2025 Songbird Nest Box Program Results for SoWBA's Columbia County lands

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

December 5, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Although natural cavities can be provided by leaving standing dead trees, the easiest way to supply ample nesting cavities is to build and install songbird boxes.

Photo by Arlene Koziol

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

November 7, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Lapland Longspur

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

November 7, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Lapland Longspurs will migrate through and winter in southern Wisconsin, first showing up in late October and departing after the first half of April.

photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

October 17, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Palm Warbler

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

October 17, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Multiple days passed before I realized that the flit out of the corner of my eyes happened way too consistently to be my imagination, so I started paying closer attention.

Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

September 19, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

The Breeding Birds of Hillside Prairie Sanctuary

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

September 19, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

The Breeding Birds of Hillside Prairie Sanctuary

For three days during my internship this summer, I had the opportunity to conduct bird point counts at Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance's newly acquired property: Hillside Prairie Sanctuary.

Photo by Mike Budd/USFWS