Raptor Ramblings – Mansfield – November 2023
Migration Madness This month’s raptor survey started with a bang. And it just kept going! Fall migration is in full swing and all the players were out. In addition to Continue Reading →
Author: Marilyn Sherling
Raptor Ramblings – Waterville Northeast – November 2023
Don’t write off the survey until you’ve driven the entire thing! You know that old saying, “Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched?“ Well, that kind of applies to today’s Continue Reading →
Raptor Ramblings – Mansfield – March 2023
One Last Dance The last dance of the 22/23 Winter Raptor Survey Season took place this past Friday. Not everyone attended, but there were a few who got out. Thankfully, Continue Reading →
Raptor Ramblings – Mansfield – January 2023
Well, that was unexpected. Ever since that very sharp, cold snap we had at the beginning of December we have not seen very many raptors on our surveys. The last Continue Reading →
Raptor Ramblings – Mansfield – November 2022
You never know what you’ll find This season, the Raptor Ramblings will be more of a an exception, rather than the rule. I won’t be able to submit a blog Continue Reading →
Raptor Ramblings – March 2022 – Coulee City
Here’s something we did not experience this survey season… fog. When we started driving the Winter Raptor surveys in 2019, we ran two surveys each month, March through November, for Continue Reading →
Raptor Ramblings – March 2022 – Mansfield
Winter has definitely left the building. Spring is assuredly on the way and the snow is gone. The Red-winged Blackbirds and Meadow Larks have arrived. However, Penny Lake is still Continue Reading →
Raptor Ramblings – March 2022 – Dry Falls Junction
“What are you troublemakers up to?” We were sitting on the road beneath the Hawk Rock (see Dry Falls Junction blog from January 2022) discussing field marks on a certain Continue Reading →
Raptor Ramblings – February 2022 – Dry Falls Junction
We really wanted to find a Snowy Owl today, and were beginning to wonder if we would have any luck. Then, on Heritage Road, at what seemed like a million Continue Reading →
Raptor Ramblings – February 2022 – Mansfield
This seemed like a very long day! It started out with beautiful weather. It ended with beautiful weather. We drove past miles and miles of beautiful, snow covered, fields. But, Continue Reading →