[wisb] Shorebird Hotspot- Western willet
- From: Thomas Schaefer <schaefertrees@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:52:09 -0500
Pike Lake is really outdoing itself this year. First avocets, then eared
grebes, and today one Western willet! All 3 are new county birds. Willet on
the same patch of mud that avocets used. Fairly long-distance viewing but
lighting was superb and 60x was very clear. Very marbled and scaly breeding
adult. Picked and probed liked dowitchers but with willet's shorter bill the
bird had a downward angle to it as it probed- like stilt sandpiper. Only once
did it open its wings and that's all it took for the absolute ID. Ducks have
almost completely cleared out. Few bufflehead, scaup, and ruddys. Forster's
terns are seen daily now.
Also had FOY orange-crowned warbler (2), palm warbler, and cliff swallow. Many
b-g gnatcatchers came in overnight.
Tom Schaefer
Hartford
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