[wisb] Re: Horicon - Old Marsh Rd. Sunday
- From: Evan Barrientos <emb326@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Peter A. Fissel" <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 12:28:13 -0400
I've always wondered what I would do if I came across a live snapping
turtle trying to cross Hwy 49, and Peter's last note finally motivated me
to figure it out. Here's a pretty helpful video on the proper way to move
snapping turtles across roads:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgd_B6iKPxU
Evan B.
Milwaukee
On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Peter Fissel <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I had to go up to Oshkosh yesterday afternoon, so stopped to hike out on
> the Old Marsh Rd. at Horicon one last time before it closed for the season
> (not reopening for hiking/biking until the general Dec. 1 opening of the
> entire refuge.) I went out from the east end. A photographer on his bike
> stopped to show me a photo he'd just taken of what appeared to be the
> Tri-colored Heron. He said he'd also seen the Snowy Egret. Alas, both
> were gone by the time I got out there. There were several immature
> Black-crowned Night Herons flying around, several Great Egrets, but only a
> few Great Blues. On my hike back to the car, an American Bittern was
> standing next to the road, trying to blend in. Uh, no. Plenty of frogs on
> the road to interest a bittern or egret.
>
> I noticed Starlings hawking insects over the road on my way back, then saw
> a few Common Nighthawks higher up, then more, then still more. Eventually,
> there were at least 50 Nighthawks circling overhead as the sun went down.
> A few Marsh Wrens and Soras were still calling, as well as a Great Horned
> Owl from the woods to the east. Aside from the fairly bothersome
> mosquitoes, it was a fun hike.
>
> Oh, I neglected to mention the motorcyclist on Hwy 49 who had stopped just
> east of the bike trail to try to assist a rather large snapping turtle
> across the road. With his bare hands. I sincerely hope he still has all
> of his fingers...
>
> Peter Fissel
> Madison WI
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