Hi All, 1). John Idzikowski has indicated on Wisbirdnet that there may be a significant passage of birds following a cold front tonight. Thursday and Friday...
Hi Gang, I checked out the Courthouse skywalk that I wrote you about earlier today. Please note that I consider this to be somewhat of a security risk area...
I was expecting to wake up to rain, but when I headed downtown at 4:30, the sky was pretty clear and winds were gusting out of the NNW. Vivian and I found no...
Hi All, PLEASE remember to report ALL monitoring activities, even if you don't find any birds, on the WIngs website reports page. I know there were some...
As predicted the winds turned from the north over night and as a result we had what was probably the biggest migration this fall. I found a dead White-throated...
Scott, It's not clear to me how to report mornings when we've monitored and not found anything. Should we put in where we monitored under "1st Bird Location...
Following up on Owen's email, I was wondering whether I'm getting downtown too early these days. Since Owen was finding birds at 6:30, and I've been doing my...
I agree Nancy. I haven't been seeing any gulls on the streets. I found the two injured birds in the same exact spot that I had found the dead bird 15 minutes...
nancy and All: I'd agree that it would be OK to go out a little later in the AM during the fall season (i.e. 6:30 AM). I speculate that these birds you're...
Hello bird people, A couple observations. I've observed gulls eating birds 2 times this fall in the early AM, and a young crow eating a small bird once, in...
Hi, Jennifer and all -- Vivian and I went out an our later today (Monday) and found 4 dead birds, 1 live one, and a bat! That's the most I've found on all the...
In case you haven't heard this yet--a WPR story about US! Bill M. and Scott did a great job! The WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio (FM 89.7) broadcast of the story...
Hi All: Bill Holton and Jenn Goyette brought in a half-dozen birds each (and a bat)this morning, and Bill indicated that there were other birds that might be...
I forgot to mention the species found today: Song Sparrow, Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Dark-eyed Junco, Fox Sparrow, Black-throated Green...
After hearing about the number of birds found early Saturday, I find I'm at a loss to figure out what days are good ones to monitor. After finding no birds...
Owen, A check box to let you indicate whether or not you found birds has been added to the online reports page. Scott ... From: WHSWIngs@yahoogroups.com...
Jennifer, I think this is a great idea. I will ask Meg here to put a checkbox each for "Nocturnal," "Diurnal," or "Unknown" on the Monitors online report page...
Hi All, For those of you who are new monitors, we have your official WIngs Bird Collision Monitor I.D. cards available here at the Wildlife Reception Desk at...
Hi, all -- What a depressing moment. I was patrolling the south half of my area, around the Chase Bank Building, when I saw a Herring Gull obviously following...
Last Friday I found a stunned RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET and an uncatchable but slightly injured WHITE-THROATED SPARROW on the west side of the US Bank. The...
Karen Johnson & Jim T...
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May 9, 2006 5:43 pm
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Hi all-- I work for the U.S. Forest Service, and this came through our mailroom this week. I thought you guys might appreciate it. There is a web link in the...
Beth Boddiger
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May 11, 2006 8:04 pm
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Hi Gang, To-date, I've not been able to keep up with notifying you of releases of the birds you bring in, but I am aware that today, Laura Herzog's 5/11...
I will be out of the office starting 05/17/2006 and will not return until 05/22/2006. I will not be monitoring email, but I will respond to your message when...
Beth Boddiger
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May 20, 2006 12:10 am
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Hi Everyone, I just finished four Sundays of monitoring. My results: May 7, 1 common yellowthroat (dead) May 14, 0 birds May 21, 7 ovenbirds, 5 were dead, 2...
I've been patrolling sections 7 and 8 early Tuesday and Friday mornings and have one more session (tomorrow). I've walked the areas between 4:30 and 5 a.m. and...
Dear dedicated Bird Collision Monitors: The end of May marks the end of the spring bird collision monitoring season. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR GETTING UP AND...
TO: All Spring 2006 WIngs Bird Collision Monitors Hi All, Did any of you drop off any dead WIngs birds at the Urban Ecology Center this past May (2006)? I...
Hi-- I did not drop off any birds at the Ecology Center. I do, however, still have a bird in my freezer that was a daytime find. I'll try and get that out to...
Beth Boddiger
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Jul 7, 2006 2:52 pm
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Scott -- Not I. Nancy ... From: whs_wings <wings@...> To: WHSWIngs@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 00:04:55 -0000 Subject: [WHSWIngs] WIngs...