Earlier this week a Ruff, a rare Eurasian shorebird was found at the Wastewater Treatment Plant in Muskegon. I made the trip down there this morning and was able to observe the bird after a birder from Illinois pointed me in the right direction.
Although the bird's distance was less than ideal, I was able to get decent photos with my 500mm and 1.4x teleconverter.
Barking orders at Lesser Yellowlegs and Dunlin.
Here is a video of the Ruff feeding.
Below is a map of the Treatment Plant and a detail showing where the bird was located this morning.
Map of Muskegon Wastewater Treatment Plant
Detail of map showing Ruff's location today
Here is a map lifted from wikipedia that shows the Ruff's normal range. The blue represents its non-breeding winter range while the yellow surrounding the Baltic Sea and topping Russia looks like a presidential comb-over.
Also in the data dump from my camera were some photos taken from my deck on Saturday.
wondered when you were going to get this bird!!
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