Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

April 19, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

American White Pelican

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

April 19, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

At Faville Grove Sanctuary, American White Pelicans announce their return from southern coastal waters in large flashes of white above the Crawfish River.

Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

March 29, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

Killdeer

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

March 29, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

Vociferous by nature and by scientific name (Charadrius vociferus) the Killdeer gets its common name from the sound of its shrill, far-carrying cry as it circles in flight.

Photo by Gary Shackelford

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

March 8, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

American Woodcock

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

March 8, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

now is a great time to be on the lookout for the intriguing display of the American Woodcock, whose migration back from the gulf states in the coming month or so marks a classic rite of spring.

Photo by Peter Rea/USFWS Midwest

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

February 16, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

Notes from Costa Rica

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

February 16, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

Mid-January, I was lucky enough to take a trip to Costa Rica with my family. Found there is one Earth’s most critically important ecosystems—the mangrove forest.

Photo by Arlene Koziol

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

January 26, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

Red Crossbill

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

January 26, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

This week, I’d like to focus on a species observed by our other Christmas Bird Count group, a bird who always looks like it just lost a bar fight: the Red Crossbill.

Photo via Pixabay.