Friday Feathered Feature
Showcasing a different bird species each week
Herring and Ring-billed Gull flocks are often following recently tilled fields, picking through meals of earthworms and other invertebrates. It’s common to see these birds flying at dusk near Faville Grove, either north or south, presumably to Rock Lake to the south or Mud Lake to the north.
Photo by Eric Bégin
If you have visited Goose Pond Sanctuary recently, you may have noticed the abnormally low water depths currently being experienced. While this sight may at first seem like cause for concern, in actuality it presents an exciting opportunity for migrating birds and those who love them.
Photo by Mark Martin
Most blue-headed birds are located in the tropics—nestled away in exotic rainforests. One bird with a blue head can be found in Wisconsin, among nine or so others, breeding in the northern mixed conifer forests in summer, and migrating through southern Wisconsin in October and early May.
Photo by John Sutton
