As promised, I did ride the Oak Leaf Trail down to Lakeshore State Park this morning, and in short order, I found this handsome devil paddling slowly in the quiet water basin. He’s a greater scaup in eclipse plumage, and we last saw one in Estabrook back in February. “Great job complying with the ‘slow-no-wakeContinue reading “Checking back in on Lakeshore State Park…”
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Back to the lake…
It was already above freezing at sunrise this morning, and I expected the trails along the river in Estabrook Park to be very muddy again, so I opted to join the Milwaukee Birders as they visited Lakeshore State Park. When I first arrived, the lagoon was teeming with greater scaups, and here’s a drake, …Continue reading “Back to the lake…”
Lots of ducks at Lakeshore State Park…
As advertised, I joined the Milwaukee Birders this morning at Lakeshore State Park, and we had nice, if chilly, weather for our outing. The “Quiet Water Basin” was mostly frozen over, and the little bit of open water, near the bridge, was chockfull of ducks. The most common appeared to be greater scaups, with easilyContinue reading “Lots of ducks at Lakeshore State Park…”
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 