Woodpeckers, cardinals, house finches hit the feeders this week
FEEDERS ACTIVE & BIG SINGLE-DAY BIRD COUNTS
Snowy, cold weather in southern Wisconsin brought cardinals, house finches, juncos, and various other seed-loving species to feeders. Woodpeckers are front-and-center at feeding stations with nuts, suet, and other fatty foods, while birders reported some impressive single-day counts of 32 European goldfinches in Kenosha, 225 trumpeter swans in Polk and 10 golden eagles in Buffalo. Read about other eye-popping single-day bird counts and the rarities reported.