[wisb] Milwaukee lakefront, 2/10/11
- From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:57:22 -0800 (PST)
It was a beautiful day to be out and about today. Vivid deep blue sky, bright
sunshine, light winds. A little chilly, but I'm not complaining.
Bird activity was a little light, but there were a few highlights:
* Eastern Bluebirds foraging in an ornamental fruit tree south of Bradford
Beach, along with Cedar Waxwings and Robins.
* Ten Canada Geese asleep on the snow by McKinley Beach. Haven't seen many of
these birds lately.
* For a while I thought I'd found a set of turkey tracks yesterday at McKinley
Beach. I was excited!! But today I walked past the sleeping geese and found
similar tracks associated with that flock.
* An American Goldfinch was singing just to the west of Bradford Beach. I
figure spring will get here some day...
* In an earlier posting I talked about some shrubs/trees with dark black
berries. Someone told me they might be the invasive Buckthorn. Anyway, the
birds have been ignoring these berries all winter. Today I guess the Cedar
Waxwings got desperate enough to start eating them. Got some nice close up
views of the Waxwings...beautiful birds! The ground under these trees was kinda
interesting. Bright white snow illuminated by the sun, dotted with with very
dark circles of excreted berry juice.
* While eating lunch at Whole Foods, a wheeling flock of pigeons caught my eye.
Something looked a little odd. Watching the flock I realized that there were a
number of European Starlings mixed in, flying in formation with the pigeons,
They did this for quite a while. Don't think I've ever seen this behavior
before.
Bernie Sloan
Milwaukee
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