[wisb] Re: Fwd: Forest County Birds
- From: Kay Kavanagh <kkav2299@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Peter A. Fissel" <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 12:21:10 -0500
Well, last night we had another 4" of heavy snow up here in northland so
many of those birds that Mary spoke about are struggling to find any food.
We are just a little farther north than southern Forest Co. We had
approximately 400-500 individuals at our feeders this morning including,
1 Bald Eagle
1 N Goshawk
3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1 Eastern Phoebe
3 Am Robin
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
7 Red-winged Blackbird
4 Common Grackle
15 Am Tree Sparrow
8 Fox Sparrow
3 Song Sparrow
85 Dark-eyed Junco
7 Red-winged Blackbird
4 Common Grackle
150 Am Goldfinch
24 Purple Finch
We have started bringing in our feeders in at night to avoid the bears as
they will soon be out.
Hopefully this snow will be gone in a few days so spring can bring in more
migrants and summer breeders.
Kay Kavanagh
Aurora Florence
On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Peter A. Fissel
<pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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> I'm forwarding this for Mary, who unfortunately was caught up in the
> Yahoo problem:
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> I had only 21 species for the year in Forest County last Friday and
> added a whopping 18 over the weekend! It was so nice to have most of the
> snow gone and the birds singing away. FOY for the county were:
> Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles, Song Sparrow, Fox Sparrow,
> American Tree Sparrow, Wood Ducks, Mallard, Canada Goose, Green-winged
> Teal, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Hermit Thrush, Bald Eagle, Turkey
> Vulture, Killdeer, Northern Flicker, American Robin, American Kestrel,
> and Eastern Phoebes. The farm pond we, and others, like to bird off of
> Hwy 52 was all open and had lots of water. We saw Canadas, Mallards and
> Green-winged Teals here but very few blackbirds and grackles around yet.
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> We do only spend weekends in this area and had missed the prior weekend
> with the ice/snow so of course, some birds may have been there awhile.
> The feeders were very busy with Dark-eyed Juncos and Fox Sparrows and
> Red-winged Blackbirds with the usuals. We took all accessible to bear
> feeders down before we left so winter better just go away already!
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> Mary Maertz
> Wabeno area of Forest County
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