[wisb] Re: Forest County Birds - Friday
- From: Mike Duchek <mikeduchek@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:11:24 -0600
Yes, I went to Alvin each day I was up and each day I went in the evening there
were no grosbeaks, just blue jays and mourning doves. I was initially told
that they come once in the morning and once in the evening, but for me they
never showed up in the evening either day and could not be heard anywhere
(perhaps morning grosbeak would be a better name). So if you go to Alvin, I
strongly reccomend going as early as possible. I got there the third day at
7:45ish and they were everywhere (I suspect hundreds but it's hard to know for
sure).
As for the catbird, it sounds like I may have been the last one to see it, on
Jan 10. I did not see it on subsequent visits, though I did not look too hard.
In other news, I've been trying to look for owls in the woods behind our place.
On Saturday afternoon I saw something swoop through a couple times but was
unable to find it. Looked like it was chasing a mourning dove but not sure. I
returned that evening (7:30ish) and walked through the woods into an open field
where I saw a lone bird in the distance in a tree in the middle of the field.
It looked like a smaller, sort of slender bird but it flew off as I approached.
I returned yesterday afternoon and found a great horned owl. At one point it
seemed to flush another bird (another owl I believe) but I did not see what it
was and could not re-find it. I did not see anything last night when I went
back to check.
For those who didn't or were unable to view my report here are two grosbeak
videos taken that morning I saw them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYGEyFVMzp0 (Stapleton's feeder)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0EXtlmc34U (HWY 55 feeder)
-Mike Duchek, Waukesha, Waukesha Co.
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> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:20:23 +0000
> From: bkrouse1@xxxxxxxxxx
> To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; TyBa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [wisb] Re: Forest County Birds - Friday
> CC: sighthounds4me@xxxxxxxxx
>
> LOL!
> Must have been the weekend to go birding "up north".
>
> Sarah & I took a more leisurely pace, and arrived at the intersection of
> Giant Pine & Pine River Valley roads around 9:30am. With little effort, we
> were able to bring out two Boreal Chickadees there, accompanied by several
> Black Capped Chickadees and some Red Breasted Nuthatches. One Boreal
> Chickadee was quite cooperative, staying in the outside edges of the branches
> of a Spruce tree at the road edge in plain sight.
>
> Just a little down Pine River Road toward the bridge, we came accross two
> Grouse. One was very definitely a Ruffed, the other was a bit harder to see
> and may have been darker - but we were not really sure with the looks we got
> before both flew off.
>
> And the bridge over the Pine River produced absolutely nothing... once again.
> I have struck out on that dang Black Backed WP now for several years. I am
> beginning to think he is related to the Ivory Billed WP. LOL!
>
> A trip up to Alvin after some lunch in Three Lakes showed one lone Evening
> Grosbeak on a feeder, along with the usual suspects. Nothing on the
> Stapleton's red feeder at all, just a few marauding Blue Jays in the nearby
> trees.
> As we drove out of the side streets, we stopped by the Bait shop to talk to a
> couple of very nice guys who were working on a truck. One lives at that
> house, the other just down the road. His house is directly in front of the
> salt barn on the north end of Alvin. He told us that the Catbird had not been
> seen for about a week, but invited us to park in his driveway and watch his
> feeders. His feeders included a deer carcass hung for all to feast on,
> unfortunately the only thing taking advantage was a Downy WP. But he did say
> that he had Evening Grosbeaks that morning at his feeders.
>
> A good trip, but a little disconcerning just the same. A lack of birds in
> general was hard to not notice. Pine Grosbeaks, Crossbills, Redpolls, Grey
> Jays, etc. were just not seen. We even spotted only one Pine Siskin and one
> Evening Grosbeak. The rest were entirely Blue Jays, BC Chickadees, and
> Goldfinches. Kind of erie.
>
> Good Birding!
> --
> Bill Krouse
> Suamico, Brown County, WI
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> ---- Ty Baumann <TyBa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ============> We did a birding trip to the north woods and started at Alvin
> at first light - nice
> flock of EVENING GROSBEAKS, Goldfinches, and the usual feeder birds, Had 2
> BOHEMIAN
> WAXWINGS in the apple tree south of Alvin. Forest Roads were quiet but did
> see a
> RUFFED GROUSE and 4 PINE GROSBEAKS on Giant Pine Rd. We saw 6 Pileated
> Woodpeckers in different areas. PINE SISKINS & PURPLE FINCH at feeders near
> Three
> Lakes. No other Boreal species were found.
> Ida & Ty Baumann
> Green Bay, WI
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