Wessel Road CKD Prairie

Site along the Sunrise Coast Birding Trail

Site: This is an old Huron Portland Cement kiln dust dump. Today it is naturally overgrown with weeds, grasses, and forbs. Roadside parking works well in this rather isolated area.

Birding: Many grassland species nest here: bobolink, eastern meadowlark, both grasshopper and Savannah sparrows. Dickcissel (June-August), raptors year-round, April-November turkey vultures, red-tailed hawks, winter rough-legged hawks; short-eared owls (spring sunrise/sunset).