https://swibirds.org/blog daily 0.75 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1447281755372-DF4G69FQ06J5GCH83CMO/RWBL+at+Stracka+%283%29.JPG Blog Feed https://swibirds.org/blog/seasonal-sanctuary-update/spring2026 monthly 0.5 2026-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/296b1e06-ba5e-4f9c-9618-bcf8a82f0a8a/Miles+Roth+instructs+burn+trainees+PC++Emma+Raasch.jpeg Blog Feed - Spring 2026 - Make it stand out Miles Roth instructs three trainees on burning fire breaks (photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dedc6cd4-5aba-44ae-8865-58bb569cb9ff/tundra-swans-sunset_GoosePond_RalphRusso.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2026 - Make it stand out Tundra Swans at Goose Pond during spring 2025 (photo by Ralph Russo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2ccac7f3-e0ce-470c-9088-d562c538fb15/IMG_3212-lg-web.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2026 - Make it stand out Volunteers and staff planting at Faville Grove Sanctuary on February 28, 2026 (photo by Pat Clark). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/04a75703-dbfa-4035-86eb-549ec8c71296/American-Woodcock_PeterRea-USFWSMidwest.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2026 - Make it stand out American Woodcock (photo by Peter Rea/USFWS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2ef8d81d-5854-46e4-97d5-471994807f39/260206_IPGS_0756.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2026 - Make it stand out Penny Shackelford, Chris Kaplan, and Ellen Cummings inventory Wood Duck boxes along Thiebeau Marsh at Fair Meadows Sanctuary in early 2026 (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f608703d-4ad1-418a-9440-fa04f238d59d/260210_IPGS_0780.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2026 - Make it stand out Yosh Saimi and Chris Kaplan with a down-covered Wood Duck nest (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9cf006a5-6d1d-4400-8c64-116cfc17f1fa/HPS+12+acre+planting+crew+%28not+all+pictured%29+PC++Mark+Martin.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2026 - Make it stand out A big crew of staff and volunteers plant at Hillside Prairie in December 2025 (photo by Mark Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9cb431e1-b2f0-4bdb-9c33-9b6d5630d59d/Bobolink_grassland_distant_20250619_ksvabek.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2026 - Make it stand out Bobolink at Hillside Prairie in June 2025 (photo by Kaitlin Svabek/SoWBA). https://swibirds.org/blog/2026/03/goose-pond-sanctuary-update monthly 0.5 2026-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b9ea6e99-5cfa-4dc4-9213-e8d7b454e9bf/seeds+in+barn%2C+zoomed+out.+Emma+Raasch.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, March 2026 - Make it stand out Seeds in the barn (photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7dca48bf-17f1-4596-9b95-53af49abf970/seedcrew_grahamsteinhauer.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, March 2026 - Make it stand out Seed collectors at Goose Pond (photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/70506073-59c4-4e30-aa2b-443f9076e5f5/Graham+and+Andy+Smith+girdling+aspen.Emma+Raasch.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, March 2026 - Make it stand out Graham and Andy Smith girding aspen (photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fc82e084-b2bb-4217-bdfa-0180a1dee562/brush+removal+at+Otsego.+Emma+Raasch.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, March 2026 - Make it stand out Brush removal at Otsego Marsh (photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ac058a27-88b4-418c-a9be-aae48ccc91ac/Burn+crew.JPG Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, March 2026 - Make it stand out Burn crew (photo by). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1699634533993-HBD7STGYX844KZXQEK1L/Volunteer+with+monarch+-+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, March 2026 - Make it stand out Volunteer with monarch (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d863e7bf-59db-44ab-aa22-6bebd484082a/plantplugs_grahamsteinhauer.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, March 2026 - Make it stand out Prairie plant plugs (photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA). https://swibirds.org/blog/2026/02/farewell monthly 0.5 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9bd342aa-8123-4370-83e5-b6fdb6dc2c68/IMG_0518.jpeg Blog Feed - A Farewell to Goose Pond from Graham and Calla - Make it stand out Calla, Graham, their niece, and chickens in the cold frame (photo by Graham Steinhauer). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4e838290-7c25-4bdf-a7c4-d8d4128c2dda/IMG_3672.JPG Blog Feed - A Farewell to Goose Pond from Graham and Calla - Make it stand out Eastern tiger salamanders (photo by Calla Norris). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1770931939005-P7SG9WLACDZEROTVGFXY/IMG_5719.jpeg Blog Feed - A Farewell to Goose Pond from Graham and Calla - Make it stand out Summer in Jill’s Prairie (photo by Graham Steinhauer). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/27801203-eafe-4b4d-9f33-d91989028d77/IMG_4095.jpeg Blog Feed - A Farewell to Goose Pond from Graham and Calla - Make it stand out A crew of seed-collecting volunteers, interns, and staff in summer 2024 (photo by Graham Steinhauer). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c7d58d79-a74c-49e1-a8d9-2bd8e48ceebb/IMG_6235.jpeg Blog Feed - A Farewell to Goose Pond from Graham and Calla - Make it stand out Calla cross-country skiing through the sanctuary in winter (photo by Graham Steinhauer). https://swibirds.org/blog/2026/2/12/stewardship-extinction monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c85b3127-a548-47ec-891c-91dde4167c62/9107443015_85088a9b49_k.jpg Blog Feed - The Carolina Parakeet, the Great Auk, the Heath Hen, and the Passenger Pigeon - Make it stand out Passenger Pigeon by John James Audubon. 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Photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA https://swibirds.org/blog/nature-health-balance monthly 0.5 2026-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ca405042-ae4d-4625-9372-8345ca83f7d7/IMG_20250218_134939631_HDR.jpg Blog Feed - Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging - Make it stand out Kids use watercolor paint to illustrate scenes of nature (photo by Carolyn Byers/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bbe7cc67-2bdb-44e7-9999-d67b9d8e600d/20230304_kaitlinsvabek_001.jpg Blog Feed - Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging - Make it stand out Volunteers work together to sow native plant seed at Otsego Marsh during a previous spring (photo by Kaitlin Svabek/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b4b254bd-c155-4d87-81a1-63b621c33045/table_blog_social-prescribing.png Blog Feed - Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging - Make it stand out A table showing how each activity (visiting nature solo, attending a field trip, volunteering, and attending an art class) fit with the five categories of movement, nature, art, service, and belonging (graph courtesy of Carolyn Byers/SoWBA). https://swibirds.org/blog/2026/1/27/so-far-and-so-close monthly 0.5 2026-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ed69dc7d-3086-4215-8c47-3adcff8daa16/Faville+Grove+sunrise+1.1.20.png Blog Feed - So Far and So Close - Make it stand out Dawn at Faville Grove Sanctuary. Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance has used Stewardship funds to purchase and permanently protect nearly 1,400 acres in southern Wisconsin. Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0d85877a-43d0-4189-82e5-030c4137ca76/54936629839_9d7152e2b4_k.jpg Blog Feed - So Far and So Close - Make it stand out Canada Geese in a wetland on a foggy morning. Photo by Monica Blaser/USFWS https://swibirds.org/blog/2026/1/26/bluebirds-extreme-cold monthly 0.5 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/57a4add0-8cba-4e94-9b68-23e7038d91ab/IMG_4571.jpeg Blog Feed - Bluebirds in Extreme Cold - Make it stand out A band of bluebirds at a nest box in Curt’s yard. Photo by Curt Caslavka https://swibirds.org/blog/beyond-the-feather/parker-gimbel monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f67d476c-cefb-42d7-9632-baefacdd3014/IMG_6259.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Parker Gimbel - Make it stand out Parker offers an apple to cattle (photo courtesy of Parker). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7e3c96f5-5e49-4c16-9e04-96316906460d/IMG_1617.JPG Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Parker Gimbel - Make it stand out Working at a prescribed burn (photo courtesy of Parker). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e12cacf0-34b5-43cb-a4a1-ac35af8ed90e/apostle+island.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Parker Gimbel - Make it stand out View of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore overlooking Lake Superior (photo by Parker Gimbel). https://swibirds.org/blog/beyond-the-feather/soraya-castle monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/57ed597d-ed41-44f4-a54a-a2558f6b1cd9/seed+collecting+%281%29.png Blog Feed - 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Moments from 2025 - Make it stand out Birding by Ear course at Aldo Leopold Nature Center in May 2025 (photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/41aae6d5-f32a-4de8-b105-4215186e8da4/ribbon-cutting_20250607_ks_cutting-during_web.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2025 - Make it stand out Matt Reetz, David Gunnulson, & Mark Martin at Hillside Prairie in June 2025 (photo by Kaitlin Svabek/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/39ea8b83-ae14-471e-8fa1-d9f434276326/ribbon-cutting_20250607_ks_speech-david.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2025 - Make it stand out David Gunnulson shares stories at Sprouting Acres before the ribbon cutting (photo by Kaitlin Svabek/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/69cbaf37-b7d3-47bf-9ada-d5d673c75558/Bobolink_grassland_perch_20250619_ksvabek.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2025 - Make it stand out Bobolink singing at Hillside Prairie Sanctuary in June 2025 (photo by Kaitlin Svabek/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/331d2abe-9c12-4d81-98e8-647d54e2bf00/250630_CK_0001.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8d64b4f2-3bb6-4b56-aa57-260a935b9873/starbelliedorbweaver_FG_SorayaCastle.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b43280f9-c018-4876-8598-a585c6abf8b8/250813_JW_3951_Colletes_ciliatus.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2025 - Make it stand out Cellophane bee species Colletes ciliatus (photo by Jay Watson/Wisconsin DNR). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5a0294d6-7029-4c58-965a-1150d8e7d887/IMG_5749.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2025 - Make it stand out Birding by Boat at Cherokee Marsh South in August 2025 (photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1761140753891-OQFMMLBB8SJ49LCUTLH1/251006_Z90_1185.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2025 - Make it stand out The Cooper’s Hawk clutches the whip-poor-will after its successful strike (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d5a7f5f5-63cb-4124-89e9-5d175288f131/PXL_20251002_150705246.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2025 - Make it stand out Lincoln Elementary fourth graders find bountiful woolly bears at Wingra Creek (photo by Carolyn Byers/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/87411b6d-2709-44ae-8cbb-79feb22521c2/BirdingYourWay_JasmineBanks.png Blog Feed - Moments from 2025 - Make it stand out Birding Your Way at Fish Camp County Park to celebrate Birdability Week (photos by Jasmine Banks). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8aae9db2-210c-4c0f-a446-a0ba5302f37b/20251031_ksvabek_015.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2025 - Make it stand out Education intern Juanita Duarte teaches kindergarteners about bats (photo by Kaitlin Svabek/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0cfa6a43-b58b-4aa3-b3ad-a4d2b848ad6e/1000016164_color-corrected.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2025 - Make it stand out Matt Reetz testifies at a hearing for the Sandhill Crane hunt bill in November 2025 (photo by Ryan Michalesko). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/149df2db-dd6f-417d-bb90-abaf5d9e74ae/IMG_7005.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2025 - Make it stand out A museum docent explains the Peregrine Falcon sculpture in the exhibit (photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA). https://swibirds.org/blog/seasonal-sanctuary-update/winter2025 monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/270b9486-7692-4a23-96b5-dc2d75a6bcb8/Emma+Raasch+showy+goldenrod+drying+on+floor%2C+bags+of+clean+seed+stored+on+table.jpg Blog Feed - Winter 2025 - Make it stand out Showy goldenrod drying on the floor of the barn (photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e8ae307a-5fcd-4a3d-9bfd-43304ab61656/_57A0505aawm.jpg Blog Feed - Winter 2025 - Make it stand out Short-eared Owl perched at Goose Pond during a previous winter (photo by Monica Hall). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d0c58b69-3c26-49ea-ba46-0a79532fd4a6/IMG_2421.jpg Blog Feed - 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Winter 2025 - Make it stand out Staff and volunteer Bob Volenec burn 46 acres at Hillside Prairie in November 2025 (photo by Mark Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6360dc01-be1b-4f6e-9688-ca4bdfb62b71/NorwaySpruce_MarkMartin.jpg Blog Feed - Winter 2025 - Make it stand out One of the ancient Norway spruces with a dusting of snow during a previous winter (photo by Mark Martin). https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/12/1/help-keep-watch-over-wisconsins-eagles-donate-a-spotting-scope monthly 0.5 2026-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6efb1e90-3d55-4251-aaba-6514f6e586fb/eagle+landing+mike+williams.jpg Blog Feed - Help Keep Watch Over Wisconsin’s Eagles: Donate a Spotting Scope - Make it stand out A Bald Eagle lands in a nest. Photo by Mike Williams, BENW volunteer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d4387634-977b-415f-a27b-676c247b40a1/dan+boy+and+granddaughter+spring+2020.jpg Blog Feed - Help Keep Watch Over Wisconsin’s Eagles: Donate a Spotting Scope - Make it stand out Two volunteers monitor an eagle nest through BENW using a spotting scope. Photo by Lyn Boyle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a7a244a6-bdf9-4209-a606-d6709b3cdfb7/BENW+Spotting+Scope+Drive+Puzzle+020326.jpg Blog Feed - Help Keep Watch Over Wisconsin’s Eagles: Donate a Spotting Scope - Make it stand out Thank you to our Spotting Scope Drive 2026 donors, including Dan Bach, Gary Cole, Carol Heisz in memory of Laura Wentz, Katrina Hughes, Karin Kozie, Kim Kreitinger, Patrick Lenon, Jefren Olsen and Kathy Rassmussen, Lisa and Bruce Peterson in memory of Bill Scott, Patricia Paska, Jen Powers, Nancy and David Rocks, Nancy Stanford, Maryan Stubbs, and Jim Young. 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(Photo by Mara Koenig/USFWS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/63d9ed0c-64ba-4513-96af-34f35fa054b5/7646671572_f1aa2e7765_h.jpg Blog Feed - Patience on the Prairie - Make it stand out Prairie blazing star (Liatris pycnostachya) in bloom. (Photo by Peter Gorman) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/551e65c4-653f-4b39-85d5-f79a52741097/54750019847_25ea7f55d5_k.jpg Blog Feed - Patience on the Prairie - Make it stand out A tagged monarch comes in for a landing on a meadow blazing star. (Photo by Arlene Koziol) https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/8/29/whos-that-singing-eastern-wood-pewee monthly 0.5 2025-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/398c910e-affb-498a-855b-555bc685f238/5841760451_37c717d315_h.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? Eastern Wood-Pewee - Make it stand out Eastern Wood-Pewee from behind, showing the dark head, back, wings, and tail. The wings have two white wingbars. (Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar FCC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6cc5de53-e6cc-46cf-b093-4bf18f498b57/48684550396_62bd270228_k.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? Eastern Wood-Pewee - Make it stand out Eastern Wood-Pewee from the front, showing the white underside. (Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren FCC) https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/8/15/whos-that-singing-the-seagulls monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1755277525813-VO89QKW5FM5BY7TJGXJ4/49238651613_e5af63edb2_k.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? The "Seagulls" - Make it stand out American Herring Gull (photo by Arlene Koziol) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d63aa97c-aa97-4071-ae55-4950ff3603a5/51899676511_5bdae8d320_o.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? The "Seagulls" - Make it stand out An American Herring Gull surrounded by Ring-billed Gulls (Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/05495690-2aa5-4219-b0bb-ad8ff4b15b2d/25769232906_dcc40b7ab1_k.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? The "Seagulls" - Make it stand out Ring-billed Gull (photo by Mick Thompson). Note the yellow legs and ring on the bill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1c3b6923-bc28-463b-82f4-699bed505722/51854742323_8ee873d596_k.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? The "Seagulls" - Make it stand out American Herring Gull (photo by Holger Schramm FCC). Note the pink legs and no ring on the bill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e7dc947a-c498-4168-ac77-d8344ecb6ec7/15304850410_4427969813_k.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? The "Seagulls" - Make it stand out Ring-billed Gull (photo by Mick Thompson) https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/8/7/whos-that-singing-barn-swallow monthly 0.5 2025-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c2489416-e6e2-45c9-81ed-b7f3bc2138d3/5688344511_ee98d29e1d_k.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? Barn Swallow - Make it stand out Barn Swallows (photo by Mick Thompson) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ed2ad90d-a012-48a6-b650-68c290da66d5/53067157544_6c2d13c352_k.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? Barn Swallow - Make it stand out A Barn Swallow brood in a nest (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren) https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/7/24/whos-that-singing-american-goldfinch monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a36f4503-3d11-4876-98e8-dd0a17379de6/48208652832_785f2f09fd_b.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? American Goldfinch - Make it stand out An American Goldfinch eating sunflower seed from a feeder (Photo by Jo Zimny Photos FCC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6ac62fb2-9f18-4e4d-a6e1-f49ed35bd2ca/51833285945_34cb4632ee_k.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? American Goldfinch - Make it stand out American Goldfinch in winter at a birdfeeder (photo by Kenneth Cole Schneider FCC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/50ed6476-efaf-4e4b-b469-3230c7599c7c/goldfinchcompassplant-DavidMusolf.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? American Goldfinch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/7/17/whos-that-singing-tree-swallow monthly 0.5 2025-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9ffc3974-ea32-4f77-ad4f-0764e841736b/6455118515_42f2fc3e28_h.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? Tree Swallow - Make it stand out Tree Swallow calling (photo by Arlene Koziol) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/17185e38-5da2-4fbb-8e65-bd391fc4c79f/50034925411_18e45a6512_k.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? Tree Swallow - Make it stand out Tree Swallow in flight (photo by Arlene Koziol) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/60056e7b-5438-4890-9bab-897ffb318a9b/54524096956_0ee69646e4_h.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? Tree Swallow - Make it stand out Tree Swallow poking out of a nest box (photo by Arlene Koziol) https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/7/14/a-new-4th-of-july-tradition monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e0f91a3c-885b-4b0d-a76c-01913ae9098b/50063406077_4cae861020_k.jpg Blog Feed - A new 4th of July tradition & watching for ticks - Make it stand out Spiderwort in bloom (photo by Arlene Koziol) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/65284fd3-e605-4b2c-9e07-75d60e1164db/1+Tradescantia+seed+collecting+Erstad+Prairie+July+9+2022.jpg Blog Feed - A new 4th of July tradition & watching for ticks - Make it stand out Volunteers collect spiderwort seeds Goose Pond Sanctuary (photo by Maggie Honig) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/cb42ecf0-1521-4a4d-bd43-6ef025326623/5425116871_9398780058_b.jpg Blog Feed - A new 4th of July tradition & watching for ticks - Make it stand out Karner blue butterfly on a lupine leaf in Minnesota (Joel Trick/USFWS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e8779f8a-9657-4719-907e-0cf46b865554/images.jpeg Blog Feed - A new 4th of July tradition & watching for ticks - Make it stand out Image courtesy of google https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/7/3/whos-that-singing-house-sparrow monthly 0.5 2025-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6ff4319c-7211-4ee0-8caf-183321db161d/48317551846_5b9588ff80_k.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? House Sparrow - Make it stand out Male House Sparrow (photo by Jan Rose FCC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c3bb817f-7e16-4f06-b06a-b3df396baf12/53787360929_2b209e2e01_c.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? House Sparrow - Make it stand out Male House Sparrow (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/76950147-f62a-4245-8b55-8479a1e23a27/506904523_b48b10f30f_c.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? House Sparrow - Make it stand out Female House Sparrow (photo by Eric Bégin FCC) https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/7/2/a-good-guy-gone monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d8f25e29-6483-436b-a103-4cf905b1cea7/IMG_7711.jpg Blog Feed - A good guy gone - Make it stand out The American lotus blooming in Cherokee Marsh today is in part thanks to Russ Hefty’s work. Photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/80c060b0-3b0a-42fb-bd2b-f4e58c5e5bc3/54480076085_b539e7bb55_k.jpg Blog Feed - A good guy gone - Make it stand out A pair of Purple Martins interact outside of an nesting gourd. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e6d79167-625e-4fad-8d7e-9e0a7c7bab99/CP0122959-1_20250629.jpeg Blog Feed - A good guy gone - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/6/27/whos-that-singing-northern-house-wren monthly 0.5 2025-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/aa85a9fb-e06b-457c-95f9-7964975dd93f/54524275974_dd7a7d9fdd_k.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? Northern House Wren - Make it stand out Northern House Wren singing (photo by Arlene Koziol) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dfd61661-53b7-4ca7-a173-2c2b765022d6/33761820763_5d1b92d423_k.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? Northern House Wren - Make it stand out Northern House Wren (photo by Jim Judgins/USFWS) https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/6/26/we-are-groot monthly 0.5 2025-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3e850422-39a1-423d-8540-b255f91317bc/54587299788_55cd13bb9c_k.jpg Blog Feed - We are Groot - Make it stand out Sora by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6547eff7-3a81-4e01-8389-39039af30ccc/Vin_Diesel_as_Groot.jpeg Blog Feed - We are Groot - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/6/19/whos-that-singing-red-winged-blackbird monthly 0.5 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/04573c6e-2c45-47d8-ba06-6dfff460ba47/6878097257_299810f50f_3k.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? Red-winged Blackbird - Make it stand out Male Red-winged Blackbird (photo by Mick Thompson) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dee127e5-0b78-4367-9cd6-db5d04f9e56e/40660698021_fb054edffb_k.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? Red-winged Blackbird - Make it stand out Female Red-winged Blackbird (photo by Mick Thompson) https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/6/18/plant-sale-results monthly 0.5 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/03c9708a-3345-493e-939b-3e39ba59bfde/20250516_124811.jpg Blog Feed - A fabulous plant sale, thanks to YOU! - Make it stand out The plant sale team at the east side pick-up location, from left to right: Rob Dummert (Johnson’s Nursery), volunteers Tracy and Julie, Brenna Marsicek (Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance), Lisa Gaumnitz (SOS Save Our Songbirds). (Photo by Ann Mader, provided by Lisa Gaumnitz) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c6b9ccf9-6a8c-47d2-b939-407f854f6587/IMG_4530.jpg Blog Feed - A fabulous plant sale, thanks to YOU! - Make it stand out Plants from the native plant sale are unloaded and ready to be sorted for pick up. (Photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9aad3cd7-d7d5-4f7a-858f-07e9de10267d/53627738644_2836f2ef8d_k.jpg Blog Feed - A fabulous plant sale, thanks to YOU! - Make it stand out A Ruby-throated Hummingbird drinks nectar from the native Cardinal Flower. (Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS) https://swibirds.org/blog/seasonal-sanctuary-update/summer2025 monthly 0.5 2025-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1505847820064-OMVGQCQXIS7R8KD8QPS4/Mallard+nest+by+Carolyn+Byers Blog Feed - Summer 2025 - Make it stand out A Mallard Duck’s nest (photo by Carolyn Byers). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1694101646518-97KG44SO2F80VBOYCWKF/WillowFlycatcher_AK.jpg Blog Feed - Summer 2025 - Make it stand out Willow Flycatcher (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f6a4c879-d5ee-4f5b-a9d9-5b279b5b598b/Monarch+%28Steele%2C+Jeff%29.jpeg Blog Feed - Summer 2025 - Make it stand out A newly arrived monarch butterfly at Faville Grove (photo by Jeff Steele/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e02d62cf-f5a1-4f27-a03f-eac5e8c5f9f4/Leah+Jakusz+with+Parsnip+Predator+and+Yellow+Sweet+Clover+.jpeg Blog Feed - Summer 2025 - Make it stand out Intern Leah Jakusz holds a parsnip predator removal tool and a just-removed yellow sweet clover plant (photo by Jeff Steele/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1740150536724-VBTNSKJO0FX5XHSLVVXS/210624_D85_3916.jpg Blog Feed - Summer 2025 - Make it stand out A male American Goldfinch perched on a tall plant (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1710259958391-N6WBQWAWCQ18NHY04Z3I/110819_GDS_0290-91.jpg Blog Feed - Summer 2025 - Make it stand out Colorful flowers at Fair Meadows during a prior August (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/90a66e7d-73b1-4fe0-806b-0942ab5c70dc/image_50462465.JPG Blog Feed - Summer 2025 - Make it stand out Whorled milkweed blooms at Hillside Prairie Sanctuary in summer 2024 (photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/78e7c7c8-a827-48df-8de8-8b2ca485948f/2024GPinterns_Gunnulson_GrahamSteinhauer.jpg Blog Feed - Summer 2025 - Make it stand out Interns remove invasive species at Hillside Prairie in July 2024 (photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA). https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/6/17/the-last-experiment-of-the-year monthly 0.5 2025-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c8e7855e-e920-48c4-8a4a-e919f41f5db0/7177620185949352312.JPG Blog Feed - The Last Experiment of the Year - Make it stand out WDNR employees introduce themselves and the day’s activities to fourth graders from Lincoln Elementary School. Photo by Carolyn Byers/SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c9bea83f-4e24-4ce6-9d08-0bb894fb24fc/8233785390234966039.JPG Blog Feed - The Last Experiment of the Year - Make it stand out Three WDNR employees demonstrate to students how electroshocking serves as a method for surveying fish diversity and population levels. Photo by Carolyn Byers/SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e28eaf90-0679-457b-8209-af63478715e4/348338134032308844.JPG Blog Feed - The Last Experiment of the Year - Make it stand out Lincoln Elementary School fourth-graders observe electrofishing from a bridge. Photo by Carolyn Byers/SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1a6a06e8-c4bd-4288-ae81-3076844be227/1792681710984936137.JPG Blog Feed - The Last Experiment of the Year - Make it stand out Students plant an oak tree as part of their field trip. Photo by Carolyn Byers/SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d0fb02bb-dad1-4f9c-ad7d-959b403821de/4332289081672961861.JPG Blog Feed - The Last Experiment of the Year - Make it stand out The group learns proper tree planting technique. Photo by Carolyn Byers/SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/01c77703-3db6-469c-a29f-42a2313b18b1/7242906379799458252.JPG Blog Feed - The Last Experiment of the Year - Make it stand out Students check out a crawfish that was found in the stream! Photo by Carolyn Byers/SoWBA https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/6/12/whos-that-singing-gray-catbird monthly 0.5 2025-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/832c9746-86c9-4b63-9be3-0c9a91cc27fb/49693984977_fa72f64e87_3k.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? Gray Catbird - Make it stand out Singing Gray Catbird (photo by Dennis Church FCC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/cd11b89e-030c-4098-8d31-d4f2074a4648/51780430660_23ffb43b90_k.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? Gray Catbird - Make it stand out Check out that rusty-colored booty! (photo by Dennis Church FCC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/994d9a07-c509-4f37-8bf7-06ffa38d0336/2536741747_0698a5fc62_o.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? Gray Catbird - Make it stand out A good view of the Gray Catbird’s “rusty underpants” (photo by Hal Trachtenberg FCC) https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/5/29/whos-that-singing-northern-cardinal monthly 0.5 2025-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613583011690-IFF7R2ASQHGICJFLIMGI/Cardinal+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? Northern Cardinal - Make it stand out Male Northern Cardinal (photo by Arlene Koziol) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1a2f495d-6e7a-46f4-b711-e476ab172c52/33923792451_7b73264d40_k.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? Northern Cardinal - Make it stand out Female Northern Cardinal spreads her wings and shows off her pink armpits! (photo by Terry Nelson FCC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f5f3fa96-6861-46b5-ae49-e33b48fe7dd0/5040011771_cba2002d01_h.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? Northern Cardinal - Make it stand out Northern Cardinal male singing (photo by Arlene Koziol) https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/5/21/whos-that-singing-baltimore-oriole monthly 0.5 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1636134975331-UG4ILH1MQETNZPYM1ONJ/Baltimore+Oriole+-+Phil+Brown.jpg Blog Feed - Who's That Singing? Baltimore Oriole - Make it stand out Baltimore Oriole by Phil Brown https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/05/goose-pond-sanctuary-update monthly 0.5 2025-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8dfadf25-59ff-4831-a570-32ebf7c5f421/arlene+koziol+mallard+pair.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, May 2025 - Make it stand out Mallard pair (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1747422478616-WMUB7KIGEQVIN9F2A1NT/emma+pasque.JPEG Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, May 2025 Pasque flower (photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1747422468860-NQQJZOU9XVT5WFWHKWI8/graham+wood+betony.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, May 2025 Wood betony (photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1747422472128-NXRV7PVCBHI4GZLUWFNS/graham+shooting+star.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, May 2025 Shooting star (photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1747422928701-YSOH504WEUF0KQYF6KH7/LoganBahr.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, May 2025 - Logan Bahr https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1747422893988-RO6NJR68S8YTF201H8TA/BeccaBlack-1.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, May 2025 - Becca Black https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1747422881109-HFSI76EBZHRSFR4D00W2/AndySmith.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, May 2025 - Andy Smith https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/5/14/whos-that-singing-american-robin monthly 0.5 2025-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3a4b8137-4cd7-4dfd-b7be-fd8c998f9f61/49751329806_6a7bb8fae7_3k.jpg Blog Feed - Who’s That Singing? American Robin - Make it stand out An American Robin stands on a log in the sunshine with its beak slightly open, calling. 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Spring 2025 - Make it stand out Prescribed burn at Goose Pond Sanctuary in early March 2025 (photo by Mark McGinley). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/314db826-fc00-42cf-ab32-e39513498c8a/bumble-bee_wood-betony_202404_GrahamSteinhauer.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2025 - Make it stand out Queen bumble bee on wood betony, a historically common plant that blooms in April and May (photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/36ed5399-cf16-4fbd-a5d3-862142d95e61/hepatica_202404_kaitlinsvabek.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2025 - Make it stand out Hepatica blooms at Faville Grove Sanctuary in spring 2024 (photo by Kaitlin Svabek/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6294b637-aa83-4cab-9c9c-3f9a67ed09d1/IMG_0867.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2025 - Make it stand out Seasonal workers assist with a prescribed burn at the sanctuary (photo by Jeff Steele/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f1ee7573-456a-4fde-9140-de0db1902c8a/250302_Z90_4584.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2025 - Make it stand out Bald Eagle at the Fair Meadows nest in early March (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5375271e-262a-44eb-834a-6c6008cd5104/250312_Z90_7464.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2025 - Make it stand out Crane aerial maneuvers (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/03/goose-pond-sanctuary-update monthly 0.5 2025-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b5159a9c-74b1-4982-83ce-b56c1090e357/jeff_gs.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, March 2025 - Make it stand out Jeff and his machine (photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/779c3d96-3346-42af-adf6-9a8fc5df108b/progress_gs.png Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, March 2025 - Make it stand out Boxelder progress (photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b8af5237-8979-4969-af12-0e275fdaaffa/milkweed.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, March 2025 - Make it stand out Collected milkweed seed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/76938803-87b2-4fd2-a6c5-4af6bb448d18/mcginleys_MarkMarin.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, March 2025 - Make it stand out Mark and Jenny with a massive paper wasp nest on one of their boxes (photo by Mark Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ac780920-3b10-4d56-b304-4dbc0b4ade7e/pefa-release_ER.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, March 2025 - Make it stand out Peregrine Falcon just before release at Goose Pond Sanctuary (photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/095be4b6-45a6-4a2b-bb9a-a8272f3872e6/map-cbc_Nas.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, March 2025 - Make it stand out CBC interactive map (National Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f5e12414-47d2-45e8-8604-3d5d988590cb/rhwo_AK.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, March 2025 - Make it stand out Red-headed Woodpecker (Arlene Koziol). https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/2/14/a-task-for-the-next-winter-vortex monthly 0.5 2025-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1dbee6f9-0a9e-4070-ac91-7e11dce70ce0/Screen+Shot+2025-02-14+at+3.47.54+PM.png Blog Feed - A task for the next winter vortex - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ad91d089-7711-4f43-ae48-840b05cdbe77/American-Woodcock_PeterRea-USFWSMidwest.jpg Blog Feed - A task for the next winter vortex - Make it stand out American Woodcock, photo by Peter Rea USFWS Midwest https://swibirds.org/blog/2025/2/14/the-second-golden-age monthly 0.5 2025-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4997e8d1-0028-4ab2-ae4a-e2fef25a82cd/KnowlesNelson.png Blog Feed - The Second Golden Age? - 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Winter 2024 - Make it stand out American Tree Sparrow perched in the prairie at Fair Meadows Sanctuary (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f10cd35c-e694-41e5-b59d-73ce47316c58/IMG_1301.jpeg Blog Feed - Winter 2024 - Make it stand out Turkey prints in the fresh snow (photo by Penny Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/11/25/goose-pond-sanctuary-update monthly 0.5 2025-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/09a0155a-76aa-483b-9686-bb0ffbee2542/Goose+Pond+Update+Volume+28+%2811-25%29+%287%29.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, November 2024 - Make it stand out Tundra Swan migration (graphic courtesy of National Audubon Society). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c3fa9ea0-8e3c-4daf-9363-3c46cbe0bda3/Goose+Pond+Update+Volume+28+%2811-25%29+%286%29.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, November 2024 - Make it stand out Seed collection volunteers (photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/75976923-ac3a-42da-b432-22b81b0db10e/Goose+Pond+Update+Volume+28+%2811-25%29+%285%29.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, November 2024 - Make it stand out Vince Bertram with the newly built boxes (photo by . 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Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0774e127-3082-4e09-ac57-1878a7520bdc/IMG_1193.jpg Blog Feed - Bluebirds, Kestrels, and SoWBA thank Jim Hess - Make it stand out A restored prairie on Jim and Marci Hess’s property in Lafayette County. Photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/080a99a1-86ff-47b2-a072-d31aea0f1328/IMG_1206.jpg Blog Feed - Bluebirds, Kestrels, and SoWBA thank Jim Hess - Make it stand out Jim Hess, left, helps coordinate SowBA kestrel banding efforts in Lafayette County. Photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/11/5/the-last-hurrah monthly 0.5 2024-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3147d329-10ca-4196-aba5-743863fd5c28/12843155063_8ae1a048ae_c.jpg Blog Feed - The Last Hurrah - Make it stand out New England aster in bloom with a monarch nectaring, photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fcf814a4-b8b9-43b9-9972-f7df83429095/2095024815_01f1c4bd57_c.jpg Blog Feed - The Last Hurrah - Make it stand out New England aster seed heads, photo by Christine Tanner FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a0ada9ed-6284-479c-8e37-6503159d6e63/25096928184_4e5dd2aa72_c.jpg Blog Feed - The Last Hurrah - Make it stand out White baptisia in bloom, photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6f14672e-78d5-4134-a6f6-f79a4bc3c7ed/7646669448_8b8374ccd9_h.jpg Blog Feed - The Last Hurrah - Make it stand out White baptisia seed pods, photo by Peter Gorman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1724422550000-D6CD2EYSMJGYQZH2LIDR/20221102_kaitlinsvabek_GPBurn01.jpg Blog Feed - The Last Hurrah - Make it stand out Fall prescribed burning at Goose Pond Sanctuary, photo by Kaitlin Svabek/SoWBA https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/10/15/the-beatles-at-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2024-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/56cb4395-d60b-41b9-885c-b1ccf1b3e4a6/IMG_4533.jpg Blog Feed - The Beatles at Goose Pond? - Make it stand out Seed collectors, photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0af89db2-9c7d-43d9-914e-6f59d0783260/53139344938_afb475b48e_k.jpg Blog Feed - The Beatles at Goose Pond? - Make it stand out Stiff goldenrod photo by Tina Shaw/USFWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2dc6ca36-6ec8-4f13-bc77-2166bebc916b/3838899016_731143be74_h.jpg Blog Feed - The Beatles at Goose Pond? - Make it stand out Canada goldenrod, photo by Peter Gorman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3f9e8098-b9aa-4adb-8157-cd937dde4e8a/IMG_5359.jpeg Blog Feed - The Beatles at Goose Pond? - Make it stand out Stiff goldenrod seedheads drying on the Goose Pond barn floor, photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/72c75dfd-3fb6-42fb-8cf3-320479e696cf/IMG_4650.jpg Blog Feed - The Beatles at Goose Pond? - Make it stand out Rattlesnake master in bloom, photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c36f1aca-3226-446a-88a9-c59750843527/IMG_4778.jpeg Blog Feed - The Beatles at Goose Pond? - Make it stand out A prairie full of rattlesnake master in bloom, photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA https://swibirds.org/blog/2024-study-committee-update monthly 0.5 2024-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1636120162672-OCT6AH2L166OLAW1BFC9/Crane+forage+2+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Legislative Council study committee on Sandhill Cranes: September update - Make it stand out Sandhill Crane foraging in wetlands (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/9/24/value monthly 0.5 2024-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ac33414f-6115-45bd-bf63-6cb31648f2ad/53904481744_c5901e1c71_c.jpg Blog Feed - Value - Make it stand out Bergamot in bloom. Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0ad5889a-3d14-46c4-af99-e4a2f965d801/IMG_4538.jpg Blog Feed - Value - Make it stand out Bergamot seed heads drying in the rack at Goose Pond Sanctuary. Photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/112c369e-b15d-4d73-a02d-4714b4c5da5b/20698306186_39708bbdbb_k.jpg Blog Feed - Value - Make it stand out Sideoats grama seeds ready to be collected. Photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/359bd5c3-e27c-409b-b54e-8f7e9f2eabcf/IMG_4523.jpg Blog Feed - Value - Make it stand out A 5-gallon bucket filled with freshly collected sideoats grama seed. Topf is in the background! Photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/9/23/seed-bonanza monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7b260819-6691-4639-8437-bfdb0dd83fbb/14930463496_5ebdd3a971_h.jpg Blog Feed - Seed bonanza - Make it stand out False boneset in bloom. Photo by Peter Gorman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/56c446ac-b6b5-43d2-870c-5226748dd7c6/IMG_4569.jpg Blog Feed - Seed bonanza - Make it stand out False boneset seed heads drying in the racks at Goose Pond Sanctuary. Photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a111f6ba-4c8e-4162-8244-e09ab78737a1/53060655750_25f54507ca_k.jpg Blog Feed - Seed bonanza - Make it stand out Rosinweed in bloom. Photo by Peter Gorman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/66cccac0-e8c7-4f52-a722-4f292b507594/image0.jpeg Blog Feed - Seed bonanza - Make it stand out Rosinweed seed heads. Photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e9564188-f7b5-421b-92cb-e8b2fbe9fe24/IMG_4559.jpg Blog Feed - Seed bonanza - Make it stand out Ticktrefoil extraction committee. Photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA https://swibirds.org/blog/seasonal-sanctuary-update/autumn2024 monthly 0.5 2024-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1608229513364-KBECJ3QACAX0N8CEUKJJ/Monarchs+in+flight_TexasEagle.jpg Blog Feed - Autumn 2024 - Make it stand out Two monarch butterflies fly through the air (photo by TexasEagle). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ea8e2ac3-a242-4c8a-a9c1-a86ab794cc2d/Wingspan+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Autumn 2024 - Make it stand out An autumn view at Wingspan Pavilion (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/82aa073b-d003-4110-b133-eca6f6ff7a9f/kettlepond_202409_TuckerSanborn.jpeg Blog Feed - Autumn 2024 - Make it stand out View of the kettle pond at Faville Grove Sanctuary (photo by Tucker Sanborn/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/072b9765-0cdb-469c-88e8-c28b4b83a69c/greaterfringedgentian_FG_TuckerSanborn.jpeg Blog Feed - Autumn 2024 - Make it stand out Greater fringed gentian (photo by Tucker Sanborn/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/96f9dfda-ca02-4dce-98ab-af0ceefb1c01/240615_Z90_7694.jpg Blog Feed - Autumn 2024 - Make it stand out A new rack of gourds installed this year at Fair Meadows Sanctuary (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/22545575-d153-4613-bd7f-0fbdd8fde60e/IMG_20240913_120858245_HDR.jpg Blog Feed - Autumn 2024 - Make it stand out Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa) and Smooth Blue Aster (Symphyotrichum laeve) blooming in Oak Knoll Prairie (photo by Chris Kaplan/SoWBA). https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/9/3/the-grass-is-not-always-greener monthly 0.5 2025-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1725364066322-O6DZ7ECLZUA2JNRGF7YG/IMG_4317+%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - The grass is not always greener - Make it stand out White, spikey flower heads of Culver’s root in full bloom. Photo by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2afdb1bb-9aa6-48dd-bbcc-bc4253a2f6a0/IMG_4493.jpg Blog Feed - The grass is not always greener - Make it stand out Culver’s root seedheads. Photo by Graham Steinhauer / SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f522ee2c-4bb0-420a-a5a7-d27fded17779/IMG_5130.jpg Blog Feed - The grass is not always greener - Make it stand out A spider in the prairie. Photo by Emma Raasch / SoWBA https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/08/15/goose-pond-sanctuary-update monthly 0.5 2024-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1abbe878-900c-46c5-8407-ea62ac5c9f37/IMG_4060.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, August 2024 - Make it stand out Volunteers gather in the barn (photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/32cf0481-a327-46f0-8734-257fc802bd16/high-water-levels_2024_GrahamSteinhauer.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, August 2024 - Make it stand out High water levels at Goose Pond Sanctuary (photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1724421185707-2D4U7B9BKYDHYN2ZRGAA/eastern-swallowtail_GPbutterflysurvey2024_HaileyWedewer-intern.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, August 2024 Eastern tiger swallowtail (photo by Hailey Wedewer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1724421184453-0D9NDA4ZMNBHPNB6GBAF/question-mark_GPbutterflysurvey2024_AndiHokanson-intern.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, August 2024 Question mark (photo by Andi Hokanson) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1724421189275-M6CZJXQ9ME8OSD5YXHE8/viceroy_GPbutterflysurvey2024_AndySmith-intern.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, August 2024 Viceroy (photo by Andy Smith) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/830d7dec-24d0-4e3e-9a0d-8d16b5c5e6cf/Curt+Caslvaka+June+2024.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, August 2024 - Make it stand out Curt with a young Red-shouldered Hawk (photo by Mark Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1ac532eb-4db0-4443-89f4-e895085c3fc1/2024Interns_GoosePond_EmmaRaasch_01.JPG Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, August 2024 - Make it stand out Interns Andy Smith, Hailey Wedewer, and Andi Hokanson (photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3c104f48-2ac5-41c0-98d8-f5f4dd78e2fb/Red-tailed+Leafhopper+2024+photo+by+Raymond+Roberts.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, August 2024 - Make it stand out Red-tailed prairie leafhopper (photo by Raymond Roberts). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1724421792722-K8MFP4LC7HQ8SCSW8GF2/IMG_0804.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, August 2024 The season of green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1724421798590-2VSGOPTAI20XGLO5P794/IMG_4317.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, August 2024 The season of white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1724421788780-T281KSTCC73IEMHXYMV3/IMG_4313.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, August 2024 The season of yellow. https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/8/1/over-the-moon monthly 0.5 2024-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1722534158172-M91WTL5QIE9JQFNDKCQ0/52107278968_2ca166d7d0_k.jpg Blog Feed - Over the Moon - Make it stand out Shooting star flowers in bloom (photo by Peter Gorman). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ac8b11bd-6a9a-493a-b9cd-969d6afe0957/IMG_4769.jpg Blog Feed - Over the Moon - Make it stand out Miles Roth with his adventurous frog companion (photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3e39dfee-f1e6-467f-b65f-c2c49448be3f/IMG_4770.jpg Blog Feed - Over the Moon - Make it stand out Gray tree frogs are often green (photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA)! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e9844e53-4faf-4b5e-8504-ecb0077486d6/IMG_4771.jpg Blog Feed - Over the Moon - Make it stand out A full barrel of shooting star seeds (photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/48191279-360b-429c-a52d-62fa6688aa84/452381548_886971440130309_3091841822810339001_n.jpg Blog Feed - Over the Moon - Make it stand out The Goose Pond 2024 intern team, working on removing invasive plants from a nearby prairie (photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA). https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/8/1/gold-medal-volunteers monthly 0.5 2024-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e05c5487-9f74-4b7e-a4f9-af8433d9f753/4J7A7985.JPG Blog Feed - Gold Medal Volunteers: Mary, Kelley, & Ginni - Make it stand out Two adult eagles and a fledgling roost in a dead trees in Walworth County (photo by Beth Berger Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2b3f342d-1aa9-42d3-bb15-77899591c7f1/P4200433.JPEG Blog Feed - Gold Medal Volunteers: Mary, Kelley, & Ginni - Make it stand out The Bald Eagle nest before the tree and nest came down, with two healthy eaglets in the nest (photo by Kelley Happ). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/050adf5c-6600-4207-9332-36916a450b0e/IMG_8626.jpg Blog Feed - Gold Medal Volunteers: Mary, Kelley, & Ginni - Make it stand out The eaglet that was later brought into a wildlife rehabilitator (photo by Beth Berger Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1722523966782-7VKFZ3GBK1TG2HUIYVZ7/4J7A8390.JPG Blog Feed - Gold Medal Volunteers: Mary, Kelley, & Ginni - Make it stand out Two adults and the prodigal fledgling roosting near the nesting area (photo by Beth Berger Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0a7b1dee-466e-4883-b87b-a76a548abe22/1G5A3695.jpg Blog Feed - Gold Medal Volunteers: Mary, Kelley, & Ginni - Make it stand out An adult and the fledgling roosting (photo by Ginni Magda). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9ce86d2b-51ca-429d-83dd-f5ca12ff516f/IMG_8696.jpg Blog Feed - Gold Medal Volunteers: Mary, Kelley, & Ginni - Make it stand out Left to right: Beth, Mary (red), Kelley (tan) and Ginni. In the thick of it (photo by Beth Berger Martin). https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/7/20/spots monthly 0.5 2024-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/eab14f5c-6ed9-46b6-acfc-423e24ac3f86/IMG_0070+%281%29.JPG Blog Feed - Spots - Make it stand out Spiderwort in full bloom at Goose Pond Sanctuary. Photo by Graham Steinhauer / SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/42625994-2b8d-4f72-b40b-c68ea94d7623/IMG_4095.jpg Blog Feed - Spots - Make it stand out The group of volunteers stands with pails, bins, and a cooler of spiderwort seed. Topf is pictured on left. Photo by Graham Steinhauer / SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b35feb8b-0062-4da7-81c1-cb26abc2447c/IMG_1573.jpg Blog Feed - Spots - Make it stand out Jumping spider on spiderwort. Photo by Makeela Magomolla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ea8e7e7a-9cf3-4d07-9420-63f1d60734a1/IMG_1579+2.jpg Blog Feed - Spots - Make it stand out Jumping spider on spiderwort. Photo by Makeela Magomolla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c3106b1f-f264-44b1-a4fe-a6725c475894/IMG_4087.jpg Blog Feed - Spots - Make it stand out Seed collecting at Erstad Prairie on the 4th of July. Photo by Graham Steinhauer / SoWBA https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/08/two-more-reasons-to-vote-on-august-13 monthly 0.5 2024-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1720735056903-HL4U1DVUR4EQYPFCMVWW/53731444697_073e0ffd54_k.jpg Blog Feed - Two more reasons to vote on August 13 - Make it stand out Grasshopper Sparrow by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/7/11/the-start-of-a-wonderful-season monthly 0.5 2024-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0beaec6c-ead9-4b0f-b1bb-c80b7c64a2dd/53656825870_ad2cf00785_k.jpg Blog Feed - The start of a wonderful season - Make it stand out Karner blue butterfly on wild lupine. Photo by Dawn Marsh/USFWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2044bba8-c1be-47e4-86cc-3c43493df2fd/7540497866_e1ec9323ab_k.jpg Blog Feed - The start of a wonderful season - Make it stand out Wild lupine seedpods. Photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d958fdb4-5f86-4669-8b5b-bf73987723ff/IMG_2142_heic.jpg Blog Feed - The start of a wonderful season - Make it stand out Wild lupine at Goose Pond Sanctuary. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / SoWBA https://swibirds.org/blog/2024-study-committee-cranes monthly 0.5 2024-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1634386282159-KPHLMD8AYGPFHCI79UT3/sandhill+crane+adults+monica+hall.jpeg Blog Feed - Stay tuned: Legislative Council study committee on Sandhill Cranes this summer - Make it stand out A pair of Sandhill Cranes (photo by Monica Hall). https://swibirds.org/blog/seasonal-sanctuary-update/summer2024 monthly 0.5 2024-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/865fc2dd-5e22-4c04-9fe9-78e92861d903/interns_GoosePond_202406_EmmaRaasch.jpg Blog Feed - Summer 2024 - Make it stand out Interns Hailey, Andi, and Andy remove garlic mustard and dame’s rocket (photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4aadcad6-3fcf-4a17-99fa-1daf192b0181/KarnerBlue_erstad_202406_EmmaRaasch.jpg Blog Feed - Summer 2024 - Make it stand out Karner blue butterfly found during the survey in June 2024 (photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/19e3c852-e5a7-44d6-b7fb-a88f4bb8002e/IMG_2921.jpg Blog Feed - Summer 2024 - Make it stand out A young spotted fawn amidst the golden alexander blooms at Faville Grove (photo by Larry Braatz). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c016e81b-7420-4b58-8c0b-ba4a29c3c025/-7758795897315766015.jpg Blog Feed - Summer 2024 - Make it stand out One of the adult Bald Eagles brings food to their newly fledged eaglet (photo by Peggy Gierhart/BENW). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1f9d21ae-0d2a-44f8-b000-1f1d2df6c52a/240611_woodduckmolt_GS.jpg Blog Feed - Summer 2024 - Make it stand out A molting Wood Duck can be identified as a male bird by the colorful orange bill (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2dd54dc9-1390-4e17-8a88-bfc4f8910c71/240519_commonwhitetail_GS.jpg Blog Feed - Summer 2024 - Make it stand out A juvenile common whitetail dragonfly lacks the chalky white abdomen of the adults (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/06/conservation-funding-awarded monthly 0.5 2024-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/00378198-609d-4259-99b2-51d51d706f4e/DSC_6928.jpg Blog Feed - Dane County awards $900K in grant funding to Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance - Make it stand out View of the historic East Koshknonong Church, built by David Gunnulson’s great-great-grandfather, as seen from a SoWBA prairie restoration in August 2017 (SoWBA photo). https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/6/10/the-best-day-of-the-year-redux monthly 0.5 2024-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/325d0e89-6ece-4e08-bcc4-07b8643f1cc0/15074668898_56505edccf_c.jpg Blog Feed - The best day of the year redux - Make it stand out Osprey in flight. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b38bcbcf-51cf-4023-8549-7c31b6f204ed/20240530_101427.jpg Blog Feed - The best day of the year redux - Make it stand out Madison’s Lincoln Elementary School fourth graders scatter more native seeds into the prairie at Falk/Wells Wildlife Area. Photo by Mickenzee Okon / SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fd7ec3f4-8bdf-47a5-a77b-1bf44e42a2ed/20240530_110608.jpg Blog Feed - The best day of the year redux - Make it stand out Wisconsin DNR staff explain the process and reasons for electrofishing to conduct scientific research. Photo by Mickenzee Okon / SoWBA https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/6/11/wi-prairie-chickens-need-you monthly 0.5 2024-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6640251f-5cd0-4fa3-b8d2-e05032db5262/GreaterPrairieChicken_USFWSMidwest.jpg Blog Feed - Wisconsin’s prairie-chickens need you today - Make it stand out Greater Prairie Chicken (photo by USFWS Midwest). https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/5/21/failure monthly 0.5 2024-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6aee5c5b-b8f6-4829-bde3-b7c7bc2376f2/IMG_9265.jpg Blog Feed - Failure - Make it stand out A volunteer scatters seed at Goose Pond Sanctuary. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b9154cf5-d348-47f7-a336-0f947169cd3e/image000001.JPG Blog Feed - Failure - Make it stand out Three eaglets and one adult Bald Eagle in their nest in Dane County, a few days before the wind storm. Photo by Shelley Wilker, BENW volunteer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/18824ea1-2122-4958-ba5b-1a690dbc5890/IMG_1018.jpg Blog Feed - Failure - Make it stand out The nest tree in shambles on the ground. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / SoWBA https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/5/21/holding-the-haying-for-grassland-birds monthly 0.5 2024-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592183722547-2Y2OW1J0UXXQVW8QLZJD/IntoTheNest_header-branded-600px.jpg Blog Feed - Holding the haying for grassland birds - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1b90cdb4-7f16-4440-84eb-646d682542ae/50117242032_eba68bac60_4k.jpg Blog Feed - Holding the haying for grassland birds - Make it stand out Eastern Meadowlark on turned up soil. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/660bde01-8636-4161-adf4-67be210cdcd2/5858113666_e3254183e5_o.jpg Blog Feed - Holding the haying for grassland birds - Make it stand out A male Bobolink on grasses. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/28b544e6-2bb5-446b-925d-b759a7713db7/2612672700_2f464aac36_k.jpg Blog Feed - Holding the haying for grassland birds - Make it stand out A Wisconsin pasture. Photo by SandyWeisz https://swibirds.org/blog/beyond-the-feather/liz-pelton monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/903a8197-e3be-44b2-aca3-63b3de6456c4/IMG_1657.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Liz Pelton - Make it stand out Liz hiking in the Driftless Area (photo courtesy of Liz). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c68a2e15-d481-471f-901b-3a154f5f2ea4/IMG_0508.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Liz Pelton - Make it stand out Liz and her family camping at Kohler-Andrae State Park (photo courtesy of Liz). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ad91d089-7711-4f43-ae48-840b05cdbe77/American-Woodcock_PeterRea-USFWSMidwest.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Liz Pelton - Make it stand out American Woodcock (photo by Peter Rea/USFWS Midwest). https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/5/16/backyard-habitats-are-growing monthly 0.5 2024-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3fff487c-2f07-4887-9dd4-97088b7a6eb0/20240509_102633.jpg Blog Feed - Backyard habitats are growing! - Make it stand out The plant sale team, from left to right: Brenna Marsicek (Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance), Lisa Gaumnitz (SOS Save Our Songbirds), Amy Alstad (Holy Wisdom Monastery), and Rob Dummert (Johnson’s Nursery). Photo by Mary Dummert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bf658cc3-55fb-432f-8105-2a75d4bb1efe/IMG_0899.jpg Blog Feed - Backyard habitats are growing! - Make it stand out Plants from the SoWBA/HWM plant sale are unloaded and ready to be sorted for pick up. Photo by Brenna Marsiceke/SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/da2959eb-bd99-4fd8-8457-dc44278c0216/36654985401_63655cac3c_k.jpg Blog Feed - Backyard habitats are growing! - Make it stand out A monarch butterfly nectars on butterfly milkweed in full bloom. Photo by Mara Koenig/USFWS https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/5/10/dirt-and-moms monthly 0.5 2024-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3607808c-4a59-4240-a2f4-4f34d5e67cea/28138488443_eed79d8b6e_k.jpg Blog Feed - Dirt and Moms - Make it stand out A partially shaded creek cools the water and provides food sources for birds, fish, insects, and more. Photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4aba0860-70b3-40a6-843e-93e450c07c7a/34594467335_1fb3ee6c95_k.jpg Blog Feed - Dirt and Moms - Make it stand out Female Mallard with her ducklings. Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/5/8/bird-champions monthly 0.5 2024-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d1dbae1f-1657-437b-8930-73a0aecc5c9a/Dorothy+on+bench+in+GPS+Brown+Prairie+2020.jpg Blog Feed - Bird Champions - Make it stand out Dorothy Haines sits on a bench in Browne Prairie at our Goose Pond Sanctuary in 2020. Photo by Matt Reetz / SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/80dabf3f-c737-43e0-b8fa-a9a6a53e2c9c/51231547656_97bf335c3d_k.jpg Blog Feed - Bird Champions - Make it stand out Jim Otto, super volunteer at Goose Pond Sanctuary, participates in a Red-shouldered Hawk research project in 2021. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/80fcbe34-7ea9-4ec5-bd65-7d163a6b4f80/brand.png Blog Feed - Bird Champions - Make it stand out Brand Smith stands with one of the kestrel nest boxes in the Kestrel Nest Box Monitoring Program. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / SoWBA https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/5/7/goose-pond-sanctuary-update monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/66fe98a0-3265-43ad-b629-28ddb2d92864/songbird+box.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, May 2024 - Make it stand out Songbird box with Noel predator guard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1eddfdbc-b25f-4809-9f62-1781f1eaa9c2/brand+kestrel.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, May 2024 - Make it stand out Brand Smith holding female American Kestrel before releasing her.* Emma Raasch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6f9a194f-ce42-44a3-8c6a-a0d080481cf1/hooded+merganser+emma.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, May 2024 - Make it stand out Female Hooded Merganser. Emma Raasch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a30835f9-0446-4a35-9cd2-33973bbcd5df/southern+plains+bumble+bee.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, May 2024 - Make it stand out Southern plains bumble bee. Jim Otto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/74c58e90-4038-41bb-a06d-013110b98c36/American+lady.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, May 2024 - Make it stand out American Lady at Otsego Marsh. Jim Otto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5f4914ff-64c1-4c56-b0b6-3a5a1cdcf210/green+frog.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, May 2024 - Make it stand out Green Frog. Emma Raasch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e0376a34-240a-4d41-8b48-4ea14d0e83b1/dorothy+and+friends+on+bench.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, May 2024 - Make it stand out Matt Reetz, Mark Martin, Dorothy Haines, Sue Foote-Martin, and Randy Haines on the Browne Prairie Bench. Calla Norris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/30eaf9ed-fbc0-4122-939d-003a308c76b0/fire+workshop.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, May 2024 - Make it stand out Workshop attendees prepare for live fire exercise. Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5f6aed73-f548-4493-861e-dbe7dc845c97/bat+house+otsego.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary Update, May 2024 - Make it stand out Installing the Otsego Marsh bat box with volunteers. Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/5/3/conservation-congress-2024-results monthly 0.5 2024-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/54882c65-345a-4ff8-b79c-126aa3398e45/bluebirds-+arlene+koziol.jpg Blog Feed - Conservation Congress 2024 Results - Make it stand out Eastern Bluebirds at a nest box. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/239e4f2d-ca65-4509-8d84-757cf40c036c/13129577433_f79707213c_h.jpg Blog Feed - Conservation Congress 2024 Results - Make it stand out A juvenile Bald Eagle eating carrion. Photo by Andrew Reding FCC https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/5/3/first-the-good-news monthly 0.5 2024-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1e957eee-1c67-4f18-ab77-9ab9ba969c93/28112121754_d53040868e_k.jpg Blog Feed - First, the good news - Make it stand out Maryland senna photo by John Winder FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f7e7d3fe-17ca-469e-972a-0eb0eae8778d/14574233379_42fa0fee3f_k.jpg Blog Feed - First, the good news - Make it stand out Wild senna photo by Dave Lage FCC https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/04/11/abundance-and-exhaustion monthly 0.5 2024-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a5a56814-a18d-4b86-aa46-630744b7f953/RedAdmiral_Apr2024_PatHasburgh.jpg Blog Feed - Abundance and Exhaustion - Make it stand out Red admiral butterfly on the apricot tree’s blooms (photo by Pat Hasburgh). https://swibirds.org/blog/bird-nests monthly 0.5 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b2ee1184-b4ab-42ec-8248-bbd0afc12712/barn-swallow_nest.jpg Blog Feed - How do I handle a bird nest in an inconvenient spot? - Make it stand out An active Barn Swallow nest in an old structure (photo via Pixabay). https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/avian-influenza-in-wisconsin monthly 0.5 2024-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/413b0930-e827-4dfa-8506-1a42a0890db3/canada-goose_with-mallards.jpg Blog Feed - Avian Influenza in Wisconsin - Make it stand out Canada Goose and Mallards (photo via Pixabay). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ab85d8f7-1e89-4aa1-b301-4e3fe18e5fa3/bcch_side-perch.jpg Blog Feed - Avian Influenza in Wisconsin - Make it stand out Black-capped Chickadee on a feeder (photo via Pixabay). https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/3/27/garbage-cleanup monthly 0.5 2024-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8d098040-7b66-4741-bd71-6867eab58cec/20240321_151515.jpg Blog Feed - Good riddance to bad rubbish - Make it stand out The cleanup team with several bags of trash collected on March 21, 2024 (photo by Mark Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b062663a-ea96-4b2b-815a-ec3cbc3624ac/20240321_133632.jpg Blog Feed - Good riddance to bad rubbish - Make it stand out The UFO (photo by Mark Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8cb44576-f0fb-46a0-bf2a-53c7c458443c/20240321_135605.jpg Blog Feed - Good riddance to bad rubbish - Make it stand out Eggshells (photo by Mark Martin) https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/03/25/spring-conservation-congress-hearings monthly 0.5 2024-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/be1ab9ba-ead4-45e5-b73e-725eb0b5b24d/Eastern+Meadowlark+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Conservation Congress Spring Hearings rise again - Make it stand out Eastern Meadowlark (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/746e518c-f42f-4e24-a057-18b2a060509c/Bald+Eagle+flight+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Conservation Congress Spring Hearings rise again - Make it stand out A question in this year’s survey is on lead ammunition, known to harm Bald Eagles (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/99f5460a-ee39-493a-bf4b-61f529516888/49648232177_af5433487b_3k.jpg Blog Feed - Conservation Congress Spring Hearings rise again - Make it stand out Shovelnose sturgeon (photo by Sam Stukel/USFWS). https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/wcc monthly 0.5 2025-04-10 https://swibirds.org/blog/seasonal-sanctuary-update/spring2024 monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/66c77d5d-73c5-4cc5-b35b-c227240d9f8d/_57A8008dm.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2024 - Make it stand out Canada Geese at Goose Pond Sanctuary (photo by Monica Hall). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2d59fa5f-c9b9-49d8-b9bc-be841503e3b8/Red-winged+Blackbird2.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2024 - Make it stand out Red-winged Blackbirds have also arrived back at Goose Pond Sanctuary this spring (photo by Monica Hall). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dbdee2a2-fecb-482d-b7e5-fa5df4d4ec91/Bluebird+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2024 - Make it stand out A vibrantly blue Eastern Bluebird alights upon a branch (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8e5a4422-b52f-4a2b-8b33-1e2d41e92964/MourningCloak_AndyReagoChrissyMcClarren.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2024 - Make it stand out Mourning cloak butterflies have emerged recently (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/70674770-96dc-4088-b86c-cbdb797bc74a/killdeer_GDS_210425.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2024 - Make it stand out Killdeer hover around an ant mound on a recently-burned prairie at Fair Meadows (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d9748e77-ee5f-4a1f-b4e8-da81432a979d/200404_D5C_2098.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2024 - Make it stand out A chorus frog heralds spring at Fair Meadows Sanctuary in April 2020 (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/03/land-trust-renewal monthly 0.5 2024-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c4634372-67b4-4d14-8833-3b5848b79696/120820_GDS_6641-45.jpg Blog Feed - Celebrating our renewal as a nationally-accredited land trust - Make it stand out A foggy morning on the prairie at Fair Meadows, SoWBA’s newest sanctuary (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ad5c2862-0f6e-40d0-94e7-3513e508e616/seal_green_description_horizontal.png Blog Feed - Celebrating our renewal as a nationally-accredited land trust - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/2/27/middleton-and-madison-move-toward-building-cities-safer-for-birds monthly 0.5 2024-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1709048661641-XP2Q5CJH97ZIL2T3FL1O/Ruby-throated+Hummingbird+Steven+Kersting+FCC.jpg Blog Feed - Middleton and Madison move toward building cities safer for birds - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/2/19/urge-evers-to-veto-dog-public-land-bills monthly 0.5 2024-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1705674610695-JJTRW161Q54YAXJ9BZA0/230213_Z90_4695.jpg Blog Feed - Urge Governor Evers to VETO the hunting dogs on public lands bills - Make it stand out A Northern Harrier flies above the prairie. Northern Harriers nest on the ground in grasslands. Photo by Gary Shackelford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1551712311964-7JUZKQHWLVEK4RCQIKOO/bobolink_Kelly+Colgan+Azar.jpg Blog Feed - Urge Governor Evers to VETO the hunting dogs on public lands bills - Make it stand out Bobolink. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/04b8790a-7027-4b5a-865f-f4a4c3311782/52920647745_39638111ba_k.jpg Blog Feed - Urge Governor Evers to VETO the hunting dogs on public lands bills - Make it stand out Golden-winged Warbler. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3b775dda-ef9a-4052-9600-7b6e7f76e080/25357583224_962cadab91_k.jpg Blog Feed - Urge Governor Evers to VETO the hunting dogs on public lands bills - Make it stand out Sharp-tailed Grouse. Photo by Rick Bohn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601045944172-35FH09VCDYSP7V6S7HZ1/40622743163_6bd459ea3a_k.jpg Blog Feed - Urge Governor Evers to VETO the hunting dogs on public lands bills - Make it stand out Eastern Whip-poor-will. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/2/13/action-alert-support-middletons-bird-safe-glass-ordinance monthly 0.5 2024-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2ef531bc-fe4f-4edf-86bd-245568ec43a3/4790434993_9965920099_k.jpg Blog Feed - Action Alert: Support Middleton's bird-safe glass ordinance! - Make it stand out Indigo Buntings, a common bird in Middleton and surrounding areas and common victim of window collisions, need your help. Please be a voice for birds! Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614962778956-DVAE2X9438E1EZ0TULCD/Mortality+by+Building+Type+-+ABC+Based+on+Loss+2014.jpg Blog Feed - Action Alert: Support Middleton's bird-safe glass ordinance! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f46f1617-0d26-4e6d-b6d9-f2d8f5b97207/20613509446_8ee7cc522b_o.jpg Blog Feed - Action Alert: Support Middleton's bird-safe glass ordinance! - Make it stand out Pheasant Branch Conservancy (photo by Amy Bayer). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b587cf27-9cdd-4281-ace8-ab197def0366/frit.png Blog Feed - Action Alert: Support Middleton's bird-safe glass ordinance! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d33d5f80-77c9-4d27-94cc-61827c9c0cf6/9123369469_54d276f9af_h.jpg Blog Feed - Action Alert: Support Middleton's bird-safe glass ordinance! - Make it stand out Common Yellowthroats, a common bird in Pheasant Branch Conservancy and common victim of window collisions, need your help! Please be a voice for birds! (photo by Kelly Colgan Azar) https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/2/13/action-alert-wisconsins-wildlife-need-your-voice-today monthly 0.5 2024-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d2788687-facc-4e21-8cb0-78f493888ac8/J09X01+BOBO+10+days.JPG Blog Feed - Action Alert: Wisconsin's wildlife need YOUR voice today! - Make it stand out Bobolinks are a ground nesting species threatened by legislation like AB-512/SB-545. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1551712311964-7JUZKQHWLVEK4RCQIKOO/bobolink_Kelly+Colgan+Azar.jpg Blog Feed - Action Alert: Wisconsin's wildlife need YOUR voice today! - Make it stand out Bobolink. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/04b8790a-7027-4b5a-865f-f4a4c3311782/52920647745_39638111ba_k.jpg Blog Feed - Action Alert: Wisconsin's wildlife need YOUR voice today! - Make it stand out Golden-winged Warbler. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3b775dda-ef9a-4052-9600-7b6e7f76e080/25357583224_962cadab91_k.jpg Blog Feed - Action Alert: Wisconsin's wildlife need YOUR voice today! - Make it stand out Sharp-tailed Grouse. Photo by Rick Bohn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601045944172-35FH09VCDYSP7V6S7HZ1/40622743163_6bd459ea3a_k.jpg Blog Feed - Action Alert: Wisconsin's wildlife need YOUR voice today! - Make it stand out Eastern Whip-poor-will. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/2/12/free-common-milkweed-seed-for-restoration-ready-land-in-wisconsin monthly 0.5 2024-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/63e41be1-70d7-4bbc-9410-df1f4565238c/50081218336_50a59706a4_k.jpg Blog Feed - Free common milkweed seed for restoration-ready land in Wisconsin - Make it stand out Common milkweed at Goose Pond Sanctuary. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/2/6/time-to-advocate-for-some-important-land-and-water monthly 0.5 2024-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1707244059730-YTC06NM88Z3DKRL0MYSA/52360877600_2fe17f93b4_3k.jpg Blog Feed - Time to advocate for some important land and water - Make it stand out American Goldfinch by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/2/5/its-official-madisons-bird-safe-glass-ordinance-is-in-the-clear monthly 0.5 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c9e5c6fa-0767-402e-a6d7-31d17272c352/robin.png Blog Feed - It's Official: Madison's Bird-safe Glass Ordinance is in the Clear - Make it stand out The American Robin, Wisconsin's state bird, benefits from bird-friendly building ordinances that reduce risks of bird-glass collisions. Photo by Larry Master, www.masterimages.org. https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/2/5/growing-interest-in-gardening-for-birds-at-2024-wisconsin-garden-expo monthly 0.5 2024-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5255781b-a432-40bd-9429-4eef461848d3/hummingbird%2C%2Bfeeding%2Bat%2Bcardinal%2Bflower%2B%28September%2B10%2C%2B2022%29-2.jpeg Blog Feed - Growing interest in gardening for birds at 2024 Wisconsin Garden Expo - Make it stand out A Ruby-throated Hummingbird gathers nectar from a Cardinal Flower. Learn how to garden for hummingbirds and songbirds in educational sessions at the PBS Wisconsin Garden & Landscape Expo, Feb. 9-11, in Madison. Photo: Linda Deith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e9ab6ccf-d0ad-4f39-bd5e-49e9913c1942/GLE%2B2024_H_1200x675_Ad.jpeg Blog Feed - Growing interest in gardening for birds at 2024 Wisconsin Garden Expo - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/new-name-announcement monthly 0.5 2024-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/74fe6308-705b-4eb4-a46a-0992c15abb2d/common+redpoll+monica+hall.jpg Blog Feed - We are now the Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/1/25/time-for-lots-of-good-news monthly 0.5 2024-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2ef1f22b-f006-48ec-84fe-51c9a1607589/IMG_3127.jpg Blog Feed - Time for lots of good news - Make it stand out A map showing the location of the 16 acres planted at Goose Pond Sanctuary. Provided by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1a072370-048a-47cd-98a8-816e7419dbd1/IMG_3050.jpg Blog Feed - Time for lots of good news - Make it stand out Calla Norris mixes seeds for planting at Goose Pond Sanctuary. Photo by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f38b775d-1696-451b-8cf7-97b9a88acacd/IMG_2121.jpg Blog Feed - Time for lots of good news - Make it stand out A volunteer scatters seed at a prairie planting event coordinated by the Goose Pond Sanctuary team. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e303a421-3497-48d8-8bee-ba8c1fe464ff/anderson+groundswell.jpg Blog Feed - Time for lots of good news - Make it stand out Anderson Waterfowl Production Area, photo courtesy of Groundswell Conservancy https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/1/25/cbc-results-south-central monthly 0.5 2024-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/cb2e6f76-9d66-4f77-9cf3-273bf979a10c/53486190807_0c1d4be613_k.jpg Blog Feed - 2023 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Common Redpoll. Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fa400002-ad02-48a3-a298-811ad92f8b1c/20231230_122411.jpg Blog Feed - 2023 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Poynette CBC volunteers pause for a lunch break on Dec. 30. Thanks to all of the wonderful birders who joined in the counts in southern Wisconsin! Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d0b4146b-9b0c-4b46-b77a-376c3a6a9d7a/MAS-Boundary-counts-2023.png Blog Feed - 2023 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8c17c7b5-3788-403e-8484-6cf70cc65a91/GCRF+2023+1Cicero.jpg Blog Feed - 2023 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Gray-crowned Rosy Finch found during the Baraboo CBC by Cicero Stewart (photo also by Cicero Stewart). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/529661ce-ecfa-4bfc-9768-d9f58a94c44b/35363374052_bcccd7baee_k.jpg Blog Feed - 2023 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Trumpeter Swan. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8ad96cc7-84c2-4374-8c46-15db6e2919b1/NorthernHarrier-male_MickThompson.jpg Blog Feed - 2023 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Northern Harrier. Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c4194c0e-5e62-429f-93f6-d8088e270892/53012655856_70adc814e8_h.jpg Blog Feed - 2023 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Yellow-rumped Warbler. Photo by Dave Wendelken https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5ca1f050-ae36-42a8-b41f-73352abc94f8/12610896793_e73685120c_3k.jpg Blog Feed - 2023 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Golden-crowned Kinglet. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/943ce2f1-b66b-4e43-ac5a-fc69483803c9/33457233292_080355fd05_k.jpg Blog Feed - 2023 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Merlin. Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1556288543052-MVFP83H8FPRHF1XMLDWH/eastern+meadowlark+on+fence+ak.jpg Blog Feed - 2023 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Eastern Meadowlark. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7f084556-a1bd-4290-b626-f8739d55f4b5/14949320495_2853017d58_k.jpg Blog Feed - 2023 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Red Crossbill. Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ce4c9560-bc28-4f46-bc0a-284dc38d6c81/DSCN4744.JPG Blog Feed - 2023 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out White-crowned Sparrow. Photo by Sam Heeney https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9f865f95-3352-4cbe-bfd2-4000016953ba/2fbb62fe-33b0-4e3d-a733-65a305100a71.jpg Blog Feed - 2023 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out American Goldfinch. Photo by Tom Schutlz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/66d3f12d-47cd-4c41-b026-494720f19184/8630013988_604ff84eb6_k.jpg Blog Feed - 2023 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Wilson’s Snipe. Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2e2760b8-f30a-4638-b637-c0e5c8a99649/brown+creeper+karen+etter+hale.jpg Blog Feed - 2023 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Brown Creeper. Photo by Karen Etter Hale https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/1/23/our-proposed-modified-name monthly 0.5 2024-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1706028422166-9UCE3Z2H36C56DZRFR76/8334873801_6a3dcc553a_k.jpg Blog Feed - Our proposed modified name - Make it stand out Bald Eagle by Mick Thompson https://swibirds.org/blog/ethical-bird-observation monthly 0.5 2025-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8bd1506e-46d5-433f-be9e-ce530d0ad70c/Long-earedOwl_MickThompson.jpg Blog Feed - How do I ethically observe eagles, owls, or other sensitive species? - Make it stand out The Long-eared Owl is a sensitive species in Wisconsin, hidden in eBird reports. This image by a photographer based in the Pacific Northwest was captured using a long lens and without a flash (photo by Mick Thompson). https://swibirds.org/blog/2024/1/4/an-important-update-name monthly 0.5 2024-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1704463204433-24KM3XZ69JTZVWDNEDNO/unnamed.jpg Blog Feed - An important update for our members - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/blog/2023-memories monthly 0.5 2023-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a4ff10b0-664d-4901-8223-f458362f770e/Mark-Sue_WCHF-inductee-visit.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2023 - Make it stand out Mark and Sue (center) with Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame staff at Goose Pond (courtesy of WCHoF). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/681aa698-dac0-4624-a3e4-8f7f16de3345/Short+Eared+Owl+2+-+Monica+Hall.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2023 - Make it stand out Short-eared Owl in flight (photo by Monica Hall). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b2f89310-a0c0-4288-bfb7-83e35baf2007/IMG_1681+%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2023 - Make it stand out Emma leads a burn crew, all decked out in safety gear, at Goose Pond in April 2023 (photo by Miles Roth). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b02f9688-75dd-42b0-994b-0caf33329c0c/230422_Z90_0932.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2023 - Make it stand out Canada Goose adults and newly hatched goslings at their nest in late spring 2023 (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b1ac8323-7146-4477-ab59-34dc5133a126/IMG_6440.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2023 - Make it stand out Stopping to search for birds during the Birding by Bike outing on May 10, 2023 (photo by Brenna Marsicek/BBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/68f4bfed-96af-452e-8a84-eb80e1e0ceb2/IMG_2477.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2023 - Make it stand out Fuzzy young herons in a nest at Goose Pond Sanctuary in summer 2023 (photo by Graham Steinhauer/BBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/df73f344-b7fd-4ff3-9ef1-2937d6de4cdb/IMG_8007.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2023 - Make it stand out Celebrating the installation of the Link 6 window treatment (photo by Matt Reetz/BBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3a91c06a-e89f-4dd1-8052-fe806f4f9083/20230623_ksvabek_07.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2023 - Make it stand out Brand Smith places four young American Kestrels into a newly set up nest box (photo by Kaitlin Svabek/BBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7ed727cf-0c52-472d-95e9-f36df3cebb0a/Kim%2C+Jazmine+and+Zach+8-5-23+%281+of+1%29.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2023 - Make it stand out Birding by Boat at Cherokee Marsh South in early August 2023 (photo by Jeff Galligan). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6104ee46-9599-4a96-90c9-f0daacd05948/image0+%282%29.jpeg Blog Feed - 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Moments from 2023 - Make it stand out Volunteers sow native plant seeds at Faville Grove in early December 2023 (photo by David Musolf). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8434b71d-4406-43c2-972a-8eefc0a9e0e9/IMG_20231214_093615290_HDR.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2023 - Make it stand out Kids wear owl masks, mimicking only being able to turn their head to see (photo by Carolyn Byers/BBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/66a8beea-9f44-4a18-ad28-0eaed565d3fe/image1.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2023 - Make it stand out The sun sets in view of the Lake Mills Ledge Savanna in December 2023 (photo by Roger Packard). https://swibirds.org/blog/seasonal-sanctuary-update/winter2023 monthly 0.5 2024-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/19355d0a-65c9-4e0b-893a-d4b4fc11f4b5/20221102_kaitlinsvabek_GPBurn08.jpg Blog Feed - Winter 2023 - Make it stand out A volunteer assists with a prescribed burn in November 2022 (photo by Kaitlin Svabek/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7e967b7d-082d-4ce1-a421-99ed3c7ece8f/CANG-hybrid-GPS_202311_AK.jpg Blog Feed - Winter 2023 - Make it stand out A domestic goose, or possible Canada Goose x domestic hybrid, comes in for a landing at Goose Pond Sanctuary in November 2023 (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1eebdfd7-df99-4126-b5ca-48607aaf9047/EagleNest_FG2023_DavidMusolf.jpg Blog Feed - Winter 2023 - Make it stand out A newly-built Bald Eagle nest at Faville Grove Sanctuary (photo by David Musolf). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1608303910385-BWYPK4G35N5GRLVJ9XGT/Short+Eared+Owl+at+Faville+Grove.jpeg Blog Feed - Winter 2023 - Make it stand out A Short-eared Owl perches on the Tillotson Prairie sign in a previous winter (photo by John Wethall). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e7656e43-e838-472e-b54b-9d87967b6174/030408_S30_2930.jpg Blog Feed - Winter 2023 - Make it stand out Ice and snow on Fair Meadows Sanctuary’s Eagle Marsh during a previous winter (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c77fc69a-04ea-44e1-a522-a0fc708fef5f/AmericanTreeSparrow_231016_GaryShackelford.jpg Blog Feed - Winter 2023 - Make it stand out American Tree Sparrow (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/blog/newsletter2023-cattails monthly 0.5 2024-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ebc1dafa-d0eb-40d9-8a8f-d625f4b2fdbb/yhbl_ak.jpg Blog Feed - Balancing the careful control of cattails - Make it stand out Yellow-headed Blackbird perched on cattails (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dae8b2f0-b396-4805-b108-3c50222da032/FM_Pushing+back+cattails+101014_GS.jpg Blog Feed - Balancing the careful control of cattails - Make it stand out Before: aggressive cattails cover the landscape at Fair Meadows in 2010 (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dbb45659-614f-4d66-8fae-6c94266486bd/FM_After+rx+cattails_200519_GS.jpg Blog Feed - Balancing the careful control of cattails - Make it stand out After: targeted control leads to thriving native sedges in 2020 (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/11/30/corrections-name-mission-intent monthly 0.5 2024-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1608303910385-BWYPK4G35N5GRLVJ9XGT/Short+Eared+Owl+at+Faville+Grove.jpeg Blog Feed - Corrections about our name, mission, and process - Make it stand out A Short-eared Owl sits on the Tillotson Prairie sign at Faville Grove Sanctuary in Jefferson County, WI (photo by John Wethall) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/428bb6b4-8166-4c3a-b3eb-0751465eb0a5/bins+kids+MKBBA.jpeg Blog Feed - Corrections about our name, mission, and process - Make it stand out Youth from Vera Court Neighborhood Center join Badgerland Bird Alliance staff on a walk to learn about birds, binoculars, and nature (photo by Mickenzee Okon/Badgerland Bird Alliance). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ab18845f-2e16-43b6-a8ed-6b81f24ce7bd/50291339756_3aa5afd7a3_k.jpg Blog Feed - Corrections about our name, mission, and process - Make it stand out Dozens of volunteers help collect millions of native seeds at our wildlife sanctuaries each year (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fe6ef439-f686-4bfa-b6a9-b1fcbd9c1c61/Faville+Marsh+by+Aaron+Carlson.jpg Blog Feed - Corrections about our name, mission, and process - Make it stand out Faville Marsh at Badgerland Bird Alliance’s Faville Grove Sanctuary in Jefferson County, Wisconsin (photo by Aaron Carlson). https://swibirds.org/blog/beyond-the-feather/tucker-sanborn monthly 0.5 2025-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1f99544f-8060-4fb8-acab-77f037673409/IMG_5359.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Tucker Sanborn - Make it stand out Tucker on the North Umpqua Trail in Oregon (photo by Alejandro Mejia). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f3ff5b74-b754-420f-bf7e-383cee74f1ed/IMG_5925.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Tucker Sanborn - Make it stand out Tucker at a controlled burn in Texas (photo by Sarah Glover). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f0fdde7c-aecc-4a24-b998-7f76ad433e2c/IMG_0126.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Tucker Sanborn - Make it stand out Tucker birding at Ferry Bluff (photo by Sarah Glover). https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/10/31/what-do-we-have-to-do-with-sharp-tailed-grouse monthly 0.5 2024-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/49c73bb0-f7f8-4a73-9572-da4749a8fb0a/16872617268_d4c13c6f1a_o.jpg Blog Feed - What does our Bird Alliance have to do with Sharp-tailed Grouse? - Make it stand out Sharp-tailed Grouse, by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ce1dff25-6047-4d59-86a5-72c1c0838f32/51157599516_fd7c9caa49_k.jpg Blog Feed - What does our Bird Alliance have to do with Sharp-tailed Grouse? - Make it stand out Sharp-tailed Grouse dance by Doug Greenberg FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fca05bcd-959a-4b76-acd4-cda7dbc4d9bf/25842990710_45e470f323_k.jpg Blog Feed - What does our Bird Alliance have to do with Sharp-tailed Grouse? - Make it stand out Sharp-tailed Grouse dance on lek by Rick Bohn / USFWS Mountain-Prairie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/795244dd-bbbf-463f-a9bd-d9b1b6122be8/25975255664_9ef6a19434_k.jpg Blog Feed - What does our Bird Alliance have to do with Sharp-tailed Grouse? - Make it stand out Sharp-tailed Grouse in barrens by Rick Bohn / USFWS Mountain-Prairie https://swibirds.org/blog/seasonal-sanctuary-update/autumn2023 monthly 0.5 2024-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bbfc0244-1612-4cae-8185-5ab9fc8bfa2c/image_50732545.JPG Blog Feed - Autumn 2023 - Make it stand out Milkweed pods laid out to dry in the Jungeman Barn (photo by Emma Raasch/Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0b1fd089-fdb5-4d0c-9122-3d4e23662693/7.png Blog Feed - Autumn 2023 - Make it stand out A white-tailed deer buck on the pond cam (photo by Peter Leege). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/57cd19c9-230b-433a-90a1-fff81d1f0bdf/landscape+drew+harry.JPG Blog Feed - Autumn 2023 - Make it stand out A cloudy view of Faville Grove showing trees changing colors during a previous fall (photo by Drew Harry). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/18cc332c-bfba-476e-b47d-c7eca7a2d976/20211020_ksvabek_seedcollecting006.jpg Blog Feed - Autumn 2023 - Make it stand out A volunteer collects showy goldenrod seeds from a prairie at Faville Grove Sanctuary in fall 2021 (photo by Kaitlin Svabek/Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1689091788361-WEEGWJTMPS7XVHB66725/230516_Z90_8469.jpg Blog Feed - Autumn 2023 - Make it stand out A Wood Duck takes off at Fair Meadows Sanctuary (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dfe22794-9e6b-4880-a8b8-e507bbdb7223/CommonNighthawk_insect_230825_GDS.jpg Blog Feed - Autumn 2023 - Make it stand out A Common Nighthawk hunts over Fair Meadows (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/10/19/another-eighty-acres-protected monthly 0.5 2024-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/698f6bca-3ecf-4f05-bd01-d761cd471b76/IMG_20170531_073045978.jpg Blog Feed - Another EIGHTY ACRES are now permanently protected at Faville Grove Sanctuary! - Make it stand out A group led by David Musolf explores Faville Grove Sanctuary in 2017. 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It was a great ride, even with wet gravel and puddles! Photo by Kaitlin Svabek / SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1654706641489-92RS3ZZL1APNME5DUTMH/IMG_8796-2.JPG Blog Feed - Birding for all bodies: Announcing our new electric-powered wheelchair! - Make it stand out A field trip participant uses an AAW outdoor wheelchair at a Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance field trip in 2021. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / SoWBA https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/9/18/help-gather-milkweed-seeds monthly 0.5 2025-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600357173337-NO4QAZUHI7VT9BODI6WQ/f1.JPG Blog Feed - Help gather Milkweed seeds: Fall 2023! Monarch caterpillar feasting on a common milkweed. 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Photo by Gary Shackelford https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c4634372-67b4-4d14-8833-3b5848b79696/120820_GDS_6641-45.jpg Blog Feed - Listening to Will Rogers - Make it stand out Fair Meadows Sanctuary and State Natural Area, now owned and protected by Madison Audubon. Photo by Gary Shackelford https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/8/23/squirrel-days-of-summer monthly 0.5 2023-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0a57baaf-d7d4-4d07-bec1-762223ea0e34/5846135346_ea5c785936_k.jpg Blog Feed - The Squirrel Days of Summer - Make it stand out Basswood tree. Photo by Aaron Carlson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9871a53e-af6b-4a26-8619-10ecb49c53b3/3653124538_11e6645197_k.jpg Blog Feed - The Squirrel Days of Summer - Make it stand out A hot squirrel splooting on a cool tree. Photo by Mickey FCC https://swibirds.org/blog/is-that-bird-okay monthly 0.5 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e8beff2d-4517-4f82-bef8-275af10227c6/MALL+nest.JPG Blog Feed - "Is that bird okay?!": A few common scenarios - Make it stand out Ducks will often wait until they’ve laid all their eggs before beginning to incubate them. A Mallard nest with ten eggs is lined with down feathers (photo by Carolyn Byers). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f8708244-1371-48ef-aec4-b2ef75edebab/American+kestrel+chicks+in+nest+box+++-+Phil+Brown.jpg Blog Feed - "Is that bird okay?!": A few common scenarios - Make it stand out These American Kestrels are nestlings with soft white down (photo by Phil Brown). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bac8f48f-1d94-48fa-aa30-22584be490db/American+Kestrel+Chick++-+Phil+Brown+3.jpg Blog Feed - "Is that bird okay?!": A few common scenarios - Make it stand out This American Kestrel is a fledgling with grown-in feathers. Notice the wispy down feathers and short tail that differs from an adult bird (photo by Phil Brown). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a38d07bc-2b3a-473e-a698-32d4e9698358/tenn+warbler+stunned+in+bag_hannah+sigg.jpg Blog Feed - "Is that bird okay?!": A few common scenarios - Make it stand out A stunned Tennessee Warbler contained in a cloth bag (photo by Hannah Sigg/Bird Collision Corps volunteer). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/20220b6a-2400-46ce-8308-dc357d3bad5b/american-goldfinch_feeders.jpg Blog Feed - "Is that bird okay?!": A few common scenarios - Make it stand out Bird feeders are spots where many birds congregate, which could enable the spread of disease. Be vigilant about keeping feeders clean and tidy. Here, American Goldfinches feed on a seed mix (photo via Pixabay). https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/7/28/announcing-our-amazing-new-sanctuary monthly 0.5 2024-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e5a1ff3a-3093-4307-8dea-acbfdd5b9764/unnamed.jpeg Blog Feed - Announcing our amazing NEW SANCTUARY! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1690566929413-MZ5IQNOVMU8Q4MMH7IN2/unnamed.jpg Blog Feed - Announcing our amazing NEW SANCTUARY! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1690566917638-2RSFQ9APGWYP71S2CWTW/unnamed+%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - Announcing our amazing NEW SANCTUARY! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1690566928070-3JE4CAXHUY5FE8W17QPI/unnamed+%282%29.jpg Blog Feed - Announcing our amazing NEW SANCTUARY! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1690566928264-E0G6II28E48YAP00NFXH/unnamed+%283%29.jpg Blog Feed - Announcing our amazing NEW SANCTUARY! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d5719688-a7bf-45ea-86ae-bf96229fbe7e/unnamed+%284%29.jpg Blog Feed - Announcing our amazing NEW SANCTUARY! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/7/19/piecing-together-the-landscape-puzzle monthly 0.5 2023-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a7672e08-c982-4b99-be05-4f63f83feb60/Henslow%27s+Sparrow+2+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Piecing together the landscape puzzle - Make it stand out Henslow’s Sparrow (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a0445d70-293f-46d5-9d46-2bf43514afeb/IMG_7434.jpg Blog Feed - Piecing together the landscape puzzle - Make it stand out Culver’s root and other blooming prairie plants (photo by Brenna Marsicek/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a5d11afe-c8e1-465f-8f5f-bf6152dec26d/5-pieces.png Blog Feed - Piecing together the landscape puzzle - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f026170f-85ab-453b-ac94-b2446305f904/071923_Faville-Puzzle.jpg Blog Feed - Piecing together the landscape puzzle - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/blog/feeding-birds-jelly monthly 0.5 2024-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/94324903-ebcf-4905-b4ec-7a64b1999047/cedwax_pair-with-berries.jpg Blog Feed - Should I put out jelly for birds? - Make it stand out Cedar Waxwings eat serviceberries, a great natural source of food for frugivores (photo via Pixabay). https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/6/29/lessons-from-a-mayfly monthly 0.5 2023-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/334586ca-e2d1-40f1-8c89-ef03e26438f7/9138000379_ccf76bc1f0_c.jpg Blog Feed - Lessons from a mayfly - Make it stand out Mayfly, photo by Aaron Carlson FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5b3fa83f-eef2-4de1-8f51-75d99f7dface/10797792626_4fa465b3b3_k.jpg Blog Feed - Lessons from a mayfly - Make it stand out Cedar Waxwing, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9bb8c4b8-aa32-4488-b26c-3439953aa6c8/25925751887_1001264699_h.jpg Blog Feed - Lessons from a mayfly - Make it stand out American Kestrel eating a grasshopper, photo by Gary Leavens FCC https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/06/kestrel-rescue monthly 0.5 2023-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/36269399-f59c-4544-9d5c-c179e52a22be/PXL_20230623_163423096.jpg Blog Feed - The Great American Kestrel Rescue of 2023 - Make it stand out Three kestrels (Kaitlin Svabek/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7652ae42-3698-4296-b2fb-b19a6dcd9a29/PXL_20230623_163403930.jpeg Blog Feed - The Great American Kestrel Rescue of 2023 - Make it stand out The fourth kestrel nestling joins her siblings (Kaitlin Svabek/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bfbcc67c-4ddb-471f-a4a4-bce07e1212bf/20230623_ksvabek_07.jpg Blog Feed - The Great American Kestrel Rescue of 2023 - Make it stand out Brand places the young kestrels in the nest box (Kaitlin Svabek/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/592f29ce-e734-44d7-882e-f1495aaf0f4e/adult-amke-at-box_from-landowner.jpg Blog Feed - The Great American Kestrel Rescue of 2023 - Make it stand out The adult kestrel returns (photo courtesy of landowner). https://swibirds.org/blog/seasonal-sanctuary-update/summer2023 monthly 0.5 2023-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0aa6fae0-24e0-4b65-a420-cd6b54b94109/Overlooking+the+kettle+pond_DrewHarry_2023-06.jpg Blog Feed - Summer 2023 - Make it stand out Plenty of greenery in the prairie overlooking the kettle pond (photo by Drew Harry/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0407b031-e3bc-4b5b-be80-27dc3503974c/before-musk+thistle+digging_Drew+Harry_2023-06.jpg Blog Feed - Summer 2023 - Make it stand out Interns work to remove invasive musk thistle (photo by Drew Harry/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/51fff6d4-91d8-4b7a-ae8a-171392c28a68/after-musk+thistle+out_Drew+Harry_2023-06.jpg Blog Feed - Summer 2023 - Make it stand out After removing musk thistle from the tract (photo by Drew Harry/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1687791464383-D4N9ZDLGY5I94IPASW91/ClayColoredSparrowNest-goosepond-CarolynChee.jpg Blog Feed - Summer 2023 - Make it stand out Clay-colored Sparrow eggs in a nest (photo by Carolyn Chee). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/78f19759-c25f-499c-a853-c7d8dda07f6b/105a.png Blog Feed - Summer 2023 - Make it stand out Sandhill Cranes on the Pond Cam (captured by Peter Leege). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6837316a-2b0a-4a24-98fb-f54a93c32732/Bumblebee+on+wild+lupine_GrahamSteinhauer.jpg Blog Feed - Summer 2023 - Make it stand out Bumblebee on wild lupine (photo by Graham Steinhauer/Madison Audubon). https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/6/20/plop-plop-silence monthly 0.5 2023-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/652cafb4-b010-4893-ac73-9ec2635d7d1a/5557557199_506e3f483f_c.jpg Blog Feed - Plop, plop, silence - Make it stand out Bumble bee on a cherry flower. Photo by khaosproductions FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fc2c03f6-48d2-4f5a-bab6-26ae93465590/27679935790_f87b2792a5_o.jpg Blog Feed - Plop, plop, silence - Make it stand out American Robin eating from a serviceberry. Photo by Andrew Reding FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d677b1a7-e104-4bd2-a340-ef0537678c67/35347522653_f9a33c47fa_k.jpg Blog Feed - Plop, plop, silence - Make it stand out Cedar Waxwing eating fruit from a serviceberry. Photo by USFWS Mountain-Prairie https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/6/14/more-good-news-about-people-and-habitat monthly 0.5 2023-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bae0947f-698d-4eb9-87c7-10999f3c8b95/Screen+Shot+2023-06-13+at+8.20.41+PM.png Blog Feed - More good news about people and habitat - Make it stand out Cover of the 2022 State Natural Areas Volunteer Report, courtesy of WDNR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/524e6965-8934-4685-a4ac-1f9778289300/IMG_1483.jpg Blog Feed - More good news about people and habitat - Make it stand out Volunteers at Madison Audubon’s Faville Grove Sanctuary help collect prairie seeds. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/5/31/internships-and-first-jobs monthly 0.5 2023-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e4ec8538-8b19-4070-a328-e29dcc5c9316/Interns_Faville_2023.jpeg Blog Feed - Internships and first jobs - Make it stand out 2023 Faville Grove Sanctuary intern team (l to r): Sam Guerra, Josh Brazee, Lexi Kohn, Mikael Rouhou, Olivia Granec, and Grace Lezotte. Photo by David Musolf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ba1eb391-8164-415e-82db-54a84d952afb/2023-06_PP-interns-kestrel-edit_EmmaRaasch.jpg Blog Feed - Internships and first jobs - Make it stand out 2023 Prairie Partner intern team (l to r): Paul Millan, Emma Thogmartin, Katie Porubcan, Krister Martensson, Mo Perez. This crew will work at Goose Pond Sanctuary one day per week. Photo by Emma Raasch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/beeda4bc-219c-4d13-af5c-e314a64d08b1/CIMG3927.JPG Blog Feed - Internships and first jobs - Make it stand out A group of summer interns at Faville Grove Sanctuary (2007) work to remove invasive species from the edge of a natural area. The crews work full time the entire summer on restoring habitats to their native glory. Photo by Brenna Marsicek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/609ffd58-8eec-4dfa-a945-650e7a9485f3/27926521955_87242f9e04_k.jpg Blog Feed - Internships and first jobs - Make it stand out Prairie Partner interns (2016) hold American Kestrel chicks after the chicks were banded at Goose Pond Sanctuary. One of the perks of the internship is having a front-row seat to great bird research! Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/5/11/hope-is-the-thing-with-fur monthly 0.5 2023-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4b1fdcaa-a9a6-4434-b622-057aa545ebd5/52883150132_e092fdb4b9_c.jpg Blog Feed - Hope is the thing with fur - Make it stand out Canada Goose family. Photo by Victoria Pickering https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/5/1/the-good-die-too-young monthly 0.5 2023-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9008a2a1-ba12-4a54-a13e-95ccabc7b78a/IMG_4524.jpg Blog Feed - The good die too young - Make it stand out Marcia (green hat left of sign) stands by the MacKenzie Overlook, dedicated in her honor in November 2022 at Faville Grove Sanctuary. With her were members of her family, Madison Audubon staff, and longtime Faville Grove Sanctuary volunteers and friends. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2551c2de-089c-4ede-960f-734badc76771/Resized-20230302-150823.JPEG Blog Feed - The good die too young - Make it stand out Marcia (center) with Madison Audubon staff Becky Abel (left) and Matt Reetz (right), visiting a soon-to-be-new Madison Audubon sanctuary, just a month before her passing. Photo provided by Becky Abel https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/4/27/the-best-day-of-the-year monthly 0.5 2023-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f087e31a-68af-46b5-8b8a-103d590e76e6/IMG_6209.jpg Blog Feed - The best day of the Year - Make it stand out The 4th graders from Lincoln Elementary are excited to hear about the plan for the morning! Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/36b29195-647e-4e25-9d3b-eb6fb38c41b0/IMG_6212.jpg Blog Feed - The best day of the Year - Make it stand out A small group of students and Topf plant a swamp white oak tree near the Black Earth Creek. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2f0affef-e7c4-4020-bdc3-ed81fa74104e/IMG_6232.jpg Blog Feed - The best day of the Year - Make it stand out Kim and Camille begin collecting fish to show the students (no fish are harmed in this process). Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c60dd11b-4439-4a0e-a72e-739f76eb4828/IMG_6247.jpg Blog Feed - The best day of the Year - Make it stand out Kim shows the students the calcified lumps on the white sucker’s fin, indicating the fish is getting ready to lay eggs. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1fd29488-bd2d-4787-8a2f-149a8abb2edf/image000000+%282%29.jpg Blog Feed - The best day of the Year - Make it stand out Kim and Camille show the students a few species of fish found in the creek, and explain their biology, habitat preferences, and threats. Photo by Carolyn Byers / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/67a7ee7e-3feb-4c33-93e7-6dfd9522ff4c/image000000+%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - The best day of the Year - Make it stand out Students, teachers, and volunteers work together to plant trees near Black Earth Creek. Photo by Carolyn Byers / Madison Audubon https://swibirds.org/blog/beyond-the-feather/emma-raasch monthly 0.5 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b1f744ac-0341-4f90-93d0-6c15ddbdafa0/IMG-2817+%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Emma Raasch - Make it stand out Emma lighting a strip fire for a prescribed burn at Goose Pond Sanctuary on April 8, 2023 (photo by Miles Roth). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/068d5f0a-0d1a-4a8f-9a2f-8e8a60175ff3/rough-legged+hawk_Emma+%281%29.jpeg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Emma Raasch - Make it stand out Emma holds Jeffrey, a Rough-legged Hawk banded near the sanctuary in December 2022 (photo by Neil Paprocki). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/833bae79-19d4-470d-b004-596ef4ba2874/IMG-0825+%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Emma Raasch - Make it stand out A six-lined racerunner at the Spring Green Nature Preserve on September 5, 2022 (photo by Emma Raasch). https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/4/17/hope-missing-some-feathers monthly 0.5 2023-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/022a7650-bb40-49fd-939d-ddef05b3cf77/5596726100_fce7bca311_k.jpg Blog Feed - Hope is missing some feathers - Make it stand out Male Wild Turkey display. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/634a143b-18fe-4de9-8a68-f28bf6f43068/42877131541_20033355d1_k.jpg Blog Feed - Hope is missing some feathers - Make it stand out Female snapping turtle crossing the road. Photo by USFWS Midwest Region https://swibirds.org/blog/seasonal-sanctuary-update/spring2023 monthly 0.5 2023-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/74914129-c0a8-417e-8bb7-f36abbd4b5db/2023-03_FGS+clearing+and+pile+burning+Ledge+Savanna_DH.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2023 - Make it stand out Clearing and burning a pile of brush at Ledge Savanna (photo by Drew Harry/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1513179081241-Y275HVZQWHCEJ6EAC11E/Wilson%27s+Snipe+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2023 - Make it stand out Wilson’s Snipe (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bec18648-67bc-4608-a74b-214ae8c9a095/2023-03_FGS+burn+at+Buddys-2_DH.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2023 - Make it stand out Prescribed burn at Buddy’s Prairie (photo by Drew Harry/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5a414be0-2a40-4eab-b5fa-d1d30420cb4a/2023-03_AuroraBorealis-1_RalphRusso.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2023 - Make it stand out The Aurora borealis glimmers over Goose Pond Sanctuary the night of March 23, 2023 (photo by Ralph Russo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b1cd3ee0-94dc-485d-82de-68809f2d4e36/DSC09053_1.JPG Blog Feed - Spring 2023 - Make it stand out Native swan species congregate with Canada Geese at Goose Pond on March 3, 2023 (photo by Mandy Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2b8ab364-2a60-44d2-bb16-360939bb892b/DSC09065_1_resized.JPG Blog Feed - Spring 2023 - Make it stand out Invasive Mute Swans on March 3, 2023 (photo by Mandy Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/07310c38-ce53-45fb-b697-503300e2dc1f/20230304_kaitlinsvabek_004.jpg Blog Feed - Spring 2023 - Make it stand out Volunteers sow seed near Otsego Marsh on March 4, 2023 (photo by Kaitlin Svabek/Madison Audubon). https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/3/15/audubon-name-update monthly 0.5 2023-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4bc988cb-c64f-4a8d-8704-804cb4e72426/Plate-248%2C-American-Pied-billed.jpg Blog Feed - National Audubon's recent name decision - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/2/23/seeing-and-not-seeing-outdoor-observations monthly 0.5 2023-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/51d161f5-de0e-41cc-b2ce-0a00ca5858bc/red+fox+kca.jpg Blog Feed - Seeing and Not Seeing: Outdoor Observations - Make it stand out Red fox. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f6e569b3-6623-4884-bb5d-ade83c5ac765/26245879846_2c7a0cf33e_c.jpg Blog Feed - Seeing and Not Seeing: Outdoor Observations - Make it stand out Bald Eagle nest. Photo by Candy Chambers/USFWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c9a4f363-2168-45d9-8bb6-fea9324d463e/snow+on+branches+dion+hinchcliffe.jpg Blog Feed - Seeing and Not Seeing: Outdoor Observations - Make it stand out Photo by Dion Hinchcliffe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ddfceade-b737-415b-979d-be9796fe3bca/turkey+vulture+mick+thompson.jpg Blog Feed - Seeing and Not Seeing: Outdoor Observations - Make it stand out Turkey Vulture overhead. Photo by Mick Thompson https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/2/17/cbc-results-south-central monthly 0.5 2023-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/42287ad0-5ba0-49f7-8a7e-9414f99dde76/49545494996_01e1608916_k.jpg Blog Feed - 2022 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Cooper’s Hawk. Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7ba29049-0111-4832-b303-3e2a3ef0ce83/MAS-Boundary-counts-Recovered.png Blog Feed - 2022 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/36c0528f-7087-4778-bbc6-944b8733f216/northern+pintail+kevin+kutschenreuter.jpg Blog Feed - 2022 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Kevin Kutschenreuter found and photographed the first Northern Pintail to be recorded on the Baraboo CBC. Photo by Kevin Kutschenreuter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0843ef32-e104-4200-a63c-6fbf1f47c10a/Red+Bellied+Woodpecker+3+Kelly+Colgan+Azar.jpg Blog Feed - 2022 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Red-bellied Woodpecker. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f03f9173-ec0c-4f0f-96c4-16ee2c6e5262/50930803442_854fc418b2_h.jpg Blog Feed - 2022 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Horned Lark. Photo by Mike Streicher FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ae2e8fa1-f78d-46df-99a0-0d3fd82839fc/48867512092_c3161fc138_c.jpg Blog Feed - 2022 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Gadwall. Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586356946911-MR3DJPKN7Z55GG6A5ELV/Northern%2BHarrier%2B%2B-%2BPhil%2BBrown3.jpg Blog Feed - 2022 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Northern Harrier. Photo by Phil Brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7ffe991f-b357-447f-89d8-a0e8c6324bed/red-shouldered+IMG_3196.jpeg Blog Feed - 2022 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Red-shouldered Hawk. Photo by Kevin and Jay Thusius https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/976b3225-5f59-44c5-86d3-60d496ea0247/50918702226_21c2d85fc5_k.jpg Blog Feed - 2022 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out American Goldfinch. Photo by Šarūnas Burdulis FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1674833919138-JSXDWG00OVS844VDJVCV/blackleggedkittiwake-alaska_mickthompson.jpg Blog Feed - 2022 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Black-legged Kittiwake. Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/68266f2b-598e-46a6-8e6b-f00fa42717c6/randolph+crane+%282%29.JPG Blog Feed - 2022 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out This year’s highlights included the first Sandhill Crane spotted on a Randolph CBC! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dbddfb7d-4fd5-45bd-8aef-368cb927ffa5/51830646829_7c0e826c3c_k.jpg Blog Feed - 2022 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Dark-eyed Junco. Photo by Eric Begin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/788af584-272d-473e-9cc7-1ea27fd5cec9/lesser+scaup+mick+thompson.jpg Blog Feed - 2022 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Lesser Scaup. Photo by Mick Thompson https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/2/21/kindness-love-and-care monthly 0.5 2023-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/cd86f1a4-4f9f-4e07-8236-a1370548fcdb/42441739352_ae774cc311_c.jpg Blog Feed - Kindness, Love, and Care - Make it stand out Western painted turtle. Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0cc1a869-3fc5-4442-b92b-6ea1eb32462e/Bald+Eagle+at+GP+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Kindness, Love, and Care - Make it stand out A Bald Eagle soars overhead. Madison Audubon is coordinating or assisting with coordination of Bald Eagle Nest Watch in 38 of Wisconsin’s counties this year, with help form 450 volunteers. https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/2/16/a-better-future-for-local-bird-conservation monthly 0.5 2023-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/98198d97-31b6-41e6-86ed-c8b8f72c505b/51156816032_1aa7b180be_4k.jpg Blog Feed - A better future for local bird conservation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/blog/2023/1/13/beauty-and-guilt monthly 0.5 2023-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a338563c-4011-4ae5-98cc-0a3611cd9c66/45767824741_e67cfba391_c.jpg Blog Feed - Beauty and Guilt - Make it stand out Mandarin Duck photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5d032e6e-2c81-4749-93c7-d87043e44a10/51882267308_55eacebfab_c.jpg Blog Feed - Beauty and Guilt - Make it stand out Mandrin Duck preening photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bea8364c-20e2-428d-b495-6f96a3346c26/4396449810_3dc59908a4_c.jpg Blog Feed - Beauty and Guilt - Make it stand out Mandarin Duck at the zoo in Basel, Switzerland, photo by Tambako The Jaguar FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/51b6c967-1acf-441c-9f6e-9aa64785a093/House+Finch+KCA.jpg Blog Feed - Beauty and Guilt - Make it stand out House Finch photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/191861c2-c568-49f5-a45b-65dd7aa50d5e/8692726913_ec2f438817_c.jpg Blog Feed - Beauty and Guilt - Make it stand out Pink salmon photo by Kimberly Holzer/Waterkeeper Alliance Inc. 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Source: Sheboygan County https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/12/27/an-odd-thank-you monthly 0.5 2022-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6f1d1d2f-5bce-41c3-8d81-662a12e17cda/50684747742_ed1f8ebf97_c.jpg Blog Feed - A big thank you directed to… - Make it stand out Tundra Swan, photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/birds-in-cold monthly 0.5 2024-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/060a6bb6-bb2e-4f55-bdb2-492cc8064188/Lapland+Longspur++-+Phil+Brown.jpg Blog Feed - How do birds handle severe cold and snow? - Make it stand out The Lapland Longspur breeds in the Arctic tundra, only venturing south in the wintertime (photo by Phil Brown). https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/12/22/stop-the-holiday-planning-this-needs-your-attention monthly 0.5 2022-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c21c3220-1e2b-41dc-88b3-4360c1b27d45/6174076664_13d05b2875_c.jpg Blog Feed - Stop the holiday planning: this needs your attention - Make it stand out Photo by Joshua Mayer https://swibirds.org/blog/2022-memories monthly 0.5 2022-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c76a7b45-7fd2-4277-82d8-9c6d6dc2dd44/20220604-kaitlinsvabek_BBW001.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2022 - Make it stand out Roman leads birders during Celebrating Black Birders Week: A Day at the Zoo on June 4, 2022 (photo by Kaitlin Svabek/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/689cd6ce-79aa-4d2d-a1c4-aebac53d8581/image_6487327.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2022 - Make it stand out A photo of a delicate White-fringed Orchid in summer 2022 (photo by Drew Harry/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/acbde1a7-a843-45b5-bf05-0232e50c3fc8/IMG_20220628_141422013_HDR.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2022 - Make it stand out Kids hold tiny white American Kestrel fledglings during banding at Goose Pond Sanctuary on June 28, 2022 (photo by Carolyn Byers/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a208c01e-e4d4-4099-8885-56ac0b7a3e3f/IMG_3300-2.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2022 - Make it stand out Canoes and kayaks weave through water filled with big, green lotus leaves on the evening of August 14, 2022 (photo by Brenna Marsicek/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/22c23e1f-d846-42e2-80a1-0034bc52366d/PXL_20220907_203708177.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2022 - Make it stand out Volunteers work together to tag a monarch butterfly at Goose Pond Sanctuary on September 7, 2022 (photo by Kaitlin Svabek/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f50beff1-06a1-4a18-9d66-be2ef5f372cf/311340573_464464522381005_894604595254265458_n.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2022 - Make it stand out “Earth, Sky, Water” community art installation created by Ho-Chunk families in partnership with Melanie Tallmadge-Sainz and Little Eagle Arts Foundation (Madison Audubon photo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c3572950-02bc-4bf0-9966-7f66c8bc35b2/IMG_20220919_162556776.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2022 - Make it stand out “LOOK! A worm!” A child holds up a discovery at the Vera Court Neighborhood Center to show Mickenzee in autumn 2022 (photo by Carolyn Byers/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b85b41be-8cb5-4440-a4d9-55e28be9f059/IMG_1998-2.jpg Blog Feed - Moments from 2022 - Make it stand out Madison Audubon staff members participate in the Great Wisconsin Birdathon on May 24, 2022 (photo by Brenna Marsicek/Madison Audubon). https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/12/7/at-the-expense-of-pelican-river monthly 0.5 2022-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/669d71ea-28c2-4c1b-bad1-6861d8b074ba/47404850421_4a465a0788_k.jpg Blog Feed - At the expense of Pelican River - Make it stand out Photo by Joshua Mayer https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/12/06/rawa-running-into-aldo-leopold monthly 0.5 2022-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bd4c745a-8067-459c-ab02-b50a7c0823e0/Tundra+Swans+flight+MH.jpg Blog Feed - Running into Aldo Leopold - Make it stand out Tundra Swans over Goose Pond (photo by Monica Hall). https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/11/17/what-do-the-results-of-the-wisconsin-elections-mean-for-conservation monthly 0.5 2022-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4f4fc3ac-4f33-4594-9ad2-ef6329eb6cb3/52439852421_7de5c2c137_3k.jpg Blog Feed - What do the results of the Wisconsin elections mean for conservation? - Make it stand out American Coots. 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Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/bird-feeders-fall-migration monthly 0.5 2024-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3be4acd5-e525-4931-accc-ba118073a4b9/DSC_5658.JPG Blog Feed - Do bird feeders discourage migration? - Make it stand out Many birds take advantage of feeders to easily fuel up for their journey (photo by Lesley Haven). https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/11/2/wheres-the-water monthly 0.5 2022-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/46deb042-8d08-4f56-b28f-f63d0ebabb9b/Screen+Shot+2022-11-02+at+2.45.03+PM.jpg Blog Feed - Where's the Water? - Make it stand out A view of what is normally Goose Pond — this year it is a mudflat! Photo from the Goose Pond web cam https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/10/31/people-make-the-difference monthly 0.5 2022-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/df6af7f6-ea73-4728-bc92-dcff2d9765f9/48568332687_653b4489bc_c.jpg Blog Feed - People make the difference - Make it stand out Stiff goldenrod in bloom. Photo by Peter Gorman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/637cf52c-e7ae-4549-ad35-831aaefccd6d/22767166646_e4bd1f4e30_c.jpg Blog Feed - People make the difference - Make it stand out Stiff goldenrod seedhead. Photo by Peter Gorman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/475528b2-b334-4504-b233-3352e91f4552/15326239332_09a88febe9_c.jpg Blog Feed - People make the difference - Make it stand out Showy goldenrod in bloom. Photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/43c96537-45e0-4652-a197-9e72a681920b/49040397456_8cf2f6d031_k.jpg Blog Feed - People make the difference - Make it stand out Showy goldenrod seedhead. Photo by Brett Whaley FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7ece869d-ad5d-4e9a-82fc-2d06e7604c1c/5040369182_52ac7d7840_h.jpg Blog Feed - People make the difference - Make it stand out Canada goldenrod in bloom. Photo by Peter Gorman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4dbc2977-525b-440b-aff9-8dbde5fba457/349334220_e33c58b978_c.jpg Blog Feed - People make the difference - Make it stand out Canada goldenrod seedhead. Photo by Danny Barron FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a3c98d05-b12a-4b3a-b32a-ec7fe6beb420/4+Tradescantia+seed+collecting+Erstad+Prairie+July+9+2022.jpg Blog Feed - People make the difference - Make it stand out A volunteer group collects seeds at Goose Pond Sanctuary in July 2022. Photo by Maggie Honig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0b23f8f1-84f8-4edd-9483-788a0c3cacef/IMG_1482.jpg Blog Feed - People make the difference - Make it stand out A group of volunteers collects sed at Faville Grove Sanctuary in November 2020. 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Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f23663f1-2f42-4328-baab-0245dde9d5a2/18628456898_ae030f8239_o.jpg Blog Feed - Another bird that needs our help - Make it stand out Connecticut Warbler. Photo by Tom Benson FCC https://swibirds.org/blog/beyond-the-feather/mickenzee-okon monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3660ec54-b377-4642-b6b5-d3ec674ccf82/20220703_080249.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Mickenzee Okon - Make it stand out Mickenzee and her partner Adam canoeing in Waupaca (photo courtesy of Mickenzee). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d0a295e3-61d2-417a-8bc6-e4fda1b58950/20220904_094042.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Mickenzee Okon - Make it stand out Mickenzee fishing with her grandfather (photo courtesy of Mickenzee). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6eeeea96-d12a-495f-91e3-8e2a057f260b/DSC_2403.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Mickenzee Okon - Make it stand out Birding at Cherokee Marsh (photo courtesy of Mickenzee). https://swibirds.org/blog/where-have-the-robins-gone monthly 0.5 2024-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/77a99fc3-0db8-4463-a52f-7aa4dc1c41fd/Robin+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Where have the robins gone? - Make it stand out American Robins migrate based on the availability of their food sources (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/9/16/help-gather-milkweed-seeds monthly 0.5 2022-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600357173337-NO4QAZUHI7VT9BODI6WQ/f1.JPG Blog Feed - Help gather Milkweed seeds this fall! Monarch caterpillar feasting on a common milkweed. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ca47643b-4deb-4208-9aff-cd210d1fe48e/CIMG4045.jpg Blog Feed - Help gather Milkweed seeds this fall! - Make it stand out Common milkweed flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/13bab631-1732-40fe-a2e3-0ad663f2b038/common+milkweed+pod.jpg Blog Feed - Help gather Milkweed seeds this fall! - Make it stand out Common milkweed pods (not quite ripe) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bfee3a54-53f5-443c-a540-f701b532199d/IMG_2694_heic.jpg Blog Feed - Help gather Milkweed seeds this fall! - Make it stand out Swamp milkweed flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d97e23d5-131b-4da8-aa95-8e846b0c7b91/swamp+milkweed+pod.jpg Blog Feed - Help gather Milkweed seeds this fall! - Make it stand out Swamp milkweed pod (not quite ripe) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3aeff118-af42-41af-92a1-34b10b5fb6b6/CIMG4031.jpg Blog Feed - Help gather Milkweed seeds this fall! - Make it stand out Butterfly weed flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/653e21fd-5b48-4c28-91d5-9cdd3b86bcd6/butterfly+weed+pods.jpg Blog Feed - Help gather Milkweed seeds this fall! - Make it stand out Butterfly weed pods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/55a2a731-100a-4955-a2f1-c8958bc0b117/IMG_3111.jpg Blog Feed - Help gather Milkweed seeds this fall! - Make it stand out Whorled milkweed flower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5acdfd8a-1b1b-46e9-a85e-70b48c145d5d/9944363355_f226843003_h.jpg Blog Feed - Help gather Milkweed seeds this fall! - Make it stand out Whorled milkweed pod (Photo by Brett Whaley FCC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/69c843a1-f2b1-4794-9a92-eca5bb6229dd/milkweed.jpeg Blog Feed - Help gather Milkweed seeds this fall! - Make it stand out Photo courtesy of The Ohio State University Extension https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1633384577941-N3HQWX3RDHENDDTSU7O6/MadisonAudubon-GradientLogo-CMYK.png Blog Feed - Help gather Milkweed seeds this fall! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611629102387-1SULLLNSJ3K62QK1XNZ8/WMC-Logo---transp-bkgd---color-block.png Blog Feed - Help gather Milkweed seeds this fall! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/blog/beyond-the-feather/mark-martin-sue-foote-martin monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5cc7d7d3-c91f-47d6-97f6-f71b2831abf7/Ridges+Sanctuary+August+2022.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Mark Martin & Sue Foote-Martin - Make it stand out Sue and Mark at Ridges Sanctuary in Door County (photo courtesy of Mark and Sue). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/980399b7-e854-4f48-ba9a-1a997a5f3227/gp_class_b.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Mark Martin & Sue Foote-Martin - Make it stand out Sue instructs a class about prairie ecology at Goose Pond Sanctuary (SoWBA archive). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d2b44cea-bf32-4630-8cae-d3101d86a8af/BlackFootedFerret_credit-PrairieWildlifeResearch.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Mark Martin & Sue Foote-Martin - Make it stand out A black-footed ferret near the Badlands (photo courtesy of Prairie Wildlife Research). https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/8/15/land-matters monthly 0.5 2022-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7619c4fb-ecd6-466c-8593-b42b591a20d6/IMG_4264.jpg Blog Feed - Land matters - It’s all thanks to you. The land purchases described in this article were conserved using individual member donations. That means your donation from a few years ago is still yielding increasing rewards as we steward these habitats! What a feeling it must be for everyone who helped us protect these special places and the critters that call them home. We’re excited to share that we anticipate adding more parcels to our sanctuaries in the coming months, and we hope our supporters will again join our efforts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b003e223-3b69-421e-9081-0fd7b43f3831/IMG_2133.jpg Blog Feed - Land matters - Make it stand out A view of Springer Pond before restoration began (photo by David Musolf). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5f8cb124-f8b7-4df6-a746-2a48ea34ec00/IMG_4473.jpg Blog Feed - Land matters - Make it stand out The view of Springer Pond, vastly improved by the diversity of native plants brought back to the land! (photo by David Musolf). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1b5a19c8-2a77-4830-bfc0-85e4776473b3/unnamed4.jpg Blog Feed - Land matters - Make it stand out Goldenrod blooming at the Benade addition before acquisition (photo by Judi Benade). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/874fc9e9-c3bb-4c7e-a613-31134af5f708/IMG_3825.jpg Blog Feed - Land matters - Make it stand out Otsego Marsh Uplands before purchase (photo by Brenna Marsicek/Madison Audubon). https://swibirds.org/blog/education-summer-stories monthly 0.5 2022-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0ee35b38-c5f1-4bf7-8edd-6d385826a338/IMG_20220705_133007813_HDR.jpg Blog Feed - Summer education stories - Make it stand out A student holds a teeny toad found along the trail at Cherokee Marsh (photo by Carolyn Byers). https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/8/26/old-friends-new-friends-new-foe monthly 0.5 2022-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b5868e78-eda2-41b3-bd56-6eb8118e4f05/IMG_6996.jpg Blog Feed - New friends, old friends, and one new foe - Make it stand out The double-banded scoliid wasp on Topf’s sawtooth sunflowers. Photo by Sally Probasco https://swibirds.org/blog/goose-pond-season-for-science monthly 0.5 2022-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ada38dc7-948f-47b1-8788-d5a2db905c48/leopard+frog_ak.jpg Blog Feed - A season for science - Make it stand out Leopard frog (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3b8d1ec7-b8fa-4123-9069-e0b02843bde4/frogtoadsurvey-graph.png Blog Feed - A season for science - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/17cc83ab-4ff2-4f48-8493-7d8b53f8e0c0/IMG_2841-2.JPG Blog Feed - A season for science - Make it stand out Purple Martin party! (photo by Brenna Marsicek/Madison Audubon). https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/8/24/sunny-today-but-big-storms-rolling-in monthly 0.5 2022-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/503fc6b3-6173-4bb0-b510-9218d4e5168c/52161964506_f287984b80_3k.jpg Blog Feed - Sunny today, but big storms rolling in - Make it stand out Cedar Gorge-Clay Bluffs along Lake Michigan. Photo by Aaron Volkening FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6b537ce3-f525-4b27-8077-d7db131b9f43/Faville+Ledge_GalenHasler.jpg Blog Feed - Sunny today, but big storms rolling in - Make it stand out A prairie at Faville Grove Sanctuary, protected in part thanks to Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Funds. Photo by Galen Hasler https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/8/24/looking-back-looking-forward monthly 0.5 2022-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1661190994006-TCZ3SGMLD88OFX8PXEEZ/287697670_10226972095185920_3959375812079234884_n.jpeg Blog Feed - Looking Back, Looking Forward - Make it stand out Photo provided by the BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b9856da0-7b57-43a7-9551-c8638b9f1d79/jeff%2Bgalligan_cuckoo_arun%2Bchristopher%2Bmanoharan.jpeg Blog Feed - Looking Back, Looking Forward - Make it stand out Jeff Galligan holds a Black-billed Cuckoo at a BIPOC Birding Club event at the Emmons Creek Bird Banding Station. Photo by Arun Christopher Manoharan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/68719a44-663d-4897-8c70-0d696f409dcc/Rose-breasted+Grosbeak+3+%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - Looking Back, Looking Forward - Make it stand out Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Photo by Jeff Galligan https://swibirds.org/blog/meet-a-birder/jesus-garza-noriega monthly 0.5 2022-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7ffb72f2-d54a-4201-ba86-b2b9b0b5331e/Jesus+and+Theo+Garza-Noriega+at+Picnic+Point.jpg Blog Feed - — Meet a Birder — Jesus Garza-Noriega - Make it stand out Jesus and his son peer through binoculars at a BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin outing at Picnic Point (photo by Jeff Galligan). https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/8/20/why-retrieve-a-deceased-eaglet monthly 0.5 2022-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e51718e8-5ecb-4bc0-bf62-045f04591600/IMG_2153.JPG Blog Feed - Why retrieve a deceased eaglet - Make it stand out A few of the BENW volunteers in southeastern Wisconsin, from left to right Ginni, Beth, Ken, and Zach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fd17a6c1-63b2-4dc3-b110-92b0a16448ee/mm+female_beth+martin.JPG Blog Feed - Why retrieve a deceased eaglet - Make it stand out An adult on the new Milwaukee County nest. Photo by Beth Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dd99a204-e80f-431c-a8c1-6a18e91b4c5a/8X0A1318+%282%29.JPG Blog Feed - Why retrieve a deceased eaglet - Make it stand out Female eagle from MM nest. Photo by Beth Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d0d6a140-8cd1-4ec3-be15-7bc98ac453de/image0.jpeg Blog Feed - Why retrieve a deceased eaglet - Make it stand out An adult eagle looks away from a failed nest. Photo by Beth Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8e743be2-349e-4720-a2be-77a6994c4177/8X0A0308+%282%29.JPG Blog Feed - Why retrieve a deceased eaglet - Make it stand out The first look at the chick in the MM nest! Photo by Beth Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/425a015c-1d86-49f1-bcb5-835904874944/8X0A2860+%282%29.JPG Blog Feed - Why retrieve a deceased eaglet - Make it stand out Feeding chicks at MM. Photo by Beth Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1dbe9b26-1c5b-4eed-9b3b-32d1a2f3e271/IMG_0033.JPG Blog Feed - Why retrieve a deceased eaglet - Make it stand out Scattered mess in the nest. Photo provided by the arborist on site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6918e413-6de4-47e0-bfe6-e681d608a8a5/8X0A5404+%282%29.JPG Blog Feed - Why retrieve a deceased eaglet - Make it stand out The two chicks, a few weeks later. Photo by Beth Martin https://swibirds.org/blog/faville-doing-our-best monthly 0.5 2022-08-19 https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/8/18/a-big-win-for-birds monthly 0.5 2022-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/76746e0e-9bd5-49b8-92ad-367d7fb0731a/warbler+corliss+karasov2.jpg Blog Feed - A Big Win for Birds - Make it stand out A warbler died after colliding with a window in Madison. Photo by Corliss Karasov https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7c35a81c-e4e1-4af8-8868-fa6fc2f288a1/Join+BCC.png Blog Feed - A Big Win for Birds - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614962778956-DVAE2X9438E1EZ0TULCD/Mortality+by+Building+Type+-+ABC+Based+on+Loss+2014.jpg Blog Feed - A Big Win for Birds - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8d922b9b-5589-4eba-9e52-dc55571ade01/OggHall-BirdDot-Mitigation+%284%29.JPG Blog Feed - A Big Win for Birds - Make it stand out Dots added to windows can drastically reduce window collisions. Photo by Aaron Williams https://swibirds.org/blog/the-heart-of-citizen-science monthly 0.5 2022-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ab74428b-1abc-4e77-a587-481972a78859/IMG_2488-2.JPG Blog Feed - The heart of citizen science - Make it stand out A handful of baby American Kestrels (photo by Brenna Marsicek/Madison Audubon). https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/8/1/recovery-wildlife monthly 0.5 2022-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/279f3776-5d2c-4ccf-8535-1e13faf0a04e/HistoryInAction_header-branded-600pxtan.jpg Blog Feed - Recovery: Wildlife - Make it stand out This entry is part of the ongoing series exploring at the ecological history of what is now Faville Grove Sanctuary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3c09fbf5-fd8a-4168-8a4b-538a0577de4b/woodcock+chicks_drew+harry.png Blog Feed - Recovery: Wildlife - Make it stand out American Woodcock chicks. Photo by Drew Harry / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b0dbbe2d-379e-4cc9-a167-b44034adfba5/17538870076_3a1bfa09d3_h.jpg Blog Feed - Recovery: Wildlife - Make it stand out Canada Goose family. Photo by USFWS Midwest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/66c4bb54-4cf4-45cd-91d9-568149034162/ebird+spots.png Blog Feed - Recovery: Wildlife - Make it stand out The top birding spots in Jefferson County. eBird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c2ab85fb-bc78-4162-8069-8a289b52ff14/pelicans+faville_drew+harry.png Blog Feed - Recovery: Wildlife - Make it stand out Pelicans flying over Faville Grove Sanctuary. Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dc522d22-abe2-4377-ae64-00921667b350/grassland+acreage+plot.png Blog Feed - Recovery: Wildlife - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1608303910385-BWYPK4G35N5GRLVJ9XGT/Short+Eared+Owl+at+Faville+Grove.jpeg Blog Feed - Recovery: Wildlife - Make it stand out Short-eared Owl at Faville Grove Sanctuary. Photo by John Wethall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/74c0d93d-2f5a-4d2b-abbe-3fc1cce8f94b/egrets+brad+webb.png Blog Feed - Recovery: Wildlife - Make it stand out Egrets during late summer. Photo by Brad Webb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e2637846-176b-4c7b-9ba9-58b6743f8a86/beaver+airdrop.png Blog Feed - Recovery: Wildlife - Make it stand out Photo: Beavers air-dropped in Idaho https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/79fb0ced-c2a0-4ff1-a327-525bd7a4a56f/beaver+dam.png Blog Feed - Recovery: Wildlife - Make it stand out Beaver dam along the Crawfish River. Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6ebd148f-8488-4c92-ace6-7891169e351f/otter+slide.png Blog Feed - Recovery: Wildlife - Make it stand out Otter slides in winter at Faville Grove. Photo by Roger Packard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/152ca7c4-c11a-4fc8-952e-fdafcbb2a8cf/20141129-AY6Y1864_0550a.jpg Blog Feed - Recovery: Wildlife - Make it stand out White-tailed deer. Photo by Monica Hall https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/7/29/a-different-sort-of-restoration monthly 0.5 2022-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/18d5e563-0cc1-48a1-9e0e-18b0afa9da8e/29046084747_0dbe7afb0a_k.jpg Blog Feed - A different sort of restoration - Make it stand out Starhead Minnow. Photo by Isaac Morris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/97315f4b-5c85-4553-9494-283bbedcd9a2/23027226286_122dfecc46_k.jpg Blog Feed - A different sort of restoration - Make it stand out Lower Wisconsin River. Photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/48c1c943-094d-4529-a381-6b8486f07115/51605695230_41f6bb2a43_c.jpg Blog Feed - A different sort of restoration - Make it stand out One species of predaceous diving beetle, Agabus disintegratus. Photo by Douglas Mills, Flickr https://swibirds.org/blog/meet-a-birder/hywania-thompson monthly 0.5 2022-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6090e76c-fdf0-4bac-81de-6debdc1e4cf1/Hywania-Arboretum-5722.jpg Blog Feed - — Meet a Birder — Hywania Thompson - Make it stand out Hywania smiles and birds on a sunny day at UW-Arboretum (photo courtesy of Hywania). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0c51266a-7a10-4269-8648-3ac4fbfcec56/lots-of-sunflowers-at-pope-conservancy-farm.jpg Blog Feed - — Meet a Birder — Hywania Thompson - Make it stand out Sunflowers at Pope Farm Conservancy in Middleton (public domain image). https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/7/5/recovery-plants monthly 0.5 2022-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/279f3776-5d2c-4ccf-8535-1e13faf0a04e/HistoryInAction_header-branded-600pxtan.jpg Blog Feed - Recovery: Plants - Make it stand out This entry is part of the ongoing series exploring at the ecological history of what is now Faville Grove Sanctuary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6950492d-3231-4e90-af25-92feb7bbf1c9/vole+index.png Blog Feed - Recovery: Plants - Make it stand out Above: Fran Hamerstrom’s vole index on the Buena Vista Marsh in central Wisconsin corresponds tightly with the number of Harrier nests… until DDT is widely used. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f7f2e0e1-fe77-498d-95cd-bff6cd7684f8/grassland.png Blog Feed - Recovery: Plants - Make it stand out Martin Prairie at Faville Grove. Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f7a2d7b6-2e22-4f05-bcc2-3e9a15276ba4/wild+rice+2021.png Blog Feed - Recovery: Plants - Make it stand out 2021 intern crew with a robust wild rice specimen, just south of the Kettle Pond. Another patch of this maize relative is poking up behind Zach’s head (first on the left). Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/de70559c-0538-443d-8fa2-b54a89d92423/cranberry.png Blog Feed - Recovery: Plants - Make it stand out Cranberry in the Laas Tamarack. Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ac17ab21-4b4a-414f-946c-b9a85ce630bc/scarlet.png Blog Feed - Recovery: Plants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/094201b7-3231-4bd2-85f6-7d44cf2340a7/8756078938_ea7a445e2d_k.jpg Blog Feed - Recovery: Plants - Make it stand out Scarlet cup plant, also known as Indian Paintbrush. Photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/df78d927-46c6-4ce5-b2d9-675d536c8021/indian+paintbrush.png Blog Feed - Recovery: Plants - Make it stand out A yellow variant of the Indian Paintbrush at Faville Grove. The yellow is actually a bract, a modified leaf, while the flower is contained within. Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c87eb051-9932-4e50-8574-406b17f4dab2/pasqueflower.png Blog Feed - Recovery: Plants - Make it stand out The lonely pasque flower at Faville Grove. Photo by Drew Harry https://swibirds.org/blog/beyond-the-feather/john-minnich monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3300b837-4382-4a0b-bb0c-6d62636325df/Smoky+Mountain+selfie+2017.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: John Minnich - Make it stand out John visiting the Smoky Mountains (photo courtesy of John). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/891334dd-04be-4ad9-bb0b-d61d5132bb39/PXL_20201011_121522472.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: John Minnich - Make it stand out Nine Springs Natural Area at sunrise (photo by Kaitlin Svabek). https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/7/7/my-favorite-springtime-magazine monthly 0.5 2022-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dd28a3e8-1f87-4ae0-85de-114503d8b38e/4827604773_db8649b81d_z.jpg Blog Feed - My Favorite Springtime Magazine - Make it stand out Photo by Renee V FCC https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/7/5/landscape-ecology-to-build-a-home monthly 0.5 2022-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/279f3776-5d2c-4ccf-8535-1e13faf0a04e/HistoryInAction_header-branded-600pxtan.jpg Blog Feed - Landscape Ecology: To Build a Home - Make it stand out This entry is part of the ongoing series exploring at the ecological history of what is now Faville Grove Sanctuary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1657036097211-7N3SMDGC7U8FNSIW6WH5/26685349735_8dc062f8ca_k.jpg Blog Feed - Landscape Ecology: To Build a Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1657036011350-B02IKPZAQPZJM437NYB7/9061074389_f17241fd0d_o.jpg Blog Feed - Landscape Ecology: To Build a Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1657037310260-117DQSFTMLSE4F6NOO6F/26585110452_16bfad7e42_k.jpg Blog Feed - Landscape Ecology: To Build a Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/14b4fceb-b581-4818-89b3-63f3136526cb/seow+nests.png Blog Feed - Landscape Ecology: To Build a Home - Make it stand out Nesting sites at Faville Grove in 1940’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/afe115db-70a5-4839-b5f4-488e8dab7768/faville+prairie+1978+virginia+kline.png Blog Feed - Landscape Ecology: To Build a Home - Make it stand out Photo of Faville Prairie in late May or early June, looking north. Photograph by Virginia Kline, 1978, courtesy of UW-Madison Libraries’ Virginia M. Kline Collection: Ecological Communities of Wisconsin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/28aa5441-57c7-4024-b051-35e1ecf266ae/faville+prairie+2022+drew+harry.png Blog Feed - Landscape Ecology: To Build a Home - Make it stand out Faville Prairie looking south in 2022. The management of willows and woody invasion on Faville Prairie is something we are working to rectify, photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ceed0fe6-d5c7-4a80-96bf-38186d01b978/partch+plots.jpg Blog Feed - Landscape Ecology: To Build a Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/abc84c43-4318-4abd-a99b-6dbb007a9186/37632412346_fb919bb48b_k.jpg Blog Feed - Landscape Ecology: To Build a Home - Make it stand out Opossum. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/328dcb92-0d13-4edb-b22a-7fef2f1ca59e/hawkins+wishlist.png Blog Feed - Landscape Ecology: To Build a Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6ec73b27-7c4d-4dfa-b7d5-1af2d033038a/Blackbird+Pond.png Blog Feed - Landscape Ecology: To Build a Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/626d4abb-344d-414a-bd6f-bcd5a0f8f8af/yellow-headed+blackbird+kca.jpg Blog Feed - Landscape Ecology: To Build a Home - Make it stand out Yellow-headed Blackbird. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d73e9364-31e6-4793-a799-d50a3a0fb9e8/50034695896_7ede5e4b99_k.jpg Blog Feed - Landscape Ecology: To Build a Home - Make it stand out Female Bobolink. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/7/1/thank-god-for-mississippi monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d68cf432-4ecb-47b5-be4d-e9c87f9b5f1a/26072170104_69af3b7257_c.jpg Blog Feed - Thank God for Mississippi - Make it stand out Greater Prairie Chickens. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/efdd16b3-0fb2-4f0a-96b2-1c4066fbd982/51422170756_b69ef5f9af_k.jpg Blog Feed - Thank God for Mississippi - Make it stand out Landscape photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/6/29/the-wolf-is-not-at-this-door monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/009843a5-ae35-495c-89ba-db681036668c/42422965042_9efb951359_k.jpg Blog Feed - The wolf is not at this door? - Make it stand out Wild lupine, photo by USFWS Midwest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e3693087-f740-484e-948e-20cdeae2b1a3/22096199725_88badbab54_k.jpg Blog Feed - The wolf is not at this door? - Make it stand out Wild lupine flower close up. Photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/938061ae-8bfe-4fbc-aff1-6626e7f42bf9/9061134413_b304cceda3_o.jpg Blog Feed - The wolf is not at this door? - Make it stand out Karner blue butterfly, federally endangered species. Photo by Aaron Carlson https://swibirds.org/blog/beyond-the-feather/matt-reetz monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/34960564-14b9-4718-ae43-ca36ef040c0b/2020+hat+in+texas.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Matt Reetz - Make it stand out Matt hiking in Texas (photo courtesy of Matt). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e54574b1-3abd-4fed-8372-fa75a24c3ae5/IMG_4409.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Matt Reetz - Make it stand out Matt prepares to release a banded American Kestrel fledgling from a nest box (photo courtesy of Matt). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/143a1930-dda6-4181-974e-d8565425ac5f/IMG_4063.JPG Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Matt Reetz - Make it stand out The Reetz family spending some time outdoors (photo courtesy of Matt). https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/6/22/summer-habitat-and-prairie-chickens monthly 0.5 2022-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0195ccab-d8f7-4f64-9ff4-5bc30a6e3b83/26585110452_16bfad7e42_k.jpg Blog Feed - Summer, habitat, and Prairie Chickens - Make it stand out Greater Prairie Chicken. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9f2ad442-3f67-4011-abc2-9e49d7fa1531/29225124821_16b286f63a_k.jpg Blog Feed - Summer, habitat, and Prairie Chickens - Make it stand out An example of Prairie Chicken habitat in the Buena Vista Grasslands. Photo by Joshua Mayer https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/6/22/landscape-agriculture monthly 0.5 2022-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/279f3776-5d2c-4ccf-8535-1e13faf0a04e/HistoryInAction_header-branded-600pxtan.jpg Blog Feed - Landscape Agriculture - Make it stand out This entry is part of the ongoing series exploring at the ecological history of what is now Faville Grove Sanctuary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/abb7bd18-0627-4819-811e-d3b21f8607d5/8649685311_bab160ff88_k.jpg Blog Feed - Landscape Agriculture - Make it stand out Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2825ad43-c99c-475b-8099-67d09d875621/data+faville+.png Blog Feed - Landscape Agriculture - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a1b3eb53-9f4b-43d6-bbc9-6941ebd3a62c/50117242032_a7b6a32ca9_k.jpg Blog Feed - Landscape Agriculture - Make it stand out Eastern Meadowlark. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7badcf39-d359-4b89-aca1-f2be1f7a224a/20209266963_e09031df41_o.jpg Blog Feed - Landscape Agriculture - Make it stand out “Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying.” Image from Internet Archive Book Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e0f7cb02-3455-404b-ba2b-a385b1ec63c9/grassland+bird+dates.png Blog Feed - Landscape Agriculture - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/656ab944-de59-48f3-afc4-15ae64cc4d8c/7852855442_2b0930e753_k.jpg Blog Feed - Landscape Agriculture - Make it stand out Mowing hay. Photo by steve p2008 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d357495c-16f9-4522-a8a0-7c3c48f7aa3b/farming+map.png Blog Feed - Landscape Agriculture - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/df5c09f0-87fd-460a-a0a6-fafcc99a13ef/prairie+lane+crops.png Blog Feed - Landscape Agriculture - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0498b4a3-8dbb-4389-b13d-af99952a7d03/wisconsin+landscape+painting.png Blog Feed - Landscape Agriculture - Make it stand out Robert Hodgell’s study of the Wisconsin landscape for his state centennial mural in 1948 at the Wisconsin State Fair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/18e22637-77f5-4d12-a86b-5af06df7135c/oak+savanna.png Blog Feed - Landscape Agriculture - Make it stand out One of a few pastures in southeastern Wisconsin retaining bur oak canopy composition, rather resembling Hodgell’s murals. Photo by Drew Harry https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/6/21/tell-me-a-story monthly 0.5 2022-06-21 https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/6/14/raptors-phone-home monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dcca12fe-482c-42e3-b068-1b790d0b805f/rsha-arlene-transmitter_AK.jpg Blog Feed - Raptors Phone Home - Make it stand out Arlene the Red-shouldered Hawk. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9560b264-bf87-432c-a7c9-24a99edbc952/rlha-dorothy-NeilPaprocki.jpg Blog Feed - Raptors Phone Home - Make it stand out Dorothy the Rough-legged Hawk. Photo by Neil Paprocki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2f598c8c-da73-4b7a-8fe2-e7b8ac7096e9/rtha-madison_suekaehler.jpg Blog Feed - Raptors Phone Home - Make it stand out Madison the Red-tailed Hawk. Photo by Sue Kaehler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f4e0c1ff-fdb1-4526-9193-b8bb457bd920/snow-columbia-MH.jpg Blog Feed - Raptors Phone Home - Make it stand out Columbia the Snowy Owl. Photo by Monica Hall https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/6/14/teacher-teacher-teach-me-love monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/83a9a7bb-76ef-462c-b9f2-d31ad5ca665f/image000000.jpg Blog Feed - Teacher, Teacher, Teach Me Love - Make it stand out 4th graders work on scattering seeds. Photo by Carolyn Byers / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4329aeed-54f7-4c02-b536-c5fba128b361/image000004.jpg Blog Feed - Teacher, Teacher, Teach Me Love - Make it stand out A hand-full of seeds. Photo by Carolyn Byers / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7fe19b5a-15ea-4d83-a6f6-dcdcaa879b60/image000002+2.jpg Blog Feed - Teacher, Teacher, Teach Me Love - Make it stand out Two students look for birds. Photo by Carolyn Byers / Madison Audubon https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/6/1/bald-eagle-rescue-mission monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/712db010-eb22-4f37-aa2f-74658cf2fc9f/March+20.jpg Blog Feed - A Bald Eagle rescue mission - Make it stand out The Bald Eagle nest, with an adult incubating, March 20, 2022. Photo by Erin Kapp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ccd71589-f31d-492c-a5a7-488601bba204/April+9.jpg Blog Feed - A Bald Eagle rescue mission - Make it stand out Adult and three fuzzy chicks, April 9, 2022. Photo by Erin Kapp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1320388d-f406-41b7-91d4-85a0c2cecad5/DSC00490.jpg Blog Feed - A Bald Eagle rescue mission - Make it stand out The two eaglets on May 12, panting in the nest. Photo by Steve Klaven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ca2ce884-3109-47c6-a27e-6e209b30a453/IMG_9803.JPEG Blog Feed - A Bald Eagle rescue mission - Make it stand out The tree climbing crew discusses options. Photo by Beth Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/158a54f1-924a-42de-a0e7-799194a05bf7/IMG_9848.JPEG Blog Feed - A Bald Eagle rescue mission - Make it stand out The surprise eaglet that was laying on the ground! Photo by Beth Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9a3a4bcc-4689-4ec6-a6c1-9dd2626e874e/IMG_9825.JPEG Blog Feed - A Bald Eagle rescue mission - Make it stand out Tom scales the nest tree. Photo by Beth Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5e76430d-a12c-468f-b03e-61fcf738f106/IMG_9827.JPEG Blog Feed - A Bald Eagle rescue mission - Make it stand out Tom approaches the nest. Photo by Beth Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c966b6c8-0341-4c16-a3b5-d1d9f4c0eb6e/8X0A5986.JPG Blog Feed - A Bald Eagle rescue mission - Make it stand out The eaglet considers jumping, but ultimately retreats to the center of the nest. Photo by Beth Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d5b4d747-b07c-4a20-92e1-9d016304fe95/IMG_9896.JPEG Blog Feed - A Bald Eagle rescue mission - Make it stand out The rescue team! Photo by Ken Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ced38176-5dea-4d4b-b477-8667a9ac7518/IMG_9908.JPEG Blog Feed - A Bald Eagle rescue mission - Make it stand out Two eaglets ready for transport to REGI. Photo by Beth Martin https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/5/25/take-care-of-the-turtles monthly 0.5 2022-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1f7b42fe-39c1-4a9b-9c58-d94d3356f39a/40809900030_ebdb2cd5a6_k.jpg Blog Feed - Take care of the turtles - Make it stand out Western painted turtle. Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/82378844-8ab0-4ef7-bace-218f6769a724/26955957333_c7dfa572f4_k.jpg Blog Feed - Take care of the turtles - Make it stand out Wood turtle. Photo by Jessica Piispanen/USFWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ca357967-1423-41f1-a688-699b047d8c28/4661264151_12fb3e7612_k.jpg Blog Feed - Take care of the turtles - Make it stand out Snapping turtle. Photo by Eric Bégin FCC https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/5/24/light-on-the-landscape monthly 0.5 2022-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/279f3776-5d2c-4ccf-8535-1e13faf0a04e/HistoryInAction_header-branded-600pxtan.jpg Blog Feed - Light on the Landscape - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7ad2e1a3-9241-49fd-a259-06f58bdfe5cb/5079032260_6fd7cff7c7_k.jpg Blog Feed - Light on the Landscape - Make it stand out Spring in southern Wisconsin. Photo by emily jean FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0703d85d-dfbb-45a3-b3aa-43ba1cd6a509/mast+study+bur+oak.png Blog Feed - Light on the Landscape - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c8d9fbf7-b79c-449c-bfec-0821482d5372/15232740107_9d70a8d641_k.jpg Blog Feed - Light on the Landscape - Make it stand out Bur oak tree. Photo by Justin Meissen FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/272afd49-3adb-412a-bc57-a2d733b3d259/species+decline.png Blog Feed - Light on the Landscape - Make it stand out Since the 1970’s no group has declined more than grassland birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1a8d29ad-292d-40f9-9711-c0f44e26810e/false+solomons+seal.png Blog Feed - Light on the Landscape - Make it stand out False solomon’s seal still carpets the ground in fire-maintained savannas at Faville Grove. Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e7479de8-f87a-4573-a413-f6c8893b03f6/27892235606_25a24494d3_k.jpg Blog Feed - Light on the Landscape - Make it stand out Tamarack bog. Photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e0ff7f08-5577-4a12-8177-d5d336c41579/savanna+ledge.png Blog Feed - Light on the Landscape - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/5/20/endangered-but-they-dont-have-to-stay-that-way monthly 0.5 2022-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/27995f61-03a2-43b6-8486-5186e0adb8a2/bingo.png Blog Feed - Endangered but they don't have to stay that way - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9479f8bd-1e69-47df-978a-8f3c3ff73577/Kettle+Pond+at+Laas+4+-+David+Musolf.jpeg Blog Feed - Endangered but they don't have to stay that way - Make it stand out The Kettle Pond at Faville Grove Sanctuary. Photo by David Musolf https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/5/12/a-bird-in-the-hand monthly 0.5 2022-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/389fb254-07f7-4ec9-8b53-5c1750b652e6/IMG_1293.jpg Blog Feed - A Bird in the Hand - Make it stand out The bird specimens used for 3D scanning are lined up in a row on a table, each laid on their backs with the beaks pointing to the right. The specimens were provided by UW-Madison Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology and UW Zoological Museum. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9cd3d2fe-27f8-4fd6-9edf-02ababba837f/IMG_1304.jpg Blog Feed - A Bird in the Hand - Make it stand out Patrick Collins 3D scans a Red-tailed Hawk using a hand-held device that he points at and hovers over the bird specimen. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8942788c-b19b-4385-bf0b-5fd0f9a3d490/IMG_1306.jpg Blog Feed - A Bird in the Hand - Make it stand out Patrick and fellow graduate student David Gruba flip the hawk over, getting a new position for the 3D scan. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/90e2cb7f-914a-48d4-8a81-e0c508d44302/IMG_1310.jpg Blog Feed - A Bird in the Hand - Make it stand out A laptop screen shows the software that the 3D scanner is connected to, which is slowing filling in the shape of the Red-tailed Hawk as it is being scanned. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0bf1e4d8-8b52-44d5-bfcc-8ba3ab43784b/IMG_1298.jpg Blog Feed - A Bird in the Hand - Make it stand out Patrick uses the hand-held 3D scanner, pointed at an American Crow specimen that is a standing position, to collect data for the 3D scan. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/99b175ec-8f48-4222-a2ed-4ace41ecd18c/IMG_1311.jpg Blog Feed - A Bird in the Hand - Make it stand out An American Robin specimen lays on a circular turn-table in preparation to be 3D scanned. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b1df4518-644f-4bc8-811a-899f32e3cecf/20220503_113726.jpg Blog Feed - A Bird in the Hand - Make it stand out The beginning stages of 3D printing the Red-tailed Hawk. A white machine suspended on three metal crossbars is distributing plastic lines in a small grid pattern. The printer will lay thousands of plastic lines on top of each other to create the shape of the birds. Photo by Patrick Collins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/77b52e25-8d63-40d0-b81b-0f976664e6f8/20220503_085245.jpg Blog Feed - A Bird in the Hand - Make it stand out The robin and woodpecker, right after 3D printing, lay on the wooden table. The models in their current state have extra plastic on the edges and underneath. Patrick will cut off the extra material, sand, and polish them before giving them to Madison Audubon. Photo by Patrick Collins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4d98b671-c6ce-4507-baa9-623019aa99e6/IMG_1734.jpg Blog Feed - A Bird in the Hand - Make it stand out Patrick Collins with two of his completed models! Patrick is standing outside in the grass, holding the Red-tailed Hawk specimen and the Red-bellied Woodpecker specimen. He is looking at the camera with a big smile. