Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

September 13, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

Gray Catbird

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

September 13, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

Anyone who’s ever heard the distinctive mewing of the Gray Catbird will quickly understand why the name fits.

Photo via Pixabay

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

September 6, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

Cedar Waxwing

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

September 6, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

Cedar Waxwings are named for the bright red, waxlike tips on the secondary flight feathers of adult birds. For unknown reasons, the number of these tips varies.

Photo by Gary Shackelford

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

August 30, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

A summer on the prairie

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

August 30, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

We asked our three full-time interns what observations or experiences stuck out to them from their summer on the prairie.

Photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

August 23, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

Tree Swallow

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

August 23, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

A sleek and impressively designed bird, it’s no surprise that Tree Swallow exhibits such grace and skill in flight.

Photo by Arlene Koziol

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

August 16, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

Common Yellowthroat

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

August 16, 2024

Friday Feathered Feature

Sometime during the first week of May, witch-ity witch-ity witch-ity announces the arrival of the Common Yellowthroats at Fair Meadows.

Photo by Gary Shackelford