Shorebirds -- mainly Greater Yellowlegs -- but with a Pectoral mixed in -- are out and about at Hwy 12 Ponds, Truax Prairie, and just about anywhere there's good standing water...Hermit Thrush are singing on territory. Both Meadowlarks accounted for. Location: Eau Claire County, WI, US Observation date: 4/12/11 Number of species: 64 Canada Goose 7 Mallard 36 Blue-winged Teal 12 Northern Shoveler 17 Redhead 16 Ring-necked Duck 15 Lesser Scaup 20 Common Goldeneye 1 Common Merganser 2 Wild Turkey 6 Common Loon 1 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Turkey Vulture 1 Osprey 1 Bald Eagle 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Coot 2 Sandhill Crane 4 Killdeer 3 Greater Yellowlegs 20 Lesser Yellowlegs 7 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 Bonaparte's Gull 1 Ring-billed Gull 9 Rock Pigeon 4 Mourning Dove 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Blue Jay 8 American Crow 24 Common Raven 2 Horned Lark 2 Tree Swallow 1 Cliff Swallow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 10 Tufted Titmouse 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 4 Brown Creeper 3 Eastern Bluebird 3 Hermit Thrush 4 American Robin 35 European Starling 28 Cedar Waxwing 3 Chipping Sparrow 1 Vesper Sparrow 2 Savannah Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 9 Dark-eyed Junco 24 Northern Cardinal 4 Red-winged Blackbird 35 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Western Meadowlark 1 Brewer's Blackbird 1 Common Grackle 30 Brown-headed Cowbird 16 House Finch 3 Pine Siskin 2 American Goldfinch 3 House Sparrow 2 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Many More Birds to You Steve Betchkal #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn.