[wisb] Re: Red Crossbills again
- From: Becca Setzer <beccasetz@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "andygruse@xxxxxxxxx" <andygruse@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 22:20:09 -0500
Hi Andy,
Forest Beach Migratory Preserve is the old Squires Country Club, 4970 Country
Club Beach Road Port Washington WI United States. :) That address should get
you right to the old club house then you can follow Mike's trail directions.
Hope that helps!
Becca Setzer
Glendale WI
On Aug 12, 2012, at 9:59 PM, andy gruse <andygruse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I'm sorry to ask this but where exactly is this Preserve. I'm not that
> familiar with Ozaukee county but will be down there tomorrow for work and
> provided I have time would like to check for Red Crossbills. Would be a
> lifer.
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> Andy Gruse
> Neenah
> Winnebago County
>
>
>
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> On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 5:00 PM CDT Jeffrey Bahls wrote:
>
>> My apologies to the list for garbled text. Something on my new phone
>> needs figuring out. Anyway what I was trying to say was there are
>> still Red Crossbills present at Forest Beach Preserve in Ozaukee
>> County. We followed directions crossing the road and followed the
>> trail to mature conifers. We saw several crossbills, Red- beasted
>> Nuthatch and goldfinches. Suddenly a flock of birds landed in the
>> weeping willow tree ALL were crossbills I counted over 30 in addition
>> to the 15 or so in the conifers. Suzanne said there were more birds on
>> her side of the tree. I took some video of the birds feeding. Then
>> they took off to the west, I counted over 100! and when I scoped their
>> landing spot there were already many bird there so my guess would be
>> 125-150 in the area.
>> We wondered the area near the hawk platform saw kestrels, meadowlarks,
>> kingbirds and a flock of 14 young turkeys
>> Nice area! It was nice to see Red Crossbills without freezing to
>> death, I normally associate crossbills with the dead of winter .
>> If any one has a Motorola Electrify phone that could help me with the
>> font issues that would be great.
>>
>> Jeff Bahls
>> Lowell Wi
>> Dodge co
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