The sunrise over Muskegon’s Ruddiman Lagoon on April 24, 2016.
Category: Ruddiman Pond
These are from Muskegon’s McGraft Park and Heritage Landing on the morning of July 3,2015.
Ruddiman Creek where it ends at Muskegon Lake before sunrise on the morning of October 15, 2014.
Muskegon was jumping this morning.
A highly inefficient route to a packed Farmer’s Market was shared with a cross country tournament, a charity run, and a bike race. Best of all was a gorgeous hawk in the trees between Ruddiman Lagoon and Addison Street.
It was very satisfying to find Bike Trail Jim, who made last year’s initial siting of the bear swimming from North Muskegon. I assumed my hawk encounter would at least slightly rebalance the wildlife spotting score.
Bad assumption.
“You only saw one?” It seems that four of these beauties have taken up long term residence around our lagoon!
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Snowy Sunrise
A very cold Friday morning at Muskegon’s Ruddiman Creek.
It was one of those mornings when you hesitate to shoot a photo because the camera won’t work if you leave your mittens on – and you really don’t want to take them off.
Muskegon’s Ruddiman Pond just before sunrise on October 25, 2013.
…a nice day for a wet webbing…
Mostly from a walk around Muskegon Lake this morning – with a couple from last week as well.
It was a much colder morning in Muskegon, which made for a really fun walk.
After the bald eagle lording over all of the smaller birds at Ruddiman Lagoon, the next most entertaining site was a gaggle that couldn’t collectively comprehend the sudden reappearance of ice – so they stood on the bank of the pond yelling at it…no, not the eagle, the ice.
These are from a walk along Muskegon’s Ruddiman Creek on Friday morning. The macros are all well and good, but check out that beaver stump!
McGraft Park Bridge, Muskegon Michigan, February 12, 2012
These are from this morning’s sunrise over Muskegon’s Ruddiman Pond.
A misty sunrise across Muskegon’s Ruddiman pond.
These are from Muskegon’s Ruddiman Creek during the late fall of 2009.
The sun rises over Muskegon’s Ruddiman Creek on the morning of November 22, 2009
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Ruddiman Pond
An early April morning at Muskegon’s Ruddiman pond
This morning’s walk around Muskegon’s Ruddiman Pond was one of the coldest of the winter. While the breeze was extremely light, its effect on any exposed skin was painful.
In spite of the cold, the beautiful sunrise lighting up the ice made the trip well worth making.
Here is the sun coming up over the Ruddiman Creek valley just down the hill from Muskegon’s McGraft Park.
With the creek finally starting to thaw a bit, it’s really fun to watch all of the animals reappearing. Besides all of the resident ducks, there are usually a few large mammals navigating the water. These guys (beavers?) aren’t obvious as yet, but I’m sure that we’ll be seeing them any day now.
The bridge on the north side of Muskegon’s Ruddiman Pond on the morning of December 18, 2008.
Muskegon’s Ruddiman Pond was the focus of a major restoration effort last year. Could this explain the huge increase in the number of birds living there this spring? Whatever the reason, the early morning action there is really fun to watch.