[wisb] Re: Morning in the Grasslands-/ Portage County
- From: "Dar Tiede" <crepuscular@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:37:46 -0500
Thanks Carl - reminded me that I was on the grasslands last Saturday morning
and teamed up with another car of birders from the Northeast WI Bird Club.
The sights and sounds of the BV grasslands in early June are always a treat.
Entered on Prairie Chicken Road (a little sloppy but passable) and had none
other than a prairie chicken sitting on a fencepost. - only one seen that
morning. (I couldn't find Short-Eared Owl Road so missed that one.)
Heading west on Lake Road from Taft we had at least five singing Henslow's
before the kestrel box with excellent looks at a couple of them. Had
grasshopper sparrows in the vicinity of the box, mostly calling from the
north side of Lake. Dickcissels and Upland Sandpiper were found on
Evergreen just west from F near the south edge of the BVG. We were admiring
a dickcissel thru the scope when we heard the wolf whistle and an uppie
landed about 20 yards from us on Evergreen and then it started to walk west
while we moved the scope to it.
After entering Portage Cty on my way from Appleton I had exited Hwy 54 south
on D (west of Hartman Creek SP). Shortly thereafter passed thru a nice area
with woods on both sides of the road - blue-winged warbler, mourning warbler
and wood thrush were heard at this location.
Dar Tiede
Appleton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Schwartz" <cschwartz3@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Noel Cutright" <Noel.Cutright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Bettie R. Harriman"
<bettie@xxxxxxxxxx>; "Marilyn Bontly" <mbontly@xxxxxxxxx>; "Joan Sommer"
<joan.sommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 8:24 AM
Subject: [wisb] Morning in the Grasslands-/ Portage County
> Along Cr-W west of Taft Road shortly after dawn amid lingering ground fog
my wife Barbara and I were treated to a chorus highlighted by Western
Meadowlarks, Upland Sandpipers, Dickcissels and cranes against the backdrop
of booming prairie chickens. Brewers Blackbirds were plentiful an we even
managed to find Sedge Wrens along Swamp Rd just east of Elm. We also saw
three Whooping Cranes in the Buena Vista area. Nice way to start a 3-day
scavenger hunt.
> Carl Schwartz
> Sometimes of Milwaukee county
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