Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

January 26, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

Red Crossbill

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

January 26, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

This week, I’d like to focus on a species observed by our other Christmas Bird Count group, a bird who always looks like it just lost a bar fight: the Red Crossbill.

Photo via Pixabay.

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

January 19, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

The inaugural Fair Meadows CBC

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

January 19, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

This year we prepared for the first-ever Christmas Bird Count (CBC) at Fair Meadows Sanctuary, after we recently learned that we were not part of any of the official National Audubon CBC circles.

Photo by Gary Shackelford

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

January 12, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

Northern Cardinal

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

January 12, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

From mugs to sweaters and holiday cards, the striking red of the male Northern Cardinal can be spotted more times in my grandma’s living room than at my bird feeders.

Photo by Arlene Koziol

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

January 5, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

Northern Shrike

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

January 5, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

We were looking for a bird who may usually only be seen in Wisconsin in the winter, and who exhibits brutal behaviors for a small songbird. Soon one was spotted perching atop a tangle of shrubbery—the Northern Shrike.

Photo by Mick Thompson