[wisb] Re: American Avocet Lakeshore State Park 9/30/14, some images...
- From: Mike Wanger <misterwanger@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "jimedlhuber@xxxxxxxxx" <jimedlhuber@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 18:53:43 -0500
I just saw it--same spot, at the beach. Hopefully it will stay the night.
Thanks Jim!
Mike Wanger , Milwaukee
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> On Sep 30, 2014, at 4:47 PM, Jim Edlhuber <jimedlhuber@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I birded Bradford Beach this morning on Milwaukee’s Lakefront and present
> were 2 American Black-bellied Plovers. I headed over to Lakeshore State
> Park in hopes that an American Avocet would have come in overnight. As I
> walked towards the beach area I had to do a double take as there mixed in
> with about 10 Ring-billed Gulls was an American Avocet! It was not long and
> a jogger ran right down the shoreline. The birds flushed but only to the
> other side of the beach area. As I watched this bird, it seemed tired and
> wanted to sleep as it parked in numerous places and closed its eyes.
> Finally it moved in a just parked with a handful of gulls and closed it
> eyes for a short period. Along came a dog walker with 2 very large dogs and
> they went right into the water and all the birds flushed. A couple of gulls
> returned minutes later but I did not see the American Avocet return. I’m
> guessing it did in time. As I birded the rest of the park every where I
> looked I saw Yellow-rumped Warblers!
>
> Images of the American Avocet if you care to view them:
>
> http://www.windowtowildlife.com/american-avocet-lakeshore-state-park-milwaukee-wisconsin-september-30-2014/
>
> Thanks and good birding,
>
> Jim Edlhuber
>
> Town of Genesee Waukesha Co.
>
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