Once again I'm maintaining maps to follow the moveme
Hi all,

 
Once again I'm maintaining maps to follow the movement of selected irruptive species making this the 5th consecutive winter. They can be viewed (including previous years) on rarebird.org here (http://tinyurl.com/cjmmfou). Please let me know if you have any counties to add and if you can, include high counts as well. Red and White-winged Crossbills, Pine Siskin, Common and Hoary Redpolls, and Evening Grosbeak maps will be high counts for each county. The Snowy Owl map will be total individuals and the Northern Shrike map will just be filled in if present. The maps will be updated as the reports come in. I also recommend adding your sightings to eBird as well - the more data they receive on winter irruptives, the more we can learn about their patterns.

 
So far this winter we've had an influx of Snowy Owls following nationwide trends with 5 being reported in Ohio so far. Pine Siskins reports appear to be below average and so far no redpolls or crossbills. The number of counties reporting Northern Shrikes is about half the average, however we still have the whole season ahead of us.

 
Best,


Ethan Kistler

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