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FIELD REPORTS

Summer 1999

cormorant.

Double-Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)

Date
Observer(s)
Notes
8/3/99 Riesenbuchler Forster's Terns and Caspian Terns were seen hunting off the north beach on the walk in. Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers were calling from the oaks at point #4. On the walk out, two American Woodcock were flushed from the woods on the walk out.
6/30/99 Bell At least two singing male Wood Thrushes were heard out at the point. A Sharp-Shinned Hawk was spotted flying over the north beach.
6/25/99 Riesenbuchler Sandhill Cranes were again heard from the back marsh. Could they be breeding?
6/24/99 Bell The first brood of Wood Ducks and Mallards were seen in the lagoon today. Two late Lesser Scaup were spotted out in the bay. It's common for a few Scaup to spend the summer around Green Bay every year.
6/20/99 Riesenbuchler Willow Flycatchers, Common Yellowthroats, and Marsh Wrens were commonly heard singing from territories in and around the marsh. A single male Yellow-Headed Blackbird was seen from point #6 feeding along the beach. Numerous Wood Ducks were seen in the lagoon.
6/16/99 Riesenbuchler The breeding season is in full swing. House Wrens, Gray Catbirds, Warbling Vireos, and Yellow Warblers were common at all points of the lagoon.
6/9/99 Riesenbuchler A Sandhill Crane greeted us as we scanned the marsh at point # 4. A Black-billed Cuckoo, Wood Thrush, and Scarlet Tanager were seen on the point. All three are breeding birds of concern in the area. Leopard frogs were calling from all areas of the lagoon.
6/6/99 Riesenbuchler American White Pelicans and Double-Crested Cormorants were seen in Green Bay from numerous points around Point Sauble. In addition, a late Common Merganser was seen from the north beach. Unfortunately, a dead Great Blue Heron was found at the edge of the lagoon.
6/3/99 Bell Calm winds and cold temperatures brought good birding on the point. Ruddy Turnstones, Marbled Godwits, Dunlins and Least Sandpipers were resting with the Herring Gulls at point # 6. An adult Bald Eagle was flushed from the point near the point, possibly resting after feeding on the hundreds of dead carp in the lagoon.


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