Friday Feathered Feature

Tennessee Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

The Tennessee Warbler flies through a Midwestern spring, making itself known with its surprisingly loud “tip tip tip tip tip sippp sippp sippppp ti ti ti ti ti” song. A flock of dozens of these warblers will soon make a birder search for other species.

Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren

Alaskan Sights Big and Small

Alaskan Sights Big and Small

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

Pied-billed Grebe

Pied-billed Grebe

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

Kestrel Nest Box Program 2021

Kestrel Nest Box Program 2021

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

Turkey Vulture

Turkey Vulture

A dark, brooding, and indifferent bird, reading the wind like a well-worn novel, riding the wind, the muse of mortality. Taking a thermal, teetering against the wind, soaring in circles, the Turkey Vulture's mysticism is imagined from a dark and deceased place.

Photo by Mick Thompson