[wisb] Re: FW: Eurasian Wigeon in Grant Co.
- From: Aaron Holschbach <aholschbach@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Wis Birdnet <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:03:55 -0600
The EURASIAN WIGEON was still present at the same location just after noon
today. It was in the middle of a massive flock of coots making it a little
difficult to locate at first.
Aaron Holschbach
Arena
Iowa County
On Nov 11, 2011 8:17 AM, <thearctictern@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey all,
> My wife and I got great looks through the scope at 40 power just a few
> minutes ago (8:05 AM)! The bird is best viewed from River Lane Rd just
> before a little gravel pull off. The bird was still with puddle ducks,
> about 1000 of them. It took us an hour but we did find the breeding
> plumbaged drake on the southernmost tip of the long island that extends
> from the point south. The train tracks run right past the road and the
> birds. We were able to find the bird before a train came by and spooked all
> the birds causing them to fly out into the channel. We haven't taken the
> time to sort the 1000 of puddle ducks again for a picture but they are
> slowly swimming back to the point. I'm sure its still there.
> Back to work,
> Alex Stark, Prairie du Chein
> Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris West <little_blue_birdie@xxxxxxx>
> Sender: wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:38:53
> To: birdmandan1231@xxxxxxxxxxx<birdmandan1231@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: little_blue_birdie@xxxxxxx
> Cc: WISC Listserv<wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [wisb] Re: FW: Eurasian Wigeon in Grant Co.
>
> Thanks for posting this Danny. I was going to wait til I had heard it was
> sticking around since it was such a long distance from most people. I'll be
> down there Sat morning to check.
>
> --Chris W, Richland County
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Nov 10, 2011, at 21:05, Danny Akers <birdmandan1231@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> > Talking to Kelly McKay of the Quad Cities this evening, he informed me
> that he found a breeding plumaged adult male EURASIAN WIGEON off Potosi
> Point in Grant Co. today. He said it was with a small flock of puddle ducks
> huddled up against the WI shore to the east of the point. He also said one
> could have probably gotten a better view of the bird from River Lane Rd.
> (along the shore) than from the point.
> > Danny AkersAnkeny, IowaBirdManDan1231@xxxxxxxxxxx
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