[wisb] Re: Two WW Scoters in Sheboygan Harbor

  • From: James Popp <birdsculpture@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Carl.Schroeder@xxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:08:19 -0600

I saw both birds at noon yesterday.   Had good views from Blue Harbor.
Both showed their white wings white preening, but they do have very
different face patterns.
Jim Popp
Sheboygan Co
On Feb 17, 2012 9:40 AM, "Schroeder Carl" <Carl.Schroeder@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yesterday at sundown and again this morning I observed two WW Scoters in
> the harbor.  The WW Scoters are feeding very close to the rocks on the
> north side of the harbor and can only be seen with a scope from the end of
> S. Pier Drive.  They were the same size and body shape, long sloping
> head/bill profile, a white vertical patch near the base of the bill
> (stronger in one and quite faint in the other), both showed a dark crown
> and lighter cheek, one was more blackish throughout the nape, body and
> wings. The other a bit lighter and brownish.  Both showed a white wing
> patch on the secondaries of both wings.
> Carl Schroeder
> School Hill, Manitowoc Co.
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