[wisb] Heckrodt & Shiocton

From: Daryl Tessen <bhaunts@xxxxxxxxx>
To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 18:31:43 -0500
I spent the morning walking Heckrodt Preserve and then checked Lakes Winnebago 
& Little Butte des Morts in Neenah/Menasha.  Heckrodt was very good with a real 
nice migrant wave in a part of the preserve.  It included 10 Golden-cr. and 2 
Ruby-cr. Kinglets, 3 Winter Wrens, 10 Yellow-rumped Warblers and (a surprise) a 
Pine Warbler, 3 Brown Creepers, 1 Hermit Thrush, 1 Fox Sparrow, 15+ 
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers and a fly by Common Loon, plus standard birds.   Lake 
Winnebago had more open water but is still mainly ice.  There was a nice 
variety of ducks, including an estimated 7000 Lesser Scaup, and numerous White 
Pelicans and Dc Cormorants, plus 2 Bonaparte's Gulls among the 
Ring-billeds and Herrings.  Also a Common Loon was off Jefferson Park.  Little 
Lake Butte des Morts is open.  Besides the numerous pelicans and cormorants, 
there were 4 Horned Grebes on it.  Oddly no loons.
This afternoon I checked the Shiocton area between Black Creek and New London.  
Best spots were Mack WA, with 10+ Fox Sparrows, Van Patten Rd (now has open 
water) with 16 duck species and 1 male Yellow-headed Blackbird.  The other good 
spot was along Cty W south of Hwy 76 where 10 Gr. White-fronted Geese and 30 
Tundra Swans were still present, along with various ducks and of course 
numerous Canada Geese.

74 species combined.
Daryl Tessen
Appleton,, WI


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