[wisb] Re: Dunn Co. Pheasant Survey
- From: Bill Hogseth <billhogseth@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:37:46 -0500
I had time today over lunch to take another look. Mystery solved:
Bonaparte's gull. I'm a gull novice, so thanks to everyone who chimed in.
BH
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Bill Hogseth <billhogseth@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> On my pheasant survey this morning (starting at the intersection of
> Highway 29 and 850th St, ending at the intersection of 370th Ave and 750th
> St) I had the following species. The route includes Old Elk Lake and parts
> of the Muddy Creek Wildlife Area.
>
> *Question for the group*: At Old Elk Lake, County Road E, there was a
> group of gulls soaring and striking at the water surface. The gulls had
> black heads, white necks, gray wings, dark wing edges, long bent wings. My
> best guess was that they were laughing gulls, but I am more than uncertain
> about this. I did not have a scope. Can anyone speak to the occurrence of
> laughing gull's in west central WI? Any other likely species?
>
> Canada Goose 17
> Wood Duck 5
> Mallard 1
> Blue-winged Teal 2
> Ring-necked Duck 19
> Ring-necked Pheasant 7
> Wild Turkey 4
> American White Pelican 5
> Bald Eagle 1
> Sandhill Crane 12
> Killdeer 2
> Rock Pigeon 9
> Mourning Dove 5
> Eastern Whip-poor-will 1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
> Northern Flicker 1
> Eastern Phoebe 2
> Blue Jay 8
> American Crow 11
> Horned Lark 7
> Black-capped Chickadee 7
> House Wren 2
> Eastern Bluebird 1
> American Robin 18
> Brown Thrasher 5
> Chipping Sparrow 4
> Vesper Sparrow 2
> Savannah Sparrow 12
> Song Sparrow 34
> White-throated Sparrow 1
> Northern Cardinal 1
> Red-winged Blackbird 134
> Brown-headed Cowbird 2
> American Goldfinch 1
>
> --
> Bill Hogseth
> N2017 County Road Y
> Menomonie, WI 54751
>
> h: 715-664-8002
> c: 715-308-7798
>
> billhogseth@xxxxxxxxx
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Bill Hogseth
N2017 County Road Y
Menomonie, WI 54751
h: 715-664-8002
c: 715-308-7798
billhogseth@xxxxxxxxx
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