Wed 8 Apr 2009
Today I checked Rock Cut lakes around noon. Not much to report waterbird-wise, but there was a Common Loon on Olson Lake, having great success fishing. From the west end of Pierce Lake I saw 2 swans way back at the east end. So I drove back to get a close enough look to separate Tundra from Trumpeter, but it was no problem because they were Mute Swans. Oh well.
There are still a couple of siskins in my Shaw Woods yard, but unlike Dan, I haven’t seen ours gathering any nesting material. We have the same migrants he’s noted on the west side near Anna Page except for Purple Finches and (needless to say) pelicans. Our hummingbird feeders have been up for a week, since RTHs arrived in Wisconsin April 1. But nothing here yet.
April 10th, 2009 at 9:06 am
The Mute Swans at the east end of Pierce Lake reported by Larry were seen by Jim Myers yesterday, April 9, and they are still there this morning, April 10. A Red-breasted Merganser and a Common Loon are also on Pierce Lake this morning. Jim Myers saw 2 Osprey yesterday, but I did not see any Osprey this morning.
April 13th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
The 2 Mute Swans were still at the east end of Pierce Lake on Monday, 4/13 @ 5:30 p.m. I guesstimated that there were 350+ Tree Swallows flying over the lake, too.