[wisb] Red Crossbills galore in Florence County
- From: Jerry <jerry937975@xxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:07:53 -0400 (EDT)
I just spent a few days in the Florence County/Forest County area and I had
crossbill flyovers in many locations. Though my view was usually blocked by
trees, the few flocks that I was able to visually verify were indeed Red
Crossbills but suspect I also had at least one White-winged Crossbill flyover.
Locations include the Pine River bridge in Forest County, Scott-Shelp Lake area
of Forest County, Grandma Lake area of Florence County, Lost Lake area of
Florence County and Morgan Lake area of Florence County. Also at Morgan Lake I
had Evening Grosbeaks and at Grandma Lake there appears to be a pair of
Trumpeter Swans taking up residence.
I observed 3 black bears yesterday. Always fun to see!
Bird activity seemed markedly increased from the last time I was up there. I
had put a feeder up in my yard and for several weeks nothing found it. I was
beginning to wonder what species will be the "finder" of a new feeder much like
the house sparrow is a great finder in the south part of the state. To my
surprise it was a good number of Purple Finches, so that was nice to see.
Jerry DeBoer
Central Racine County
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