[wisb] Re: Waterloo CBC today - Meadowlark sp.
- From: Peter Fissel <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: chimneyswift1@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:45:23 -0600
Oops - in entering some of our sightings into eBird, I realized the Meadowlark
was actually seen on Island Rd., not Island Church Rd. We also had a single
Brown Creeper in the same conifer stand as the GC Kinglets (but no RB
Nuthatches.) Counting the single Snow Bunting Jim and I "poached" off of Area
8 in Dane Co., we got to 35 species, which might be a CBC high for me.
Peter
----- Original Message -----
From: Karen Etter Hale <chimneyswift1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 9:14 pm
Subject: [wisb] Re: Waterloo CBC today - Meadowlark sp.
To: Wisconsin Birding Network <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jim Kerler <jfkerler@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Lars Higdon
<larshigdon@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Michael Ayers <karenmike@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Nolan Kollath
<nkollath@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> The cold was biting yesterday, that's for sure, especially when we
> were
> scoping directly into the northwest wind, but we had an excellent day
>
> nevertheless.
>
> Jim Kerler and I did the Lake Mills and Faville Grove Sanctuary
> portion
> of the Waterloo CBC, starting at 7:05 with 2 tundra swans that were
> on
> the only open portion of Rock Lake. They took off and were gone
> before
> we even got the scope set up, so it's a good thing we got there when
> we
> did. Then we struggled to count everything else as our eyes kept
> tearing
> up in the wind: 170 common goldeneyes, ~300 coots, 32 common
> mergansers,
> and 4 bald eagles! We returned after lunch, hoping for better
> conditions. Nope. But the birds were spread out a bit more, so we
> were
> able to pick up 1 ring-necked duck and 2 lesser scaup. 31 mallards
> and 6
> Canada geese at the Fish Hatchery rounded out our waterfowl count.
>
> The rest of the day seemed practically balmy in comparison (well, not
>
> really - except for the sunny spot on the south side of the conifer
> plantation). We had good numbers of most of the usual species. One
> fox
> sparrow was a surprise. We ended the day with 34 species, 10 more
> than
> last year.
>
> No song sparrows (19 last year), kinglets (2 last year), or brown
> creepers (1 last year). Each year is different, which is one very
> good
> reason to keep counting!
>
> Karen Etter Hale
> Lake Mills
> NW Jefferson Co.
>
>
> Peter Fissel wrote:
> > Jim "Eagle Eye" Schwarz and I did our area of the Waterloo CBC
> today in biting cold (but the light was good!) Our area was
> essentially the northwest corner of Jefferson County, with part of
> another area in eastern Dane Co. We had two really good spots. In
> the morning, on the deadend Stoney Creek Rd. off County B in Jefferson
> Co., we had an E. Bluebird, Am. Robin and immature Cooper's Hawk in
> the same spot (the Coop may explain why there were so few other birds
> around despite a bit of open stream and good cover.)
> >
> > After lunch, we were driving past the first farm on Island Church
> Rd. east of Waterloo when we stopped to check for birds. Jim spotted
> a bird flying towards and then behind the car. I jumped out to check
> it and was surprised to see it was a Meadowlark - nice view of the
> white tail corners as it took off from the side of the road. We then
> got out Jim's scope to check a couple of other chunky birds hanging
> out by the cattle yard, which turned out to be female Red-winged
> Blackbirds. We also had a BH Cowbird at a feeder earlier in the day.
> Other highlights were Fox, White-throated and Song Sparrows at one
> spot in Jefferson Co., and a couple of GC Kinglets about six feet away
> from us in a conifer stand in the Waterloo W.A. Only real
> disappointment was not seeing any Shrikes, after totalling FIVE of
> them in the same area last year.
> >
> > By the way, we drove in to check the Prairies and Potholes public
> hunting area just northeast of Deerfield in Dane Co. (adjacent to the
> Goose Lake W.A.,) and I was stunned to see that it now truly is
> "Prairies" and Potholes - all of the trees in the rather extensive
> wooded area by the parking lot have been cut down. That had been a
> very productive CBC area - no longer.
> >
> > Peter Fissel
> > Madison, Dane Co.
> >
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