[wisb] Re: Draining of Wangness and Harvey Rd Lake in Columbia Co
- From: tom prestby <jjprestby@xxxxxxx>
- To: Wisbird <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 19:24:11 -0500
This is very unfortunate. Not only has it attracted scores of migrants but it
has been one of the premier locations for nesting Pied-billed Grebes, Coots,
Ruddy Ducks, and possibly a few other species of ducks.
Because of the geology of the location, I would think that a snowy winter or
wet spring will almost fill it up again anyways no matter how hard the farmer
trys to drain it.
Tom Prestby
Paradise, MI
> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 17:11:56 -0700
> From: cajunbirder@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [wisb] Draining of Wangness and Harvey Rd Lake in Columbia Co
> To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> The farmer who owns the land that has been under water the last 2 years that
> has attracted just about every possible shorebird and Eared Grebes and all
> other sorts or waterfowl, told me today that he has been in the process of
> draining the lake/pond. He says he needs to farm it and in the last 30 years,
> the last 2 years are the only years he has not.
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> I wish I would have had the where-with-all to ask him if it would make
> financial sense if he sold the flooded areas to the Nature Conservancy or
> Madison Audubon. The numbers of waterfowl and shorebirds in this location has
> been phenominal. But I was told " this will be all drained so don't get used
> to birding here".
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