July 25, 2025

Bald Eagle Nest Watch 2025 in review

July 25, 2025

2025 was another amazing year of dedicated volunteers putting in thousands of hours monitoring the Bald Eagle nests they were assigned to, and documenting the fate of those nests.

Photo by Steve Fisher, BENW volunteer

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

July 18, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Dickcissel

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

July 18, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

If you’ve wandered through the prairies at Faville Grove in summer, especially along Prairie Lane, chances are you’ve heard a buzzy, rhythmic “see-see, dic-dic, ciss-ciss-ciss,” ringing from the tops of prairie plants.

photo by Jeff Steele/SoWBA

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

July 11, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

July 11, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Typical of this small, fast-moving denizen of the treetops, our gnatcatcher led us to the spot where he and his mate were busy constructing their nest, a compact cup positioned on the top of a limb and resembling a tree knot.

Photo by Gary Shackelford

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

June 27, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Overwater Nesting at Goose Pond Sanctuary

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

June 27, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Overwater Nesting at Goose Pond Sanctuary

In 2025, Goose Pond Sanctuary has the best nesting habitat conditions for overwater nesting birds that we have seen since becoming managers in 1979!

USFWS photo

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

June 20, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

Orchard Oriole

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

June 20, 2025

Friday Feathered Feature

While their more famous cousin, the Baltimore Oriole, gets most of the backyard bird buzz, Orchard Orioles offer a subtler, equally rewarding spectacle.

USFWS photo