Great horned owls dominate winter counts in Wisconsin
Francis Zirrer notes five year Christmas totals show few great horned owls in daylight and stresses owling at night, wind, timing, and breeding cycles shape counts. He recalls a 1956 Adams County flash influx and questions broader migratory movements, asking readers for memories of unusual owl numbers.
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Illinois
Michigan
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Adams County
Francis Zirrer
Rusk
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Visitor likely a female cardinal at Willard feeder
A reader asks about a new bird at a yard feeder and is guided to identify a female cardinal. The description notes grayish underparts, darker upperparts, a graytail and an orange red grosbeak shaped bill, with size between a blue jay and a chickadee.
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J.A., Willard
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