In early June this year, I observed fascinating behavior of a pair of waxwings that flew into the mulberry when its fruits were developing but not yet ripe.

Photo by Gary Shackelford

The Reckless Wrens team's 24-hour count began on May 8 at 5 PM and ended at 4:59 PM on May 9, tallying 147 species.

Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar

Floodplain prairies are adapted to periodic flooding—dormant prairie plants can survive when inundated in water. An avian visitor to the flooded prairies is the Osprey. 

photo by Arlene Koziol

I hear a repeated, melodious, elaborate song—a warble coming from the top of the aspen trees that surround a small pothole on the edge of a sedge meadow.

Photo by Gary Shackelford

The grasslands aren’t the only areas with bird activity in the spring. . . . [upcoming] restoration work will be focused on species of birds that inhabit the oak savanna.

Photo by Debbie Koenigs/USFWS

The Great Wisconsin Birdathon is run by the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin to raise funds for bird conservation across the state. Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance’s team, the Flockadelics, participated on May 19. 

Photo by Matt Reetz/SoWBA

During the breeding season, in marshes populated with cattails and wet meadows full of tall grasses, cascading whinnies indicate the presence of an otherwise secretive little rail: the Sora.

photo by Mike Budd/USFWS

The Field Sparrow is one of four species of New World sparrows that have been documented nesting at Fair Meadows Sanctuary.

Photo by Gary Shackelford

If you’ve ever heard a noisy bird echoing from a nearby shrub, thicket, or woodland edge, you may be in the company of a Brown Thrasher, the only thrasher species east of the Rocky Mountains

Photo by Arlene Koziol

One of the most recognizable is the Fox Sparrow, a plump and rufous migrant that visits southern Wisconsin in spring and fall.

photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren

Pine Warblers reside and migrate exclusively within the United States and Canada. Wherever they are, Pine Warblers are strongly associated with pine trees.

Photo by Gary Shackelford

In our little piece of the world, within the 1,064 acres of the project, 122 participants have made 4,594 observations of 1,372 species.

Photo by Jim Otto