[wisb] Re: Pelicans on Pelican Lake (Oneida co)
- From: Karen Etter Hale <chimneyswift1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:57:07 -0500
Hi Nancy,
A woman called the Audubon office on Thursday very excited to report
some pelicans at Long Lake in Florence County, not TOO far north of you.
She saw them first on Wednesday, but from a distance and thought they
were the local trumpeter swans - until the pelicans showed up on their
side of the lake on Thursday. As is true for many people, she had no
idea there were pelicans in Wisconsin and was very interested to learn more.
Karen Etter Hale
Lake Mills
Northwest Jefferson Co.
On 4/30/11 4:23 PM, Nancy Richmond wrote:
> Pelicans on Pelican Lake - Really! I stopped at the town boat landing on the
> W side in the lashing rain, just in case I might see something...
> At first I thought it was a flock of geese (all I saw in the gray sky and
> dull light was the wing tips). Then they banked and what little brightness
> there was hit them differently and I could see black wingtips white wings
> and bodies. They did some precision just over the waves flight, landed for a
> bit and then proceeded to formation flying over the lake. This was between
> 2:45 and 3:15 today (Saturday). Pelican is supposed to be a good fishing
> lake - they must be in on the secret. This is the first time I've seen
> Pelicans on Pelican Lake and had always wondered how it could have gotten
> that name. Maybe now I know?
>
> Are these likely Green Bay birds out for an afternoon of fishing?
> Or Pelicans migrating somewhere?
>
> Also seen - one Bonaparte's Gull, Osprey, Eagle, Loons, Goldeneye,
> Can.geese.
>
> FOY Pine Warbler in our Rhinelander yard yesterday.
> Just now heard FOY E.Meadowlark here in Polar.
>
> Nancy Richmond
> Polar - Langlade co.
>
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