The highlight of the MAS trip to Nine Springs this evening was a flock of 29
Willets on the third pond. They were probably standing on the south mudbar,
but with all the rain, that is submerged, so you really couldn't see their
legs. Unfortunately, we think they may have taken off after sunset, as Charles
Naeseth and I both heard them calling a lot when our group got back to the
parking lot.
Other highlights were a flyover flock of 11 Great Egrets, another of 22 Caspian
Terns, and cooperative Soras wandering around on the edges of the dead
cattails on the second pond. Marsh Wrens were back and singing, and Charles
heard a Sedge Wren south of the main ditch. Not a ton of warblers except for
Yellows and Myrtles, but we did see a Northern Waterthrush and Black & White
along the main ditch, and had a female Wilson's on the way back in (amazingly,
the first Wilson's I've seen in three years.) The remnants of the group hung
around the parking lot until dark, but we only heard one distant Am. Woodcock
displaying. It probably took off from the east side of the big hill at the
curve. There's a large mowed area on the west side of Lake Farm Rd., across
from the Lussier Center.
Thanks to everyone who came out tonight, and especially to Chris West and
Charles for finding a lot of our birds.
Peter Fissel
Madison, Dane Co.
####################
You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding
Network (Wisbirdn).
To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at:
//www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn
To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at:
//www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn
Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn
