Whenever we see many dickcissels in NW MN, it seems to be because the weather is dry. They seem to show up when we have lower than average rainfall. The last time there were many dickcissels was back in 1988. Many of you must remember that summer; it was very hot and extremely dry. And up in NW MN there were dickcissels in every county I drove through- including Roseau and Lake of the Woods Counties. So I would have to say that the amount of moisture that we are having seems to have something to do with the number of dickcissels that we can find in this area. Shelley Steva Pennington Co. --- Ann and Manley Olson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Steve > While it would be encouraging to believe that > changes on the wintering > area has resulted in the increase of Dickcissels,I > doubt that to be the > case.The literature on Dickcissels is noted for > comments about their > fluctuation of numbers from year to year. That has > certainly been my > experience in over 50 years of birding in Minnesota > and Western Wisconsin > Manley Olson > Falcon Heights > > Steve Weston wrote: > > I am definitely seeing Dickcissels in larger > numbers than I have ever > > seen them before and in locations that I know that > they have not been > > in the last five or six years. I believe the > abundance of Dickcissels > > is evidence that they are no longer being > persecuted in southern South > > America where they winter. > > > > On Sunday night I went down to Miesville Ravine in > the evening > > especially to find Whip-poor-wills. They readilly > answered my whistle > > from across the Canon River. Also we had several > Wood Thrushes > > calling from near the parking lot. At the top of > the hill to the > > west of the ravine near the red farm building with > white trim I found > > a pair of Red-headed Woodpeckers. > > > > Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN > > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mnbird mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > [email protected] > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
