[wisb] Re: Western Grebe, Manitowoc
- From: Madison Audubon <karen.etter.hale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: heuers3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, WisBirdNet <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 10:29:16 -0500
Hello Jeanne and Curt,
How wonderful that you ran into Chuck (actually, it would be hard not
to, as he's out so often checking the impoundment). He's always very
generous in pointing out special (and the more common) birds to all who
stop.
Chuck was awarded the Bronze Passenger Pigeon last month at the WSO
Convention. Here's the brief paragraph about him from the WSO website,
with much more at http://wsobirds.org/?pU14
*
Dr. Charles Sontag*, professor emeritus in biological sciences at the
University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc and a lifelong analyst of migratory
bird patterns along Lake Michigan, received the Bronze Passenger Pigeon,
which honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions in
their local communities or in the state to promote the field of ornithology.
May we all be as gracious in sharing our love of birds.
Karen
Karen Etter Hale
Chair, Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative
Citizen Science Coordinator, Madison Audubon Society
NEW: 1400 E. Washington, Suite 170
Madison, WI 53703
608/255-BIRD (2473) x 222
NEW: Karen.Etter.Hale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
OLD: masoffice@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:masoffice@xxxxxxxxxxx>
*/
Great Wisconsin Birdathon 2014
/* Give to the */Finch Gang/
<http://www.wibirdathon.org/nrfw/teampage.asp?fundid04> *- or else.
/You've been warned/...
On 6/16/2014 9:14 PM, Curt Heuer wrote:
> This afternoon we birded up the shore of Lake Michigan, starting in
> Sheyboygan and heading to Kewaunee. At the Manitowoc Empoundment we met
> another birder, Chuck Sontag (sp.?) who kindly put us on to a Little Gull
> mixed in with lots of Bonapartes, Herring and Ring-billed gulls. While
> talking, he mentioned that a Franklins Gull had been seen up by the groins
> along Mariner Trail, north of the Empoundment. After locating the Little
> Gull on the breakwater leading out to the Light we decided to head up to the
> groins to see what might be there. We didnt see the Franklins but hile
> checking out Foresters and Common terns there, we ran into Chuck again and
> he asked if we had seen the WESTERN GREBE? We hadnt, but there it was, near
> shore, with a loose group of Scaups and Redhead ducks. While getting good
> looks at Foresters and Common Terns on one of the groins, we had overlooked
> this group of unremarkable birds until Chuck pointed out the Grebe. What a
> nice bird to almost
> overlook. Thanks to Chuck for pointing it out!
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/heuers/sets/72157645255320713/
>
> Jeanne & Curt Heuer
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