[wisb] Species List for RBC Up North Field Trip Feb. 4-6, 2011

From: "Carl Schwartz" <cschwartz3@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <goodman4835@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <4cooch7@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Melissa Bruder" <brudermj@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <pbrust@xxxxxxxxx>, <dkuecherer@xxxxxxxxx>, <denniskaehny@xxxxxxxx>, "Seth Cutright" <ferruginous.hawk82@xxxxxxxxx>, "bettie R. Harriman" <bettie@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Marilyn Bontly" <mbontly@xxxxxxxxx>, "Sommer, Joan" <joan.sommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Joan Sommer" <jsommer2@xxxxxxxxx>, "Schwalbe, Paul & Glenna" <p.g6schwalbe@xxxxxxxxx>, <kmjrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Martha Spencer" <marthaspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Carl Schwartz" <cschwartz3@xxxxxxxxx>, "Tom Schaefer" <schaefertrees@xxxxxxxxx>, "CLAIRE ROMANAK" <ribriver2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, <Noel.Cutright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tom uttech" <tuttech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:09:17 -0600

This is a followup to a short I-phone post regarding an annual trip organized 
by the Riveredge Bird Club that began last Friday in Mather, moved north along 
Cranberry Rd., across Ball Rd. to Sandhill Wildlife Area and Buena Vista 
Grasslands, went north through Tomahawk and Rhinelander; overnighted in Eagle 
River Friday and Saturday, with trips out Fire Lane Rd. from Conover across 
Cr-A to Alvin, down Hwy 55 to Sheltered Valley and Scott-Shelp Lake Rd., 
lunching in Three Lakes, returning to Scott Lake, Big Pine Rd. and Sheltered 
Valley in the afternoon. We repeated that latter route Sunday before heading 
south on Hwy 55 through the Menominee Reservation to Shawano, across Hwy 29 to 
the mouth of the Fox River in Green Bay before disbanding in time for 
participants to get home and watch the Super Bowl victory by the Packers. 
At 61 species, the list is interesting in that it is the most I can find in 
generally complete records going back about 15 years; the Up North results were 
better than usual (only notable misses were White-winged Crossbill and 
Black-backed WP), and the stop in Green Bay was very productive. Trip dates 
have varied from early February to early March. The weather was about the most 
favorable I can recall, with very light winds and moderate temps, but still 
below freezing, which kept the roads firm. The large flocks of Bohemian 
Waxwings and Spruce Grouse were trip highlights, but lengthy viewings of  
Boreal Chickadees, Gray Jays, Pine and Evening Grosbeaks and Red Crossbills 
also stand out. 

The trip benefitted from the combined spotting, listening and ID skills of 14 
congenial birders, who would commend the accomodations at the Super 8 in Eagle 
River, as well as the food at the Riverstone Resturant and Chanticleer Inn in 
Eagle River and the Main Street Cafe in Three Lakes.

-- Carl Schwartz
RBC Field Trip Chair
Fox Point, Milwaukee County
 
A SUMMARY;
Individual day counts () also for key species ()
Friday 2/4 = a (32) calm, clear; 5 degrees
Saturday 2/5 = b (22) clear turning cloudy; 28 degrees
Sunday 2/6 = c (35) overcast, flurries; 22 degrees
 
1.   Northern Junco - a
2.   American Goldfinch - a,b
3.   Tree Sparrow - a
4.   Blue Jay - a,b,c
5.   Downy Woodpecker - a,b
6.   American Crow - a,b,c
7.   Pileated Woodpecker - a
8.   Ruffed Grouse - a
9.   Barred Owl - a
10. White-breasted Nuthatch - a
11. Snow Bunting - a,c
12. Lapland Longspur - a
13. Black-capped Chickadee - a,b,c
14,. Common Raven - a, b, c
15. Northern Shrike - a
16. Red-breasted Nuthatch - a,b,c
17. Mourning Dove - a,b,c
18. Purple Finch -- a,b
19. Hairy Woodpecker -- a,b,c
20. Rough-legged Hawk -- a,c
21. Rock Pigeon -- a,b,c
22. Red-headed Woodpecker - a
23. Red-bellied Woodpecker -a 
24. House Sparrow - a,c
25. Sharp-shinned Hawk - a
26. American Robin - a
27. Townsend's Solitaire - a
28. Red-tailed Hawk - a,c
29. Bald Eagle - a,b,c
30. Wild Turkey - a
31. Bohemian Waxwing (250+) - a
32. Pine Grosbeak - a,b,c
33. Spruce Grouse (12) - b
34. Red Crossbill (13) - b, c
35. Brown Creeper - b
36. Evening Grosbeak (50+) - b
37. Common Redpoll - b
38. Gray Jay (3) - b,c
39. Northern Goshawk - b
40. Boreal Chickadee (5) - b, c
41. Pine Siskin (75+) - b
42. European Starling - c
43. Mallard - c
44. Canada Goose - c
45. American Black Duck - c
46. Common Merganser - c
47. Red-breasted Merganser - c
48. Hooded Merganser - c
49. American Kestrel - c
50. Northern Cardinal - c
51. Herring Gull - c
52. Ring-billed Gull - c
53. Common Goldeneye - c
54. Doubled-crested Cormorant - c
55. American White Pelican - c
56. Great Blue Heron - c
57. Peregrine Falcon - c
58. Lesser Scaup -c
59. Greater Scaup - c
60. American Coot - c
61. House Finch - c
 

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[wisb] Species List for RBC Up North Field Trip Feb. 4-6, 2011

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