[wisb] Re: Lapland Longspur at Bradford Beach in Milwaukee
- From: Ryan Brady <ryanbrady10@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 11:53:45 -0600
Sorry about the miscommunication - the original comments appeared to be aimed
at a statewide context. I obviously defer to local opinion for central and
southern WI but this is not an early date for WI in general.
Ryan Brady
Washburn, Bayfield County, WI
http://www.pbase.com/rbrady
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> Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 11:47:37 -0500
> From: schaufenbuel@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: tcwood729@xxxxxxxxx
> CC: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [wisb] Re: Lapland Longspur at Bradford Beach in Milwaukee
>
> Here in Portage County our earliest arrival date is 14 September. By no
> means a record early for the state, but finding one on 12 September in
> the extreme Southeast is early by my experience. Typically the first
> bird in Central Wisconsin arrive the after the second week of September
> and by the end of the month en mass.
>
>
> --
> Joe Schaufenbuel
> Stevens Point
> Portage Co., WI
>
>
> On 9/13/2013 9:23 PM, tcwood729@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> They may take a little longer to get to the southeast part of the state.
>> When I am at Jaegerfest, people who know and can hear their flight call
>> report them from the beach, and I've occasionally seen them at that time. I
>> don't see them again until October, although I see from "Explore Data" that
>> ebirders find them during the last week of September in our area. I met
>> Margo as she was leaving Lake Park yesterday and when she told me about the
>> longspur, I was quite surprised. It doesn't seem like longspur weather yet.
>> Thomas Wood, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County
>> ---- Ryan Brady <ryanbrady10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> The arrival-departure doc shows Sept 2 as the expected arrival date, i.e.
>>> there are multiple if not many records on or near that date. In my
>>> experience here in the north this species arrives annually during the Sept
>>> 5-10 timeframe and later only if I don't get out enough to detect one. See
>>> the eBird data for some examples from recent years. So while always a nice
>>> find, I would say this bird represents a fairly average arrival.
>>>
>>> Ryan Brady
>>> Washburn, Bayfield County, WI
>>> http://www.pbase.com/rbrady
>>>
>>>
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>>>> Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 16:35:49 -0500
>>>> From: schaufenbuel@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> To: sidney.hamm@xxxxxxx
>>>> CC: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [wisb] Re: Lapland Longspur at Bradford Beach in Milwaukee
>>>>
>>>> Good find! This is one of the earlier fall WI Lapland Longspur arrival
>>>> dates ( http://wsobirds.org/files/Records/ArrivalDeparture2011Fall.pdf).
>>>> Rusty-tinged greater coverts and framed auricular area are two ways,
>>>> among others, to ID this from other longspurs (note the long spurs, too).
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Joe Schaufenbuel
>>>> Stevens Point
>>>> Portage Co., WI
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 9/13/2013 11:26 AM, Sidney Hamm wrote:
>>>>> Greetings all,
>>>>> I went to Bradford beach to photograph the Western Sandpiper yesterday.
>>>>> With other birders, it wasn't to hard to find since there was only the
>>>>> Western Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpipers, Gulls, and a Lapland Longspur
>>>>> to view. Rick Fare from Racine was there to assure identification, since
>>>>> the Western Sandpiper had a visual white patch on the back, said to be a
>>>>> seasonal change. The Lapland Longspur was a surprise to see as it quickly
>>>>> passed through heading north. I had photographed a Lapland Longspur at
>>>>> about this same time at Lakeshore State Park.
>>>>> Since no-one has reported the Lapland Longspur, photos can be seen at:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://thebirdpoint.wordpress.com/category/lapland-longspur/
>>>>> It was good to see birders out at Bradford Beach and Lake Park again.
>>>>> There were a few Warblers and discussions at Lake Park, that is always
>>>>> interesting.
>>>>>
>>>>> Have a good day.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sid Hamm Muskego Waukesha County
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> --
> Joe Schaufenbuel
> Stevens Point
> Portage Co., WI
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