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ca9f95be-2860-4ea4-a7ce-8cd9a6b1dcf4/IMG_1842.jpg Blog Feed - A Bird in the Hand - Make it stand out All six bird models are lined up on a wood deck. They’re each laying on their backs, their beaks pointed to the right. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f6da3747-3e35-440d-9f8c-b18edf9fd614/IMG_1736.jpg Blog Feed - A Bird in the Hand - Make it stand out Birding by Ear participant Glen Chism examines the Red-tailed Hawk on the class field trip. Glen stands in the grass in front of the stone half-wall at Lakeshore Nature Preserve. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5c637d2d-3337-459f-9ea6-e6fb5acb36ba/Image%283%29.jpg Blog Feed - A Bird in the Hand - Make it stand out Denise Jess, executive director of the Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired, is standing in grass front of the stone wall at Lakeshore Nature Preserve, holding her white cane with the Dakota disc and the Red-tailed Hawk 3D specimen. Photo by Rowan Koester-Jess https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/5/4/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly monthly 0.5 2022-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/50f0fc88-c6de-4976-b4e2-dcdd22dbf270/Screen+Shot+2022-05-04+at+9.19.08+AM.jpg Blog Feed - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Make it stand out Photo by Aaron Volkening FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3a66ea0e-8e38-4666-94ce-d7477fc4039f/42212292890_da4f91f1fe_k.jpg Blog Feed - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Make it stand out Photo by Aaron Volkening FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6972fa28-eac3-40d6-beb5-51921b457cea/Plum+Creek+Conservation+Area.Samuel+Li.+copy.jpg Blog Feed - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Make it stand out Plum Creek Conservation Area. Photo by Samuel Li / Courtesy of Mississippi Valley Conservancy https://swibirds.org/blog/meet-a-birder/rita-flores-wiskowski monthly 0.5 2022-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5755df34-5175-4e59-b757-6b83f5ae5b3a/me.jfif Blog Feed - — Meet a Birder — Rita Flores Wiskowski - Make it stand out Rita (left) birds along Lake Michigan using a spotting scope (photo by Dexter Patterson). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4e7b683e-4a8b-4f12-90b4-264f4bdc8ea2/6486624761_1c02764807_o.jpg Blog Feed - — Meet a Birder — Rita Flores Wiskowski - Make it stand out Havenwoods State Forest (courtesy of the Friends of Havenwoods). https://swibirds.org/blog/beyond-the-feather/carolyn-byers monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/beb5254e-61d6-4f21-987b-c09e211a6b42/Carolyn%2BByers_.jpeg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Carolyn Byers - Make it stand out Carolyn in her natural habitat–tallgrass prairie in Wisconsin's Driftless area (photo courtesy of Carolyn). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f4275255-d2b8-40bb-b37a-17095907e08f/carolyn%2B%2526%2Bhawk.jpeg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Carolyn Byers - Make it stand out Carolyn (right) shows students the plumage of a Cooper’s Hawk that struck a window. 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(Photo courtesy of the BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6049ed24-43d2-4c1f-b2e4-7a5494bbe10f/cherokeemarsh.jpg Blog Feed - — Meet a Birder — Jasmine Banks - Make it stand out Boardwalk at Cherokee Marsh. (Creative Commons) https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/3/14/spring-is-here-and-wcc-hearings-need-you-to-vote monthly 0.5 2022-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6e5dd438-5857-4bae-931b-9c86237d0e7c/31971366266_c0baa9e115_k.jpg Blog Feed - Spring's almost here and so are the Hearings - Make it stand out Sandhill Cranes. Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f888d95e-2b8e-424b-a9c3-9b2874cf953e/51924295791_9564838dde_k.jpg Blog Feed - Spring's almost here and so are the Hearings - Make it stand out The sounds of American Robins is good for the soul. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a8c90e55-962b-4cf8-a685-893b20ee2c26/46793826941_4b9a533350_o.jpg Blog Feed - Spring's almost here and so are the Hearings - Make it stand out Bald Eagle and lunch. Photo by Paul VanDerWerf FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/95fb0d8f-3760-42ff-88d4-06e7cb0760a8/4045876739_98b54e7a2b_o.jpg Blog Feed - Spring's almost here and so are the Hearings - Make it stand out Burbot. Image by NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/da8bc7f2-39cc-401b-96bb-9270874278be/14499463960_51d4306f87_o.jpg Blog Feed - Spring's almost here and so are the Hearings - Make it stand out Gray wolf. Photo by USFWS https://swibirds.org/blog/beyond-the-feather/brenna-marsicek monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d49b7ae3-a4e4-4ca1-a5a8-e76abf20ea7a/890EF65C-D526-4DD3-A8B3-2E0971388B48.JPG Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Brenna Marsicek - Make it stand out A winter-time pilgrimage to the North Shore of Lake Superior (photo courtesy of Brenna). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f6689e47-2e2d-4a98-a5b2-507a7b6c4719/1929098_541924222437_329_n.jpeg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Brenna Marsicek - Make it stand out Brenna (left) and fellow Faville Grove Sanctuary interns hand-pollinate orchids in 2007 (photo courtesy of Brenna). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8f3cf862-8fa6-4975-a78d-1052805dee9e/IMG_3795.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Brenna Marsicek - Make it stand out Look at this cute little American Kestrel chick! So fuzzy! (photo by Ruth Smith). https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/8/5/update-on-the-mystery-bird-illness monthly 0.5 2022-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1628172697448-KCQ0R3PPE9X39ZCJADGN/Cardinal+at+feeder+-+Pat+Ready.jpg Blog Feed - Updated information and recommendations on the "Mystery Illness" - Make it stand out Northern Cardinal at feeder. Photo by Pat Ready https://swibirds.org/blog/meet-a-birder/lashunda-manly monthly 0.5 2022-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9ab1cb37-d276-497d-9d76-051800177759/20210225_175338.jpg Blog Feed - — Meet a Birder — LaShunda Manly - Make it stand out LaShunda Manly out birding (photo courtesy of LaShunda). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ec4ffdc4-135f-4687-91ea-e59dc384df50/Edna+Taylor+10_10_15+%2825%29.jfif Blog Feed - — Meet a Birder — LaShunda Manly - Make it stand out Edna Taylor Conservation Park (photo courtesy of City of Madison Parks). https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/2/18/eagles-deserve-and-need-action-now monthly 0.5 2022-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/768c1500-1602-401f-8168-9f38b6fd0ba9/8514673070_702a6a7c01_k.jpg Blog Feed - Eagles deserve and need action NOW - Make it stand out Bald Eagle photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c5eabb94-bb66-485e-abac-de1039cfa72f/8556700458_123c91c16a_k.jpg Blog Feed - Eagles deserve and need action NOW - Make it stand out Bald Eagle photo by Nigel https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/2/14/wisconsins-favorite-lovebirds-need-our-help monthly 0.5 2022-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1644937930787-IAB2U39B05HBBFMFUXPQ/26612244831_06412d6ff1_k.jpg Blog Feed - Wisconsin's favorite lovebirds need our help - Make it stand out Greater Prairie Chickens. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b2a98422-c90b-437d-92da-958ec59a0e64/29225124821_4b0b321d29_c.jpg Blog Feed - Wisconsin's favorite lovebirds need our help - Make it stand out Prairie Chicken Management Area at Buena Vista Wildlife Area. Photo by Joshua Mayer https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/2/4/christmas-bird-count-results-south-central-wisconsin monthly 0.5 2022-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1644440334306-F3PFQ8L3G9ZW5YQSVKVK/Horned+Lark.jpg Blog Feed - Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Horned Lark. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7ba29049-0111-4832-b303-3e2a3ef0ce83/MAS-Boundary-counts-Recovered.png Blog Feed - Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f747f332-b46e-457b-a41a-d8568a2e64be/barabooCBC.png Blog Feed - Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out This International Crane Foundation team counted 1500 Sandhill Cranes on the 2021 Christmas Bird Count going to roost near the Aldo Leopold Shack on the Leopold Memorial Reserve. Photo by Hillary Thompson, provided by Scott Swengel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2b4ec75d-8271-43b3-b935-038b9478a50b/Turkey+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Wild Turkey. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2399c824-ac1b-4744-ba76-edf603bad316/32587334511_2702a5332d_k.jpg Blog Feed - Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Red-breasted Nuthatch. Photo by ethan.gosnell2 FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6065ce5c-0d46-49f2-8ee6-9975b0f437a3/Pileated+Woodpecker+by+Kelly+Colgan+Azar.jpg Blog Feed - Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Pileated Woodpecker. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f20eb7ab-2c46-4b5a-b0c0-4cb49a52e1b7/Carolina+Wren+Yard+feeder+12-20-21+%285+of+11%29.jpg Blog Feed - Christmas Bird Count Results: South-Central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Carolina Wren. 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Photo by Debbie Koenigs/USFWS Midwest Region https://swibirds.org/blog/beyond-the-feather/drew-harry monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1114caf5-47d6-444e-879a-25266c1d9af3/IMG-8196.JPG Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Drew Harry - Make it stand out Drew looks into the rising sun on top of Haleakalā on the island of Maui (photo courtesy of Drew). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/411158a1-789f-4eae-b469-89c58262306d/spreadeaglebarrens_drewharry.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Drew Harry - Make it stand out Berry picking at Spread Eagle Barrens (photo by Drew Harry). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/22bdbfa9-d968-4ac5-be42-6268eac6a847/IMG-3137.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Drew Harry - Make it stand out Summer interns on a field trip learn about the ecology of Lulu Lake (photo by Drew Harry). https://swibirds.org/blog/2022/1/31/the-bad-and-good-of-deja-vu monthly 0.5 2022-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/89996754-5f58-4cab-b4de-48d1184c5331/Prairie+plants+by+Roger+Packard.jpg Blog Feed - The bad and good of déjà vu - Make it stand out A vibrant prairie, made possibly by Knowles-Nelson Stewardship. 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Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/meet-a-birder/spike-millington monthly 0.5 2022-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/841cf9ba-9f07-4209-b5a6-1b3adda42991/ecuador.jpg Blog Feed - — Meet a Birder — Spike Millington - Make it stand out A curious Crested Guan approaches Spike Millington in Ecuador (photo coutesy of Spike). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a991a275-52cc-416f-8816-c2ee2b8c308d/northern-hawk-owl_on-wire.jpg Blog Feed - — Meet a Birder — Spike Millington - Make it stand out A Northern Hawk Owl perched on a wire (photo via Pixabay). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a9afd09e-83b9-43b5-8847-8bfdad9a1982/Spike+Millington+DPRK.jpg Blog Feed - — Meet a Birder — Spike Millington - Make it stand out Spike watches for Long-tailed Ducks and Harlequin Ducks through a scope in North Korea (photo courtesy of Spike). https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/11/22/donor-testimonial monthly 0.5 2021-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/99ebabf5-c898-4d94-9647-b2daeee63ca9/Pileate+woodpecker+chicks++-+Phil+Brown+%283%29.jpg Blog Feed - What kind of legacy do I want to leave? - Make it stand out Pileated Woodpecker fledglings (photo by Phil Brown). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/06996353-2ce5-405b-98e3-ed94eb860f54/becky.jpg Blog Feed - What kind of legacy do I want to leave? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/11/fledgling-club-for-birders-of-color monthly 0.5 2021-12-09 https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/11/wild-times-at-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2021-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e312453b-bb18-4196-bc67-ca454c14e0db/colby-al-roske.png Blog Feed - Wild times at Goose Pond - Make it stand out Colby the Peregrine Falcon (photo by Al Roske). https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/11/22/smiling-eyes monthly 0.5 2021-11-29 https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/11/spheres-of-influence monthly 0.5 2021-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/393324e3-e04c-4413-afde-acadc8e2caa5/CIMG4109.JPG Blog Feed - Spheres of influence - Make it stand out Eastern white-fringed orchid (photo by Brenna Marsicek). https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/11/23/you-never-know monthly 0.5 2021-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/cee40552-f9ba-4b4d-bb1f-d32871ab2fd8/BarnOwlsNestYoung_KarlaBloem.jpeg Blog Feed - You never know... - Make it stand out Rare barn owl nest located in Wisconsin for the first time in more than 20 years. 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See for yourself at madisonaudubon.org/pond-cam https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/11/16/applesauce-and-money monthly 0.5 2021-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/017927cf-1334-48af-8f45-98a3fa6f1937/20211020_ksvabek_seedcollecting002.jpg Blog Feed - Applesauce and Money - Make it stand out Volunteers work to collect precious prairie seeds at Faville Grove Sanctuary. The seeds will be used to continue restoration projects on Madison Audubon properties. 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Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/47a57820-e7c9-4dfe-bcca-a34b25e283db/Dorothy+Haines+em+and+Oakwood+Village+East+visitors.jpg Blog Feed - Visitors from 9 to 99 at Otsego Marsh and Goose Pond - Make it stand out Oakwood Village East enjoys an outing to Goose Pond. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/55fd12fe-ebd6-4c46-a167-75eb073cf81d/Columbus+School+visits+Otsego+em+Marsh+Nov+2021+5925.jpg Blog Feed - Visitors from 9 to 99 at Otsego Marsh and Goose Pond - Make it stand out Columbus Grade Schoolers get ready for their nature walk at Otsego Marsh. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/123ea8b3-cb85-4975-b8af-0e054112bd7a/E+Otsego+buck+1+copy+%282%29.jpg Blog Feed - Visitors from 9 to 99 at Otsego Marsh and Goose Pond - Make it stand out Oh deer! Photo of white-tailed deer by Richard Armstrong https://swibirds.org/blog/meet-a-birder/dorothy-haines monthly 0.5 2022-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/39c78bb3-750b-48ca-a8d2-d6a79745abb0/IMG_3254.jpg Blog Feed - — Meet a Birder — Dorothy Haines - Make it stand out Dorothy Haines sits on the Browne Prairie Bench at Goose Pond Sanctuary. She turns 100 years old in January 2022. (Photo by Madison Audubon) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/81a8e057-dc56-427a-a8b9-c3a5bbdcb12a/IMG_0982.jpg Blog Feed - — Meet a Birder — Dorothy Haines - Make it stand out Dorothy sits with Mark Martin at the Wingspan Observation Pavilion at Goose Pond in 2018. (Photo by Madison Audubon) https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/11/5/still-no-sandhill-crane-hunt monthly 0.5 2021-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ed4633e3-3da4-47b8-8c5c-784c5bf922d2/Sandhill+courtship+display+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Still a "No" for Sandhill Crane hunt - Make it stand out Sandhill Crane, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fbbee219-7bcd-4904-a30a-7cdb9b6438b2/Sandhill+Crane+Family+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Still a "No" for Sandhill Crane hunt - Make it stand out Sandhill Crane family, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4de0ebd0-47fb-4dd3-99d1-055bebeb6a24/Sandhill+crane+take+off+MH.jpg Blog Feed - Still a "No" for Sandhill Crane hunt - Make it stand out Sandhill Crane, photo by Monica Hall https://swibirds.org/blog/meet-a-birder/katie-ping-woods monthly 0.5 2022-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fe205e60-1ccb-4b72-9cc3-665604816a4e/IMG_8206.JPG Blog Feed - — Meet a Birder — Katie-Ping Woods - Make it stand out Katie-Ping Woods smiles while walking down a marshy reed-lined boardwalk with her cane. (Photo courtesy of Katie-Ping) https://swibirds.org/blog/beyond-the-feather/kaitlin-svabek monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1634310527479-30RTRHIY3KA7AILFA21Z/lost-creek-crop_LH.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Kaitlin Svabek - Make it stand out Kaitlin sits on a rock alongside Lost Creek Falls in Bayfield County (photo by Lesley Haven). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1634674053947-2B4N6IKM0RU47BRHNBB0/img_4_1634309529910.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Kaitlin Svabek - Make it stand out Kaitlin holds a just-banded young Purple Martin (photo by Jackie Sandberg). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1634675083741-BPLFR5ZO421PH0O5T8W3/20190927_AustraliaHoneymoon_0326_2.JPG Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Kaitlin Svabek - Make it stand out A Southern Cassowary known affectionately as Big Bertha in the Daintree (photo by Kaitlin Svabek). https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/10/18/sandhill-crane-hunting-view-from-a-hunter monthly 0.5 2021-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613580654598-TJQ6B5O2DM7KKOP5C3M6/Arlene+Koziol_Sandhill+Cranes.jpg Blog Feed - Sandhill Crane hunting: view from a hunter - Make it stand out Sandhill Crane pair in flight. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1556898869205-HG57AQ1BL1D0K0R0TB05/cranes+ak.jpg Blog Feed - Sandhill Crane hunting: view from a hunter - Make it stand out Sandhill Cranes on a nest. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/10/16/action-alert-sandhill-crane-hunt-hearing monthly 0.5 2021-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1634386202353-USJE9A0API71Q7LKYELO/sandhill+crane+with+colt+monica+hall.jpeg Blog Feed - ACTION ALERT: Sandhill Crane Hunt Hearing - Make it stand out Sandhill Crane adult and colt in the nest. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1634386282159-KPHLMD8AYGPFHCI79UT3/sandhill+crane+adults+monica+hall.jpeg Blog Feed - ACTION ALERT: Sandhill Crane Hunt Hearing - Make it stand out Two Sandhill Crane adults in vegetation next to Goose Pond. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1634386322155-OLC39QF65YAQL5HGPLYT/sandhill+crane+with+colts+Monica+Hall.jpeg Blog Feed - ACTION ALERT: Sandhill Crane Hunt Hearing - Make it stand out A Sandhill Crane adult nurtures two colts in the nest. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1634386493999-G5KGY84J9Y9LD1375L5C/sandhill+crane+juvenile+monica+hall.jpeg Blog Feed - ACTION ALERT: Sandhill Crane Hunt Hearing - Make it stand out A juvenile Sandhill Crane stretches its wings. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1634386556933-9KXRKO6ISUYL9MMTESFF/Crane+landing+2+AK.jpg Blog Feed - ACTION ALERT: Sandhill Crane Hunt Hearing - Make it stand out A Sandhill Crane comes in for a landing on ice, with its beautiful long neck bowed down and wings outstretched. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/meet-a-birder/zachary-pickett monthly 0.5 2022-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1632934745631-6TLUS5V5QTLLYL72V8A7/IMG_0830.JPG Blog Feed - — Meet a Birder — Zachary Pickett - Make it stand out Zach wears a red Wisconsin Badgers shirt and has binoculars around his neck, leaning against a wooden railing. In the background is a sparkling pond and a gray sky with dark puffy clouds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1632935461633-4OO9YGZYPHZW6G8VQNQ2/20210129_kaitlinsvabek_ggow.jpg Blog Feed - — Meet a Birder — Zachary Pickett - Make it stand out The silhouette of a Great Gray Owl perched in a tree stands out against a colorful pink, orange, and purple sunrise on a winter morning at Sax-Zim Bog; photo by Kaitlin Svabek. https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/10/12/sacr monthly 0.5 2021-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1634059620208-W7GNFW1LRK4BJ7TCDE6S/Crane+and+colt+forage+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Let's talk about Sandhill Cranes. - Make it stand out An adult Sandhill Crane stands in a grassland, foraging with its young colt. Photo by Arlene Koziol. https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/10/1/gentians-hidden-gems-of-color monthly 0.5 2021-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1633115841600-TYWLJIWYCRN3JMV6DH40/gentian_david.jpg Blog Feed - Gentians, hidden gems of color - Make it stand out A gorgeous purple-colored fringed gentian. Photo by David Musolf. https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/9/30/the-thing-with-feathers monthly 0.5 2021-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1633029450479-CUEAVZVJYHDU6N2ZUIEO/web_2bdx4j1.jpg Blog Feed - The Thing with Feathers - Make it stand out Ivory-billed Woodpecker at nest, taken by Dr. James Tanner, at the Singer Tract in 1935. Photo: Science History Images/Alamy. See National Audubon’s article for more info and photos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1633029690001-6BWVG414IP1W35XN0KYJ/13925331295_c529088ef1_h.jpg Blog Feed - The Thing with Feathers - Make it stand out White River National Wildlife Refuge cypress trees. Photo by Ray Paterra / USFWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1633029875015-RNMQU9YCF7KWGOI8MNLW/9107442587_2c6b615239_o.jpg Blog Feed - The Thing with Feathers - Make it stand out Ivory-billed Woodpecker painting by John James Audubon. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1633030260006-BBE445DR01E3IR4N2DKJ/Michael_R_Anderson+%2817%29-1.jpg Blog Feed - The Thing with Feathers - Make it stand out Taking care of a monarch. Photo by Michael Anderson https://swibirds.org/blog/beyond-the-feather/alexus-kapkeo monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1632170875462-AXE02ACXPSNLJUP370TN/AK+for+MA.jpeg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Alexus Kapkeo - Make it stand out Alexus Kapkeo wears a gray shirt and smiles at the camera. In the background is a big tree with green leaves. (Photo courtesy of Alexus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1632405260011-C76ZE99GZZ29T00EJHYS/20200804_162359.jpg Blog Feed - Beyond the Feather: Alexus Kapkeo - Make it stand out Blue Ridge mountain vista. (Photo by Alexus Kapkeo) https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/9/24/celebrate-public-lands-with-a-visit monthly 0.5 2021-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1632510760658-DXUC90XZE3D4M6IMC857/IMG_6974_HEIC-2.JPG Blog Feed - Celebrate public lands with a visit - Make it stand out A birder enjoys a hike at Cherokee Marsh North in Madison, a public property with great birding. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1632510074081-SEGL0YE86F9GGAUDMWZ5/30044674196_dd3b2d275b_k.jpg Blog Feed - Celebrate public lands with a visit - Make it stand out Wisconsin stream, photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1632510672897-SBKU2TP6VX84EUR6I3LN/28136709314_6274a50927_k.jpg Blog Feed - Celebrate public lands with a visit - Make it stand out Wisconsin has so many great properties to discover! Photo by Joshua Mayer https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/9/17/incredibly-sad monthly 0.5 2021-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631926541095-JAYOGNR6AP3OSN1MSDO2/20210503_160358.jpeg Blog Feed - Incredibly Sad - Make it stand out Green violet, a species last documented in Wisconsin in 1958, was found this spring on a State Natural Area in west central Wisconsin by DNR Conservation Biologist Ryan O’Connor. Photo and caption credit: Wisconsin DNR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631926645320-L64LAV9KQGZX4F18EUVM/14669129443_0769968426_k.jpg Blog Feed - Incredibly Sad - Make it stand out Photo by Joshua Mayer https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/9/17/mark-and-sue-recipients-of-lifetime-achievement-award monthly 0.5 2021-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631880477044-YRUK5PVI6JM046DBGJL0/17703294806_a9961ac9c4_c.jpg Blog Feed - Mark and Sue, recipients of Lifetime Achievement Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631880476315-W6O1THF2RUI746GWIXSC/16362286830_135dd7ceff_c.jpg Blog Feed - Mark and Sue, recipients of Lifetime Achievement Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631880477134-BXOJVSPFZWH38RCSPXDJ/24169775698_709d00d2c9_c.jpg Blog Feed - Mark and Sue, recipients of Lifetime Achievement Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631880477538-PYUF95DGODUCXXII9F16/25714381442_161a3f1def_c.jpg Blog Feed - Mark and Sue, recipients of Lifetime Achievement Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631880477693-ZEZUX3FKW4I2XKOVXGF5/35856795301_796cd5569e_c.jpg Blog Feed - Mark and Sue, recipients of Lifetime Achievement Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631880478093-ZWBW8P5Z5KG33SPN3XSX/36038165983_2d96a72bf3_b.jpg Blog Feed - Mark and Sue, recipients of Lifetime Achievement Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631880478244-WTAU82DBRO7EO9OQJX98/36794068870_86f639172e_c.jpg Blog Feed - Mark and Sue, recipients of Lifetime Achievement Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631880478749-HNQX363ZV7KJNO1NJNAN/49091788583_d3c066ec95_c.jpg Blog Feed - Mark and Sue, recipients of Lifetime Achievement Award https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631880188057-DIPZYN6GVA2B7AOFWY03/Mark+and+Sue_HonorCard-1.jpg Blog Feed - Mark and Sue, recipients of Lifetime Achievement Award - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/9/16/the-quest-for-milkweed-seeds-2021 monthly 0.5 2021-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600357173337-NO4QAZUHI7VT9BODI6WQ/f1.JPG Blog Feed - The quest for Milkweed Seeds this fall! Monarch caterpillar feasting on a common milkweed. Madison Audubon photo https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/9/13/so-long-pond-hello-great-habitat monthly 0.5 2021-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631547335655-RFBUVK7Q6SIOHBO5BNS2/2021091306492240--5811513522857850978-IMG_3625-2.JPG Blog Feed - So long pond, hello great habitat! - Make it stand out Photo by David Musolf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631562519790-GI53NAFMQGWW98FTISJ7/pond+project2.png Blog Feed - So long pond, hello great habitat! - Make it stand out The area in red shows the property we acquired in 2019 at Faville Grove, including the pond in question. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631547673574-FSBFTEIDA5P2NNAQLDAG/2021091306481173-5555956987782143595-IMG_3593-2.JPG Blog Feed - So long pond, hello great habitat! - Make it stand out The pond at the early stages of draining. The pond was created and used by the previous owner as a fishing pool. Photo by David Musolf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631547920535-HWG3WEPWELAZUDC0WWTM/2021091306463278-5447259808967198534-IMG_3585-2.JPG Blog Feed - So long pond, hello great habitat! - Make it stand out The small trench dug to transport the water from the pool to the marsh. Photo by David Musolf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631548001549-O1UF6RJ275Z1MWJ2AA8J/2021091306473489-3948371874566891041-IMG_3583-2.JPG Blog Feed - So long pond, hello great habitat! - Make it stand out A pump is working hard to drain the pool. Photo by David Musolf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631548179629-NKA6W1LRLQLK8HG018G8/2021091306490442--5741092802111197241-IMG_3624-2.JPG Blog Feed - So long pond, hello great habitat! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631548457628-26MVWJC19FAUUEBMU7N2/2021091307235951-8481906212128204659-IMG_3677-2.JPG Blog Feed - So long pond, hello great habitat! - Make it stand out A few turtles in a plastic bucket being transported to a safer area. Photo by David Musolf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631548535878-YZ4MG8C9CERV1I1XKFWM/2021091307231939--1662650756684480138-IMG_3695-2.JPG Blog Feed - So long pond, hello great habitat! - Make it stand out We rescued and relocated around 40 turtles using an apple picker. Photo by David Musolf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631548588298-9R6XGRCOL4CIX26HO0V4/2021091307230136-7824378706019114788-IMG_3688-2.JPG Blog Feed - So long pond, hello great habitat! - Make it stand out This beautiful turtle was washed off and relocated to safe habitat. Photo by David Musolf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631548721937-N1KSAQAFJXEQ6SC5GH31/2021091307243419--3196990443437337104-IMG_3675-2.JPG Blog Feed - So long pond, hello great habitat! - Make it stand out Photo by David Musolf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631548678027-J5BZIGUTCNBWSWEHDKIR/2021091307224861-8318668183704590970-IMG_3698-2.JPG Blog Feed - So long pond, hello great habitat! - Make it stand out Photo by David Musolf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631548756861-3VVN3O9N4NAXXMYB2T2X/2021091310183265-6015688893192817099-IMG_3703-2.JPG Blog Feed - So long pond, hello great habitat! - Make it stand out The finished product! It may not look like much right now, but the earth moving was finished just before a big rainstorm, and the site will be planted shortly. Photo by David Musolf https://swibirds.org/blog/meet-a-birder/melissa-kesling monthly 0.5 2022-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631135716670-UY6XZY54FR6WQNLIKBAH/image0.jpeg Blog Feed - — Meet a Birder — Melissa Kesling - Make it stand out Melissa Kesling stands in a green savannah with big twisted pines in the background. She holds binoculars and has a camera around her neck. (Photo courtesy of Melissa) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631138300970-VM4SKS8H9KUKNEB78A4P/atlantic-puffin_fish-catch.jpg Blog Feed - — Meet a Birder — Melissa Kesling - Make it stand out An Atlantic Puffin perches on a rock outcropping covered in mosses. It holds a few silvery fish in its bill. Photo by David Mark/Pixabay. https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/9/2/join-us-this-fall-at-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1630601508562-AZ2YLTTOFK6AZZOTNK15/image_6487327.JPG Blog Feed - Join us this fall at Faville Grove! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/7/26/support-bird-safe-glass-ordinance monthly 0.5 2024-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1627331867464-FX22SLZFROKEED52XOTS/Matt+Reetz+-+Birders.jpg Blog Feed - We will always choose to save birds. - Make it stand out Birdwatchers in a big green prairie. Photo by Matt Reetz/Madison Audubon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1627332261645-QUEB5AEO9Z2WDZG2CWU2/Blue+headed+vireo+KCA.jpg Blog Feed - We will always choose to save birds. - Make it stand out A Blue-headed Vireo sits on a branch, holding an insect in its bill. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar. https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/7/20/how-to-save-an-osprey-chick monthly 0.5 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1626273493906-V5C42QBHFEFKEA0EMOYZ/image5.jpg Blog Feed - How to save an osprey chick - Make it stand out An osprey chick was found weak and dehydrated under its nest. Photo by Elaine Thousand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1626273615422-MO5X9JQDCKRNYZ5U6EZU/image6.jpeg Blog Feed - How to save an osprey chick - Make it stand out The osprey nest on top of the platform at Korth Park. Photo by Elaine Thousand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1626273306672-7UVUMMGW7QGEQOIBGJYV/image11.jpeg Blog Feed - How to save an osprey chick - Make it stand out Kathy patiently coaxes the osprey chick into taking the fish pieces. Photo by Elaine Thousand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1626274289921-QDTLO1BHM5RZZQNSFIMH/image9.jpeg Blog Feed - How to save an osprey chick - Make it stand out The osprey chick looks stronger already (and check out those huge feet!). Photo by Elaine Thousand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1626275180432-ATZ03JET11FRJQOK1986/IMG_1304.JPG Blog Feed - How to save an osprey chick - Make it stand out A WE Energy line worker learns how to safely hold the osprey chick to place it into the foster osprey nest. 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Courtesy of DIY in PDX. https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/5/15/help-birds-go-natural-in-your-yard monthly 0.5 2021-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1621348991442-TFMWCES6ID58OTP38JV7/Cedar+Waxwing+Andy+Reago+%26+Chrissy+McClarren.jpg Blog Feed - Help birds: go natural in your yard! - Make it stand out Cedar Waxwing photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/5/13/staying-focused-in-a-busy-spring monthly 0.5 2021-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1620932033219-TKD5ZYFN3F3T9MCNCZY1/DutchmansBreeches_DrewHarry.JPG Blog Feed - Staying focused in a busy spring Dutchman’s Breeches in full glory, photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1620931959559-03MMF8YNNLQHNNSRWPHP/KN_Biking_Horizontal+Ribbon+with+tag.png Blog Feed - Staying focused in a busy spring https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/5/13/lucky-madison-audubon monthly 0.5 2021-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1620930067869-J8RE0HO7BGYDHAT535DU/Screen+Shot+2021-05-13+at+1.20.41+PM.png Blog Feed - Lucky Madison Audubon https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/5/8/migratory-birds-birdathon monthly 0.5 2021-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1620436767633-UVSRUNJCZX2S0D6AWC1T/Marsh+Wren_Mick+Thompson+FCC.jpg Blog Feed - Migratory Birds & Birdathon Marsh Wren photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1620436922861-3QK5O834SWTA835Y8JIT/_57A9777wm.jpg Blog Feed - Migratory Birds & Birdathon Dickcissel by Monica Hall https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/5/4/helping-the-hummingbirds monthly 0.5 2021-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1620129718742-T2A7085D7IYJBNN37SLL/Ruby+throated+hummingbird++-+Phil+Brown2.jpg Blog Feed - Helping the Hummingbirds Photo by Phil Brown https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/4/22/the-earth-day-eight monthly 0.5 2021-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1619123972678-SUFYPOSY7C1QM1WOAY8E/egret.jpeg Blog Feed - The Earth Day Eight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1619123761956-NYO948P95705D9DS4JOF/pasque.jpeg Blog Feed - The Earth Day Eight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1619123854045-0K3FDLJQ8USJOTHJGBTF/monarch.jpeg Blog Feed - The Earth Day Eight https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/4/21/earth-day-and-mirth-day monthly 0.5 2021-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1619018616026-36PKW6YGZQG8WRG5TU7B/51120393480_7ee3ca3c26_o.jpg Blog Feed - Earth Day and Mirth Day Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1619018964448-JT5C2A399YIOO0ND1EVE/4.2015_Beyond+Backyard+Birding.jpg Blog Feed - Earth Day and Mirth Day Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1619018454548-YT2VXT6TQG20LU1KM4QN/34597621345_a5307792b8_k.jpg Blog Feed - Earth Day and Mirth Day Brook trout photo by Jason Ross/USFWS Midwest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1619017956219-20MKT9MCMYA4ZG1W6NBZ/americancoot_ak.jpg Blog Feed - Earth Day and Mirth Day - American Coot chick (Arlene Koziol) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1619018051522-A81FN1DUGSGJ8PZAZMZ9/Hepatica_DrewHarry.JPG Blog Feed - Earth Day and Mirth Day - Hepatica in spring (Drew Harry) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1619018124425-ELSBZFJPE2RPVNBLHAY7/38648833370_d08ea810ae_c.jpg Blog Feed - Earth Day and Mirth Day - Bumblebee in crocus (Alison Day) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1619018270568-IPAFI88HOBWJAO0HZJF8/eagle+landing+mike+williams.jpg Blog Feed - Earth Day and Mirth Day - Bald Eagle landing (Mike Williams) https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/4/12/conservation-congress-needs-your-voice monthly 0.5 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1618254039384-2HGNOPTRMZMRFIT0AHS6/WITU+hours+old.JPG Blog Feed - Conservation Congress needs your voice Wild turkey chicks, photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1618254140052-DRC5YTBG7WXC25GG5ADE/_57A5903wm.jpg Blog Feed - Conservation Congress needs your voice Killdeer over water, photo by Monica Hall https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/4/5/a-terrible-idea monthly 0.5 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1617651075402-AABHTTSYGX6H8LO3DAB8/yellowstone_lake_sp.jpeg Blog Feed - A terrible idea. Yellowstone Lake State Park is one of the properties included in the Southwest Savanna Draft Regional Master Plan. Photo credit: Wisconsin DNR https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/3/31/joining-the-bird-names-for-birds-movement monthly 0.5 2022-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1617307846552-H6LAOLH9ZYBZUAK8SN3F/bn4b-logo-1.png Blog Feed - Joining the Bird Names for Birds movement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1617307368599-VTVYTAOQ38CLXD5L6R4F/Black+throated+blue+warbler+KCA.jpg Blog Feed - Joining the Bird Names for Birds movement The beautiful and aptly named Black-throated Blue Warbler. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613653298117-XMFQC2FBMOH7RYS5X7RW/BNfB_+Gray+backed+hunter.png Blog Feed - Joining the Bird Names for Birds movement https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/3/28/a-year-of-birds-and-beginnings monthly 0.5 2021-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616986888369-NX45N6IAPBNCZCCN0846/20210320151058_IMG_9547.jpg Blog Feed - A Year of Birds and Beginnings An eastern screech owl snoozes in a tree cavity on the first day of spring. May the sun shine on your future birding adventures like it’s shining on her. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616987549463-DK0F0NPAWGJZ17KFBAQW/20200502092227_IMG_7636.jpg Blog Feed - A Year of Birds and Beginnings Look! It’s a photo of us as fledgling birders. Oh, wait, sorry. That’s actually a young sandhill crane. My bad! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616986907538-HFFZOWZ9IY9HSVXU87YK/20200926095338_IMG_8275.jpg Blog Feed - A Year of Birds and Beginnings It’s been 1.5 years since I’ve been birding and I still mis-ID common birds like goldfinches. I can’t remember their song for the life of me. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616986946971-RWKQ4ITW1QREJNGKJ9K0/20200725113755_IMG_2552+%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - A Year of Birds and Beginnings I have fallen hard for the magic of marshes. Give me waves of deep green grasses and reeds that part to reveal hidden worlds of secretive marsh birds. Pictured here is a black tern at Zeloski Marsh, one of my favorite destinations and a place that I love to bird-by-bike. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616988163280-0SRZFRRYQLRJ1YRR75D9/20201026151007_IMG_9751.jpg Blog Feed - A Year of Birds and Beginnings eBird can help you discover when snow buntings are reported at the park just down the street from your apartment, like this one here who is enjoying a chilly beach day off the shore of Lake Mendota. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616987593058-JJSY7AXFP9P6B170ECIC/20200426072932_IMG_6906.jpg Blog Feed - A Year of Birds and Beginnings Sometimes birds are better with company. These tree swallows agree. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616987197290-08LSI5JH107RHBZ3IQAE/20200404125856_IMG_4736+%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - A Year of Birds and Beginnings Go forth and spread the bird word with all the energy and enthusiasm of a golden-crowned kinglet. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/3/24/join-the-bird-collision-corps-this-spring monthly 0.5 2021-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616612659483-Y7XI7RD9OFDHEPA8ODO7/yellow-warbler-cropped-Crystal%2BSutheimer.jpg Blog Feed - Join the Bird Collision Corps this spring Photo by Crystal Sutheimer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616612903458-QNAF72246A6GM1D9JO5G/bcc%2B2021%2Bprograms%2B2x2.jpg Blog Feed - Join the Bird Collision Corps this spring https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/3/24/lets-get-ready-to-rumble monthly 0.5 2021-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616531799216-K1W7ZGP2URZLEUPWQWY6/IMG_4445.jpeg Blog Feed - Let's get ready to RUMBLE! Photo by Terri Bleck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616531857768-MM9UO5KD10ZZHBHS7LUH/IMG_4422.jpeg Blog Feed - Let's get ready to RUMBLE! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616531858298-YWCDPKUC043MK94PZ596/IMG_4424.jpeg Blog Feed - Let's get ready to RUMBLE! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616531858633-PRLOM7411JLMP0H3G8TI/IMG_4426.jpeg Blog Feed - Let's get ready to RUMBLE! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616531859387-DYTRJ213RWG1RFZEI0UF/IMG_4432.jpeg Blog Feed - Let's get ready to RUMBLE! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616531860224-6BJ171FZRHAWNV1B1A6N/IMG_4434.jpeg Blog Feed - Let's get ready to RUMBLE! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616531861143-EIBFDR6QHK44JEELMQBW/IMG_4435.jpeg Blog Feed - Let's get ready to RUMBLE! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616531861788-SDS7NSGJBYDDCH19DWI8/IMG_4438.jpeg Blog Feed - Let's get ready to RUMBLE! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616531862430-K89TT1XEQHIRUHN9CDUB/IMG_4439.jpeg Blog Feed - Let's get ready to RUMBLE! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616531863081-5L2U18AY471JNDRZFODU/IMG_4440.jpeg Blog Feed - Let's get ready to RUMBLE! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616531863808-RULOVDU6XBQ1F3MA84HH/IMG_4441.jpeg Blog Feed - Let's get ready to RUMBLE! https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/3/22/burn-season monthly 0.5 2021-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616435665173-1DPLK8UNH424LH9TWQYK/IMG_1054.jpg Blog Feed - Burn Season Running a prescribed burn is no small feat and takes lots of detailed work. This prescribed burn at Goose Pond Sanctuary in 2019 went off without a hitch, thanks to all of the volunteers who helped out. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616435921578-2XB062QDJN36IP6RKSM4/P1090125.JPG Blog Feed - Burn Season That’s me, following orders at a Goose Pond Sanctuary burn in 2019! Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616435211915-HXP3KRWB00U1XMU0246I/nest+fail+burn.JPG Blog Feed - Burn Season The prescribed burn shown here did not account for the active Bald Eagle nest (burn line shown in red) and caused the pair to abandon the nest. After the nest failed, drone footage was used to document 1 egg in the nest (in the purple circle). Drones should not be used during active nesting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616436037465-BUGH7TAGUO7O638E3PP0/04.2018+Wetlands_Drew+Harry.jpeg Blog Feed - Burn Season A wetland prescribed burn at Faville Grove Sanctuary. Photo by Drew Harry / Madison Audubon https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/3/17/whats-the-price-of-losing-birds monthly 0.5 2021-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616007737255-L5G1NWYGBJV8C6S398XZ/warbler%2Bcorliss%2Bkarasov.jpg Blog Feed - What's the price of losing birds? Photo by Corliss Karasov https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/3/17/saving-an-owlet-a-great-example monthly 0.5 2021-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615828988748-SJPU0NZ44XHHE43FQ7RC/33290895786_b177250556_o.jpg Blog Feed - Saving an owlet (a great example) Big eyes on a fluffy head peek out of a Great Horned Owl nest. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615828654156-O9CTFK0I7HD5VAP3GQQH/IMG_1243.JPG Blog Feed - Saving an owlet (a great example) Photo by Kristi Scoville https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615829057176-WK8VHH6LQC7J9WDAJ7VP/IMG_1175.jpg Blog Feed - Saving an owlet (a great example) A new bed for the night. Photo by Nandita Chittajallu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615829455011-E10IL9A0CTE5B6894F9O/IMG_1183.jpg Blog Feed - Saving an owlet (a great example) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615829218559-WEQY4A8VEAD47DO5R246/IMG_1191.JPG Blog Feed - Saving an owlet (a great example) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615829220212-AKNIDH9XQ8Q246CK3642/IMG_1193.JPG Blog Feed - Saving an owlet (a great example) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615829220936-IJFX495YQIHJFKUPWJN1/IMG_1192.JPG Blog Feed - Saving an owlet (a great example) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615829223151-LTF6E8KOX0Z8VY0MZE2S/IMG_1190.JPG Blog Feed - Saving an owlet (a great example) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615829223657-L7CM523SJLEZQQLHXVHU/IMG_1106.JPG Blog Feed - Saving an owlet (a great example) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615830811839-MGKLOL2MR3BI4C54Z3UZ/IMG_1108.jpg Blog Feed - Saving an owlet (a great example) Bushel and a ladder. Photo by Brand Smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615832802024-BZHNMX0X7CJGOX387WBF/IMG_1204.jpg Blog Feed - Saving an owlet (a great example) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615832805600-GV5DUNZS1VEOQ3J62YLC/IMG_1209.jpg Blog Feed - Saving an owlet (a great example) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615832796296-PGSGHUZ3KDOR2Z3RBI5H/IMG_1187.jpg Blog Feed - Saving an owlet (a great example) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615833467244-GW6RYSMBD44L2A4U664X/IMG_1214.jpg Blog Feed - Saving an owlet (a great example) https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/3/14/lets-talk-timberdoodles monthly 0.5 2021-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615759993828-DPZNGKGSHC4AEK1VKWPL/16662157390_45647baeff_k.jpg Blog Feed - Let's Talk Timberdoodles! The American woodcock might look a little ... strange ... at first. Their eye placement may seem off to us, but it actually puts the woodcock at an advantage! Its eyes are placed far back on its head, behind its ears, so that it can see potential predators while it is busy probing its long bill into the mud. Woodcocks love to probe for earthworms—their favorite food—and this way they can remain on the lookout while getting a tasty meal. Yum! Photo by Will Pollard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615760104470-T15ZIXDI7KJ9RY2S15LU/1805812109_10c7f0b27f_c.jpg Blog Feed - Let's Talk Timberdoodles! I couldn't find a photo of an American woodcock in flight—they are hard to capture! But doesn't this image just evoke "giant, chubby hummingbird"?! Their flapping will never be as fast as hummingbird—it looks more frantic, almost bat-like—but that mental image gives me a good laugh. You’ll see what I mean when you catch a glimpse of one taking to the sky! Photo by Jeff B. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615760946303-2TRONJYMVIXUC9J0D5IP/20201204_161722+%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - Let's Talk Timberdoodles! Time of day is key. You can find woodcocks at both dawn and dusk. Be prepared to get there while its still dark if you're going in the morning so you can catch them in the early morning light. If you go in the evening, you'll be able to see them in flight around dusk, but continue to hear them even in the dark! This scene was taken at Cherokee North, another great destination for woodcocks. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615761045390-3768ADJVY3UMC9AH0W1V/20210314_171907.jpg Blog Feed - Let's Talk Timberdoodles! Do you see that dark, blurry dot in the distance on the path? Yep, that's an American woodcock. Photographing anything at dusk is NOT my strong suit, but I just had to try. This was my first time actually seeing on on the path and not just in flight so I had to capture the moment, blurry or not! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615762043858-2OL4S7ZVKDVG6OCPX4Z0/20210312_180529.jpg Blog Feed - Let's Talk Timberdoodles! This was the scene from my recent visit to Lake Kegonsa State Park. The day had been cloudy, but thankfully those clouds cleared and left a nice, clear sky that made it easy to spot the high-flying woodcocks that were performing. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615761389496-R1G7XXAT8A9WUC09RHYF/American+Woodcock+eBird+sightings.jpg Blog Feed - Let's Talk Timberdoodles! Here is an eBird map of all the locations birders have reported American woodcock sightings in Dane County over the past three years. The red dots are the sightings from this spring. Woodcocks just arrived with migration and there are already several reliable places to find them—that number will grow over the next few weeks! We have a lot of great habitat for woodcocks around here, so go exploring and see if you can add a new pin to the map! Screenshot from eBird.org https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/3/12/march-mudness monthly 0.5 2021-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615583121080-FAV8L3GS6TFR2F49QQ25/Crane+forage+2+AK.jpg Blog Feed - March Mudness Sandhill Crane foraging. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615583190105-QCAUIKFZTB167URKTEET/Red-winged+Blackbird2.jpg Blog Feed - March Mudness A bold and boisterous Red-winged Blackbird calls out. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615582867759-0VV6DA6ILDVU8QRCRR2V/2011-04-23+39.25+Stranded+Vickery-Docter+Park.JPG Blog Feed - March Mudness Pike in a puddle. Photo by Dan Oele https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/3/11/preserving-restoring-protecting-and-improving monthly 0.5 2021-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615487767716-BMZDVXYEU5KCBHRHYSQL/unnamed.png Blog Feed - Preserving, restoring, protecting, and improving Photo courtesy of WDNR https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/3/10/wcc-spring-hearing-needs-to-hear-from-you monthly 0.5 2021-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615381264014-T8Q5NNS3XXYWY8TUUU6O/4682768365_1c4b1f269a_k.jpg Blog Feed - WCC Spring Hearing needs to hear from you Fly fishing in Wisconsin. Photo by Elvis Kennedy https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/3/8/in-praise-of-elected-officials-really monthly 0.5 2021-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615219692301-TE62GPJPWAMDK77XEVDS/unnamed+%282%29.jpg Blog Feed - In praise of elected officials (really!) Photo courtesy of Driftless Area Land Conservancy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615219660469-TZVD7TA7YMFB2WBEETW9/unnamed+%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - In praise of elected officials (really!) Photo courtesy of Driftless Area Land Conservancy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615219553529-SFZHBUCJOBKCORF90VKJ/WST+signature+image+with+title+block+1920x1080.jpg Blog Feed - In praise of elected officials (really!) https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/3/7/drumming-up-spring monthly 0.5 2021-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615178528603-UL0Y4VQGFN8ON5ILVL41/20210226134833_IMG_8351.jpg Blog Feed - Drumming Up Spring Are you seeing double too? I felt lucky to capture a shot of both of these red-bellied woodpeckers as they both tapped away on this tree—almost in unison! The woodpecker nearest the tree cavity had been poking around inside a few moments prior. Watching these two, I started to suspect that they may be scoping out a potential nest site. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615178695572-T4LXRF2VGCDTMU2KF99M/20210305_085643.jpg Blog Feed - Drumming Up Spring The Lower Yahara River Trail offers a lot of fun waterfowl viewing opportunities. I don’t have a picture that represents that how bustlin’ the water can be near here, but trust me! This is a good spot to explore this week. Over the weekend, there was a lot of variety in the waterfowl close to the bridge—like hooded mergansers, common mergansers, common goldeneye, buffleheads, and tundra swans. An exciting and uncommon white-winged scoter has also been hanging at this spot for the past few days! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615180615556-ZPY4YPYAS16BRXYRSR2I/46414446265_73fe39a21c_c.jpg Blog Feed - Drumming Up Spring I wasn’t able to photograph those fast-moving downy woodpeckers I was studying, but they danced around the tree trunk a lot, like these two males seem to be doing too! Photo by Dennis Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615180415754-WJFOM58PPPU2OQBDRVVB/8607281025_2fc37aa903_c.jpg Blog Feed - Drumming Up Spring I couldn’t get any photos of those downies I was watching, but the one posed here reminded me of some of their "posturing” — notice how the crest is raised, the bill and head is pointed upwards so the chest sticks out, and the tail is fanned flat against the branch. When they downies I saw would stop and stare each other down, this is similar to the pose they would strike! Photo by Greg Schechter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615179065603-IH3PJ73B1H508UY1E4J0/20200602065508_IMG_0454.jpg Blog Feed - Drumming Up Spring Woodpeckers are cavity nesters, so they will drill holes into trees and excavate cavities where they can lay their eggs. Sometimes they’ll use natural cavities or those made by other species, too. Here is a red-headed woodpecker poking out for what I assume is its nest, taken last summer. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615179423069-ZO50WB3X1USM1P9TJAMB/20200325152624_IMG_4104.jpg Blog Feed - Drumming Up Spring - Downy woodpecker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615179426044-FW4H6NDXC7QCC0E0CO8L/20210307123321_IMG_8859.jpg Blog Feed - Drumming Up Spring - Hairy woodpecker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615179481330-P72K4P2G67GF1S7470U5/20200302163211_IMG_2555.jpg Blog Feed - Drumming Up Spring - Red-bellied woodpecker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615179636047-P2YQP33OA1H6XJS1LH2Q/23355152845_cef93197d3_c.jpg Blog Feed - Drumming Up Spring - Pileated woodpecker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615182878813-AHVPE62X4F7YQPOKWD46/20210217_172907.jpg Blog Feed - Drumming Up Spring This here is a sign there may be a pileated nearby! Look at all those woodchips at the base of this heavily-hammered-at tree! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615179698673-X75UXCLOS3710NNILSD1/20200419110105_IMG_6458.jpg Blog Feed - Drumming Up Spring - Yellow-bellied sapsucker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615179885258-73SE6MYGIKZG4ZN3PQSE/20200512075947_IMG_8927.jpg Blog Feed - Drumming Up Spring - Red-headed woodpecker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615179692250-UDRC7A9OLS3B22UW7DUJ/20200926110955_IMG_8277.jpg Blog Feed - Drumming Up Spring - Northern flicker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615180869390-FHZ50D4YFHU34HND7KE6/50942894203_2ee11ac581_c.jpg Blog Feed - Drumming Up Spring A pileated woodpecker perches below an eave. If their drumming seems loud in the woods, I imagine it is even louder on one’s house! Photo by The Real Kam75 https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/2/28/a-beginners-guide-to-birding-without-binoculars monthly 0.5 2021-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614564799960-62RWA5OPGIWYMVLJB1F1/20210228_200345.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding Without Binoculars A wintery yet springy evening at Aldo Leopold Nature Center in Monona. This is a fun spot to visit, since Edna Taylor Conservancy is just next door. The variety of habitat—woods, marsh, prairie, and more—make either of these locations a great spot to begin your birding adventures. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614565231388-CWCEZ06AFKE54WK1QMVH/20210224_170423.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding Without Binoculars Did I think to take a picture of the super birdy path while I was at Edna Taylor? No, I was too distracted by the birds. Here's a photo of an equally delightful and birdy path at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center next door. Three downy woodpeckers—yes three!—were chasing each other in the trees on the left, close enough that I could see their small little bills. A dark-eyed junco—that I recognized only by the quick flashes of white on the edges of its tail feathers in flight—dove into the grasses as I went by. And in the wide open space above me, a raptor soared. The sunlight hit it just right so that I could tell—even without binoculars—that it was a red-tailed hawk. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614565586846-NDIE5LPMD5GP50KH9L6P/20200507193519_IMG_8496.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding Without Binoculars Last summer, I was waiting patiently for birds at Pheasant Branch Creek Corridor—another excellent spot to be surrounded by birdy habitat!—and happened to notice this raccoon emerging from a tree. Watching him scurry down, face first, was a delight. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614565761127-GSDDRTDITDTIF8NC31E1/20200426080135_IMG_6945.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding Without Binoculars This black-capped chickadee was pulling the fluff of out of cattails at the UW-Arboretum. I took this photo last year, but I remember standing and watching this bird—who was quite close!—just pluck and pluck and pluck away, from each and every angle it could manage. Don't brush them off as a "common" bird—each and every behavior tells you something more about them. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614565812337-EAI0Q8FS2X94N9N67TMI/20201111143611_IMG_0847.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding Without Binoculars I’ve got so many ridiculous pictures of chickadees foraging in weird positions. This was from last fall at Devil’s Lake. If you haven’t spent time just watching them eat, give it a go—I guarantee they’ll bring some joy to your day. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614565851229-ABBSP9O0GMLH0VPZJMNM/20210226_124622.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding Without Binoculars Signs of spring emerge at Big Spring at the UW-Arboretum. This is another great destination for beginning birders to visit and linger at. If you were to flip around from this view, you’d be facing Wingra Woods. The Arboretum, in general, is a great destination for birding—bin-less or not. 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Help us win extra cash prizes on March 2 by donating between 6-7am! madisonaudubon.org/bigshare https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/2/24/an-eagle-wants-to-know-why-lead monthly 0.5 2021-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614018689336-PHYQLTOS0DIPEU1HQ6QB/62146901_2593285037383346_1548228314550763520_o.jpg Blog Feed - An eagle wants to know: Why are we still shooting and fishing lead? Bald Eagle, photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614018556260-H63BPIXXLS7535ZKEEUF/56730654_2506770509368133_3213252780043010048_o.jpg Blog Feed - An eagle wants to know: Why are we still shooting and fishing lead? Common Loon, photo by Monica Hall https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/2/22/bird-names-for-birds monthly 0.5 2021-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613582904080-VPHY8J4ADV5HZLUQDB8I/10212493565_539641c8b4_c.jpg Blog Feed - Bird Names for Birds - Black-throated Blue Warbler (Kelly Colgan Azar) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613582982476-1VKDUFQQIVF14B783XZS/5076467582_2121e2fb52_c.jpg Blog Feed - Bird Names for Birds - Long-billed Dowitcher (Arlene Koziol) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613583011690-IFF7R2ASQHGICJFLIMGI/Cardinal+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Bird Names for Birds - Northern Cardinal (Arlene Koziol) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613583092366-UCXZ25UMFHE3ORIRBRJV/Brown+Creeper+KCA.jpg Blog Feed - Bird Names for Birds - Brown Creeper (Kelly Colgan Azar) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613583993264-18O4FHGRWU1HDM4D9HKI/BNfB.png Blog Feed - Bird Names for Birds Artwork by Alex Holt, co-lead of historical biographies for #BirdNamesForBirds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613653298117-XMFQC2FBMOH7RYS5X7RW/BNfB_+Gray+backed+hunter.png Blog Feed - Bird Names for Birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613583198066-IUDFVLX8PC4Q0OF3Y3FI/BNfB_+Tiger+Sparrow.png Blog Feed - Bird Names for Birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613671980498-APVRYSM1KSO1Q284Z0A1/BNfB_+Speedy+S+Beak.png Blog Feed - Bird Names for Birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613672323821-AINOSL12H5F7LPIBO5DW/BNfB_+Red+eyed+hawk.png Blog Feed - Bird Names for Birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613751989930-4BHDI54IUWB69CKEDS04/BNfB_+Running+on+Water+Bird.png Blog Feed - Bird Names for Birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613750810064-GL45W6ES57LLZZ40CNE2/BNfB_+Golden+sparrow.png Blog Feed - Bird Names for Birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613675344675-RELM3T43ZO185C0VOQB4/BNfB_+Brown+belly+hawk.png Blog Feed - Bird Names for Birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613676060111-0HFWJLBBS3HC3KFJ8DK8/BNfB_+Red+eyed+grebe.png Blog Feed - Bird Names for Birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613678384435-VGEZGNL0MLY1MNWFMOJX/BNfB_+Orange+feathered+hawk.png Blog Feed - Bird Names for Birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613750548604-GI4IW88IQMS5JP9U4BDH/BNfB_+Swampy-water+grebe.png Blog Feed - Bird Names for Birds https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/2/17/goose-pond-sanctuary-now-in-your-home monthly 0.5 2021-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613615320644-9SRJUFJ9FW3NQ0L1Q83H/goose+pond+story.png Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary now in your home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613615242517-AUAM1DFQ1XA0M1LXBZGT/goose+pond+story2.png Blog Feed - Goose Pond Sanctuary now in your home https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/2/15/greed-and-birds-are-a-bad-mix monthly 0.5 2021-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613426643169-3O33EGOK6UBJN5NONXSD/_57A6943dm.jpg Blog Feed - Greed and birds are a bad mix Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613426539074-Y56KAYZA4XRDGIQO83D1/Ruby+throated+Hummingbird+male.jpg Blog Feed - Greed and birds are a bad mix Ruby-throated hummingbird. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613490478238-7G4WM38GSLSPFLXDNMWQ/mbta+rollback.png Blog Feed - Greed and birds are a bad mix https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/2/14/a-birders-online-toolbox monthly 0.5 2021-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613346974896-FH5JIJAUF6PJO3KMJ9GD/20210213175812_IMG_7840.jpg Blog Feed - A Birder's Online Toolbox Not every bird you see will pose so nicely as this red-tailed hawk, but there are many birding resources to help you learn how to make even the trickiest of IDs. I saw this bird at the Arboretum this weekend—all poofed up in the cold—and it posed nicely to show off its belly-band, a key field mark. From the right angle, this species can feel like an easy ID, but red-tailed hawks can be a confusing species too since they have so much variation in their plumage between birds. Get more tips on IDing them in the Raptor ID app introduce below! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613344275445-DVKRZT5EG1TRX9CF1GUR/Screenshot_20210214-170822_Sibley+Birds+v2.jpg Blog Feed - A Birder's Online Toolbox This a screenshot from the “Compare similar species” feature in the Sibley Bird’s app. I can scroll through the lesser scaup images on the top half the screen and the greater scaup images on the bottom half. I use this a lot with tricky, hard-to-ID species. Screenshot from Sibley Birds app https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613344735478-Z0SKSCN8Q4G2P8PERPAL/Screenshot_20210214-115001_Raptor+ID.jpg Blog Feed - A Birder's Online Toolbox This is a picture from “Overview” images of the sharp-shinned hawk entry. Clicking on each image in the app will give you a detailed description of what ID marks you should be looking for. This alone is great, but the app has even more images as you explore juvenile and adult plumages. And don’t forget those in-flight videos that help you learn flight style! Screenshot from Raptor ID https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613339587212-Z94S8GRZT46OZDYCQ1WW/birdquiz.net+warblers.jpg Blog Feed - A Birder's Online Toolbox Ahhh, look at all that color! There are a lot of images to go through for practice. The slight downside is that, depending on what set of images you’re choosing to review, they may not be tailored to your location. There are many that are set for specifically eastern birds, while some groups are just broad categories like warblers, shorebirds, or flycatchers. This set here includes 40 species of warbler, with a few you might not find in Wisconsin. Screenshot from birdquiz.net https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613340784536-O6ET08PCVAZ07IU1U4X4/eBird+quiz+example.jpg Blog Feed - A Birder's Online Toolbox I really enjoy IDing birds from distant, blurry, or weird angles! It’s a challenge in and of itself. These quizzes are multiple choice, but sometimes the correct answer will be “None of the above.” If you’re 100% confident in your ID but get the question wrong, it’s likely because the user who submitted the photo put in the wrong ID. You can report a mis-identified bird on the next page of the quiz. This also helps improve data quality in eBird! Screenshot from eBird.org quiz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613345508396-BYA6W0HY34IW9M16TJGX/20201209_110551.jpg Blog Feed - A Birder's Online Toolbox Quick, how many coots is this?! With some practice from the resources above, you’ll be giving pretty close estimates before you know it! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613345751777-IBU5L57PIU1Z1R6V2IGV/Screenshot_20210214-134052_GoBird.jpg Blog Feed - A Birder's Online Toolbox If you wanna get a quick sense of what waterfowl are being seen (and where) this winter season, this app can help! All the data is pulled from eBird, but presented here in a quick, easy-access fashion. Screenshot from the GoBird app https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613341955563-U9XA0PQLBWCJZWOWA2DS/xeno+canto+example.jpg Blog Feed - A Birder's Online Toolbox When you view your search results, you can choose to have sonograms displayed that will show you a visualization of the bird’s song or call. These visuals can be really helpful in learning bird vocalizations! Screenshot from xeno-canto.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613347577727-HXVMJM1UXFJXYFK45UIE/20200625173155_IMG_1494+%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - A Birder's Online Toolbox Despite the plethora of resources I mentioned, you can find a lot of resources all in one handy app—the eBird mobile app. If you’re looking to get some in-depth exposure to eBird, check out the “Learning the Ropes of eBird Mobile” class that I’ll be teaching on Zoom in March. Registration for this class opens to Madison Audubon members on Feb 18th and to the public on March 4th. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/2/11/good-news-for-cerulean-warblers-and-us monthly 0.5 2021-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613081595035-G9Z7UA8KNZCKDOGRBJLD/Cerulean+Warbler+%28male%29_Andy+Reago+and+Chrissy+McClarren.jpg Blog Feed - Good news for Cerulean Warblers and us Cerulean Warbler photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613081717951-TOOKB9KX9VRSOFAFP58U/Limery+Rd+IMG_0903.jpg Blog Feed - Good news for Cerulean Warblers and us Photo provided by Mississippi Valley Conservancy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613081680198-AMJY60UIU38ZO1RB3CPJ/8414744059_55335f4698_o.jpg Blog Feed - Good news for Cerulean Warblers and us Nesting Cerulean Warbler, photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/2/10/valentines-day-was-for-the-birds-and-maybe-still-is monthly 0.5 2021-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612974527103-0LXGDAOLZ9MQLWP0W2LY/2265729119_b79d8de4ab_o.jpg Blog Feed - Valentine's Day was for the birds (and maybe still is) February’s lovebirds, Northern Cardinals. Photo by Indiana Ivy Nature Photographer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612974447863-OPUT0YRY5NYY11UG44G7/Valentin_Metzinger_-_Sv._Valentin.jpg Blog Feed - Valentine's Day was for the birds (and maybe still is) St. Valentine, courtesy of Wikipedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612972794611-95V403GSF71U208B54HU/karners.png Blog Feed - Valentine's Day was for the birds (and maybe still is) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612972598112-5BCSOST4EEKGKXICPPWH/20200708_193030.jpg Blog Feed - Valentine's Day was for the birds (and maybe still is) Photo by Brad, Garrett, and Sam Sims https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/2/7/tips-for-tricky-bird-ids-backyard-bird-edition monthly 0.5 2022-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612739958036-LE8VWZJ6NB94V99DW6YZ/20210205114009_IMG_7774.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Backyard Bird Edition! Don’t be surprised if you see an American robin! I saw the bird pictured here enjoying the snow-covered fruit trees at the UW-Arboretum. Many people associate robins with migration. It’s in their Latin name, after all—turdus migratorius! But while a good portion of American robins will migrate south, many choose to overwinter, especially if they have access to food and water. They are incredibly cold-hardy and will switch up their food sources to match the colder season, swapping worms for berries. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612735905516-D3JXG87ERAL1JMF3XYTE/GBBC_Web_Square_r25.png Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Backyard Bird Edition! There’s two steps to the Great Backyard Bird Count. Step 1: Observe your surroundings for at least 15 minutes. Step 2: Submit what birds you saw! That’s it! Photo courtesy of The Great Backyard Bird Count https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612735672515-12XB3WSUR0LLQEUX25R3/EWA+Extreme+Weather+10_2020-2.png Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Backyard Bird Edition! Last October, we learned about how eBird data can help us understand how birds respond to extreme weather. Did you miss Jeremy’s presentation? Don’t worry, it was virtual! Watch the recording of his live presentation here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612736365744-G6S1JGLGSZCKUB6EEFWH/13WinterBackyardBirds_MadisonAudubon-thumbs2.png Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Backyard Bird Edition! Click here to download a PDF copy of this free bird guide to keep or print! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612736650492-N09QENTQ6PAV8HMKUZ4U/50814452788_2724963814_k.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Backyard Bird Edition! - Female house finch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612736605557-KTG1ACOR8JZ1UKFMQTT7/15382195160_67f5714e8d_k.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Backyard Bird Edition! - Female purple finch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612737072927-H7J0EZPH4GWU0GU11RB8/49766092002_81b356ad78_k.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Backyard Bird Edition! - Male house finch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612736943857-D2P18VGGG60R9DVPSCSW/606273908_6d71835f91_k.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Backyard Bird Edition! - Male purple finch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612737731438-GBGYHH6LYEU3YDFM6JX7/3361262728_9ab32e145e_k.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Backyard Bird Edition! - Downy woodpecker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612737731103-BZ98SYDWPII28OQIPPDZ/14371665138_9c9126509a_k.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Backyard Bird Edition! - Hairy woodpecker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612738083313-YPWUQP49RLFCCW3XGYC4/25153964787_fe5a8b8a94_k.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Backyard Bird Edition! - Adult Cooper's hawk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612738026479-51Y5P961Z0O4GSBDFVFQ/8735931270_2bce3dae7f_k.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Backyard Bird Edition! - Adult sharp-shinned hawk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612755871873-1ZRIM62V7IZR496MKRL0/12343686485_e6e7042bec_o.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Backyard Bird Edition! - Juvenile Cooper's hawk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612755871974-60EW6N4PU7YBQ6YBJORA/16350945556_7951668ce7_o.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Backyard Bird Edition! - Juvenile sharp-shinned hawk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612739011414-1IKRFS14L2NOAWX6NG1A/12343686485_e6e7042bec_o.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Backyard Bird Edition! - Cooper's hawk, graduated tail feathers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612739030821-IZGQ7EFJLT08PGMXUBKE/16350945556_7951668ce7_o.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Backyard Bird Edition! - Sharp-shinned hawk, tail feathers same length https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612739713646-V9XL6KTOBEGJ24BTE81Y/20201219155834_IMG_3338.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Backyard Bird Edition! I had been trying for so long to get a picture of a Carolina wren. I was so excited to see this bird in late December as part of the Christmas Bird Count. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612740340792-PO6CXD0QZ8FULLPUP25S/GBBC_Web_Square_r26.png Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Backyard Bird Edition! Want to brush up on more ID skills? Project FeederWatch has some more tricky bird ID tips for you! https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/2/8/gratitude-nest-best-blogger monthly 0.5 2021-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612789601930-ZQ6SDSPRXLO90NOJ0MMA/entryway.png Blog Feed - Gratitude for the Nest Best Blogger Take a peek at Caitlyn’s Entryway to Birding blog! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/2/3/faville-grove-sanctuary-at-your-fingertips monthly 0.5 2021-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612404852272-7UNXZ99OEY1TLIG6CSHE/faville-davidmusolf.jpg Blog Feed - Faville Grove Sanctuary at your fingertips https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612405029086-FK3Z4IZ5LO6V05L76M6M/faville+storymap.png Blog Feed - Faville Grove Sanctuary at your fingertips https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/2/3/righteous monthly 0.5 2021-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612372305062-C4QTV67QDWOKUI5SQTY3/23100586589_66ed539f0a_k.jpg Blog Feed - Righteous! Sugar River Wetlands in full bloom… not in February! Photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612374490922-8G8RDYQ7GVLJMIH81I51/Incubating1_Mike+Morris.JPG Blog Feed - Righteous! Bald eagle egg incubation, photo by Mike Morris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612357508202-1A8RPVVQEU6NL1S4TV0J/5721072708_00dca4998b_o.jpg Blog Feed - Righteous! Fuzz ball eaglets. Photo by USFWS Midwest https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/1/31/tundra-or-trumpeter-your-guide-to-swan-id monthly 0.5 2021-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612121976223-XOFQSTL7IMYTT5E24JLW/TRSW+and+TUSW+at+Tenney_Brandyn+Kerscher.jpg Blog Feed - Tundra or Trumpeter? Your Guide to Swan ID (plus a special guest feature!) One of these swans is not like the others! There have been two trumpeter swans (pictured far right) and a lone tundra swan (left) at Tenney Park. Seeing these species side-by-side can really help you understand their different field marks. What differences can you spot between these swans? Photo by Brandyn Kerscher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612123382683-KPQLUFZ06CK0SQLIVFJ3/20210122_085441.jpg Blog Feed - Tundra or Trumpeter? Your Guide to Swan ID (plus a special guest feature!) I felt lucky to see a field mark that isn’t always visible from a distance. Notice the red “lipstick” line on the lower mandible? That red line is unique to trumpeter swans. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612122875577-RWAJ1VIHR20B7URVKEX6/20210130134458_IMG_6452.jpg Blog Feed - Tundra or Trumpeter? Your Guide to Swan ID (plus a special guest feature!) This was just part of the scene at Lewis Park in McFarland on Saturday. There were at least a hundred tundra swans (not all pictured) gathered on the edge of the ice, along with a lot of common goldeneye, common mergansers, gadwall, and more. Check the end of today’s post for more locations where you can find open water! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612126670053-0WSXB78794WC2N2TIB9N/trumpeter+and+tundra+bill+comparison.jpg Blog Feed - Tundra or Trumpeter? Your Guide to Swan ID (plus a special guest feature!) The left image shows a trumpeter swan at the center. The right image shows two tundra swans. Look at the red line I’ve placed near the bill slope — can you see how straight the trumpeter bill is? Can you see that slight curve in the tundra bill? Notice how neither of the tundras show any yellow at their lores. Photos by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612127614271-6FDBPO8K37HZHFQTXDZ1/trumpter+and+tunda+bill+comparison2.jpg Blog Feed - Tundra or Trumpeter? Your Guide to Swan ID (plus a special guest feature!) Two trumpeter swans are pictured on the left, and two tundra swans on the right. Can you see the V on the trumpeter’s bill as it tucks its head? Now, can you see the smooth curve of the U on the tundra swan on the right, in foreground? Also, think back to the previous field mark we just learned about: notice the curvature on the tundra bills, and compare it to the straight slope of the trumpeter on the left. The tundra in the far back also has just a teeny tiny dot of yellow at the lore, barely visible. Photos by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612128552577-LZDB3Z45MDKC26JDKIUQ/trumpeter+and+tundra+bill+comparison3.jpg Blog Feed - Tundra or Trumpeter? Your Guide to Swan ID (plus a special guest feature!) Two trumpeter swans are pictured on the left, and a flock of tundra swans is on the right. Notice how the eyes of the trumpeter swans almost “disappear” into the black skin of the bill. Now look at those distant tundras—do you see a thin black line connecting their eye to bill? Their eye isn’t as fully lined with black skin and that separation is visible even from a distance. Photos by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612123633294-1CA2DO2H0HYF779A15V9/becky+abel.jpg Blog Feed - Tundra or Trumpeter? Your Guide to Swan ID (plus a special guest feature!) Becky Abel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612125185503-UB5HBTXYSIS30M72Y7LJ/20201223_090521.jpg Blog Feed - Tundra or Trumpeter? Your Guide to Swan ID (plus a special guest feature!) When you see large flocks of swans gathering on our lakes, you’re very likely looking at tundra swans. This flock was part of a large group of tundras gathered on University Bay back in December. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612138272114-YZ80IIRS5VJMA71XGN88/20210131180442_IMG_6473.jpg Blog Feed - Tundra or Trumpeter? Your Guide to Swan ID (plus a special guest feature!) Here’s the Tenney Park trumpeter swans last night, showing off their long necks, sticking straight up like Becky describes. Pose will vary, but these are more good field marks to look for! (Want an example of a pudgy “baby face” tundra swan? Scroll up to see the tundra on this blog’s cover image!) Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612124013182-IE0Q7TX1GIBSGDVW8O8L/20200813105235_IMG_3914.jpg Blog Feed - Tundra or Trumpeter? Your Guide to Swan ID (plus a special guest feature!) Horicon Marsh is indeed a great spot! I photographed these trumpeter swans there this past August. It’s also a great place to spot cygnets, or young trumpeter swans. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612140936224-3L0M2S2ZKIPV7YM5SYQH/20210130132945_IMG_6446.jpg Blog Feed - Tundra or Trumpeter? Your Guide to Swan ID (plus a special guest feature!) Even if you don’t find a trumpeter swan, you might get some nice, close-up views of ducks, like this hooded merganser I saw on my swan adventuring! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612124296957-W0N9W90UUJAVBY0GUDY3/20210130_125509.jpg Blog Feed - Tundra or Trumpeter? Your Guide to Swan ID (plus a special guest feature!) The sidewalk and boardwalk seem to be shoveled and cleared regularly, making this a very accessible location. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612124344686-JHW9TEA2O087XNNS72MH/20210130_130303.jpg Blog Feed - Tundra or Trumpeter? Your Guide to Swan ID (plus a special guest feature!) If you stop to view the water at Jaeger Park, you can also park and take the trail into the woods to walk through Indian Mound Conservation Park, which is right next door. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612124410239-LSRWD2FNWQFIKYH8PE0S/20210130_121223.jpg Blog Feed - Tundra or Trumpeter? Your Guide to Swan ID (plus a special guest feature!) This is a nice, easy stop right off of Hwy 51 in McFarland. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/1/29/wonderful-winter-backyard-birds monthly 0.5 2021-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611974641686-KGONSCBYFDIIQLF2XRLN/image-asset.png Blog Feed - Wonderful Winter Backyard Birds https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/1/27/call-of-the-wild-stewardship-and-advocacy-part-3 monthly 0.5 2021-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611802988042-8O2FLRG5BUULVN3PEORN/50081186926_2ba524019d_o.jpg Blog Feed - Call of the Wild: Stewardship and Advocacy, Part 3 Photo by David Musolf / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611802637477-YJKPR8OFD3FDP0ZUZFJ0/Lapinski-Kitze+Stiff+Goldenrod_TonyAbate.jpg Blog Feed - Call of the Wild: Stewardship and Advocacy, Part 3 Photo by Tony Abate / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611802735915-KNTYGD4DQONQMOYBGV53/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Call of the Wild: Stewardship and Advocacy, Part 3 Photo by David Musolf / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611802782995-XEE445TDQSQ5CS02MF7C/4.2015_Beyond+Backyard+Birding7.jpg Blog Feed - Call of the Wild: Stewardship and Advocacy, Part 3 Photo by Emily Meier / Madison Audubon https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/1/26/but-everyone-i-know-loves-stewardship-stewardship-and-advocacy-part-2 monthly 0.5 2021-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611710616418-RVX6P22LB1ZTFMHVLRE3/image-Roger+Packard.png Blog Feed - But everyone I know loves Stewardship: Stewardship and Advocacy, Part 2 Photo by Roger Packard / Madison Audubon https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/1/24/a-clutch-of-birdy-podcasts monthly 0.5 2021-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611508590728-U87DU9SM80GI9JISKHJU/34737304181_a6a342e860_k.jpg Blog Feed - A Clutch of Birdy Podcasts I’ve got seven excellent podcast recommendations for you in this week’s “clutch” of podcasts and I tried really hard to find a nest picture with exactly seven eggs. But apparently seven is, like, a lot for a clutch. Sooooo here is this adorable eastern towhee nest, nestled on the ground with five pale eggs, flecked with brown. 