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johnhens 
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Posted on: Sep. 23 2012, 10:50 am |
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The Fall migration is in full swing here (NE IL). Raptors are moving through when the North winds are blowing, as are warblers and songbirds. Shore birds are trickling through. Our hummingbirds are still here, others have reported their's are gone. We have the first red breasted nuthatches of Fall. Waiting for Winter finches to move in. Lots of waxwings in the area, blue jays are hoarding acorns.
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johnhens
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Posted on: Oct. 16 2012, 7:55 pm |
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The Owls have been active at night, Great Horned and Screech. Saw a Barred owl the other day fly in front of me.
Pine Siskins and Brown Creepers are back for winter.
We have started feeding again, woodpeckers are back.
Our one hummingbird left about a week ago. Juncos are moving in for winter too.
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WisMike
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Posted on: Oct. 24 2012, 9:38 pm |
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My hummingbirds were well gone by Sept. Pretty good selection you got for NE Illinois.
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johnhens
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Posted on: Oct. 29 2012, 7:39 am |
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Titmice are back, I have to get to the store to get peanuts. Since we started up with suet, woodpecker s are back also (hairy, downy and red bellied)
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WalksWithBlackflies
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Posted on: Nov. 02 2012, 10:32 am |
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Juncos arrived last weekend. About a month early.
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2012, 3:18 pm |
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Though I have not seen any, Evening Grosbeaks (seen by many), Red and White Winged Crossbills are being seen in the area (NE IL). Hope to see them all!!
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Rics
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2012, 10:36 pm |
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It's nice to hear a report of evening grosbeaks. We used to have many at our feeder in Wyoming but have not seen them in at least five years. I've been wondering about them.
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Posted on: Nov. 04 2012, 10:37 pm |
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It's nice to hear a report of evening grosbeaks. We used to have many at our feeder in Wyoming but have not seen them in at least five years. I've been wondering about them.
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Posted on: Nov. 05 2012, 6:50 pm |
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The birds have been hunkered down here for a while. The migratory Canada Geese are heading south and there is a Mute Swan on our lake, also probably just passing through, and a few Mallards.
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Posted on: Nov. 08 2012, 8:50 am |
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A neighbor has a decorative pond in his yard the size of a wading pool, adorned with five or six decoys. When we passed by last week, my wife noticed that one of them was turning its neck to watch us. Ducks must realize at some point that decoys aren't real, but I guess they decide they might as well stick around now that they've landed.
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WisMike
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Posted on: Nov. 08 2012, 11:55 am |
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Evening grosbeaks have been showing up in southern WI and further south for the first time in about 20 years. I have yet to see those yet but have seen them in northern WI where you can see them annually in Alvin, WI on the WI/MI border. I did however, get groups of red crossbills in the Southern Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest last weekend. First time I've had them there and apparently an irruption that also has not taken place in many years. White-winged crossbills also moving into southern WI. Pine grosbeaks have been sighted as far south as Clark Co., WI and the Door Peninsula, and common redpolls have been around as well. A Northern Hawk Owl was apparently seen in lower Michigan.
My red crossbill photo: http://on.fb.me/WGkjUr
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Posted on: Nov. 09 2012, 7:57 am |
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Someone spotted an Evening Grosbeak in the Forest Preserve near us. I hope to get out this weekend to search for Grosbeaks and Crossbills.
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WisMike
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Posted on: Nov. 24 2012, 11:03 pm |
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While up in Tomahawk, Wisconsin for Thanksgiving, I was delighted to find that bohemian waxwings and pine grosbeaks were both in town as well. Both of these are amongst the many species that are irrupting this year south of their normal range in the east. Pine grosbeaks seem to have mostly come as far south as central Wisconsin but may continue to move south. Same with bohemian waxwing, though they will associate with cedar waxwings and a group of cedar waxwings can sometimes have a bohemian mixed in in the south. But Tomahawk is far north enough and both of these species were enjoying the crabapple trees around town.
Photos: http://on.fb.me/UDYL5I
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WisMike
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Posted on: Nov. 25 2012, 9:27 pm |
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In Tomahawk, the birds are really working those trees. It's only November so these birds may continue to push southward before the winter's over.
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Posted on: Nov. 27 2012, 11:53 pm |
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Got some good ones in AZ the last couple weeks. Cactus wrens, phainopeplas, coots, red-tailed hawks, curve-billed thrashers, hummingbirds (wouldn't hold still for proper ID), great blue herons, and many others. The oddest was one that had me scratching my head for a while, but I found they're now well-established in the wild in AZ: a peach-faced lovebird. I even have a pic of that one, but not really good enough to post.
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WisMike
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Posted on: Nov. 28 2012, 1:25 pm |
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Pine grosbeak(s) seen last couple days in Milwaukee. Also, bonus in the same location - two townsend's solitaires, which are a western species but regularly shows up Wisconsin every year at scattered locations, except for Devil's Lake SP, where it is found annually (though I don't know if anyone has reported them from there this year).
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