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Chequamegon Bird Club members are an active lot. From time to time, we'll be describing and showing some of the activities in which various members are involved.
Recently we are experimenting with an on-line bird identification quiz. Test your bird ID skills with the CBC Bird Identification Quiz.
At each monthly meeting Chequamegon Bird Club members turn in observation sheets of the birds they have seen within the Wisconsin borders since the last meeting. We have recently added a searchable database that lists these records as well as the name of the observer (in the case that the listing is an usual one for the time of year or our area).
Note: Any CBC members who weren't able to pick up the official Field Check List (handed out at the monthly meetings) for making your monthly bird sightings observations can print out a copy here or the Bird Source version of it here.
Each year the C.B.C. holds an annual banquet with a guest speaker. Watch this section for details of upcoming banquets
Two of the club's most active members in the field are Ken Luepke and Connie Decker. Saturday July 2nd they could be found measuring and banding Northern Harrier fledglings in Taylor County.
Ken and Connie teamed up with John Zellmer and Larry Ruhde to band Great Horned Owl nestlings. Ken is the official tree climber. The procedure entails, climbing the tree with a pack in tow. Ground watchers keep an eye on the adult owls to warn Ken if they approach. (Ken still gets scraped occasionally by talons from irate parents, but at least he can prepare for the assault if someone warns him that it is coming.) Next capture the nestlings at the nest and place them in the pack. Lower the pack to the ground to be weighted, measured and banded (and in this case photographed). They are then carefully replaced in the nest.
