The "Whitest" Glaucous Gull - 20 Mar 2026
Clouds and some rain moved in last evening but today was supposed to hit 65ºF, so I took the opportunity to ride the bike at Pt. Mouillee this morning. Temperature was 40ºF when I left the house a little after 8 am and some rain was expected. A car was fully engulfed in flames on I-75 N as I got off at the S. Huron River Drive exit. Otherwise the drive to the Mouillee Creek parking lot was uneventful. I unloaded the bike and headed out onto the Middle Causeway east toward the Banana Unit. Surprisingly, waterfowl were absent or distant in the Walpatich, Lautenschlager, Bloody Run, Long Pond and Humphries Units. Hundreds of Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, American Wigeon, American Coot, Mute Swan, Ring-necked Duck and Mallard were in the Vermet Unit but lighting/distance discouraged any stopping. I actually made it to the Banana Unit and south to Cells 1 - 2 east to Lake Erie before the camera ever saw any action. Lake Erie was not as rough as in the past few days, but there was ...