[wisb] Fond du Lac County May Count today
- From: "Tom Schultz" <trschultz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Wisbirdn" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 22:07:46 -0500
There were several groups working on the Fond du Lac County May Count today.
I'm not sure what the grand total might be for everyone (as Jeff Baughman is
the compiler), but I'm guessing it may end up about average.
It was my impression that the overall migration was fairly slow today --
much slower than I thought it would be -- with relatively few migrant
warblers around. I ended up with 22 species, but missed many that I might
normally expect -- had zero Blackburnian, Cape May, Bay-breast, Blackpoll &
No. Parula -- and many of the other species that I DID manage to find
totaled only 1 or 2 individuals for the day (including Yellow-rumps).
Still, it was nice to find Ceruleans, Hoodeds, and a couple of
Black-throated Blues.
Most frustrating was birding along Hwy. 49 at Horicon Marsh, where only the
portion NORTH of the highway is Fond du Lac County -- and all the birders
(including Peter Fissel and his group) were looking SOUTH of the road, to
where all the GOOD BIRDS were! It seemed like there were about a dozen
species that were missing from our side of the highway, including the TWO
ibis species and the many great shorebirds... Just too much high water
on the north side...
Oh, well... Despite that, I managed to find 136 species in Fond du Lac
County for the day -- even though there were several "easy" birds that were
missed (like Ring-necked Pheasant!). And I could find no "empid"
flycatchers, with the exception of Least.
All in all, it was a great day to be out birding, with very little wind, and
the temperature about perfect.
Tom Schultz
Green Lake
Green Lake Co.
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