[wisb] Re: WGLBBO Waterbird Watch (Harrington Beach State Park) update
- From: Dmasliah <dmasliah@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "wpmueller1947@xxxxxxxxx" <wpmueller1947@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 18:01:09 -0500
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> On Apr 1, 2014, at 4:43 PM, William Mueller <wpmueller1947@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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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