First Great Lakes migrant

Of,LL:X,B, an eleven-year-old female who nests on North Manitou Island in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, MI and winters on Marco Island, FL regularly stops through Georgia along her way north and south. Pat and Doris Leary observed her on March 31st at Cumberland Island National Seashore, GA, stopping by along her way north.

Thank you Pat and Doris for the first report of a spring migrant Great Lakes Piping Plover.

Please report your observations of Great Lakes Piping Plovers to plover@umn.edu.