Wilderness State P ark - Grebes/Plovers

[Jerry Jourdan]

Birders,
 
On Tuesday, Oct. 5th I birded Wilderness State Park and saw 
the following:
 
(43) HORNED GREBES
(7) RED-NECKED GREBES
(2) RED-THROATED LOONS
(22) Great-crested Cormorants
(1) Common Loon - dead, washed ashore (poor bird...)
(1) Imm. Bald Eagle
(1) Northern Harrier
(1) Sharp-shinned Hawk
(1) Horned Lark
(1) Swamp Sparrow

I also saw (7) GOLDEN PLOVERS and (2) BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS.
The birds were gracious enough to give me a great backdrop for
photographing as several of them scooted up onto the rocks affording
me great looks at their plumage:
Golden Plovers:
 - plump body w/ small head and small bill
 - darker cap relative to the Black-bellied Plover
 - gray breast/underparts w/ white spots/barring
 - light armpits in flight
 - darker tail/rump in flight
Black-bellied Plovers:
 - larger head and larger bill rel. to the Golden
 - lightly-streaked breast and white underparts
 - dark armpits in flight
 - white rump/tail in flight
 
I'll post pics as soon as I return south this weekend.
 
Jerry Jourdan


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