Jim Otto and I started at Port Wash. and worked our way up to Sheboygan, with
similar results. Only scoter we had was a young Surf in the harbor at Port,
along with the gorgeous Long-tailed Duck reported earlier. A very tame Snow
Bunting was working the walkway along the south side of the harbor. Also had a
flock of Redpolls at Harrington Beach by the lower parking area, eating birch
catkins. Looks like it may be a good winter for them.
Pretty standard gulls - there was one adult Lesser Black-backed on the beach
south of the Blue Harbor resort at Sheboygan, and a first-winter Glaucous on
the beach at Deland Park.
The thousands and thousands of Red-breasted Mergansers flying by at nearly
every stop was amazing...
Peter Fissel
Madison WI
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From: wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf
of Daryl Tessen <bhaunts@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2015 7:07 PM
To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [wisb] Lake Michigan
I spent part of the day checking out spots along Lake Michigan from Harrington
Beach SP to Point Beach SF. In an hour plus at the end of D at Harrington
Beach I saw several thousand Red-br. Mergansers, all 3 scoters (4 Surf, 4
White-winged and 1 Black), 2 Red-throated and 2 Common Loons, plus other diving
ducks and 1 lone Horned Grebe.
Kohler SP, Sheboygan, Cleveland, Fischer Creek CP, Manitowoc and Two Rivers
were exceptionally quiet.
Point Beach SF had 15 Horned Grebes, 1 Common Loon, 500 Red-br. Mergansers and
3 Great Black-backed Gulls.
Daryl Tessen
Appleton,, WI
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