Hi all,
A first for everything I guess! Sail Birding, birding and bird watching
from a sail boat! It took place today at the Milwaukee Community Sailing
Center from a moving sail boat. The purpose of this sail birding trip today
was to document bird species on a portion of the breakwaters (breakwall to
some). This portion of the breakwall has been changed by the Army Corps of
Engineering by strategically adding smaller rocks to the giant ones along
the breakwall structure. The Army Corps has collaborated with UWM with
hopes to create breakwall habitat for a variety of living creatures
including birds. It was an exciting time with bigger waves then we would
have expected by the forecast. The great Captain Carl Eisenberg got us out
to the breakwall, excellent birders Marilyn B. and Jennifer Rutten were
present for birding ID. I went along for bird ID and taking a couple of
photos for documentation of the birds. We did not get as close to the
breakwall as we had hoped with the 18 mph winds out there but we could
still ID birds well. A fun time for all! It was beautiful sunny day, along
with mild temps.
Images from the sail birding adventure at this link if you care to view
them:
*http://www.windowtowildlife.com/sail-birding-at-the-milwaukee-community-sailing-center-in-milwaukee-wisconsin-on-september-12-2018/
<http://www.windowtowildlife.com/sail-birding-at-the-milwaukee-community-sailing-center-in-milwaukee-wisconsin-on-september-12-2018/>*
Thanks and good birding,
Jim Edlhuber
Town of Genesee Waukesha Co.
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