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Photo by Brenna Marsicek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611108732232-7MVRBEUACATRMM18BFZK/fishingkids_BrennaMarsicek.png Blog Feed - Advocacy & Stewardship: Part 1 Example of a postcard sent to elected officials to show support for the Stewardship Program. Image by Brenna Marsicek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611109321830-VEVQ3CQOE1VL9SNKB5Y8/42463548045_fa487c3238_o.jpg Blog Feed - Advocacy & Stewardship: Part 1 Visitors enjoy Sue Aimes prairie in the height of summer. This prairie directly benefitted from a KN Stewardship grant. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/1/18/birding-by-ear-sounds-of-the-winter-woods monthly 0.5 2021-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610932246303-ZFA0VVP31JPIH8FNOVSH/49659078586_b774238519_k.jpg Blog Feed - Birding by Ear: Sounds of the Winter Woods Downy woodpeckers are one of the most common woodpeckers I tend to find on my bird outings. I especially love to find them drumming on things that seem way too small or weird to drum on. If I hear any very light drumming—almost more like tapping—I start looking around for a downy. Photo by Nick Busse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610932481019-QWZXZCASLVZQXAYO3NAZ/12345065165_257a2c49fa_k.jpg Blog Feed - Birding by Ear: Sounds of the Winter Woods I get fooled by northern cardinals, one of our most common birds, all. the. time. They have a sharp, metallic chip call … but a lot of other birds make chip calls too and it’s not always easy to match up those short, quick calls. Don’t feel bad if you get fooled! Photo by USFWS Midwest Region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610908559056-ZBJ89LXK36THF49K70SR/49485870922_4bfce7c808_c.jpg Blog Feed - Birding by Ear: Sounds of the Winter Woods - White-breasted nuthatch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610908746674-8HFLDB7QR1V6JAR6XR9A/44660618371_89a2fb725c_c.jpg Blog Feed - Birding by Ear: Sounds of the Winter Woods - Red-breasted nuthatch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610908916057-OO9VUVPIQCCXEJFAFMSN/33594523244_e8a4b39bde_k.jpg Blog Feed - Birding by Ear: Sounds of the Winter Woods You’re more likely to hear a brown creeper before you spot one of these well-camouflaged birds. 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Photo by Mark Martin / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610805862836-52OQVPZU9RU4ODPAWFZW/DSC_5071+Jan+13+2020+Reierson+Kaylee+Nelson+em.jpg Blog Feed - Work Parties and Redheads at Otsego Marsh Kaylee Nelson helps with the brush removal. Photo by Mark Martin / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610805914234-NOAU5KF7NF7LR8Q8DAW9/DSC_5066+Reierson+tract+Jan+13+2021+em.jpg Blog Feed - Work Parties and Redheads at Otsego Marsh We made some serious progress during this work day! Photo by Mark Martin / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610716481947-X72I8OOVR1PR2HDIRR9W/Red+headed+woodpecker+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Work Parties and Redheads at Otsego Marsh We hope to see many red-headed woodpeckers zooming through the restored woodland at Otsego Marsh. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610726375084-YSG39GZ5UFQLV8BM5LEI/6447372055_506ab68849_o.jpg Blog Feed - Work Parties and Redheads at Otsego Marsh Red squirrel. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610728785113-T1MZ7PQCWBFWRSNP831G/14363762196_2618514d78_k.jpg Blog Feed - Work Parties and Redheads at Otsego Marsh Hackberry emperor butterfly. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610716566655-KN98OE44FDE8LN0LBILL/Machinery+at+work+em.jpg Blog Feed - Work Parties and Redheads at Otsego Marsh Machinery working to create wetland scrapes at Otsego Marsh. Photo by Mark Martin / Madison Audubon https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/1/11/let-the-scraping-begin monthly 0.5 2021-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610388332300-4BDJC7J1CBFMG4KLGU0P/IMG_3847_heic.jpg Blog Feed - Let the Scraping Begin! The new parcel at Otsego Marsh in its 2020 state: soybean fields, overgrown woodlot, and wetland with potential. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610388541234-IDMR09UHI59UDTXJMB0T/IMG_5130_HEIC.jpg Blog Feed - Let the Scraping Begin! Big-time work began on Jan 6, 2021. Note the understory getting cleared in the woodlot in the back. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610388596609-TVGM7W9KAZZCA53SX4QA/First+Day+Reierson+em+DSC_4927.jpg Blog Feed - Let the Scraping Begin! Two backhoes beginning to dig wetland scrapes in the new parcel at our Otsego Marsh property. Photo by Mark Martin / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610388789024-Q9IXTIE862TN2P2EAFBA/50109580512_5a50a22e08_k.jpg Blog Feed - Let the Scraping Begin! Wetland scrape in all its glory at Goose Pond Sanctuary. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610388901988-24ZUI72PJRQBA9GDAE3L/Hauling+truck+Reierson+em+DSC_4943.jpg Blog Feed - Let the Scraping Begin! A sight not often seen in a natural area! Removing soil from the site to create wetland scrapes. Photo by Mark Martin / Madison Audubon https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/1/10/a-winter-walk-through-cherokee-north monthly 0.5 2021-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610319725824-V9YPUUPAPAZ9WM7UCMLY/20210107_112610.jpg Blog Feed - A Winter Walk Through Cherokee North The morning’s heavy fog had left the marsh coated in rime ice (or is it hoar frost? I have been unable to keep the two straight!). Either way, it was a calm, frosted morning for birding. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610323082913-T6L35S85YI1CRT7V0YXV/20210107115735_IMG_5482.jpg Blog Feed - A Winter Walk Through Cherokee North Winter birding has plenty to offer, even if the bird activity is low. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610326503099-GCSCD419OZAZMRZ8FLSQ/cherokee+north+tracks+winter+.png Blog Feed - A Winter Walk Through Cherokee North This is a shortened version of a route I travel often, but it’s not everything there is at Cherokee North! There’s more of the park to the south, so be sure to explore those trails too! This route will give you a variety of habitat—each color marks a different section I’ll reference in the walkthrough below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610320037630-5GAOBRR4NUG8EZTVFZPV/20210107_104517.jpg Blog Feed - A Winter Walk Through Cherokee North I love this path! This is where my Cherokee North walks usually begin—it is the view you’ll see as you walk the back edge of the woods, walking away from the parking lot. Sometimes it’s incredibly birdy. Today it was not. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610320213274-ENO1EZO7Z7DAI2YY24YG/20210107123549_IMG_5890.jpg Blog Feed - A Winter Walk Through Cherokee North Had this been a downy woodpecker, the branch that obscures the woodpecker’s bill would have pretty much hidden the downy’s shorter bill. The longer bill on this bird (which the branch thankfully emphasized!) helped me instantly ID this as a hairy woodpecker. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610320428116-H4JU1D6VVHXAQORK2O13/20210107_112136.jpg Blog Feed - A Winter Walk Through Cherokee North The view from the snow-covered metal boardwalk that runs along the Yahara’s edge. Ducks, geese, and a few flyover tundra swans were the highlight here. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610320624376-TV2IISWHIPE2AZQ1EHT3/20210107125744_IMG_5894.jpg Blog Feed - A Winter Walk Through Cherokee North - This one is really working that bark! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610320626688-R8N26CL2900CTD8JN1XY/20210107121922_IMG_5891.jpg Blog Feed - A Winter Walk Through Cherokee North - Without a profile view, they can be a tough spot! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610320752754-YW1DXDCRUAJZJPY6BORW/20210107_114147.jpg Blog Feed - A Winter Walk Through Cherokee North Before you reach the path that goes over the hill, you’ll walk by this platform—another great spot to view the Yahara! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610320796576-6FZSUC0K6HIMOLKWS00Y/20210107_115605.jpg Blog Feed - A Winter Walk Through Cherokee North It’s hard to not enjoy this spot. Coming out of the woods and experiencing the view at the overlook is always one of my favorite Cherokee Marsh moments—every single visit. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610320927147-GF1VSEYJJL2818QWQ8I7/20210107131040_IMG_5881.jpg Blog Feed - A Winter Walk Through Cherokee North - Can you see the shape that caught my attention? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610320923815-2U3Z6K4Q0VU0ZP5UQCIS/20210107131159_IMG_5887.jpg Blog Feed - A Winter Walk Through Cherokee North - So glad I did a double-take! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610321027571-FP2VRHI0U9UOVO9SWQ3B/20210107132818_IMG_5877.jpg Blog Feed - A Winter Walk Through Cherokee North A curious opossum explores the area near a fallen, decayed log. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610321160954-Z9VT9NI5303Q3T1O2MUK/20210107120447_IMG_5489.jpg Blog Feed - A Winter Walk Through Cherokee North Even if I had only seen one or two birds, the rime ice was spectacular enough to make this visit a memorable one. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2021/1/3/a-beginners-guide-to-big-day-birding monthly 0.5 2021-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609731316757-Z9E7UJPEPHAZ6DDG4WV0/20210103_161715.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to "Big Day" Birding I forgot to take some scenic shots for the blog while I was out birding on my Big Day on Friday, so here’s a shot of my scope aimed over Lake Waubesa on Sunday instead. I went to go look for the long-tailed ducks off the Lower Yahara River Trail, and folks, now is the time to see these rare ducks! They are swimming around right under the bridge and it was easy to get close looks even without binoculars. Not sure how long this water will stay open, though, and who knows where they’ll go after that. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609731712680-SAYL9A70HY8KYWIYLX7M/Screenshot_20210101-190434_eBird.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to "Big Day" Birding I got very lucky and was able to find 50 species on January 1st. Thank goodness eBird keeps track for me cuz I kept losing count. Screenshot from my eBird Mobile App https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609730463222-0V078WHZ26NM9XO6XDX8/20210101_104144.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to "Big Day" Birding I did a little of all three—scoping the lakes, wandering the woods, and cruising country roads. But of all of those options, the woods were my favorite. I just love being outside in winter, trudging through the snow. It’s chilly but so worth it. If you’re still on the fence about winter birding, check out this recent Entryway to Birding post and learn how you too can be a snow birder. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609730570518-BDBTQ5B9UICZ106VGELX/20210101101538_IMG_4669.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to "Big Day" Birding I don’t see a lot of song sparrows in winter. But I just happened to be at Governor’s Island on Thursday, the day before my Big Day, and saw a song sparrow. I looked for him again the next day since I knew he might be around—and there he was! He made sure that sparrows were well-represented on my list. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609730605480-EG0VYABJ003EISQPBOT6/20201220151038_IMG_3441.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to "Big Day" Birding The out-of-range, rare spotted towhee that is being seen regularly at Spring Trail Pond … except for Friday afternoon when I went to see him. I took this photo in late December back when he was first discovered. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609730819209-NCKNSURDBJYK6RYAJJFC/wwcr+megan+heneke+photo.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to "Big Day" Birding A white-winged crossbill forages on the ground at Forest Hill Cemetery. These infrequent winter visitors have been seen sporadically at the cemetery over the span of several weeks now. This picture was taken by a fellow birder in early December and they are still around! Unfortunately they are flighty and fly around a lot—I only had them for my Big Day by pure luck of being there at the right place, right time. That’s why Forest Hill Cemetery was on my list of “places to stop only if I have extra time.” I was glad I did so I could have this exciting winter finch represented on my list! Photo by Megan Heneke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609730908934-Q0VBWGFUYHU854DHFG13/20210101144201_IMG_4987.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to "Big Day" Birding Hermit thrushes are an infrequent find in the winter. Most will migrate but there always seems to be a couple that overwinter. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609730925370-HWKUYBH4NMPTODDNIO9E/20210101134147_IMG_4981.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to "Big Day" Birding I was really, really excited to get such good looks at this perched rough-legged hawk—one of my favorite winter-only visitors! This is a light morph rough-legged, likely a first year bird due to it’s yellow eye and smudgy tail tip. It was a thrill to see this bird, which would fly from the pole and hover over the field as it hunted. Learn more about rough-legged hawks in our Winter Raptors 101 post. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609730977427-Y3WKJJGTOO1TJQE8NZQL/20210101121946_IMG_4991.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to "Big Day" Birding A red-tailed hawk looks down in concern at a hangry birder who really should stop to eat lunch. Nah, just kidding, he seemed to be watching the cross-country skiers pass by right below him at Governor Nelson State Park. I kept thinking he’d fly but he wasn’t phased. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609734037285-TO1YERFS500X2RFNWOTJ/20210101102606_IMG_4694.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to "Big Day" Birding Even if I had ended my Big Day early, I would have been 100% satisfied because that morning, at my first stop at Governor’s Island, I got to witness a juvenile bald eagle attempt to go after some common mergansers. The mergansers were totally unphased. The eagle tried again for a few passes but eventually flew away empty-taloned. I don’t get to see eagles hunt like that very often so this moment alone was really special and made my day. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/12/30/madison-area-cbc-2020-results monthly 0.5 2021-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609359474235-8B8X286NAS1FDE69HW44/1608422935531blob.jpg Blog Feed - Madison-area CBC: 2020 Results Perks to mask-wearing: extra warmth! Photo provided by Dan Jergens, group 22 captain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609359384101-B5UDGCNVGISJJWJTC9QM/File_000.jpeg Blog Feed - Madison-area CBC: 2020 Results Madison’s group 17 is famous for their group lunch potluck halfway through the day. Instead of cozying up side of someone’s house, the crew parked and popped their trunks for a socially distant picnic! Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609359605811-SIUYKFTCNKQITIAGVOPK/49589797713_530a8a5f83_o.jpg Blog Feed - Madison-area CBC: 2020 Results White-winged crossbills were one of the highlights of the 2020 CBC! Photo by Aaron Maizlish https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/12/29/happy-new-year-unless-youre-a-backyard-rabbit monthly 0.5 2021-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609774129954-SMBN46B60FJP7Z77HWS9/IMG_5457.jpg Blog Feed - Happy New Year (unless you're a backyard rabbit...) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609774130993-7SK15UCRU0UWJG40B022/IMG_5458.jpg Blog Feed - Happy New Year (unless you're a backyard rabbit...) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609270089627-D21HVW5R3NL79VNIN9E4/40219266652_dd93905d0f_k.jpg Blog Feed - Happy New Year (unless you're a backyard rabbit...) Photo by USFWS Midwest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609270405532-MBJ10C1JI0HFER56KV4X/5043568217_0775796ccc_o.jpg Blog Feed - Happy New Year (unless you're a backyard rabbit...) Great horned owl, photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/12/26/a-birders-resolutions monthly 0.5 2020-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609099975344-WYLG56E0GJK0WDO2Y8A9/20201021124044_IMG_9449.jpg Blog Feed - A Birder's Resolutions We are like the persistent brown creeper, spiraling up the tree bark of the twisted, knotty tree that is 2020. Soon we’ll fly to the bottom of the next tree and climb our way up that one too. A new year, a new tree, we creep on. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609101790374-TR0TF5PAUDZ9G4CQUFFP/20200703_114452.jpg Blog Feed - A Birder's Resolutions I fell in love with birding by bike this summer. The Glacial Drumlin bike trail, pictured here, was a personal favorite of mine. I learned I can bike it all the way to one of my favorite places, Zeloski Marsh in Jefferson County! Read more about some fun destinations for birding by bike here and get tips for birding by bike at Zeloski Marsh here. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609094700883-JT55ZGIXAA40ZBYUFTON/my+ebird+stats.jpg Blog Feed - A Birder's Resolutions I made a goal to get outside and bird as often as I could, but sometimes that didn’t always happen. A portion of my checklists were submitted from the comfort of my second-story apartment, sneakily peering out my apartment window to the feeders at the complex across the parking lot. But hey—that’s birding too! Screenshot of my eBird stats from eBird.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609094367061-QZB2L6FG9KKRT2W7NT85/dane+county+hotspot+map.jpg Blog Feed - A Birder's Resolutions Click here explore hotspots in Dane County. Notice the color system—those gray and blue hotspots don’t have as many species reported! Can you bring their numbers up? (Someone, please go bird Orton Park, stat! Yes, it’s a small park but I refuse to believe 10 species is all that can be found there.) Screenshot of eBird’s Hotspot Explorer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609099438999-0GVF0H0DTE903RAISSNF/20201227_135607.jpg Blog Feed - A Birder's Resolutions I’ve talked about The Warbler Guide before. It’s a behemoth of a book, but what I have explored has been so incredibly helpful. I love all the photos that show me birds from every angle! I hope to make more progress with it in 2021. Photo of the Tennessee warbler page in The Warbler Guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609095896102-IHCQVANNLC8TQK4FNNST/20200529183509_IMG_0200.jpg Blog Feed - A Birder's Resolutions A sedge wren belts out a song at Cherokee Marsh. Getting a glimpse of this bird singing helped me remember it’s song. Listen to them here. Just looking at this has me excited for this spring when their songs will rattle through the marsh! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609097243359-0GGFEKJLGFJR86A226E4/20201209130856_IMG_2851.jpg Blog Feed - A Birder's Resolutions An easy resolution to start with: photographing as many bird butts as you can. Here’s a black-capped chickadee showing me its rear-end. This is an angle you’ll see frequently the moment you pull out your camera, I guarantee it. It’s like they know I want to see their face! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1609096999374-3DRE8OXTNH76QQZOZ7HC/20201001_171705.jpg Blog Feed - A Birder's Resolutions One of my resolutions for last year was to explore new hotspots, places that I simply hadn’t been before. I discovered what are now some of my favorite places and learned that around every corner, Wisconsin has more treasure waiting for you. And if you’re lucky, a double rainbow too. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/12/22/merry-christmas-happy-new-year-happy-holidays monthly 0.5 2020-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1608664763497-ZHPMHO08HVR4FT8A85GE/unnamed%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Holidays Courtesy of WDNR: Pine grosbeaks are among the "winter finches" arriving in great numbers in Wisconsin and other parts of the eastern U.S. / Photo Credit: Ryan Brady https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1608665176312-KG2J6D4OMJOLL4U9KJ4D/6563591423_3c2bfc31e2_k.jpg Blog Feed - Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Holidays Photo by Emma Doughty, FCC https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/12/20/be-a-snow-birder monthly 0.5 2020-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1608510495184-2LCOPHL2XYRO4NV71TXL/20201212_145912.jpg Blog Feed - Be a Snow Birder I visited the UW Arboretum on that Saturday we got all the snow—it was the definition of a winter wonderland! Pictured here is Big Spring, which will have open water all winter long. It’s a great spot for some slow/snow birding. Keep an eye out for a great blue heron that likes overwinter at this spot—he tends to tuck away far in the back. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1608510970685-02KHOXFRWEFUZX2JS0BR/20201212_141808.jpg Blog Feed - Be a Snow Birder A winter wonderland indeed! Pictured here is the pine collection in Longenecker Gardens at the UW Arboretum. Trudging through all that snow was a bit of a workout. Let winter birding be your cardio too! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1608511165903-H802GX0KU8IPLYA1MBG0/20201212_141830.jpg Blog Feed - Be a Snow Birder Mask up too! I have found that wearing my face mask outside keeps me a lot warmer because it keeps the wind off my face. I’ve gotten in the habit of bringing a few extra masks with me, in case the one I’m wearing gets too wet. 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I found this white-throated sparrow (also at the Arboretum, pre-snow!) warming in the sun after feasting on berries. Doesn’t he look so content and plump? I can’t help but smile at that leftover berry residue on his bill—so cute I can’t handle it! If you’re having a bad day, just watch some birds eat berries and try to hide a grin! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1608512506589-ZI4OETJMBH2EW6ZO2GVD/20200328110534_IMG_4232+%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - Be a Snow Birder Brown creepers are one of my favorite birds and an especially fun bird to search for in the winter. Look for them crawling up tree bark and listen for their call—a thin, high-pitched tsee coming from a location that will be frustratingly hard to pinpoint. They’re worth the effort, though. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1608513593786-NYG5IDE1E5KRZZC1YJU3/20201212_154834.jpg Blog Feed - Be a Snow Birder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1608513594702-WBSFZGS5OVVEK804Q4YX/20191226_110014.jpg Blog Feed - Be a Snow Birder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1608513595721-IR028Z4MGE8QNZ7V7DS7/20180117_163821.jpg Blog Feed - Be a Snow Birder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1608513596021-0S2M37ALZYFDHUZ2Y664/20180117_165405.jpg Blog Feed - Be a Snow Birder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1608517713817-UKYHCKB2AI3S143D33KD/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Be a Snow Birder A winter scene from Wingra Woods at the UW Arboretum last winter. Can you tell that the Arb is one of my favorite places to bird after a snowfall? Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/12/17/no-trout-no-monarchs monthly 0.5 2020-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1608229625924-JU1AQ378J2M6T08IJJF3/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - No Trout! No Monarchs? Lodi Marsh, photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1608229718068-K67EBXQLO8KUHGXKBSXN/Monarchs+on+swamp+milkweed+2+-+AK.jpg Blog Feed - No Trout! No Monarchs? Monarchs on swamp milkweed, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1608229429845-QGPSHE9TXPW48OWBDEUK/Mexico%2B2%2B-%2BBW.JPG Blog Feed - No Trout! No Monarchs? Roosting monarchs by the thousands. Photo by Brenna Wiesner https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/12/15/letting-it-snow-in-a-winter-wonderland monthly 0.5 2020-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1608085769005-49MHPGTVT69OCKDVN29Q/IMG_4789_HEIC.jpg Blog Feed - Letting it snow in a Winter Wonderland A blanket of snow covered with a carefully engineered sprinkling of seed. Photo by Drew Harry https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/12/13/a-beginners-guide-to-birding-by-car monthly 0.5 2020-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607920667593-VYAXH6F6RX9XXSB75YJZ/32230558043_7b1a900bc0_k.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding by Car A rough-legged hawk perches on a pole at Crex Meadows, near Grantsburg, WI. Crex Meadows, though several hours of north of here, is an excellent birding hotspot for winter raptors—and what that really means is that it’s a good place to go driving around in your car. Photo by Michael Janke CC BY NC-ND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607916374584-VMUH4YD648MWM2K3QRTU/20200418105734_IMG_6094.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding by Car Car birding is useful in any season. I sat in my car and watched this great egret catch and eat minnows! For once I didn’t even need to zoom all the way in on my camera, since this bird was so close. I took this picture while on Ledge Rd at Horicon Marsh, a popular spot for birding by car. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607918382459-ADYSVXJIC327SR3KX9JE/20201011172844_IMG_8937.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding by Car If you’ve got a camera, you should have it ready to grab the moment you’re safely parked! I was thrilled to even get a semi-in-focus shot of this distant northern harrier in flight, a bird I’ve struggled to photograph. Notice that characteristic white rump! This bird caught my attention as it was swooping very, very low over an ag field adjacent to Hauser Road Prairie. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607948778793-384XAALO3DJK1KS4QTOS/_57A1520awm.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding by Car I hate to break it to ya, but your chances of driving around and stumbling across a short-eared owl are low (though not impossible…). Finding these birds requires a lot of sitting and waiting for them to come out at dusk, and you need to know to be in the right place so you can be there at the right time! Getting good intel is key … and that intel often comes from, you guessed it, the wonderful eBird! Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607918044559-J134I3QT20LAPBIUCF66/20191230_153724.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding by Car When I went looking for Columbia (who hadn’t been named at the time!), I was following in the path of those who eBirded before me. And sure enough, she was hanging far out in the ag fields, not far from where others had reported finding her too. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607917663242-MRQ8L4P68GT0P22FGEHH/short-eared%2Bowl%2Bsightings%2Bnov-dec2020.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding by Car I was curious where short-eared owls have been reported so far this season, so here is a map of their sightings in the area during November through early December of this year only. This a species that can be hard to track down on your own, so eBird can provide you with some direction. If you click through these sightings, you’ll see they all happen around dusk—unlike snowy owls that you might find any time of day, short-eared owls are more reliably found at dusk when they begin to hunt. Screenshot from eBird Species Map https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607918805358-RR9VF9TPNP7QEODG9CXD/20201120_162331.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding by Car Looking in this direction, we’ve got some nice grassland habitat at a state natural area. If I were to flip around and take a picture of what was behind me, you’d see some wide open, harvested farm fields. Very edgy. Birds love it. (Not that I saw anything that night! Sometimes you’re not lucky, but maybe you’ll get a gorgeous sunset in lieu of birds.) Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607921204648-SFEOLXWSSUSQPDA2SRZD/20200125_161952.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding by Car There was a big tall security fence and a highway between this snowy owl and anyone who wanted to view it—now that’s what I call a safe distance! After hearing about the harassment snowy owls can face, it made me wish they all had their own security fences. (Snowy owls love airports, by the way, though airports aren’t always safe places for them. Learn about an organization called Project SOAR, or Snowy Owl Airport Rescue, and why airports and snowies may not always mix.) Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607922351658-K9Z8JTJ3UEIK73WK90J9/20201011_180517.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding by Car I can’t guarantee you’ll find birds, but I can guarantee the sun will go down and it will be pretty. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/12/6/winter-raptors-101 monthly 0.5 2020-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607318914954-ETFETQW639RKPR5HDQFQ/46272076964_6a0a866a6c_k.jpg Blog Feed - Winter Raptors 101 A rough-legged hawk flies overhead, looking down at the camera. That icy cool plumage just screams “arctic,” doesn’t it? This is a bird at home in the coldest of regions—in part thanks to its feathers that go all the way down to its toes. They’re not called rough-legged for nothing! Photo by USFWS-Mountain Prairie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607320261668-FP9SMBF4QJL9PV9XEVTC/3399138539_400f79b79d_k.jpg Blog Feed - Winter Raptors 101 Master of the powerlines, this colorful falcon is tiny and fierce. Look for American kestrels perched on wires along country roads as they search for prey. Photo by Dominic Sherony CC BY-SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607320497953-Y8LLF71OZF3JQCIDQGQW/39882004481_f508556f14_h.jpg Blog Feed - Winter Raptors 101 With long wings and a long tail, northern harriers fly effortlessly over fields, swooping and turning low to the ground as they search for prey. Watch for a flash of white on their rump as they fly—one of their classic field marks. Photo by Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren CC BY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607321069768-9HKHZPVIHM165CC3A1MQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Winter Raptors 101 You can’t see the “red” on the tail of this red-tailed hawk, but you can see the characteristic belly band. The upper chest of this bird, just below the head, is pale, then there’s a smattering of tear-drop streaks across the center of the belly, and then pale again below—this is the “belly band” you’ll hear people refer to. It’s a field mark you can see on perched and flying red-tailed hawks, but keep in mind they aren’t the only raptor with a belly band, just one of the more common ones. Photo by Mick Thompson CC BY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607321174821-0NHXA98MALCLFA7VL0DO/34146839790_aaebc5d878_c.jpg Blog Feed - Winter Raptors 101 Look at the leading edge of the wing, just to the side of the bird’s head—those two dark strips are a field mark you can count on. Photo by Don Owens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607319287191-RIIJEAASNX9QOR4BJBGO/41126896381_5c2aa69eb7_b.jpg Blog Feed - Winter Raptors 101 When perched, you may not be able to see the dark wrist patches that make this bird stand out in flight, but you can see the “delicate” facial features—like that tiny bill!—that give this bird its unique look. The light morph rough-legged hawks, like the one pictured here, will often have a light-colored head like this, over a dark belly. And don’t forget to check out those feathered legs, that cover them all the way down to their talons! Photo by Jeff Bryant CC BY-NC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607319831800-7T3BJWMPZM0A3L083Q1H/49427014958_77ba6ec859_c.jpg Blog Feed - Winter Raptors 101 Look at this distant shot of a rough-legged hawk. Even from this distance, that dark patch at the wrist of the wing is visible. On a dark morph, whose head, chest, belly, and leading wings will be dark brown, these patches will appear “extra dark.” If you’re waffling between red-tailed and rough-legged, look for those wrist patches. Photo by Ryan Mandelbaum CC BY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607322483715-XKG1CH0WRAMWDBSFS8S0/23585633105_faaf093f1a_k.jpg Blog Feed - Winter Raptors 101 Do you ever feel lucky to spot just a single bald eagle? Well, winter’s your season. Bald eagles will gather in communal roosts near open waterways, like the Wisconsin River, after the lakes freeze over. Photo by Jerry McFarland CC BY-NC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607321823257-2587OEOIYCLUT1HRBF4M/35071940911_1c3e7a7e4a_k.jpg Blog Feed - Winter Raptors 101 Check out that heavy, hooked bill—this ain’t your average songbird! Photo by Mick Thompson CC BY-NC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607321850746-FPLNNAH43HIP50B2ABN9/49274672896_53ecf8bdda_c.jpg Blog Feed - Winter Raptors 101 Investigate any small, lone bird perched up high in open areas. Even from a distance, their dark mask and black wing bars and black tail will stand out. Photo by Ryan Mandelbaum CC BY https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/12/2/ambivalence-and-rare-beauty monthly 0.5 2020-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606929879881-SXGWDHGOLY0S8TW56LW0/15471233270_1608e7e44b_h.jpg Blog Feed - Ambivalence and Rare Beauty Black-throated gray warbler photo by Aaron Maizlish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606930033419-IC7LUG8BRUK7FFDXX6H3/20275875258_2b47126350_c.jpg Blog Feed - Ambivalence and Rare Beauty Tiger trout photo by Travel Nevada https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/11/30/your-winter-guide-to-owls monthly 0.5 2022-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606698504508-PRKK7RL4E9SZ3HRVLK09/25666041540_66dbf1924c_k.jpg Blog Feed - Whoooo’s That? Your Winter Guide to Owls When all the leaves fall, there’s little room to hide. One of the “perks” of winter birding is that it sure makes spotting birds—and owls like this stunning barred owl—a whole lot easier. Photo by Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren CC BY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606742211833-7CK7CIXHM68HXCC3XH1R/_57A0777-2wm.jpg Blog Feed - Whoooo’s That? Your Winter Guide to Owls Not all owls are found in the woods! Two of our winter-only owls, the short-eared owl (pictured here) and the snowy owl, are fans of wide-open spaces like grasslands and agricultural fields. Yep, that means you can stay warm and toasty in your car while you drive the country in search of these special visitors. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606682473012-RPV32BMXLGK3I7JP2BHW/20201121_160005.jpg Blog Feed - Whoooo’s That? Your Winter Guide to Owls I only spotted this great horned owl because a family walking nearby had mentioned seeing one further ahead on the trail. I kept my eyes peeled, and sure enough. There was enough light left to take a quick picture and capture those namesake “horns.” Those tufts are sometimes confused for the owl’s ears, but they aren’t ears at all. Their actual ears aren’t visible to us, as they are hidden under the facial disc of feathers on the owl’s head. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606683176339-XXBGEX381ZI0FA8WR3Q6/8285167929_bd63f67a95_k.jpg Blog Feed - Whoooo’s That? Your Winter Guide to Owls The barred and striped patterning of browns, grays, and creams help barred owls effortlessly disappear into the bark of a tree. Look for them nestled close to the trunk of a tree where they may be roosting during the day. Photo by Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren CC BY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606683814656-G4YMTJ0EWB9JL2BIQ3IQ/3336959566_f6c01565bb_k.jpg Blog Feed - Whoooo’s That? Your Winter Guide to Owls I religiously check every tree cavity that catches my eye, just in case an eastern screech owl is peeking out. Have I actually ever found one in a tree? Nope! But I’ll keep looking. The few eastern screech owls I have actually seen, not just heard, were peeking out of nest boxes, which they will use in the winter if provided. Click here to learn about putting up a nest box for them in your yard. Photo by Eric Begin CC BY NC-ND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606684571754-0YYV2ZV2CG8GDOJ4M9OZ/15970392889_6285156823_k.jpg Blog Feed - Whoooo’s That? Your Winter Guide to Owls The northern saw-whet owl is the smallest of the owls you can find in our region—if you can find it at all. Between it’s small size, camouflage, and preference for dense conifers, this is a challenging owl to track down. Photo by Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren CC BY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606685056535-I158AIODPZ0FVPFXD10W/23845950004_c1d823762a_k.jpg Blog Feed - Whoooo’s That? Your Winter Guide to Owls Like great horned owls, the ear-like tufts on a long-eared owl aren’t actually their ears. But boy do they sure make this owl look on high alert! Photo by Tom Benson CC BY NC-ND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606685394812-QD6GESYTBTTUUX63X4QM/_57A2002wm.jpg Blog Feed - Whoooo’s That? Your Winter Guide to Owls Check out that smoky eye! Look for these stunning owls as they hunt over grasslands and farm fields at dusk. Take a late afternoon drive to your favorite grassland, park the car, and wait. You might find one pop up from the ground as the sun begins to set. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606697882402-31SUNR9QQGLWBXOM9B5I/Snowy+Owl+flying+MH.jpg Blog Feed - Whoooo’s That? Your Winter Guide to Owls Finding a snowy owl usually takes some effort. Finding a snowy owl in the snow takes a bit more. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606678316137-R3ZH6AG5TGYFBTNL3G0V/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Whoooo’s That? Your Winter Guide to Owls Not a plastic bag, I repeat, NOT a plastic bag! Though I’ll be honest, I 100% thought it was until I took a closer look. This was my very first snowy owl sighting, and I would have missed it if I did not pull over to investigate the teeny, tiny white dot in the distance. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606682556673-NWTHI3SY01WS5YXXOCE6/20201125_121908.jpg Blog Feed - Whoooo’s That? Your Winter Guide to Owls I only spotted this great horned owl thanks to the white patch on the throat, which stood out in the sea of green pine needles. Great horned owls will have this white neck patch, though the size varies bird by bird and it may not always be visible. Had this owl not been perched just right, I would have walked right by. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606698946916-9D87XQH1B27Z9LOEJQI4/23448556384_32687af227_k.jpg Blog Feed - Whoooo’s That? Your Winter Guide to Owls Do not be discouraged if your owl search comes up empty. I mean, just look at this picture. The camouflage of an eastern screech owl is what you’re up against! Be patient, go slow, and hope you get lucky. Photo by Frances Maas CC BY NC-ND https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/11/25/better-than-a-thanksgiving-turkey monthly 0.5 2020-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606322140961-QCFBRM58AKN2D8695U9V/snowy+ryan+brady.jpg Blog Feed - Better than a Thanksgiving turkey? Snowy owl photo courtesy of Ryan Brady https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/11/24/yes-virginia-there-are-still-reasons-to-be-thankful monthly 0.5 2020-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606240946631-HO8ODKNC68IDXYHQUA70/snapshot.png Blog Feed - Yes, Virginia, there are still reasons to be thankful Some of Snapshot Wisconsin’s favorite photos from the first 50 million collected. Photo credit: Wisconsin DNR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606241101905-2KC881B6VA9UJO9GDZD0/_57A1843awm.jpg Blog Feed - Yes, Virginia, there are still reasons to be thankful Photo by Monica Hall https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/11/23/a-beginners-guide-to-rare-birds monthly 0.5 2020-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606106854143-7WYQESTRVUM29A1CY2WU/20201120_181949.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Rare Birds This black-throated gray warbler has been hanging out at Olin-Turville Conservation Park in Madison, WI. He’s been here over three weeks, feasting on bugs and hammin’ it up for the camera. When he first arrived, he was foraging high in tree tops. Now he is foraging low in the brush along the path, which makes finding and seeing him a lot easier. Read tips about how to find this rare bird at the end of today’s post. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606106752226-QZQECQC20L1I6DPUTGT3/20201116155010_IMG_1275.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Rare Birds Case in point: Many updates went out, day after day, to confirm that this extremely rare red phalarope being seen Lake Mendota was still present for more birders to find. While the bird has now moved on, it luckily stayed most of the week and was very tolerating of visitors. This species breeds in the far Arctic regions and migrates down eastern and western coastlines along the ocean. It is very rarely found inland, yet here it was, less than 10 ft from the shore at the Warner Park boat launch. According to eBird records, it is the second red phalarope reported in Dane County, with the first record being back in 1899. Crazy! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606105886949-NLHJWTYZYILFW60CEN6Y/20201111150919_IMG_0845.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Rare Birds This is heavily cropped, zoomed in picture of two golden eagles perched on the east bluff of Devil’s Lake. Golden eagles generally don’t venture this far east, but the frequency of their sightings in Wisconsin has been increasing over the years. If you’d like to see these golden eagles, you’ve still got the chance! As of writing this, they’re still being seen at Devil’s Lake. Your best chance to see them is to visit the section of the Ice Age Trail that traverses the meadow on the east side of the park. From the parking lot, scan north of the meadow and west towards the east bluff to maybe catch them soaring. Afternoons are best, when there are more thermals for them to ride. After I watched them from the parking lot, I walked the Ice Age Trail path and got very, very lucky to see one fly into a tree and join the other. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606105847876-UATBZ3OZ53EV8EC49JZI/20200813082746_IMG_3941.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Rare Birds I felt very lucky to witness this distant whooping crane family in Dodge County. I had to zoom in really far to get this photo, and then wait patiently while these three took their sweet time crossing the road. (I didn’t mind in the slightest!) Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606105540740-1MR1TPYHC7OO4NQY5N67/20201103100633_IMG_0154.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Rare Birds This red-throated loon, left, was spotted far out on Lake Monona this fall. Had I scoped this bird on my own, I might have called it a common loon. But I went looking after a rare bird alert went out, and some more experienced birders helped me learn its unique field marks. It miraculously made its way closer and posed next to this common loon, right, for a great comparison shot. Note its smaller size, smaller head, and thinner bill that it holds at a slightly upturned angle. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606108026070-WNYM2KFCI2YDZEFF8D85/20201026144826_IMG_9764.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Rare Birds eBird’s Rare Bird Alert emails are a great way to keep track of where the scoters are being seen lately! Several black scoter, white-winged scoter, and surf scoter are scattered around our chain of four lakes. Pictured here are three black scoter hanging out near Tenney Park. This was taken a few weeks ago, but this species is still regularly being reported at other parks in the area. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606108558577-871109G8OCVP1MKQWFGG/Screenshot_20201122-231347_Facebook.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Rare Birds I love following this page purely for amazing stories like this. Go young birders, go! Screenshot from ABA Rare Bird Alert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606109205198-CFN05QXVQURE5UP7DZA6/20200919144859_IMG_7969.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Rare Birds If you’re looking for a rare bird that you know we regularly get each season, but in a limited window of time, you can use eBird’s bar charts to get an idea of how long that species has stuck around in past years. Knowing that you potentially have a week or two in October to catch a Nelson’s sparrow (pictured here) vs. a single day can definitely influence your plans. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606105396535-CDN41RDZ1YI8YZWOIM1C/olin+turville+warbler+map.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Rare Birds Follow the yellow highlighted trail from the parking lot to reach the path that runs south along the point. The warbler has been favoring this sheltered area. Map from Friends of Olin-Turville https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/11/16/lets-stop-conservation-easement-ripoffs monthly 0.5 2020-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1605553240314-IFYR0TR36WVJ1NVML21P/Browne+Prairie+Fall.jpg Blog Feed - Let's Stop Conservation Easement Ripoffs Goose Pond’s Browne Prairie in fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1605553314717-T54DL103VRH1VGIBRHJT/Screen+Shot+2020-11-16+at+1.01.17+PM.png Blog Feed - Let's Stop Conservation Easement Ripoffs Resources on how you can advocate for the conservation easement' program’s integrity, provided by Land Trust Alliance. https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/11/15/project-feederwatch monthly 0.5 2020-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1605487566539-YSFSJCUKHX1GR2DUTGRY/33176876856_a52e0dc7ec_h.jpg Blog Feed - There’s No Better Time to Join Project FeederWatch A red-breasted nuthatch perches on a feeder, sunflower seed in bill. While we’ll see white-breasted nuthatches year-round, red-breasted nuthatches only visit during fall and winter—sometimes. Last week, we talked about “irruptions” and how some boreal bird species will have to travel further south in search of food. This is shaping up to be an irruptive year for red-breasted nuthatches too! Photo by Doug Greenberg CC BY-NC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1605486621818-28WHTO7RMDAOFDZA6ZYX/15739005218_293c8c1eac_k.jpg Blog Feed - There’s No Better Time to Join Project FeederWatch You might even get lucky and have a downy woodpecker and a hairy woodpecker visit your suet at the same time! Look at the short, dinky bill on the downy and that huge bill on the hairy. I like to use alliteration to keep their size and bill length straight in my head. Getting a side-by-side view really brings their size difference home! Photo by Deb Yodock CC BY-NC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1605486131305-E57WUIBJIJ1W5UQT8ZFW/8632682953_f2775e4c53_4k.jpg Blog Feed - There’s No Better Time to Join Project FeederWatch A dark-eyed junco and a black-capped chickadee perch on opposite sides of a feeder. Photo by Robert Engberg CC BY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1605484838588-4TBVRGGSK3MSU2I7EV1H/Cooper%27s+Hawk+infographic.jpg Blog Feed - There’s No Better Time to Join Project FeederWatch Look at that trend! The FeederWatch data on the presence of Cooper’s hawks near feeders has scientists hypothesizing reasons why more and more of these raptors are choosing to overwinter. Illustration by Virginia Greene, from “30 Years of Project FeederWatch Data” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1605485661360-DYTOFPAR3UCZV5RLD1JK/12023798074_42c53fcb58_k.jpg Blog Feed - There’s No Better Time to Join Project FeederWatch There’s always a chance you might spot the holy grail of woodpeckers — the pileated woodpecker! Photo by Mark Moschell CC BY-NC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1605485389591-KXMOEL252ZRI8M4FFID8/31926005484_b4bbf7e505_k.jpg Blog Feed - There’s No Better Time to Join Project FeederWatch A common redpoll perches on a sock feeder filled with thistle—a small seed favored by these winter finches! Photo by USFWS Midwest Region CC BY https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/11/10/thank-yous-and-more monthly 0.5 2020-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1605043487856-U99CL9D75V88PSPPFPTZ/_DSC5084a.jpg Blog Feed - Thank You's and More This handsome wood duck is proud of you for voting. Thank you! Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1605043582111-6GLTO1XP00VQ61G79IZD/IMG_4163.jpg Blog Feed - Thank You's and More Faville Grove Sanctuary is calling. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1605043671016-BN8RKR98HYDZYX03BN5Y/_DSC1139ppp.jpg Blog Feed - Thank You's and More You help make Madison Audubon soar. Photo by Monica Hall https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/11/9/winter-finches monthly 0.5 2020-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604886387958-A7Y7FC3R1IRBQYWW6PQ4/32623701757_257f32cf56_k.jpg Blog Feed - Get Ready … Winter Finches are Coming! This could be your feeder this year—graced by evening grosbeaks! It’s a scene that on an average year, you’d have to drive to the furthest regions of Wisconsin or Minnesota to maybe see. But this year’s winter finch irruption is potentially bringing this birds much, much closer to us in south-central Wisconsin. Don’t be surprised if you see this new bird at your feeder! Photo by David Larson CC BY-NC-ND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604891048810-WU30PP1RCKNMECSWI7SR/89865712_e8a4fb1446_b.jpg Blog Feed - Get Ready … Winter Finches are Coming! Look at that cone crop! Keep your eyes peeled for cones on spruce, pines, and fir trees in your area. These cones are a huge draw for winter finches, especially crossbill species. Photo by Caribb CC BY-NC-ND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604888085221-5T9UMXWC6ZTJ6BRKATH3/18849413291_e4a1071220_k.jpg Blog Feed - Get Ready … Winter Finches are Coming! Being so “brown and streaky” can make pine siskins easily overlooked. Look for the yellow edging on their wings and their sharp, pointy bill. Photo by Jerry McFarland CC BY-NC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604888416204-5VT3YZSFHSDVS41IQPEF/26266598784_c5bbff7782_k.jpg Blog Feed - Get Ready … Winter Finches are Coming! A male and female purple finch perch on a feeder next to American goldfinches. Notice how the raspberry red coloring of the purple finch goes all the way through its wings. You can’t see the female’s full face here, but you can see the white stripe of her eyebrow. Photo by Colleen Prieto CC BY-NC-ND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604888787625-MMF6IF79GMFDQOVYJ5SW/8320225532_3e6b5386fc_k.jpg Blog Feed - Get Ready … Winter Finches are Coming! Look for common redpolls foraging in flocks. Like pine siskins, they’ll have small pointy bills and will favor small seeds. Photo by seabamirum CC BY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604889249102-J3RK9YTHQ1Z201N3O0NV/8375403304_a787dd06cb_k.jpg Blog Feed - Get Ready … Winter Finches are Coming! A red crossbill perches at the top of a tree laden with cones. Look at that unique bill! Photo by Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren CC BY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604889570691-SXI5JFRJ4LPLVY1HRMPP/23815279159_65be5471db_k.jpg Blog Feed - Get Ready … Winter Finches are Coming! This is a female white-winged crossbill. Females will have a yellow-green plumage, while males will be red. Note the white wing bars that set this species apart from red crossbills. Photo by Tom Benson CC BY-NC-ND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604890303842-B1C156QUFZH8BCG7YGXH/18294330126_393837c690_k.jpg Blog Feed - Get Ready … Winter Finches are Coming! A male evening grosbeak perches in a tree. Those colors! That eyebrow! That bill! Photo by Jerry McFarland CC BY-NC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604890111535-M4ETZ7WEA51CVQH40WLM/32479612471_fae42af2ea_k.jpg Blog Feed - Get Ready … Winter Finches are Coming! A perched pine grosbeak. Notice the gray body with a strong red wash of color, a black conical bill, and black wings with white wingbars. Will we get lucky enough to spot these birds in Dane County? Fingers crossed! Photo by dfaulder CC BY https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/10/27/mom-mike-moon-and-mallards monthly 0.5 2020-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604595820488-XQI1C46XKBLR39PHZR09/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Mom, Mike, Moon, and Mallards Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604595525742-IH0QS180FDGD3ZSEN0L6/5454728725_699120e3a7_c.jpg Blog Feed - Mom, Mike, Moon, and Mallards Photo by USFWS Mountain-Prairie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604595593602-G89UHPHG9Z246UN0TS4G/_57A4155wm.jpg Blog Feed - Mom, Mike, Moon, and Mallards Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604595741406-QBLO65OJU7WM47EGTZHO/IMG_2119_heic%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - Mom, Mike, Moon, and Mallards Otsego Marsh, Madison Audubon property. Madison Audubon photo https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/11/1/a-beginners-guide-to-duck-id monthly 0.5 2020-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604282608866-671733AH4GVWVUIIZCBA/canvasbacks_monica+hall.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Duck Identification A group of male and female canvasbacks in flight at Goose Pond Sanctuary. Have you visited lately? Now’s the time to make your trip—there’s a lot to see! Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604295290141-7DYYBYF82BXIYSFIGEMI/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Duck Identification I had a lot of fun watching this female American wigeon up close at my recent trip to Horicon Marsh. She was constantly budging in front of this American coot, like they had some sort of foraging competition going on. I also enjoyed getting such a good look at her plumage—look at that smoky eye she’s rocking! It’s a great wigeon field mark. 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The location of white on a bird differs for each species, so if you’re remember where the white is, you can easily ID a bird by that alone. Photo from Cornell Lab of Ornithology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604321118980-8TZ3RW5N0WD76BXD08IC/25670550420_9ca47714da_c.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Duck Identification A female (top) and male (bottom) gadwall forage together. The white patch on the female’s secondaries is very visible in this image, but may appear like a small sliver depending on the wing position. Now look at the deep black rear end of that male gadwall. You can just see a hint of the white patch on his wing—a good example of how it can sometimes be hidden. 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Photo by Jeff Bryant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604289065507-KI5SSJJANT055SKKVJLM/pintails_monica+hall.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Duck Identification These northern pintails are especially elegant in flight—their “pintail” name apparent! They seem easy to ID in this picture, but things move fast over the water (or so I tell myself…) Photo by Monica Hall https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/10/25/waterfowl-basics-get-your-ducks-and-coots-and-grebes-in-a-row monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603668744178-YYGCEM24PS3QIEM19D4J/20201018161046_IMG_9459.jpg Blog Feed - Waterfowl Basics: Get Your Ducks (and Coots, and Grebes) in a Row This is just a small portion of a large American coot flock on University Bay in Madison this week. These black chicken-like birds often get mistaken for ducks—but they aren’t ducks at all! Coots are in an entirely different family, along with rails and gallinules. Look for their white bills and listen for their squawking. You might think they look a little funny at first, but they’ll grow on you. I guarantee it. My nickname for them quickly became “American cutes!” Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603669522138-S401JBNRI1Q3NNJ23V3C/bufflhead_becky+matsubura.jpg Blog Feed - Waterfowl Basics: Get Your Ducks (and Coots, and Grebes) in a Row - Bufflehead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603669521130-AFU49R75EYWC3KO115Q2/canvasback_dan+streiffert.jpg Blog Feed - Waterfowl Basics: Get Your Ducks (and Coots, and Grebes) in a Row - Canvasback https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603669521130-PJLGMPIJCLTKYKNVGF7N/common+goldeneye_thomas+landgren.jpg Blog Feed - Waterfowl Basics: Get Your Ducks (and Coots, and Grebes) in a Row - Common goldeneye https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603671279796-N0M6S3CPE8M3LOFWBOJP/_57A8008dm+%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - Waterfowl Basics: Get Your Ducks (and Coots, and Grebes) in a Row - Canada geese https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603671459573-VIZX4PFLXME98GPVU9DT/_57A3859wm%2B%25281%2529.jpg Blog Feed - Waterfowl Basics: Get Your Ducks (and Coots, and Grebes) in a Row - Greater white-fronted geese https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603671495346-99TPDX501MW3PR5W6NHZ/_57A9180wm%2B%25281%2529.jpg Blog Feed - Waterfowl Basics: Get Your Ducks (and Coots, and Grebes) in a Row - Snow geese https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603672797925-7UUNOMFML1RT49RYA5X4/28626538383_2a7a35bb1d_c.jpg Blog Feed - Waterfowl Basics: Get Your Ducks (and Coots, and Grebes) in a Row - Trumpeter swan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603672938621-PJG12B9LC5ENJ3PX6S6M/31825390645_44808b91c2_b.jpg Blog Feed - Waterfowl Basics: Get Your Ducks (and Coots, and Grebes) in a Row - Tundra swans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603673852714-SOSXKC3BV43DZ9D3J154/bwte_doug+greenberg.jpg Blog Feed - Waterfowl Basics: Get Your Ducks (and Coots, and Grebes) in a Row - Blue-winged teal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603673852407-BQG80ECB61995LY2XH9M/redhead_robert+pruner.jpg Blog Feed - Waterfowl Basics: Get Your Ducks (and Coots, and Grebes) in a Row - Redhead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603673851629-ZRAW2LZ1P0HVRG1M1DX3/common+merg_eric+ellingson.jpg Blog Feed - Waterfowl Basics: Get Your Ducks (and Coots, and Grebes) in a Row - Common mergansers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603673851376-R9UWHUT6QAMRUUNLAL65/surf+scoter_mick+thompson.jpg Blog Feed - Waterfowl Basics: Get Your Ducks (and Coots, and Grebes) in a Row - Surf scoter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603673185242-B76ZJNQ4KVDY9UTM1LFL/20201023_150827.jpg Blog Feed - Waterfowl Basics: Get Your Ducks (and Coots, and Grebes) in a Row Three black scoters line up on Lake Monona. Birders were having a heyday when all three scoter species—black scoter, white-winged scoter, and surf scoter—were all found among the same coot flock on Lake Monona! Here’s my digiscoped photo of the three black scoters that were present. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603669973946-5SG4ORF6DIV842EKNNMJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Waterfowl Basics: Get Your Ducks (and Coots, and Grebes) in a Row An American coot showing off its impressive feet. Photo by Brandyn Kerscher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603670263126-6UWAAE500C1PPJ2BUJBY/pied+billed+grebe_allan+hack.jpg Blog Feed - Waterfowl Basics: Get Your Ducks (and Coots, and Grebes) in a Row A pied-billed grebe is pictured here. Grebes tend to be solitary and not found in flocks, but you’ll often find them near other rafts of waterfowl. Photo by Allen Hack https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603670277801-PX90SJFQZC50ZJ54WJR9/DSC_0422.JPG Blog Feed - Waterfowl Basics: Get Your Ducks (and Coots, and Grebes) in a Row A common loon on Lake Wingra. Look at that dagger of a bill! Their sharp, sleek profile makes them easy to identify from a distance. Photo by Brandyn Kerscher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603670584197-12G3X8C6MN7CQC71XI4X/DSC_0164.JPG Blog Feed - Waterfowl Basics: Get Your Ducks (and Coots, and Grebes) in a Row If a nearby eagle or boat spooks the birds, you can watch the coots run across the water! Photo by Brandyn Kerscher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603670501758-W2GP239PYPJ1B309KYFI/_57A4155wm.jpg Blog Feed - Waterfowl Basics: Get Your Ducks (and Coots, and Grebes) in a Row Look at all those birds, even in just this one frame! Take a drive to Goose Pond in the early evening and enjoy the abundance of waterfowl as they come in to roost at night. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603671965520-Z3JNDDJ181RCQHN6WS2B/26147226667_2c7c49b74c_c.jpg Blog Feed - Waterfowl Basics: Get Your Ducks (and Coots, and Grebes) in a Row A scene from Schoeneberg Marsh WPA. Photo by Kelly Dora https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/10/21/harvesting-the-goodness monthly 0.5 2020-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603300906032-TY43Q37I3JLTWCPBTMK8/IMG_2797.JPG Blog Feed - Harvesting the Goodness Faville Grove Sanctuary interns 2020, photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603300999380-UIX7JO7D0X2CLCXB1JM2/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Harvesting the Goodness Collecting wood betony at Goose Pond Sanctuary is no small task… unless you’re 20 and excited! (I’m pictured here on the left). 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While I was able to get good-but-quick looks at two LeConte’s sparrows throughout the morning, I hadn’t managed to get a photo of this elusive bird. I was about to leave when I decided to give it one more shot—and I was so glad I did. 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I flushed more than a few that were foraging along the edge when I walked this path at Waunakee Marsh SWA. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1602434832450-3VV0PJYE7MA59KHFOQJW/20200919110444_IMG_7860.jpg Blog Feed - In Search of Sparrows There is a bird in this picture, I swear! This was my first photo attempt of an immature LeConte’s near Stoughton a few weeks ago—this blurry view was the best I got, but notice how a few field marks are visible, like the orange face, the crown stripe and hint of eyeline, with a pale chest. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1602435510290-RSJJ2W6L7LN6GV97URVB/20200918_133311.jpg Blog Feed - In Search of Sparrows There’s plenty of room to roam at Goose Pond Sanctuary. I took this photo a few weeks ago at Browne Prairie, and I’m sure the prairie colors are already starting to shift. Go check it out! I’ve heard there are some rare sparrows waiting for you—seriously! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1602434066451-Q4O2SV9EUHAWMR0Q5CFI/20200919_145108+%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - In Search of Sparrows Nelson’s sparrows are enjoying this wet, marshy landscape at Lake Barney. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1602433943588-3EFGB6PT57COFNNZQCDU/20201010_105629.jpg Blog Feed - In Search of Sparrows A gorgeous fall prairie will greet you at Smith-Reiner Drumlin. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1602434161847-GIIGCQHBJKQFDCTIDGZ3/20201010_125748.jpg Blog Feed - In Search of Sparrows I started a phenology journal after getting inspired by my colleagues Carolyn and Brenna in this Madison Audubon video. I highly recommend it—there are so many changes to document this time of year! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/10/4/a-beginners-guide-to-birding-during-hunting-season monthly 0.5 2021-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601832134160-86VDZY5AAB58WUSDMZAA/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding During Hunting Season I ventured out to Lake Barney, a popular public access spot for waterfowl hunters, to see these rare Nelson’s sparrows. They like marshy habitat and were very active among the beggar’s ticks, a flowering yellow plant in the aster family, that lined the edge of the water. Dane County will only see these bright, colorful sparrows during migration season, and they sure caught the attention of a lot of birders in the area! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601835917389-Y3PU4NN9RUUSZRUZZCI6/Screenshot+2020-10-04+at+1.24.53+PM.png Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding During Hunting Season Click the image above to download a PDF of the dates for the UPDATED 2021 Wisconsin hunting season. PDF from the Wisconsin DNR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601897335618-WK8Q62DEKAYYUWYGXPLC/20201004_164549.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding During Hunting Season Here’s me and my blaze orange hat that I keep in my car. I like not having to think about grabbing it before I leave home—it’s more handy to keep in my vehicle. A hat or vest are both really easy to toss on top of your regular outfit. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601834726910-2DP35R7INAEH8A75KNE4/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding During Hunting Season Parking lots are also a good place to get an idea of what uses are permitted or not. The lot pictured here at Zeloski Marsh is well-marked with hunting, fishing, trapping, and wildlife viewing all listed as allowed activities. If you’re not sure if an area is a potential hunting site, there may be a sign designating it at as such. Not all areas have well-marked parking lots, though, so it’s always best to do a little research in advance. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601833277839-08UNZ5A5EJL68DNVDBL1/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding During Hunting Season A short-eared owl swoops low over a field. These are fun, exciting birds to watch in the late fall and winter, but here in Dane County, they’re often found near Brooklyn Wildlife Area, which is also a very popular hunting area. Heading out to see them in the evening hours when they are most active means that you definitely need to don your orange—lighting conditions at dusk can make it even harder for people to see you! Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601829623480-UZJZ2RYP34EHRHZLNOZQ/tree+stand_jim+CC+BY+NC-ND.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding During Hunting Season Keep an eye out for tree stands, blinds, and decoys—all signs that hunters may be nearby. Photo by Jim CC BY-NC-ND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601834971199-JK9ZE8AHLNBANXBXZG60/20200919_145108.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Birding During Hunting Season Here’s another view of Lake Barney, where those Nelson’s sparrows are hanging out. It’s a popular spot for waterfowl hunting, but usually in the early hours of the morning—I only ran into a few fellow birders on my afternoon visit! This was my first time out to this location, which I was excited to learn had public access. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/9/29/please-vote monthly 0.5 2020-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601380565125-7GS8N8PAZNWGVE0KMELR/GOTV+-+Birds+Cant+Vote+-+Northern+Cardinal+1+-+FB.png Blog Feed - Begging, pleading, cajoling, and back to begging: Please Vote! https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/9/27/birding-blunders monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601243109283-5R9BM62NYT1J239IDHZD/20200926100423_IMG_8271.jpg Blog Feed - Birding Blunders “What did you ID me as?!” asks this yellow-rumped warbler in its fall plumage. These “butterbutts” as they affectionally get called were everywhere at Lake Kegonsa State Park this weekend, and each time I saw one, I wanted to ID it as something different. But a better look always proved me wrong. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601241050422-UX73M4EJI46TWPR3I27C/NOGO_Melissa+Kesling.png Blog Feed - Birding Blunders I didn’t have a camera back when the northern goshawk sighting occurred, but maybe if I did, I would have spent more time snapping photos and less time scaring it off … Photo by Melissa Kesling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601242835661-TZJXAGDDFTSFOQFPCV16/20200507081256_IMG_8155.jpg Blog Feed - Birding Blunders A yellow warbler silently judges me for not paying attention to my surroundings. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601245083491-KE8TC2GZWB2NGX1KGAVL/NOHA_andy+reago+chrissy+mcclarren.jpg Blog Feed - Birding Blunders Not an owl, I repeat, not an owl! This is a northern harrier, but gosh doesn’t that face kinda look owl-ish, like if you squint or something? Photo by Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren CC BY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601242466626-WYODXEFVERBBKRC01ZQD/20200826163506_IMG_5375.jpg Blog Feed - Birding Blunders I was able to get much better looks at a buff-breasted sandpiper, pictured here, at a different location a few days later. Thank goodness, too, because my first sighting was so poor I could barely make out the bird. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601242153082-N7Y62PU7WTCGXEA7N2WB/20200603102946_IMG_0622.jpg Blog Feed - Birding Blunders All that said, this type of mistake can go both ways—sometimes you really are looking at something cooler than expected! I called out “pelican” when this bird flew overhead at Necedah Wildlife Refuge—my gut reaction to seeing a large white bird with black wingtips soaring above. Had I been in Dane County, I would probably had been right. But pictured here is a much rarer whooping crane. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601241912881-BRWY9VHXAOGQD6SJFDHS/20191226_114449.jpg Blog Feed - Birding Blunders Insulated boots are a must. And choose mittens over gloves—you’ll want the body heat from your other fingers to keep you warm. And don’t forget your hat—it probably dampen the sound of some bird calls, but your ears will thank you. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601241278377-79MER3LRL5I3DJNN3UXB/christmas+story+snowsuit.jpg Blog Feed - Birding Blunders I wouldn’t recommend a scarf of this thickness or a snowsuit this compact—you do want to consider factors such as neck mobility (to see those tree tops) and arm mobility (to get your bins quickly to your face). But still—he’s got the right idea. Photo from A Christmas Story https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/9/22/how-and-why-to-help-birds monthly 0.5 2020-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600808046044-VRR0J30HIO1EZMIYEBW3/wnrmagFA20+birdblue.jpeg Blog Feed - How and Why to Help Birds: Plants, Bugs, Food, and Money Bluebirds bring a snack back to the nest. Photo by Patrick Ready https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600808387398-DEMFQFU3T4XG9SDMK0W2/Unknown+Lepidoptera_25+July+2020.JPG Blog Feed - How and Why to Help Birds: Plants, Bugs, Food, and Money Gardens provide habitat and food (and delight!) to many. Photo by Patrick Walsh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600876022311-GDCJHA6QO8WKX9ANLNRB/PlantingCrew.jpg Blog Feed - How and Why to Help Birds: Plants, Bugs, Food, and Money A hardy group of Madison Audubon volunteers band together to restore a prairie at Goose Pond Sanctuary in 2018. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600876353862-OLIKO6U7JXXUCMI01QJR/2070139099_b3520fd05c_c.jpg Blog Feed - How and Why to Help Birds: Plants, Bugs, Food, and Money Cows graze in the setting sun over Wisconsin’s hills. Photo by Tim Ellis https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/9/20/slow-birding monthly 0.5 2020-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600638618105-0RYSBCLMMJWEWBBT0F1U/20200829115907_IMG_5672.jpg Blog Feed - Slow Birding I was birding near my favorite warbler spot at Cherokee North earlier this month when I heard a rustle in the bush in front of me. I had been standing there for maybe 10 minutes already, and it was low in the bush so I just assumed it was a passing chipmunk and ignored it. I continued standing quietly, scanning the trees further back for warblers, when the not-actually-a-chipmunk suddenly popped up and perched on a low branch of a tree. It’s the closest I’ve ever been to a black-billed cuckoo. How long had it been there? I have no idea, but I likely wouldn’t have seen it at all if I had I not been practicing my slow birding. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600686479674-5U3A51TZ1H7YH4LSWLPU/20200905065729_IMG_6997.jpg Blog Feed - Slow Birding Watching birds successfully catch bugs has become one of my favorite things about slow birding. I’m not sure what this red-eyed vireo has caught in its beak, but I hope it was a mosquito. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600638840340-J739762XHM5Z2YY2Y5AU/20200819090117_IMG_4552.jpg Blog Feed - Slow Birding I’ve known that gray catbirds have “rusty underpants.” Despite being gray everywhere else, the vent area under their tail is a rusty brown color. I’ve seen this a few times while spotting them perched in the open, but for the most part I don’t often get the greatest looks at this particular field mark. I did recently follow a catbird, though, and got to see it show off its underpants, which looked surprisingly fluffy! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600639206966-AHAYRSRSQA08FOQCBJWM/20200905110501_IMG_6970.jpg Blog Feed - Slow Birding This female purple finch was hanging out with some house finches. Notice how much more streaky this bird is, with more bold patterning on the face with a white eyebrow. But if you’re expecting house finches, it could be easily overlooked. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600639448213-PTT3EDS0E6COLOB47ECL/20200425103331_IMG_6872.jpg Blog Feed - Slow Birding Caught from a certain angle, an Eastern towhee’s rufousy-red sides could turn your mind to an American robin. Birding every bird makes sure you don’t make assumptions about what you think you’re seeing. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600639743887-A7UT78VP812G7MY2IO7T/20200907074153_IMG_7357.jpg Blog Feed - Slow Birding There was no water around for this blue-winged warbler to take a bath, so how did he get so wet? I found the answer when I saw him, a few minutes later, continue bathing in the morning dew that had collected on some leaves. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600640482719-DZTGCTYS7P2IQD2OC8SI/48511435786_47b71280eb_c.jpg Blog Feed - Slow Birding I always wondered why American redstarts are always fanning their tails and dancing up branches in such a show-y fashion, like the male pictured here. I recently learned from my field guide that they spread their tail feathers and wave them about in order to flush up bugs from the tree, which they then snatch and eat. I started watching for this behavior in particular, and sure enough—I got to see them flush up some bugs that they then caught. It was fascinating. Photo by Kenneth Cole Schneider CC BY-NC-ND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600640060675-6DXR1F7ZD5083L89C0YD/20200902075233_IMG_6329.jpg Blog Feed - Slow Birding A yellow-billed cuckoo with a recently caught tree frog. I watched him tackle this frog for three minutes before the cuckoo was able to swallow it whole. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600640673967-QU25DMJXBR3HJ8K34ZO0/20200912095723_IMG_7559.jpg Blog Feed - Slow Birding The surprise mourning warbler I saw, in fall plumage. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/9/17/the-quest-for-milkweed-seeds monthly 0.5 2020-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600357173337-NO4QAZUHI7VT9BODI6WQ/f1.JPG Blog Feed - The Quest for Milkweed Seeds! Monarch caterpillar feasting on a common milkweed. Madison Audubon photo https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/9/15/neonics-and-birds monthly 0.5 2020-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600048204919-LRFUF7K7USE877FL1EVE/50034682436_3038d97c36_k.jpg Blog Feed - Nicotine bad for bugs and birds? A female bobolink finds a meal in the form of a caterpillar. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600048446306-6XK7E7B6AOQ1Z71N6HCI/DSCN1883-1024x768.jpg Blog Feed - Nicotine bad for bugs and birds? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600048446843-ZVWW2VBASH19KQYORBHZ/DSCN1888-1024x749.jpg Blog Feed - Nicotine bad for bugs and birds? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600048720246-AU6VKYJRD15XISSN8ZBT/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Nicotine bad for bugs and birds? Wild parsnip is an example of a nasty, extremely persistent invasive species whose reduction largely relies on use of select chemicals. Photo by Joshua Mayer https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/9/13/how-to-count-birds monthly 0.5 2020-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600006997119-RJBC7IBT2T8DR2DKY8WS/20200430070914_IMG_7113.jpg Blog Feed - How to Count Birds Not all counts are hard. Sometimes the birds will line up for you in perfect formation, like these five sandhill cranes. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600018672014-0Z0XVIFGHYH8QO2A92DS/20200625173155_IMG_1494.jpg Blog Feed - How to Count Birds My eBird list, mid-birding session. One of my favorite things about using eBird is knowing that my sightings can contribute valuable data that researchers and scientists can use to improve bird conservation efforts. You should give it a try! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600016822505-FG6OI861VXH02H4LDNB7/50337705226_3e7cc2e6c8_k.jpg Blog Feed - How to Count Birds University Bay, near the Lakeshore Nature Preserve at UW-Madison, is a hotspot for mixed flocks of migrating waterfowl. They often gather in rafts near the shoreline for nice viewing conditions. Counting through a mixed flock can be hard at first—especially when you’re new to IDing birds in the first place!—but it gets easier with practice. Photo by Brandyn Kerscher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600007258196-FL56LRD301U2FLGD7X1E/20200611132737_IMG_1212.jpg Blog Feed - How to Count Birds How many great egrets are hiding in this photo? Even when you can count one-by-one, sometimes the scenery can make it a challenge by obscuring birds. (There are 10, by the way!) Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600007413494-XO0NRDW1BCYGY1L948CK/20200813120827_IMG_3902.jpg Blog Feed - How to Count Birds If you’ve got a good idea of what a group of 10 American white pelicans looks like, you might be able to take scan this overhead flock and estimate that there are about 20 birds. You’d be pretty close—there are 21! If you have time and the birds are circling slowly enough, practice! Estimate a guess first, then count them one by one and see how close you were. This is a great way to refine your skills. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600011554091-FB3UWSKU9PZESZ866USE/80663933_2784292028298511_626992532894515200_o.jpg Blog Feed - How to Count Birds Expert birder and editor of Birding magazine, Ted Floyd, posted this image to the eBird Community Discussion group on Facebook with this caption: “How many blackbirds are in this tree? 500? Now consider that there are 150 to the right of the vertical red line, the part of the tree with the lowest density of blackbirds. Just another reminder that flocks are often larger than we appreciate!” Photo from eBird Community Discussion Facebook group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600017584860-P5GACHY7XOFDO1NZG23K/50337704011_9ebf215f8d_c.jpg Blog Feed - How to Count Birds There’s a lot of black and white in this scene, but it’s not all the same species—we’ve got American coots, bufflehead, a Canada goose, a ring-billed gull, and a ruddy duck. Coots seem to make up the most of this group. This may be small enough to count each bird, but imagine if this was a larger flock. What percentage of this image do you think the American coots would make up? Photo by Brandyn Kerscher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600008763464-MQYW6L4A1E6QCYLS8H0K/meme.jpg Blog Feed - How to Count Birds When you’re new to eBird, estimating can feel kinda sacrilegious. But your estimate is much for useful to eBird than a simple X, and you want your data to be useful! So repeat after this meme: “Estimate numbers of each species!” and don’t just put an X. Photo from Birding Memes on Facebook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600011970845-IFSX8N62WCAU4TCRY42H/50337703001_14f516f065_k.jpg Blog Feed - How to Count Birds Sleeping tundra swans will be a common sight for birders this fall and winter, but their positioning often poses a challenge—it’s hard to see how many swans might be obscured in the back. That’s a factor you should think about as you make your estimate, but still estimate within reason—there’s likely not an additional hundred swans being obscured in this image, but there may be 10-15 we aren’t seeing. Photo by Brandyn Kerscher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600018078138-7IOXCXAJS5FJ1VSG9VDX/50337704431_3fccf7b129_c.jpg Blog Feed - How to Count Birds With some practice, you’ll be firing off estimates for huge flocks like nobody’s business. Give this one your best guess—how many ring-billed gulls is this?! (Your guess is as good as mine—and is better than just an X!) Photo by Brandyn Kerscher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600018304773-9WEYHM2RLJECCHU9DZE9/50337861412_16d0af7f22_k.jpg Blog Feed - How to Count Birds Greater white-fronted geese were a new fall favorite of mine. This photo wasn’t taken in fall, but does show off how gorgeous these “specklebellies” are. The Madison area will see greater white-fronted geese migrate through with other waterfowl upcoming this fall, so keep your eyes peeled and be ready to count ‘em! Photo by Brandyn Kerscher https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/9/11/citizen-science-and-the-prettiest-little-falcon-in-the-world monthly 0.5 2020-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599854720866-5I88JMVASJEFYRHRIPN4/AmericanKestrelGPS5_JimStewart.jpg Blog Feed - Citizen Science and the Prettiest Little Falcon in the World American kestrel photo by Jim Stewart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599854777774-K9UCSS7IN8S75CE2LXIF/Kestrel+incubating.JPG Blog Feed - Citizen Science and the Prettiest Little Falcon in the World https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599854812937-KUPFOZKW7M0CPMG7Y6QZ/Pat+Ready+Kestrel+chicks+2+weeks+old.jpeg Blog Feed - Citizen Science and the Prettiest Little Falcon in the World https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599853455539-SAXT6Q5W8GEMEQO2CFSL/received_353043515872039.jpeg Blog Feed - Citizen Science and the Prettiest Little Falcon in the World https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599853457460-E1DTYZ6IKBRKHMXT1U97/received_1252207121779348.jpeg Blog Feed - Citizen Science and the Prettiest Little Falcon in the World https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/9/6/a-beginners-guide-to-fall-warblers monthly 0.5 2020-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599437073253-7OYY0TDFH7BNOCETNRMW/20200829135046_IMG_5667.