[wisb] Brillion SWA-4/18/14

From: Andrew Reimer <andrew.reimer21@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Wisconsin Bird Network <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 19:24:32 -0500
Was able to visit Brillion this morning.  Swung by the Hwy. B/57 pond on
the way in.  The area is definitely holding plenty of water, and the field
had been cut last Fall, so the habitat is there for shorebirds if and when
they arrive.  However this morning there were only a Great Blue Heron and a
couple geese.  Headed over to the impoundment and then walked the trails by
the Nature Center.  Definitely needed the duck hunting boots to get through
the trails.  Nothing particularly notable, but lots of geese and cranes,
particularly in the flooded fields and quite a few more diving ducks than
what is usual for that area.  Fox Sparrows, Hermit Thrushes, and sapsuckers
were easy finds in the woods.  From the observation deck, which took quite
a beating this last winter, Ospreys were gathering material for one of the
two nesting platforms, serenaded by winnowing snipe.  All in all, it was a
nice tally of birds....for late March.  Complete list below...
 Brillion SWA, Calumet, US-WI
Apr 18, 2014 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Cloudy and cool.  Observations along Conservation Rd., the
impoundment, and the trails around the Nature Center.
42 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  100
American Wigeon  3
Mallard  20
Blue-winged Teal  6
Northern Shoveler  2
Redhead  12
Ring-necked Duck  12
Lesser Scaup  12
Bufflehead  1
Wild Turkey  6
Great Blue Heron  1
Osprey  2
Sandhill Crane  75
Killdeer  1
Wilson's Snipe  1
Ring-billed Gull  X
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  10
Mourning Dove  X
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  10
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  6
American Kestrel  3
Blue Jay  2
Horned Lark  30
Tree Swallow  4
Black-capped Chickadee  X
Brown Creeper  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Hermit Thrush  4
American Robin  X
European Starling  X
Cedar Waxwing  10
Fox Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco  20
Northern Cardinal  1
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Eastern/Western Meadowlark  5
Common Grackle  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  8
American Goldfinch  2

-- 
*Andrew Reimer*
*Darboy (Appleton), Calumet County*


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