Regarding finding owls: identify likely nest and roost areas (heavily wooded,
on edges of fields). Â Right now
is about time that the Great Lakes Western Owl survey happens. The technique
used is something like this: Â no to little wind, no rain, after about 11:30pm.
 Be in your chosen location to LISTEN for maybe 8 to 10 minutes. BE QUIET.
Depending on where you are in the state, you'll eventually find and hear owls.
 This time of year, baby owls are calling for food at night and parents might
call and responses.
When I surveyed owls, every year, I would re-acquaint my ears to the individual
calls and sounds of our local owls (online sources) before doing my survey. Â
The survey generally covered 10 miles; with a stop about every mile or so. Â
Turn off vehicle, silently get out and close door, LISTEN. Record what you hear
and where you hear it. Â If you've picked lands that are public, you can GPS in
the dark and go back as you can during day light hours when you'd search for
cough balls. Â I used to also measure the distances (approx) from where I stood
to where I heard owls. Â Since I did this for a few years, I learned where the
owls tended to live, or not live.
Best advice I have because the only other way I find them is by finding cough
balls.
Jody Kuchar, Manitowoc (city)
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wisbirdn Digest  Tue, 21 Apr 2020   Volume: 13 Issue: 108
In This Issue:
        [wisb] Owling
     [wisb] Overnight Migration
      [wisb] Red -shouldered hawk nest empty/ Yellow-rumped Warble
        [wisb] Re: Owling
     [wisb] Looking for John Feith
     [wisb] Re: Red -shouldered hawk nest empty/ Yellow-rumped Wa
        [wisb] Wildlife rehabber needs increase
   [wisb] Marbled Godwit in Ozaukee County today (4-21-20)
   [wisb] FOY black n white warbler Milwaukee
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From: Hans Wagner <hanswagner380@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 09:48:54 -0500
Subject: [wisb] Owling
Hello all,
I hope everyone is doing well during this pandemic.
I am just curious as to how is the best way to find owls. I hear that
owling is a lot of hard work, but I would love to spot my first owl and
continue to develop my skills to be able to find more. What are some of the
best ways to go about finding owls? Where (as in habitats and trees) are
owls most likely to be found? Are there any techniques you can use without
majorly disturbing the owls, such as calling?
To my knowledge the Great Horned Owl is the most prevalent, so we could
focus on that particular species but I am also interested in finding any
type of owl.
Thanks!
Hans Wagner
La Crosse County
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From: Patsy Maga <casandiego49@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 10:31:03 -0500
Subject: [wisb] Overnight Migration
Last night between 11:30-1230 I could hear masses of bird flying over our
house on the south side of Sheboygan It sounded like they were heading
north. The first big, very noisy wave was at 11:30, with smaller groups
going through for the next hour. I couldn't tell what they were. It
wasn't geese or swans...something smaller. Did anyone else hear this and
help identify?
Thank you.
Patsy Maga
Sheboygan
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From: Mariette Nowak <mmnowak@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 11:30:12 -0500
Subject: [wisb] Red -shouldered hawk nest empty/ Yellow-rumped Warblers
I have been regularly reporting on eBird about a R-S hawk sitting on a nest at
my neighbor���s. However, eBird would not accept a report with NO
sighting. For the last 3-4 days, I have not seen a hawk on the nest. I only see
fluffy white down feathers, some of which have now blown away. I believe a
predator possibly attacked the nest -perhaps a Great Horned Owl, one of the
hawk���s known predators. Almost every day, I still hear one
Red-shouldered Hawk calling in the neighborhood - perhaps its mate.
On the brighter side, I still have about 20 Yellow-rumped Warblers flitting
about our 2 kettle ponds.
Mariette Nowak
Town of Troy, WI
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From: "Karen Etter Hale" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender
Subject: [wisb] Re: Owling
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:23:46 -0500
Hans,
There are two relatively easy things you can do to find owls.
The first is to look for large nests, especially right now while the leaves are
off the trees. Great Horned Owls don���t build their own nests, but take
over hawk or crow nests. The young should be large enough now to see, or ready
to fledge if they haven���t already.
The other thing I do is listen to the crows, because they hate owls. If the
crows are creating a fuss, but don���t sound too angry, they likely have
spotted a Red-tailed or Cooper���s hawk. If they sound really angry,
though, be sure to pay attention, as they have likely located an owl, usually a
Great Horned. I have seen many, many Great Horns during the day using this
technique.
One other tactic is to walk near sunset, which is when owls often come out.
