Friday Feathered Feature
Showcasing a different bird species each week
Alaska is a big state. Really big. If Alaska seceded from the United States, it would be the 17th largest country on Earth. Its immense size, mountain ranges, and coastlines provide a rich diversity of ecosystems like coastal forest, boreal forest, alpine, and tundra habitats.
Photo by Graham Steinhauer
The pied-billed grebe nests on marshes in Wisconsin. Like many water birds, the pied-billed grebe makes a number of enchanting and bizarre vocalizations; its song is a loud series going “toot-toot-toot” which is unusual enough, but the birds also make taunting chuckle or chatter calls.
Photo by Arlene Koziol
Many records were set in our 2021 Kestrel Nest Box Monitoring program that included 208 nest boxes monitored by 65 volunteers and three banders. Roughly 232 young birds fledged, 160 young were banded, and 41 adults were captured.
Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren
We were excited when JD Arnston reported that we had our first detection on our Goose Pond Sanctuary Motus bird tracking tower in May. We erected the tower last year and when activated, we are covering an area of about 20 miles from east to west.
Photo by Auriel Fournier / Forbes Biological Station
