Date: 6/1/25 11:34 am From: G & J Fenton Friesen <friesen.fenton...> Subject: Goessel BBS
I ran the Goessel BBS route today (June 1, 2025) running through Marion and McPherson Counties. Things of note. 1. Tyrant flycatcher numbers were down with just two Western Kingbirds and two Scissor-tailed Flycatchers. Odd 2. Hard to find Red-winged Blackbirds often. I used to find them at almost every stop. I wonder if the cooler weather made a difference. 3. The variation in Dickcissel calls was interesting. In one two mile section the call was a two note version that I would have not assigned to the bird had I not seen it singing. 4. A lot more Yellow-billed Cuckoos than in the past. 5. Blue Grosbeak only presented in year 25 of my tenure (last year). Today I had 4 (year 26). Not unexpected but odd that they have just now shown up.
Perfect weather and roads. A week earlier things would have been too wet on the mud roads and next week there might be a harvest underway. Some of the wheat was really gold.
