[wisb] Re: Shorebird conditions for Dane/Columbia ponds
- From: Aaron Stutz <agstutz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 11:46:23 -0500
Rose Lake near Fort Atkinson has good shorebird habitat right now. The lake is
now a mudflat! When I checked the other day there were good numbers of common
species. There are dry areas that may attract grass-pipers in the future.
Aaron Stutz
Lake Mills, Jefferson County
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On Aug 6, 2012, at 11:22 AM, "Peter A. Fissel" <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Since several people have asked me recently if I knew what the ponds
> north of Madison were like, I thought I'd share part of Jesse Ellis's
> scouting report from a weekend BIGBY bike trip:
>
> "Shorebirding is grim. I feel like I perhaps missed one site, but the
> only spots that had water were DM and I, and the V/Schumacher/Patton
> pond. The former had a handful of birds, including one white-rumped
> sandpiper and a few leasts. And a Pintail and a family of GW Teal. The V
> ponds had lots of ducks but not much visible mudflat, and I could see
> about 15 Pecs and a few yellow-legs. At Schoeneberg there were a few
> yellow-legs way way way out to the north. I would never take anyone to
> LOOK at those, though... we're talking heat shimmer through a gap in the
> cattails. I only found them because I was desperately searching for
> YHBB. Wangsness: corn. Harvey and 60: corn/soybeans. Schumacher N of
> Cuba Valley - mostly corn, ditch in the middle with nothing in it. DM
> and Wibu has water in the ditches but is otherwise drained/planted.
> Goose Pond is cracked and growing things (as you know). I checked here
> for Buffies but saw naught."
>
>
> So, there you have it. Grim, indeed. There is a chance of rain later
> this week, but the long-range outlook is for dry conditions to persist
> into October. I neglected to mention in my post last night that the
> water is nearly gone in the Hwy 49 impoundment south of the historical
> marker at Horicon, at least in the part near the road. There was still
> some water way to the south, which may be visible from the Old Marsh Rd.
> I haven't heard anything very encouraging about Zeloski Marsh, either.
>
> Peter Fissel
> Madison, Dane Co.
>
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