[wisb] Re: at least 2 Kittiwakes in Port Washington
- From: Will Fitzsimmons <willfitzbirder@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Wisconsin Bird List Wisconsin Bird List <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, cpetherick@xxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:48:33 -0800 (PST)
I watched a juv/1st cycle BL Kittiwake from the unpaved public parking lot
right next to the restaurant from 2:10 till 3:00pm today. This bird remained on
the water the whole time never taking flight. It was with a group of about 4-5
other gulls about 70 yards off the rocky shore of the water treatment plant
which is directly below the angled parking lot of Upper Lake Park. Good scope
views were obtained.
In fact I was wondering why I didn't see any other birders while I was there,
now I know they were south of the marina by the creek entrance looking at
another bird - one that put on a great show with closer looks. So there are at
least 2 juv. birds present and perhaps a third as Chris mentions.
Like I said, "my bird" never took flight the whole time and I was there at the
same time as a few other posters. I was in the location mentioned in the first
post and thought I was on the only bird present.
If anything, this will increase your odds of seeing this bird if you try. Good
Luck.
good birding,
Will Fitzsimmons
Washington county
--- On Fri, 12/11/09, Petherick Chris <cpetherick@xxxxxx> wrote:
From: Petherick Chris <cpetherick@xxxxxx>
Subject: [wisb] Port Washington Kittiwake
To: "Wisconsin Bird List Wisconsin Bird List" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, December 11, 2009, 11:09 PM
Hello,
I was in the vacinity today, so I stopped by to see if I could find
the Black Legged Kittiwake that was reported. From about 2:30 to 3:15
I watched as it flew around the river mouth/inlet just north of the
power plant in Port Washington. I was on the north side of the
channel and it flew within 15 to 20 feet of me on several occasions,
offering great views. As I watched this one and tried to continually
locate it as there were about 10 other gulls flying around I kept
thinking I had it only to notice that the one I was following had a
partially yellow bill, similar to a ring billed gull. However, the
rest of the body looked very similar to the Kittiwake from a marking/
coloration standpoint, which made me wonder on several occasions if
there were actually 2 Kittiwakes present in slightly different levels
of maturity or do Kittiwakes go from black bill to all yellow with no
in between? The second gull definitely had partial yellow/partial
black. I'd be curious to know if anyone else saw that and if so, what
they thought - Kittiwake versus Ringed Bill.
I did not see the long tailed ducks or the GBB Gull that was
mentioned, but I didn't have a scope to get a good look at the break
wall. Other species were hooded mergansers, red breasted mergansers,
coots, 2 common goldeneyes, Canada Geese and mallards.
Chris Petherick
Fox Point, Northeastern Milwaukee County
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