[wisb] WSO Convention photos
- From: "Tom Schultz" <trschultz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "WISBIRDN" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 10:25:42 -0500
Here's a link to some photos from some of the WSO Convention field trips,
centered this year in Siren, WI.
http://www.pbase.com/trschultz/2009wso_convention (pictures on two pages)
On the first page are a few photos of the adult Swainson's Hawk that we
observed along Drawbridge Road in Polk County -- not far from the St. Croix
River. The photos are not great, but we were fortunate to observe a flying
adult on three separate occasions over the course of about 45 minutes -- at
two different locations along this road. These were likely the same bird,
but who knows for sure??! Near the latest location where we had seen an
adult (along the railroad tracks toward the end of this dead end road) we
also saw a perched immature Swainson's Hawk. (See Jennifer's nice photo of
this bird -- posted yesterday.) Presumably these birds were migrating
together during the strong west winds of the day before, and perhaps got
blown further eastward than they had planned. Perhaps others have some
additional photos of these birds that they could post, as I'm sure that a
number of good shots were taken.
The last several photos show a family of Black Bears that the people on the
Crex Meadows field trip observed on Saturday morning. They were in the yard
of a home adjacent to the wildlife refuge that had bird feeders.
Unfortunately, one of the cubs had a yellow plastic "globe" of some kind
stuck on its head! We don't know if it was ultimately able to extricate
itself from this predicament, but the DNR was notified. The lady living in
the house called out that she wanted someone to try to remove the globe from
the young bear's head -- but that would've been a bit crazy with the mother
bear right nearby!!!
Thanks to everyone who was involved in setting up, running or participating
in this convention. It sure appeared to me that everyone had a wonderful
time birding northwestern Wisconsin!
Tom Schultz
WSO Field Trips co-chair
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