[wisb] Sheboygan and Horicon today
- From: Peter Fissel <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Wisconsin Birding Network <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:30:03 -0500
I went to Sheboygan to attend a preliminary planning meeting for next year's
WSO Convention (Madison, May 10-14, 2012 - save the dates! It'll be
fabulous...) Unfortunately, I did not manage my time very well this morning
and left myself only a few minutes for a quick scan of North Point before the
meeting. There are a LOT of gulls there - only oddball I picked out in the
five minutes I was there was a Lesser Black-backed. I had to go to Oshkosh
after the meeting, so I didn't have time to check the lake again - bears
watching.
On my way back to Madison tonight, I took a swing by Horicon Marsh. On a quick
stop at the Bud Cook Hiking Area on W. Point Rd. (Dodge Co.) near sunset, I
heard several Henslow's, Clay-colored and Vesper Sparrows, a couple of Sedge
Wrens, and several Bobolinks. There don't seem to be Dickcissels at that
location, but they can be found in the general area (I hear them every time I
go through the Hwy 26/151 interchange north of the marsh, and I even heard one
at the Hwy 41/151 interchange by Fond du Lac.)
Construction notes: there are a lot of exits and roads closed in and around
Sheboygan - check the WisDOT website
(http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/road/workzones.htm) for the gory details.
There also were signs around Beaver Dam saying "Road work begins June 29" on
Hwy 151 - you have been duly warned.
Peter Fissel
Madison, Dane Co.
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