[wisb] Re: Milwaukee Lakefront, 4/2 - FOY Vulture and FOY Phoebe
- From: Cathy <cmauer@xxxxxxx>
- To: bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:43:03 -0500
Interesting that your FOY Eastern Phoebe is that late. Here in central
Wisconsin (about 40 miles NE of Wausau), we had our FOY E. Phoebe on
March 17, and others in the area had them about the same time or even a
bit earlier.
Cathy Mauer
near Medford, Taylor County
On 4/2/2012 5:18 PM, B.G. Sloan wrote:
> Had a couple of first-of-year (FOY) birds today along the Milwaukee lakefront:
>
> * An Eastern Phoebe was flycatching on the east side of Veterans Park lagoon.
> Interestingly, despite the talk of early migrants, this Phoebe was a day
> later than my FOY sighting in 2011.
>
> * Turkey Vulture, soaring high above the high-rise condos along the lake
> bluff, slowly moving north against the NE breeze. My FOY Vulture last year
> was on April 4.
>
> And a couple of other items:
>
> * Mix of ducks in the harbor was pretty much the same as yesterday (Sunday),
> except there were reduced numbers of individual birds and no Black Scoter or
> Horned Grebes.
>
> * Half dozen Golden-crowned Kinglets.
>
> * 4-5 female Red-winged Blackbirds (saw only one yesterday).
>
> And two photos:
>
> * Surprisingly, I think this is my first American Robin photo of the year. :-)
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/14463444@N07/6893989110/in/photostream
>
> * The catkins/flowers are blooming on the Weeping Willow trees:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/14463444@N07/7040087477/in/photostream
>
> Bernie Sloan
> Milwaukee
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