[wisb] Re: Barrow's Goldeneye in Dane??? (NO SIGHTINGS)
- From: The Gorman-Baers <gormbaer@xxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:13:18 -0600
Jesse's right - the viewing was better from the trail to Picnic
Point. I saw the Barrow's in a lead of open water from the PP path,
among a bunch of Tundra Swans and some Common Goldeneyes (nice for
comparison) at about 11:00 Saturday morning.
>Hey Alex and all Barrow's searchers...
>I can clarify this a bit - it came out a bit garbled at the Madison CBC
>compilation. At around 1pm or so our group checked University Bay from the
>boat launch area (a bit east of the Picnic Point parking lot), which offered
>a clear view of most of the bay. There were a couple of leads in the ice
>north of us in the bay, with only four Goldeneye, all Commons. This area is
>where I gather the Barrow's was seen earlier in the day. However, further
>out in more open, rougher water, were many Common Mergansers and Common
>Goldeneye (and Canvasback and other waterfowl). Even with my scope up to 60x
>the viewing was poor - the Goldeneye were diving and also displaying, and
>the chop didn't help at all. We never saw anything that looked like a
>Barrow's. HOWEVER. Better views could have been had from Picnic Point proper
>- we were simply too far away to get good looks at all the birds in those
>conditions, and we didn't have enough time to get better ones. I have every
>reason to think that the Barrow's is still there (although if it gets cold
>it might move out of the Bay, which would be not so good for refinding
>regularly).
>
>Good luck searching.
>
>Jesse
>
--
Peter Gorman
Mount Horeb, Dane Co.
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