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Michigan City Harbor Photo Gallery

	Parasitic Jaeger 14 September 2003 Kowa TSN4 scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera This juvenile bird represents one of the few "beached" jaeger records along the Indiana lakefront. See more of John's superb digiscoping at John Cassady's Gallery of Digiscoped Bird Photographs. Photos by John Cassady
	Laughing Gull August 2003 Kowa TSN4 scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera Second year bird. Photo by John Cassady
	Thayer's Gull 11 December 2004 Kowa TSN4 scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera Photo by John Cassady
	Thayer's Gull 11 December 2004 Kowa TSN4 scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera Photo by John Cassady
	Thayer's Gull 03 January 2004 Kowa TSN4 scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera Photo by John Cassady
	Thayer's Gull 07 December 2001 Kowa TSN4 scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera Adult bird found resting in the yacht basin. Photo by John Cassady
	Iceland Gull 20 December 2003 Kowa TSN4 scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera 2003 Dunes Area CBC. Photo by John Cassady
	Albino Herring Gull October 2001 Kowa TSN4 scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera Photo by John Cassady
	Ring-billed Gull December 2002 Kowa TSN4 scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera Adult bird found on the beach. Photo by John Cassady
	Glaucous Gull December 2002 Kowa TSN4 scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera Adult bird found on the beach. Photo by John Cassady
	Lesser Black-backed Gull 11 December 2004 Kowa TSN4 scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera Photo by John Cassady
	Lesser Black-backed Gull 11 December 2004 Kowa TSN4 scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera Photo by John Cassady
	Lesser Black-backed Gull 22 November 2003 Kowa TSN4 scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera Photo by John Cassady
	Lesser Black-backed Gull January 2002 Kowa TSN4 scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera Photo by John Cassady
	Common Terns 26 August 2004 Nikon 78ED scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera Photo by Jeff McCoy
	Forster's Tern 26 August 2004 Nikon 78ED scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera Photo by Jeff McCoy
	Long-tailed Duck 15 December 2001 Kowa TSN4 scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera This bird was swimming along the outer breakwall. Photo by John Cassady
	Snow Goose (Juvenile "Blue Goose") February 2003 Kowa TSN4 scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera Photo by John Cassady
	Ruddy Turnstone 26 September 2004 Nikon 78ED scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera Photo by Jeff McCoy
	Black-bellied Plover 26 August 2004 Nikon 78ED scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera Photo by Jeff McCoy
	Dunlin 20 December 2003 Kowa TSN4 scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera 2003 Dunes Area CBC Photo by John Cassady
	Baird's Sandpiper 26 August 2004 Nikon 78ED scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera Photo by Jeff McCoy
	Purple Sandpiper 20 November 2004 Nikon 78ED scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera Photo by Jeff McCoy
	Purple Sandpiper November 2002 Kowa TSN4 scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera This individual was observed at close range on the boulders that line the east side of the jetty. Photo by John Cassady
	Marbled Godwits 01 September 2003 Nikon 78ED scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera This constitutes one of the few September records for this species in Indiana. Photo by Jeff McCoy
	Peregrine Falcon 15 October 2003 Washington Park Photo by Jeff Moore
	Snowy Owl November 2001 Kowa TSN4 scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera Photo by John Cassady
	Northern Mockingbird March 2003 Kowa TSN4 scope; Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera Photo by John Cassady
	The Lighthouse 23 November 1999 Birders can walk out to the tip of the jetty and around the lighthouse at their own risk. Photo by Darel Heitkamp
	The Breakwall 23 November 1999 The harbor breakwall is present in the distance on the left side of this photo. This breakwall is often covered with scores of gulls and shorebirds, and thus should be carefully scanned at each visit. Photo by Darel Heitkamp
	NIPSCO Beach and Mount Baldy 23 November 1999 NIPSCO Beach is seen just beyond the concrete wall on the west side of trail creek. This beach can be easily scanned with a scope from the spot where this picture was taken, which is at the base of the jetty. In the distance to the right, the sands of Mount Baldy are visible along the shoreline. Photo by Darel Heitkamp
	Trail Creek 23 November 1999 To the right of Trail Creek is NIPSCO property. Note the cooling tower on the far right, and the tallest smokestack near the center of the photo. This tallest smokestack has a peregrine nest box that is visible from the harbor. To the left of Trail Creek is Washington Park. Photo by Darel Heitkamp
	The Yacht Basin 23 November 1999 The Yacht Basin can have both dabbling and bay ducks during the fall and winter as long as open water is available. Photo by Darel Heitkamp

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This guide was developed through the collaborative efforts of Phil Kelly, Joanne Kelly, and Darel Heitkamp.