Harlequin Lapland Rusty 2010 Oct 1 3

Lake Park birders,

See the messages from
http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/WISC.html
Wis Bird Net that I am forwarding below.

--- Paul Hunter
Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
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From eBird alerts:
Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) (1)
Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) (2)
- Reported Oct 03, 2010 06:30 by Todd Wilson
- Reported Oct 03, 2010 07:00 by Jym Mooney
- Bradford Beach--North Point, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Subject: Fw: eBird Report - Bradford Beach - North Point , 10/2/10
From: Mike Goodman <goodman4835 AT sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 11:15:12 -0700 (PDT)

Michael Goodman-South Milwaukee

Location: Bradford Beach - North Point
Observation date: 10/2/10
Notes: Harlequin- female along shoreline across from soccer field
Number of species: 5

Harlequin Duck 1
Ring-billed Gull 75
Herring Gull 10
American Crow 1
American Goldfinch 1

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Subject: View from my Lake Park sparrow spot
From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2 AT yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010

At the very southern tip of Milwaukee's Lake Park there's a bluff
filled with foxtails.

I've been checking this spot on a regular basis during migration,
with fairly decent results: White-throated, White-crowned, Savannah,
Song, Swamp, and Lincoln's (only one of the latter). It can be a
challenging spot since you're looking down a steep hill...it's not
like checking out a level plot of grasses. Sometimes there's nothing.
Other times you can hear the darned birds chirping down in the
foxtails, but you never really see anything. But every now and then
patience pays off.

Anyway, the other day I was trying to get a visual of some chirping
birds and I looked up and was struck by how beautiful this spot can
be. Funny how sometimes we can be focusing on the small details of
birding and miss the big picture.

Here's a photo I took with my cell phone: http://bit.ly/cyc3xS

Bernie Sloan
Milwaukee