[wisb] Horicon Marsh waterfowl today
- From: Peter Fissel <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Wisconsin Birding Network <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:48:46 -0600
I stopped along Hwy 49 at Horicon on my way to Oshkosh today. As was mentioned
before, the water levels are way up on both sides of the road, but there are
still some shorebirds around. Unfortunately, all that I saw were way back on
the north side, and they were always flying through my field of view with the
scope at ~40X - never could find any after they landed on vegetation mats or
mudflats. There were a few hundred Tundra Swans on the Dodge Co. side, but I
didn't check for Trumpeters. I concentrated on checking the ducks on the Fond
du Lac Co. side. Most were pretty far back and the wind was pretty strong from
the south, so I used the car window mount, which worked pretty well to
eliminate windshake. There were good numbers of No. Pintail, Gadwall, American
Wigeon (I checked those especially carefully,) GW Teal, No. Shovelers, and of
course Mallards. Had a couple of interesting ducks that may have been Mallard
hybrids, but too far out for much detail. Also experienced my usual momentary
surge of excitement when I saw an eclipse-plumaged drake Shoveler. I always
want to turn them into something really good, until I realize what they are...
All the geese that I checked were Canadas.
Peter Fissel
Madison WI
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