[wisb] Re: ALERT:GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE
- From: "Bettie R. Harriman" <bettie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bhaunts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:05:51 -0500
If others of you go for and find this bird, try to get some high
resolution photos that could run in the Passenger Pigeon. Thanks,
Bettie Harriman, Editor
Oshkosh
At 09:04 AM 4/14/2011, Daryl Tessen wrote:
>Thanks to Andrew's post and back channel to me yesterday, I made it
>over this morning to check on his large grackle that was by his place
>yesterday. As I drove up it, plus Common Grackles, were perched in
>one of his trees by the street. It subsequently flew across to the
>retention pond on the west side, next to some condos. Its large
>size, fan shaped tail, plus the yellow eyes and flatter "crown",
>clearly show this to be a GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE!!! It is a male in
>excellent plumage and apparently condition. While I was there it
>would feed along the edge of the pond and then perch in the trees by
>Andrew's and the neighbors homes, plus fly back into the condo area.
>(I did not pursue it in the latter spot.)
>The location is in Darboy, south of Cty KK on Coop Rd. Coop runs
>south from KK next to the Kwik-Trip gas station. The location is
>around the third to fourth homes on the east side of the street, with
>the retention pond on the west side, plus the condos, slightly to the
>north. Parking is very poor along the road, narrow shoulder. It
>might be best to park at some rental garages to the north, or at the
>gas station (a bit of a walk). When the bird is down in the pond
>area it is not visible from the road, unless one walks out and looks
>down into the pond. Please try not to flush it too often.
>Apparently it is not coming to any feeders (if there are some in this
>area).
>
>To get to the general area take Hwy 441 around Appleton, either from
>the south off Hwy 41 or from the north, also off 41. Watch for the
>cty KK exit and go east on KK to Coop Rd (by the Kwik-Trip station).
>The area the bird is hanging out is just "down the road" a relatively
>short ways.
>
>PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN PARKING AND LOOKING FOR
>THE BIRD! One wonders how long it will hang around, although with
>the colder weather it may remain for a while. KK is the county line
>between Calumet (south) and Outagamie (north).
>
>Good luck!
>
>Daryl Tessen
>Appleton, WI
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