[wisb] Port Washington, Lion's Den - Ozaukee Cty
- From: Petherick Chris <cpetherick@xxxxxx>
- To: Wisconsin Bird List Wisconsin Bird List <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2011 15:38:46 -0600
Hello and Happy New Year,
Yesterday was pretty boring, bird wise. But today was much more fun.
I made a quick trip up to Lion's Den in Ozaukee County. Not much
going on at all. I then drove north on HWY C to Port Washington.
Lots of turkeys in the fields. The best part of the ride though was
in the first corn field south of Port Washington where there was a
dead deer carcass about 15 feet off the road. Eating the deer was a
huge, immature Bald Eagle! I was able to get some really good looks
at it because of its proximity to the road. Very cool and a great way
to kick off 2011. The eagle was quite unimpressed with a tiny looking
crow that tried to scare the eagle off. I think I saw it yawn at the
crow.
In Port Washington there were literally thousands of geese in the
harbor along with a single Great Black Backed gull, a few Herring
gulls, large numbers of common mergansers, a few red breasted and 2
hooded mergansers. The GBB Gull was probably about 50 yards from the
"scope" on the walk, so it allowed for some nice views. Usually they
seem to be on the break wall way out, but this one was swimming with
the geese. I counted 15 ruddy ducks and a few goldeneye.
Chris Petherick
Fox Point, Northeastern Milwaukee County
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