[wisb] Re: [Doorcobirding] Rowleys Bay Ducks and Swans Door Co
- From: Buboarcto@xxxxxxx
- To: suechick@xxxxxxxxxxx, doorcobirding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 09:33:34 -0500 (EST)
Hi all and thank you Sue.
On Washington Island and the adjacent Door, I saw lines of Long-tails to
the northwest on the way in (2/2), also Golden-eyes among the ice floes,
Bufflehead, Herring Gulls (some immies), one Redhead in Detroit Harbor among
the other species near shore.
Birding at the ferry dock, I observed a lone Golden-eye trapped among the
huge ice floes. I wondered how it would find a long enough runway in the
water to make a get-away. It already seemed nervous due to my proximity.
When the ferry people started a loud motor, the Golden-eye jumped upward and
started cruising low over the ice floes to safer places. I guess they can
do it but it probably takes a lot of energy.
The ferry crew reported a Snowy Owl on an ice floe between the ferry and
Plum Island seen three days earlier. Also a (3-year old?) Bald Eagle.
At Chari's we scoped a long line of probably Scaup way out, likely Redheads
among them. There were some Red-breasted Mergansers within scope distance
as well.
On the east and south sides of the Island, there were Tundras (100+) and
Mutes as well as Bufflehead and Goldeneyes observed by Donna Benson and me.
The Island itself was somewhat depauperate of birds except for Chari's
feeders.
Sandy Petersen
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