[wisb] Horicon Marsh today
- From: Peter Fissel <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Wisconsin Birding Network <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:45:23 -0500
I got a rather late start this morning, so only had time for a quick drive
around Horicon Marsh on my way up to Oshkosh. Dike Rd. was actually pretty
dead, although I only went out as far as the dead tree. There were a few
(White) Pelicans out on the impoundment, but not all that much else. The
flooded spot on W. Point Rd. was just about dried up and only had Canada Geese.
Bud Cook had been burned west of the road, so nothing there. Hwy 49 had more
No. Shovelers than I think I've ever seen on the north (Fond du Lac Co.) side,
along with quite a few Bonaparte's Gulls. I noticed a few Yellowlegs of both
species on the south (Dodge Co.) side east of the pumphouse, and then saw that
there were quite a few more shorebirds farther out, so I got the scope out.
The light was horrible and I was looking at silhouettes, but all appeared to be
GYLs, LYLs, and Pectoral Sandpipers.
Took a quick spin around the Auto Loop - fairly quiet in the wind, but there
were some Scaup on the second-to-last pond that I'm pretty sure were Greaters -
heads looked round and bills looked large. If I hadn't been in a bit of a
hurry, I'd probably have worked those birds a little harder to be sure. There
was another group that were definitely Lesser Scaup a ways away from the others.
Peter Fissel
Madison WI
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