[wisb] Re: Milwaukee Coast Guard etc. today
- From: Judith Huf <judith@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: judith@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 19:05:29 -0500
Sorry about that slip-up, I meant a Glaucous Gull, I realized my screw-up when
I went to enter it in ebird. A stupid mistake which I will try to blame on my
elderly brain.
Judith
On Apr 3, 2012, at 6:39 PM, Judith Huf wrote:
> Just got back from the Coast Guard Impoundment Area. I nearly ran over a
> Killdeer who is sitting on a nest with four eggs on the white gravel on the
> north edge of the paved area near the ferry terminal. With help from some
> people in the ferry office we tried to mark off the place where the nest is.
>
> Besides the Killdeer, there were two Snipes (FOY for me) and a few
> ducks-Mallards, Shovelers, Green-winged Teal. Out on the break-wall of the
> harbor there were over a hundred Cormorants (also FOY for me).
>
> Behind the Art Museum, there were maybe 20 Lesser Scaup, at least 9
> White-winged Scoters, 50 or so Blue-winged Teal, and a single C. Loon, as
> well as the usual Mallards, Coots, Red-breasted Mergansers.
>
> I stopped briefly at North Point and a beautiful big all white gull flew
> right toward me and then turned south and disappeared . Seems late for a
> Glaucous-winged Gull, but unless it was an albino Herring Gull, I can't think
> what else to call it.
>
> Judith Huf
> Milwaukee
>
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