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From Door Peninsula we retrace our steps and go around Green Bay, 
and follow along the west shore until we near the town of Escanaba, where 
we find Misery Bay, with Sand and Small Islands. ‘These are favorite 
nesting places for many sea birds, a small colony of Caspians, a few Her- 
ring Gulls and several hundred nests of Common Terns being found on 
the open parts while an occasional Black Duck and Red-breasted Mer- 
ganser nests under the bushes. Mr. Ford found a nest of the latter this 
past season containing seventeen eggs. 
Snake and Round Islands in the northern part of Green Bay contain 
a fair number of gull nests, while in the very north end of Lake Michigan 
is Naubinway Island with a very interesting colony of Common ‘Terns, 
containing two hundred or more nests. ‘This island is rough, with rocks, 
but has a good growth of small willows. Green Island on the north side 
of the Straits of Mackinaw has another good colony of Common Terns. 
Now we have to cross the Straits of Mackinaw and travel down the 
east side of Lake Michigan, and find a way to get out to the Beaver 
Island group. Finally—we arrive in a wonderful natural harbor in 
Beaver Island at St. James. Quite a ways out to the southwest lies Gull 
Island, and it is well named as there are many nests along the: shore. 
There we were surprised to find them nesting back in an open space in 
the center of the island; the young gulls run about, hiding under the 
bushes until they are able to fly away to the northeast. We found a hun- 
dred or more nests of gulls on Wire Island, while just south of Wire, on 
a long low bar, with a local name of Snake Island, we found one hundred 
or more nests of Common ‘Terns. ‘Then, to the east, were Hat and Shoe 
Islands. On Shoe, in moderately low water, one will find another large 
colony of Caspians, and right in their midst were twenty-five or more 
nests of Common ‘Terns. “The Caspian ‘Terns have nested in the same 
place for as far back as records can be found, although the birds have to 
move in case of high water, in which case they nest on the south point of 
Hat Island, a half mile away. Sometimes, both places are occupied. Hat 
Island always has one hundred or more gull nests, and a fair colony of 
Great Blue Herons.. The Herring Gull is the only species of gull we 
have found nesting in Lake Michigan. 
The sea birds have had to abandon the large islands of the lake, which 
have been inhabited by man, for dogs and cats soon make conditions im- 
possible for them. ‘Chere should be some move to save the few islands for 
the birds, before it is too late! ‘There are a number of small shoals which 
are unfit for human habitations, and these should be acquired and _ set 
aside as reservations. 
