I happily stand corrected! We are already ahead of the best Wisconsin can offer. Now it's only to see if we can find them in every county.
Jesse Ellis Dane Co, WI On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 11:16 AM, David Cahlander <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > Check the MOU database and maps for Dickcissel sightings. > > http://moumn.org/cgi-bin/mapi.pl?species=Dickcissel (select Summer > 2012) > > 14 counties have no reports, indicating that 73 counties have reports of > Dickcissels. The counties that Jesse Ellis indicated did not have > Dickcissel reports are as follows. The counties in blue do not have > current reports for 2012. > > anoka > becker - 6 sightings > beltrami - 4 sightings > benton - 2 sightings > brown > carlton > cass - 1 sighting > chippewa - 2 sightings > clearwater - 4 sightings > cook > crow wing - 1 sighting > grant > isanti - 1 sighting > itasca - 8 sightings > kanabec - 1 sighting > kandiyohi - 3 sightings > kittson > koochiching - 2 sightings > > lake > Lake of the woods > le sueur - 1 sighting > lincoln - 3 sightings > mahnomen - 2 sightings > marshall > meeker - 4 sightings > mille lacs - 3 sightings > morrison > nobles - 9 sightings > norman - 3 sightings > otter tail - 1 sighting > pennington > pope - 1 sighting > red lake > renville - 2 sightings > roseau > stevens > swift - 2 sightings > traverse > waseca - 1 sighting > watonwan - 3 sightings > wilkin - 1 sighting > yellow medicine - 3 sightings > --- > David Cahlander [email protected] Burnsville, MN 952-894-5910 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jesse Ellis" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 10:33 AM > Subject: [mou-net] eBird Dickcissel challenge > > > Hey Minnesota- > > > > > > Our neighbor across the river (where I currently live, unfortunately) has > > instituted a bit of a community birding challenge that I have found > > interesting. Wisconsin, too, is suffering from a massive Dickcissel > > infestation, and the challenge has been laid down - find Dickcissel in > > every county. They're doing very well, too (see the forward from the wisb > > list at the very bottom), even getting Dickcissel in the relatively > > forested northwest and northeast counties. After getting my first Douglas > > Co., MN dickcissels last weekend, I thought I would see how well > Minnesota > > was doing. The answer? Despite all those reports on the listserve, not > very > > well, according to eBird. Below are the counties for which there are no > > eBird records of Dickcissel this year. A fair fraction of those counties > > have none or only one eBird list submitted for the whole year! I know we > > have more counties than Wisconsin, but we're closer to the core > dickcissel > > range and we have better habitat! We should be able to best them in > number > > of counties (87 vs 72 - can we beat 72?), even if we can't find > Dickcissel > > in Cook or Lake counties. We're at 44 right now.> -- > > Jesse Ellis > > Post-doctoral Researcher > > Dept. of Zoology > > University of Wisconsin - Madison > > Madison, Dane Co, WI > -- Jesse Ellis Post-doctoral Researcher Dept. of Zoology University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, Dane Co, WI ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
