[wisb] Phalarope and Plover at Nine Springs
- From: JAMES F SCHWARZ <jfschwar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Wisconsin Birding Network <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:49:59 -0500
I stopped at Nine Springs late this afternoon.
There was a WILSON'S PHALAROPE in the first pond. It was acting like a
shorebird feeding on a muddy beach on the west side.
There was a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER on a narrow strip of land in the second pond.
The only other shorebirds were the Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs and the
Pectoral Sandpiper.
I stayed until after sunset in order to check on the AMERICAN WOODCOCK. At
about 8:15 one began peenting in the cattails east of the boardwalk. It
remained in the cattails to do it's aerial display, although in past years I
have only seen them display along the paths south of the parking lot.
A mix of swallows continue to fly about the area. And a variety of blackbirds
continue to roost at Nine Springs after about 7 o'clock.
That is it for now.
Jim Schwarz
Madison, Dane Co
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