This morning I decided to go Virmond Park to see if I could find the Red-necked
Grebes that stage at the park in April. When I got there, the lake was fogged
over, so I thought, this is not the day.
I started birding the perimeter of the park and found my FOY Ruby-crowned
Kinglet and Eastern Phoebe. There were several Northern Flickers and way too
many Brown-headed Cowbirds. It was over an hour-and-a-half before I got back to
the lake (I bird slowly!), and I was pleased to see the fog had lifted. It
didn’t take long for me to spot a raft of Red-necked Grebes, then another, and
then a few scattered individuals, over 40 altogether, I’m sure.
The grebes were very far out and most of the time I was using 60X on my scope.
Those of you not familiar with the park should know that viewing is from a high
bluff, and more often than not, most of the birds are distant, so it may not be
worth a visit if you don’t have a spotting scope.
Before I left, a large flock of Red-breasted Mergansers and gulls flew in very
close to shore, and a couple of Red-necked Grebes flew into investigate, but
they did not stay.
Thomas Wood, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County####################
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