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Fall Warblers A Tennessee warbler perches on branch after eating a bug. This species is one of the more prolific warblers we’re seeing right now, and it’s a bit unusual in that it bucks the fall trend—unlike other warblers who don some drab and muted colors, the Tennessee’s plumage is actually brighter in the fall than in the spring. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599437244609-U090YW045MA5ZOX2Q8KI/ChestnutSided_Spr.JPG Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Fall Warblers A chestnut-sided warbler in bright spring plumage sings on a branch. Come fall, these birds are hush hush. Photo by Brandyn Kerscher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599437494787-7VIYCXEBS9WLJ1OY66PB/20200507125521_IMG_8156.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Fall Warblers - Blackburnian warbler in spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599437582497-FXRKP2HOTU2DS4SBLZYA/20200902074943_IMG_6330.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Fall Warblers - Blackburnian warbler in fall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599440364604-CLRCUZQ0ZWMA1JKX5FC2/20200902074731_IMG_6331.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Fall Warblers Here’s a common yellowthroat. It’s lacking the male’s signature black mask, so this is either a female or an immature male. You’ll see a lot of this species right now—in the absence of the mask, look for their namesake, that bright yellow throat. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599438053196-UICIYEHAZA38VA6LFJTP/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Fall Warblers I took this photo at Ho Nee Um, part of the UW-Madison Arboretum. This is a great hotspot for warblers, as it has a lot of mixed habitat with good edges that get morning light. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599495333590-1T13M3BOJMLN07M6EYLE/20200907_111333.png Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Fall Warblers Here’s an aerial view of the entry road at Cherokee South. Park at the first lot and walk the gravel road—shoot for early morning when the sun is warming up the trees on the west side of the road. I’ve had great luck with warbler flocks here! The highlighted orange areas are where I tend to find warblers in the morning. Screenshot from Google Maps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599438294361-8HGV949PIIM85P1DB5PU/20200905070512_IMG_6991.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Fall Warblers Not a warbler! I repeat, not a warbler! Though I 100% thought it was at first. This is a yellow-throated vireo. Notice the bigger, rounder head and the thin tail. You can’t see the teeny hook on the bill in this photo but you can get a sense of how the bill looks “heavier.” Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599438621985-N3HA1ZBQ82PSDI0X10B0/20200905073417_IMG_6984.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Fall Warblers Notice the black tail tip, white tail base, and white undertail coverts. Even if that’s all you saw, you could ID this bird with practice. This is a magnolia warbler, which usually has dark streaking down the sides of it’s yellow chest. You can barely see the streaking in this image, it’s so faint. That’s why the tail and undertail coverts can help you out! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599439154704-9N1PTMXPD57BI87IKB61/20200902071456_IMG_6336.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Fall Warblers Here’s a blue-winged warbler, looking … pretty much like he did in spring, maybe just not as vibrant. Not all fall warblers are confusing! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599439286141-T4OKA4HOL7GXO7QJ7F9C/ChestnutSided_Fall.JPG Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Fall Warblers Chestnut-sided warblers, like the one pictured here, really do switch up their outfits. Once you learn their new look, they’ll be pretty easy to spot. I mean, look at that lime-green back! That plus the eyering and yellow wingbars seals the deal. You can even see a liiiiiittle bit of the “chestnut” on the flanks, but only barely—this can vary a lot bird by bird. Photo by Brandyn Kerscher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599440040559-TCVT4M0VAIO6GY5Q9MAO/20200906_194746.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Fall Warblers Look at all those helpful photos! If you keep flipping, you’ll get a ton of info on songs, calls, behavior and more, but right now, these pictures have been helping me most. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599440169635-AMK8V3LYQRTGF41F59KZ/eastern+undertails.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Fall Warblers A selection from The Warbler Guide’s quick guides, which you can download for free here. https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/9/6/a-duck-stamp-goes-a-long-way monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599243446197-L5G51QY8TE6HG28EJ4BP/duck+stamp.png Blog Feed - A Duck Stamp goes a long way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599243562436-CH3BMKU4DH1OR1PD778T/50034422053_4ecf83eb71_k.jpg Blog Feed - A Duck Stamp goes a long way A great egret hunts at Horicon Marsh, thanks to the protections of USFWS. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599243740328-ZH5BEESPF0DZ25ZRI519/50034682436_829cabb8c5_c.jpg Blog Feed - A Duck Stamp goes a long way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599243745808-05F2GK4G5S3MX52D6TMW/50267712618_565ddf4ee7_c.jpg Blog Feed - A Duck Stamp goes a long way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599243742857-713SAEJU7YB01CR8RYMV/50034938262_b9028bacb9_c.jpg Blog Feed - A Duck Stamp goes a long way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599243747328-8MB8QJKQ5ZE0O2A0UDQW/50226445542_f8609c33fb_c.jpg Blog Feed - A Duck Stamp goes a long way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599243851637-N98DNA0KGZF0DCJWO700/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - A Duck Stamp goes a long way https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/9/4/ways-you-can-help-monarchs-this-month monthly 0.5 2020-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599237524323-H60JAT2WD7B8VNKLQRKN/monarch+roost+maple+2+arlene+koziol.jpg Blog Feed - Ways you can help monarchs this month Monarch roost, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599237639650-EB1W7SVMTWCKYZ2U028E/30845658825_1e5f4e871a_c.jpg Blog Feed - Ways you can help monarchs this month Beautiful milkweed seeds, photo by USFWS Midwest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599237688277-MPVFQ4D2X0UJLRF43HJG/Monarch+in+hand+-+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Ways you can help monarchs this month A monarch in hand, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599239441311-O69AWAZQXUPX91672INB/MadisonAudubon-GradientLogo-RGB.png Blog Feed - Ways you can help monarchs this month https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599239477800-1WDPUZOMUIYTED2RCVFP/WMC+Supporter+Logo+-+transp+bkgd+-+color+text.png Blog Feed - Ways you can help monarchs this month https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/8/31/summer-night-birding monthly 0.5 2020-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598816915220-GR60G44BA3CEWHL46E38/common+nighthawk+flight_kenneth+cole+schneider+FCC.jpg Blog Feed - Summer Night Birding A common nighthawk in flight. These birds have long wings and tiny little bills. Notice the white wing patches near the tip of each wing—these are thankfully easy to see even in dim lighting and can help you confirm your ID! Photo by Kenneth Cole Schneider CC BY-NC-ND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598817108686-Z0QSRH8CQT4HGG1IEDCB/common+nighthawk+roosting_tom+benson+FCC.jpg Blog Feed - Summer Night Birding Is there a bird in this picture? Yep, though at first glance it may appear to be just part of the branch. Common nighthawks have wonderful camouflage to help keep them hidden while they sleep during the day. Photo by Tom Benson CC BY-NC-ND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598817371007-BNU2TLI9EJH2FX8ECAKW/20200827_194004.jpg Blog Feed - Summer Night Birding This was taken at Six Mile Creek at Governor Nelson State Park—the tiny dots in the air aren’t nighthawks, but rather cedar waxwings that were feasting on the bugs over the water. There were plenty of nighthawks that joined them too, but I couldn’t get any good pictures of them in the dim light. I took this just after 7:30pm, which is right about when I started noticing the common nighthawks swooping above too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598817778820-DNH6UNLQBWZ8DQYHW0AA/20200827_184821.jpg Blog Feed - Summer Night Birding I took this on a prairie-covered hill in Middleton, shortly after several common nighthawks flew over at approximately 7pm. Water, no water, lights, no lights—you might see a common nighthawk anywhere in the evening, as long as you keep your eyes to the sky! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598818245789-G5ZJD400NKTFYNPQXZRB/chimney+swifts_steve+benoit+FCC.jpg Blog Feed - Summer Night Birding Swifts return to a chimney to roost for the evening. (These are actually Vaux’s swifts in this picture, the western relative of our eastern chimney swift, but this photo gives you a good idea of what you might see at a roosting site!) Photo by Steve Benoit CC BY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598818970791-9Q0J04TPLF5BDQ3VIMVU/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Summer Night Birding You might hear some folks describe chimney swifts as “flying cigars” because the shape of their bodies looks like the shape of a thick cigar. It can help you distinguish them from other swallows or even bats that might also be flying around in the evening. Photo by Shawn Taylor CC BY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598819886360-9MA54ECRT60JXJ8LOD32/20200829_182009.jpg Blog Feed - Summer Night Birding I’ve been out and about looking for new places where I might sit and enjoy the summer evening show and have discovered a few gems in the process. My most recent discovery is the Wilke Preserve, just north of Waunakee. This small bridge over the creek makes for a good sit spot. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/8/24/coronavirus-elderly-birds monthly 0.5 2020-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598300560013-Q8MTHGGH66OID200T6UE/477610146_6db0f50d65_c.jpg Blog Feed - Coronavirus, the elderly, and birds - American goldfinch by Eric Bégin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598302354271-Z1CAJKLK53GUJDKT47O8/308206011_b31d9bacb2_c.jpg Blog Feed - Coronavirus, the elderly, and birds - Blue jay by Eric Bégin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598302334009-C3N400L48JVG1NH3503W/70266043_2794047457307102_7707206868644397056_o.jpg Blog Feed - Coronavirus, the elderly, and birds - Baltimore oriole by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597951622063-J6KQIZA0Q07PGN820T92/image%25252811%252529.jpg Blog Feed - Coronavirus, the elderly, and birds In this newspaper clip by the Baltimore Sun, Lu is shown carrying her infant son while being escorted by police out of Gwynn Oak amusement park. The caption reads “EVEN BABES — [Lu] happily smiles as she carries her five-month-old baby off to the paddy wagon and jail as a protest against segregation at Gwynn Oak Park.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597951909785-07JKU7FC5ZS4AG0H2JVE/lu.jpg Blog Feed - Coronavirus, the elderly, and birds Lu waves from inside her apartment, with the first attempt at a birdfeeder on her window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597951773861-FW0KR1NSI393WFMR8QUZ/IMG_20200814_094426.jpg Blog Feed - Coronavirus, the elderly, and birds The two feeders outside of Lu’s window. Photo by Becky Abel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598364983753-VJG7GOX0II415BALZHBX/28514801_1917548018290388_1518017996950689603_o.jpg Blog Feed - Coronavirus, the elderly, and birds - Common redpoll, Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598365080592-XMZ82FCED97FG8F5VRRI/36981704065_1a35446e85_k.jpg Blog Feed - Coronavirus, the elderly, and birds - Ruby-throated hummingbird, Jim Landerkin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598365108584-6H5AZF0WSQGDH1Q9ZW2H/Male+Red+Bellied+Woodpecker.jpg Blog Feed - Coronavirus, the elderly, and birds - Red-bellied woodpecker, Pat Ready https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/8/23/the-unexpected-benefits-of-birding monthly 0.5 2020-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598227279181-BMQOWDJBFF1OXUFEB8VB/20200822134417_IMG_4545.jpg Blog Feed - The Unexpected Benefits of Birding A green heron perches on a branch. On my first birding trip to Nine Springs, I saw not one but five of these captivating birds. They won me over instantly and I’m never not happy to see one. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598227420252-UW20QNN9NM8A4OVPAK7E/20200822_192408.jpg Blog Feed - The Unexpected Benefits of Birding Just discovered this gem yesterday. I would bike near this area all the time on the Military Ridge State Trail, but I only just discovered the nearby walking trails at Goose Lake Conservation Park in Verona. Can you spot the speck that is a distant osprey, perched in a tree? Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598227718481-37UP7X07AJZ69O6RCYSS/dane+co+hotspots.jpg Blog Feed - The Unexpected Benefits of Birding Dane County is jam-packed with birding hotspots—just look at all those pins! Screenshot from eBird.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598227848939-J02VTJAYFGNLSG4VDIQU/20191029_083951.jpg Blog Feed - The Unexpected Benefits of Birding Fellow birders and friends on a pre-COVID bird walk. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598228037167-CCO90KG7ZC4M4C0FHC20/20200723_195307.jpg Blog Feed - The Unexpected Benefits of Birding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598228048635-MGUTWQ7LYP8EV832ZYR4/20200702_111158.jpg Blog Feed - The Unexpected Benefits of Birding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598228038703-93TM83A6ME8EGUIM9QBY/20200713_161337.jpg Blog Feed - The Unexpected Benefits of Birding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598228040582-XS1HU9HTSJVEWCUW9P3A/20170421_135705.jpg Blog Feed - The Unexpected Benefits of Birding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598228330718-14AERBTXCLGTTAD606SM/20200218_083125.jpg Blog Feed - The Unexpected Benefits of Birding This past winter was probably the first winter in my entire life that I’ve spent so many hours outside. I used to “hibernate” inside where it was warm and cozy, then I learned the power of layers and well-insulated boots. I birded daily through the winter—and it kept me going when the shortage of daylight tried to keep me down. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598228434690-EXACAHIOYQ9TMLHAG44T/20200602062759_IMG_0398.jpg Blog Feed - The Unexpected Benefits of Birding You’ll be endlessly frustrated while trying to ID flycatchers (especially silent ones in poor lighting) until you realize that everyone else struggles with them too. Then you’ll just be in good company. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/8/21/snakes-and-birds-mix-with-mixed-results monthly 0.5 2020-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598025799018-2B59J49N5HTBO0GQVTPR/20200810_Snake.jpg Blog Feed - Snakes and Birds Mix with Mixed Results A new roadkill reporting system aims to help herptiles like this endangered slender glass lizard, one of Wisconsin's four lizards and the only legless lizard. Photo credit: Nick Walton // WDNR Press Release https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/8/18/teaching-outside-adapting-to-online-learning monthly 0.5 2020-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597938534689-OVDZDPQLI6OQ0IU7MKHU/IMG_1273.JPG Blog Feed - Teaching Outside: Adapting to Online Learning Two young kiddos learn with their mom in an outdoor space. Parks and natural areas are accessible to some, but other children may be more limited to a balcony or sidewalk. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597940366084-TTW91DIMNDG11NLY306R/IMG_1680.jpg Blog Feed - Teaching Outside: Adapting to Online Learning A nature journal can take many shapes or forms! Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597940509386-J9XRR6VVS3JWZ88QXLWJ/IMG_20200315_164550.jpg Blog Feed - Teaching Outside: Adapting to Online Learning A small basket filled with backyard treasures. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597940860779-27DEWJUSPP294QHUZS8Q/Screen+Shot+2020-08-20+at+11.26.52+AM.png Blog Feed - Teaching Outside: Adapting to Online Learning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597940941787-6HCFWF7RY8GAAJTUEHJ8/planto%2Bpic.jpg Blog Feed - Teaching Outside: Adapting to Online Learning https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/8/18/a-happy-home-for-trout-sculpins-yellowthroats-and-flycatchers monthly 0.5 2020-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597784066386-BILOL4V1EWOGNICQGUUJ/50081216356_6ce05cfdf6_o.jpg Blog Feed - A Happy Home for Trout, Sculpins, Yellowthroats, and Flycatchers Common yellowthroat photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/8/16/birding-lingo monthly 0.5 2020-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597620122945-JUXYO5UGN0FOJ16NF1A9/20191123_125354.jpg Blog Feed - Twitching, Pishing, and Dipping, oh my! Learning the Birding Lingo Birders scan Lake Superior on a winter birding trip, hoping to spot a potential rarity. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597617187445-IDJQLH4LCZNZ0WSFI60T/20200715_141321.jpg Blog Feed - Twitching, Pishing, and Dipping, oh my! Learning the Birding Lingo Sometimes a non-birder has a lifer experience so stunning that it turns them into a birder right then and there! That bird becomes your “spark bird,” and the world is somehow brighter after you see it. My spark bird was a green heron, like the one pictured here. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597618258316-7UQA1YNL8S6NTUDXBBNQ/20190713_083917.jpg Blog Feed - Twitching, Pishing, and Dipping, oh my! Learning the Birding Lingo There are several noisy Clark’s nutcrackers up in this tree at Rocky Mountain National Park. But I didn’t know what they were at the time and I didn’t appreciate them for how neat they were, so I haven’t counted them on my life list. That’s a personal choice, since you set the terms of your own life list. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597616123565-VFW5VFDNUBQ7ED2U49O6/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Twitching, Pishing, and Dipping, oh my! Learning the Birding Lingo Pishing works best on passerines (songbirds) like warblers, sparrows, wrens, and such. These are birds that have their own “scold” calls and may be curious about yours. While “pssssh pssssh pssssh” is the standard noise to make, there are variations—read more on pishing here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597615723183-A966RLGOBERPZ00D1U10/northern+goshawk_brandyn+kerscher.jpg Blog Feed - Twitching, Pishing, and Dipping, oh my! Learning the Birding Lingo A juvenile northern goshawk perches on a branch while a brave squirrel tempts fate. According to eBird, this was the first reported sighting of a northern goshawk in the Arboretum since the 1970s! Thankfully Brandyn was there with a camera! Photo by Brandyn Kerscher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597618588119-ONIRSQ1KL57XK9RO2CE2/33641431488_9ea27920c2_c.jpg Blog Feed - Twitching, Pishing, and Dipping, oh my! Learning the Birding Lingo One of my recent nemesis birds (yes, I have several…) was a Carolina wren. They’re notoriously loud with a distinct song and call, but I couldn’t spot or hear them anywhere, despite visiting numerous places where other people were finding them. I finally found mine last week, after my third visit to the Grady Tract at the Arboretum, where a fellow birder had been seeing one consistently. And of course, it only gave me a brief glimpse and wouldn’t even pose for a photo. Typical. Photo by Andy Reago and Chrissy McClaren FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597616923587-W9KBW3XLRNRQE8MADXLN/migration+forecast.jpg Blog Feed - Twitching, Pishing, and Dipping, oh my! Learning the Birding Lingo This is a forecast image that looks ahead as to what might happen overnight, but you can also watch live migration maps that show bird movements and projected patterns. Screenshot from BirdCast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597616720224-8YWVBTC1D4Z2FCS4ZAT3/20200427_153905.jpg Blog Feed - Twitching, Pishing, and Dipping, oh my! Learning the Birding Lingo I didn’t dip on the ruff sighting, thank goodness. Here’s a blurry scope pic I took of this handsome bird in a flooded field north of Waunakee. Notice his “ruffled” front feathers on his chest that speak to his name. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/birdfriendlyglass monthly 0.5 2020-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597435329065-SQR3EVKIJRDQ3XT2FIRJ/amro.png Blog Feed - Building Safer Skies For Birds In Wisconsin The American Robin, Wisconsin’s state bird, and other species will be safer in Madison, Wisconsin, thanks to a new ordinance adopting bird-friendly building standards. Photo © Michael Stubblefield https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/8/11/teaching-outside-outdoor-routines monthly 0.5 2020-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597180527171-J2TDOZW0TPUHFL4FYDMR/IMG_20191213_103258.jpg Blog Feed - Teaching Outside: Outdoor Routines Students gather for a photograph after a day of outdoor learning. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597180923016-PHLSML9NNTBTV813X4US/nature+journal+examples.jpg Blog Feed - Teaching Outside: Outdoor Routines These are some examples of how to format journal pages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597178030866-Q61IYEYLFAG0BK7RZKPO/IMG_20190927_110031.jpg Blog Feed - Teaching Outside: Outdoor Routines A student documents a feather in their nature journal. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597177653685-OMKBYOW3RQQG0ZLQK46E/IMG_20191002_143841.jpg Blog Feed - Teaching Outside: Outdoor Routines A student sits on the grass and observes their surroundings while working on a nature journal. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597180847479-W7PN39N2F3XWY11EP0MP/8+minute+notes.jpg Blog Feed - Teaching Outside: Outdoor Routines Here is an example of how to format a page for 8-minute notes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597178852250-OS3JCR27164MLRVEW754/IMG_20191203_162635.jpg Blog Feed - Teaching Outside: Outdoor Routines Students review items to find on their outdoor scavenger hunt. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597180651266-XC57B33VCSD0A7DLPKOQ/IMG_20191031_102033+%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - Teaching Outside: Outdoor Routines Students gather in a gratitude circle. Madison Audubon photo https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/8/9/tips-for-tricky-bird-ids-shorebird-edition monthly 0.5 2020-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596998176233-E9J9XQGA4OSWCXP46UUF/LEYE_USFWS+Northeast+Region.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! Thankfully those bright yellow legs are hard to miss on this lesser yellowlegs. Photo by USFWS Northeast Region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596990471505-OMEB51M6R9ODBU4KUU4S/LESA_Howard+Patterson+FCC.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! - Least sandpiper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596990471157-04EEAVRI4WD4YVKMHIQA/SESA_USFWS+Bill+Patterson.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! - Semipalmated sandpiper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596990471065-KDEB52MIOIRTR414BZQP/SEPL_Mick+Thompson+FCC.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! - Semipalmated plover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596990841200-BH6O3OKXDKXPOIV4N9VG/SPSA_Kevin+Krebs+FCC.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! - Spotted sandpiper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596990937250-U2HT0C202D8XVLHOHWJ1/SOSA_Mark+Moschell+FCC.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! - Solitary sandpiper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596991048068-O10NEY0FS78ZR90N15F7/PESA_Mark+Peck+FCC.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! - Pectoral sandpiper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596991117427-JEQHJ6Z7CUBNFMU5MNYV/LEYE_MickThompson+FCC.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! - Lesser yellowlegs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596991381268-RJJZALSMFRIMAGUTNMR2/Killdeer_Eugene+Beckes+FCC.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! - Killdeer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596991493521-3FL4UVDJAX34S1ZQ4T6K/SBDO_Mark+Peck+FCC.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! - Short-billed dowitcher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596991217946-EH7GW9NAMC26DSQTSJM5/GRYE_Doug+Greenberg+FCC.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! - Greater yellowlegs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596992115859-TVWNGN4VZSDP6H7AFLLB/SEPL_Mick+Thompson+FCC_2.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! The dinky little bill on this bird tells me right away that I’m dealing with a plover. This is a semipalmated plover—distinguished from other plovers like killdeer by its smaller size and the single band across its chest. Photo by Mick Thomspon CC BY-NC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596985391356-SIOSK4AT4NMPX6R4GE1Z/Bird+Academy+Shorebird+QuickGuide.png Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! Consider printing this handy quick guide to help you narrow your options. This compact guide was created by the Cornell Bird Academy and is being offered for FREE—you just have to enter your email and you’ll receive a PDF to download. It has silhouettes of shorebird shapes, a size guide, and tips on foraging behavior! If you find this guide helpful and want even more tips, consider registering for the “Be a Better Birder: Shorebird Identification” course for a fee. I’m currently working my way through it and it’s very helpful! Photo from Cornell Bird Academy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596980444515-1WVVQVJFDC75PFZZ1YZ4/David+Sibley+shorebird+foraging+patterns.png Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! This David Sibley illustration from the very helpful article “Keys to identifying shorebirds” is a great visualization of how certain groups of shorebirds will move as they forage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596979134645-4058GMO6NYE4JODDAGWF/PESA+and+LESA_Jeff+Bryant+FCC.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! Both of these shorebirds are tiny compared to the mallard in the back, but the pectoral sandpiper (middle) is clearly larger than the least sandpiper (right). Notice how similar their plumage, legs, and bill can look? Try and find something like a nearby killdeer—or even a mallard!—to give you some perspective on size. Photo by Jeff Bryant CC BY-NC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596979666773-Q50SHH4JY8B18D4FB5PB/SESA+and+LESA_Vicki+DeLoach+FCC.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! A semipalmated sandpiper (left) forages near a least sandpiper (right). Notice the black legs and straight black bill on the semipalmated, and the yellow-green legs and very slightly drooped black bill on the smaller least sandpiper. Photo by Vicki DeLoach CC BY-NC-ND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597005642158-JJOT125OVUM9OM50YHPD/LESA_Howard+Patterson+FCC.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! Here’s another image of a least sandpiper that shows a better angle of the slightly drooped bill. Photo by Howard Patterson CC BY-NC-SA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596986947083-ECGOXI3B726IGGDE1ZFN/GRYE+and+LEYE_John+Sutton+FCC.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! A greater yellowlegs (left) stands near a lesser yellowlegs (right). Photo by John Sutton CC BY-NC-ND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596987351076-TJLSTLPZ95QYJ7MV3AYN/GRYE+and+LEYE_Len+Blumin+FCC.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! A greater yellowlegs (left) forages next to a lesser yellowlegs (right). Photo by Len Blumin CC BY-NC-ND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596980256292-ATZD79E7X9JCMX9EYHV1/SOSA+and+SPSA_Kenneth+Cole+Schneider+FCC.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! A solitary sandpiper (left) stands next to a spotted sandpiper (right). Photo by Kenneth Cole Schneider CC BY-NC-ND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597005397936-HSFUKLENVMXZHDGUSMKX/20200806_170035.jpg Blog Feed - Tips for Tricky Bird IDs: Shorebird Edition! A group of shorebirds (mostly lesser yellowlegs) forage at the Patton/Oak pond. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/8/5/getting-ready-to-teach-outdoors monthly 0.5 2020-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596660980947-AH4XEUIOSQ9Z5VCSSZSS/Teacher+and+child_Madison+Audubon+Education+Programming.jpg Blog Feed - Getting Ready to Teach Outdoors There’s so much to explore outside! Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596661124849-LXAZAOETFH1TVCVUG5IV/Best+of+Youth+Education+%2864%29.JPG Blog Feed - Getting Ready to Teach Outdoors Life is good outside. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596661173230-ILYU3OGBADP7TLITIESH/Best+of+Youth+Education+%2852%29.JPG Blog Feed - Getting Ready to Teach Outdoors Time to explore! Clear expectations help make for happier kids (and teachers). Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596660736366-FBJF7XYWQNJDTD63GW7O/IMG_20191204_150809.jpg Blog Feed - Getting Ready to Teach Outdoors Big roots are easy to work with even when wearing big coats and gloves. Madison Audubon photo https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/8/2/a-beginners-guide-to-spotting-scopes monthly 0.5 2020-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596404153320-JJL2QT9UUEY3N7LYH6VR/20200731_160452.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Spotting Scopes My scope, just the other day, out near the intersection of Patton Rd and Oak Rd, north of Waunakee. This is one of the best shorebird viewing spots so far this fall, but those birds are out there quite a ways. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596404299868-H3ODMH64QBAKYKJCW0IJ/CollageMaker_20200802_144055050.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Spotting Scopes Here are two pictures to help you compare what you’ll see with binoculars vs. a spotting scope. On the left is an image I took with my cellphone through my binoculars, and on the right is an image I took with my cellphone through my spotting scope. Can you see that blurry white blob in the center left picture? A spotting scope turned that blob into a beautiful snowy owl. Photos by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596453321364-0AL4WXCLVS42Y5XEFOAW/20200802_171539.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Spotting Scopes Here’s me pictured with my scope. I figured out a system for packing it and the tripod into a backpack so I could take it on longer hike-ins. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596405098543-17WFIVQYV9VTF0ZYVWTC/20200428_102344.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Spotting Scopes I probably would have missed this gorgeous American golden plover if it wasn’t for a good look through the scope. Look how well his colors blend in! (As a side note, I took this photo with my cellphone through my scope. For those without a camera, a scope + cellphone can open you up to the world of digiscoping and allow you to document your bird sightings!) Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596405645024-SBFYZDYGA3TWXM658QE3/20200802_162212.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Spotting Scopes Notice how the eyepiece is angled up? This makes it easy to look down into your scope at a natural, comfortable viewing angle. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596404898601-MGS1ANV57GS7E3L5CX6J/20200411075621_IMG_5800+%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Spotting Scopes These pectoral sandpipers were along the edge of a flooded field, right off the road. I watched them from my car so to not spook them, but they were so close I didn’t even need binoculars! Finding close-up spots like this can take patience, but it’s worth it! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/7/28/the-energy-202 monthly 0.5 2020-08-05 https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/7/26/birds-by-bike-at-zeloski-marsh monthly 0.5 2020-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595803637803-0RE28F4EJNPLIJ1FUAK9/20200725113903_IMG_2553.jpg Blog Feed - Birds by Bike at Zeloski Marsh A black tern yawns on a hot, sunny afternoon at Zeloski Marsh. He clearly wasn’t paying attention to all the birding excitement around him, or he wouldn’t have been yawning! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595803970945-XP4KAKYW1R6O16QYOOT5/20200722_131732.jpg Blog Feed - Birds by Bike at Zeloski Marsh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595803897201-Z9JGKD2W2TXCJPMK7BKW/20200722_133151.jpg Blog Feed - Birds by Bike at Zeloski Marsh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595803884581-HU54GJ8FM9V7EW10UTIX/20200725_114725.jpg Blog Feed - Birds by Bike at Zeloski Marsh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595803880534-VCMMGYTB2HWWMHW6SU0J/20200725124604_IMG_2558.jpg Blog Feed - Birds by Bike at Zeloski Marsh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595804195299-32LGWGNP9T9A9MULXLF7/20200725112814_IMG_2551.jpg Blog Feed - Birds by Bike at Zeloski Marsh How many black terns can you spot in this picture? Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595804348875-SJBMPRRCU672174P3IV3/20200725122840_IMG_2555.jpg Blog Feed - Birds by Bike at Zeloski Marsh - Sandhill cranes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595804330878-Q30RJVH6GGLLESCV6YJO/20200725125057_IMG_2557.jpg Blog Feed - Birds by Bike at Zeloski Marsh - Belted kingfisher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595804342969-9CWPME254OSLS03JTP3G/20200725114922_IMG_2559.jpg Blog Feed - Birds by Bike at Zeloski Marsh - Green heron in flight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595804339311-5KRW463J0GSTFSO34SIL/20200725123359_IMG_2556.jpg Blog Feed - Birds by Bike at Zeloski Marsh - Great blue heron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595803479486-LOJGYF5JO7M5XMR8VC42/20200725121404_IMG_2554.jpg Blog Feed - Birds by Bike at Zeloski Marsh - Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595803470691-GW0E6T0PHD12IS616KG4/20200725114708_IMG_2560.jpg Blog Feed - Birds by Bike at Zeloski Marsh - Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595799213837-I7V7ZXTC85Q6VAAU7RIY/Zeloski+Marsh+area+map.jpg Blog Feed - Birds by Bike at Zeloski Marsh The orange line marks the 2.5 mile Zeloski bike path. The purple lines mark some (but not all) of the access lanes along the marsh’s impoundments—what’s marked on here is what I considered the best vantage points of the water for birding. The red dots mark parking lots, the closest to the water being the DNR lot off London Rd (bottom of map) or the Alley Rd lot east of the marsh. If you’d like a bit of a bike ride on the Glacial Drumlin trail, consider the London trailhead (to the west), the trailhead near County Rd S (to the east), or the Lake Mills trailhead (further east, not pictured on the map). Screenshot from Google Maps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595802080440-QYNKTTH8W9WP52O5W1OK/20200722_131433.jpg Blog Feed - Birds by Bike at Zeloski Marsh The entrance to Zeloski Marsh from the DNR lot on London Rd. There’s even a birding checklist ready and waiting for you, supplied by a local Boy Scouts troop. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595804937860-2F8AFW2ST1LWH5WYJYLY/20200725_114756.jpg Blog Feed - Birds by Bike at Zeloski Marsh The author catching a whiff of some nearby manure. I promise it only enhances the rural birding experience! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/7/21/fun-in-the-sun monthly 0.5 2020-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595513901865-F8LTOARB7WTR7DV9O6XP/E1E2CBF5-16F6-482A-B30F-0EB7F8B31675.jpeg Blog Feed - Fun in the Faville Grove sun Josh Rohrer is one of five interns working on ecological restoration at Madison Audubon’s Faville Grove Sanctuary this summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595514505683-B87KSCE2PEJ427ZN52KP/01861F89-E0C6-4459-B0B9-63EA0EAE4DD5.jpeg Blog Feed - Fun in the Faville Grove sun Photo by Josh Rohrer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595514547327-S0CTMYWB816GBFIZRMVR/63F850DF-3E80-4AED-B9D5-EFC3420B29FD.jpeg Blog Feed - Fun in the Faville Grove sun Photo provided by Josh Rohrer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595514641569-Z3JG61OMLI3WW8I4NN20/A6EC8839-9CB3-4077-9378-CB93A1484BCA.jpg Blog Feed - Fun in the Faville Grove sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595514632902-TLF5Q9NE68IDJQQ7MT62/BE8165C0-7D80-4262-B5A3-1478810DA532.jpg Blog Feed - Fun in the Faville Grove sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595514650389-LI2XAME9ILPF9RR1GR9Z/E7364A43-819D-49EA-BC84-6660C8010E11.jpg Blog Feed - Fun in the Faville Grove sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595514819560-D1ZSOKTO4JMD83W8MQ14/9B4F050A-3670-48A5-BC05-6815D2EB85B9.jpg Blog Feed - Fun in the Faville Grove sun https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/7/22/searching-for-dragons-and-damsels monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595435664442-S1MQKFPA941IO0RIGPM7/Screen+Shot+2020-07-22+at+11.33.40+AM.png Blog Feed - Searching for dragons and damsels Species found in 2020 so far. Table by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595435704592-BQ6BHSUW6EY6AVXSCQX0/image%289%29.png Blog Feed - Searching for dragons and damsels Common pondhawk. Photo by JD Arnston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595435090905-DC8EQO7H5WM377K9CDDY/skimmer+gs.png Blog Feed - Searching for dragons and damsels Immature male or female widow skimmer. Goose Pond Sanctuary. Photo by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595435344455-4E5F9GS0AU74PKGHEDPP/image%288%29.png Blog Feed - Searching for dragons and damsels https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/7/20/a-tale-of-two-paddlers monthly 0.5 2020-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595254364211-90JRFU4FCH3Z4XXS2AIG/IMG_2673_heic.jpg Blog Feed - A tale of two paddlers A green sweat bee on a blooming water lily flower. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595254504426-5CQYPVOVNK63NMJRTGVV/IMG-2024.jpg Blog Feed - A tale of two paddlers https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/7/19/a-birders-calendar monthly 0.5 2021-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595191468988-DB4UHUELH8P1OGDRIGML/CollageMaker_20200719_154153058.jpg Blog Feed - A Birder's Calendar These birds are just a small sample to illustrate the variety of Wisconsin’s seasons. From top left, moving across: Northern shrike, bald eagle on frozen lake, hermit thrush, solitary sandpiper, ruby-crowned kinglet, Nashville warbler, American redstart, American white pelicans, dickcissel, blue-winged teal, barred owl, snowy owl. All photos by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595189807007-WGRUH3ZJY1VWXE3QT9SW/20200702115511_IMG_1977.jpg Blog Feed - A Birder's Calendar One of the birds I really wanted to see was a lark sparrow. I just had to witness their cute lil’ clown faces in person. But I learned that Dane County sees relatively few of this sparrow species, so I’d have better luck in Sauk County. I took this photo at the Spring Green Nature Preserve, where lark sparrows can be found all summer long. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595189273844-GJNOXYK762Y3STWJVR76/20200719_150527.jpg Blog Feed - A Birder's Calendar Sibley’s breaks the range map into Winter, Summer, Year Round, Migration, and Rare, so you can get an idea of what season you may spot something, but it doesn’t get super specific. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt of her Sibley’s Guide to Birds of Eastern North America https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595182845114-201YNO46QH2Y94WGJJOK/eBird+ways+to+explore.png Blog Feed - A Birder's Calendar Click on the “Explore” page of eBird and scroll down. You’ll see several tools that help you explore sightings and find new birds. Why wasn’t I drawn to those pretty green graphics of the bar charts sooner?! I had no idea how useful this tool could be when I first started using eBird. Check it out for yourself! Screenshot from eBird.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595182919130-BQLBI9OZ9UQF9TPDRNW2/Bar+Charts+Choose+Location.png Blog Feed - A Birder's Calendar Screenshot from eBird.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595182966759-WHL0G2MWFO1ZHA7DO0IC/Bar+Chart+Waterfowl+Dane+Co+20yr.png Blog Feed - A Birder's Calendar This is just a screenshot from a long list of species—this is part of the waterfowl section—that have been recorded in Dane County. Notice how you can get a quick idea of what sticks around all year (mallards, wood duck), and what is common through the fall and winter (canvasback, redhead) based on the thicker bar that indicates more sightings, and what may show up but in low numbers (northern pintail) based on the thinner bar that indicates fewer sightings. Screenshot from eBird.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595188876889-6JPHK3A6WZ3O9PPLCHRE/DSC_0028.JPG Blog Feed - A Birder's Calendar A pine siskin perches on a branch at the UW-Arboretum. These little fellas didn’t come down to Dane County in great numbers this most recent winter. Photo by Brandyn Kerscher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595188649104-EIV29F04NJ5MCAYE5CMF/20200713_164145.jpg Blog Feed - A Birder's Calendar The other day, I was out on the Military Ridge Bike Trail and had to hit the brakes! A black-billed cuckoo had flown right in front of me on the path, then perched nearby in some brush. I was so grateful I had my binoculars, since I got a great looks at a species that I see very rarely! I didn’t get a picture of the cuckoo, but I did take some shots of the gorgeous landscape seen from the Military Ridge trail, pictured here. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/7/16/mother-birds monthly 0.5 2020-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595011717740-QP49NZDS69YK3ZF900SH/5659950452_d8bdafd40f_o.jpg Blog Feed - Mother Birds House wren photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595018866373-DOPUD5WI85Z0XQ0D2T1T/VM-RiverWalk-Gertie.jpg Blog Feed - Mother Birds The spirit and character of Gertie is immortalized in a statue along Milwaukee’s River Walk. Photo courtesy of visitmiluwakee.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595011933096-LQEHO65DLD2VOIOQ3YBB/IMG_3099.jpg Blog Feed - Mother Birds Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595015044184-0152AJCDEH6AR2WHHWRV/3897271954_897b42b5fa_o.jpg Blog Feed - Mother Birds Chimney swifts coming in to roost in a chimney. Photo by tjdatsrt FCC https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/7/14/fund-lwcf monthly 0.5 2020-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594742911654-5J0T4T8TE1TSOZMVX3WQ/IMG_2677.jpg Blog Feed - Great American Outdoors Act & #FundLWCF The Great American Outdoors Act helps great Americans enjoy the outdoors. Make your voice heard. Photo by Madison Audubon https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/7/12/preparing-for-fall-migration-its-sooner-than-you-think monthly 0.5 2021-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594587665240-EMX6SDKJC8FTBYLKM4RI/GRYE_LEYE.JPG Blog Feed - Preparing for Fall Migration (It’s Sooner Than You Think!) Pictured here is a greater yellowlegs and a lesser yellowlegs. Both of these common shorebirds are early fall migrants that may start appearing in late June or early July. I’ve already seen some poking around a few flooded fields this season, so keep your eyes peeled! Photo by Brandyn Kerscher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594587794935-QSJFC4ZL6ZEDFC8PTAHH/20200502133846_IMG_7648.jpg Blog Feed - Preparing for Fall Migration (It’s Sooner Than You Think!) Spotted sandpipers are always fun to pick out from a crowd—you’ll find them bobbing their tails up and down constantly! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594587991102-PVOBSV26O9PTKRJAZDST/20200121_095502.jpg Blog Feed - Preparing for Fall Migration (It’s Sooner Than You Think!) A female harlequin duck hangs out with some mallards at Tenney Park in Madison, WI. She was a rare visitor and stuck around all winter—much to birders’ delight! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594588386751-SHI84TI8LZPD19ARACUM/ChestnutSided_Spr.JPG Blog Feed - Preparing for Fall Migration (It’s Sooner Than You Think!) - Photo by Brandyn Kerscher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594588388494-GLO2GVBJCKOAOR6EQXHW/ChestnutSided_Fall.JPG Blog Feed - Preparing for Fall Migration (It’s Sooner Than You Think!) - Photo by Brandyn Kerscher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594588614885-NZR0HPRVABJMWSQOC4C0/warbler+guide+fall+quick+finder+screenshot.jpg Blog Feed - Preparing for Fall Migration (It’s Sooner Than You Think!) Click here to download the free “Quick Finders” that contain images of all the warblers in their spring and fall plumages, face views, side views, undertail views and more! You’ll be prompted to enter your name and email before the download, but these PDFs are 100% free! Screenshot of one of the Quick Guide pages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594588756945-4AAUTIHBX6QERYSRBDYL/Magnolia_Spr.JPG Blog Feed - Preparing for Fall Migration (It’s Sooner Than You Think!) - Photo by Brandyn Kerscher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594588757010-OML2KU2D2KE3H90J7S0B/Magnolia_Fall.JPG Blog Feed - Preparing for Fall Migration (It’s Sooner Than You Think!) - Photo by Brandyn Kerscher https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/7/5/keeping-your-summer-birding-fresh monthly 0.5 2020-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593989857077-HNAW6JX009T4S5KCERXG/20200703_114447.jpg Blog Feed - Keeping Your Summer Birding Fresh Pictured is my bicycle on the Glacial Drumlin State Trail, parked near one of the many bridges over the meandering Koshkonong Creek. Keep reading below for a list of recommended bike trails that are great for birding! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593989909371-OU1B0FFOMAFH5C9IO42J/20200705_175012.jpg Blog Feed - Keeping Your Summer Birding Fresh Helmet? Check. Face covering? Check. Binoculars? CHECK! (I just can’t leave them at home, even when my challenge is to bird without them. I’m sure that would be the one day I manage to run across a rarity!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593990964534-I0BXKU8LVB9RMOJBYWKO/20200705_153939.jpg Blog Feed - Keeping Your Summer Birding Fresh What birds might you expect to find in these thick trees over the Upper Yahara River? Some movement caught my attention as I biked past, but it wasn’t a bird—it was a deer! It’s waaaaay back there in this picture, probably just a speck, but there’s a young doe drinking from the water. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593990198799-P24RQ5ME738BO247W3BX/20200703_110924.jpg Blog Feed - Keeping Your Summer Birding Fresh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593990189535-OCTQYI7I9RRSPV6BYHII/20200703_111831.jpg Blog Feed - Keeping Your Summer Birding Fresh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593990207147-ET686ZG93BK5VQANUJKE/20200703_111953.jpg Blog Feed - Keeping Your Summer Birding Fresh - Photos by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593990444439-LXTHLYEE7501QDJBYBEK/20200705_154214.jpg Blog Feed - Keeping Your Summer Birding Fresh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593990429890-ECGPBA8PO73T8CSZU48L/20200705_153653.jpg Blog Feed - Keeping Your Summer Birding Fresh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593990438113-7JP42MZTFXJE8FRD2D9Q/20200705_154718.jpg Blog Feed - Keeping Your Summer Birding Fresh - Photos by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593991626169-LVBID4RAGL5QTZWZY1TI/LYRT_August2017.jpg Blog Feed - Keeping Your Summer Birding Fresh The mile-long boardwalk that stretches across Lake Waubesa. Photo from Dane County Parks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593991324207-J9LHY75X08LCKUYYEQTO/RecreateResponsibly-final-English_HeadersOnly.png Blog Feed - Keeping Your Summer Birding Fresh #RecreateResponsibly https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/7/2/three-friendly-bs monthly 0.5 2020-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593713633764-F78RUSUAHVBCS1QEPIA8/14323523754_dac8c8f8a1_k.jpg Blog Feed - Three Friendly B's Honeyberries in fruit. Photo by iamsch FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593713791682-N9BH6BFFSGHJTRSPYGE8/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Three Friendly B's Juneberries, photo by Jeena Paradies FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593713942489-F3IDPNP1JC9WMQCFRE3U/28327641132_2150c48046_k.jpg Blog Feed - Three Friendly B's A small black bullhead, photo by Brett Albanese (Georgia DNR – Wildlife Resources) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593714180545-VI00VDU9IBOFIEUHD09K/IMG_2121_heic.jpg Blog Feed - Three Friendly B's Otsego Marsh, Madison Audubon photo https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/6/29/what-came-first-the-bug-or-the-song monthly 0.5 2020-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593457367680-TR9MPSWBCTS6ZUH0BU2H/6033365652_ec41d35fcf_o.jpg Blog Feed - What came first: the bug or the song? Size comparison between gallinipper (left) and a more common summer mosquito. Photo by Larry Works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593457288828-1DUNBXPRKDM9GCL3XPD1/6259957269_dd01b7c328_o.jpg Blog Feed - What came first: the bug or the song? Photo by Carl Wycoff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593456846260-KYJ0NHCPZVGAKSZMHCPG/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - What came first: the bug or the song? Public domain image by Alejandro Santillana, provided by Insects Unlocked FCC https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/6/28/a-beginners-guide-to-ebird-mobile monthly 0.5 2021-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593385336793-06RNR4DZKMC3XLOHR6OG/20200625173155_IMG_1494.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner’s Guide to eBird Mobile My smartphone, mid-eBird checklist. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593385697086-IWSN7BPPTTJL7LRMHXN6/20200628_174818.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner’s Guide to eBird Mobile This is the home screen of the eBird mobile app. Press the menu button at the top left to download new Bird Packs, or use the icons at the bottom to view your checklists, explore Hotspots, or look at your eBird stats. The big green button will do just what it says—start a new checklist! (Note: I use eBird for Android. eBird for iPhone may look slightly different) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593388172029-4KG6XKS4LA2OT6POLZE5/20200621_163208.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner’s Guide to eBird Mobile I hit the brakes on my bike when I was out riding on the Lower Yahara River Trail and saw this great crested flycatcher right off the boardwalk! Close enough for a cell phone pic! I’ve stopped at this spot a few times since and have seen two great crested flycatchers, one of which was carrying something into the potential nest—a good sign! I’ve used the “incidental” checklist protocol for these observations because I’m not recording all the other birds nearby. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593385962050-D528GFXX0R4I3WYSYZR5/20200628_175052.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner’s Guide to eBird Mobile Here’s a snapshot of my track before submitting a checklist. No one but you can see this—other birders won’t be able to see your tracks for privacy reasons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593386511329-7D9MHB8LLHIUMAR8PJN7/20200628_174857.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner’s Guide to eBird Mobile This snapshot is from the main page you’ll see when your checklist is active and ready for you to be recording birds. Some common birds are auto-populated here based on your location and season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593386396754-DIY4535XJ6TJUOVCLYE5/20200628_181843.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner’s Guide to eBird Mobile This is a sub-menu that allows you to enter more details for a particular bird. Notice there is a little Merlin Bird ID icon there—if you need more details on the bird (pictures, songs, etc.) click it to head straight to Merlin without ever leaving the eBird app! They’re paired together nicely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593386777275-JGLI5BUE639KTF0WKCLR/20200628_174554.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner’s Guide to eBird Mobile I started typing “goldfinch” and several birds with “gold” in their name came up. But notice how several have a red dot and an R? That R stands for Rare and the red dot tells me that bird is uncommon for my location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593386990265-SJDJFTJC2Z419YY3GWCS/20200628_174610.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner’s Guide to eBird Mobile This snapshot shows the “Review” page before my checklist is submitted. The orange exclamation point tells me that I’m not done yet—I need to add my location! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593387158601-18NYYW9PK096EH4R4AG8/20200628_174625.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner’s Guide to eBird Mobile The coordinates I was at when my checklist began are in blue as a personal location. The orange pins denote nearby hotspots. I was at Owen Conservation Park during this birding session, so I’m going to add my list to that hotspot! https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/6/24/dnr-news-release-survey-seeks-to-identify-chimneys-providing-swift-habitat monthly 0.5 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593022061755-5TWRDN4TPTMUVYL00TET/unnamed.jpg Blog Feed - DNR News Release: Survey Seeks to Identify Chimneys Providing Swift Habitat A chimney swift and its baby nest inside a chimney. / Photo Credit: Nancy J. Nabak https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/6/23/6-conservation-lessons-from-a-covid-spring monthly 0.5 2020-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592946077341-SOA7O9MD0O30XHYHSWQ1/6.20.2015_Pleasant+Valley+Butterflies2%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - 6 conservation lessons from a COVID spring Pleasant Valley Conservancy State Natural Area. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592942006647-BO8XB32L79PK1UTE1FDH/IMG_5726.jpg Blog Feed - 6 conservation lessons from a COVID spring Rocky Run Oak Savanna State Natural Area. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592942227428-1ZHNE73SVJ0VZ3KNAYJ9/IMG_20180710_141327585.jpg Blog Feed - 6 conservation lessons from a COVID spring Many hands of many colors make for equitable benefit and sustainable work. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592942985165-VK2XV0LVERUZ6A90GTJP/IMG_3946.jpg Blog Feed - 6 conservation lessons from a COVID spring Nothing quite documents the love for nature like a smile like this! Photo by Hannah Sigg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592942333606-DJG10CXVS08T52HLH7I3/KN_Full+Badge+-+Orange.png Blog Feed - 6 conservation lessons from a COVID spring https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/6/22/from-new-birder-to-ebirder-7-reasons-why-you-should-be-on-ebird monthly 0.5 2020-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592827919909-4ZZ2X3G1PM77IUOEZR9Y/20200604171714_IMG_0713.jpg Blog Feed - From New Birder to eBirder: 7 Reasons Why You Should be on eBird Look at this eastern meadowlark I saw at Governor Nelson State Park. Can you hear him? He’s singing, “Don’t forget to add me to your eBird checklist!” Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592828499737-EGZGRFTMPPCSCAN5F2AT/20200605073338_IMG_0813.jpg Blog Feed - From New Birder to eBirder: 7 Reasons Why You Should be on eBird I was lucky enough to get a photo. Look at these gorgeous pelicans take flight! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592828673093-YINH7P0N0PTKPA2F5P3G/20200605070342_IMG_0814.jpg Blog Feed - From New Birder to eBirder: 7 Reasons Why You Should be on eBird Grassland birds, like the dickcissel pictured here, are especially important sightings to note, since their habitat is often threatened. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592828029922-VY92VW6AWE3DGQ2VFHX4/20200611114541_IMG_1209.jpg Blog Feed - From New Birder to eBirder: 7 Reasons Why You Should be on eBird Here’s a photo of one of the more recent birds on my life list—an American bittern, hiding among the reeds! I’ve been looking for one of these sneaky birds for a looooong time. Can you tell from this picture why they are so hard to find? Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592829344694-XDWE3RGXIDKG252BH4B1/20200512165732_IMG_9153.jpg Blog Feed - From New Birder to eBirder: 7 Reasons Why You Should be on eBird When everyone was reporting finding a least bittern in a marsh on the west side of Madison, eBird gave me the help I needed to find it. And oh, look at that googly-eyed face—totally worth the trip! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592828143179-6OQ8EJ18FR2B4JND9DGS/20200611090930_IMG_1217.jpg Blog Feed - From New Birder to eBirder: 7 Reasons Why You Should be on eBird Thanks to eBird, I knew this stunning shorebird—a black-necked stilt—was breeding this year at Horicon Marsh in Dodge County. And thanks to eBird again, I knew that folks were reporting seeing young chicks, so I looked carefully and got to see those little cuties too. Unfortunately the little ones didn’t want to pose for any good pictures, but that’s okay. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592828264187-6S85QGWZENUN6EPCL1SZ/20200603_092832.jpg Blog Feed - From New Birder to eBirder: 7 Reasons Why You Should be on eBird I ventured out of Dane County a few weeks ago and went up to visit Necedah Wildlife Refuge, pictured here in this panorama. Imagine what other gorgeous landscapes you might discover through birding! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592828965444-9VXKT1ZA28N753U0USGY/WI+map+from+ebird+profile.png Blog Feed - From New Birder to eBirder: 7 Reasons Why You Should be on eBird This is a map of places I’ve birded in Wisconsin. It needs more orange and red, stat! Screenshot from my eBird profile at eBird.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592829180755-6V064Z3MCXF34U715KPS/ebird_course-thumb.jpg Blog Feed - From New Birder to eBirder: 7 Reasons Why You Should be on eBird eBird Essentials is an awesome free course that I recommend any birder using eBird take! Learn more here. https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/6/19/protecting-jefferson-marsh-wildlife-area monthly 0.5 2020-06-19 https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/6/17/your-piece-of-the-puzzle monthly 0.5 2020-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592424364691-DY91MDWW3ZSDVZBE7KDR/IMG_2119_heic.jpg Blog Feed - Your Piece of the Puzzle One of the beautiful nooks and crannies of Hawkos Pond. 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He captured this photo of a blue-gray gnatcatcher watching over some wide-mouthed chicks in Longenecker Gardens at the UW-Arboretum. Photo by Brandyn Kerscher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592184479709-38QSUG8KU7IY5ITZXUW1/20200519084421_IMG_9608.jpg Blog Feed - Goodbye Spring Migration, Hello Breeding Season! This is a male rose-breasted grosbeak, but not the leaf-obscured one I saw the other day. He must have been shy. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592184580731-9LISMB8PQU27SXUJAYRU/20200602090519_IMG_1220.jpg Blog Feed - Goodbye Spring Migration, Hello Breeding Season! As the days went on, this young grackle grew more feathers and got more confident. But notice he’s still got some little tufts of baby fluff on his head! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592183722547-2Y2OW1J0UXXQVW8QLZJD/IntoTheNest_header-branded-600px.jpg Blog Feed - Goodbye Spring Migration, Hello Breeding Season! Learn more about nesting grassland birds in Madison Audubon’s Into the Nest blog series! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592184882308-VW93KWVMEBMTJBECR1RH/RoseBreastedGrosbeak.JPG Blog Feed - Goodbye Spring Migration, Hello Breeding Season! - Photo by Brandyn Kerscher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592184957126-W1IP55IAT7VEZ39RVY6K/20200426080135_IMG_6944.jpg Blog Feed - Goodbye Spring Migration, Hello Breeding Season! - Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592184909665-9MQ5K1HE517HB7GS8DT8/20200530115534_IMG_1218.jpg Blog Feed - Goodbye Spring Migration, Hello Breeding Season! - Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592184904952-138OFPMDP9XKKKOUW51Q/20200530114434_IMG_0394.jpg Blog Feed - Goodbye Spring Migration, Hello Breeding Season! - Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592185843055-9ALCT33TKTUVSOBHPZOK/20200609_120825.jpg Blog Feed - Goodbye Spring Migration, Hello Breeding Season! And what could be better than looking at baby pied-billed grebes? Look at those little clown faces! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/6/12/red-touch-yellow monthly 0.5 2020-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1591983223037-02J1IIWOWW2P4VMKWB4B/15339633561_4e4864b7f6_o.jpg Blog Feed - Red Touch Yellow Eastern coral snake, photo by FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1591983204015-C9KQKIHSPBU65QOJLS2P/4111830224_4df44d3bd9_o.jpg Blog Feed - Red Touch Yellow Kingsnake, photo by Dawn Ellner FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1591983507176-7HL41REBGIA9B83XPLK5/26550636260_086589fc76_o.jpg Blog Feed - Red Touch Yellow Marsh marigold near a stream, photo by Peter Gorman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1591983448879-19RLZBJ5Q66UUD511CPN/22541496367_00b37f5502_o.jpg Blog Feed - Red Touch Yellow Golden Alexander, photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1591983698589-SEQFEQ07HAYATIY1MR4S/49333986173_67ec8250e8_o.jpg Blog Feed - Red Touch Yellow Yellow warbler, photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1591982958977-NDVNCPM6CMO5VUKWG9VM/IMG_0201.jpg Blog Feed - Red Touch Yellow Timber rattler at a safe distance. Photo by Patrick Hasburgh https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/6/11/action-alert-stand-up-now-for-birds-amp-the-migratory-bird-treaty-act monthly 0.5 2020-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1591908564790-2VRI49FNSQWXENWLOBTS/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Action Alert: Stand up now for birds & the Migratory Bird Treaty Act Tundra swans in flight, Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/6/7/learning-from-blackbirdersweek monthly 0.5 2021-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1591575083992-NWTDEZXP1J6MPJZOX3L5/%23BlackBirdersWeek.png Blog Feed - Learning from #BlackBirdersWeek This past week’s #BlackBirdersWeek line-up of events. 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Actually spotting them is another! I’m not sure I would have noticed the red-headed woodpecker hiding in this tree if I hadn’t known it might be nesting nearby. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590986577088-A0M6DL53THVXPOVOVJBZ/logo-ebird-1200.png Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Finding Birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590984243540-TTJY91OUZNF8LBVQ36HZ/image-asset.png Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Finding Birds The Explore Species section on eBird can help you discover what birds are in your area, but also all across the world! Check it out and see what you might find. Image from ebird.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590984392489-KUYD8U4UNKDEZDS1VWV0/yellow-billed+cuckoo+sightings.png Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Finding Birds This map helped me narrow down the locations where I was likely to find a yellow-billed cuckoo. Image from ebird.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590984668801-9VFM0YIV3EXR2LHBJVQL/20200529_113132.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Finding Birds Here’s a photo of the first yellow-billed cuckoo that I saw just this last week at Hog Island! I was incredibly lucky and got to witness two yellow-billed cuckoos mating. It was quite the experience for a lifer! See if you can find my eBird by checklist on the range map by following the steps above—you’ll be treated to some more photos of the sighting! (Yes, those kind of photos!) Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590984793618-15DDFNJY1LZ44VRV99MI/eBird+Explore+Regions.png Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Finding Birds There are a ton of neat features in the Explore Regions section. Enter your county and see what you might learn! Image from ebird.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590985047493-PLC7T6KHPBZ8F1FUNJ1R/Dane+hotspots.png Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Finding Birds This is just a small selection—there are hotspots galore all across Wisconsin! Image from ebird.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590984928521-U7ZPWAT0XLAJ63UXN39R/hotspot+map.png Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Finding Birds Oh, the places you’ll bird! Look at the hotspots all over town! Image from ebird.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590985140095-WWMXF4M71FBNNBL6BPRD/illustrative+checklist+ybcu.png Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Finding Birds The Illustrated Checklist page allows you to scroll through hundreds of species you might find represented in your county. Here’s the entry for yellow-billed cuckoo—I’m excited to see that they’ll stick around all summer! Image from ebird.org https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/5/30/the-missing-link monthly 0.5 2020-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590853862490-I60HIUUOV81F4SUQNT1I/32810055567_1d27514e39_o.jpg Blog Feed - The Missing Link Gray catbird photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590854002415-ZDVIV6HBD9S4O23S65KG/IMG_1056.jpg Blog Feed - The Missing Link A prescribed burn at Goose Pond Sanctuary in 2019 — it takes a lot of teamwork! Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590854281110-EQU7XXVYAC7WUI2MA249/AY6Y9386_3812--9x16wm.jpg Blog Feed - The Missing Link The ring-necked pheasant is even more stunning when it comes bursting out of a prescribed burn! Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590854151268-4G4J6LJZM7GG3P7DCMQB/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - The Missing Link https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/5/24/bird-with-me-a-virtual-field-trip-at-cherokee-north monthly 0.5 2020-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590359905454-R4QTU2W8S1J3JC9UVINF/20200512_121928.jpg Blog Feed - Bird With Me! A Virtual Field Trip at Cherokee North Pictured is a scene from Cherokee North. What birds do you think we’ll find here? Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590360111606-O8IB67VHXWM0AFX0B3G9/Cherokee+North+map+with+colors.jpg Blog Feed - Bird With Me! A Virtual Field Trip at Cherokee North This map shows the route I’m taking through the park. I’ve colored each section of the path to mark the different habitats and areas I talk about in the video. Some sections of trail feature more than one stop. (I just couldn’t help it! There’s so much to talk about!) Don’t feel pressured to do this whole loop if you visit—feel free to pick one or two areas you’d like to focus on! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590360323019-PQD132SN9PSYREIR3OCK/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Bird With Me! A Virtual Field Trip at Cherokee North After you pass the warbler trees, you’ll see a nice, quality brush pile. I always stop to see if there’s anything hiding in there! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590360638793-MW41GFCTNM8MX3401VEJ/20200512103526_IMG_9056.jpg Blog Feed - Bird With Me! A Virtual Field Trip at Cherokee North This common yellowthroat was a challenge to spot in the thick of these branches. These little warblers like to hide, so be patient as you’re looking. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590360901449-ONORIETXG3U5BF2URLI9/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Bird With Me! A Virtual Field Trip at Cherokee North A downy woodpecker pecks away in a tree at Cherokee North! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590361113897-8W0NO7VYGP0PGQ6EMF8W/20200409075902_IMG_5403.jpg Blog Feed - Bird With Me! A Virtual Field Trip at Cherokee North This perched eastern phoebe was one of the birds I observed at the pond recently. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590361872813-4BA95O3X29BDX8201OXS/20200516083322_IMG_9911.jpg Blog Feed - Bird With Me! A Virtual Field Trip at Cherokee North Look at these buds, chowin’ down together! This indigo bunting and white-crowned sparrow were hanging out, you guessed it, right on the path! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590362217988-WYWSJ7R40D0YS32JWMBL/20200409062741_IMG_5188.jpg Blog Feed - Bird With Me! A Virtual Field Trip at Cherokee North This a photo of the first ever Virginia rail that I saw! It was at Lu’s Pond at Cherokee North early in the morning. I was ecstatic to not only see it, but get a photo! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590362372157-5UZKJVB6IUXAJH5QXE6X/20200419092122_IMG_6457.jpg Blog Feed - Bird With Me! A Virtual Field Trip at Cherokee North I took this photo of a sora at a different marsh, but was still thrilled to spot it. I’ve only heard them at Cherokee North—still waiting to get a glimpse! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590362890473-HSNH22UD8N38AFT0AZCF/Simplified+Graphic+of+Recreate+Responsibly+Guidelines.png Blog Feed - Bird With Me! A Virtual Field Trip at Cherokee North Learn more about you can stay safe—and keep others safe t00—while you are enjoying the outdoors. https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/5/22/the-passing-of-howard-stan-druckenmiller monthly 0.5 2020-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590164949331-PIJDK2JPTMEIR0IKB0XO/Howard-Stan-Druckenmiller.jpg Blog Feed - The Passing of Howard "Stan" Druckenmiller https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/5/15/a-beginners-first-birdathon monthly 0.5 2020-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589724144440-T17KJML66NKKAG8YA79D/20200512073403_IMG_8930.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's First Birdathon A yellow warbler perches in the branches of a budding tree. It was one of the first warblers I saw during our Birdathon. These bright balls of sunshine sing “Sweet, sweet, I’m so sweet!” And oh, don’t they look it too? Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589724478071-515WKO3RO8S71YFX8CDI/20200512_084614.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's First Birdathon - The path of a thousand warbs! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589724503397-YASN3ZUKA0YPGBL3PLZG/20200512_111758.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's First Birdathon - One of my favorite "sit spots" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589724473907-PLO4RQ2490J0R1YAIDWE/20200512_103049+%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's First Birdathon - Common yellowthroats love this spot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589724497977-UFP7Y3CXV5YWZBU1FMC6/20200512_121928.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's First Birdathon - A gorgeous morning on the marsh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589729026530-J0A8F9ZC91SYX4XXE6LV/20200512115743_IMG_9051.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's First Birdathon A sandhill crane pair at Cherokee Marsh. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589726490441-E17HWC8ZPRMC9Y7XV8MZ/20200512113440_IMG_9052.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's First Birdathon - Common Yellowthroat This skulky bird loves wetlands and marshes! They can be tough to spot, but you’ll definitely hear their “witchety witchety witchety” call ring through the marsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589726492636-CDILIP3P936WOD3TDY5S/20200512110503_IMG_9054.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's First Birdathon - Wilson's Warbler Look at that hairdo! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589726503644-CVA73BQVMCU1BLFVFM9Q/20200512081619_IMG_8924.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's First Birdathon - Northern Parula This guy was singin’ away! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589726513326-AH5N79EGON77D9CJOWJA/20200512081343_IMG_8926.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's First Birdathon - Blackburnian Warbler Check out that flaming orange throat. These are always a treat to spot! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589726523084-2DJHWBWHQ77TGWC43PLE/20200512072454_IMG_8933.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's First Birdathon - Nashville Warbler This little Nashville posed so nicely for me, showing off all his field marks—a white eyering, yellow throat, and a blue-gray head with a little rusty patch! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589726524646-ILE1GC4B9STAVUOHUPP9/20200512070428_IMG_8935.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's First Birdathon - Black-Throated Green Warbler Look at him, posing to show off that black throat, white wingbars, and green back! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589726039934-UDNIE1TPYRNE9SNNGEU9/Birdathon-no-year.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's First Birdathon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589727118619-0ZL1HK4O7MXGKS4XE31P/northern+waterthrush Blog Feed - A Beginner's First Birdathon There’s a few warblers you may not find in tree tops. This northern waterthrush was perched above a small stream—as their name implies, they like places with water! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589728396651-AUXJ84ZF1950Q0SCNPYP/20200512075947_IMG_8927.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's First Birdathon I couldn’t stop raving about this gorgeous red-headed woodpecker. What bird would you be most excited to see? What gorgeous beauty might you rave about to your Birdathon team at the end of the day? Hop on the Birdathon train and find out! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/5/13/the-eyes-and-ears-have-it monthly 0.5 2020-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589486844916-JZ0GKZKFQ75U6H703LQ3/49751662822_e9478bb706_k.jpg Blog Feed - The Eyes (and Ears) Have It A Canada goose on the nest. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589487011043-D4X8GVY2ZUQ8JIGL6AUI/97107807_3354422127936296_8236874519193583616_o.jpg Blog Feed - The Eyes (and Ears) Have It Blackburnian warbler, photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589487720442-X0YGHPH32VBYBDTVCRUU/IMG_5895.JPG Blog Feed - The Eyes (and Ears) Have It Our Birding by Ear cohort from 2019, held in partnership with the Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired. Madison Audubon photo https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/5/11/birding-with-confidence monthly 0.5 2020-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589197979902-7BOHC3LRNS1Y1FCUMYVN/20200410155652_IMG_5573.jpg Blog Feed - Birding with Confidence Here’s my own photo of a cute little field sparrow. Look at that lil’ pink bill! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589198084770-UKXNHH8NECNPFZ2GBEK8/20200502095807_IMG_7640.jpg Blog Feed - Birding with Confidence Sometimes you get stuck with nothing but an unflattering angle. Like, who the heck is this?! (It’s the rear-end of a black-throated green warbler—the same one I used Merlin to ID last week! Thank goodness he eventually turned around!) Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589199044413-WL5W3PGPQA60LKY2S6E6/20200506174554_IMG_7847.jpg Blog Feed - Birding with Confidence What’s this sedge wren so adamant about? He’s telling you to stop beating yourself up because you couldn’t identify him on your first try! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589198228960-H9NYU8S56LR6S6J145Z2/Sibley%27s+birding+basics Blog Feed - Birding with Confidence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589198367699-QYSIIFUO72SIAEX6YQHL/Screenshot+2020-05-11+at+6.46.46+AM.png Blog Feed - Birding with Confidence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589198400369-KOBSHD845D3KOP0F7O6Y/ABA+podcast.png Blog Feed - Birding with Confidence https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/5/10/wild-moms-who-mostly-dont-need-our-help monthly 0.5 2020-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589205634087-D24QPLLTQO8EBODY67UH/4648165875_822c2cc4c5_k.jpg Blog Feed - Wild Moms Who Mostly Don't Need Our Help (and Some Who Do) Wood duck and duckling photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589206473512-VJEPWMTG73B76P1YW4SX/27366753306_06c09e880d_o.jpg Blog Feed - Wild Moms Who Mostly Don't Need Our Help (and Some Who Do) This happy house wren takes up residence in a bluebird nest box (a common and perfectly great occurance). Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589206772809-EAT4GFQ66RA6F0M7F4TI/injured%2Bbird%2Bgraphic.jpg Blog Feed - Wild Moms Who Mostly Don't Need Our Help (and Some Who Do) Do you actually have a dinosaur? Cartoon by birdandmoon.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589207226594-2CK42DBGHXSR40ZBP19K/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Wild Moms Who Mostly Don't Need Our Help (and Some Who Do) All clear? Photo by USFWS Midwest Region https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/5/7/dead-birds-that-didnt-have-to-die monthly 0.5 2020-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588781529609-IIJLZEJICQ5NNDIWP4WN/Screen+Shot+2020-05-06+at+11.11.25+AM.png Blog Feed - Dead Birds That Didn't Have to Die A Nashville warbler was victim of a window collision. Photo by Beth Workmaster, BCC volunteer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588781638413-Y4R3XJMTWKQ92I1GC68X/Mortality+by+Building+Type+-+ABC+Based+on+Loss+2014.jpg Blog Feed - Dead Birds That Didn't Have to Die Provided by American Bird Conservancy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588781699668-62Q51W3DOO21JK8MKKV8/5eb16a6723d16.image.png Blog Feed - Dead Birds That Didn't Have to Die Rendering by Urban Land Interests, pulled from The Cap Times article linked below. https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/4/30/celebrating-and-mourning-earth-day monthly 0.5 2020-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588278177197-B8WI8EBODL20PTQ1CRQF/IMG_1453.JPG Blog Feed - Celebrating and Mourning Earth Day Jack-in-the-pulpit, photo by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588278206671-U8ORWZU4PLKI7Y1MD1FB/IMG_1454.JPG Blog Feed - Celebrating and Mourning Earth Day Bloodroot, photo by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588278239621-3VHEAN1FUP5230HNFHE2/IMG_1456.JPG Blog Feed - Celebrating and Mourning Earth Day Dutchman’s breeches, photo by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588773285297-NOIFWHUL428P1TAMSNUO/Otsego+Marsh+Geranium+Mark+Martin.jpg Blog Feed - Celebrating and Mourning Earth Day Wood geraniums bloom with vigor in the woods at Otsego Marsh. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588773364054-AHKR05JO0OT8UTDFNBPA/Red+Headed+Woodpecker+2+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Celebrating and Mourning Earth Day A red-headed woodpecker will add a berry to that cake too! Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588773461951-L7YKHURKUY5ZALMFYGPE/dan.JPG Blog Feed - Celebrating and Mourning Earth Day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588777365880-1REYE0W99282RDOBW3FH/DSC_7218.jpg Blog Feed - Celebrating and Mourning Earth Day https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/5/3/a-beginners-guide-to-bird-id monthly 0.5 2020-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588568062437-WRY8OYEKCCRJJA8MZQWS/20200502110955_IMG_7644.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Bird ID A warbling vireo, whose field marks include … a lack of distinctive field marks. Classic. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588569238680-8NPRLQG6CXWWK2FXHJ7R/20200502100654_IMG_7641.