[wisb] Surf Scoters, American Avocet, Portage County
- From: janzg@xxxxxxxxxxx
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- Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 16:34:21 -0400 (EDT)
This morning Maureen Brocken, Stan Skutek and I birded Lake DuBay and
northwestern Portage County. We found a small group of birds on DuBay
initially- 6 Horned Grebes and 4 L.Scaup. As we walked out on the dike
however, a flock of 9 Surf Scoters swept in, landed and spent about 20
minutes before lifting off to the south. Later, a Bald Eagle flushed
two birds from the far north end of the flowage, one was a Ring-billed
Gull, the other an American Avocet which also headed south, crossed the
dam and disappeared.
Eastern Blubird numbers were down from last week but we had a nice
sparrow count and Maureen spotted a lone Dark-eyed Junco along River
Road. Raptors included the Bald Eagle, 3 Ravens, 2 N. Harriers, 7
Red-tailed Hawks and a Peregrine Falcon(thanks Stan).
Gerry Janz
Stevens Point, Portage County
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