[wisb] Re: Horicon Marsh on Sunday
- From: "Tom Wood" <tcwood729@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <Wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:58:37 -0500
What a difference a day makes! This afternoon I stopped by Horicon on my way
home from Jaegerfest and the Nicolet Forest.
I found no shorebirds on the south side of STH49 (water is up, but there is
still some useable habitat). I found several Wilson's
Snipe on the north side of 49, and a couple of Pectoral Sandpipers. The auto
tour had both yellowlegs and a few more Pectoral
Sandpipers but nothing else. Duck numbers are way up and Pintails (still in
eclipse or all females/juveniles) and Wigeon have
arrived. There are thousands of Mallards and teal and lesser numbers of
other resident ducks. At least for now its shorebirds
out and ducks in!
-----Original Message-----
From: wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Peter Fissel
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 5:20 PM
To: Wisconsin Birding Network
Subject: [wisb] Horicon Marsh on Sunday
I stopped briefly to check Hwy 49 through Horicon Marsh yesterday afternoon.
There are still good numbers of Great Egrets on the Fond du Lac County side,
and the large mudflat east of the pumphouse on the south (Dodge Co.) side
continues to attract shorebirds. After an intial scan with binoculars from
the car looked unpromising, I got the scope out and realized there were
quite a few Black-bellied and Semi-palmated Plovers, Lesser Yellowlegs, and
Least, Semi-palm and Pectoral SPs. Given how much rain probably fell there
yesterday afternoon/evening, this spot should be good all week (unless the
shorebirds all clear out with the strong cold front coming on Thursday.)
Peter Fissel
Madison WI
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