Chequamegon Bird Club Blog

experimenting more than reporting I guess - Mourning Doves and starlings have been taking such vigorous baths in the waterer it is over 1/2 emptied every day - still no birds frozen to the feeders - sure hope that doesn’t happen - how does one get that plastic stuff put on the feeders to prevent stick-on birds??

no sign of Siskins for quite some time - lots of Goldfinches, Chickadees, woodpeckers, and, the starlings have come from the neighbors to enjoy the numerous carcasses I have hanging - if that’s all they bother with, I can live with it - they are often amusing - no sights or sounds of the Barred Owls lately - hope they are still around - did see a dead shrew on top of the snow today out in the field - odd - and the remains of a rabbit and a mourning dove - flushed quite a few grouse out of the snow in the woods -and that would be it for now!    Gayle

All of the activity at my feeders has attracted the attention of a Northern Shrike, much to the dismay of the local (and vocal) Blue Jays.  Each winter I usually see one Northern Shrike hunting around the feeders and this year will apparently follow suit.   Claire