Welcome to the Eagle School Team for the Great Wisconsin Oriole Count! We'll be conducting a citizen science project to track the annual migration of the Balitmore oriole from its winter grounds in Central America to North America and, in particular, Wisconsin. It is estimated that Wisconsin is home to nearly 1/2 million orioles. As habitat is destroyed, these birds' population may diminish. By counting orioles, scientists can learn about the health of the population. To learn more about this, click on this link.
Our team received a oriole feeder to attract orioles with grape jelly and oranges. We'll keep the feeder outside room 23 and over the course of 2 consecutive days in May, we'll count and record the highest population of orioles at the feeder on any given moment during those 2 days. For example, we may see 2 orioles at the feeder in the morning and 5 orioles in the afternoon. The count for that day will be 5 orioles.
By going to this eBird website, you can see how many orioles have been spotted and when. In our neighborhood, the closest location that orioles have been spotted thus far is the UW Arboretum. We have had our feeder up for over a week with not sightings yet.
The other cool thing is that when you go to our team website, you can make donations to help protect oriole habitat
Our team received a oriole feeder to attract orioles with grape jelly and oranges. We'll keep the feeder outside room 23 and over the course of 2 consecutive days in May, we'll count and record the highest population of orioles at the feeder on any given moment during those 2 days. For example, we may see 2 orioles at the feeder in the morning and 5 orioles in the afternoon. The count for that day will be 5 orioles.
By going to this eBird website, you can see how many orioles have been spotted and when. In our neighborhood, the closest location that orioles have been spotted thus far is the UW Arboretum. We have had our feeder up for over a week with not sightings yet.
The other cool thing is that when you go to our team website, you can make donations to help protect oriole habitat