Friday Feathered Feature

Understanding Snowy Owl Activity Patterns

Understanding Snowy Owl Activity Patterns

Markus Duhme, a seventh-grader from Vancouver worked on a Snowy Owl research project for his school’s Wonder Expo. This young researcher used data on Columbia, a female Snowy Owl tagged and released at Goose Pond Sanctuary in January 2020.

Photo by Arlene Koziol

American Robin

American Robin

A liquid song echoes whole through springtime woods. At dawn, midday, or dusk the bird might sing, but its song delivers an energy and briskness in those crepuscular hours as the sun rises and sets. Cheerio, cheerio, cheerio.

Photo by Robert Groos/Audubon Photography Awards

Redhead

Redhead

Redheads spend their winters in large mixed flocks on the Gulf Coast and sometimes in the Great Lakes. These gregarious, social ducks can be found huddled with other ducks and waterfowl in flocks up to 60,000 on large bodies of water during winter.

Photo by Martin Knippel/Audubon Photography Awards

Tufted Titmouse

Tufted Titmouse

Persistent and cheery, curious and assertive, the Tufted Titmouse forms part of a cadre of birds gracing the snow, sleet, and rain of Wisconsin winters. Generally non-migratory, they opportunistically occupy woodpecker cavities during the breeding season and line them with fur.

Photo via Pixabay

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Eurasian Collared-Dove

At first glance, a Eurasian Collared-Dove may appear to be a very large Mourning Dove before you notice the dark collar mark or squared off tail that differs from the Mourning Dove’s pointed one. Locally, we find them in and around Arlington and at farmsteads that have conifer trees. 

Photo via Pixabay