[wisb] WGLBBO Waterbird Watch (Harrington Beach State Park) update
- From: William Mueller <wpmueller1947@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 15:43:05 -0600
An update from WGLBBO Waterbird Watch Technician Jonathan Stein:
A total of 44 species were tallied today, in what was one of our best days
of the season to date. Present and accounted for were all expected
waterfowl species including all three scoters, all three mergansers, both
scaup, both teal, canvasback and redhead. As usual, greater scaup and
red-breasted merganser led the way in overall numbers. But after
recent poor conditions, other species were itching to move in good numbers
as well. American wigeon, northern shoveler, northern pintail, green-winged
teal, gadwall, lesser scaup, bufflehead, canvasback, redhead, common
merganser, common loon and horned grebe all totaled season-to-date high
counts. Other highlights included our first noteworthy movement of killdeer
and tree swallow and first-of-spring rusty blackbird, eastern phoebe,
wilson's snipe and golden-crowned kinglet sightings. And to top things off,
a big female peregrine falcon swooped in and shot northbound down the
lakeshore, stirring up a whole mess of songbirds during the early
afternoon. Not a bad way to break in a new month!
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17698130
William Mueller
Director, Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory
WGLBBO online: wglbbo.org
wpmueller1947@xxxxxxxxx
office 262-285-3374
cell 414-698-9108
blog: futureofbirds.blogspot.com
Belgium, WI
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