[wisb] Fwd: Horicon Marsh today:Yellow crowned Night-Heron, Green Heron, Shore birds
- From: peg home <pegbiltgen@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 20:43:33 -0500
>
>>> My friend Judy and I made our very first trip to the Horicon Marsh today.
>>> I want to thank Jeremy who back channelled all the hot spots many birders
>>> sent him.
>>>
>>> We had a ball, and we fell in love with shore birds. We had always been a
>>> little timid of them, thinking we could never identify them.
>>> We we wrong, it was so much fun.
>>>
>>> Here are our highlights:
>>> Yellow-crowned Night Heron right off Ledge Road from HWY Z and HWY 49 right
>>> where everyone said it would be (a huge first for us). We actually went
>>> there to find this bird! Guides in hand we were out to spot that bird!
>>>
>>> Lots of Egrets
>>>
>>> Boardwalk:
>>> we thought we were only there a few minutes, but, we were there for over an
>>> hour, memorized by the birds, here our highlights.
>>
>>> Green Heron
>>> Yellow-headed Blackbirds: at least 3 males, 3 females, and some juveniles.
>>> Lots of them! A first for us!
>>>
>>> The rest I will not call, because we can not quite differentiate between
>>> the Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, but, there was a bunch
>>>
>>> Sandpipers: either Upland, gray top with yellow to green legs. Or a
>>> Solitary, it had a prominent eye ring had yellow legs, but, again just a
>>> guess. They scurry so fast, it was a little difficult to get a good fix on
>>> them.
>>
>>> That's it for the stars. We are now going to make Horicon a frequent stop!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Peggy Biltgen
>>> Sauk County
>>>
>>> Sent from Peg's IPad
>
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