[wisb] Re: Wisconsin River flooding in Iowa and Sauk Co.
- From: "Robert Mcfall" <RMcfall@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <cajunbirder@xxxxxxxxx>, <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:33:02 -0500
When I lived in St. Louis County in Missouri. There was a fall flood.
Everyone was blocked out of the county roads in St. Charles County between
the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. When we finallt got to go in there
there were cornstalks hanging from the telephone wires along all the roads.
I think this was 1993. There was great birding when the floods receded. But
the flock of Eurasian tree sparrows that were always found at Riverlands
across from Alton, IL were missing.
Bob McFall
Kenosha County
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From: "john romano" <cajunbirder@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 2:32 PM
Subject: [wisb] Wisconsin River flooding in Iowa and Sauk Co.
> I've never seen the river so high. While trying to go into Arena Landing
today, the road is completely flooded for approx the last 2/3 to 3/4 mile
(when you take the road north thru Arena past Helena Rd, its veers right and
goes to Arean Boat Landing - shortly after you make that right hand turn and
just past the pines, the flooding begins.
>
> Helena Marsh is also flooded and the water is almost up to Highway 14 -
completely blocking the gravel road to the boat landing there.
>
> Also the levee/dike at Bakken pond has been breached and the western most
levee/Dike
> on Long Lake is breached for its entire length.
>
> I thought flooding was in the spring. I ran into Aaron Holschbach on Peck
Rd this AM early
> and he said the creast at Portage is the highest on record. On Peck Rd
this am was Merlin and Perigrine Falcon, and lots of Swamp and Song
Sparrows, a Lincoln and White-crowned Sparrow, Sora Rail, Yellow-rumped
Warblers, Palm Warblers, Common Yellowthroats. Aaron may have had other
species on the wing or by flight calls.
>
> John Romano
> Madison Wis
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