[wisb] Re: Tundra Swans over Madison tonight
- From: tom prestby <jjprestby@xxxxxxx>
- To: Wisbird <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 22:19:34 -0500
I quickly checked a couple spots on the west shore of Lake Mendota after work
today and there was a group of 195 Tundra Swans quite a ways out from Governor
Nelson State Park. As Peter said, this is a little earlier than when I
typically first see them as well. I couldn't find any scoters but saw a nice
mix of divers including Goldeneye and Canvasback. There are currently
staggering numbers of Ruddy Duck (500+) and Coots (800+) that can be seen from
Governor Nelson. Only a couple loons.
Tom Prestby
Madison
> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 22:00:40 -0500
> From: pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [wisb] Tundra Swans over Madison tonight
> To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> As I left the Southern Wisc. Butterfly Assn. meeting tonight shortly after
> 9:00, I heard what I thought sounded like Tundra Swans. I stood in the
> parking lot of the Warner Park Community Center for a couple of minutes,
> frantically looking around the sky (fortunately, I don't think anyone saw me,
> since I'm sure I looked fairly demented,) and had almost dismissed it as an
> auditory malfunction, when I suddenly spotted a large flock of swans (50-60)
> headed southeast. This is a week or two earlier than I typically see my
> first "night swans" of the season. Along with the multitude of DE Juncos in
> my mom's yard in Oshkosh last weekend, it's beginning to feel as though
> winter is inevitably heading this way...
>
> Peter Fissel
> Madison, Dane Co.
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