Report of Duck Watch
By Paul Hunter
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Lake Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Seasonably cool, overcast weather yielded a few highlights among the
standard avifauna for the dozen over so birders who gathered at Lake
Michigan. A couple of us ran into a group of a half dozen birders
from Appleton as we were leaving.
The male Pintail paddled near and slept on the stinky Cladophora algae
mat along the shoreline among it's fellow puddle ducks, the Mallards
and Gadwalls. The Surf and White-winged Scoters munched on
mussels along with the Buffleheads and few female scaup just a short
way off North Point. The cute Black Scoters floated near the
large raft of scaup off the southern half of Bradford Beach. Jim
Mooney and I caught brief glimpses of the Common Redpoll among the
goldfinches and House Finches in the treetops on North Point.
The chickadees had already found the new feeder new the Wolcott Statue
south of the golf course. The Am. Tree Sparrows at the Locust
Ravine feeders seemed early but had all the appropriate field
marks. Marilyn Winter donated 50 pounds of bird seed to fill the
feeders. You can help also:
http://home.wi.rr.com/phunter1/lakeparkbirdfeed.html
Bradford Beach - North Point
11/10/07
Start time: 11:00 AM
Duration: 1 hour(s) 10 minute(s)
Number of people in party: 12
12 Canada Goose
1 Northern Pintail
40 Gadwall
30 Mallard
1500 Greater Scaup
8 Surf Scoter
1 White-winged Scoter
8 Black Scoter
150 Bufflehead
1 Common Goldeneye
6 American Coot
6 Ring-billed Gull
4 House Finch
1 Common Redpoll
2 Pine Siskin
10 American Goldfinch
Total species reported: 15
Lake Park - Locust Ravine
11/10/07 Distance covered:
0.5 mile(s)
Start time: 12:10 AM
Duration: 0 hour(s) 50 minute(s)
Number of people in party: 10
Comments: Lake Park Duck Watch
1 Cooper's Hawk
6 Mourning Dove
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
3 American Crow
10 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Carolina Wren
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
15 Cedar Waxwing
2 American Tree Sparrow
3 White-throated Sparrow
3 Dark-eyed Junco
2 American Goldfinch
Total species reported: 15