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Bird ID Black and orange might scream Baltimore oriole … but this is an American redstart! The orange color is primarily on the side of the breast, unlike the Baltimore oriole whose entire chest and belly is orange. The American redstart is a warbler so it will have a smaller and more delicate bill—perfect for catching insects. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588568152425-CMNV8FZGRDJ4LRBNW4GV/Screenshot_20200503-235014_Merlin+Bird+ID.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Bird ID This is what you’ll see when you open the Merlin app! You can ID a bird by answering a series of questions or uploading a photo. You can also look through app in field guide form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588568357109-IGNYFLW6IZ61ZAIBHDIG/Screenshot_20200503-220232_Merlin+Bird+ID.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Bird ID https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588568677112-94TD20EMNNM63Y9I8OPR/20200502101827_IMG_7642.jpg Blog Feed - A Beginner's Guide to Bird ID A palm warbler, with its characteristic chestnut cap and yellow eyebrow, perches on a branch. Palm warblers will pump their tails often—a good behavior to keep an eye out for! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/4/29/kids-and-the-curiosity-seed monthly 0.5 2020-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588187989718-W8OETZUYF82N2EXBFRW5/10268664746_11351b117d_k.jpg Blog Feed - Kids and the Curiosity Seed Photo by Dave Thomas, FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588188062934-61D0QXD9L79OO5LPHGJP/harry-w-greene-bd2ddab9-254d-493f-bf54-6eb4d2dcdd3-resize-750.jpeg Blog Feed - Kids and the Curiosity Seed Harry Greene holding his writing and research muse. Photo provided by Alchetron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588188324732-HD1NITYJDBI5ZKEKSV1X/IMG_1007.jpg Blog Feed - Kids and the Curiosity Seed What’s out there? Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588187756360-T24RGY1MK4M0DELXRD8O/4.2015_Beyond+Backyard+Birding5.jpg Blog Feed - Kids and the Curiosity Seed A parent and child explore the great outdoors together. Let’s make more of these memories happen! Madison Audubon photo https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/4/27/the-many-ways-to-bird monthly 0.5 2020-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587954667217-77Y249VZPYPG33CD4V8S/20200424170840_IMG_7008.jpg Blog Feed - The Many Ways to Bird A grainy, distant photo of the long-billed dowitcher in question, standing in a puddle in a flooded field. This bird was reported on Friday morning by a fellow birder and many people went to go take a look. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587955012720-OXX2D2VGLYKKA5XQUUL0/20200411075621_IMG_5800.jpg Blog Feed - The Many Ways to Bird I saw these pectoral sandpipers poking around another flooded ag field, right near the edge of the road. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587955329770-3Z5W08KBOJ6TNTE8OQ0R/20200411073315_IMG_5586.jpg Blog Feed - The Many Ways to Bird A yellow-headed blackbird perches on some reeds at the County Rd V pond. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587955693547-GETASAXOWD40EE8CZ3NS/20200415171716_IMG_5880.jpg Blog Feed - The Many Ways to Bird A ruby-crowned kinglet on a branch. I did not take this photo through my apartment window, unfortunately. I only wish I was that talented. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/4/20/earth-day-birding monthly 0.5 2020-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587391367268-SMV8G2V6F6OMU5VPA1PA/20200410_154623.jpg Blog Feed - Earth Day Birding A pasqueflower blooms on Westport Drumlin Prairie. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587391627768-H3MDOQ7VPTY4Y2IDOPQJ/20170421_140057.jpg Blog Feed - Earth Day Birding Turtles like sit spots too! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587391692047-0B1YWR1QPYBW32Y2JFZY/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Earth Day Birding An eastern phoebe perches on a branch. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587391874742-TR807AWVLL9RS9RFKDAQ/20200306_203808.jpg Blog Feed - Earth Day Birding I had no idea what a northern shrike sounded like until I heard a strange noise in the field. After spotting it, I was able to watch it make its call for awhile. The next time I heard that noise, sure enough—it was the shrike again! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587392091388-90VB52VMKG98TPBANXPQ/20190513_154013.jpg Blog Feed - Earth Day Birding A large frog pokes out from the duckweed, a few summers back. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/4/18/we-are-not-alone monthly 0.5 2020-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587216844315-0CH17UPDHVDW706JITZQ/IMG_F90F57181E20-1.jpeg Blog Feed - We are Not Alone Photo courtesy of Green-Rock Audubon Society’s Instagram feed (@graudubon) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587219771426-7PVTIN9QH8ENJM5RL9MV/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-04-18%2Bat%2B8.35.37%2BAM.jpg Blog Feed - We are Not Alone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587217107726-M9SQVUXCLH3JLZ4UND5J/9398048776_b4d78ef31c_k.jpg Blog Feed - We are Not Alone Schurch-Thompson Prairie, owned by our old friends, The Prairie Enthusiasts. 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Bicentennial Prairie, a wonderful grassland for birds at Madison Audubon’s Goose Pond Sanctuary. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586356816910-IQTK53KKYJCGL3ZA97N7/_57A3726wm.jpg Blog Feed - Good news for grassland birds (and people!) Bobolink photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586356835749-NTH8HWEKB73A4GIEX1RB/_57A9777wm.jpg Blog Feed - Good news for grassland birds (and people!) Dickcissel photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586356921820-7BE4N4VVX4CBN0O7QNYW/_57A5805-awm.jpg Blog Feed - Good news for grassland birds (and people!) Eastern meadowlark photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586356946911-MR3DJPKN7Z55GG6A5ELV/Northern%2BHarrier%2B%2B-%2BPhil%2BBrown3.jpg Blog Feed - Good news for grassland birds (and people!) Northern harrier photo by Phil Brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586356621156-AUOW0S5MMMWFRCAANDD4/36710824230_f834ded9aa_k.jpg Blog Feed - Good news for grassland birds (and people!) Black Earth Creek, photo by Ketih Ewing FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586355691055-JEG62HM5G15J044OI4NQ/Screen+Shot+2020-04-08+at+9.18.16+AM.png Blog Feed - Good news for grassland birds (and people!) Map provided by Dane County Land & Water Resources Department https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586355944540-APCO96CMG8UH0FVWR245/Screen+Shot+2020-04-08+at+9.24.50+AM.png Blog Feed - Good news for grassland birds (and people!) Map provided by Dane County Land & Water Resources Department https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586356175516-8TPTS7RVFS5RUJRJIT0W/3904401529_5c77f14294_o.jpg Blog Feed - Good news for grassland birds (and people!) Token Creek County Park in full bloom, filled with water loving Joe Pye Weed and other native species. Photo by Erin FCC https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/4/12/so-you-want-to-be-a-birder monthly 0.5 2020-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586737285437-YYKIXNIJW51GM73EPLV8/20200410153835_IMG_5575.jpg Blog Feed - So You Want to be a Birder What else has been going on this week? The first of our warblers are coming in thick! I’ve been seeing yellow-rumped warblers (aka “butterbutts”) all over the place. Keep an eye out for these very small, very fast, very cute insect-eaters. Some of the first I saw were way up in the tree tops, flitting in and out of a giant cloud of bugs and picking them off one by one! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586737647840-YP5KGRDS34TVXW1ZPLDZ/20200204_183008.jpg Blog Feed - So You Want to be a Birder The author is pictured with her binoculars. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586737823808-P55MIA47YCW46O7MJ4GT/20200228170606_IMG_2221.jpg Blog Feed - So You Want to be a Birder Quiet and secluded … just how I like it! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586737995882-R90BU6QOHVSLYFEOC21X/20200306171914_IMG_3239+%281%29.jpg Blog Feed - So You Want to be a Birder Look at this photo of a robin I took! What a gorgeous bird. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/4/9/lookin-out-my-backdoor monthly 0.5 2020-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586460818682-D3I8E91MDT3M3TO4LH6Q/7044667785_ba641aa5d7_k.jpg Blog Feed - Lookin' Out My Backdoor Northern cardinal pair, photo by Mr.TinDC, FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586461220041-3JZ0OV9FP1CWFF50E0D8/5687694788_9a1a967aff_o.jpg Blog Feed - Lookin' Out My Backdoor House wren, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586463848524-PXUQXSU3MXE41UADYEO6/4355051305_ecf261c9c7_k.jpg Blog Feed - Lookin' Out My Backdoor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586463860715-8EU2TV16ELZFY6JCBJ88/11900470486_0949121cf2_k.jpg Blog Feed - Lookin' Out My Backdoor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586462005705-LVBEGSB87SWK6LU0F5EM/40055082042_5a728070ab_k.jpg Blog Feed - Lookin' Out My Backdoor Cooper’s hawk, photo by Fyn Kynd FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586462442567-LEW40S8IB0U0SQV1RS3W/2453897328_90a25a3a60_k.jpg Blog Feed - Lookin' Out My Backdoor Apricot in bloom, photo by Intrepid wanderer FCC https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/4/2/birds-beauty-not-too-crowded monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586192131109-GJ7LDYPOMBQMSCUMQWDI/35799544340_06905f7dda_o.jpg Blog Feed - Birds, Beauty, and Not Too Many of Us Photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586192224180-1PM1PM9QPR5BL2L4T9UK/8746061352_13ad5829b7_k.jpg Blog Feed - Birds, Beauty, and Not Too Many of Us American woodcock, photo by Tom Benson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586273215777-7BEJZORS9RTKMPT7RGMI/36901853092_85a9c2bf55_b.jpg Blog Feed - Birds, Beauty, and Not Too Many of Us Sign at Schoeneberg Marsh WPA. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586273319609-WQYNUQOQDHEASQFS1R3H/49092438541_ccbb74c041_k.jpg Blog Feed - Birds, Beauty, and Not Too Many of Us Mallards, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586273483953-K9S8DX8KNUNPJQIVAQY6/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Birds, Beauty, and Not Too Many of Us Photo by Joshua Mayer https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/4/5/bird-your-world monthly 0.5 2020-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586121841106-7290OQU4YR5ZVLOXE8KK/20200404125856_IMG_4736.jpg Blog Feed - Bird Your World A golden-crowned kinglet looks straight into the camera. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586121923396-QA85UI19420V0L6C8YXO/20200330153329_IMG_4459.jpg Blog Feed - Bird Your World A great egret walks among the reeds at the MMSD Wildlife Observation Area. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586123545199-2SDXC8CROFSPGF6BEG1N/Green_Heron_%2833971201483%29.jpg Blog Feed - Bird Your World Green herons were what captured my imagination the most—they remain one of my absolute favorite birds! Photo by Mark Nenadov / Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586122653652-33KEERRKLVPYTW61AHAB/20200307150202_IMG_3324.jpg Blog Feed - Bird Your World A black-capped chickadee dances up a branch. 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They kept saying, “It’s so pretty!” “Muy hermosa!” Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1584629470788-KF16OQA7VN4O9AFBN8NF/Barred%2BOwl%2B%2B-%2BPhil%2BBrown.jpg Blog Feed - The Owl Barred owl photo by Phil Brown https://swibirds.org/blog/2020/3/18/big-change-to-dnrconservation-congress-hearings monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1584554942273-9P8IBK6U559DYK3MGRLX/6678734785_a8e61ba42b_o.jpg Blog Feed - Big change to DNR/Conservation Congress hearings Aldo Leopold and his dog Flip. Photo provided by Forest Historical Society FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1584555624922-88HBNH8WWCO5K608MWCE/20141129-AY6Y1864_0550.jpg Blog Feed - Big change to DNR/Conservation Congress hearings A whitetail deer leaps through the grasses of Goose Pond Sanctuary. 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Artwork by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1576856884781-Z4HIS7BLW3SH2COYIML1/compost_mpca+photos+fcc.jpg Blog Feed - Resolve to be more nature-minded in 2020 Backyard composting is great for the planet, with great benefits to you (no more stinky garbage can! free fertilizer!) MPCA Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1576857127890-XX3L3D5U4ZH2HGOFZ0YD/IMG_20181010_135010218.jpg Blog Feed - Resolve to be more nature-minded in 2020 Two youngsters goof off in the woods. Madison Audubon photo https://swibirds.org/blog/2019/12/4/goose-pond-mallard-pond-swan-pond monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1575491093373-5NZFH4XTCFY9YAU35CEB/Abundance+of+waterfowl+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond - Mallard Pond - Swan Pond An abundance of waterfowl on Goose Pond. 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Photo by Rick Kelley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1571344395448-7HNTP9VKLCXGWT3B1JP9/c93a3779-59b4-4cfd-872e-56538b833075.jpg Blog Feed - Wisconsin's Birds in a Changing Climate A scarlet tanager perches on a branch, its bright red body and black wings in full view. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1571344514993-K2ZHFSD6LZLM0NLPFBX6/woodpeckers.jpg Blog Feed - Wisconsin's Birds in a Changing Climate On the left, two red-headed woodpeckers look out from a dead tree branch, their red heads striking in the sunlight. Photo by Arlene Koziol. Right, a yellow-bellied sapsucker perches vertically on a tree, ready to drill. Photo by Tom Benson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1571344851616-VWVGLYWOJR4ATIJMPW7J/scarlet+tanager_fishhawk.jpg Blog Feed - Wisconsin's Birds in a Changing Climate A scarlet tanager tilts its head as it looks at the camera while perched on a branch. Can you help this incredible bird? Photo by Fishhawk https://swibirds.org/blog/2019/5/10/finding-new-life monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1557515671659-60R30VDSCA4OZ6ZAZSMY/IMG_20181031_150711530_TOP.jpg Blog Feed - Finding New Life Hank, our Great Horned Owl Ambassador, gets to meet a lot of kids. 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Holding a skull is equal parts exciting, gross, cool, and wildly interesting. Questions usually flow too quickly for me to answer them all! Photo credit: Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1557516763198-NL5M2F45LF6RZHM2EBW2/carolyn+%26+hawk.jpg Blog Feed - Finding New Life This sharp-shinned hawk died after it hit a window. One of our members delivered it to Madison Audubon, and I brought it to visit a classroom before handing it off to a taxidermist. The kids were amazed to see this bird up close, especially because they regularly see a sharpie hunting the soccer fields in their schoolyard. Photo credit: Shannon Richards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1557517584364-FVF973030KM56Z40A4CP/USE+THIS+ONE.JPG Blog Feed - Finding New Life Kids use a stick to probe a dead carp found along Lake Waubesa. Photo credit: Carolyn Byers https://swibirds.org/blog/2019/5/6/breeding-bird-atlas-columbia-county-meetup monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1557161794350-8IFX17GWKFD0794COX70/Pat+Ready+osprey.jpg Blog Feed - Breeding Bird Atlas: Columbia County meet-up Osprey nest, photo by Pat Ready https://swibirds.org/blog/2019/4/16/kestrel-nestboxes-the-good-the-bad-and-the-just-fine monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555444406112-RSA5M7Z6NYOWCG9P4AB5/AmericanKestrelGPS3_JimStewart.jpg Blog Feed - Kestrel Nestboxes: The Good, the Bad, and the Just Fine A male American kestrel sits on a wire in search of food. Photo by Jim Stewart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555444485109-1K6CVW2WKRFV7S3D31SR/IMG_2999.jpg Blog Feed - Kestrel Nestboxes: The Good, the Bad, and the Just Fine A kestrel nestbox sits in a grassland in southcentral Wisconsin. Photo by Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555443552327-TTJN6ZJP45TW5E6AH7TK/IMG_4355.2.jpg Blog Feed - Kestrel Nestboxes: The Good, the Bad, and the Just Fine Wood chips with brown speck-led eggs means Kestrel nest! Eggs will hatch in 30-35 days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555443700253-AF46WJG4PTHV38K4K2RV/Kestrel%2Bchicks%2521%2521.jpg Blog Feed - Kestrel Nestboxes: The Good, the Bad, and the Just Fine Kestrel chicks that are a few days old. Huddled together to stay warm & feel safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555443649311-JG3UIJYTV2X620C1XLZ0/2+week+chks.jpg Blog Feed - Kestrel Nestboxes: The Good, the Bad, and the Just Fine Kestrel chicks about 2 weeks old. Developing true feathers to replace downy feathers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555443731624-8FUGS7SX583ZT60V3603/Fledgling.jpg Blog Feed - Kestrel Nestboxes: The Good, the Bad, and the Just Fine Kestrel chicks about to fledge. All brown = females, Blue-grey wings = males. Do not disturb! Disturbance at this time may cause chicks to pre-maturely fledge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555443765712-C3SF48ZUGDJQX4WB9IG9/E+Starling+nest.jpg Blog Feed - Kestrel Nestboxes: The Good, the Bad, and the Just Fine European Starling. Nest is made of rough grasses & feathers. Eggs are larger than robins. Exotic & invasive. Remove nest! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555443800563-FKGZNFFCE68V158ZRBND/IMG_4755.jpg Blog Feed - Kestrel Nestboxes: The Good, the Bad, and the Just Fine House Sparrow. Nest is made of rough grasses, feathers, & debris that fill the box. Eggs are grey with speckles. Exotic & invasive. Remove nest! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555443903935-RP445XSCTRHRDF2EKGZ2/TS%2Bnest.jpg Blog Feed - Kestrel Nestboxes: The Good, the Bad, and the Just Fine Tree Swallow. Nest is made of fine grasses & feathers. Eggs are white & elongated. Native. Do not remove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555443863176-8VL16K2CDYBWHIJERLKZ/WrenNest2.jpg Blog Feed - Kestrel Nestboxes: The Good, the Bad, and the Just Fine House Wren. Nest is made of sticks & twigs. Wrens will fill entire box with sticks. Native. Do not remove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555443945729-AWPSQQJMDDWOULVDWYQB/Owl%2Bpellets2.jpg Blog Feed - Kestrel Nestboxes: The Good, the Bad, and the Just Fine Screech Owl. Owls will use kestrel boxes over winter to roost in. Regurgitaed pellets are sign of owl use. Clean out in spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555443989453-7ZZH1RB7FSE6QVLGMX1S/IMG_4923.jpg Blog Feed - Kestrel Nestboxes: The Good, the Bad, and the Just Fine Eastern Bluebird. Nest is made of fine grasses and often cover wood chips. Eggs are light blue. Native. Do not remove. https://swibirds.org/blog/2019/3/15/our-pond-runneth-over monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1552675101777-WW5KA794PU10PYA4EPIH/kampen+fixed.jpg Blog Feed - Our Pond Runneth Over Above: Kampen Road (looking east toward Goose Pond Road). Water is eight inches deep and covers 1,000 feet of road. So far one car stalled in the high water and had to be towed out. Some of the asphalt was deeply undercut, and there are ongoing road repairs due to safety issues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1552675204368-7EWAKYSIMJQAAN1CJWY5/goose+pond+road+fix.jpg Blog Feed - Our Pond Runneth Over Above: Goose Pond Road (looking north towards Arlington). The road is covered by up to three inches of water for almost 1,000 feet. The dark mound to the right (east) of Goose Pond Road is the rock pile. The pull off next to the rock pile is where many people bird watch from the Goose Pond Road causeway, and it is completely flooded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1552675264122-P862K8EU1ZP47XIHUMLK/tracks+fix.jpg Blog Feed - Our Pond Runneth Over https://swibirds.org/blog/2019/1/2/16/assisting-visually-impaired-birders monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1546459217067-ZJBVYA1MAOW8Q7CW06NS/bird%2Bfeeder-mh.jpg Blog Feed - Assisting Visually Impaired Birders A bird feeder can be a wonderful scene of activity and color! Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1546459052825-ECBBYZTXDUE8Z4QOEAR6/animation.gif Blog Feed - Assisting Visually Impaired Birders The effects of macular degeneration on vision. From macular.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1546458737929-WDAMRGZYBMFVDIZVX8RV/IMG_8803.jpeg Blog Feed - Assisting Visually Impaired Birders Dorothy's enhanced birdwatching station at work! Photo by Pat Ready https://swibirds.org/blog/2019/1/2/sunny-skies-ahead monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1546456673470-UPNYTNWKIC8UI9J79A04/Installation_102418-Roger+Packard.jpg Blog Feed - Sunny Skies Ahead Installation begins on October 24, 2018. A beautiful day to harness the sun’s energy! Photo by Roger Packard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1546456763924-9U1K51RK4AYS804OC3XU/Frames_102918-Roger+Packard.jpg Blog Feed - Sunny Skies Ahead Frames for the solar panels are in, as of October 29, 2018. Photo by Roger Packard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1546456838773-9NY57DFQRFF01VTLXLBT/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Sunny Skies Ahead Installation of all 26 solar panels was complete as of October 31, 2018! Photo by David Musolf https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/10/15/october-2018-keystone-volunteers-bob-and-gerry-bennicoff monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1539309547578-R3G7TFBR5XF5PHCYG7XN/OCT+2018+-+Keystone+Volunteer.png Blog Feed - October 2018 Keystone Volunteers: Bob and Gerry Bennicoff Bob and Gerry Bennicoff are the October 2018 Keystone Volunteers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1539309901579-V2822ZUFPG56J9T2QT4B/30091872660_2b1ede29f4_k.jpg Blog Feed - October 2018 Keystone Volunteers: Bob and Gerry Bennicoff Bob and his granddaughter releasing a newly tagged monarch at Goose Pond in 2016. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/10/10/our-amazing-birds-crow monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538684461884-NNDNP26CMTRVW3AU41L0/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Our Amazing Birds: Crow Our Amazing Birds by Robert S. Lemmon, published in 1951 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1539196278573-B19WUQ5AK2O3TQ1BDVQ3/crow.jpg Blog Feed - Our Amazing Birds: Crow Painting included in the book by Don R. Eckelberry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1539196721764-W68ZQMNU1V20GS0FE8X9/Crows+++-+Phil+Brown.jpg Blog Feed - Our Amazing Birds: Crow Photo by Phil Brown https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/10/9/into-the-nest-time-to-fledge monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538593002006-7LO3QT7L9DMXAM0VOPK6/IntoTheNest_header-branded-600px.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Time to fledge! This series highlights the fascinating and marvelous ecology of grassland bird nesting, written by Madison Audubon education director Carolyn Byers. Click here for all of the Into the Nest posts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538594205142-ESW54V4I4OYMUHH2R1HJ/Eastern+Meadowlark+Feeding-snapshot.png Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Time to fledge! Chicks call their nest home for their first few weeks of life, but the activity surrounding a nest could attract predators. Image from nest camera videos (see credit at bottom). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538595117344-W65RRWV1IV0F54ZRYFCL/image-asset.png Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Time to fledge! This grasshopper sparrow chick is finally spreading its wings! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538596918233-RDEJZBM7H5C78H434FQO/yob.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Time to fledge! Dickcissels are a beautiful, migratory grassland bird that benefits from the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/10/4/our-amazing-birds-white-breasted-nuthatch monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538684461884-NNDNP26CMTRVW3AU41L0/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Our Amazing Birds: White-Breasted Nuthatch Our Amazing Birds by Robert S. Lemmon, published in 1951 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538684573736-SEHD88249L5OG5JGRY41/white-breasted+nuthatch.jpg Blog Feed - Our Amazing Birds: White-Breasted Nuthatch Painting included in the book by Don R. Eckelberry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538684822807-Y1XEMCQAC4JHO37ZXJT1/White+breasted+nuthatch+KCA.jpg Blog Feed - Our Amazing Birds: White-Breasted Nuthatch Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/9/27/rebuilding-a-wetland monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538055539417-6TB7BET9QQM859FOIYPH/overview_ak.jpg Blog Feed - Rebuilding a Wetland Overview of Goose Pond Sanctuary’s newest restoration project: wetland scrapes. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538054651256-XBE4B61BGTAM400C790X/Lesser+Yellowlegs+reflection+GP.jpg Blog Feed - Rebuilding a Wetland Lesser yellowlegs in Goose Pond. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538054631651-O62NFMAMDIL9D4T63A27/salamander4.jpg Blog Feed - Rebuilding a Wetland A happy salamander near Goose Pond. MAS photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538054723282-II6MWICPCOCOAWX13IYY/Goose+Pond+Fall.jpg Blog Feed - Rebuilding a Wetland Goose Pond is a beautiful prairie pothole that supports loads of wildlife year round. Wetland scrapes near the pond will enhance the biodiversity on the sanctuary by providing additional wetland resources. Photo by Arlene Koziol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538062530331-O1M73HT2EC5ETQD6E55K/map.jpg Blog Feed - Rebuilding a Wetland Map of Goose Pond Sanctuary scrape construction. See chart below for more details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538062664993-YA1P2Z2XGNDNI67ZWOF2/tables.jpg Blog Feed - Rebuilding a Wetland Goose Pond Sanctuary now holds 11 wetland scrapes to provide habitat and resources for a variety of species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538062489050-QALNGSWCGRX1GMSKTT0T/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Rebuilding a Wetland Kurt Waterstad posing with the laser elevation reader. Photo by Mark Martin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538055323534-RKU0G78N5AE98Q9747EY/veg+removal_ak.jpg Blog Feed - Rebuilding a Wetland Start of the project with LMS Construction removing vegetation. Photo by Arlene Koziol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538055341774-YVPSJ5NO3TSQGT2JBZLF/graham+steinhauer_mm.jpg Blog Feed - Rebuilding a Wetland Graham Steinhauer taking GPS points while walking the perimeter of a scrape. Photo by Mark Martin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538055370571-116Q5FXZJLCJ05PGNHZK/backhoe_ak.jpg Blog Feed - Rebuilding a Wetland LMS Construction removing all the soil with a large back hoe. Photo by Arlene Koziol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538055396218-F3K8U0SXR0R985WHL1FE/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Rebuilding a Wetland Mark and Sue checking to see how the project is going. Photo by Arlene Koziol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538055416364-3XN2RORWE9CQ47YB4BYM/scrapes+filling_mm.jpg Blog Feed - Rebuilding a Wetland Wetland scrapes filled with water on Friday, September 21st after 2.8 inches of rain. Photo by Mark Martin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538055444085-GW75QY4V5QMR8DHY3BW4/jacqueline+komada_MM.jpg Blog Feed - Rebuilding a Wetland Photo of Jacqueline Komada seeding uplands with fall rye. Photo by Mark Martin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538055487931-9EA5CJGTXO244F7ZATPD/42826971470_9608d6e851_o.jpg Blog Feed - Rebuilding a Wetland (From left to right) Graham Steinhauer, Sue Foote-Martin, Jacqueline Komada, and Mark Martin with their buckets of collected seed. Photo by Arlene Koziol. https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/9/19/into-the-nest-defending-the-nest monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1537370045513-T1WP4I3L90SFI7JF2V8X/IntoTheNest_header-branded-600px.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Defending the Nest This series highlights the fascinating and marvelous ecology of grassland bird nesting, written by Madison Audubon education director Carolyn Byers. Click here for all of the Into the Nest posts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1537369627979-WWHAEJCGQ4LY6TD88FDS/warrior_sparrow_by_natanatfan-dab298a.png Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Defending the Nest This Warrior Sparrow is fierce and ferocious when it needs to be! Artwork by NATAnatfan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1537369205811-F4WOIIAW5UL3YZA4XCF1/meadow+lark+and+fox+snake.png Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Defending the Nest This is a still frame from the video we shared below. A fox snake has grabbed an eastern meadowlark’s foot while she was defending her nest. You’ll have to watch the footage to see what happens next! Photo Credit: Ribic research lab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1537369510627-8V8HI98HWJKA11Q1XQVK/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Defending the Nest This milk snake is slowly swallowing a clay-colored sparrow chick. Photo credit: Ribic research lab https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1537370200838-CTMBSCELEF55DJQQXNPB/yob.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Defending the Nest Dickcissels are a beautiful, migratory grassland bird that benefits from the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/9/15/september-keystone-volunteers-levi-wood-and-peter-fissel monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536938549083-EKIK711YF0FH5J8M25NM/SEPT+2018+-+Keystone+Volunteer.png Blog Feed - September 2018 Keystone Volunteers: Levi Wood and Peter Fissel https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/9/12/into-the-nest-badgers-gotta-eat-too monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536766099341-FH907AE0MCBNBNBYOP0T/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Badgers gotta eat too! This series highlights the fascinating and marvelous ecology of grassland bird nesting, written by Madison Audubon education director Carolyn Byers. Click here for all of the Into the Nest posts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536762219877-VMQUKLIU2KCEL6OHU1GP/Dickcissel+chicks+8+days+old.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Badgers gotta eat too! These dickcissel chicks are 8 days old and close to leaving the nest. Staying put a few extra days could make them better at surviving once they’re out of the nest... but it also makes them easier targets for predators. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536762483352-0L0XUXBTT29J7NKVZ9T6/Smith-Reiner+Drumlin+Prairie_Joshua+Mayer.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Badgers gotta eat too! This blissful grassland carries as much opportunity as threat to grassland nesting birds. Photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536762695072-UGLT2RNQ0AMP5IU6JJQ5/American+Badger_PC_James+Perdue.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Badgers gotta eat too! An American badger peeks up through the grass, perhaps looking for a nest to predate. Photo by James Perdue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536762700233-08X2P1VZSPIE2DTPULVA/Eastern+Fox+Snake_PC_Peter+Paplanus.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Badgers gotta eat too! A coiled-up eastern fox snake looks fiercely at the camera. Photo by Peter Paplanus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536762708884-6YRN1697W4RY9PSM7UTY/Striped+Skunk_PC_TJ+Gehling.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Badgers gotta eat too! Eggs are one of striped skunks’ favorite snacks. Photo by TJ Gehling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536762705601-JOWKVSHMQ3E2SP73KPV7/thirteen+lined+ground+squirrel_PC_Josh+More.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Badgers gotta eat too! These two thirteen-lined ground squirrels look playful, but they can wreck havoc on grassland bird nests. Photo by Josh More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536763069993-ZMJUJCFQFTIAQV3RY8ZR/Milk+Snake_+PC_pverdonk.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Badgers gotta eat too! A milk snake hides among the leaves, looking out for a meal. Photo by pverdonk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536763082630-ZSEKZ8XZSXXYMSRZ8OZX/Raccoon_PC_cuatrok77.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Badgers gotta eat too! A small racoon looks innocently at the camera. Photo by cuatrok77 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536763078190-BMEFPQWHSH64G1EW3RTJ/Virginia+Opossum_PC_Andrew+Cannizzaro.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Badgers gotta eat too! An opossum climbs straight up on a tree. These critters are excellent night-time predators. Photo by Andrew Cannizzaro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536763087827-VOOH2HA6O2VKPUO7IJ91/White-tailed+deer_PC_Shane+Kemp.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Badgers gotta eat too! White-tailed deer are not a likely predator but can still pick off a chick. Photo by Shane Kemp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536765568227-DYBX66B8ZQQB2ZT4TPPG/Brush+Cutting_Drew+Harry.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Badgers gotta eat too! We work hard at our sanctuaries to remove invasive shrubs that harbor uninvited and unnatural guests. Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536766333028-38U17U7U2TZV4DF35FQ6/IMG_3080.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Badgers gotta eat too! A lovely stroll in the prairie can become dangerous for grassland nesting birds if we pay too close attention to their nests! MAS Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536766455648-61OR19F3OTFBBFUD587N/yob.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Badgers gotta eat too! Dickcissels are a beautiful, migratory grassland bird that benefits from the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/8/30/madison-audubon-earns-national-land-trust-accreditation monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1535648690955-0O1CHF9G125LGRAD6CTE/accred_announcement.png Blog Feed - Madison Audubon earns national land trust accreditation! https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/8/9/into-the-nest-cowbirds-everybodys-favorite-villain monthly 0.5 2022-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1533851786454-7MEUWVBUGGUTOT309GZI/IntoTheNest_header-branded-600px.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Cowbirds, everybody’s favorite villain This series highlights the fascinating and marvelous ecology of grassland bird nesting, written by Madison Audubon education director Carolyn Byers. Click here for all of the Into the Nest posts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1533839286697-NOV1LSMZ472RS9KQYUMU/26635339732_bd8775a5c4_o.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Cowbirds, everybody’s favorite villain Photo by JanetandPhil, Flickr CC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1533839370418-MBG3PZH9JAI55HEQY0YB/2411560558_b990e6b049_o.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Cowbirds, everybody’s favorite villain Photo by Glenn_E_Wilson, Flickr CC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1533839076064-663ZZOSAMTSUE6Y0VXLQ/Dickcissel+nest+with+cowbird+egg.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Cowbirds, everybody’s favorite villain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1533839056891-EQVMQLQ1ADFB35VZPL3Q/Grasshopper+sparrow+nest+with+cowbird+egg.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Cowbirds, everybody’s favorite villain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1533839061280-7UJUQH0Y4B1QSBPQ4GWN/Y02L01+cowbird+chick+with+unhatched+host+egg.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Cowbirds, everybody’s favorite villain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1533839857769-91314MIISTY1DLGXZTMQ/fledgling.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Cowbirds, everybody’s favorite villain This cowbird chick has just left the nest, and was still working on its flight skills. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1533839903645-JE8BZYLFIFQMK3TXVZSW/sparrow+adult+feeds+cowbird+chick.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Cowbirds, everybody’s favorite villain This adult white-crowned sparrow (right) looks tiny next to its cowbird foster child! Photo by Dawn Beattie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1533841608621-IFJWCEINCNWK433N0KMH/symbiosis-between-cowbird-bison_7c4d968770d5f2ee.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Cowbirds, everybody’s favorite villain Cowbirds with their old buddy, bison. Photo from reference.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1533841753064-HDK3VMY036Z9LVNHX5E0/expansion.png Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Cowbirds, everybody’s favorite villain Brown-headed cowbirds were historically found in the shortgrass prairie in the Central Plains. They didn’t start expanding their range until people began making changes to the landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1533842197612-45SE6I006JBGNNT3WAV4/adult+male+cowbird+looking+over+shoulder.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Cowbirds, everybody’s favorite villain This summer, keep an eye out for cowbird behavior in your neighborhood, and try to figure out just what’s going on. Photo by putneypics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1533851864977-OMMINEZBI3S4R8Z51ZC9/yob.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Cowbirds, everybody’s favorite villain Dickcissels are a beautiful, migratory grassland bird that benefits from the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/7/30/into-the-nest-what-goes-in-must-come-out monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1532969874879-8R0C7RLQGGFIFWBMUB0C/IntoTheNest_header-branded-600px.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: What goes in must come out This series highlights the fascinating and marvelous ecology of grassland bird nesting, written by Madison Audubon education director Carolyn Byers. Click here for all Into the Nest posts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1532969999116-DVITYVAZVTEVZKZJVKU0/bald-eagle-432jpg-6de599b93678eaa9.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: What goes in must come out This photo from a bald eagle nest cam shows that the parents are stockpiling food. There is a dead skunk in the back left of the nest, as well as several dead fish. Those eaglets will be eating well! Photo credit: Marcus Schneck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1532972023241-RFB8JDPFT9JVZ65XM47M/Snapshot+1+%287-30-2018+12-27+PM%29.png Blog Feed - Into the Nest: What goes in must come out A mama bobolink removes a fecal sac from her nest. Watch the full video below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1532970175630-AI6TE1CUEEC9LI0TT02D/American+goldfinch+poop+waterfall.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: What goes in must come out At least these American goldfinch chicks managed to contain all of their poop to one side of the nest. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1532970517546-1U3L54XS6FU3FQMPFV3Y/Grasshopper+sparrow+nest+with+poop.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: What goes in must come out It’s hard to spot, but can you see that little white schmear on the left of the nest? Fecal matter! The young in this nest successfully fledged (we double checked the camera footage). Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1532971409427-IZL3OCO8P000S8KLO1TE/yob.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: What goes in must come out Dickcissels are a beautiful, migratory grassland bird that benefits from the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/7/23/into-the-nest-remember-how-beautiful-eggs-are monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1532376476729-MDWU2OKIY7XP8LO20UOI/IntoTheNest_header-branded-600px.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Remember how beautiful eggs are? This series highlights the fascinating and marvelous ecology of grassland bird nesting, written by Madison Audubon education director Carolyn Byers. Click here for all Into the Nest posts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1532377469305-4XQKYQUDNM2KRO7ZPA8S/eggpainting-ENH-whiter.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Remember how beautiful eggs are? Painting by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1532377183877-4KO21TUQY0XW9MN2CST5/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Remember how beautiful eggs are? Dickcissels are a beautiful, migratory grassland bird that benefits from the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/7/15/july-2018-keystone-volunteer-kerry-wilcox monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531494331702-6XBDOG0QSDFO32PL5GYG/JULY+2018+-+Keystone+Volunteer.png Blog Feed - July 2018 Keystone Volunteer: Kerry Wilcox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531494297269-ZBEU3AMT22PS55S66SH4/IMG_1193.JPG Blog Feed - July 2018 Keystone Volunteer: Kerry Wilcox Kerry leads one of the small groups through Pheasant Branch Conservancy to listen for and learn a variety of bird calls. MAS Photo https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/7/10/into-the-nest-open-wide monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531235811652-DMRQTBI7KGCT1VWP0I6U/IntoTheNest_header-branded-600px.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Open Wide! This series highlights the fascinating and marvelous ecology of grassland bird nesting, written by Madison Audubon education director Carolyn Byers. Click here for all of the Into the Nest posts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531231938686-5IBCER1KB30KVT0ZIVHA/grasshopper+sparrow+hatch+day+%285%29.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Open Wide! These grasshopper sparrow chicks are just hours old, and HUNGRY. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531232619772-98U12XVP7K0UOS2NS7JP/Screenshot_+Bobolink+both+adults+male+feeding.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Open Wide! Bobolink parents make nearly 160 food deliveries to the nest in one day- those chicks keep them busy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531232680442-MVR1VOY076XJP3ZZLXZY/BOBO+female+w+food.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Open Wide! A female bobolink with food for her chicks. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531232760227-A3CQIOVK8VDOFIH8KD5P/Dickcissel+Gape.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Open Wide! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531232760308-G4BZXMUSMFTHQAT6UK65/Eastern+Meadowlark+gape+%282%29.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Open Wide! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531232761392-85FBC3O7EGJGI2A3JNGL/Grasshopper+Sparrow+gape+%282%29.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Open Wide! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531232811431-4308ZHNX0J78CH87AWV9/Horned+Lark+gape.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Open Wide! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531232909502-Y4YE5Y5C4KY4E1LSZ93H/Grasshopper+Sparrow+gape+%282%29.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Open Wide! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531233119200-GD2HZOEODZOHN24OYTEF/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Open Wide! Here we have two hungry song sparrow chicks, and two that are fully and content (for the moment, anyway). Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531235168416-1N988F4ZBSKHJEO1SY5Q/yob.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Open Wide! Dickcissels are a beautiful, migratory grassland bird that benefits from the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/6/28/into-the-nest-momlife monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1530197230921-JDQM5WY2I0YF1L6VYDGD/IntoTheNest_header-branded-600px.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: #Momlife This series highlights the fascinating and marvelous ecology of grassland bird nesting, written by Madison Audubon education director Carolyn Byers. Click here for all of the Into the Nest posts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1530197308018-8ESANUK1USHAS5X5DJWP/yob.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: #Momlife Dickcissels are a beautiful, migratory grassland bird that benefits from the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/6/19/one-of-these-is-not-like-the-others monthly 0.5 2022-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1529431242042-015QSNM86TR07IT8IRH4/AmericanKestrelGPS3_JimStewart.jpg Blog Feed - One of these is not like the others A female kestrel surveys the land at MAS Goose Pond Sanctuary for unassuming prey. Photo by Jim Stewart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1529431806790-TTMZLVIK0U67LHK5K021/stacy+taritas_ST.jpg Blog Feed - One of these is not like the others Volunteer Stacy Taritas served as a caregiver for the orphaned chicks and as the liaison between the Dane County Humane Society’s Wildlife Center, Madison Audubon Society, and Central Wisconsin Kestrel Research program. Photo provided by Stacy Taritas. June 15, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1529431025598-KSIM9RMS1DGMESGHI706/orphaned+chicks_MAS+Photo.jpg Blog Feed - One of these is not like the others Four orphaned chicks were rehabilitated and await placement into wild kestrel nest boxes with foster families. Photo by Madison Audubon Society. June 15, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1529431564214-DMFRT5A9U6FHZ2GUYTJ8/Janet+Eschenbauch_Stacy+Taritas.jpg Blog Feed - One of these is not like the others Janet Eschenbauch of Central Wisconsin Kestrel Research program carefully guides a kestrel chick into its nest box. Four orphaned kestrel chicks were placed into foster nests to be raised by wild kestrel parents and young. Photo by Stacy Taritas. June 15, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1529432002584-NJP7Q389KM5CG6TE8P1N/coordinators_MAS+photo.jpg Blog Feed - One of these is not like the others Local kestrel program coordinators (L to R): Janet Eschenbauch, CWKR coordinator and biologist; Brand Smith, MAS volunteer; Amber Eschenbauch, CWKR biologist; Mark Martin, MAS Goose Pond Sanctuary resident co-manager; Matt Reetz, MAS executive director. Photo by Madison Audubon Society. June 15, 2018 https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/6/14/june-2018-keystone-volunteer-brand-smith monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1529081781073-JRVSV6YOELZPW3N8QO19/JUNE+2018+-+Keystone+Volunteer.png Blog Feed - June 2018 Keystone Volunteer: Brand Smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1529082159439-Z2YECKVAHAM4T4C4T2PN/IMG_1164.JPG Blog Feed - June 2018 Keystone Volunteer: Brand Smith Thanks to Brand and his collaboration with the Central Wisconsin Kestrel Research program, this young kestrel was banded on June 15, 2018. MAS Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1529595036161-SUXGSQ9GNLFE409WUFNN/Least+Bittern+nest_Brand+Smith.jpg Blog Feed - June 2018 Keystone Volunteer: Brand Smith Least bittern nest, photo by Brand Smith https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/6/13/into-the-nest-its-hatch-day monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1528919834907-AQD04T85Q3F2A7EGE2F5/IntoTheNest_header-branded-600px.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: It's hatch day! This series highlights the fascinating and marvelous ecology of grassland bird nesting, written by Madison Audubon education director Carolyn Byers. Click here for all of the Into the Nest posts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1528912566216-65TKXH62TC6FWGDFNGP6/Seconds+old+Wild+Turkey+chick_feathers+still+wet.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: It's hatch day! This precocial wild turkey chick is only seconds old. It’s feathers still need to dry out! Within minutes, it is a little walking fluff-ball- ready to leave the nest and follow mom to food. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1528911656733-G4PQW9MSOS3PJU114S4M/uglychickoption3.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: It's hatch day! These altricial red-winged blackbird chicks are helpless and totally reliant on their parents. They are just minutes old now, and will remain in the nest receiving care for another 11-14 days. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1528913623730-ZRORSLNBEU1WSNO4R4W6/diagram+-+enhanced.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: It's hatch day! Shortly before it hatches, a chick uses its beak to break into the inner air chamber, taking its first breath of air. Image citation: Gill 2007, Figure 15-22, page 461. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1528913994050-CA4B0C41PJO7GJNOSM24/Wild+Turkey+eggs+that+have+hatched.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: It's hatch day! These wild turkey eggs are beautiful examples of neatly split shells. Photo by Carolyn Byers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1528913753695-WFCMUZ6CFQBKQD04GEP1/salt+hatch+-+enhanced.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: It's hatch day! A hatching saltmarsh sparrow. Caption: A saltmarsh sparrow is the first to hatch in its clutch. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1528914398858-LP753WRJ1ZVO127R6KGS/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: It's hatch day! Dickcissels are a beautiful, migratory grassland bird that benefits from the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/6/6/into-the-nest-an-egg-is-just-the-beginning monthly 0.5 2024-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1528220626584-DECXGY7SMHXWEMZZQU33/IntoTheNest_header-branded-600px.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: An egg is just the beginning This series highlights the fascinating and marvelous ecology of grassland bird nesting, written by Madison Audubon education director Carolyn Byers. Click here for all Into the Nest posts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1528220718352-VSQL1RNGJNVSQ49T8KKL/Common+Yellowthroat+nest_hand+size+reference.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: An egg is just the beginning A lovely common yellowthroat nest is tucked down into the grass. This photo was taken from about 4 feet above the nest, and demonstrates just how well hidden they are. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1528220883493-BT660QC350PC9KO019BH/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: An egg is just the beginning Here, a scientist blows on an American robin’s belly, revealing her brood patch. Photo by VSPYCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1528227836327-KQ7W2TRSOB1D32OS4HB3/Eastern+meadowlark+chicks_11+days+old.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: An egg is just the beginning These four eastern meadowlark chicks are all 11 days old. They are all generally the same size, and their plumage is at the same stage of development. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1528227934683-AGCF4PAXQ566GV6IXMMU/Northern+Harrier+chicks_different+ages.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: An egg is just the beginning These northern harrier chicks are all at least a day apart in age. The two chicks on the right of the nest are older than the ones on the left. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1528228018594-AT4AXXXQ3LWDA28HT18S/Meadowlark-on-nest_Screenshot.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: An egg is just the beginning See, doesn’t this eastern meadowlark look like she’d enjoy a nice sudoku? Image from eastern meadowlark nest camera footage provided by U.S. Geological Survey, Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, Madison, WI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1528228140775-HGS7DIC8FK53WIGMX0OW/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: An egg is just the beginning An eastern meadowlark rotates her eggs. Image from eastern meadowlark nest camera footage provided by U.S. Geological Survey, Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, Madison, WI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1528301688115-TDJV45X9DCUVKUQUXN73/Horned+Lark+Nest+with+Camera.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: An egg is just the beginning Horned lark chicks are blissfully unaware of the nest camera in the background. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1528305303454-UM73GEW0UIH6QYV8L48K/yob.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: An egg is just the beginning Dickcissels are a beautiful, migratory grassland bird that benefits from the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/5/31/into-the-nest-there-is-nothing-so-beautiful-as-a-birds-egg monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527788839979-086158XOZHNP4A3F2956/IntoTheNest_header-branded-600px.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg This series highlights the fascinating and marvelous ecology of grassland bird nesting, written by Madison Audubon education director Carolyn Byers. Click here for all Into the Nest posts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527791524212-EWZUEPH9S646KD5M85E4/sparrowonnest-enhanced-2.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg A grasshopper sparrow sits tight on her eggs during a nest check. Can you spot her eye? Everything about this nest and bird is working to keep those eggs camouflaged and safe. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527792514467-CK0N6WUPLIH36K905F62/rwbb-nest+ak.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg A female red-winged black bird emerges from her hidden nest. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527792921390-8VXN8Z7YNCI9QCFZ89SP/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg Wild turkey chicks are not just adorable, they're also very mobile and capable, even hours old as in this photo, typical of precocial young. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527792732091-0OXEW965UI39ZIMP83QF/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg Grasshopper sparrows are born blind and weak; classic atricial young. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527793203350-42MXDKP9R7UEXU7HWUI0/Image+from+Greenleaf+_+Blueberry+Insta+Page.png Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg The beautiful pigmentation of bird eggs comes from just two pigments. Photo by Greenleaf & Blueberry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527793492402-5FIJS1MPKWZT2ABEXLIQ/American+Goldfinch_eggs_CB.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg - American Goldfinch Eggs average 16.2 x 12.2 mm. Typically lay 5 eggs, but clutches can range from 4 to 6 eggs. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527793460501-VWB3JH9EXMWE416ZW7PE/American+Robin_eggs_CB.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg - American Robin Eggs average 28.1 x 20.00mm. Typically lay 4 eggs, but clutches can range from 3 to 5 eggs. They may try to raise 2 or 3 broods during a summer. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527793481588-AHPQUKM9QU4QCWAXNTFC/Bobolink_eggs_CB.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg - Bobolink Eggs average 21.8 x 15.71 mm. Typically lay 5 to 6 eggs, but clutches can range from 4 to 7 eggs. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527793502467-M3EIJUT06FF3039GUKWW/Clay-colored+Sparrow_+eggs_CB.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg - Clay-colored Sparrow Eggs average 17.1 x 12.7 mm. Typically lay 4 eggs, but clutches can range from 3 to 5 eggs. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527793518389-YQ7CDZK3VH4Q8Z2S4YP5/Common+Yellowthroat_egg+_CB.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg - Common Yellowthroat Eggs average 17.5 x 13.3 mm. Typically lay 4eggs, but clutches can range from 4 to 6 eggs. Usually raise 2 broods each summer. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527793565480-USR3Z3DC8JWUOPD4I4W2/Dickcissel_eggs_CB.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg - Dickcissel Eggs average 20.8 x 15.7 mm. Typically lay 4 eggs, but clutches can range from 3 to 5 eggs. Regularly raise 2 broods during a summer. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527793537968-63EL6R1VWEDK81AO9AEM/Eastern+Meadowlark_eggs_CB.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg - Eastern Meadowlark Eggs average 27.75 x 20.35 mm. Typically lay 3 to 5 eggs, but clutches can range from 2 to 6 eggs. Regularly raise 2 broods during a summer. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527793558509-1N8GBJAG2TSG8C3JH7VS/Grasshopper+sparrow_egg_CB.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg - Grasshopper Sparrow Eggs average 18.6 x 14.4 mm. Typically lay 4 to 5 eggs, but clutches can sometimes range from 3 to 6 eggs. They may raise 2 broods during a summer. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527793577131-W6VVZ3G6QU62Z54ZGK0M/Henslow_s+Sparrow_egg_CB.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg - Henslow's Sparrow Eggs average 18.3 x 14.1 mm. Typically lay 3 to 5 eggs, and regularly have 2 broods during a summer. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527793597398-Z1JPFQCOQJDTUFSXKGTT/Horned+Lark_eggs_CB.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg - Horned Lark Eggs average 21.6 x 15.7 mm. Typically lay 4 eggs, but clutches can range from 3 to 5 eggs. Usually raise 2 broods each summer. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527793626492-WVA8V5J7OKUPTHS0V4SR/Northern+Harrier_eggs_CB.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg - Northern Harrier Eggs average 46.6 x 36.4 mm. Typically lay 5 eggs, but clutches can range from 4 to 6 eggs-- and sometimes may even have up to 9 eggs! Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527793617973-LAWKLJ0680MWSFBHWW1B/Red-winged+Blackbird_eggs_CB.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg - Red-winged Blackbird Eggs average 24.8 x 17.55 mm. Typically lay 3-4 eggs, and often raise 2 broods in a summer. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527793649777-0APEJ0VK7V1VEMGHGG50/Song+Sparrow_eggs_CB.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg - Song Sparrow Eggs average 19.9 x 15.5mm. Typically lay 3 to 5 eggs, but clutches can sometimes have 6 eggs. They may try to raise 2 or 3 broods during a summer. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527793646174-ZKVOAD3HPYYHTMG9J84Z/Upland+Sandpiper_egg_CB.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg - Upland Sandpiper Eggs average 45.0 x 32.5 mm. Typically lay 4 eggs, but clutches rarely have 5 eggs. They raise just 1 brood each summer. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527794891804-MVY48PD66JUQ30STJH56/eggpainting-enhanced.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg Common yellowthroat egg variation on top, with red-winged blackbird eggs on the bottom. Artwork by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527795016758-H1T027WV4GNKQ8ZET79U/yob.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: There is nothing so beautiful as a bird's egg Dickcissels are a beautiful, migratory grassland bird that benefits from the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/5/22/into-the-nest-lets-build-a-nest monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527020535136-JDHGWZAU13EH6F53B6F0/IntoTheNest_header-branded-600px.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Let's build a nest This new mini-series highlights the fascinating and marvelous ecology of grassland bird nesting, written by Madison Audubon education director Carolyn Byers. Click here for all Into the Nest posts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527016065994-L47FQ5M16XQ5IXXYA571/My+first+nest_Saltmarsh+Sparrow_2008.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Let's build a nest Photo provided by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527016667443-N0NWGAWZ88GLUMIQ0DBH/eaml+nesting+material_matthew+paulson.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Let's build a nest An eastern meadowlark gathers materials to do some housework. Photo by Matthew Paulson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527017235601-SDULE3WM0HPL0T5V7NR4/CIMG4038.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Let's build a nest A thriving tallgrass prairie at MAS Faville Grove Sanctuary hosts all sorts of secretive birds. 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Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/5/17/a-snowy-owl-who-almost-made-it-back-home monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526569017750-F3VH58BWK2Q5W2JYQ7H1/Arlington_DavidRihn.jpg Blog Feed - A snowy owl who almost made it back home The intense gaze of Arlington will be remembered by those who worked with and tracked Arlington as he wintered near Goose Pond Sanctuary in 2018. Photo by David Rihn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526569083462-UOVVXMF75XTANFAFVTLQ/ArlingtonWithTransmitter_MASPhoto.jpg Blog Feed - A snowy owl who almost made it back home Arlington was outfitted with a GPS transmitter on January 4. The ultra-light backpack was recovered after Arlington was likely struck by a vehicle in central Minnesota. These transmitters are shown to have no impact on the birds' ability to lead normal lives. MAS Photo https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/5/15/into-the-nest-home-home-on-the-range monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526417011155-UWBBHWVWZN940YA1NX6G/IntoTheNest_header-branded-600px.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Home, home on the range This new mini-series highlights the fascinating and marvelous ecology of grassland bird nesting, written by Madison Audubon education director Carolyn Byers. Click here for all Into the Nest posts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526417376907-L4M09MDS1760THHCCCFS/9395277319_401f34afa8_o.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Home, home on the range The lovely Schurch-Thompson Prairie is flush with color (and no doubt nesting birds!). Photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526417502837-XYH0ILU337Z6LTAGPOZP/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Home, home on the range Not a prairie. But a good example of small territories used only for nest placement in albatross colonies. Photo by USFWS Pacific Region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526434199756-UAC2CTDDIU3NK7K4BPHD/26416778295_caf0fe32b2_k.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Home, home on the range Two males compete to see which is most fit, and females wait in the background assessing their options. Prairie chickens are grassland obligates that nest in central Wisconsin. Photo by Don Henise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526434055070-QKBX4J22PYYMT45EYUYA/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Home, home on the range An eastern meadowlark has a lot to sing about. Photo by Patrick Ready https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526435383063-HCV6URO7R3F7WLBJHYVU/27089555233_5266b14c23_o.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Home, home on the range - Bobolink Photo by Scott Heron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526435365081-NCVZDXSAOCM2A1OLFNF2/26774136475_59141d5689_o.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Home, home on the range - Henslow's sparrow Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526435388611-E4V74XYRKPHWPXFPIX35/30557877150_9d4f4f66eb_o.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Home, home on the range - Northern harrier Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526417301074-YIJ9463OMQQGXX6NAR34/yob.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Home, home on the range Dickcissels are a beautiful, migratory grassland bird that benefits from the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/3/15/keystone-volunteer-arlene-koziol monthly 0.5 2018-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526319078455-0L1ORDUGNPZGH3ID4L8D/arlene-enhanced.jpg Blog Feed - May 2018 Keystone Volunteer: Arlene Koziol Arlene Koziol is the keystone volunteer of May 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526319980556-N5FJIAE4SFSQD90MYQ3N/Crane+pair+flying+AK.jpg Blog Feed - May 2018 Keystone Volunteer: Arlene Koziol Sandhill crane pair flying into Goose Pond, 2001. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526319859947-JAB4SUUFF331OYWPH2L3/Crane+landing+2+AK.jpg Blog Feed - May 2018 Keystone Volunteer: Arlene Koziol Sandhill crane landing at an icy Goose Pond, 2001. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526320085944-4E6BA4GREGN4QISW8RE8/41956081502_5a410886c9_z.jpg Blog Feed - May 2018 Keystone Volunteer: Arlene Koziol Class participant, May 2018. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526320086028-H7NTWKEATT6XZTR5HPX0/41956086402_8450f73ea7_z.jpg Blog Feed - May 2018 Keystone Volunteer: Arlene Koziol Class participant, May 2018. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526320086892-M3G617BE04Z7ROZKU24R/41956087492_e131c08c27_z.jpg Blog Feed - May 2018 Keystone Volunteer: Arlene Koziol Class participant, May 2018. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/5/8/into-the-nest-grasslands-have-a-canopy-too monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525808367868-50S4GOMG224429XV6ZUM/IntoTheNest_header-branded-600px.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Grasslands have a canopy too! This new mini-series highlights the fascinating and marvelous ecology of grassland bird nesting, written by Madison Audubon education director Carolyn Byers. Click here for all Into the Nest posts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525802656451-XMUE1L0Z7E59WZ1A1OVJ/CIMG3993.JPG Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Grasslands have a canopy too! The beautifully restored prairies at MAS Faville Grove Sanctuary are a great example of nesting habitat for grassland birds. Photo by Brenna Marsicek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525808485102-S2EKHODYR00HTEE6Q6SL/grass+heights-bw.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Grasslands have a canopy too! Drawing by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525808605844-U27QAP8Q3RHAQ943QBVI/Savannah+Sparrow+2+KCA.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Grasslands have a canopy too! Savannah sparrows are a classic grassland obligate, not to mention adorable. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525809321441-XBAHK8MD09LOCB4UMCGI/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Grasslands have a canopy too! Wisconsin's fertile soils and agricultural heritage leads to patchy landscapes. Photo by Chris Favero. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525809567331-782XQ2GBAEDS3ENA72M3/Prairie+landscape+_Joshua+Mayer.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Grasslands have a canopy too! This is what some grassland birds want: prairie as far as the eye can see. Photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525809622154-283ZVM7BKDH2T20PZ5SO/yob.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Grasslands have a canopy too! Dickcissels are a beautiful, migratory grassland bird that benefits from the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/5/1/into-the-nest-grassland-basics monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525289534197-5XB1YQI1UMQH7JPKVHDD/IntoTheNest_header-branded.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Grassland Basics This new mini-series highlights the fascinating and marvelous ecology of grassland bird nesting, written by Madison Audubon education director Carolyn Byers. Click here for all Into the Nest posts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525202998987-XPKV6XREWLFXQCDY8FO1/Wood+Family+Prairie_AK.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Grassland Basics Goose Pond Sanctuary is home to hundreds of acres of restored grasslands, some of the few remaining in Wisconsin. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525203121297-RCOUYPA7F8LU9DD4ZM7S/bobolink_Kelly+Colgan+Azar.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Grassland Basics This striking bobolink needs grasslands to nest. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525204068208-L7QJJGF4N6G2HG6TCQXE/grassland+bird+decline_+Adapted+from+the+State+of+Canada%27s+Birds+2012.gif Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Grassland Basics - Grassland Birds Decline Grassland bird populations have experienced severe declines since the 1970s. Adapted from the State of Canada’s Birds 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525204068322-1S4LIDD2CDF7CSD3IUMP/Grassland+Obligate+bird+trends_state+of+the+birds+2009.jpeg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Grassland Basics - Grassland Obligate Bird Trends Birds that rely entirely on grasslands for nesting have experienced a 30-40% decline in populations. North American State of the Birds 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525204068808-EF9XB2LXJTAB4447HTTR/habitat+changes_grasslands_State+of+the+birds+2009.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Grassland Basics - Habitat Changes The decline in grassland birds is directly related to the declining grassland habitat in North America. North American State of the Birds 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525204306993-669K26UPTBFAZPBVCB1W/historic+veg+in+WI_no+citation.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Grassland Basics - Historic Habitats in Wisconsin Bright yellow indicates where prairie used to dominate the landscape in Wisconsin. Now, less than .1% of those prairies remain. Map courtesy of University of Wisconsin Extension Geological and Natural History Survey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525202664022-LI075BDOEGJQKMN6MEYB/Henslow%27s+Sparrow+2+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Grassland Basics Henslow's sparrows are beginning to return to Wisconsin for the summer. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525203440912-MB2VX1BUGG3YZULFEAKA/31668676_1836067343120086_6678491377241686016_o.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Grassland Basics Map of migration intensity moving north, as of April 28, 2018. Map courtesy of the Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525203755322-5DKZBYB531G6EZD7BKEG/yob.jpg Blog Feed - Into the Nest: Grassland Basics Dickcissels are a beautiful, migratory grassland bird that benefits from the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/4/24/introducing-into-the-nest monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525977997506-G1MQ2GSWHSQ1L76KZOHC/IntoTheNest_header-branded-600px.jpg Blog Feed - Introducing "Into the Nest' https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/4/4/tis-the-season-to-be-burning monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1522869598493-PGNS23ZVR02RE3ZSUYFU/04.2018+David+for+context_Drew+Harry.jpeg Blog Feed - 'Tis the Season to be Burning Bur oaks and fire in the Uplands South. Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1522869158826-M823IBY2QLQ0A9UEBCX9/04.2018+Run+bunny+run_Drew+Harry.jpeg Blog Feed - 'Tis the Season to be Burning A rabbit escapes the burn at Faville Grove. Note the smoke control off the road. 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Photo by Drew Harry https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/4/3/how-do-you-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2018-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526670932680-RXIZIIG4VS3J2XT8AVKB/mark+and+lerch.jpg Blog Feed - How do you Goose Pond? Robert Lerch (left) lived at Goose Pond for 20 years before selling to Madison Audubon in 1968. He reminisces with Mark Martin, Sanctuary resident co-manager. Image from MAS December 1994 newsletter https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/3/21/reflections-of-a-goose-pond-sanctuary-land-steward monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1522160237205-Y03DZR78EEC5ZGRBG7QF/feeder.jpg Blog Feed - Reflections of a Goose Pond Sanctuary Land Steward Photo provided by Maddie Dumas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1522160309803-E1JB3XTEYW8MGOUPOLE9/badger.jpg Blog Feed - Reflections of a Goose Pond Sanctuary Land Steward Photo provided by Maddie Dumas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1522160391874-D11POTA5LBQ2R6IBTT4P/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Reflections of a Goose Pond Sanctuary Land Steward Mark Martin, Susan Foote-Martin, and Maddie Dumas. MAS Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1522160627416-ZLIXSNVZ7Z5VOI1LNQDP/DSC_0276.JPG Blog Feed - Reflections of a Goose Pond Sanctuary Land Steward Maddie (upper left) with the 2015 Goose Pond/Prairie Partner summer interns. 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In this photo, Drew is leading a training for Bald Eagle Nest Watch with volunteers who will observe bald eagle nests this winter, spring, and summer. MAS Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1518720553570-ZYVTTLAUREPN8T74VGAI/IMG-1036.JPG Blog Feed - February 2018 Keystone Volunteer: Drew Cashman A bald eagle nest at Cherokee Marsh will now be monitored by BENW volunteers, thanks to Drew's work. MAS Photo https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/1/11/winter-update-at-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1515789509875-ZA04X43GXY6UBB8G3MQ4/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Winter Update at Faville Grove Sunset on the Laas land, Faville Grove Sanctuary. Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1515789619144-QV47OXSXOZTLU3XMJ30C/IMG-0082.JPG Blog Feed - Winter Update at Faville Grove A view of the savanna above the pond where extensive cutting has taken place. Photo by Drew Harry https://swibirds.org/blog/2018/1/9/christmas-bird-count monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1515704548415-JFRDF4H4EG82IOZDUM74/IMG_20171216_074138068.jpg Blog Feed - Deck the Halls with Bird Counters Holiday birders are searching for feathered friends on Lake Mendota during the 2017 Christmas Bird Count. Photo by Carolyn Byers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1515704669629-T1SBYSLUYNXU2QZUQKJD/IMG_20171216_142539408.jpg Blog Feed - Deck the Halls with Bird Counters Triumph is just one of the emotions a Christmas Bird Counter feels when reviewing the tally list at the end of the day. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1515704844764-0I6QA9213CBC1KJCK4HH/Tundra+Swan+take+off+MH.jpg Blog Feed - Deck the Halls with Bird Counters Canada geese and tundra swans were at an all-time high for the Madison CBC this year. Photo by Monica Hall https://swibirds.org/blog/2017/12/11/from-the-educators-vera-court-creates-a-field-guide monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1513025033314-2BT1F29AXVC1HCCA90JN/IMG_20171010_162355015.jpg Blog Feed - From the Educators: Vera Court Creates a Field Guide Vera kiddos are ready for a bug safari! MAS Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1513025234304-6AFXGAOFUQWSKD04XCCJ/crow.jpg Blog Feed - From the Educators: Vera Court Creates a Field Guide An American crow drawn by Vera Court kiddos for their field guide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1513025245464-WCRPPDQOVZHN4U66VH71/mallard.jpg Blog Feed - From the Educators: Vera Court Creates a Field Guide A mallard duck drawn by Vera Court kiddos for their field guide. https://swibirds.org/blog/2017/11/14/goose-pond-is-a-prairie-pothole monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510673683120-4OREBJCYYRE996NAV79L/22761009327_61e1b77ba0_o.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond is a Prairie Pothole Goose Pond is bumper-to-bumper waterfowl. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510673887391-C7Y3IVTGPK1JTESC1XVE/Flock+of+cranes+taking+off+AK.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond is a Prairie Pothole Sandhill cranes use prairie potholes like Goose Pond for nourishment and rest. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510673941125-MMP6Q7MTYV8BHC6BFDB9/ViewFromWingspan-600-AK.jpg Blog Feed - Goose Pond is a Prairie Pothole What wetland is special to you? Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/2017/10/11/from-the-educators-fall-is-in-the-air-and-kids-are-outside-learning monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1513023995295-MYXDI7PCXSIBWGLHAZ60/IMG_20170926_162907.jpg Blog Feed - From the Educators: Fall is in the air, and kids are outside learning Vera kids use a field guide to identify birds seen at Governor's Island. MAS Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1513024128351-FWD5MAZMI2XQOWZTSFBC/IMG_20170921_140453161.jpg Blog Feed - From the Educators: Fall is in the air, and kids are outside learning Students at Lincoln Elementary work together to build their own honeycomb. They learned a lot about hive geometry! MAS Photo https://swibirds.org/blog/2017/9/12/strange-butterflies-reported-at-goose-pond-sanctuary monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1505239350197-H14R5RRNLG4D76F3FBAK/Danaus+plexippus+gigantus+maddius.jpg Blog Feed - Strange Butterflies Reported at Goose Pond Sanctuary She might look innocent, but she has her eye on something.... (Maddie Dumas, Goose Pond Sanctuary land manager, and Jim Otto, MAS volunteer). Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1505239458408-ABVGFXKZHJKPVH1KHW49/Danaus+plexippus+gigantus+maddius+captured.jpg Blog Feed - Strange Butterflies Reported at Goose Pond Sanctuary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1505239664313-DPWRSNF61Z6G38HG642Q/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Strange Butterflies Reported at Goose Pond Sanctuary Giant monarch twins feasting on showy goldenrod. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1505239806043-NV9GQND8DOVGJ43593DG/Monarch+Twins+2.jpg Blog Feed - Strange Butterflies Reported at Goose Pond Sanctuary Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1505239838796-U527XOM11PMC1LTBZ9QP/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Strange Butterflies Reported at Goose Pond Sanctuary Photo by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/blog/2017/8/29/kestrel-nesting-results-are-in monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1504029978132-ESMAOND6ZWL8CX2U6TCR/IMG-8484.JPG Blog Feed - Kestrel nesting results are in! A young kestrel awaiting its turn on the scale. MAS Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1504103253935-W75HGY2ZJASH1R2QDQ8S/IMG-8481.JPG Blog Feed - Kestrel nesting results are in! Janet Eschenbauch of the Central Wisconsin Kestrel Research program (on ladder), Brand Smith (white), and Jim Shurts (blue) retrieve kestrel chicks from one of the nest boxes monitored through Madison Audubon. MAS Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1504103029209-7FWA0UTF780XXGI5YH3T/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Kestrel nesting results are in! A kestrel chick is weighed, measured, and banded through this program. MAS Photo https://swibirds.org/blog/2017/8/23/wingspan-fully-funded-and-foundationally-set monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1503498499743-8L3Y3SQU1A2JDSUUQL47/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Wingspan: Fully funded and foundationally set! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1503498395486-RELY0U6OFX6EYA4GC0D4/IMG_9229.JPG Blog Feed - Wingspan: Fully funded and foundationally set! https://swibirds.org/blog/2017/7/31/from-the-rise-of-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1501529861900-68NXL269XOJTIV74TQ2C/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - From the Rise of Goose Pond Bicentennial Prairie surrounds the future Wingspan site, and is absolutely stunning right now! Photo by Brenna Marsicek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1501529895231-A06ST66W6SJ51422KNWA/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - From the Rise of Goose Pond A preview of what you'll see from the Wingspan platform. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1501529990356-X6NGTT80M2RLP24WYYCH/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - From the Rise of Goose Pond This half-circle scrape is the footprint of the future Wingspan site. More to come soon! MAS Photo https://swibirds.org/blog/2017/6/16/a-wingspan-update monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1501530168643-DIE9OJUGN82JVCSIFFWH/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - A Wingspan Update Creating and leveling the space for the future Wingspan platform. Photo by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/blog/2017/3/9/from-the-educators-were-beginning-to-think-thoughts-of-spring monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1505418946418-SEREHJTFNXSTO7AY7136/DSC_5724.JPG Blog Feed - From the Educators: We're beginning to think thoughts of Spring Face to face with Wilson, the MAS stuffed Great Gray Owl (Vera Court) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1505418785101-N6IUS3D34VVVA4BZAS4R/IMG_20170223_161130392.jpg Blog Feed - From the Educators: We're beginning to think thoughts of Spring Education intern, Abe, shares a snapping turtle shell with students (Bayview) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1505418851749-S6WWJQ6GJDLR7BMUNOUV/DSC_5698.JPG Blog Feed - From the Educators: We're beginning to think thoughts of Spring Education intern, Olivia, helps a student ID mammal bones found in an owl pellet (Vera Court) https://swibirds.org/blog/2017/3/6/great-lakes-at-great-risk monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1488829915936-C3TPRVPJ6QD66AXJOWM3/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Great Lakes at Great Risk A view of Lake Superior from Madeline Island, Wisconsin https://swibirds.org/blog/2017/3/3/dnr-public-hearings-crane-hunting-season-milkweeds-and-more monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1488560347847-OYDX1VNML64EJ6HJAOJ4/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - DNR public hearings: Crane hunting season, milkweeds, and more Sandhill crane colt, photo by Arlene Kozio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1488560750688-FGZZK5EH86YXNN3F87OX/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - DNR public hearings: Crane hunting season, milkweeds, and more Monarch caterpillar munching on a commonmilkweed leaf, MAS photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1488560803965-CUDPGVI6XCIJ7WHMCSG2/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - DNR public hearings: Crane hunting season, milkweeds, and more Prairie landscape at Faville Grove Sanctuary, photo by Roger Packard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1488560882857-A7TOA7XFDTNBCR1JLADZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - DNR public hearings: Crane hunting season, milkweeds, and more Sandhill crane landing on April ice, photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/2017/2/28/good-news-dot-shuts-down-interstate-options-through-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1488317892095-2L1UKWMASS4NHTIA5F54/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Good News: DOT Shuts Down Interstate Options Through Goose Pond! Monarch on goldenrod; Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/2017/2/24/mas-on-knowles-nelson-stewardship-program-changes monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1488210109674-75NVUOAHP4UH6NM0MERD/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - MAS on Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program changes Jill's Prairie at Madison Audubon's Goose Pond Sanctuary https://swibirds.org/blog/2017/2/16/2017-mas-field-trips-is-here monthly 0.5 2017-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1488221121265-RVTPV7VHVD8E8ALNE2JG/2017FieldTripsCalendar-front.jpg Blog Feed - 2017 MAS Field Trips Calendar is here! https://swibirds.org/blog/2017/2/2/tell-dot-no-interstate-through-goose-pond-sanctuary monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1486052920104-OFB217EEF9NJBS76V7D7/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Tell DOT: No Interstate Through Goose Pond Sanctuary A shooting star at Goose Pond Sanctuary https://swibirds.org/blog/2017/1/24/christmas-bird-count-mas-chapter-results monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1485465676972-5960A8J5ZX7ZLWQVFP42/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Christmas Bird Count - MAS Chapter Results Pardeeville Christmas Bird Counters Jane Considine (left) and Maddie Dumas (right) bundle up during their 2016 count. