Report of Duck Watch
By Paul Hunter
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Lake Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Addendum: (1/18/06)
Pat Ready, Steve Thiessen and Nolan Pope of the Madison area went with
Dolores Knopfelmacher, (Co-chair Nature Committee, Lake Park Friends)
to Locust Street Ravine after the Duck Watch and saw the Great Tit and
a Fox Sparrow. Pat Ready posted his photos:
http://homepage.mac.com/readyworks/PhotoAlbum22.html
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About fifteen birders enjoyed the bright sun and relatively warm (32
Fahrenheit) temperatures. A light easterly breeze and meter-high
waves made viewing ducks a bit challenging at times.
The American Pipit flew down to the Cladaphora "algae" mat where
Lincoln Memorial is closest to the Lake Michigan shoreline, just north
of North Point. It's thin bill and slight tail wagging helped
identify this dull brown, streak-breasted bird. Probably it's the
same one seen 100 meters north (at soccer field) on the
Wisconsin Society for Ornithology field trip on 1/7/06.
As part the "Big Year
of Birding at Lake Park"
we counted individuals of every species and entered them on eBird.com .
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Lake Park - North Point 11 AM - 12:30 PM
8 Canada Goose
30 Mallard
50 Greater Scaup
50 Bufflehead
300 Common Goldeneye
1 Hooded Merganser
7 Common Merganser
50 Ring-billed Gull
2 Herring Gull
2 American Crow
1 American Pipit
15 Dark-eyed Junco
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Shorewood Nature Preserve 12:45 - 1:15 PM
34 Mallard
80 Greater Scaup
15 Bufflehead
20 Common Goldeneye
4 Red-breasted
Merganser
3 Ring-billed Gull
1 Mourning Dove
1 Downy Woodpecker
3 Black-capped
Chickadee
10 American Robin
2 Northern Cardinal
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Participating Birders:
Kimberly Fein
Ron Gutschow
Judith Huf
Dolores Knopfelmacher
Jym Mooney
(Bill Mueller's scope)
Bill Rumpf
Maria Terres
and others (Please email me if I did not list you and you did attend.)