[wisb] Re: Milwaukee Lakefront, 9/20/11 - Sora on LSP prairie, Coot, old American Elm, weird red water
- From: "Joan Spector" <joanspector@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx>, "wisbirdn" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:18:22 -0500
I wonder if that was the sora rail that was pecking around in my backyard on
Sunday? We have a typical postage stamp Shorewood backyard, altho surrounded
by good vegetation, and there was a sora strolling around the grass (no
water anywhere nearby) - definitely a first for us, but we have also seen
species like woodcock, grebe, and bittern straying into the neighborhood
through the years. And speaking of unexpected Shorewood encounters, I saw
an adult red-headed woodpecker on a tree on Woodburn Street, 4200 block,
last month-- and I thought rhwp's had disappeared from our streets years
ago.
Joan Spector
Shorewood - Milwaukee County
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From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "wisbirdn" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 6:55 PM
Subject: [wisb] Milwaukee Lakefront, 9/20/11 - Sora on LSP prairie, Coot,
old American Elm, weird red water
> Spent several hours in Milwaukee's Veterans Park and Lakeshore State Park
> today.
>
> * As Tom Wood mentioned in an earlier posting: "On the negative side, the
> strip of grass behind Veterans Park Lagoon that has been such a great spot
> to find unusual sparrows during migration was leveled and destroyed
> sometime between Saturday morning and today." I was really disappointed
> when I saw that the Milwaukee County parks department had trashed this
> habitat east of the lagoon for no reason that I could discern. Not only
> was it good sparrow habitat during migration, as Tom Wood noted, but this
> is the exact same area where I found displaying woodcocks this past
> spring.
>
> * Had some fun following a foraging Sora in the Lakeshore State Park
> prairie. The bird was feasting on the ubiquitous grasshoppers there. Not a
> new BIGBY bird for me, but cool none the less! I don't think I've ever
> seen a Sora in such a dry setting. The only negative was that the bird
> didn't sit still long enough in the open for a decent photo (even though I
> took 40+ photos).
>
> * Another early American Coot, behind Discovery World. This is the third
> sighting I've had this fall, all in close proximity, so I'm thinking it's
> maybe the same bird:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/14463444@N07/6167878786/in/photostream
>
> * Never noticed this before for some reason, but there's an old American
> Elm tree along Milwaukee's Lincoln Memorial Drive, next to Veterans Park
> lagoon. For some reason this tree survived the Dutch elm disease:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/14463444@N07/6167345371/in/photostream
>
> Finally a weird item from the Discovery World harbor, near where the
> Milwaukee Fire Department boat regularly docks. A small patch of water
> (maybe 20x20 feet?) was the color of tomato soup:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/14463444@N07/6167347063/in/photostream
>
> Bernie Sloan
> Milwaukee
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