[wisb] Re: Western Grebe, Manitowoc
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- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 18:30:19 +0000
> The Western Grebe is still present but moving around quite a bit. I first
> spotted it about 250 yards north of the lighthouse but it quickly moved in
> close to the impoundment walkway. I last saw it at 12:50 P.M.
> moving north just in back of the yacht club.
> Thomas Wood, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County
> ---- Curt Heuer <heuers3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 Bonaparte’s, Herring and Ring-billed gulls. While
> > talking, he mentioned that a Franklin’s 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 didn’t see the Franklin’s but
> > hile checking out Forester’s and Common terns there, we ran into Chuck
> > again and he asked if we had seen the WESTERN GREBE? We hadn’t, but there
> > it was, near shore, with a loose group of Scaups and Redhead ducks. While
> > getting good looks at Forester’s 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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