[wisb] Re: Cattle egret Fond du Lac
- From: Joan Sommer <jsommer2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "jsommer2@xxxxxxxxx" <jsommer2@xxxxxxxxx>, "pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 08:19:38 -0500
Update. LOL. We moved just east past the farm we were sitting by and found
another 11.
Joan Sommer
Fredonia.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 14, 2014, at 8:15 AM, Joan Sommer <jsommer2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello.
> Five Cattle Egret on Lincoln rd just west of Acorn rd.
>
> Joan Sommer
> Fredonia
> N. Ozaukee county
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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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