[wisb] Re: Long tailed duck wonderings
- From: David Freriks <dhfreriks@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: betsyacorn@xxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:40:04 -0600
Betsy. I watched the bird a couple of hours earlier this week. It dove
and fed normally. As I was leaving it did fly off out towards the lake with
a few Scaup that remained after the main body of ducks had flown out a few
minutes earlier. Seemed to be completely fine by my observation.
Dave Freriks
Saukville WI / Chesapeake, OH
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:18 PM, <betsyacorn@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Chari and all, Is Plum Island where the Long tails nest? I think that's
> what you are suggesting(?) I understand that many many
> are well out in the lake off of Milwaukee, and though we seem to have one
> relative "resident" within the Lakeshore Park lagoon this year, along with
> scattered sitings here and there, we see so few. I've often wondered where
> these birds nest, that they can be so close.... and yet so invisible! I
> wonder if others have thought that this solitary Lakeshore St Park visitor
> is somehow injured, and that the injury has forced the bird to stay in
> protected waters. Any thoughts on this? Thanks. Betsy Abert, So.
> Milwaukee
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chari Rutledge <charir@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Door County Bird Group <doorcobirding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; wisbirdnet <
> wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thu, Feb 23, 2012 11:58 am
> Subject: [wisb] White-winged Scoter, etc.l
>
>
> Yesterday, when returning on the Washington Island ferry I was birding off
> the Northport dock and saw a WHITE -WINGED SCOTER, my first sighting of
> this
> bird in Wisconsin. One of the ferry captains said there had been a pair of
> them around for a few days.
>
>
> There was a large raft of GREATER SCAUP and quite a large group of COMMON
> GOLDENEYES. When leaving the dock and entering the "Door" there were
> thousands of LONG-TAILED DUCKS in the deep water. It is interesting that
> we
> live right across from Plum Island and seldom see Long-tails in front of
> our
> house which is probably not 2 miles away from the area that the long-tails
> hang out. It must be something about the deeper water.
>
>
>
> The ferry captain also said that a GLAUCOUS GULL had be spotted in a group
> of Herring Gull a few days ago.
>
>
>
> Chari Rutledge
>
> Washington Island
>
> Door County
>
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