[wisb] Horicon Marsh

I spent the morning birding the northern part of Horicon Marsh.  This  
included Ledge Rd and then Hwy 49 plus the Auto Tour.  A great group  
of other birders were also present in these areas and the birds were  
equally as good.
I joined a group of birders looking for the Yellow-cr. Night Heron on  
Ledge Rd.  A short time later (when Tom P and Paul S arrived) it flew  
in from the east and spent a few minutes in the "usual" spot before  
returning to the cattails to the east.

On the pond by the historical marker on 49 16 shorebird species were  
found.  Briefly they included THIRTY Black-necked Stilts, 20+ Gr and  
750+ Le Yellowlegs, 175 Stilt Sandpipers (!), 55 Short-billed and 2  
Long-billed Dowitchers, 10 Wilson's and 3 Red-necked Phalaropes among  
others.  There is a Peregrine Falcon that occasionally blasts  
through, often trying for a BN Stilt (unsuccessful).

This is truly an impressive sight and one should take the time to  
check it out as who knows what might turn up.  For example there were  
no Stilt Sandpipers last Sat, today 175 (careful count).  Also no  
phalaropes last Sat and today both Wilson's and Red-necked.

Good luck.

Daryl Tessen
Appleton, WI





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