White-faced Ibis

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

May 9, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Only a handful of White-faced Ibis sightings have been recorded in the state with most accounts coming from Horicon Marsh.

Photo by Kaitlin Svabek

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

May 2, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Eastern Meadowlark

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

May 2, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

That unmistakable song—often translated by birders as “Spring is here!”—belongs to one of our most charming (and most threatened) grassland birds.

Photo by Jeff Steele

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

April 25, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Solitary Sandpiper

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

April 25, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

As I reach the pond, I approach slowly, attempting to remain concealed behind some trees. And then I see it—the year’s first Solitary Sandpiper, feeding in the shallows.

Photo by Gary Shackelford

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

April 18, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

2025 Midwest Crane Count at Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance's Columbia County lands

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

April 18, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

The annual Crane Count, coordinated by the International Crane Foundation, was held on April 12. It was a beautiful morning to count cranes and enjoy the wetland birds.

Photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA