[wisb] Forest County Fox Sparrows, Am Tree Sparrows, Hermit Thrushes..Backyard 23 Species Day
- From: timarytm@xxxxxxxxx
- To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 05:20:58 -0700 (PDT)
We had about 3 inches of new snow and the most birds ever in our backyard lake
lot in Forest County Sat & Sun.
FOYS were:
1 Northern Flicker
11 Fox Sparrows
2 Hermit Thrush
2 Mallard Ducks
Redwing Blackbird (1 male and 1 female)
Lake still 80% ice covered. I was hoping for it to thaw so I might see the
first
Common Loons of the year but not to be. At one time, we had over 60 individual
birds in the feeder areas, the most ever for us. This is really the first
winter
we kept the feeders going all the time. We also set another record for
Individual Species in our yard with a total of 23! We had almost 30 Dark Eyed
Juncos and about 20 Pine Siskins in the yard with about 6 Am Tree Sparrows,
plus
our typical assortment of Black- capped Chickadees, nuthatches (Red and White-
breasted), woodpeckers (Downy, Hairy and Red-bellied) the Pileated flew in at
the end of the day to give us the 23 species), Yellow-bellied Sapsucker,
American Robins, Mourning Doves, 3 Am Crows, a solitary Raven, Blue Jays,
Purple
Finches and Am Goldfinches and the birds above.
We discovered two hermit thrushes, the first time we positively identified
these
birds- using our binoculars and field guides-, on a walk down to the lakefront.
We are enjoying immensely our new birding activities and although I know others
tally 100 species in a day and I love reading thru their lists; we are "happy
as
larks" with our improving abilties to find birds in our yard, identify them and
enjoy watching them.
Mary Maertz
near Wabeno, Forest County
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