[wisb] Saturday: Port Washington

From: thomas657@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:12:52 -0500
Sorry this is a bit late.... 

I headed to the Port Washington Harbor on Saturday.  Lots of Geese.  Not so 
many ducks. 

A large group of geese were amongst the piers, and many, many more far out into 
the harbor.  As evening approached, they became very vocal and swam inward 
toward the inner harbor breakwalls. 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22836210@N03/6750668637/in/photostream

There were many ducks inside and outside the breakwall.  There was nothing out 
of the ordinary.  Two others spotted a Barrows Goldeneye, but with my lowly 
300mm lens, I couldn't get a good photo.  There were a beautiful hooded 
merganser couple, particularly the male, but again, not much to show for it in 
terms of photos.  There were other goldeneyes and many red-breasted mergansers. 
 A male and female rb merganser swam by not too far off the outer breakwater.  
Surprisingly, they were not spooked by my presence.  The female had a lure and 
line stuck in its mouth. :-(

RB Mergansers:
Female with lure:  
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22836210@N03/6750669233/in/photostream
Male swallowing lunch: 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22836210@N03/6750669135/in/photostream
Pair of females, open wide: 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22836210@N03/6750669701/in/photostream
Female, "I'm watching you": 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22836210@N03/6750669419/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22836210@N03/6750669871/in/photostream


Enjoy,
Tom Wright
Wales 

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