[wisb] Hustisford-osprey
- From: "Rhonda Schrab" <rdzs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 20:39:31 -0500
Early this evening in spite of wet weather I drove in to Husty to check on
the shorebirds, see if anything new showed up. Was disappointed in that
department, only 6-8 yellowlegs, but as I was standing there surveying the
situation I noticed a BIG bird coming around a tree. It was so unexcpected
it took a couple seconds to register, an osprey! Watched it flying up and
down the river about 5 minutes. It then perched and after a few minutes it
dove for the water. It came up with a 10"-12" carp. As it was flying past
me on the other side of the river, the carp wiggled and the osprey dropped
it. It flew around some more and perched again. Saw it dive again and saw a
fish splash but the osprey pulled up 3' above the water. I sat and watched
it for an hour till it finally took off and headed north, in the direction
of the Horicon Marsh. The list of species I've seen there continues to
grow!
Dave Schrab
Hustisford WI
Dodge Co
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