[wisb] 2/9 Lake Park Duck Watch Report - Milwaukee

From: Paul Hunter <phunter1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 23:50:08 -0600
Lake Park Birders,

See my report of the Duck Watch from today below.  Highlights: Horned  
Grebe, Iceland Gull, Greater Black-backed Gulls.  Last Duck Watch is  
in 3 weeks, March 2.

--- Paul Hunter
Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
  http://home.roadrunner.com/~phunter1/lakeparkbirds.html
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Duck Watches at Lake Park - Saturdays 11AM to 1PM
Winter 2013: January 19, February 9, March 2
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Warbler Walks at Lake Park, - Saturdays, 8:30 to 10:00 AM
Spring 2013: April 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18, and 25

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Lake Park Duck Watch Report 2/9/13 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
by Paul Hunter

At 11 AM about a dozen birders gathered where Lincoln Memorial Drive  
makes its closest approach to Lake Michigan, north of Bradford  
Beach.  The ice stretched out almost 50 meters from shore but soon  
after that were several hundred Greater Scaup and Common Goldeneyes.   
Jym Mooney and others reported several species of gulls at the harbor  
entrance, so we headed off to the red lighthouse east of the Marcus  
Amphitheater. We needed scopes to see the Bald Eagle and Greater  
Black-backed Gulls on the breakwater about 250 meters away, but no  
optics were needed to see the red-eye on the Horned Grebe right next  
to the shoreline.  Jym introduced us to the Bruce Street boat launch  
west of the inner harbor, a great place to scope gulls in the  
afternoon when there are ice floes.  At least two loafing Thayer's  
Gulls and one immature Iceland Gull were fairly easy to pick out ...  
once Jym found them ;-)  See my lists below which might be incomplete.


Bradford Beach - North Point, Milwaukee, US-WI
Feb 9, 2013 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     Lake Park Duck Watch with visit from Riveredge birders
7 species

Canada Goose  25
Greater Scaup  1200
Bufflehead  12
Common Goldeneye  400
Red-breasted Merganser  2
Ring-billed Gull  10
Herring Gull  20
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Milwaukee River Mouth, Milwaukee, US-WI
Feb 9, 2013 12:05 PM - 12:35 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     Lake Park Duck Watch
12 species

Canada Goose  5
Mallard  10
Greater Scaup  900
Bufflehead  5
Common Goldeneye  250
Common Merganser  20
Red-breasted Merganser  15
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Horned Grebe  1     In extreme corner between metal and limestone  
shores near entrance to Lakeshore State Park. Seen from 5-10 meters.   
Small grebe diving frequently. Small bill. Sharp horizontal line  
through red eye separating dark gray-black above and stark white  
below with no gray on cheek.
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Bald Eagle  1     On breakwall north of white light house then flew  
south.
Herring Gull  50
Glaucous Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  3 - On breakwall south of green light house  
and on ice
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E. Bruce Street Launch (Milwaukee), Milwaukee, US-WI
Feb 9, 2013 12:40 PM - 1:00 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     Lake Park Duck Watch
5 species

Mallard  3
Ring-billed Gull  50
Herring Gull  350
Thayer's Gull  2     More white between mantle and wing tips than  
Herrings and Ring-bills.  Darker eye.
Iceland Gull  1     Pale gray mantle and wing tips.  Size of ring- 
billed gull.  Bill was pale at base, black at tip.
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