Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

March 14, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Winter behavior of Canada Geese

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

March 14, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Canada Geese are year-round residents at Fair Meadows Sanctuary, and they are excellent subjects for a slow birder.

Photo by Gary Shackelford

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

January 31, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Gadwall

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

January 31, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

The familiar Gadwall (Mareca strepera), a widespread dabbing duck, is a common spring and fall migrant in Wisconsin. Gadwalls are also occasional winter residents in the southeastern part of the state.

Photo by Gary Shackelford

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

June 21, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

June 21, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

Yellow-crowned Night Herons are spotted regularly during migration in southern Wisconsin, and may even breed rarely in the state, with a few reports in the Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas.

Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren.

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

April 28, 2023

Friday Feathered Feature

Blue-winged Teal

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

April 28, 2023

Friday Feathered Feature

You can spot the Blue-winged Teal’s dabbling blue-gray head—with a distinctive white crescent in front of the eye—in wetlands this time of year, having just recently arrived.

Photo via Pixabay

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

March 24, 2023

Friday Feathered Feature

Redhead

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

March 24, 2023

Friday Feathered Feature

Redheads spend their winters in large mixed flocks on the Gulf Coast and sometimes in the Great Lakes. These gregarious, social ducks can be found huddled with other ducks and waterfowl in flocks up to 60,000 on large bodies of water during winter.

Photo by Martin Knippel/Audubon Photography Awards