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1485465914175-7V04MF48108QRZ5LC30Z/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Christmas Bird Count - MAS Chapter Results A pair of bald eagles spotted on the Poynette Christmas Bird Count. Photo by Maddie Dumas https://swibirds.org/blog/2017/1/3/from-the-educators-cold-weather-cant-keep-these-kids-inside monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1505419161076-7P5DAJUBHOSKP32QHOKF/DSC_5155.JPG Blog Feed - From the Educators: Cold weather can't keep these kids inside! Students identify ducks during fall migration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1505419227899-P57BI5PF4HKW2UYD3SJM/DSC_5392.JPG Blog Feed - From the Educators: Cold weather can't keep these kids inside! Cold weather and snow don't slow these kids down from learning animal tracks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1505419342579-ZP2IFNMIKHGYJQD34TWX/DSC_5416.JPG Blog Feed - From the Educators: Cold weather can't keep these kids inside! Plants offer a new look and feel during the winter months. https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/12/5/apply-for-a-restoration-ecology-internship-with-mas monthly 0.5 2017-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1480969097202-CESXAWD99FT9CBGSM0V8/InternshipCollage_FB.jpg Blog Feed - Apply for a Restoration Ecology Internship with Madison Audubon! The Restoration Ecology Interns spend much of their time on our two sanctuaries, Faville Grove (top right) and Goose Pond (bottom right), as well as other locations. Michigan lilies (left; photo by Roger Packard) are just one of the many beautiful species interns will work with during the internship. https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/12/1/prairies-of-southern-wisconsin-including-photos-of-prairies-from-goose-pond-sanctuary monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1480611818640-JLBVQBJLN5YRZE5CZDMM/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Prairies of Southern Wisconsin to feature Goose Pond Sanctuary in Photography Exhibit. Photography by Rich Armstrong, featuring Goose Pond https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/11/30/update-mas-continues-to-advocate-for-the-appropriate-use-of-the-spra monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1480527629318-830Q7O9VRZFG4KN3OYKE/sauk_prairie_700x295.jpg Blog Feed - Update: MAS continues to advocate for the appropriate use of the SPRA land Photography by DNR https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/11/15/mas-board-nominees-selected monthly 0.5 2016-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1479763429755-Y0P75S97R0UOVDXMUGPU/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - MAS Board Nominees Selected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1479219668045-7O2OEWF3WDEJ62HUDYNU/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - MAS Board Nominees Selected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1479219760410-F4UB2MJF3STVJP0GODLT/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - MAS Board Nominees Selected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1479220105551-7IW4641ONHISXVFFG9FP/pat2.jpg Blog Feed - MAS Board Nominees Selected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1479220128302-J5KDTC193DKLZGRO3TDO/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - MAS Board Nominees Selected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1479222830532-3ZO9SLCMGFYEABJ9Q4XJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - MAS Board Nominees Selected https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/11/10/mas-reviews-badger-army-ammo-plant-master-plan monthly 0.5 2020-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1478806844329-I3KV7IQKPTD4H6TBEIDX/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - MAS reviews Badger Army Ammo Plant master plan A view of the Badger Army Ammunition Plant grounds from the southeast. Photo from WI DNR webpage. https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/9/12/streamlined-membership-simple-is-better monthly 0.5 2019-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1473707007185-THODYU8SYCCB74LA8CRX/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Streamlined membership: simple is better! Changes in our membership structure make it easier than ever to support local conservation here in south-central Wisconsin. https://swibirds.org/blog/2015/11/13/welcome-to-our-new-site monthly 0.5 2016-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1472093105298-6UI2MFZ3ZXT4UV62VNSV/Eastern+Meadowlark+by+Phil+Brown Blog Feed - Welcome to our new site! You spoke, we listened! We hope you'll enjoy our new website. 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Help us name our specially "brood" craft beer! https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/9/9/were-seeking-candidates-for-our-board-of-directors monthly 0.5 2016-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1473449196543-LYN3UJ191323IKFRJDH7/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - We're seeking candidates for our Board of Directors Bee on pale purple coneflower. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/8/25/register-now-for-birds-bikes-brews monthly 0.5 2016-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1472147317960-260OJZSH4TI4CKDB3NYE/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Register now for Birds, Bikes, & Brews! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1472146571311-8T1IV7JF6BTGLLJX3XJ7/image-asset.png Blog Feed - Register now for Birds, Bikes, & Brews! https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/8/25/summer-education-programs-wrap-up monthly 0.5 2017-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1472145898930-QB0NLR9VOAKGV38TUVD4/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - From the Educators: Summer education programs wrap up Conservation Academy partcipants from Operation Fresh Start learn about water quality management. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1472145914676-F476B9SDTZDMV8IDAITW/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - From the Educators: Summer education programs wrap up Operation Fresh Start Conservation Academy participants celebrate the end of their summer season with Smokey the Bear! Photo by Carolyn Byers. https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/8/24/help-tag-monarchs-at-goose-pond-sanctuary monthly 0.5 2016-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1472092694601-8F8J0DV48M119W53JCJF/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Help tag monarchs at Goose Pond Sanctuary Releasing a freshly-tagged monarch butterfly. Photo by Arlene Koziol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1472092912432-6RUJBYTDIJAY3MCJQTAL/15187564461_78d773d560_k.jpg Blog Feed - Help tag monarchs at Goose Pond Sanctuary Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/8/26/keystone-volunteers-arlene-koziol monthly 0.5 2016-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1472228709404-NZ6JREK5KVTZLMPQHXYT/image-asset.png Blog Feed - Keystone Volunteers: Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1472228299509-AQS9WA753OFQY70H7H0H/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Keystone Volunteers: Arlene Koziol If you've ever enjoyed the beautiful bird photography on our website, in our newsletter, or on our social media, chances are it was a photo by Arlene! Painting of Arlene by Peggy Macnamara. https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/8/24/volunteer-and-restore-wisconsins-beautiful-prairies monthly 0.5 2016-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1472049841131-LGT9CA2GHLBLQ6VNAMY3/Canada+Wild+Rye+by+Carolyn+Byers Blog Feed - Volunteer and help restore Wisconsin's beautiful prairies Canada wild rye. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/7/22/visit-our-sunflower-field-at-goose-pond-sanctuary monthly 0.5 2016-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481222080436-6X3GS26QN0A0JF4JPSKC/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Visit our Sunflower Field at Goose Pond Sanctuary https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/7/8/featured-sanctuary-plant-eastern-prairie-white-fringed-orchid monthly 0.5 2016-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481222619040-45R77GEOT92G6BK2T7G0/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Featured Sanctuary Plant: Eastern Prairie White Fringed Orchid Photo by Joshua Mayer https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/6/16/from-the-educators-spring-has-flown-by-like-a-flurry-of-migrating-warblers monthly 0.5 2017-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1505420118577-7D7KXGI4B6IOHDPSQ46E/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - From the Educators: Spring has flown by like a flurry of migrating warblers! Vera Court kids grow their science skills while searching for water critters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1505420188768-2IH3FB9O5KPPM5A9957W/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - From the Educators: Spring has flown by like a flurry of migrating warblers! Helping improve habitat for people and wildlife also brings lots of pride! https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/5/27/my-side-of-the-substation-peregrine-family-calls-mge-plant-home monthly 0.5 2016-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481222900292-138RATW9HMA5UQMVRBGT/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - My Side of the Substation: Peregrine Family Calls MG&E Plant Home Photo by Thomas Helbig, Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481222932304-WO29UOUPB4QX9V7YM6O3/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - My Side of the Substation: Peregrine Family Calls MG&E Plant Home Above, this year's brood of feathered, fuzzy urban falcons. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481222956631-A986ADEU7637EC6VGFKQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - My Side of the Substation: Peregrine Family Calls MG&E Plant Home Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/5/10/madison-audubon-volunteers-and-partners-honored-for-dedication-to-habitat-protection monthly 0.5 2016-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481227844829-6G8MD2TDYJBVEL6UGBNC/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Madison Audubon Volunteers and Partners Honored for Dedication to Habitat Protection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481227876376-1YXMEY8T4E7GHI9ZRC65/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Madison Audubon Volunteers and Partners Honored for Dedication to Habitat Protection https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/3/11/friday-feathery-feature-eastern-tiger-salamander monthly 0.5 2016-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481228070465-S23VCTLUBQTOXZOZJNQ9/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Friday "Feathery" Feature: Eastern Tiger Salamander Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481228109087-SU7R5K89RM61P5MR6RT9/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Friday "Feathery" Feature: Eastern Tiger Salamander Photo by Emily Meier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481228130824-KZQW6578NTCJ4NUIFOBU/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Friday "Feathery" Feature: Eastern Tiger Salamander Photo by Emily Meier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481228149689-WLTAYBDE8TZG8WIBVV4Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Friday "Feathery" Feature: Eastern Tiger Salamander Photo by Emily Meier https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/3/9/an-education-update monthly 0.5 2016-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481228407487-UAVICD6HYNAVUN01XNWR/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - An Education Update https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481228429490-RL4F25955I74ACHKKI2A/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - An Education Update https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481228459184-0JX5TW1MNOBEA2RP7GDX/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - An Education Update Students from Wingra School explore the world of animal signs with fake scat from our free lending kits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481228526392-ODG35P9A7LD7S9GS4TZW/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - An Education Update https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/3/4/birders-share-big-for-2016-giving-day monthly 0.5 2016-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481228641610-KF86SCEHHBS6ZHMOOAEF/image-asset.png Blog Feed - Birders SHARE BIG for 2016 Giving Day https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/2/22/prairie-restoration-at-dunn-heritage-park monthly 0.5 2016-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481228844623-SE6NMYFSFOWXV7NCNUFV/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Prairie Restoration at Dunn Heritage Park Photo by Ben Kollenbroich https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481228872008-VID44OZLBWHVVAO86V30/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Prairie Restoration at Dunn Heritage Park Photo by Ben Kollenbroich https://swibirds.org/blog/2016/2/15/freeing-the-general-the-story-of-an-oak monthly 0.5 2016-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481228999624-B3NZDK0OCFBX8AGD8NVA/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Freeing the General: The Story of an Oak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481229029850-O5WEQE9MIZIQVAXWA37C/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Freeing the General: The Story of an Oak The General can be seen, looking out once again on a familiar vista of prairie, savanna, open water, and sphagnum bog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481229055527-872NJO3S9WJ87W11SEQD/image-asset.jpeg Blog Feed - Freeing the General: The Story of an Oak The General still obscured behind the limbs of more invasive woodland trees; yet in the foreground: hope. 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cavity in an apple tree snag (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d34367e2-ea8a-4484-8424-10eb502b9168/080729_GDS_5163.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Bluebird - Make it stand out Juvenile Eastern Bluebird perched on a branch (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/be4c5a0f-9550-4a2f-b268-d4a75293addf/240608_Z90_4056.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Bluebird - Make it stand out Male Eastern Bluebird at a nest box in the rain. The bluebird has a captured widow skimmer dragonfly (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2026/03/20/winter-raptor-survey monthly 0.5 2026-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6b3409fd-baff-4aa6-8b08-7aa344f37a96/20181014_112132.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Raptor Survey: Goose Pond to the Wisconsin River - Make it stand out Jon Peacock (left) and Mike Myers (right), raptor enthusiasts and Winter Raptor Survey volunteers (photo courtesy of authors). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/83dad4c6-3887-46e6-af50-1fef339cf28c/table.png Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Raptor Survey: Goose Pond to the Wisconsin River - Make it stand out Table with results of 12 Winter Raptor Surveys, January 2023 to February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d88c930d-49de-4b04-b0e7-c8f7000978a2/GOEA-2_mikemyers.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Raptor Survey: Goose Pond to the Wisconsin River - Make it stand out Soaring Golden Eagle (photo by Mike Myers). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1641576380853-C2ZAYV1OUYXOO51UQLZQ/RLHA-215627-1571.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Raptor Survey: Goose Pond to the Wisconsin River - Make it stand out Dorothy, a Rough-legged Hawk banded near Goose Pond in 2021 (photo by Neil Paprocki). https://swibirds.org/fff/2026/03/13/greater-white-fronted-goose monthly 0.5 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/38fa2eeb-7184-41ea-a18e-cf6ec02d5a55/GWFG_flight_AndyReagoChrissyMcClarren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Greater White-fronted Goose - Make it stand out Note the speckling on the bellies of these geese in flight (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9be9feac-0629-444f-8d10-d655119cd3f8/GFWG_flap_AndyReagoChrissyMcClarren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Greater White-fronted Goose - Make it stand out A pair of Greater White-fronted Geese (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). https://swibirds.org/fff/2026/03/06/red-breasted-nuthatch monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/98c7b4ac-f968-484f-a02b-4f7ee2409f56/201206_D5C_2253.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-breasted Nuthatch - Make it stand out Male Red-breasted Nuthatch (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6f1b5140-dd03-4ba0-a483-403ef042f563/201122_D5C_0913.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-breasted Nuthatch - Make it stand out Female Red-breasted Nuthatch (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b3b9c110-0808-481c-b63e-0a7b535eb68e/210913_D5C_0308.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-breasted Nuthatch - Make it stand out Female Red-breasted Nuthatch hovering over a male in the grass. She may be fly-catching, an activity sometimes used by this species (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2026/02/26/2025-poynette-cbc monthly 0.5 2026-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/95132fe5-9065-4eae-a846-b72de7fbedc3/Dory+Owen+2_Eurasian+Collared-Dove+eBird+Poynette+CBC.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Poynette Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Large flock of Eurasian Collared-Doves during the 2025 Poynette CBC (photo by Dory Owen). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1763570720422-H08TTTT8D9XG7JDUZX74/Brown+Creeper+KCA.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Poynette Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Brown Creeper (photo by Kelly Colgan Azar). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dfee223d-077f-42c9-b763-7cf592d0addc/Mom-2.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Poynette Christmas Bird Count Mary Ann Schultz (photo courtesy of the Schultz family). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a1bc0c36-0f2e-41f6-a5f2-299cc267bea8/Baltimore%2BOriole%2B2%2BKCA.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Poynette Christmas Bird Count Baltimore Oriole (photo by Kelly Colgan Azar). https://swibirds.org/fff/2026/02/20/blue-jay monthly 0.5 2026-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/962092ad-03e2-427c-878d-185f712d2ee8/blja-pair_Katie+Goodwin-USFWS.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Blue Jay - Make it stand out A pair of Blue Jays perched in an oak tree (photo by Katie Goodwin/USFWS). https://swibirds.org/fff/2026/02/13/wilsons-snipe monthly 0.5 2026-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ca4d92ae-76fa-4fc3-9975-feb14fe0f642/071217_GDS_6512.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Wilson's Snipe - Make it stand out Wilson’s Snipe with its entire bill immersed while feeding in Heron Pond during the winter (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3720e42e-2843-4687-90bb-55a49cc588a9/200212_D5C_9222.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Wilson's Snipe - Make it stand out Wilson’s Snipe in a wetland at its wintering ground in South Texas (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2026/02/06/great-horned-owl monthly 0.5 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ec0fa73d-f8da-442a-a1e3-b45e4230b7a3/great-horned-owl_snow_GraysonSmithUSFWS.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Horned Owl Mark Martin and Sue Foote-Martin relayed an interesting owl story from 1985 at Goose Pond Sanctuary: “On the hill above the pond, there was a pine plantation and a very large basswood tree along the railroad tracks. We thought it would be helpful to erect a Great Horned Owl nest box. Leroy Peterson, a Wisconsin DNR wildlife biologist who did an in-depth study on the Great Horned Owls in Jefferson County, volunteered to erect the large box. The next year, a pair of owls called it home. When the owlets were about half grown, we received a call from Nancy Frank, a wildlife rehabber in southeast Wisconsin. She was looking for an active nest to ‘adopt’ two young she had in care. We told her that our pair already had two young—she told us that with two more, they would require supplemental feeding. When she brought the owlets out, she also brought bags of frozen white lab rats for us to keep in our freezer and thaw a few out every couple of days. We knew climbing a ladder at the nest site could be dangerous. However, Mark was prepared—he wore a helmet and a down coat. Sue would keep watch from the ground. On one visit, when Mark was about two-thirds of the way up the ladder, an owl silently flew in and attacked. It happened so fast that Sue could not yell out before the owl hit Mark’s back. Luckily, Mark hung on to the ladder; luckier still, the owl did not hang onto Mark, though he ended up with eight puncture wounds that took a long time to heal. The owlets continued to be fed but we were even more prepared after that.” Great Horned Owl photo by Grayson Smith/USFWS https://swibirds.org/fff/2026/01/30/bald-eagle monthly 0.5 2026-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f94341fa-bef4-483a-9e11-42cf2a31ade7/bald-eagle_roadkill_CourtneyCelleyUSFWS.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bald Eagle - Make it stand out A Bald Eagle feeds on a carcass (photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0c04c953-72f1-4bd5-a73c-eee8dfaa86f2/EagleNest_FG2023_DavidMusolf.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bald Eagle - Make it stand out An eagle nest at Faville Grove, found during a previous season (photo by David Musolf). https://swibirds.org/fff/2026/01/23/winter-wren monthly 0.5 2026-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1769033083806-MDFJE9DNAD7R9FI2XTUR/251216_Z90_7653.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Wren - Make it stand out A Winter Wren takes flight at Fair Meadows Sanctuary in December 2025 (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1769033189616-E2TPNSRSBINLQBUABZ1J/180416_D5C_3166.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Wren - Make it stand out Winter Wren in typical moist habitat in a spring-fed wetland pond in April 2018 (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1769033215516-SDD2QB7Q63YJTNUK3E8U/251216_Z90_7650.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Wren - Make it stand out Winter Wren in spring-fed wetland at Fair Meadows in December 2025 (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2026/01/16/kinglets monthly 0.5 2026-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1768424500321-DOIOP08BUBMX2WVX0FBZ/GCKinglet_AndyReagoChrissyMcclarren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Kinglets Golden-crowned Kinglet (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1768424568437-4SBN65S1J9SOWGNNXMK7/RCKinglet_AndyReagoChrissyMcClarren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Kinglets Golden-crowned Kinglet (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1768424192798-ARMBEVWQ1G1BR4JDTN0K/Golden-crowned+Kinglet+range+map.png Friday Feathered Feature - Kinglets Golden-crowned Kinglet range (courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1768424192774-C866PE8M17TTGME4SRCU/Ruby-crowned+Kinglet+range+map.png Friday Feathered Feature - Kinglets Ruby-crowned Kinglet range (courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology) https://swibirds.org/fff/2026/1/9/2025-madison-area-cbc-results monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c4a4943c-d788-4cb2-a8fc-6da71ced2158/fieldsparrow01.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out A Field Sparrow was spotted during the 2025 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count. This species has been seen only 14 other times in the 97 Madison CBCs (photo by Edgar Spalding). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c0f81670-ac42-48cf-9169-2eb5163d0541/Screenshot+2022-12-30+154809.png Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Madison-area CBC circle map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b62f3fd3-d316-4307-89e8-0269bd50aa6f/IMG_5363+Birders+of+the+Madison+CBC+Area+13+about+to+go+birding+in+the+UW+Arboretum+2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out A group of birders at the UW-Madison Arboretum (photo provided by Chuck Henrikson). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0d46c862-c633-4edd-b52c-f2e360bd2b4f/IMG_6083.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out A group of birders with the BIPOC Birding Club surveying in northeastern Madison (photo by Dexter Patterson). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b399ae06-f9e7-454c-800b-1406c82e3c63/Canada+Goose+abundance.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Canada Geese have been counted on 55 of Madison’s 97 Christmas Bird Counts, mostly after 1979. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3b52bc8e-282c-44a6-ab9b-a4da7763fbbe/_57A7309dm.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Canada Geese photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/498fe5ef-ef3a-4256-8aea-a0194723bb0b/Bald+Eagle+abundance.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Bald Eagles have been counted on 47 of Madison’s 97 Christmas Bird Counts, mostly after 1996. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/746e518c-f42f-4e24-a057-18b2a060509c/Bald+Eagle+flight+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Bald Eagle photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ed9a3427-f9bc-465b-ac2d-67d0726a93fe/Eastern+Screech+Owl+abundance.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Eastern Screech-Owls have been counted on 73 of Madison’s 97 Christmas Bird Counts, with highest observed numbers between 1984 and 2000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/64a5e779-207e-496f-95d4-ac875b7e8577/Screech+Owl+at+Tenney+Park+by+Neil+Dieffenbaugh.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Eastern Screech-Owl photo by Niel Dieffenbaugh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/cc2a2b56-c9f3-48f9-b7f0-cbeaedfdd8a3/House+and+Purple+Finch+abundance.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Purple Finches, native to Wisconsin, have typically been seen in low numbers during the winter, with the highest counts between 1957 and 1996. House Finches, native to western United States and which have naturalized in Wisconsin, dramatically increased in observed numbers after 1988. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fb2b89ef-b63b-4eb9-9e35-a0c0fd65049a/5227259007_96271c096b_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out House Finch photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7b05b871-329e-43be-979f-42f4f05e6e94/53673284086_91e69f1079_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Purple Finch photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/12/19/brown-creeper monthly 0.5 2025-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e1acc57a-2c08-428a-a577-f30c86594652/brown-creeper_camouflage_AndyReagoChrissyMcClarren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Brown Creeper - Make it stand out Well-camouflaged Brown Creeper on a tree trunk (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e5ec8ae9-bd53-4167-b42c-c7878178e2cc/brown-creeper_calling_AndyReagoChrissyMcClarren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Brown Creeper - Make it stand out Brown Creeper calling from a perch on a tree trunk (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/12/12/mallard-radiation monthly 0.5 2026-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1765550837560-4IQ9DWQNQUDB4RCB8ITS/250202_Z90_3804.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Mallard Radiation An adult female Mallard in flight, showing white tail feathers, pale gray underside of the wing, and an orange bill with a black saddle. The iridescent bluish speculum is bordered both anteriorly and posteriorly by bold white bars (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1765550836796-9NOZRLT6WGW41HUY9SCX/210220_D85_1985.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Mallard Radiation A male American Black Duck in flight in mid-winter. Note the dark body feathers contrasting with the paler head and neck, the yellow bill, the lack of white tail feathers, and the dark bluish-purple speculum with black borders (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1765550840231-5LE9DMMEUGG28RE33DZO/250220_Z90_1553.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Mallard Radiation A pair of American Black Ducks in mid-winter. Note the more uniformly dark body and tail feathers contrasting with the paler, streaked heads. The bill of the male is yellow; the bill of the female is dark olive (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1765488285522-RAREX8VJJGO4N8KGJ2HX/251129_Z90_2489.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Mallard Radiation A male Mottled Duck in mid-November. Note the boldly mottled body feathers contrasting with the pale buffy head with an unmarked throat. The bill is bright yellow, with a distinctive black spot on the base of the bill, or gape, a good field mark for the species. A black nail on the tip of the bill is similar to that on the American Black Duck (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1765488288155-PIARZTKCYE229G0CEE1B/251129_Z90_3542.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Mallard Radiation A female Mottled Duck in mid-November. The body feathers are similar to those of the male, but the female is overall slightly lighter, owing to more buffy brown on the margins of the feathers. The bill is drab orange mixed with a dark saddle and spots. Similar to the male, there is a prominent black spot on the gape (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1765488289134-JS9MGHY8YYQN12RFDRVA/251130_Z90_4910.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Mallard Radiation - Make it stand out A pair of Mottled Ducks in flight in mid-November. Note the grayish-white underwings and the bluish-purple speculums with black borders. The speculum of the female is less boldly outlined than that of the male (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/12/05/nest-box monthly 0.5 2025-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d6001e28-fff5-4f66-8081-e4670a45097d/Tree+Swallow+pair+perch+on+nest+box.+Arlene+Koziol.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Songbird Nest Box Program Results for SoWBA's Columbia County lands - Make it stand out Tree Swallow pair perched atop a wooden songbird nest box (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f1659d94-15a1-4b17-9cd9-cc5ee52a16fc/Tree+Swallow+in+nest+box+hole.+Ralph+Russo.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Songbird Nest Box Program Results for SoWBA's Columbia County lands - Make it stand out Tree Swallow at the entryway of a nest box (photo by Ralph Russo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/946b900b-9b45-4594-b0c3-0ae2b7c0a8bb/nestbox-species-by-year.png Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Songbird Nest Box Program Results for SoWBA's Columbia County lands - Make it stand out Number of each species fledged from monitored nest boxes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1764870563809-ORSBDYCJ33TXKWLZHCMY/Tree+Swallow+nest+in+box.+Emma+Raasch.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Songbird Nest Box Program Results for SoWBA's Columbia County lands - Make it stand out Tree Swallow nest (photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/485bc7cd-b7e9-4f4d-8a80-4e81817726e9/Mark+with+Eagle+Scout%2C+Vince+Bertram.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Songbird Nest Box Program Results for SoWBA's Columbia County lands - Make it stand out From left to right: Linnea Bertram, Mark Martin, Vince Bertram, and Mike Bertram (photo courtesy of Mark Martin). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/11/21/snow-bunting monthly 0.5 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bf476cdc-8289-4cc6-bb26-929f272c0e04/Snow-bunting_breedingplumage_MickThompson.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Snow Bunting - Make it stand out Snow Bunting in breeding plumage (photo by Mick Thompson). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/11/14/black-tern monthly 0.5 2025-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/da9b306e-640d-4ee3-a7a5-f20e59af3fa9/170606_D5C_5944.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Black Tern - Make it stand out Adult Black Tern (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fe6db563-41e4-4558-85cf-457f1e0cd2f1/250815_D85_5823.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Black Tern - Make it stand out Juvenile Black Tern at Lake Koshkonong in August 2025 (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9cd83d10-151c-4666-902a-99e6e44c78ad/180620_D5C_4919.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Black Tern - Make it stand out Black Tern nest with two eggs floating on a mat of vegetation (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1763052213236-U1K18HVRKUJPRZ5OCEL1/170606_D5C_6388.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Black Tern - Make it stand out Adult Black Tern carrying a banded killifish (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/11/06/lapland-longspur monthly 0.5 2025-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1eb9807e-9277-4fde-aa18-9012eac7bc3f/rangemap_allaboutbirds-cornelllab.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Lapland Longspur - Make it stand out Range map of Lapland Longspurs in North America (courtesy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1762448524774-LQ4VXGSCQ0LO2O5GMNLC/laplandlongspur_pairforaging_AndyReagoChrissyMcClarren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Lapland Longspur - Make it stand out Lapland Longspurs forage for seeds under a light dusting of snow (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a4fc2591-bb95-4674-a617-b1ee3248117d/lalo_eBird_MikeMyers_3.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Lapland Longspur - Make it stand out Thousands of Lapland Longspurs take flight over an agricultural field in January 2023 (photo by Mike Myers). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e034eeeb-a922-480e-9f43-979a23795f65/lapland-longspur_breedingplumage_PeterPearsallUSFWS.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Lapland Longspur - Make it stand out Lapland Longspur in breeding plumage (photo by Peter Pearsall/USFWS)/ https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/10/31/bat-survey monthly 0.5 2025-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fb171998-7e9d-486c-8acf-e63047605895/IMG_8816.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Faville Grove Bat Survey - Make it stand out A detector set up at Faville Grove Sanctuary’s Kettle Pond in summer 2025 (photo by Jeff Steele/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9b80d77e-3fa9-470d-8fcb-3e941b43bf05/Big+Brown+Bat+%28Eptesicus+fuscus%29_Jeff+Steele.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Faville Grove Bat Survey - Make it stand out Big brown bat (photo by Jeff Steele) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/cf7355a4-5887-467c-9fa1-2eb6513f51b6/bat-littlebrown_cluster_KeithShannonUSFWS.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Faville Grove Bat Survey - Make it stand out A cluster of little brown bats in a cave (photo by Keith Shannon/USFWS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f85bcf64-db45-4da1-b2db-9c01fec5cb9c/bat-hoary_closeup_PaulCryanUSGS.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Faville Grove Bat Survey - Make it stand out Hoary bat (photo by Paul Cryan/USGS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/95953fc3-af71-4ba3-8af4-dfa13ecb253b/easternredbat_pine_AndyReagoChirssyMcClarren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Faville Grove Bat Survey - Make it stand out Eastern red bat perched in a perched in a tree amongst pinecones (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren) https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/10/24/whippoorwill-hawk monthly 0.5 2025-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/92a84b73-4700-480a-9a85-101ae9c36aba/251006_Z90_1116.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Whip-poor-will and the Hawk - Make it stand out A juvenile Cooper’s Hawk in the sky over Fair Meadows (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1761140754003-BYZPG7UIB3TYCEP9A5U9/251006_Z90_1163.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Whip-poor-will and the Hawk The Cooper’s Hawk approaches the whip-poor-will in midair. Note the buffy outer feathers of the disheveled tail of the whip-poor-will, confirming that this individual is a female (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1761140753891-OQFMMLBB8SJ49LCUTLH1/251006_Z90_1185.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Whip-poor-will and the Hawk The Cooper’s Hawk clutches the whip-poor-will after its successful strike (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1761140755211-8AZBN0ZIT18KAHJBGLR2/251006_Z90_1217.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Whip-poor-will and the Hawk The Cooper’s Hawk flies away while holding the whip-poor-will (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/10/17/palm-warbler monthly 0.5 2025-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1760638830383-205X0YNUQ4H7K95RRICR/Palm+Warbler+in+fall+plumage.+Arlene+Koziol.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Palm Warbler - Make it stand out Palm Warbler in fall plumage perched on a branch (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/98613aaf-84db-408a-92f7-9ba5fe48a478/Palm+Warbler+Range+Map.png Friday Feathered Feature - Palm Warbler - Make it stand out Palm Warbler range map (courtesy of Birds of the World). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/10/10/bogbean-buckmoth monthly 0.5 2025-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/715c1a2f-b7ac-4649-9f22-e4eeb5afeea9/Caruccio%2C+Nate--discoverer+%28Bogbean+Buckmoth+Caterpiller%29.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Bogbean Buckmoth - Make it stand out The spiky purple caterpillar found by intern Nate Caruccio during a hike at Faville Grove in summer 2025 (photo by Jeff Steele/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/257ea044-6480-4553-ab9b-02a51f8f037e/Bogbean+2+%28Steele%2C+Jeff%29.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Bogbean Buckmoth - Make it stand out Bogbean (photo by Jeff Steele/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4c133ad0-a4cd-4b56-8914-d700ea8f9bd3/Bogbean+Buck+Moth+Hemileuca+menyanthevora.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Bogbean Buckmoth - Make it stand out Bogbean buckmoths, with dark wings banded with white and flashes of orange on the abdomen (photo by Jeff Steele/SoWBA). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/10/03/northern-parula monthly 0.5 2025-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6095a7bc-c82c-47bb-865a-7283ba981fa3/250926_Z90_3632.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Parula - Make it stand out Northern Parulas are described as acrobatic feeders, often hanging upside down (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1759329382524-0ZF3VNJH0O7CTH5FVJKC/250926_Z90_4203.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Parula The Northern Parula has a greenish back patch, wing bars, interrupted eye ring, bicolored bill with light lower mandible merging into the yellow throat (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1759325372283-QA774BSPNNRXSBRH82HK/250926_Z90_4144.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Parula A good view of the parula’s greenish back patch and wing bars. Note the tiny insect on the bird’s tongue! (photo by Gary Shackelford) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1759325728731-VUM2DT75GYK5H3TJ7BWU/250926_Z90_3985.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Parula A Northern Parula with a striking chest band. Note the light-colored lower mandible blending into yellow throat and the interrupted eye ring (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6fb105b9-40d8-4e85-a27b-b35ff4d00612/250916_Z90_9656.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Parula - Make it stand out An immature Northern Parula has a gray head, yellow throat and upper chest with a wash of orange (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/9/26/chimney-swifts monthly 0.5 2025-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/73867444-b6bb-4092-9b5c-166f29ff5947/chimney+swift+rage+cornell.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swifts - Make it stand out Chimney Swift range map, courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology / AllAboutBirds.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5f0448a8-40ab-48ba-8d00-00aa427a3687/51192613969_47c1aa7947_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swifts - Make it stand out A Chimney Swift spends most of its life flying. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e8540080-4be5-40fa-8be9-22fda4046bd8/5058612509_2153268867_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swifts - Make it stand out A flock of Chimney Swifts roost in a chimney for the night. Photo by Greg Schecter FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/92ce0ee2-a1de-49ab-8484-2219d62d0412/2023+Swift+Night+Out_Caitlyn+Schuchhardt%282%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swifts - Make it stand out 2023 Swift Night Out held at Cherokee Heights Middle School - cohosted by SoWBA, BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin and Feminist Bird Club - Madison, WI chapter. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt/Feminist Bird Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/751e358f-579d-4d04-8292-2d18619c8492/IMG_5939.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swifts - Make it stand out The Cherokee Heights Middle School chimney at sunset. Photo by Birgit Bach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/776835f2-225d-4eb3-9deb-2631bdc58045/1000036606.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swifts - Make it stand out A group of people watch the Chimney Swifts come into roost on Sept. 9 at Westmister Presbyterian Church. Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt/Feminist Bird Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0a9265dd-a24f-45e4-8d89-35de4e04730e/SNO+tshirt+mockup.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swifts - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/09/19/breeding-birds-hillside-prairie monthly 0.5 2025-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d8aca3cb-1ee5-446c-aac1-6f0290944e0c/HPS_Points_2.png Friday Feathered Feature - The Breeding Birds of Hillside Prairie Sanctuary - Make it stand out Point count map (courtesy of Andy Smith). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1758208992898-CGXDUADDWAO28P4G44CU/Species_Diversity_Map.png Friday Feathered Feature - The Breeding Birds of Hillside Prairie Sanctuary - Predicting species diversity at Hillside Prairie Red = Higher Species Diversity, Green = Lower Species Diversity (graphic by Andy Smith) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1758208989501-8ETJ4KTF9A9FEC9CYL4P/Bobolink_Prescence_Map_2.png Friday Feathered Feature - The Breeding Birds of Hillside Prairie Sanctuary - Predicting Bobolink presence at Hillside Prairie Darker colors signify where species is more likely to be found (graphic by Andy Smith) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1758208989501-9C5M8BZZG3PF6YPNH6ZC/Dicksissel_Prescence_Map_2.png Friday Feathered Feature - The Breeding Birds of Hillside Prairie Sanctuary - Predicting Dickcissel presence at Hillside Prairie Darker colors signify where species is more likely to be found (graphic by Andy Smith) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1758208992611-98KB3P5VQL9F8HCX4F67/Meadolark_Prescence_Raster_2.png Friday Feathered Feature - The Breeding Birds of Hillside Prairie Sanctuary - Predicting Eastern Meadowlark presence at Hillside Prairie Darker colors signify where species is more likely to be found (graphic by Andy Smith) https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/09/12/great-egret monthly 0.5 2025-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7e107e12-917d-4af8-b75c-cbce0715594c/Great-Egret_aigrettes_Arlene+Koziol.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Egret - Make it stand out This Great Egret in breeding plumage shows neon green lores and fans out delicate aigrettes. (Photo by Arlene Koziol) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5657dfd9-1705-4f7c-b89c-aa3958304f48/Great+Egret+1+%28steele%2C+jeff%29.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Egret - Make it stand out A Great Egret hunts along the water’s edge at Faville Grove Sanctuary. (Photo by Jeff Steele/SoWBA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4e61a8fa-2182-4abd-92cc-edc9ba4523ed/Great+Egret+3+%28steele%2C+jeff%29.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Egret - Make it stand out Great Egret. (Photo by Jeff Steele/SoWBA) https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/09/05/cavity-nesting monthly 0.5 2025-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2e4c5f64-e1b8-40a0-848f-dc95f8640e4a/190523_D5C_2324.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Competition for nesting cavities - Make it stand out A female Hooded Merganser approaches a nest box while a pair of Wood Ducks looks on. (Photo by Gary Shackelford) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1acc49ca-95b3-497e-b217-cd822d916ed5/130614_GDS_1251.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Competition for nesting cavities - Make it stand out Fledgling Wood Duck (left) and Hooded Merganser (right) simultaneously leave their nest box. (Photo by Gary Shackelford) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1756992586293-3QEGPRSVC61URXP3V12B/240426_Z90_1956.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Competition for nesting cavities A female Wood Duck carries a Hooded Merganser egg away from her nest box. (Photo by Gary Shackelford) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1756992594282-ZTOQA6J99EFOF4DPUVS9/240516_Z90_7594.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Competition for nesting cavities A European Starling approaches a nest box containing a female Hooded Merganser. (Photo by Gary Shackelford) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1756992585988-2316IKDZ0DRXS7ADLB2G/090525_GDS_2530.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Competition for nesting cavities A female Wood Duck removes a European Starling egg from the nest box while her mate looks on. (Photo by Gary Shackelford) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1756992594594-CJILMETSVYNCMS0OPK0M/240516_Z90_6655.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Competition for nesting cavities A Great Crested Flycatcher at the entrance to a nest box that was occupied by both a Wood Duck and a Hooded Merganser. (Photo by Gary Shackelford) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1756992599700-XUVVNPM2JDR0K52PQC3F/240523_Z90_1446.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Competition for nesting cavities - Make it stand out Female Wood Duck and Northern Flicker in a standoff at a nest cavity in an aspen tree. (Photo by Gary Shackelford) https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/08/29/summer-interns monthly 0.5 2025-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/720e831c-ca4c-49d5-8fe7-6fd795841464/Interns+and+Tucker+Sanborn+with+dumpster+of+trash+from+HPS.+Emma+Raasch.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - A summer on the prairie (2025) - Make it stand out Tucker Sanborn with interns Logan Bahr, Becca Black, and Andy Smith pose near a filled dumpster at Hillside Prairie Sanctuary (photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/63429f69-505a-4aa9-8de0-a064c14af34e/large+twayblade.+Emma+Raasch+.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - A summer on the prairie (2025) - Make it stand out Large twayblade (photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f4ce2931-50a6-4670-aa3f-c83f17a3a2b0/palepurpleconeflower_202406_GrahamSteinhauer.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - A summer on the prairie (2025) - Make it stand out Pale purple coneflower at Goose Pond Sanctuary (photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8ff8ed6e-affc-4111-a168-5d4a95da1368/Russo+Goose+Pond+Whooping+Crane+with+Godwit.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - A summer on the prairie (2025) - Make it stand out Marbled Godwit (left) with Whooping Crane (right) at Goose Pond Sanctuary (photo by Ralph Russo). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/8/22/american-kestrel-2025-results monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1755784262691-TYA9FSW6DAO6CXOAPZI4/20210616_kaitlinsvabek_014_amke-held.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel: 2025 nest box and banding report - Make it stand out A volunteer holds a kestrel chick as it waits to be banded. (Photo by Kaitlin Svabek/SoWBA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bf6418d8-2881-4fa6-beb4-608924890204/1000003527.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel: 2025 nest box and banding report - Make it stand out A kestrel chick was mid-meal when we opened the nest box to band it. She finished up the snake just fine! (Photo by Crystal Sutheimer, June 2025) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4df47eb2-423f-4cbe-8e5d-3088c1d4b42f/1000005836.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel: 2025 nest box and banding report - Make it stand out A clutch of kestrel eggs in a nest box. (Photo by Karin Exo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/22970c4a-a6a4-4030-9a23-4df6070c823d/American%2Bkestrel%2Bchicks%2Bin%2Bnest%2Bbox%2B%2B%2B-%2BPhil%2BBrown.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel: 2025 nest box and banding report - Make it stand out Adorable kestrel chicks. (Photo by Phil Brown FCC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/403f1a95-b7f1-42b2-845b-fe1f000dda5b/Flicker+7+eggs.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel: 2025 nest box and banding report - Make it stand out Northern Flicker eggs in a kestrel nest box. (Photo by Julie Beich, KNB volunteer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/de913249-9a8b-4f10-8804-bf703be33895/IMG_3520.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel: 2025 nest box and banding report - Make it stand out Raptor perches being installed at Laxey Creek Sheep Ranch in Iowa County in August 2025. (Photo by Juanita Duarte/SoWBA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/cddef8d6-3e1b-4552-9904-e23c48c0dfda/IMG_4766.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel: 2025 nest box and banding report - Make it stand out Summer intern Juanita Duarte holds a chick that had just been banded in Iowa County. (Photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/351cba34-8e53-464a-9c2f-d32a567fe71a/IMG_4780.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel: 2025 nest box and banding report - Make it stand out A kestrel chick is weighed during the banding process in June 2025. (Photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA) https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/08/15/indigo-bunting monthly 0.5 2025-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/210380ce-0880-419d-8e63-c4f006a5f260/170730_D5C_8665.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Indigo Bunting - Make it stand out Female Indigo Bunting (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/23bcd21b-a2db-4907-acfb-fc85b9a2a45c/190624_D5C_4272.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Indigo Bunting - Make it stand out Male Indigo Bunting giving agonistic display (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/de6d5992-c0ed-4fb7-9cb1-30c32cce050a/190624_D5C_4165.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Indigo Bunting - Make it stand out Male Indigo Bunting singing atop wooden snag (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/08/08/red-headed-woodpecker monthly 0.5 2025-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/78de18e2-924f-4904-abbd-892ebbd1c4bb/woodpeckers_StephenLang.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-headed Woodpecker - Make it stand out A Red-bellied Woodpecker (left) and a Red-headed Woodpecker (right) visit a suet feeder (photo by Stephen Lang). Though both birds have red on their heads, note the small patch of red on the underside of the red-bellied. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/72f76203-8b48-4d43-a4db-f55446619f0a/red-headed-woodpecker_juv_AndyReagoChrissyMcClarren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-headed Woodpecker - Make it stand out Juvenile Red-Headed Woodpecker (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/933b497c-0325-4096-8ec3-2ba5391cc770/map_cornell+lab.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-headed Woodpecker - Make it stand out The Red-Headed Woodpecker can mostly be found east of the Rockies (map graphic courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/8/1/bats monthly 0.5 2025-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7c9532c0-2067-4059-b1a0-644fa397e50b/bat-littlebrown_cluster_KeithShannonUSFWS.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Little Brown and Big Brown Bats - Make it stand out Small cluster of little brown bats (photo by Keith Shannon/USFWS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dbadab33-c342-43ad-b3a7-fc871fd6d64a/bat-littlebrown-whitenosesyndrome_MarvinMoriartyUSFWS.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Little Brown and Big Brown Bats - Make it stand out Little brown bat with white-nose syndrome (USFWS photo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7c131dcc-a271-4fc9-9cce-19e1873177a9/bigbrownbat_tree_AndyReagoChrissyMcClarren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Little Brown and Big Brown Bats - Make it stand out Big brown bat on the side of a tree (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/7/24/bald-eagle-nest-watch monthly 0.5 2025-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b5a737be-a80b-4786-a795-ed63c8d6a5f6/Adult+eagle+in+nest+Steve+Fisher.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bald Eagle Nest Watch 2025 in review - Make it stand out Adult Bald Eagle in a nest (photo by Steve Fisher, BENW volunteer in the Central WI program) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1732636256771-RY96IVL07BS5GU33SPAP/scope+lisa+frank.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bald Eagle Nest Watch 2025 in review - Make it stand out Bald Eagle Nest Watch volunteer setting up their spotting scope to watch a nest (photo by Lisa Frank, BENW volunteer in southern Wisconsin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7ada5dc9-f3fe-4ade-8550-f3cd817879e5/dan+boy+and+granddaughter+spring+2020.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bald Eagle Nest Watch 2025 in review - Make it stand out A volunteer and his granddaughter monitor an eagle nest together (photo by Lyn Boyde, BENW volunteer in the Southern program) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4017b8b5-eca8-4c88-b327-46544418c107/empty+nest+sandeep+tannu.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bald Eagle Nest Watch 2025 in review - Make it stand out An empty nest (photo by Sandeep Tannu, BENW volunteer in the Southern program) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/59c0911d-8300-4e4f-9546-6cfaade94421/three+eaglets+Lisa+Pearson.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bald Eagle Nest Watch 2025 in review - Make it stand out Three eaglets sitting on branches the nest, with one eaglet trying hard to annoy its sibling (photo by Lisa Pearson, BENW volunteer in the Eau Claire/Chippewa area program) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/321165fe-0fa7-4401-9aa7-16720355ad0b/Adults+on+nest+with+incoming+food+Susan+Fink.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bald Eagle Nest Watch 2025 in review - Make it stand out One adult sitting in the nest and another flying in with a fish (photo by Susan Fink, BENW volunteer in the Southeastern program) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/978f803b-09c9-4b0b-b785-88ad054377f7/young+eaglet+stretching+wings+susan+fink.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bald Eagle Nest Watch 2025 in review - Make it stand out A young eaglet stretches its wings in the nest (photo by Susan Fink, BENW volunteer in the Southeastern program) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/afb056ed-f620-42f6-a01c-9f2a6fabc4f0/three+eaglets+Beth+Phillips.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bald Eagle Nest Watch 2025 in review - Make it stand out Three fledgling eaglets sit on branches near each other (photo by Beth Bush, BENW volunteer in the Southeastern program) https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/07/18/dickcissel monthly 0.5 2025-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/caa29487-1039-44ef-aa0a-b344cdd1ad05/dickcissel_juv_KCA.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Dickcissel - Make it stand out Notice the subtler coloration on this juvenile Dickcissel compared to the bright yellow of the male (photo by Kelly Colgan Azar). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5a7887ec-ae07-4643-b8f9-ec97c40f4069/Dickcissel+4+%28Steele%2C+Jeff%29.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Dickcissel - Make it stand out Dickcissel perched on a tall prairie plant at Faville Grove (photo by Jeff Steele/SoWBA). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/07/11/blue-gray-gnatcatcher monthly 0.5 2025-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fed5cff8-7f88-4e2f-915a-ab05f1e52b99/250510_Z90_3839.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Make it stand out Note the black tail with white outer feathers of this adult Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in breeding plumage. The cup-shaped nest in the white oak is well camouflaged on the branch (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c5bb699a-80d2-4a32-8ac7-64826d5d44dc/250624_Z90_7023.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Make it stand out Breeding male with a nest in a Kentucky coffee-tree. Note the black line across his forehead and supercilium (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3d91af5c-497e-4776-97cd-545a573d2d6c/190531_D5C_2668.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Make it stand out Female gnatcatcher on a nest in a black walnut. The compact, cup-shaped nest has a layer of lichens covering its surface (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/06/27/overwater-nesting monthly 0.5 2025-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/70da8a9b-e0ab-4a62-b42b-7abd3873f638/cattail-2024_MM.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Overwater Nesting at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out Cattail stem in the west pond at Goose Pond Sanctuary in May 2024 (photo by Mark Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1751038659983-TMMJQBY9S3QNFS24Q31C/bulrushclones_MM.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Overwater Nesting at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out Bulrush clones are abundant on the pond in 2025 (photo by Mark Martin). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/06/20/orchard-oriole monthly 0.5 2025-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b23e14a7-a5b3-463c-b6a3-e97f6c6a7bba/Orchard+Oriole+%28Steele%2C+Jeff%29.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Orchard Oriole - Make it stand out A male Orchard Oriole (photo by Jeff Steele/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ca6062f0-3be2-484a-8f06-bf293f95aad5/Orchard+Oriole+female+%28Steele%2C+Jeff%29.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Orchard Oriole - Make it stand out Female Orchard Oriole perched on a branch (photo by Jeff Steele/SoWBA). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/06/whos-that-singing monthly 0.5 2025-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/70c1cf5e-3d45-4645-b2de-df090fb749be/49693984977_fa72f64e87_3k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Who's That Singing? - Make it stand out Gray Catbird (photo by Dennis Church FCC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d412c63f-0e46-4407-9f86-9d1694d2bf48/IMG_4454.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Who's That Singing? - Make it stand out Participants of the 2025 Birding by Ear class, held at Aldo Leopold Nature Center on May 10. We love this class so much! (Photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/78379a33-374e-451f-88ec-6690f09bd8f2/IMG_4840.PNG Friday Feathered Feature - Who's That Singing? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/81a52dde-cf76-4f23-8e8e-0baa33a60f07/78190.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Who's That Singing? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/birdathon-reckless-wrens monthly 0.5 2025-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/076dd83a-149f-4cf6-829f-b79ccee65dc0/1000010213.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Birdathon: Reckless Wrens - Make it stand out Purple Martin housing at Warner Park (photo by Mark Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/06578e6a-8d81-42c8-a5df-e2c62a60cc4a/pat+in+boat+-+calla+norris.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Birdathon: Reckless Wrens - Make it stand out Pat Clark paddles through Lewiston Bog (photo by Calla Norris). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/402bea9d-d357-49a1-9ff1-3767ef30c2dd/orchids+at+lewiston+-+calla+norris.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Birdathon: Reckless Wrens - Make it stand out Orchids at Lewiston Bog (photo by Calla Norris). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ea3d44af-7952-47f9-a4f4-cf04b18640dd/trumpeter-swan_ccUSFWS.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Birdathon: Reckless Wrens - Make it stand out Trumpeter Swan in wetlands (photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/17787e8d-b0ab-48a1-9dfe-237d77ff4d32/crane+otsego+-+jim+otto.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Birdathon: Reckless Wrens - Make it stand out Sandhill Crane on a nest at Otsego Marsh, spotted during the Birdathon (photo by Jim Otto). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b9075368-0c71-4fb7-abe1-6dcf122b30fc/jim+otto+with+camera+-+mark+martin.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Birdathon: Reckless Wrens - Make it stand out Jim Otto with his camera at Otsego Marsh (photo by Mark Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dcedff39-9b73-4623-adb6-b63debcd93a8/pintail+on+old+f+-+jim+otto+F.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Birdathon: Reckless Wrens - Make it stand out Northern Pintail (photo by Jim Otto). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2df09353-a1a1-432a-af4e-5eb31349576e/josia+with+eagle+nest+in+background+-+mark+martin.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Birdathon: Reckless Wrens - Make it stand out Josiah with birding gear and an eagle nest in the background (photo by Mark Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b29bcba6-b8c9-42f7-acd3-5b14c6cc6ab4/eurasian-wigeon_JosiahSantiago.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Birdathon: Reckless Wrens - Make it stand out Eurasian Wigeon in flight at the Lower Locks Bird Blind in Marquette County (photo by Josiah Santiago). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/birdathon-flockadelics monthly 0.5 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/49eb89a6-0658-4e36-8fba-baddead2a59a/IMG_4560.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Birdathon: the Flockadelics - Make it stand out The Flockadelics team, from far left, clockwise: Matt, Liz, Carolyn, Auggie, Maggie, John, Helena, Mickenzee, Kaitlin, Brenna. Luckily, some of us had our fancy new beanies for the chilly temps! (photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/cf90be7b-e907-4772-a4f6-267ca926698d/eight-spotted-forester-moth_smithreiner_CB.png Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Birdathon: the Flockadelics - Make it stand out Eight-spotted forester (photo by Carolyn Byers/SoWBA). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/05/23/bobolink monthly 0.5 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/02e26dfd-6205-4b3a-98f3-2e615a0bfff2/Bobolink+%28Steele%2C+Jeff%29+Non-breeding+Male.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Bobolink - Make it stand out Plumage of a male Bobolink after breeding season (photo by Jeff Steele/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597416713890-02CMR8XAUPJZ4HP1QOYL/bobolink+eggs_carolyn.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Bobolink - Make it stand out Bobolink nest with six eggs (photo by Carolyn Byers). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/05/16/yellow-warbler monthly 0.5 2025-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/27ec9d41-fa17-4d41-995a-3516801c9799/200504_D5C_4110.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Yellow Warbler - Make it stand out Singing Yellow Warbler (photo by Gary Shackelford). Note the chestnut streaks on his chest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/60cfa50c-a04c-43bd-ae9b-247bcc15f6be/040601_S30_5838.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Yellow Warbler - Make it stand out Yellow Warbler nest in a multiflora rose containing two Yellow Warbler eggs and one Brown-headed Cowbird egg on the left (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/05/09/white-faced-ibis monthly 0.5 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0fcc2ff0-f873-496b-9e64-9844c55290b0/map_w-key.png Friday Feathered Feature - White-faced Ibis - Make it stand out Range map for the White-faced Ibis (graphic courtesy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6dcbec1b-4093-4a28-ada0-3e60052fc23e/jim+otto+whitefacedibis+1.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - White-faced Ibis - Make it stand out One of the White-faced Ibises at Erstad Prairie in May 2025 (photo by Jim Otto). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/696f73ff-0764-4eb1-abdf-2b142137e43b/WFIB-GoosePond-201710_MelodyWalsh.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - White-faced Ibis - Make it stand out White-faced Ibis at Goose Pond in October 2017. Note the bird’s red eye (photo by Melody Walsh). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/05/02/eastern-meadowlark monthly 0.5 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/34a58dbd-489e-4c2c-a810-2857fa7767f2/Meadowlark+%28Steele%2C+Jeff%29.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Meadowlark - Make it stand out An Eastern Meadowlark sings from the top of a bare shrub in a golden prairie (photo by Jeff Steele/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/97e833ba-f684-4134-9251-1a55af2745b1/Meadowlark+3+%28Steele%2C+Jeff%29.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Meadowlark - Make it stand out An Eastern Meadowlark is perched conspicuously on a barbed wire fence (photo by Jeff Steele/SoWBA). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/04/25/solitary-sandpiper monthly 0.5 2025-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bf60b418-6e9c-463e-8fec-8a904b7e6be3/220502_Z90_1808.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Solitary Sandpiper - Make it stand out Adult Solitary Sandpiper with prey item during the spring (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1745593183466-P0XE4D1EW5GB27536YL2/230502_Z90_3201.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Solitary Sandpiper Adult Solitary Sandpiper during spring migration, early May. Note the dull yellowish green legs (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1745593181857-N07ESIDKLTXLZU4T1ANG/210922_D5C_1960.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Solitary Sandpiper Juvenile Solitary Sandpiper during fall migration, late August. Note the dark rump and central tail feathers and the boldly barred sides of the tail (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1745593186281-0UFQDB8S9WEY5HQGIB4B/230731_Z90_1654.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Solitary Sandpiper Adult Solitary Sandpiper during fall migration, late July. Note the dark underwings and the boldly barred outer tail feathers (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/58ba3d14-2195-4701-bf32-414abf97cfd0/100827_GDS_3694.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Solitary Sandpiper - Make it stand out The unstreaked, uniform brown wash on the head and upper breast and the smaller off-white spots on the back indicate that this is a juvenile Solitary Sandpiper during fall migration (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/04/18/crane-count monthly 0.5 2025-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/de4d7245-f2c5-4c48-b9d9-5fa39672c213/Graham+Steinhauer+view+from+Goose+Pond+crane+count.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Midwest Crane Count at Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance's Columbia County lands - Make it stand out Sunrise view at Goose Pond Sanctuary during the 2025 Midwest Crane Count (photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7394dafc-408f-4358-9c42-22cc894ca580/Flock+of+cranes-name+removed+MH.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Midwest Crane Count at Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance's Columbia County lands - Make it stand out Flock of Sandhill Cranes at Goose Pond Sanctuary in 2017 (photo by Monica Hall). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/123f2b30-8781-450b-a4d2-c596fa714b01/Otsego.Wood.Ducks.April11.2012+087.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Midwest Crane Count at Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance's Columbia County lands - Make it stand out A female Wood Duck on a nest box at Otsego Marsh (photo by Mark Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/58351bb4-defe-482b-a5db-676e25bcac24/markmartin+swans.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2025 Midwest Crane Count at Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance's Columbia County lands - Make it stand out Trumpeter Swan trio at Wildland during the 2025 Midwest Crane Count (photo by Mark Martin). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/04/11/yellow-rumped-warbler monthly 0.5 2025-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d8fcdf50-16c1-46af-970a-d91faa3e80b8/YRW+2.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Yellow-rumped Warbler - Make it stand out Two male Yellow-rumped Warblers forage on bare ground (photo by Jeff Steele). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e425924f-5b93-4478-a85c-8655fb6a2316/YRW+3.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Yellow-rumped Warbler - Make it stand out Yellow-rumped Warbler in grass (photo by Jeff Steele). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/04/04/tree-swallow-nest monthly 0.5 2025-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b9248ac8-7bb7-43d5-a79d-d08035c53ec9/040518_S30_5676.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Tree Swallow nests—a truly feathery feature - Make it stand out Tree Swallow nest in natural tree cavity (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2bb635a8-d21d-41d7-9f1b-9322303f5a37/100307_S90_0469.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Tree Swallow nests—a truly feathery feature - Make it stand out Tree Swallow nest in nest box, complete with lots of feathers (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/03/28/inaturalist monthly 0.5 2025-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/76103579-e16e-48b9-aaba-73a49ab77e7f/Jim+Otto+Monarch+Tagging+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Biodiversity on our Columbia County lands - Make it stand out Jim Otto during a previous monarch tagging session at Goose Pond Sanctuary (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1743103382416-YIYH5D9NHR2MKO7ZDOT0/bobcat+snapshot+wisconsin.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Biodiversity on our Columbia County lands Bobcat at Goose Pond (DNR Snapshot Wisconsin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1743103390960-2NIYUPW15JZ4POWLWT2X/Eastern+red+bat+Emma+Raasch.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Biodiversity on our Columbia County lands Eastern red bat (photo by Emma Raasch). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1743103383515-YX51970HY6S8AO5OFJMZ/12+Says+Blister+Beetle+GP+Jim+Otto.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Biodiversity on our Columbia County lands Say’s blister beetle (photo by Jim Otto). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1743103493031-1K30643VUWRAK3SJ6NH0/toothcup.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Biodiversity on our Columbia County lands Toothcup (photo by Mark Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1743103777923-FL4C5PT8DWRJ46X5NX5R/24+E+Fox+Snake+EP.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Biodiversity on our Columbia County lands - Eastern fox snake (photo by Jim Otto). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1743103769430-G89BRMQE130K36KADVT9/10+So.+Plains+Bumble+Bee+EP+Jim+Otto.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Biodiversity on our Columbia County lands - Southern plains bumble bee (photo by Jim Otto). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1743103959909-BHECMBCINU81XTZG7V3X/21+Brook+Stickleback+OM+Jim+Otto.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Biodiversity on our Columbia County lands Brook stickleback (photo by Jim Otto). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1743103960899-MK5NEUC6EL77U9YNG3BM/winter+wren+Jim+Otto.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Biodiversity on our Columbia County lands Winter Wren (photo by Jim Otto). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1743103959415-VZQH2JUVWG8VQWQ96ROX/swamp+white+oak+jim+otto.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Biodiversity on our Columbia County lands Swamp white oak (photo by Jim Otto). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/03/21/wood-duck monthly 0.5 2025-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/afc5ba4e-7688-43a2-ab04-121914e90610/Wood+Duck+Photo+Option+2.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Wood Duck - Make it stand out Male Wood Duck (photo by Jeff Steele). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/55e426fd-db0e-4537-b615-2b974783bf19/wood+duck+box_courtney+celley+usfws.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Wood Duck - Make it stand out A Wood Duck on a nest box (photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/03/14/canada-goose monthly 0.5 2025-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/612dde7f-4b8c-4251-9682-d63935d74c4a/250301_Z90_4209.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter behavior of Canada Geese - Make it stand out A male Canada Goose drives off an intruder while his mate looks on (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1741894785214-8UHL8XCGUF2TS52IZT9M/230209_Z90_3380.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter behavior of Canada Geese Triumph Ceremony of a pair of Canada Geese greeting each other after a period of separation (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1741894785071-719YLIWDQJHDLLJIV2JZ/230209_Z90_3903.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter behavior of Canada Geese Another behavior pattern of the Triumph Ceremony. The male performs a wing flap while the female walks away with her head bowed (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1741894788737-E2F4D1LA0NEFTLQQ1G5Z/250208_Z90_7636.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter behavior of Canada Geese Triumph Ceremony of a pair of Canada Geese after they land on a pond (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/03/07/raptor-transmitter monthly 0.5 2025-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c77f7bc3-3e77-495a-98a3-9d942fdc72ed/owl+12a.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Raptors with transmitters (March 2025 update) - Make it stand out Sue Foote-Martin holds a Snowy Owl during a banding process (photo by Richard Armstrong). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4a6f68bb-1c8c-40fe-8101-01ff95974b32/Curt+with+young+RSHA%2C+Mark+Martin.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Raptors with transmitters (March 2025 update) - Make it stand out Curt Caslavka holds a young Red-shouldered Hawk (photo by Mark Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8b0a77ec-b4b1-486f-8e2f-882c4c7ab479/Curt+the+Red-shouldered+Hawk%27s+journey+back+to+Wisconsin+3+5+Update+provided+by+John+Jacobs.png Friday Feathered Feature - Raptors with transmitters (March 2025 update) - Make it stand out Map of Curt’s journey north towards Wisconsin in 2024/2025 (courtesy of John & Gene Jacobs). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/89b23a48-5a4c-4e64-a882-ab5d539a3066/RLHA+Dorothy+2024+2025+winter%2C+Neil+Paprocki.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Raptors with transmitters (March 2025 update) - Make it stand out Dorothy’s route in winter 2024/25 (courtesy of Neil Paprocki/the Rough-legged Hawk Project). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3befab1e-b540-46c5-b784-fe0636302d63/RLHA+Jeffrey+2024+2025+winter%2C+Neil+Paprocki.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Raptors with transmitters (March 2025 update) - Make it stand out Jeffrey’s route in winter 2024/25 (courtesy of Neil Paprocki/the Rough-legged Hawk Project). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/2/28/cbc-results-south-central monthly 0.5 2025-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/979a69a4-6339-466e-b054-018ad973e191/54208299238_9bb59e4d69_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Common Goldeneye flock during take-off (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8008d80c-bfe6-48dd-bc44-b9e42f5693aa/Area+8-9+people+by+Michael+Kamp.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Christmas Bird Counters in the Madison-area count, Dec. 14, 2024 (photo by Michael Kamps). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d0b4146b-9b0c-4b46-b77a-376c3a6a9d7a/MAS-Boundary-counts-2023.png Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/373024a6-52e3-4df7-ba98-4fea8aa4b981/53456831235_ab9deaf4a6_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Red-headed Woodpecker (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9376dfd3-d307-49d0-b493-d0bb3c778be4/25450619278_b99d9d7b23_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Golden Eagle (photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/51909c54-34fd-4600-b317-7d0dd4a68b27/40652533302_120337788a_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) (photo by Mick Thompson). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ca8be5fa-e115-46f0-b906-160e9546759c/31991680815_52f02b3d55_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Sandhill Cranes (photo by Mick Thompson). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6f484703-bc00-4c3b-9050-06490e7103db/28924675420_7ec3317362_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Pileated Woodpecker (photo by Mick Thompson). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8c6068e7-6bd1-4486-b3aa-258a6583805b/IMG_9184.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Christmas Bird Counters at Fair Meadows Sanctuary (photo by Larry Horsfall). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/64a5e779-207e-496f-95d4-ac875b7e8577/Screech+Owl+at+Tenney+Park+by+Neil+Dieffenbaugh.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-central Wisconsin - Make it stand out An Eastern Screech-Owl snoozes in the morning light (photo by Neil Dieffenbaugh). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f82f8ccb-ef7b-4ed4-8739-259f36e2c28a/IMG_3063%281%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-central Wisconsin - Make it stand out A group of people watch for birds from inside the building at Olbrich Botanical Gardens as part of the Madison-area Christmas Bird Count (photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/14b71f07-e8f8-4b50-bc31-6da919b77701/Short+Eared+Owl+2+-+Monica+Hall.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Short-eared Owl (photo by Monica Hall). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604293552724-TD6EU9BY1V29Q9UNAYMF/ring-necked+duck_dave+inman.