Again, the leaves are off the trees, and the owls can often be seen well as
they are silhouetted.
There are some good books available, such as ���How to Spot an
Owl��� by Clay and Pat Sutton, with more tips.
Karen
--
Karen Etter Hale
Lake Mills, WI
chimneyswift1@xxxxxxxxxx
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On Apr 21, 2020, at 9:48 AM, Hans Wagner <hanswagner380@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello all,
I hope everyone is doing well during this pandemic.
I am just curious as to how is the best way to find owls. I hear that
owling is a lot of hard work, but I would love to spot my first owl and
continue to develop my skills to be able to find more. What are some of the
best ways to go about finding owls? Where (as in habitats and trees) are
owls most likely to be found? Are there any techniques you can use without
majorly disturbing the owls, such as calling?
To my knowledge the Great Horned Owl is the most prevalent, so we could
focus on that particular species but I am also interested in finding any
type of owl.
Thanks!
Hans Wagner
La Crosse County
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From: d pan <birdmandan813@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:46:29 -0500
Subject: [wisb] Looking for John Feith
John, if you're out there, please back channel me- Also, anyone have John's
email by chance?
Thanks,
Dan Panetti
S.E. Ozaukee county
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From: "Anne Moretti" <amoretti@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [wisb] Re: Red -shouldered hawk nest empty/ Yellow-rumped Warblers
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:51:48 -0500
Mariette,
That's very sad news. Back in 2001 we had a pair of Broad-winged hawks that
nested in our yard for the third year in a row. We watched them daily until one
morning when we looked at the nest, there were no kids, just a trail of downy
feathers along the trunk of the tree. My first thought was that a great-horned
owl had taken them, but another person on the Birdnet thought that it was more
likely to have been a raccoon. That made more sense since the downy feathers
were along the trunk of the tree as though having been dragged down. Needless
to say, we were heartbroken. The young were probably within a week of fledging,
so they were not small chicks at the time. The hawks never returned to nest in
our yard after that incident.
Anne Moretti
Town of Ottawa
Waukesha Co.
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Subject: [wisb] Red -shouldered hawk nest empty/ Yellow-rumped Warblers
I have been regularly reporting on eBird about a R-S hawk sitting on a nest at
my neighbor���s. However, eBird would not accept a report with NO
sighting. For the last 3-4 days, I have not seen a hawk on the nest. I only see
fluffy white down feathers, some of which have now blown away. I believe a
predator possibly attacked the nest -perhaps a Great Horned Owl, one of the
hawk���s known predators. Almost every day, I still hear one
Red-shouldered Hawk calling in the neighborhood - perhaps its mate.
On the brighter side, I still have about 20 Yellow-rumped Warblers flitting
about our 2 kettle ponds.
Mariette Nowak
Town of Troy, WI####################
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From: d pan <birdmandan813@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:07:07 -0500
Subject: [wisb] Wildlife rehabber needs increase
I just received a letter from Jean Lord from Pineview Wildlife
Rehabilitation Center (Ozaukee) letting me know they intend to stay open to
care for injured wildlife but that two other Wisconsin rehabbers are
suspending operations just as "Baby Season" hits. Those two centers are
Wildlife in Need (Waukesha) and Bay Beach (Green Bay).
Jean admits only birds of prey and predatory mammals. Her number is 262
692 9021.
Sadly, it's going to be an even tougher than normal Spring for most
songbirds-
Dan Panetti
S.E. Ozaukee county
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From: Thomas Wood <tcwood729@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [wisb] Marbled Godwit in Ozaukee County today (4-21-20)
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:22:22 -0500
As of 1:30 P.M. it was feeding in the pond at the SW corner of Hawthorne Dr.
and CTH KK.
Thomas Wood, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County
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From: Hondochica z <hondochica@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:04:03 -0500
Subject: [wisb] FOY black n white warbler Milwaukee
While walking my dog this evening I had a single black and white warbler
working a log over the Root River - along the parkway just S. of Forest
Home Ave in Milwaukee (Greenfield??). No other warblers in the immediate
vicinity; though I had a nice variety during my walk:
robins
mourning doves
redwing blackbird
cowbirds
hairy wp
downy wp
red bellied wp
chicadees
yellow-rumped warbler
brown creeper
blue jay
hermit thrush
ruby-crowned kinglets
mallards
canada goose
white breasted nuthatch
Am. crows
chipping sparrows
junco
Am. goldfinch
Kelly Goocher
Milwaukee
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