[wisb] Re: Madison Barrows Goldeneye-Yes
- From: "Peter A. Fissel" <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: starkal@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:01:00 -0600
I had meant to post earlier today that there is still a surprisingly
large amount of open water on Lake Mendota, so the Barrow's may well
stick around for a while. The lake could freeze up fast at the end of
the week, however, with the forecast cold temps.
Peter Fissel
Madison, Dane Co.
starkal@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello all,
> I finally made it out to Picnic Point with Libby Zeman to search for the
> Barrows Goldeneye...again! A few weeks ago I looked for the bird but struck
> out, now we came back for round two. The bay was pretty much all ice so I
> expected to birds to be way out on the lake. After walking about halfway to
> the point we found a large flock of birds and wouldn't luck have it, but the
> Barrows Goldeneye was 25 yards off of shore giving us amazing views! It
> really surprised me at how well the bird stuck out from the rest of the
> flock. After finding the bird we didn't stick around very long due to the
> frezzing winds off of the lake. But, it was an excellent day to find a lifer.
>
> Alex Stark, Platteville
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