Great Egret

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

September 12, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

The elegant Great Egret is one of the most striking birds in Faville Grove’s wetlands—a tall, statuesque hunter clad in pure white feathers, moving with deliberate grace.

photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

July 18, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Dickcissel

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

July 18, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

If you’ve wandered through the prairies at Faville Grove in summer, especially along Prairie Lane, chances are you’ve heard a buzzy, rhythmic “see-see, dic-dic, ciss-ciss-ciss,” ringing from the tops of prairie plants.

photo by Jeff Steele/SoWBA

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

June 20, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Orchard Oriole

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

June 20, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

While their more famous cousin, the Baltimore Oriole, gets most of the backyard bird buzz, Orchard Orioles offer a subtler, equally rewarding spectacle.

USFWS photo

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

May 23, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Bobolink

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

May 23, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Each spring, the prairies of Faville Grove Sanctuary come alive with one of nature’s most unique bird calls—the bubbling, metallic song of the Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus).

Photo by Jeff Steele