I stopped here after dropping my son off at his summer sublet in Madison and I can report nothing that looked like a Reeve, not even a single Yellowlegs. There were about 70 or so Dunlin but that was it. And a very unhappy high and dry muskrat. Judith Huf Milwaukee -------------------------------------------------- From: "Peter Fissel" <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 9:09 PM To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [wisb] No Reeve at Harvey Rd. tonight > The light was so good when I got home from work that I ran up to Harvey > Rd., just in case Steve's Reeve (kids, ask your parents why that's funny) > was still hanging around. Alas, as I came over the hill to the south of > Wangsness, I saw the two farm dogs way out in the mud east of Harvey. The > air in my car turned several shades of blue as I pulled up north of the > east-west "hump". What few shorebirds there were on the west side were > way back - I did finally spot a couple of SB Dowitchers lurking in the > grass. I could see a large flock of Dunlin flying around farther east, > but they never got very close. Still, it appeared to be all Dunlin, with > no other species in the flock. I cruised slowly east on DM and stopped > briefly, but that road is so busy and the shoulders are non-existent that > I only gave a quick binocular scan to the north side of the wet area. > Nothing stood out from the Dunlin, so I went down to Wangsness. There > were a few shorebirds quite a ways out on the e > ast end, including a nice breeding-plumaged Black-bellied Plover, but > nothing else of note except lots of American Pipits. > > I did check Goose Pond, just in case - three Dunlin and two Wilson's > Phalaropes were pretty much it on the south side of Kampen Rd. There was > almost nothing along the south shore. > > Peter Fissel > Madison, Dane Co. > #################### > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin > Birding Network (Wisbirdn). > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. > > > #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn.