road in Gallup Park, then walk east  on the bike 
path on the south side of the Huron River until you can see South 
Pond on your right beyond the fence. 

Mike Sefton
Ann Arbor

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From: izzymck@comcast.net
To: birders@umich.edu
Subject: [birders] South Pond
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 16:09:43 +0000

Hi,

Sorry, I didn't do a very good job of telling where South Pond 
is.  Yes, it was the Ann Arbor South Pond I was talking about.  
We found a really good spot to park for viewing of water birds.  
If you turn off of Huron Parkway onto East Huron River Drive and 
continue on that road until you pass Chalmers Drive and go over 
the little bridge. There's a small spot on the side of the road 
that's dirt and good for parking.  To get good viewing we just 
walked next to the road back over the bridge.  To the right is an 
tiny little path, it might even be a well developed deer trail, 
that leads to a flat, open area that has a great view of most of 
the west end of the pond.  The parking is close and it's a short 
walk the other direction to a spot where you can view a little 
inlet of the east end off a bridge.  The only downside to this 
viewing spot is that it's a little noisier. 

Good birding,
Isabel McKay