Mon 29 Mar 2010
American White Pelicans at Nygren
Posted by Dan Williams under Bird Sightings , Nygren Wetlands[3] Comments
Thanks to Susan Williams comment to my earlier post, I was alerted to Am. White Pelicans at Nygren. I went out there after work today and counted 45. While there, I met Martin Kehoe, who assisted in a controlled burn on another part of the property. He told me that Greg Keilbach counted “around 100″ scattered through the ponds in the lower levels of the preserve. Most of the pelicans I saw flew up from the area of the big oxbow that is below the hill on which the barn sits. Also visible from the overlook was a pair of Sandhill Cranes, a Harrier, about 8 GWTeal, a similar number of N. Shovelers, two pairs of Wood Ducks, a raft of Coots, several TVs, and a distant immature Bald Eagle.
March 29th, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Also moving through the county today: Common Loons, Horned Grebes, Ruddy Ducks, Lesser Scaup, all on Pierce Lake in Rock Cut S.P.
April 3rd, 2010 at 4:06 pm
A birder from the Chicago area, John Adams, reports that there were 27 White Pelicans in the lower oxbow this morning. They were not visible from the observation platform.
April 18th, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Still between 50-70 pelicans at Nygren today, depending on the time of day that you were there.