[wisb] Cattle egret Fond du Lac
- From: Joan Sommer <jsommer2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 08:15:54 -0500
Hello.
Five Cattle Egret on Lincoln rd just west of Acorn rd.
Joan Sommer
Fredonia
N. Ozaukee county
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> On Jun 7, 2014, at 4:22 PM, Peter Fissel <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Dan D., Jim S. and I went over to the big lake yesterday to look for unusual
> gulls. At Manitowoc, we picked through the hundreds of Bonaparte's and
> finally found a Little Gull just off the beach on the north side of the
> walkway to the impoundment. It had a mostly-black head, although with an
> all-white "pate", and a pretty dark carpal bar. I did see it raise its wings
> at one point; they were rounded and mostly dark underneath. Also had several
> Common Terns there, plus Caspians off the beach south of the ferry terminal.
>
> We stopped briefly at the north unit of Fisher Creek Park and heard Mourning,
> Black & White, Blue-winged and Chestnut-sided Warblers, plus Am. Redstarts
> and Clay-colored Sparrows.
>
> At Sheboygan, we scoped the beach from the concrete Pavilion deck, but
> couldn't find anything unusual. On one of the piers north of there, we saw a
> gorgeous adult Franklin's Gull with a bright red bill. Six feet away on the
> same pier was a 1st-cycle Little Gull. We had at least one of the Lesser
> Black-backs that Tom Wood saw up on North Point (although we somehow missed
> Tom, even though we must have been there around the same time.) We also saw
> the Palm Warbler, plus two Semipalmated Sandpipers.
>
> On the way back, we stopped at the Hwy 45 wayside north of Fond du Lac and
> got the Bell's Vireo right away. We drove Lone Elm Rd. on the county line,
> then headed south on Ridge Rd. (which parallels Hwy 41.) At the intersection
> with Lincoln Rd., Jim spotted two Cattle Egrets in a pasture to the east, so
> it pays to check the whole area. (Ridge Rd. runs into County N, which gives
> you access to Hwy 41.)
>
> Peter Fissel
> Madison, WI
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