{"id":8830,"date":"2014-06-24T00:28:51","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T07:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birdaz.com\/blog\/?p=8830"},"modified":"2014-06-28T11:05:05","modified_gmt":"2014-06-28T18:05:05","slug":"door-county-wisconsin-day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/birdaz.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/24\/door-county-wisconsin-day-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Door County, Wisconsin: Day One"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’d driven through Wisconsin once, long ago, on the way to points far west, but Monday marked the first time I’d ever set foot on Badger soil outside of an airport. I like it.<\/p>\n

The drive north from Green Bay on that funny pointed peninsula was encouragingly rural, with small farms and fields and orchards lining the roads.\u00a0Eastern kingbirds\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0meadowlarks\u00a0<\/strong>ornamented the fences, and high above it all\u00a0American white pelicans\u00a0<\/strong>soared, alternating blinding white with near invisibility as they turned in the sky.<\/p>\n

I’m staying in Bailey’s Harbor, at the Blacksmith Inn, a quiet and comfortable place right on the water. My little porch looks out at a bit of marsh, noisy with red-winged blackbirds <\/strong>and yellow warblers<\/strong>, and then on to the harbor itself, happy hunting ground for\u00a0ring-billed <\/strong>and herring gulls <\/strong>and prehistoric-looking Caspian terns. <\/strong>The little yard attracts chipping sparrows <\/strong>and American robins, <\/strong>and a busy American redstart <\/strong>has her nest and her still tiny nestlings in a tree just at the corner.<\/p>\n

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Dinner that first evening was in Fish Creek, an appropriate place, I thought, to have my first Great Lakes perch. The birds had the same inspiration: an adult\u00a0bald eagle\u00a0<\/strong>flew over carrying something scaled and struggling, and two\u00a0black-crowned night-herons\u00a0<\/strong>flapped past the restaurant windows hoping to catch their own in the dusk.<\/p>\n

Here’s the complete list from the first day, if you’re interested:<\/p>\n

June 23, 2014<\/p>\n

Door County, Wisconsin<\/p>\n

Canada Goose, Mallard<\/p>\n

American White Pelican<\/p>\n

Great Egret<\/p>\n

Black-crowned Night-Heron<\/p>\n

Turkey Vulture<\/p>\n

Bald Eagle<\/p>\n

Red-tailed Hawk<\/p>\n

Killdeer<\/p>\n

Herring Gull<\/p>\n

Ring-billed Gull<\/p>\n

Caspian Tern<\/p>\n

Rock Pigeon<\/p>\n

Mourning Dove<\/p>\n

Downy Woodpecker<\/p>\n

Pileated Woodpecker<\/p>\n

Northern Flicker<\/p>\n

Eastern Phoebe<\/p>\n

Eastern Kingbird<\/p>\n

Red-eyed Vireo<\/p>\n

Blue Jay<\/p>\n

American Crow<\/p>\n

Barn Swallow<\/p>\n

Tree Swallow<\/p>\n

American Robin<\/p>\n

Eastern Bluebird<\/p>\n

European Starling<\/p>\n

Cedar Waxwing<\/p>\n

Yellow Warbler<\/p>\n

American Redstart<\/p>\n

Chipping Sparrow<\/p>\n

Song Sparrow<\/p>\n

Red-winged Blackbird<\/p>\n

Eastern Meadowlark<\/p>\n

Brown-headed Cowbird<\/p>\n

Common Grackle<\/p>\n

American Goldfinch<\/p>\n

House Sparrow<\/p>\n

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I’d driven through Wisconsin once, long ago, on the way to points far west, but Monday marked the first time I’d ever set foot on Badger soil outside of an airport. I like it. The drive north from Green Bay on that funny pointed peninsula was encouragingly rural, with small farms and fields and orchards … <\/p>\n

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