[wisb] Re: Northwoods birding today
- From: Ryan Brady <ryanbrady10@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:55:37 -0700
Peter, FYI juvenile Gray Jays molt out of the dark plumage by early fall
(Aug-Sept) and basically look like adults now. Redpolls and Pine Siskins are
prevalent here in the NW. Bohemians and Pine Grosbeaks are presumably be held
up north by ample food (e.g. fruit) crops there.
Ryan Brady
Washburn, Bayfield County, WI
http://www.pbase.com/rbrady
> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:00:40 -0600
> From: pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [wisb] Northwoods birding today
> To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Third and last day of birding for the Madison group. We made another attempt
> to find Spruce Grouse on Fire Lane Rd. north of Conover. No grouse, and no
> new tracks since the day before. We did have a mystery bird shoot across the
> road in front of us that was most likely a juvenile Gray Jay (dark, roughly
> Robin-sized,) but it dove into some thick spruces. Peter Gorman did get a
> glimpse of it as it moved further back into the thick stuff and he said it
> had a noticeable white tip to the tail. Shortly after, we had two very
> cooperative Boreal Chickadees that gave everyone great looks (unlike the ones
> yesterday on the Giant Pine Trail.) This was just past the "traditional"
> Spruce Grouse spot, for those who know where that is. We also had a few
> finches fly over at times - I missed the probable Red Crossbill, but heard
> Pine Grosbeaks a couple of times. Two birds that flew up to perch at the very
> tip of a distant spruce were likely adult Gray Jays, but they vanished before
> we
> could get a scope out of the car..
>
> We cruised Fire Lane for a while longer, seeing lots of Black-capped
> Chickadees, RB Nuthatches, etc., but nothing else of note. We tried a few
> spots in Rhinelander & Tomahawk for Bohemian Waxwings, but found only Cedars.
> Seems like there haven't been very many reports of Bohemians so far this
> winter (although David la Puma and I had one in a flock of Cedars on the
> Friendship CBC on Jan. 2, as you may recall.) However, there do seem to be
> decent numbers of finches up north (except Redpolls and Pine Siskins, which
> are evidently mostly farther south.) We missed Spruce Grouse and Black-backed
> Woodpecker (the latter continues to be my nemesis bird,) but had Boreal
> Chickadees in two different counties (Vilas and Forest.) Evidently, my former
> nemesis bird is now my buddy...
>
> Peter Fissel
> Madison WI
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