[wisb] Milwaukee Lakefront, 4/20 - Swamp Sparrow, 100+ Caspian Terns
- From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:41:30 -0700 (PDT)
A very raw day yesterday (4/20) along the Milwaukee lakefront. The high temp
while I was at the lakefront was 39 degrees, with a wind-driven mist. But there
were a couple of highlights:
* There were 100+ Caspian Terns on the ground in Milwaukee's Lakeshore State
Park. There's something about their calls that seems very prehistoric. At one
point something spooked them all into flight, and the raucous noises they made
sounded like they could be used on the soundtrack of a horror movie. Here's a
photo of 17 of these birds. Also, notice in the background how the waves are
crashing over the breakwater. That wall is maybe 10 feet tall. It was a very
blustery day:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14463444@N07/6954326292/in/photostream
* A Swamp Sparrow in a non-swamplike spot. There is a VERY small lawn to the
east of Milwaukee's Harbor House restaurant. We're talking maybe 8 by 10 feet.
Everything else in this spot is paved over. The Swamp Sparrow caught and bolted
down a moth. Here's a grainy photo (the lighting was bad, I was being buffeted
by high winds, and it was misty):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14463444@N07/7100972331/in/photostream
Bernie Sloan
Milwaukee
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