I haven't seen the finch prediction that comes to us from Ontario, but judging from last year's Christmas Bird Count, which had near record numbers of Pine Grosbeaks across northern Minnesota, I expect that this year will be an off year for them.
Steve Weston On Quigley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected] On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 6:03 PM itascabirder <[email protected]> wrote: > No sign of Pine Grosbeaks in Itasca County. In fact, very few finches at > all so far--a few AMGOs and PUFIs and sporadic Red Crossbills in November; > nothing else. No BOWAs either. Speaking of food, there seems to be an > unprecedented EXPLOSION in rodents this fall. I've seen them all over the > fields and swamps like never before and under my feeders regularly. It's > been a battle keeping them out of my house, garage, and the buildings at > work. I've also noticed Northern Harriers and Red-tailed Hawks are around > pretty late and with good numbers of Rough-legged Hawks--perhaps correlated > to the mouse boom. If rodents are scarcer farther north, we may get some > owls...but they may be able to stay nocturnal with so much food provided > snow conditions are average. I'd like to hear thoughts on that.Shawn > ConradSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone > -------- Original message --------From: sparky stensaas < > [email protected]> Date: 11/25/19 3:19 PM (GMT-06:00) To: > [email protected] Subject: Re: [mou-net] Pine Grosbeaks None in > Sax-Zim Bog...yet. But this is not unheard of here.A look back at my 33 > years compiling the Sax-Zim CBC shows that though we have NEVER missed Pine > Grosbeak completely, but we have had single digits about every 11 years > (our count is in mid December).1991 (3 birds), 2002 (1 bird), 2013 (2 > birds).From the Winter Finch forecast it sounds like there is abundant food > in their breeding range, so they may not come down in big numbers.Last > winter was such a treat, with great numbers, and a freakishly high > percentage of males!Sparky Stensaas2515 Garthus RoadWrenshall MN > 55797218.341.3350sparkystensaas@hotmail.comwww.ThePhotoNaturalist.comwww.KollathStensaas.comwww.SaxZim.org________________________________From: > Minnesota Birds <[email protected]> on behalf of Steve Wilson < > [email protected]>Sent: Monday, November 25, 2019 2:44 PMTo: > [email protected] <[email protected]>Subject: [mou-net] Pine > GrosbeaksAre others finding pine grosbeaks in NE MN? There is an almost > complete absence in the Ely area.----Join or Leave mou-net: > https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.umn.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fwa%3FSUBED1%3Dmou-net&data=02%7C01%7C%7C8ea5e1dcc62d4fb4f8f808d771e83f43%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637103114640914022&sdata=hjqg8VaIpGaoMtzSdqqN%2FbFTjdOBtG0xWQt6n%2BB5poo%3D&reserved=0Archives: > > https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.umn.edu%2Farchives%2Fmou-net.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7C8ea5e1dcc62d4fb4f8f808d771e83f43%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637103114640914022&sdata=naMoA9O%2FSb7EITxL07%2BJzNZkxx8OYMfM1QxrARRfSuo%3D&reserved=0----Join > or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-netArchives: > http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
