[wisb] Sheboygan and Horicon today

I went to Sheboygan to attend a preliminary planning meeting for next year's 
WSO Convention (Madison, May 10-14, 2012 - save the dates!  It'll be 
fabulous...)  Unfortunately, I did not manage my time very well this morning 
and left myself only a few minutes for a quick scan of North Point before the 
meeting.  There are a LOT of gulls there - only oddball I picked out in the 
five minutes I was there was a Lesser Black-backed.  I had to go to Oshkosh 
after the meeting, so I didn't have time to check the lake again - bears 
watching.
 
On my way back to Madison tonight, I took a swing by Horicon Marsh.  On a quick 
stop at the Bud Cook Hiking Area on W. Point Rd. (Dodge Co.) near sunset, I 
heard several Henslow's, Clay-colored and Vesper Sparrows, a couple of Sedge 
Wrens, and several Bobolinks.  There don't seem to be Dickcissels at that 
location, but they can be found in the general area (I hear them every time I 
go through the Hwy 26/151 interchange north of the marsh, and I even heard one 
at the Hwy 41/151 interchange by Fond du Lac.)   
 
Construction notes:  there are a lot of exits and roads closed in and around 
Sheboygan - check the WisDOT website 
(http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/road/workzones.htm) for the gory details.  
There also were signs around Beaver Dam saying "Road work begins June 29" on 
Hwy 151 - you have been duly warned. 
 
Peter Fissel
Madison, Dane Co. 
 
 
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