Early Sunday morning 3 of us checked out the Auto tour and Old Marsh Road, at
Horicon.
The first big pond, on the tour had good shorebird habitat, as did a big area
on Old Marsh Road. Only more common shorebirds were seen.
The east end (past the trees) of Old Marsh has much more water. We saw 3
perched Least Bitterns, which were more than half way up the cattails. There
were a few families of Common Gallinules. We didn't see or hear any American
Bitterns. The Yellow-headed Blackbirds have dispersed from their breeding spot.
Many Black Terns, some still carrying food, and a couple Forester's Terns.
Although there were scattered Great Egrets as we went along,the last pond on
the tour had over 80.
Steve Thiessen Dane co.
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