Hi all,
Out birding this morning along the Milwaukee lakefront I ran into Rita F at
Lake Park lower sports field. She mentioned Mark K's post of the Upland
Sandpiper he found there. I had not seen the post as it went up after I
left home. We located the bird in a couple minutes but it was very skittish
and when it saw up, it pretty much flew north onto the water treatment
property. I got a couple of distant quick doc shots with poor lighting,
that is the way it goes. It remained there until we left and was out of
sight when we left. A life bird for me and a big thank you to Mark K for
finding the bird and getting the word out to others to see. Hopefully it
will hang around a while. Other birds to note on the lakefront, 1 Purple
Martin checking out the house at Lakeshore State Park, 2 Caspian Terns and
a couple of Ruddy Ducks were also present there. A cloudy gloomy day with a
few light drizzles at times and still cold out there!
A couple images of the Upland Sandpiper and Purple Martin from today at
this link:
http://www.windowtowildlife.com/upland-sandpiper-at-lake-park-in-milwaukee-wisconsin-on-april-24-2016/
Thanks and good birding,
Jim Edlhuber
Town of Genesee Waukesha Co.
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