Den of the Citizen Scientist/Amateur Naturalist
I tallied the only YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER in the state of Wisconsin on the Great Backyard Bird Count this past weekend. Though all counts might not yet be submitted, presently there are several other single species records on our state list:
Long-tailed Duck
Red-shouldered Hawk
Eastern Screech-Owl
Wilson's Snipe
Iceland Gull
Thayer's Gull
Varied Thrush
Yellow-rumped Warbler
If you have some time, check out "Explore the Results" on the GBBC website - pretty interesting to compare state data, previous year counts, maps and more. This is such a wonderful program for people to participate in and the data collected can be very helpful to identify various trends, population shifts, etc.
GBBC totals for my 3 hour count:
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Mourning Dove - 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 4
American Crow - 3
Black-capped Chickadee - 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 3
Brown Creeper - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 Confirmed
American Tree Sparrow - 2
Dark-eyed Junco - 7
Northern Cardinal - 6
House Finch - 1
American Goldfinch - 4
House Sparrow - 5
Den image © 2006 Mike McDowell
