Just a couple of things to add to Daryl's post- I found that you can still
walk on the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge boardwalk up to the viewing
platform. While out there, a gentleman alerted me to a costumed figure in
the distance (wearing blue jeans and apparently a sheet over his or her
torso). This person was accompanying what appeared to be two very young
Whooping Cranes. The last I heard, the WCEP was trying to minimize human
interaction with young Whooping Cranes, so I don't know what was going on
here. They were quite far away, but they seemed too young to migrate. Maybe
these were human-raised cranes being taken out for some exercise in a
natural habitat.
Today was a good day to see Northern Harriers. I saw one along STH49, one at
the end of Ledge Road, one along CTH Z, and 3 along Main Dike Road. While
leaving Main Dike Rd. a Rusty Blackbird stopped in a sapling for a few
seconds, right next to my car.
Along the autotour, in addition to what Daryl reported, were 6 Tundra Swans
in the first pond, and from the last pullout along the road, there were 6
Tundra or Trumpeter Swans (too distant and mostly sleeping, making ID too
difficult for me).
Thomas Wood, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County
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Subject: [wisb] Goose Pond & Horicon marsh
I checked out Goose Pond this morning. Fairly standard birds: Tundra
Swans, Canada Geese and several duck species. Shorebirds consisted of a
Greater & Lesser Yellowlegs, 21 Dunlins and 1 Pectoral Sandpiper. A stop at
the Shady Lane pond revealed Tom Wood also checking out the shorebirds---we
had a real nice talk. Present were 38 Dunlins, 2 White-rumped Sandpipers, a
Killdeer and a Wilson's Snipe. One Cackling Goose was with the Canadas.
The Auto tour ponds were the reverse of yesterday. The first pond had all
the shorebirds while the last pond had none (water too high). At the first
pond were 30 Long-billed Dowitchers, 5 Dunlins and both yellowlegs. While
checking the few ducks in the boardwalk pond (from the road) I noticed 3
Whooping Cranes flying and landing in the marshy area to the north of the
pond. Quite a few Sandhills were also flying in the area but the Whooping
did not associate with them.
Daryl Tessen
Appleton,, WI
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