[wisb] WHIMBRELS - Milwaukee CGI
- From: Tim Hahn <thahnbirder@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Wisconsin Birding Network <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:40:47 -0500
I stopped at the Milwaukee Coast Guard Impoundment this evening after work.
More shorebirds were present tonight than any other time I've visited yet
this fall. Oddly enough though, I did not see any yellowlegs at all..
Along with the resident Killdeer were one Least Sandpiper, 4 Semipalmated
Sandpipers, 8 Semipalmated Plovers, one Common Snipe, one juvenile Stilt
Sandpiper, and three Bairds Sandpipers. The most intriguing birds present
were two WHIMBRELS that flew in for a matter of seconds, grabbed a quick
drink from the pool, and flew off.
If you do visit this spot, be sure to stay for a while rather than just
taking a glance. There are a few pools throughout the area, but only two
pools are accessible/visible to the public, and the main pool is best seen
from the top of the hill along the road. Give yourself some time to see
birds come and go, as many birds were flying between the various ponds,
certainly being scared and distracted by the various ground moving machinery
they are using to "reshape" the impoundment. Also, much of the growth that
had obscured the mud flats has been knocked down, giving better looks to the
main pond on the south end, as well as a pond to the north directly across
from the construction trailer which had previously been complete hidden by
plant material..
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CHEERS!
Tim Hahn
New Berlin, WI
(Waukesha Cty)
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