[wisb] Re: WI Point Jaeger...less (9/18)

Another UW-SPer and I were at Wisconsin Point from ~6:45am to 8:30am this 
morning. Although there were a lot of gulls, they were being lazy, so no 
jaegers were seen. I bumped into Joey Reichhoff and Terry Leasa there, in 
addition to someone who's name I forgot, and they stayed longer, so maybe they 
did end up seeing them. What we did see included the WESTERN GREBE and a 
somewhat distant RED-NECKED GREBE. No shorebirds were seen or heard, save for 
something that I'm guessing was a Sanderling that we spooked. A tundra 
subspecies Peregrine Falcon juvenile was caught at Hawk Ridge in Duluth, MN on 
9/17 (yesterday). 
I hope there's better luck for the Jaegerfest attendees next weekend! 

Alyssa DeRubeis 
Stevens Point, Portage Co. 

----- Original Message -----
From: "JOEY REICHHOFF" <jreichhoff@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: "wisbirdn" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 7:35:59 PM 
Subject: [wisb] WI Point Jaegers and more! 

Hello all! Since I will be working during Jaegerfest weekend, I decided to 
do my Wisconsin Point trip this weekend instead. Terry Leasa and I headed 
out early this morning and got to the point at sunrise. Within 10 minutes 
there was a juv Parasitic Jaeger flying over. During the few hours we were 
there, we had at least three different individuals. We also had a very 
close Peregrine Falcon dive after the gulls, a Merlin chasing a tree 
swallow, several Black-bellied and American Golden Plovers, dozens of 
Sanderlings, a Western Grebe (Thanks to Robbye Johnson showing up and 
finding a state bird for me!) and the highlight for sure was two 
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS near parking lot #2. We could not find any 
Harris's Sparrows yet. Hopefully they will be there by next weekend for you 
all. We will probably be going up again tomorrow morning so we will keep 
you updated. 
Great birding today, 
Joey Reichhoff reporting from 
Barronett 

and 

Terry Leasa, 
Fond du Lac 


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