We are having a normal assortment and number of birds at the feeders. Also the
neighborhood Cooper's hawk helping himself to the feeder birds. And we also
have had GHOW hooting in the evenings on occasion.
Kurt Petersen
Sheboygan County
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From: wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf
Of Jym Mooney & Carol Lee Hopkins
Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 3:43 PM
To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [wisb] Re: Lake Michigan
More likely the reason is that there is a good supply of natural food sources
still available at this time. You'll probably see more birds at your feeders
once the winter snows start in.
Jym Mooney, Milwaukee
On 1/6/2019 3:04 PM, Judy Ettenhofer wrote:
Daryl: I also have had very few birds at my feeders, for months. Has####################
anyone offered a theory as to what is happening? Is this a result of
climate change or something else?
Judy Ettenhofer
Spring Green
On Sun, Jan 6, 2019, 7:55 AM Gmail <bhaunts@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I spent part of yesterday checking out several sites along Lake Michigan.
It was surprising how quiet it was! Starting at Harrington Beach SP
there were the usual diving ducks off Cty D plus a few Herring Gulls.
Nothing unusual was seen. I then moved down to check the Port Washington
harbor.
I do not believe I have ever seen it that quiet in the winter. On
the sand "bar" (north end) several Mallards and Ring-billed Gulls
were loafing. The rest of the harbor did NOT have another bird,
literally!!!!
Kohler SP had the usual birds at their feeders, including a Red-br.
Nuthatch, but the lake had one bird, a Herring Gull.
Sheboygan had birds in the harbor (hurray) which included the usual
diving ducks, Herring Gulls on the ice accompanied by four Great
Black-backed Gulls. North Pt had the usual birds, with the Harlequin Duck
not present.
The best was running into Tom Woods, where we talked and birded together.
As birders have commented and seen during CBCs plus regular birding,
it has been a very quiet fall and now winter. On most of the counts
I helped on there were extremely long periods of seeing no birds. On
a few counts I started cheering when I found a Starling or pigeon!
Daryl Tessen
Appleton,, WI
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