[wisb] Re: Forest Co birding report
- From: Mike Duchek <mikeduchek@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 08:53:13 -0600
I'm not sure what time you got to Alvin, Carl, but I just thought I'd note that
for me the best time to see the evening grosbeaks is early in the morning (dawn
is best), as their name suggests (oh wait, no). The first year I kept trying
in the afternoon without luck, and although one of the residents told me they
come in the morning and then do sometimes sweep back in for another feeding
before bed, they didn't while I was there. Instead they were there in the AM
and as they day went on they seem to disperse to the point that none were left
by afternoon.
For anyone interested, here also is a video I took while we encountered the
boreal chickadees. You can hear both black-capped and boreal chickadees
calling here (headphones might help). I have a feeling there may have been a
predator around as they sound somewhat agitated. But I never did see any owl
or hawk. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyXO-hKY1Yg
-Mike Duchek, back in balmy Waukesha, Waukesha Co.
> From: Carl.Schroeder@xxxxxxxxxx
> To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [wisb] Forest Co birding report
> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 14:41:35 +0000
>
> The weather was beautiful, the woods was lovely dark and deep but in the
> Headwaters Wilderness (aka Pine River area east of Three Lakes) there were
> very few birds active on Friday: Ruffed Grouse at dawn. C. Redpolls at many
> stops but otherwise only BC Chickadees. Alvin was busy with P. Siskins and C.
> Redpolls but no Evening Grosbeaks. I had an ice fishing promise to keep so
> after birding all day on Friday I headed to Lac Vieux Desert.
> On my return Sunday I finally after four years of searching in all seasons
> found two BOREAL CHICKADEEs roadside at the big bog just west of the
> intersection of Giant Pine Rd and Pine River Rd. This is very near where Mike
> D reported them on Saturday. It was a thrill watching these little guys
> feeding in the tamaracks. Crows and Raven were present along Pine River Rd.
> and at the river crossing there were B. Creeper and Hairy Woodpecker. But no
> other boreal birds. Alvin again was without Evening Grosbeaks.
>
> Carl Schroeder
> School Hill, Manitowoc Co.
>
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