[wisb] Milwaukee lakefront, 2/12/11 - slow birding, but a new lifer "yard" bird

From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx>
To: wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:13:51 -0800 (PST)

The birding was pretty dismal for me today (2/12/11) on the southern half of my 
Milwaukee BIGBY route. Only three species grand total. That has to be a record 
low count for me. :-(  I passed the time shooting a few short videos of the 
southern part of my BIGBY route instead. (See below)

Here are the three species:

* Common Goldeneye. One female, in a small patch of open water behind the art 
museum.

* Canada Goose. Several smallish flocks (6-15 birds) all in flight. Most CAGOs 
I've seen in about a week.

* Herring Gull. 13 birds, near the patch of water the Goldeneye was in. There 
were maybe 1,000 gulls farther out in the harbor on the ice. Too far away to ID 
with binoculars.

I did have one new life "yard" bird species this afternoon. Looked out the 
patio window and saw a small flock of Greater Scaups flying by.

Here are some videos from my southern BIGBY route. They're short, between 30 
and 60 seconds each. They give varying views of Lakeshore State Park and 
Milwaukee Harbor. I shot them in a bright glare and couldn't see images on the 
camera screen. They're not too bad for shooting blind. :-)

Lakeshore State Park:

* http://bit.ly/e3R1SP
* http://bit.ly/fqsFtG
* http://bit.ly/i9CBY4

Milwaukee Harbor:

* http://bit.ly/hVMOml
* http://bit.ly/hAVmwc
* http://bit.ly/eUP6ZT

Bernie Sloan
Milwaukee


      
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[wisb] Milwaukee lakefront, 2/12/11 - slow birding, but a new lifer "yard" bird

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