Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin

You may have read about the results of the Madison-area Christmas Bird Count in this recent blog post, but the Christmas Bird Count is much, much bigger! In south-central Wisconsin (inside Madison Audubon’s chapter boundaries) alone, nine CBC counts were held in 2021, led by great coordinators, populated by dedicated birders, and documented thousands of birds that we wanted to bring them all together into one place.

Photo by Monica Hall

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The bad and good of déjà vu

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The bad and good of déjà vu

It's déjà vu all over again, Yogi Berra was once reputed to say. So it always seems to be in Wisconsin conservation.

Starting with the bad side of déjà vu, please see all the following links for warnings and calls to action regarding Senate Bill 802 that would allow non-profit conservation organizations and local governments to sell land they had purchased for conservation and outdoor recreation with Stewardship dollars.

Photo by Monica Hall

That's a Wrap: Madison-area Christmas Bird Count 2021

The results from this year include a lot of typical species we see in mid-December, as well as a couple of pleasant surprises and a couple of eye-brow raisers. Below is the list for the birds seen and effort data from the 2021 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count.

Photo by Paul Noeldner