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Christmas Count Hits the Road
Touch down! (WI)
By: Pat Coate
Inspired by the Audubon Christmas Count, on a recent trip to the Midwest with my daughter we decided to count the number of species of birds we saw while traveling. In keeping with time-honored traditions, we also decided to keep track of the various license plates we saw (trucks don’t count, Canadian provinces do) to see if the count of license plates or bird species would be higher.
Some of the highlights included:
• Bald Eagle in WNY
• Peregrine Falcon flying right down Michigan Ave in Chicago
• Red-tailed hawks all along the way, including many pairs
• Mallard pulling a Bambi on a frozen Milwaukee River
• 100s (if not 1000s) of Canada Geese in fields in IL
• “UGLE PL8” on a car with the new NY license plates
• Number of deer in Eastern IN
• Number of nests you see when there are no leaves on the trees
• Virtual tie on species vs. license plates
Ladybug
Pure Cuteness . . . . Love this bug!!
(photo by her mom Amanda P.)
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Red-throated Loon
Red-throated Loon (juvenile)
By: Pat Coate
I was passing through the Buffalo area on MLK day and made a stop at the Dunkirk harbor. There were plenty of birds around including this juvenile red-throated loon – a new bird for me. He spent the whole 20 minutes or so that I was there actively preening.
There are only occasional reports of red-throated loons in our area, so I was very happy to have come across it.
White-tailed Deer
Saw three White-tailed Deer behind my barn this morning while heading to work. They are very skittish around the house and was nice being able to get a good look at them. Read the rest of this page »
Red-spotted Purple
Ok, kinda another Wordless Wednesday! Just love the purple in this that I wanted to include this also!
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Wordless Wednesday
Thinking about spring again! Read the rest of this page »
Western New York Record Cold Temperatures Today
Checked the temperature at the house this morning and it was -7° F. We are talking COLDNESS!! The National Weather Service Weather Station here in Allegany State Park reported a -18° F and now we are talking FREEZING temperatures!! I can’t help but worry about the Eastern Box Turtle (Franklin) that we have been following for the past 6 months. He went underground into his hibernaculum on the 1st of October and we don’t anticipate him coming out of the ground till late April or early May.
Rough Winter
It has been a rough winter for our wild friends this year. This weekend they are predicting negative 7 degrees Fahrenheit. This would be a good time to make sure your feeders are full with sunflowers . . . and you can be watching the birds while your inside warm.
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Say what?
Road sign on I-94
By: Pat Coate
I’ve made a couple trips to Milwaukee recently and couldn’t help but notice this sign in southeastern Wisconsin along I-94. The highway department had to have fun making this one. On my last trip, curiosity got the best of me and I decided the 10 mile side trip to check out Bong Recreation Area was a must. Turns out it is a very interesting place:
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