[wisb] Ashland/Bayfield
- From: Ryan Brady <ryanbrady10@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:16:13 -0600
I also ran my Red-shouldered Hawk survey route west of Mellen in Ashland County
on Tuesday morning. Not unexpectedly I had no Red-shouldereds but a Cooper's
Hawk responded agressively to the playback at one point. Lots of snow melt and
soft roads but woodland birds just trickling in. Full ebird list from the 12
stops is below, which should be a decent representation of where things are at
migration-wise in the far northwoods. And perhaps most significantly, my car
did not do as fine as Nancy's and I got stuck in the mud until rescued a few
hours later.
Back in Ashland, ice on Chequamegon Bay is finally out. Thousands of ducks
piled onto the west end, well out from Long Bridge, with good diversity but
dominated by scaup as usual. First Bonaparte's Gulls today. Nick Anich scoped
the birds harder and will have something to add I'm sure.
A flock of 250+ Bohemian Waxwings continues on Ashland's west side. Also 15
Common Redpolls in Washburn this morning.
First dragonflies of the year yesterday and dozens of butterflies. Lots of
frogs now, including this Wood Frog: http://www.pbase.com/rbrady/image/133892884
Ryan Brady
Washburn, Bayfield County, WI
http://www.pbase.com/rbrady
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Observation date: 4/12/11
Number of species: 40
Canada Goose 17
Mallard 7
Common Merganser 1
Ruffed Grouse 13
Common Loon 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Sandhill Crane 1
Mourning Dove 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 15
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 4
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 7
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 12
Common Raven 4
Tree Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 10
Red-breasted Nuthatch 9
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Brown Creeper 4
Winter Wren 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 36
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 9
American Tree Sparrow 1
Fox Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 9
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 12
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Purple Finch 10
White-winged Crossbill 1
Common Redpoll 3
American Goldfinch 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/wi)
> Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:26:14 -0500
> Subject: [wisb] Menominee Co. today
> From: polarpastor@xxxxxxxxx
> To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> I ran my Red Shouldered Hawk Survey route this morning. It's on back roads
> in Menominee County, done with tribal permission. Because of our late winter
> snows, the roads weren't really possible until this week. Still kind of
> muddy and rutted, but my little car did fine. It's hard to believe I started
> out the morning with my tires crunching ice and snow and ended the afternoon
> in a t-shirt. Ahh spring in Wisconsin!
> I heard 5 Red Shouldered Hawks - this is excellent habitat.
>
> Other birds of interest:
> 6 Yellow-rumped Warblers - flycatching above a stream FOY for me
> Hermit Thrushes (many)
> Golden crowned kinglets
> Juncos
> Phoebe
> Sandhill Cranes
> winter wrens singing!! :-)
> Brown Creepers singing
> Pine Siskins
> Flicker
> Ravens
> all the Woodpeckers, especially Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers - I've kidded Ryan
> Brady that this is a Sapsucker survey route. I counted "only" 38 on the 12
> stop route this time. Over 50 last year. second survey may have more.
>
> On the way home in Langlade co FOY Tree Swallows.
>
> Nancy Richmond
> Polar - Langlade Co.
>
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