[wisb] Mississippi River waterfowl+ field trip notice

From: Chris West <little_blue_birdie@xxxxxxx>
To: "[Wisb]" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:26:48 -0600
Hey everyone, 
I was out on the river south of Lansing, IA yesterday and it looks as if this 
last cold front brought all the birds in. 
We saw around 2000 Tundra Swans, 50,000 Canvasback, 30,000 Am Coots and tons of 
other assorted ducks including Gadwall, Pintail and Bufflehead. We also saw a 
whopping 251 Bald Eagles (we kept careful count. ;)  ). 
This weekend, Mississippi Explorer Cruises are running our last weekend of 
cruises for the year. These are fall migration cruises that are based out of 
Lansing, IA.  We head south to the open water just above the dam to view 
migrating ducks, geese and swans. The views we get are pretty awesome. They're 
really up close, much closer than if you were scoping from shore. 
The trips go out of the dock just behind the Riveredge restaurant in downtown 
Lansing. Trips on both Sat and Sunday (Nov 12,13) are at 1pm and last for 3 
hours. 
Details and more info here: 
http://www.mississippiexplorer.com/ports/port-lansing.php 




Also, if you are up for a driving tour of all the birding spots along the 
Mississippi River: I am leading a Madison Audubon field trip to the Mississippi 
River on Nov 19th to view the migrating waterfowl. This trip will meet at 8am 
at Point Lookout at Wyalusing State Park.  FYI: This is opening day of gun deer 
season so wear orange! We will drive north along the river and check a bunch of 
spots for waterfowl and other birds. The trip will end in La Crosse.  Details 
on the Madison Audubon website. Please let me know if you plan to attend.  
Also, Nov 20: I am leading an MOU field trip along the Mississippi River. This 
field trip will begin at 8:30am at the Lake Onalaska overlook at the very 
northern tip of French Island in La Crosse, WI. The trip will end in Wabasha, 
MN at the National Eagle Center. Please let me know if you plan on attending 
this trip also. 




Happy Birding! --Chris W, Richland County Interpretive Naturalist Mississippi 
Explorer Cruises
http://mississippiexplorer.com/chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://swallowtailedkite.blogspot.com/ 
http://www.nabirding.com/http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto

"The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first 
material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the 
composer; but when the last individual of a race of living things breathes no 
more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be 
again."

(From William Beebe's "The Bird: Its Form and Function," 1906)                  
                  
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