My daughter and I had a great morning at BVG. We started out on Lake Road at 5:45 AM in search of SHORT-EARED OWLS. About 1/4 mile west of Taft at a green...
Eagles on the move today. I had 3 adult Goldens over my house near Washburn in the last hour or so. All headed NW per usual. New yard bird! Ryan Brady ...
Ryan called me at about 11:30 and informed me of the eagle movement. I had just finished cleaning up some snow in the driveway and was actually thinking about...
No Goldens, but I had five Bald Eagles stacked up high against the shore near Port Wing mid-morning yesterday. They did not appear to be in a hurry to make a...
Driving along Hwy 2, I saw a Trumpeter Swan (very long-necked solo swan) flying from the long-bridge area (all seen in flight) toward Ashland. Hmm..., could...
I just got a report from a reliable source that there was a SNOWY OWL on the south side of Klaus road within 1/4 mile of Sanborn Avenue late yesterday...
I'm asking other birders to help keep an eye on the oredock for the returning Peregrines. They could come back any day now and very likely will return within...
I did some hawkwatching at noon on some roads between Sanborn and Marengo - Vista Rd area just south of County C. I did have one adult Golden fly over near the...
Ryan Brady, John Radloff and I spent 4 hours on the observation tower at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center west of Ashland today. Raptor migration...
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Mar 12, 2012 1:11 pm
I saw the first robin yesterday - probably wondering "What the heck?" as we still had about a foot and a half of snow on the ground. Joan Elias Gurney...
Today on the way to Ashland from Cornucopia we saw a flock of 16 turkeys on County C just short of Church Corner Rd. plus our first robin on Long lake Rd. just...
I was hawk-watching after lunch today for an hour out in the soccer fields at Northland and found 7 adult bald eagles, 1 juvenile bald eagle, 1 adult golden...
I saw a cardinal singing and a merlin in Ashland today just a few blocks from the food coop. Interestingly, there were also a fair number of insects out as I...
Several Red Winged Blackbirds and a single male Common Merganser in the slough near short-bridge in Ashland Tuesday evening. Wayne Rundell Bayfield County...
I live north of maple ridge road, off of 112. i was startled this morning by the "onk la ree" of a red-winged blackbird. i spotted him in the topmost twig of...
Robins everywhere this morning. Also multiple singing Red-winged Blackbirds on the drive into work. Betsy reported a N. Flicker in Bayfield. Southern WI is...
Greetings, Perhaps you have seen this before - but if not, it gives a different perspective on starlings: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH-groCeKbE> ...
Gavin's bluebird is record early for us by over a week. What other early records will fall in the week ahead? Ryan Brady Washburn, Bayfield County, WI ...
The pair of Peregrines has returned to the oredock. I saw them this afternoon perched near the end of the dock while demolition crews worked on the base and...
On my way home from work I stopped at the Explorer's Point parking lot to check the ducks/geese. New today were: Greater Scaup, American Wigeon, Gadwall and...
Heard a Sandhill Crane calling in the slough area of Short Bridge at the head of the bay this evening. Also a pair of Tundra Swans swam to within 15 yards of...
no kidding?! for some perspective, i checked my calendars from 2007 - that's how long my wife and i have been at this spot 10 miles south of ashland. we are...
I went out hawkwatching for an hour in the Northland soccer fields again this afternoon. While not nearly as active as yesterday, I did have 3 adult bald...
10 miles south of ashland, wi i am hearing my first song sparrow of the year. headed out to find it in the binoculars. -- gavin king mason, wi bayfield county...
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Mar 15, 2012 12:57 pm
yesterday evening I heard a killdeer and saw ~ 60 turkeys. I saw that huge flock of turkeys on our xmas count, but not since. Now I know where they've been...
Also record early by about a week. Again, based on records we know of (mostly thanks to Dick Verch's compilations over the last 40 years). Ryan Brady ...
