Hi everyone,
Just wanted to let you know about an opportunity to sail for 5 days with the
Urban Ecology Center aboard the oldest schooner in the U.S. and party (and
bird) like it's 1871!
http://urbanecologycenter.org/sailing-maine-2016.html
Everything aboard the French is still done as it was 150 years ago and you have
a chance to help sail the boat (and work the sails and anchors), island hop in
Penobscot Bay and partake in a beach-side lobster bake.
There is also a side trip to see breeding Razorbills and Puffins.
For more information, please shoot me an email.
Thanks!
Tim Vargo
Timothy Vargo
Manager of Research and Citizen Science
Urban Ecology Center
1500 E Park Pl
Milwaukee WI 53211
(414) 964-8505 x116
Fax: (414) 964-1084
tvargo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.urbanecologycenter.org
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Behalf Of Daryl Tessen
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2016 6:35 PM
To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [wisb] A Tale of Two Days
After reading that birders found the Say's Phoebe on Sat. during the occasional
blizzard conditions, I decided to try for it yesterday (Sun). I arrived after
8:30 and was surprised how windy and cold it was. Several other birders were
also present but none of us could find it during the next 1.5 hours. As I
warmed up in the car I thought perhaps it would start hunting for insects when
it had warmed up. Naturally I was kicking myself when I read the posts that
evening about birders finding the phoebe from 11:00 on. So, I decided to try
again today (Mon). When I arrived around 10:00, I was again surprised how cold
and windy it was, although today the wind was n.e. rather than south like
yesterday. After almost 1.5 hours of futile looking I decided to check Goose
Lake on the north side where the wind did not hit. Several E. Phoebes were
after insects but no Say's. However I could not see all of the north side so I
moved around to the west end of the lake, again locating
the Eas
tern Phoebes. Suddenly the Say's Phoebe appeared chasing the Easterns out of
its territory. I was able to watch it for several minutes foraging for insects
and chasing the other phoebes before the strong wind had my eyes tearing so bad
I could no longer watch. Finally success (move over Tom & Wendy).
I checked various other spots on the way home. At Goose Pond there were only
14 Tundra Swans in contrast to 50 yesterday. The Snow Goose was still present
plus 140 Gr. White-fronted Geese. A small flock of 30 Lapland Longspurs were
along Harvey Rd just south of DM.
Probably the next best sighting of the day was at the junction of 49 and Z in
Dodge county. 8 Turkey Vultures were soaring overhead when suddenly a
Short-eared Owl came up and starting interacting with a few of them. Most
unusual to see the owl in mid-afternoon.
For both days about 70 species were seen, although today was much more
satisfying!
Daryl Tessen
Appleton,, WI
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