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Ring-billed Duck (photo by Dave Inman). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b8de2041-5508-468f-8319-c568013a0517/50955788818_775cf6c787_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-central Wisconsin - Make it stand out White-crowned Sparrow (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9951934a-46d4-47b6-9da1-3d3178fffaf8/48856537707_4cc246b969_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Wood Duck (photo by Mick Thompson). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0c73a1e3-83de-4afc-ab2d-e7fe23f025df/54308845466_7f2c723f63_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Eastern Meadowlark (photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/73967830-fd47-4b03-8499-5eb4abe0a94f/35071940911_bc4f9697bc_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Northern Shrike (photo by Mick Thompson). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1bdc677c-b576-46c4-96b7-c687a85c123e/IMG_3074.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Christmas Bird Count Results: South-central Wisconsin - Make it stand out Faville Grove Sanctuary blanketed in fog, like the rest of the Waterloo circle on CBC day! (Photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/02/21/american-goldfinch monthly 0.5 2025-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fed50cd9-1af0-4376-9ea8-66b946dd3c91/241010_Z90_8011.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Goldfinch - Make it stand out American goldfinch launching into flight in the prairie in autumn (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2118fe35-824f-4191-8b91-2b4f35138d78/250216_Z90_9549.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Goldfinch - Make it stand out American Goldfinch feeding on compass-plant in February (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1740150536724-VBTNSKJO0FX5XHSLVVXS/210624_D85_3916.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Goldfinch Male American Goldfinch in breeding plumage on pale Indian-plantain (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1740151065055-4KOZ01IW6EKUH8JDPO50/240111_Z90_8880.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Goldfinch Male American goldfinch in nonbreeding plumage on evening-primrose (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1740150531057-G8U79GNT2P9FSKCNQI8N/200518_D5C_5429.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Goldfinch Female American Goldfinch in breeding plumage on a pagoda dogwood (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1740150537016-4GR9SS2MJPLEQX9X22LJ/231017_Z90_6882.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Goldfinch American Goldfinch eating seeds of prairie rosinweed in autumn (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/02/14/common-grackle monthly 0.5 2025-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ce471591-7943-4c56-91c7-c0f5109d2319/Aud_Common-Grackle-Declines_05988_Photo_Anne-Readel-web.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Grackle Research at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out Emma Raasch holds a juvenile Common Grackle with a GPS tag affixed to its back (photo by Anne Readel). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/27e713e4-0b8a-4e4a-bfcf-1dcf3621dbad/Aud_Common-Grackle-Declines_03573_Photo_Anne-Readel-web.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Grackle Research at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out A GPS tag with a harness made from elastic thread so the tracker can be safely affixed to the back of a Common Grackle (photo by Anne Readel). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9a6cf7f6-47dc-4891-8a80-43be0478a771/Aud_Common-Grackle-Declines_03106_Photo_Anne-Readel-web.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Grackle Research at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out Kelly VanBeek, a biologist with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, places seed around live traps at Goose Pond in June 2023 (photo by Anne Readel). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c2dc1888-7eb9-42c3-b585-9e4500ebea77/Aud_Common-Grackle-Declines_06768_Photo_Anne-Readel-web.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Grackle Research at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out Grackles roosting at Wildlands in August 2023 prior to migration (photo by Anne Readel). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/02/07/bird-beaks monthly 0.5 2025-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d13f1858-0052-4e8c-bb48-abdf4039f557/bird+skull+match+_+Mickenzee+Okon+_+edu.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bird Beaks - Make it stand out Kids match replica bird skulls and photos during a nature lesson (photo by Mickenzee Okon/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/eaf420f1-bc56-4044-a9cf-e721ee34f06d/Bird+Beak+Buffet_Cardinal+Beak_Mickenzee+Okon_edu.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bird Beaks - Make it stand out A child uses a “cardinal beak” clothespin to pick up seed (photo by Mickenzee Okon/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a8187106-6eec-4a26-aee1-84f0bb3a1e4a/Child+playing+Bird+Beak+Buffet+_+edu+programming.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bird Beaks - Make it stand out A child uses narrow tweezers to pluck food from a water dish during Bird Beak Buffet (SoWBA photo). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/01/31/gadwall monthly 0.5 2025-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1738269804721-4M1S9V0BMTZYSRPXB2QA/250115_Z90_9095.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Gadwall Male Gadwall in breeding plumage. Note the steep forehead, black bill, black rump and undertail coverts, and the chestnut-edged scapulars (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1738269802794-64JZCU1JVIVP8D4QKDTE/250115_Z90_8497.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Gadwall Immature male Gadwall. Although the bill has some orange coloration, the vermiculated black and white breast feathers, the grayish flank, and partially developed black rump and undertail coverts indicate that this is a male (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1738269802503-90O7VMHSZDCOX30IAZX6/220403_Z90_0100.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Gadwall Male Gadwall in flight. Note the white speculum and the small patches of chestnut and black on the inner median and lesser wing coverts (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1738269604377-EMUPOCY01Z2S5DEAUD5V/250115_Z90_8649.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Gadwall Female Gadwall feeding on the surface of a pond. Note the overall brownish color, the light gray tertials, a thin portion of the white speculum, the orange bill with a dark median stripe, and the lack of black rump and undertail coverts (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1738269604578-V8TBVB9SJKPZFZ2YAQP5/200326_D85_7509.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Gadwall An adult female Mallard for comparison. Note the brown belly and the saddle-shaped dark patch on the orange bill (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/01/24/poynette-cbc monthly 0.5 2025-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9cfc7da4-684b-4dde-a07f-f3a63445ef3f/Jane+Furchgott+searching+the+WI+River+floodplain+forest+for+birds+Poy.+2024+photo+by+Bill+Smith.png Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Poynette Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Jane Furchgott searches the Wisconsin River Floodplain for birds during the Poynette CBC (photo by Bill Smith). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/66f0e952-ea68-4463-b30f-ef4c58936549/Winter+Wren+Carolyn+Chee+Poynette+CBC+%2311.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Poynette Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Winter Wren (photo by Carolyn Chee). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/559ecff6-28bd-4f26-85ea-c52279125e96/Ken+Lange+with+a+Sharp-shinned+Hawk+at+Cedar+Grove+Photo+by+Mark.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Poynette Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Ken Lange with a banded Sharp-shinned Hawk in 2015 (photo by Mark Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dbb50ab4-cc5a-476a-b1e5-785b4c3c84fb/Red-headed+Woodpecker+2024+Poy.+CBC+photo+by+Bill+Smith.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Poynette Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Red-headed Woodpecker (photo by Bill Smith). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f50e00a9-26aa-483f-9f6c-44480b0332f4/Poynette+CBC+2018+Jim+Hess%2C+Bill+Walters%2C+Mark+0061_courtesyMarkMartin.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Poynette Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Jim Hess, Bill Walters, and Mark Martin during the 2018 Poynette CBC (courtesy of Mark Martin). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/01/17/rough-legged-hawk monthly 0.5 2025-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d304945e-b361-4a8d-8d2d-468ee14f1d5e/33120666878_34ee9914c5_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Rough-legged Hawks - Make it stand out Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ecb31f96-2ad6-498c-a85f-e372f234c689/RLHA.NP-5734.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Rough-legged Hawks - Make it stand out Neil holds a Rough-legged Hawk just tagged with a small GPS transmitter (photo courtesy of Neil Paprocki). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/01/10/mourning-dove monthly 0.5 2025-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/773c05d7-3598-4fb9-898f-9008189f69f0/241226_Z90_1088.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Mourning Dove - Make it stand out Mourning Doves in a tree at Fair Meadows Sanctuary on a December 2024 morning (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/44c01759-28c7-4ae5-8773-30f8ab10d61c/140213_GDS_4216.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Mourning Dove - Make it stand out Accipiters, like this Sharp-shinned Hawk, may prey upon doves (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f6bbe7ba-0176-478e-9080-420359a89d73/080212_GDS_8766.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Mourning Dove - Make it stand out A Mourning Dove with fluffed up feathers. Note the blue “eyeliner” (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2025/01/03/ebird-reports monthly 0.5 2025-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e19b423a-3116-41a4-97ed-8ad9f457cf4b/Swallow-tailed+Kite%2C+Poynette%2C+WI+%28King+Rd%29%2C+Ted+Keyel%2C+July+28%2C+2023jpeg.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - eBird observations at Columbia County properties - Make it stand out A rare sighting of a Swallow-tailed Kite near Goose Pond during summer 2023 (photo by Ted Keyel). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/cf097930-41ea-4356-91a7-f1d6c77bbe13/Great+Gray+Owl%2C+Columbia+county%2C+Ted+Keyel%2C+2005.png Friday Feathered Feature - eBird observations at Columbia County properties - Make it stand out A county-first record of a Great Gray Owl at the Goose Pond hotspot in 2005 (photo by Ted Keyel). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5ac6ea96-7c0e-4c8c-a45c-9c4fc8f9bf62/eBird+Table.png Friday Feathered Feature - eBird observations at Columbia County properties - Make it stand out eBird data on species and checklist numbers at selected Columbia County properties (table compiled on January 2, 2025 by the Goose Pond Sanctuary team). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/64b1ba87-0bc1-4a96-b85f-ff4a07ab251d/Eurasion+Wigeon%2C+Erstad+Prairie%2C+Kyle+Lindemer%2C+April+7%2C+2015.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - eBird observations at Columbia County properties - Make it stand out Eurasian Wigeon at Erstad Prairie in 2015 (photo by Kyle Lindemer). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/12/20/2024-madison-area-cbc-results monthly 0.5 2025-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/34bae061-28b4-4304-9aa4-4ee6e4b9bd80/screech+owl+gail+smith.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out An Eastern Screech-Owl peeks out of a Wood Duck box where it was roosting during the Madison-area Christmas Bird Count (photo by Gail Smith). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c0f81670-ac42-48cf-9169-2eb5163d0541/Screenshot+2022-12-30+154809.png Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Madison-area CBC circle map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5e074db9-44d0-466d-bd40-d22e8cdc720d/1000012162.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out A group of birders watch a Barred Owl hunt along a path (photo by Jeff Galligan). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3d588712-0e68-4a57-bdef-c4b5b038147f/carolyn+byers+-+jay.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out A young birder looks through a monocular near the Lakeshore Nature Preserve (photo by Carolyn Byers). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/09664f94-227a-4da1-8ccc-40cde66c087a/Area+8-9+people+by+Michael+Kamp.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Four birders survey areas south of Madison for the Christmas Bird Count (photo by Michael Kamp). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/94bb1289-efa4-4ccd-8920-1a7b485b9d2a/IMG_5342.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out BIPOC Birding Club members bird in Elver Park (photo by Dexter Patterson). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/acfda19b-a1ed-499e-8723-19defb5a4bb7/IMG_3063%281%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out A group of people watch for birds from inside the building at Olbrich Botanical Gardens as part of the Madison-area Christmas Bird Count (photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c90e48d5-19c9-4547-8c19-36ed2acd37f9/Sandhill+Cranes+Mark+Martin.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Two Sandhill Cranes forage on Madison’s east side (photo by Mark Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f073bed4-a29b-4761-aae0-3b4ff2249129/beltedkingfisher01.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Belted Kingfishers were spotted by many, this one in Middleton (photo by Edgar Spalding). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/16c438ef-3224-48df-b27c-1119605a8da7/merlin01.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Four Merlins were tallied on December 14, this one also in Middleton (photo by Edgar Spalding). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/64a5e779-207e-496f-95d4-ac875b7e8577/Screech+Owl+at+Tenney+Park+by+Neil+Dieffenbaugh.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out An Eastern Screech-Owl snoozes in the morning light (photo by Neil Dieffenbaugh). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/12/13/american-tree-sparrow monthly 0.5 2025-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5cbee038-c886-4e3c-bacc-94b44ea0fdde/32595235496_918efd90c1_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Tree Sparrow - Make it stand out American Tree Sparrow feeding on seeds in the winter (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/12/06/belted-kingfisher monthly 0.5 2025-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/430085bf-c1fc-4b8c-8094-11645d2acda9/071217_GDS_6426.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Belted Kingfisher - Make it stand out Female Belted Kingfisher, showing rufous flank patches and a rufous breast band below a blue-gray band. Some of the feathers of the blue-gray band show rufous tips, indicating that this is probably a first-year female (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/252094af-0609-4c52-afe3-a58c9f89bfe2/198606xx_085-001.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Belted Kingfisher - Make it stand out Typical Belted Kingfisher nest cavity in an earthen bank (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f94ea344-dc04-4b8a-b59c-a14ca11c21d9/110204_GDS_5901.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Belted Kingfisher - Make it stand out Male Belted Kingfisher at Heron Pond in winter (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/11/22/white-breasted-nuthatch monthly 0.5 2025-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/33e57827-b122-48fb-a330-e24fc24ed93d/WBNH+looking+optimistic.+Arlene+Koziol.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - White-breasted Nuthatch - Make it stand out A White-breasted Nuthatch looking very round and optimistic (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/01f95680-8fd5-4b7b-8bbd-fe9616eae93a/WBNH+with+food.+Arlene+Koziol.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - White-breasted Nuthatch - Make it stand out Nuthatch with food (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/11/15/dark-eyed-junco monthly 0.5 2024-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6cf011ba-3a59-4124-a9f2-9a31245b610d/DEJunco_KCA.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Dark-eyed Junco - Make it stand out Dark-eyed Junco flashing white outer tail feathers (photo by Kelly Colgan Azar). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1731688801561-N9QMVHP7EBQA1TCYBW1Q/DEJunco_slatebacked_AndyReagoChrissyMcClarren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Dark-eyed Junco Slate-colored (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1731688798362-42G8OT3S552CUU2M1U7U/DEJunco_Oregon_MickThompson.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Dark-eyed Junco Oregon (photo by Mick Thompson) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1731688800083-ORRI1MXPRHKWUSDJ92FR/DEJunco_PinkSided_MickThompson.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Dark-eyed Junco Pink-sided (photo by Mick Thompson) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1731688798078-AETMVPECT5B3YIZNPHYO/DEJunco_Grayheaded_MickThompson.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Dark-eyed Junco Gray-headed (photo by Mick Thompson) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1731688799986-955DVNLCVQ3CETQALL2K/DEJunco_Redbacked_SethBeresUSFWS.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Dark-eyed Junco Red-backed (photo by Seth Beres/USFWS) https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/11/08/bald-eagle monthly 0.5 2024-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dc4e7d70-9809-444c-84d5-3e15c539b475/120414_GDS_3929.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sky Sentinel: Bald Eagle - Make it stand out Bald Eagles nest in a cottonwood tree in 2014. The fluffy nestling’s head is just visible above the edge of the nest (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e034aea4-f089-4e90-9f67-7a4444d3d022/170619_D5C_6768.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sky Sentinel: Bald Eagle - Make it stand out Juveniles in the “cradle” nest in 2017 (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/11/01/harriss-sparrow monthly 0.5 2024-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8ff8dcb3-50ff-4032-aca2-5c302b30b8be/IMG_2588.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Harris's Sparrow - Make it stand out Harris’s Sparrow found at Goose Pond on October 12 (photo by Aaron Holschbach). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ec4a7bec-d916-4026-9872-ebbcd6d12be4/41327001-1280px.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Harris's Sparrow - Make it stand out Harris’s Sparrow range map (courtesy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/10/25/northern-harrier monthly 0.5 2024-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/282160ee-6255-424b-bf0b-df25deb57f25/Northern+Harrier++-+Phil+Brown.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Harrier - Make it stand out A Northern Harrier hunts over a grassland (photo by Phil Brown). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/987bdc37-7c3a-44c3-893a-97e2b7d3b172/Northern-Harrier_mealoffer_TomKoernerUSFWS.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Harrier - Make it stand out A male harrier delivers a meal to a female, who catches it in midair (photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/10/18/mirror-pond monthly 0.5 2024-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/de17527b-ec11-4812-81dd-3b482b3c195d/2001_RM_PS_MirrorPond.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Saga of Mirror Pond - Make it stand out Penny Shackelford and Ron Martin plant plugs of bulrush and cord grass at Mirror Pond in 2001 (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1729188088121-GR45RB799N6UM7OAKH8U/030924_S30_3837.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Saga of Mirror Pond - Make it stand out A view of Mirror Pond taken during a dry autumn. Notice the presence of exposed mudflats (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1729188370735-CPJJMSGW4B18T5QU7T1V/090411_GDS_1018.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Saga of Mirror Pond Female Common Goldeneye (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1729188371259-IL69QA5EJSAL0RIC4JK6/200310_D5C_0774.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Saga of Mirror Pond Courtship display of Canada Geese (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1729188374805-GOYGY445FRNCGJQSE2WB/210922_D5C_1961.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Saga of Mirror Pond Juvenile Solitary Sandpiper during fall migration (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1729188375269-AK81UJVARUIFP6B79MN7/220330_Z90_0405.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Saga of Mirror Pond Ring-necked Ducks (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1729188377798-KPF8SS9SQYPN2O9FCALS/220416_Z90_5448.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Saga of Mirror Pond Belted Kingfisher with fish prey (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1729188380303-BCZB6UK1TTLO5OBEYNPR/230426_Z90_1987.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Saga of Mirror Pond Pied-billed Grebe (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1729188381071-PGRLGGETTPPH79J2PG84/230516_Z90_8469.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Saga of Mirror Pond Female Wood Duck arises from the pond amidst bulrushes (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1729188383849-Y8903T5DCQ59JCJZVI8L/230923_Z90_4848.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Saga of Mirror Pond Great Egret with fish prey (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1729188385754-BDK6SAVGQRZCSQ78B959/240317_Z90_5913.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Saga of Mirror Pond Green-winged Teal (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1729192521261-2A257YVGDXALL6Y6RA13/240330_Z90_8211.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Saga of Mirror Pond Male Bufflehead (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1729188382741-7ROP2PTOMTPLYWAIBZ7A/230522_Z90_0516.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Saga of Mirror Pond Newly emerged common baskettail dragonfly on a bulrush stem. The shed nymphal exoskeleton is attached to the stem nearby (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/10/11/monarch-tagging monthly 0.5 2024-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/45149e74-9d69-4776-a4c6-f3b48c4dac68/20240911_153159.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - A Record 242 People Attend Monarch Tagging Events at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out Sandy Eisele was among the many participants who joined monarch tagging this year (photo by Mark Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0d81817e-1653-4059-9517-b9019d4259ae/Total+Monarchs+Tagged.png Friday Feathered Feature - A Record 242 People Attend Monarch Tagging Events at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out Number of monarchs tagged in our program (graph by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2428c037-fd27-4bd0-9fbe-03c6dade32d5/monarchwatch+2024+population.png Friday Feathered Feature - A Record 242 People Attend Monarch Tagging Events at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out Hectares occupied by monarch butterflies at their roost sites in Mexico (graph courtesy of Monarch Watch). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/02be5cbd-35df-45b8-aeff-82c23e6305f8/monarch_roost_Lori+NordstromUSFWS.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - A Record 242 People Attend Monarch Tagging Events at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out Monarchs roost in fir trees on their wintering grounds in Mexico (photo by Lori Nordstrom/USFWS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/cd7a58fa-e33d-470c-aca1-8f7a62ef957e/IMG_20240913_134609918_HDR.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - A Record 242 People Attend Monarch Tagging Events at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out A class from Discovery Charter School helps collect common milkweed pods at Goose Pond (photo by Carolyn Byers/SoWBA). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/10/04/eastern-wood-pewee monthly 0.5 2024-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f0f9f31c-813a-4a96-8037-3c179bb2bbbb/EWPE_nest_AndyReagoChrissyMcClarren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Wood-Pewee - Make it stand out Eastern Wood-Pewee with young. The nest is built from lichens and mosses (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/09/27/rose-breasted-grosbeak monthly 0.5 2024-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1727288881674-20FF5PQQ34TZTMK842BV/240922_Z90_0011.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Rose-breasted Grosbeak Adult male Rose-breasted Grosbeak in winter (nonbreeding) plumage in late September (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1727288881427-CVVP2D5WN92TUTLHFM4S/240922_Z90_1239.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Rose-breasted Grosbeak Adult female Rose-breasted Grosbeak in late September (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1727288884751-QLAX4MB27QJ26N7QPQ5S/240922_Z90_1864.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Rose-breasted Grosbeak Juvenile male Rose-breasted Grosbeak in late September (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/09/20/nest-box monthly 0.5 2024-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1d24019d-a6de-4530-826e-9e13de4d396a/Tree+Swallows+on+a+line+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Songbird Nest Box Program Results for SoWBA’s Columbia County Lands - Make it stand out Swallows perched on a line (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/53f7eb1d-a696-4fe8-95ad-5a0577d3d795/Fledged+Young+at+Properties+in+Columbia+County+.png Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Songbird Nest Box Program Results for SoWBA’s Columbia County Lands - Make it stand out Number of young (by species) that fledged at each SoWBA property in 2024 (graph by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ecded2cf-1bc2-447a-bb85-b418cf50f191/Noel+predator+guard+attached+to+a+nest+box+-+graham+steinhauer.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Songbird Nest Box Program Results for SoWBA’s Columbia County Lands - Make it stand out A songbird nest box with a Noel predator guard installed (photo by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8691dc6b-e0c4-4bdb-92a9-f0cf754118e5/Songbirds+Fledged+from+Monitored+Boxes+at+Goose+Pond%2C+Erstad+Prairie%2C+and+Otsego+Marsh.png Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Songbird Nest Box Program Results for SoWBA’s Columbia County Lands - Make it stand out Species fledged from the program since 2015 (graph by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/09/13/gray-catbird monthly 0.5 2024-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1726161904411-2CD19HG3HZQ8NTES4FMX/gray-catbird_tree.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Gray Catbird - Make it stand out A Gray Catbird perched in a shrub laden with berries (photo via Pixabay). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/09/06/cedar-waxwing monthly 0.5 2024-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/24f3e993-7061-45ce-87e9-a3465695330f/170828_D5C_9583.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Waxwing - Make it stand out Adult Cedar Waxwing with several red, waxlike tips on secondary wing feathers (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1725566231871-4RJ9QQQU5JEAYZGES22F/100826_GDS_3545.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Waxwing Juvenile Cedar Waxwing with orange-tipped tail feathers (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1725566232556-YEWPUXYHRGLQCE6M89LC/100826_GDS_3568.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Waxwing Adult Cedar Waxwing with orange-tipped tail feathers (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0859286b-850e-4161-a656-a27e18c780b2/220619_Z90_3589.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Waxwing - Make it stand out Cedar Waxing in a mulberry tree showing no waxy-tipped wing feathers (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/08/30/summer-interns monthly 0.5 2024-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/64d70fb5-abb0-4cbc-be64-36fa512275dc/Rusty-patched+bumblebee+on+wild+bergamot.+andi+hokanson.png Friday Feathered Feature - A summer on the prairie - Make it stand out Rusty patched bumblebee (photo by Andi Hokanson). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ee1fe7aa-154e-4a42-8dba-10a5e48e8e22/sedge+wren.+arlene+koziol.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - A summer on the prairie - Make it stand out Sedge Wren (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/927bc1b5-9828-4e48-8a17-bacec842cd49/tree+swallow+nest+with+freshly+hatched+chick.+hailey+wedewer.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - A summer on the prairie - Make it stand out Tree Swallow nest box (photo by Hailey Wedewer). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/08/23/tree-swallow monthly 0.5 2024-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3fdf6144-544d-4116-9948-40ae73ce32de/tree-swallow_Courtney+Celley-USFWS.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Tree Swallow - Make it stand out A Tree Swallow poking a head out of a nest cavity in a tree (photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/08/15/common-yellowthroat monthly 0.5 2024-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ac0f0168-0e19-483f-af60-01a932d90f0b/100914_GDS_4054.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Yellowthroat - Make it stand out Female Common Yellowthroat (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f838abe5-d8f7-40dc-bd99-86a87d921764/240720_Z90_9386.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Yellowthroat - Make it stand out An adult male Common Yellowthroat feeds a juvenile an insect, possibly a cricket or katydid (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c77dae9c-96dc-48b8-93bc-672a4d625d4b/240707_Z90_5154.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Yellowthroat - Make it stand out A juvenile yellowthroat, possibly eating a mosquito. There is another mosquito in the blossom over their head (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/08/09/virginia-rail monthly 0.5 2024-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/458922e5-517b-45e6-aff5-40758394bfb7/VIRA_call_AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Virginia Rail - Make it stand out Virginia Rail (photo by Arlene Koziol) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7a9a80bd-a401-4ca4-984f-2524f5a139cc/VIRA-range-map-AllAboutBirds.png Friday Feathered Feature - Virginia Rail - Make it stand out Virginia Rail range map (courtesy of All About Birds). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/08/02/sedge-wren monthly 0.5 2024-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5bd56c51-5595-4a60-8b72-6babdd50fd25/SedgeWren_KCA.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sedge Wren - Make it stand out The diminutive Sedge Wren (photo by Kelly Colgan Azar). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/7/24/eaglets-take-to-the-skies monthly 0.5 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2477b04f-9dca-4763-8893-3dd70eb3015b/Eagles+nest+Ralph+Russo.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eaglets take to the skies - Make it stand out A Bald Eagle nest is much easier to spot in late fall and winter, without leaves on the trees (photo by Ralph Russo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/02c93bc3-94c8-46cb-b335-5297e17e4fde/First+Flight.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Eaglets take to the skies - Make it stand out A Bald Eagle fledgling takes flight from a nest tree in Washington County (photo by Mitch Spillane, BENW volunteer). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/18824ea1-2122-4958-ba5b-1a690dbc5890/IMG_1018.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eaglets take to the skies - Make it stand out The nest tree and remnants of the nest on the ground in Dane County (photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4627345d-4ad3-4a9e-b085-793e29c3a4a2/DSC08015-Enhanced-NR.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eaglets take to the skies - Make it stand out An adult Bald Eagle feeds a chick in the nest (photo by Ralph Russo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d06b45f0-d669-473f-a161-6083c5ac1f68/image3.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Eaglets take to the skies - Make it stand out A young Bald Eagle takes flight (photo by Beth Martin, BENW volunteer & coordinator for SE WI program). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5d52693a-2ac0-4c95-bbeb-07f5e28e6cca/IMG_1393.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eaglets take to the skies - Make it stand out Drew Cashman and me at the Southern program’s end of season party and Drew’s send off (SoWBA photo). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/07/19/allopreening monthly 0.5 2024-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e837fc55-f960-4e68-8e66-b920b335c35a/170620_D5C_7050.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Allopreening American Kestrels The two nestling kestrels in the box prior to fledging (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d26cb624-6e51-4545-890b-d8413e01be3c/170620_D5C_7065.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Allopreening American Kestrels The female kestrel at the moment of fledging (photos by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9dc9870e-01a4-4431-91f2-a1e9b35cd017/170620_D5C_7096.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Allopreening American Kestrels The female fledgling on the snag perch near the nest box (photos by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/398859ea-c6d9-4a19-a524-d5c1a4d33212/170620_D5C_7359.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Allopreening American Kestrels - Make it stand out The young male kestrel engages in allopreening on the snag near the nest box (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/07/12/eurasian-tree-sparrow monthly 0.5 2024-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/888b2c86-beec-4b62-8b67-5d1dfa3c6843/IMG_4825.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Eurasian Tree Sparrow - Make it stand out Eurasian Tree Sparrow at Goose Pond Sanctuary in summer 2024 (photo by Jim Otto). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/60576c85-808a-4903-a27b-7c1e9ca58302/ETSP.png Friday Feathered Feature - Eurasian Tree Sparrow - Make it stand out Eurasian Tree Sparrow sightings in the United States (map courtesy of eBird). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/145452d2-1b1c-4c38-86eb-ef1f00883825/20240610_133730_MarkMartin.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eurasian Tree Sparrow - Make it stand out Volunteer Jim Otto takes photos of the species he observes at Goose Pond Sanctuary in June 2024 (photo by Mark Martin). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/06/28/great-crested-flycatcher monthly 0.5 2024-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/971dfff1-af8e-42aa-9029-1e12e5ee1b11/great+crested+flycatcher_nestbuilding_AndyReagoChrissyMcClarren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Crested Flycatcher - Make it stand out A Great Crested Flycatcher builds a nest in a tree cavity (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/06/21/yellow-crowned-night-heron monthly 0.5 2024-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0910177c-c12e-4af0-92a2-0bdd9732a838/200213_D5C_9430.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Yellow-crowned Night Heron - Make it stand out A Yellow-crowned Night Heron wading through shallow water (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/18d0aabe-ba48-49c6-a8bf-c92379033370/230103_Z90_7360.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Yellow-crowned Night Heron - Make it stand out A feral Muscovy Duck has much white plumage and red skin on the face (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/06/14/cuckoos monthly 0.5 2024-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3f7faa3d-2099-4dd7-a30a-13eeb93ecdbe/yellow-billed-cuckoo_LesleyHaven.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Black-billed and Yellow-billed Cuckoos - Make it stand out A Yellow-billed Cuckoo, with prominent white spots on the tail (photo by Lesley Haven). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7a961176-d833-4b95-a585-073c131f0378/IMG_20240607_132346.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Black-billed and Yellow-billed Cuckoos - Make it stand out A Yellow-billed Cuckoo died after colliding with a window on the UW-Madison campus in spring 2024, reported by the Bird Collision Corps program (photo by Aibigail Punam). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0bea5f63-fdf7-40b1-b1ac-f7a7ee043556/black-billed-cuckoo_tent-caterpillars_AndyReagoChrissyMcClarren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Black-billed and Yellow-billed Cuckoos - Make it stand out A Black-billed Cuckoo feeds from a web spun by eastern tent caterpillars on a tree (photo by Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/06/07/eastern-kingbird monthly 0.5 2024-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0e9214aa-e898-45e5-931d-302cc13bdda0/EasternKingbird_mobbingRTHA_AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Kingbird - Make it stand out An Eastern Kingbird wards off a Red-tailed Hawk in mid-air (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/05/31/wild-turkey monthly 0.5 2024-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1717002622785-GDZ1T9TJ4GLIBLA8BC4F/130429_GDS_0005.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Wild Turkey Two tom turkeys locked together in combat in the prairie (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1717002622759-Z7GRJYBTHZKX30JS5OMG/130429_GDS_0102.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Wild Turkey The fighting turkeys push against each other with their necks entwined (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1717002868862-V3AVQ76JW9TBUAL653IJ/240428_Z90_2787.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Wild Turkey A turkey hen that has come off the nest to feed in the prairie (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1717002867240-HZPOP8E0385RFA2URI2H/190503_IP7_0178.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Wild Turkey A turkey nest on the ground in the woodland (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1717002867217-YZWDFU4KZ43BZQ5GTE90/050616_S60_9649.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Wild Turkey A young poult on the forest floor, photographed through wire fencing (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/05/24/reckless-wrens-birdathon monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b4f70ac6-defa-4c73-914d-bc1e0c977e43/Mark+and+Jim+and+Kathy+Shurts+at+Otsego+Marsh+Jim+Otto.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Birdathon: Reckless Wrens - Make it stand out From left to right: Jim Shurts, Kathy Shurts, and Mark Martin birding at Otsego Marsh (photo by Jim Otto). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/efbbecad-2720-4503-a3d9-2264c9060e0a/Spike+the+spiny+baskettail+JD+Arnston.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Birdathon: Reckless Wrens - Make it stand out Spike the spiny baskettail (photo by JD Arnston). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bc99e864-b05e-4c8d-b7ea-0b0d6ec03a0c/WI+northern+lights+Jim+Shurts.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Birdathon: Reckless Wrens - Make it stand out Northern lights over Erstad Prairie (photo by Kathy Shurts). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/df58f2e1-94eb-4ffd-bfc6-ea23a98e0acf/Calla+and+pelicans+Graham+Steinhauer.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Birdathon: Reckless Wrens - Make it stand out Calla watching pelicans (photo by Graham Steinhauer). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a9194666-c89f-40e8-b524-4e7e4cc259a6/Carolyn+and+Brand+on+the+hunt+Carolyn+Chee.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Birdathon: Reckless Wrens - Make it stand out Carolyn (left) and Brand (right) on the hunt for birds (photo by Carolyn Chee). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/671f8042-9feb-4722-81f4-80e7e5857d53/Eagle+carrying+fish+Carolyn+Chee.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Birdathon: Reckless Wrens - Make it stand out Bald Eagle flying with a fish over the river (photo by Carolyn Chee). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/05/17/northern-flicker monthly 0.5 2024-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2481ec4b-c24f-4a76-9862-80aac634f9b0/Northern-Flicker_flight_B.HaileyUSFWS.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Flicker - Make it stand out A yellow-shafted Northern Flicker departs from a nest cavity (photo by B. Hailey/USFWS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c4dffbb8-08a3-4c15-97f0-bc8ad72d0430/20210430_kaitlinsvabek_nofl.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Flicker - Make it stand out A Northern Flicker perched on the edge of pavement, feeding on ants (photo by Kaitlin Svabek). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/05/10/brown-thrasher monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5623c9d3-764d-4c7b-976c-f6a0d57f271f/BrownThrasher_flight_AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Brown Thrasher - Make it stand out A Brown Thrasher takes flight (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/05/03/birdathon-flockadelics monthly 0.5 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c66e3558-5f3c-45f3-860e-0678b4ccc5c0/240501_RXC_2711.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Birdathon: the Flockadelics - Make it stand out The Flockadelics in our team shirts (minus Gary Shackelford, who took this photo). Top row (left to right): Becky, Mickenzee, Bob, Kaitlin, Carolyn, John, Penny, and Chris. Bottom row (left to right): Brenna, Matt, and Liz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1714658622706-Q4AUTBVQWQHMY8P7QIM6/240501_Z90_2927.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Birdathon: the Flockadelics Tree Swallow (by Gary Shackelford) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1714658344378-HSKQSNTBCMRXE8LBCAP8/240501_Z90_2887.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Birdathon: the Flockadelics Eastern Bluebird (by Gary Shackelford) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1714658346812-Q1FS0ZR7GWE2FQXWHXPU/240501_Z90_2989.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Birdathon: the Flockadelics Orange-crowned Warbler (by Gary Shackelford) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/374b31e3-51d1-4368-8ca6-5fa22b21ae4f/hickory-newleaf_bmarsicek.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Birdathon: the Flockadelics - Make it stand out Both teams marveled at the unfurling leaves on the hickory trees (photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/04/26/midwest-crane-count monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a7f1b2ab-9a46-4ab9-a040-0c23b1fb85ec/11c.png Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Annual Midwest Crane Count - Make it stand out One of the crane nests at Goose Pond, from the Pond Cam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4bc4ec44-5078-4fff-b580-be68ac423388/crane+adult+and+colt+richard+armstrong.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Annual Midwest Crane Count - Make it stand out Sandhill Crane on a nest with a colt (photo by Richard Armstrong). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b5a96f50-c283-4dc8-a58e-de37eb260625/crane+dancing+richard+armstrong.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Annual Midwest Crane Count - Make it stand out Dancing Sandhill Crane (photo by Richard Armstrong). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d3c13f07-22a5-45dc-ab67-5d346aed5f23/Screen+Shot+2024-04-26+at+5.08.14+PM.png Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Annual Midwest Crane Count - Make it stand out Results for the 2024 Midwest crane count in SoWBA’s chapter area (table by Graham Steinhauer/SoWBA). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/04/19/american-white-pelican monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/004d174d-cf59-4796-ab41-97ac5e0d15fc/AmericanWhitePelican_flock_AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American White Pelican - Make it stand out A pelican joins a flock stationed on a shallow island (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bf7b00e4-1e09-409d-a7b1-88518dae5b84/AmericanWhitePelican_AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American White Pelican - Make it stand out Male and female American White Pelicans grow a "keel" on top of their bills in spring that they shed by the end of the breeding season (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/04/12/swale monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1712854355808-4M7DFHV4WH2DXAXZJVAO/240331_Z90_8983.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Spring Birds in a Prairie Swale A Sandhill Crane feeds in the swale (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1712854352915-HILRR94DR1GD8N676R9L/240316_Z90_3777.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Spring Birds in a Prairie Swale An American Robin with an earthworm pulled from the water (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1712854355545-YJOKSUAY9PDR8CBFLTBF/240316_Z90_4533.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Spring Birds in a Prairie Swale Two male Rusty Blackbirds feed in the shallows (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1712854352902-YDGR8GNR3TMQC7J7JPOS/140415_GDS_5277.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Spring Birds in a Prairie Swale A male Yellow-rumped Warbler stands on the frozen surface of the swale after a hard overnight frost (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/04/05/ring-necked-duck monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/54326c7a-aeea-4ddb-8fba-69037b05d049/ringneckdrake+gary+shackelford.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Ring-necked Duck - Make it stand out A ringneck drake with a visible ring of chestnut-colored feathers around the neck (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/76f0951f-e9b8-41db-b5c8-8028ee79240a/ringneck+breeding+habitat.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Ring-necked Duck - Make it stand out Typical Ring-necked Duck breeding habitat (photo by Sebastian Hettrich). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8262393f-b1f9-4667-9da8-5a34292cd3e0/ringneckbba2.PNG Friday Feathered Feature - Ring-necked Duck - Make it stand out Ring-necked Duck breeding locations (courtesy of the Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas II). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/03/29/killdeer monthly 0.5 2025-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5fae83df-114a-4e0a-b30c-320cad40d39a/killdeer_brokenwingfeign_AlexSchubertUSFWS.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Killdeer - Make it stand out A Killdeer feigning a broken wing to lure away predators (photo by Alex Schubert/USFWS). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/03/22/leucism monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8ed4f3e6-e3d8-4133-bf07-b0e7256b03b0/210210_D85_9809.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Birds of an unusual feather - Make it stand out The female Mallard shows pale, buffy and white plumage (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/32a3b426-00cd-47e0-8a60-1235c2e37969/221102_Z90_1921.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Birds of an unusual feather - Make it stand out White feathers on the rusty cap of a leucistic Chipping Sparrow (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/03/15/gray-partridge monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0a163434-c975-4063-86e5-42d7e32236ff/graypartridge-standing_pixabay.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Gray Partridge - Make it stand out Gray Partridge (photo via Pixabay) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3103e8e5-fc52-4dbe-83e8-01d7d7e1cf0d/Gray+Partridges+seen+on+the+Poynette+Christmas+Bird+Count.png Friday Feathered Feature - Gray Partridge - Make it stand out Poynette CBC partridge counts (graph by Graham Steinhauer). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/03/08/american-woodcock monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f4fd1b7e-5b08-4149-adc4-fe5c7a559428/Woodcock+on+nest+Sally+Meier.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - American Woodcock - Make it stand out American Woodcock on a nest (photo by Sally Meier). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/03/01/living-with-cranes monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8bcf5ec5-f917-4a8b-8f1f-eec7c413034b/080402_GDS_0459.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Living with cranes, sharing their space - Make it stand out Calling on a spring day (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b92c9cc6-d361-4c5b-9edf-f40402dd8c67/080327_GDS_0244.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Living with cranes, sharing their space - Make it stand out Sandhill Cranes in a spring snowstorm at Fair Meadows on March 27, 2008 (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c4c31332-fcc6-44ff-a5ba-4837f75806fe/170607_IP7_1463.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Living with cranes, sharing their space - Make it stand out A crane at the door (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dec04bc4-ed49-4863-9b93-128755d72b84/220717_Z90_6857.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Living with cranes, sharing their space - Make it stand out A crane and a deer share the prairie (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/2/23/2024-great-backyard-bird-count monthly 0.5 2024-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ed249461-9890-458c-bb43-40678710ace6/Clayton+Fitzgerald+SEO.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Great Backyard Bird Count - Make it stand out Short-eared Owl, photo by Clayton Fitzgerald (eBird) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c1f3149e-a858-4b27-83a0-6436b46d90bd/Mike+Ellery+Greater+White-fronted+Geese.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - 2024 Great Backyard Bird Count - Make it stand out Greater White-fronted Geese, photo by Mike Ellery https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/02/16/notes-costa-rica monthly 0.5 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1707925913782-GNBJIIN4VDP0786LJHVC/16428148710_fe0bba99cf_c.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Notes from Costa Rica - Make it stand out A Yellow-crowned Night Heron perches on the roots of red mangrove trees exposed above the water (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/95550ed4-acea-49f4-ab5c-8a66c1be4302/unnamed.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Notes from Costa Rica - Make it stand out A Ringed Kingfisher perched on the branches (photo courtesy of Tucker Sanborn). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/02/09/winter-robins monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2885144a-2a66-489e-a781-f9ead8e76bcc/100109_GDS_8328.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Robins - Make it stand out An American Robin and hoarfrost in the shallows of Heron Pond during the wintertime (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/941c880d-c7cb-4b60-9380-ab9034c1834f/240122_Z90_9225.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Robins - Make it stand out American Robin with a tiny invertebrate prey item in its bill (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a0769ffe-12c3-4694-9f5f-beaf70ec400a/240122_Z90_9244.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Robins - Make it stand out American Robin bathing in shallow water (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/02/02/ring-necked-pheasant monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c10f4d48-ffdf-47c4-9065-a6bc1cfceeb6/rnph-flock_monicahall.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 45 Years of Ring-necked Pheasant Observations - Make it stand out Male Ring-necked Pheasants foraging in winter (Monica Hall). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dabd544a-3b61-41c6-a4b0-eab55a873278/graph+-+Pheasants+found+during+Christmas+Bird+Counts+at+Goose+Pond.png Friday Feathered Feature - 45 Years of Ring-necked Pheasant Observations - Make it stand out Ring-necked Pheasant numbers during Goose Pond CBCs from 1980–2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e120ab13-26db-45ab-a068-cf888a6d9f8d/pheasant+2+zcopy.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 45 Years of Ring-necked Pheasant Observations - Make it stand out A colorful Ring-necked Pheasant rooster makes his way through snow at the sanctuary (Richard Armstrong). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bb27e32b-727e-4b9d-bd0e-fb7b2f319678/graph+%28edited%29+-+DNR+Rooster+Count+-+Stop+3+at+Goose+Pond.png Friday Feathered Feature - 45 Years of Ring-necked Pheasant Observations - Make it stand out Pheasant count at Stop #3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b74b096b-187d-4135-849a-7a708bb0c869/Young+ring-necked+pheasant.+PC%3A+Arlene+Koziol.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 45 Years of Ring-necked Pheasant Observations - Make it stand out Young pheasant at the sanctuary (Arlene Koziol). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/01/26/red-crossbill monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9bb93862-9521-4027-ab14-b4f5c3ee52f0/Untitled+design+%281%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Red Crossbill - Make it stand out Red Crossbill (photo via Pixabay). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/01/19/inaugural-fair-meadows-cbc monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6a410e38-cf6b-4b64-bd7f-ffd5b97dd0dc/240111_Z90_8880.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The inaugural Fair Meadows CBC - Make it stand out An American Goldfinch, one of the most frequently seen species during the 2023 Fair Meadows CBC (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b7ddea21-2b13-4251-a69b-a0a627168f7d/191101_D5C_3031.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The inaugural Fair Meadows CBC - Make it stand out Red-bellied Woodpecker (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/01/12/northern-cardinal monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8ee6fd46-1d84-404d-80b6-1dd5036654c6/female+cardinal%2C+photo+credits+to+Arlene+Koziol.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Cardinal - Make it stand out Female Northern Cardinal (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/96db9f7f-60f9-4a2d-b90f-4cc9170056ea/Screen+Shot+2024-01-10+at+1.23.10+PM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Cardinal - Make it stand out An image from Project FeederWatch shows how the range of Norther Cardinals has spread even further north since the late 1980s (image courtesy of Project FeederWatch). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/52e38921-5f58-4ddd-bcd2-b8ae9959ffa9/Northern-Cardinal_feeder_CourtneyCelley-USFWS.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Cardinal - Make it stand out A female Northern Cardinal at a bird feeder is joined by some other common winter species: a Black-capped Chickadee and a Dark-eyed Junco (photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS Midwest). https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/01/05/northern-shrike monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b556e121-1ff3-4ec7-aef9-5d9cbfde5f36/image.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Shrike - Make it stand out A shrew impaled on a thorn at Faville Grove Sanctuary (photo by Drew Harry). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/12/21/2023-madison-area-cbc-results monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1703250779078-KXE2VHF525BKZGGWDX6C/16659826436_0daed71176_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2023 Madison-area CBC results - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fcb4e7af-6cab-48e0-8b32-d4baf3065efd/participants.png Friday Feathered Feature - 2023 Madison-area CBC results - Make it stand out Data from National Audubon Society’s historical Christmas Bird Count records for the Madison-area count. Analyzed and displayed by Brenna Marsicek/BBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c0f81670-ac42-48cf-9169-2eb5163d0541/Screenshot+2022-12-30+154809.png Friday Feathered Feature - 2023 Madison-area CBC results - Make it stand out Madison-area CBC circle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0905487d-1897-4e74-bd36-caf8193d6d81/temps.png Friday Feathered Feature - 2023 Madison-area CBC results - Make it stand out Data from National Audubon Society’s historical Christmas Bird Count records for the Madison-area count. Analyzed and displayed by Brenna Marsicek/BBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/601af7fa-10ca-4507-82bd-dff257086957/33457233292_080355fd05_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2023 Madison-area CBC results - Make it stand out Merlin (different one than seen on the count). Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7f93fea2-fef4-40bc-bee0-71e511af692e/5855403228_9bbb7015ab_h.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2023 Madison-area CBC results - Make it stand out Barred Owl in flight (different one than seen on the count). Photo by Matthew Paulson FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a2ef0777-07ba-498e-a623-ceceb46483a9/_57A1971wm.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2023 Madison-area CBC results - Make it stand out Red fox (different one than those seen on the count). Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3259ad6d-6141-44c2-bc5b-6f32674296e9/CBC+2023-23.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2023 Madison-area CBC results - Make it stand out BIPOC Birding Club participants survey area 3 (north side) for birds during the 2023 Madison-area Christmas Bird Count. Photo by Jeff Galligan https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/12/15/northern-shrike monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/724ab407-357f-4560-ad15-c61e622f1f45/031106_S30_4519_master.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Shrike - Make it stand out A vole wedged between branches at Fair Meadows was the first sign that a shrike might be nearby on November 6, 2003 (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c40d746b-e9af-4d87-9dd1-a7b3c6c4930d/071208_GDS_6077.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Shrike - Make it stand out Northern Shrike (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/12/08/rough-legged-hawk-project-update monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a8ad5838-a8d3-4c42-b1ff-79833868162e/2023-12-02_215625c.png Friday Feathered Feature - Rough-legged Hawk Project Update: December 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/24c2d8db-458f-4513-b35f-dde1255e66ba/2023-12-02_215627.png Friday Feathered Feature - Rough-legged Hawk Project Update: December 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/43a22ec9-d575-45cd-be9f-4b750954e01c/Jeffrey_Crex_Meadows.png Friday Feathered Feature - Rough-legged Hawk Project Update: December 2023 - Make it stand out Jeffrey near Crex Meadows in Burnett County, WI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/aff21485-6f18-46ea-b2cb-ef34e8b0b45b/Dorothy_Goose_Pond.png Friday Feathered Feature - Rough-legged Hawk Project Update: December 2023 - Make it stand out Dorothy near Goose Pond Sanctuary, WI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ab13e3f5-eab8-459c-8d69-ab9dcf28c56d/Screen+Shot+2023-11-30+at+6.44.53+PM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Rough-legged Hawk Project Update: December 2023 - Make it stand out Map of hawk movements (courtesy of Neil Paprocki): Pink is Ruthie (tagged 2021); purple is Dorothy (tagged 2021); blue is Vaughn (tagged 2022); Green is Lowell (tagged 2022); Yellow is Ralphie (tagged 2022); Red is Jeffrey (tagged 2022). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/12/01/pileated-woodpecker monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/500d4071-ac40-44c8-83d4-495e4bccb467/4604499521_659da293f2_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Pileated Woodpecker - Make it stand out Pileated Woodpecker (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/11/17/swamp-sparrow monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0d630069-7d44-4881-9c94-55543923c241/230909_Z90_8134.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Swamp Sparrow - Make it stand out A juvenile Swamp Sparrow at Fair Meadows Sanctuary on September 9, 2023. Note the dark brown crown with a grayish brown median stripe, the unstreaked whitish throat, the buffy face and breast, and the more extensive streaks on the breast and flank (photo: Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/56406e67-b8d6-46fe-8304-4de65d0ff467/200412_D5C_2186.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Swamp Sparrow - Make it stand out An adult Swamp Sparrow in breeding plumage. Note the bright rusty crown contrasting with gray face and side of the neck, the white throat bordered by a fine lateral stripe, the narrow blackish eye stripe, the pale gray underparts that are darker on the breast, the boldly striped mantle with bright rusty wing patches, and the buffy brown flank (photo: Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/11/10/monarch-tagging-10000-and-counting monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1691421020133-MELBQRFX97WS4TB05MPC/Tagged%2Bmonach%2Bon%2Bgoldenrod%2B-%2BAK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Monarch Tagging: 10,000 and Counting! - Make it stand out A tagged monarch butterfly nectars on a goldenrod at Goose Pond Sanctuary. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c80976ea-4f1c-4776-9019-027134d438b7/total+monarchs+tagged.png Friday Feathered Feature - Monarch Tagging: 10,000 and Counting! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b21fa015-68a2-495c-95d0-242051174469/monarchs+tagged+at+goose+pond+graph.png Friday Feathered Feature - Monarch Tagging: 10,000 and Counting! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0330e0f8-8fc3-49bd-981f-4ea3f9db4228/20230913_150710.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Monarch Tagging: 10,000 and Counting! - Make it stand out A group of field trip participants gather around as one is released after being tagged. Bon voyage, monarch! Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bca0f697-ca1a-44b9-bfc2-3c96b14e6228/females+tagged+at+goose+pond+graph.png Friday Feathered Feature - Monarch Tagging: 10,000 and Counting! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f6188867-f13f-474d-86e3-5389c28690c0/IMG_2867.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Monarch Tagging: 10,000 and Counting! - Make it stand out A group of UW-Madison students visit Goose Pond to learn about wildlife and landscape management. Plus they got to see the incredible spread of common milkweed pods drying in the Jungemann Barn, waiting to be cleaned, packaged, and distributed to partners doing large-scale habitat restoration projects. Photo by Graham Steinhauer / Badgerland Bird Alliance https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/11/03/barred-owl monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4b2f7f81-31e0-44e9-a605-9f7e0eb5a598/13960567797_7e361a547b_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Barred Owl - Make it stand out Barred Owl (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/efd60eb5-1972-4870-b43f-202c59668b53/8748011633_0064369b83_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Barred Owl - Make it stand out Spotted Owl can be similar in appearance to Barred Owls (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1a0159f6-cb3d-4733-81ae-1cb162d0943d/27985250188_46da48f444_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Barred Owl - Make it stand out A Barred Owl feeding their young (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/10/27/sparrows monthly 0.5 2023-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4d80ed06-aa61-41b4-94d1-8066c3c29e5d/230929_Z90_9729.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sparrows in the prairies - Make it stand out A Lincoln’s Sparrow leaps to feed on seeds of Indian grass (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ee8ceabf-5d46-43ca-afbd-9d088445b50a/231011_Z90_3075.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sparrows in the prairies - Make it stand out A White-crowned Sparrow feeds on goldenrod seeds (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1698336240316-T5IBBHY58Q3SP326IGQA/190912_D5C_7657.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sparrows in the prairies - Make it stand out A juvenile Song Sparrow feeds on prairie rosinweed seeds (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/10/20/white-crowned-sparrow monthly 0.5 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/218db548-95e0-4a49-bbaa-f1160c588df8/wcsparrow_adult_MickThompson.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - White-crowned Sparrow: The bird of many songs - Make it stand out Adult White-crowned Sparrow (photo by Mick Thompson). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a6dca06f-8557-41ea-80f0-c1df46e17258/wcsparrow_juv_MickThompson.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - White-crowned Sparrow: The bird of many songs - Make it stand out Juvenile White-crowned Sparrow (photo by Mick Thompson). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/06e6f004-cc04-4379-a542-511e0dd91f8d/Range+Map%2C+Birds+of+the+World.png Friday Feathered Feature - White-crowned Sparrow: The bird of many songs - Make it stand out White-crowned Sparrow range map (via Birds of the World). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/10/12/american-goldfinch monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/85e0e21a-c4fc-40cf-ab65-ceb30d50b7b0/52360775094_8f043f9439_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Goldfinch - Make it stand out Goldfinches on rosinweed, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/737a7585-b2dd-4c42-8314-83293bdac661/52360458156_9176ba88b8_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Goldfinch - Make it stand out Goldfinch on field thistle, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1c98674a-5320-4e99-9951-fb1bd34e800c/49750793353_055f501711_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Goldfinch - Make it stand out Goldfinch on wild bergamot, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1357e5ca-a3ac-4399-b0cd-b8d2a6148585/52439849356_303f50b37e_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Goldfinch - Make it stand out Ever-vigilant, photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/10/06/nighthawk-meadow monthly 0.5 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5e4f4efa-ea49-43a1-81de-8393412f3444/CommonNighthawk_insect_230825_GDS.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Nighthawk Meadow - Make it stand out A Common Nighthawk catches an insect while hunting over Fair Meadows Sanctuary SNA in August 2023 (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ef07814c-d748-441c-81f9-f5eeee5909de/CommonNighthawk_branch_090529_GDS.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Nighthawk Meadow - Make it stand out A Common Nighthawk perched on a branch at Fair Meadows (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/09/29/tree-ducks monthly 0.5 2023-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e8673c98-4685-4d36-860b-8d51d1864f37/Screen+Shot+2023-09-29+at+8.11.36+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Fulvous & Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks - Make it stand out Fulvous Whistling-Duck range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/016d29ae-0bd2-49e3-b045-4868bd9f4fa7/20220516-kaitlinsvabek-fuwd+copy.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Fulvous & Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks - Make it stand out Fulvous Whistling-Duck sighting south of Madison on May 16, 2022 (photo by Kaitlin Svabek). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/343e7c3c-dea2-40e0-a0f8-becf68a3df12/Screen+Shot+2023-09-29+at+8.10.42+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Fulvous & Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks - Make it stand out Black-bellied Whistling-Duck range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e4d4edf9-08dd-4748-affa-7eb459572439/Screen+Shot+2023-09-29+at+8.20.41+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Fulvous & Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks - Make it stand out Black-bellied Whistling-Duck sightings in Wisconsin (graphic by Sue Foote-Martin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/67596ede-25b8-419a-9d7d-08293cbf518e/IMG_3970.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Fulvous & Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks - Make it stand out Black-bellied Whistling-Duck at Erstad Prairie (photo by Kevin McKown). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/9/22/chimney-swifts-the-experts-of-movement monthly 0.5 2025-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/73867444-b6bb-4092-9b5c-166f29ff5947/chimney+swift+rage+cornell.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swifts: the experts of movement - Make it stand out Chimney Swift range map, courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology / AllAboutBirds.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5f0448a8-40ab-48ba-8d00-00aa427a3687/51192613969_47c1aa7947_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swifts: the experts of movement - Make it stand out A Chimney Swift spends most of its life flying. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e8540080-4be5-40fa-8be9-22fda4046bd8/5058612509_2153268867_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swifts: the experts of movement - Make it stand out A flock of Chimney Swifts roost in a chimney for the night. Photo by Greg Schecter FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/46304368-8a9f-4e4d-894f-f818e0524cc1/IMG_3266_heic.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swifts: the experts of movement - Make it stand out Sandy Schwab, a champion for Chimney Swift conservation and former coordinator of the Wisconsin Chimney Swift Working group, is in her glory talking about swifts at Cherokee Heights Middle School in 2020. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/92ce0ee2-a1de-49ab-8484-2219d62d0412/2023+Swift+Night+Out_Caitlyn+Schuchhardt%282%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swifts: the experts of movement - Make it stand out A great group of bird-watchers came out for Swift Night Out! Photo by Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/91ab1863-9422-4639-997d-a6c9023e9e03/SNO+Cherokee+Heights+9-17-23-6.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swifts: the experts of movement - Make it stand out Lots of great conversations about birds and bird conservation at Swift Night Out. Photo by Jeff Galligan https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/09/15/shimmering-swallows monthly 0.5 2023-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/15284785-2810-45b1-aa12-b657295057fe/230819_Z90_4454.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Shimmering Swallows - Make it stand out A Bank Swallow alights on the spent flower stalk of a white wild indigo (Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/df54c91d-fcbe-43fc-ad23-d34eb3e25fdf/230819_Z90_5589.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Shimmering Swallows - Make it stand out A juvenile Barn Swallow perches on the seed pod of a white wild indigo (Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b35231a1-f93d-4df2-aa4f-227ed58273af/230819_Z90_4861.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Shimmering Swallows - Make it stand out Tree Swallow (Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6cd78574-1808-4811-b3a0-6642108c4291/230819_Z90_4617.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Shimmering Swallows - Make it stand out House Finch (Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/09/08/willow-flycatcher monthly 0.5 2023-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ea892421-bc2b-4521-b672-6a71b56d560e/pasted+image+0+%281%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Willow Flycatcher - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b2ca4c4e-d74a-4f7c-8a3e-cd48c59a3b8f/pasted+image+0.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Willow Flycatcher - Make it stand out Feather-lined Willow Flycatcher nest built of grass, with four speckled eggs (photo by Carolyn Chee). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b72831c3-739a-44ec-88a4-508715e4f09f/pasted+image+0.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Willow Flycatcher - Make it stand out The similar-looking nest of an American Goldfinch, with two plain eggs (photo by Carolyn Chee). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/508172e8-81c4-4f41-b329-e5be5bd6bddc/pasted+image+0+%281%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Willow Flycatcher - Make it stand out Map of nest locations and singing males heard at Goose Pond Sanctuary and Otsego Marsh in 2023 (graphic by Carolyn Chee). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/52b6db89-360f-45f1-b229-198eb39a3358/pasted+image+0+%282%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Willow Flycatcher - Make it stand out Shrub species with Willow Flycatcher nests (graph by Carolyn Chee). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/07e5f7d6-878d-452b-83a7-8e433b92814e/pasted+image+0+%283%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Willow Flycatcher - Make it stand out Willow Flycatcher nest (photo by Carolyn Chee). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/9/1/transformation monthly 0.5 2023-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/67cc7a3f-e8af-4882-935d-754f71664ade/CIMG4076.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Transformation - Make it stand out That’s me in 2007, with a prairie dropseed bunch. What am I doing? Good question. Hugging it, because I love that grass so very much. Photo provided by Brenna Marsicek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ea62dc1f-17af-46b2-8bdc-be56978b8597/CIMG4039.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Transformation - Make it stand out A view of Overlook Prairie near Faville Marsh in 2007. Photo by Brenna Marsicek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/efb1c1d2-5841-4c44-b39d-939d236bc28e/IMG_7439.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Transformation - Make it stand out A view of the same area in 2023, wow! You can see just a portion of Faville Marsh in the right of the photo. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/cec91326-358c-495f-a4bb-7b7062da1f9a/IMG_7441.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Transformation - Make it stand out As you stand at the MacKenzie overlook in 2023, you see Faville Marsh and the new parcel across the wetland (above the K in Overlook). Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/76b8e0ec-84a1-4c34-83f3-d0050f09a838/083023_Faville-Puzzle.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Transformation - Make it stand out The Faville Grove puzzle is coming together, thanks to the generosity of so many land- and transformation-loving donors. You can help make this picture complete! Learn more and donate at madisonaudubon.org/puzzle https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/08/25/bird-berry-buffet monthly 0.5 2023-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1692976325649-7MN6WTUOTI8TFYFUFVV5/CedarWaxwing-berry_FairMeadows_GaryShackelford.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bird Berry Buffet - Make it stand out A Cedar Waxwing perched among the berries of a dogwood tree on a sunny day at Fair Meadows Sanctuary (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/47a539fb-cd48-4d12-a044-94115bb0f9da/Starling_FairMeadows_GaryShackelford.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bird Berry Buffet - Make it stand out European Starlings (a non-native species) partake in the berries on a wild black cherry tree (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/08/18/american-kestrel-monitoring-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/03eaa64d-876e-4527-b8d3-f4b2e3746fbe/Screen+Shot+2023-08-17+at+9.34.13+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel Monitoring 2023 - Make it stand out Kestrel Nest Box program data from 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/59f9daa2-537f-41f2-be5e-32e6fea00935/Screen+Shot+2023-08-17+at+9.34.58+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel Monitoring 2023 - Make it stand out As the MA kestrel project grew from 34 available boxes in 2012 to 228 boxes in 2023, the number of kestrels fledged from our boxes increased from 8 in 2012 to 294 in 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e2279617-c996-4c2c-aa0c-3838633fbd1f/Screen+Shot+2023-08-17+at+9.36.23+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel Monitoring 2023 - Make it stand out Kestrel banding success each year since 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b8b9d6a4-a754-4fe9-b14a-856929ed9df5/image_6483441.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel Monitoring 2023 - Make it stand out Emma carefully returns a banded kestrel to its nest box (photo by Robert Rolley). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e55a013a-715d-4ca1-a271-e1c752f37f9c/kestrel+chick+banding_Rolley-3.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel Monitoring 2023 - Make it stand out A volunteer holds a very vocal young kestrel just prior to the bird being banded (photo by Robert Rolley). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/8/10/its-a-wrap-2023-bald-eagle-nest-watch monthly 0.5 2023-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1691694169266-NXILNFSNSKST3Q452Y8K/two-babies_Amber+Leifheit.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - It's a Wrap: 2023 Bald Eagle Nest Watch - Make it stand out Two Bald Eagle nestlings and adult. Photo by Amber Leifheit, BENW volunteer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c485397c-0ca6-49a2-9369-8e3685c3da2f/eaglet+has+landed_David+Stank.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - It's a Wrap: 2023 Bald Eagle Nest Watch - Make it stand out Fledgling in the sky. Photo by David Stank, former BENW volunteer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7d5bd38f-d7cd-4d61-b3ab-98625e59d64f/report+image.png Friday Feathered Feature - It's a Wrap: 2023 Bald Eagle Nest Watch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1691693200911-YAUNDF375KAMZT81EDQQ/1G8A0015.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - It's a Wrap: 2023 Bald Eagle Nest Watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1691693200911-KSIH48UHP4UO04EYPKFP/1G8A0016.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - It's a Wrap: 2023 Bald Eagle Nest Watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1691693202817-4I0FFVEWCGRHMROBX2LA/1G8A0017.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - It's a Wrap: 2023 Bald Eagle Nest Watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1691693203030-BLH8YQP64734OH62SAOI/1G8A0018.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - It's a Wrap: 2023 Bald Eagle Nest Watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/60b579d5-48a3-4e03-bdd2-9b8a07e5a9b7/image0.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - It's a Wrap: 2023 Bald Eagle Nest Watch - Make it stand out Two eaglets in the same nest, about two weeks apart in age. A highly unusual sight! Photo by Staci Otradovec, community member not affiliated with BENW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/75f1a1ee-992e-4f57-8d1f-e9dbcabb0126/MKE+fledgling+Ken+Martin.png Friday Feathered Feature - It's a Wrap: 2023 Bald Eagle Nest Watch - Make it stand out The first fledgling documented in Milwaukee County in over 120 years! Photo by Ken Martin, BENW volunteer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/247dcdf0-2935-4b76-9476-2c1085c34650/hpai+2022.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - It's a Wrap: 2023 Bald Eagle Nest Watch - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ef10f61d-a725-479c-9a61-1c02c3791791/IMG-1032.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - It's a Wrap: 2023 Bald Eagle Nest Watch - Make it stand out Drew Cashman (blue and black coat in center) at the first BENW training in January 2018 with the first group of BENW volunteers. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a3380108-c18a-4311-b344-87e04fe403fb/BENW-Counties-startof2023.png Friday Feathered Feature - It's a Wrap: 2023 Bald Eagle Nest Watch - Make it stand out A map showing which counties in 2023 have at least one nest being monitored by BENW volunteers. https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/08/04/swallows-bats-owls monthly 0.5 2023-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/01883981-59d4-48d5-a393-fde68f7ad73f/BigBrownBat_AndyReagoChrissyMcClarren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Swallows, bats, & owls - Make it stand out Big Brown Bat (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8c249383-a401-449e-93cd-539688292cf8/19840400_074-028.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Swallows, bats, & owls - Make it stand out A Great-horned Owl with two fluffy owlets at Fair Meadows (photo by Gary Shackelford). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/07/28/swallow-tailed-kite monthly 0.5 2023-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/81b17c0f-70b1-4a16-9fa5-bb711cec7cc9/Screen+Shot+2023-07-28+at+9.22.07+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Swallow-tailed Kite - Make it stand out Swallow-tailed Kite range map (via the Cornell Lab of Ornithology). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a7aa3338-6c09-48e5-ac70-d07b2d2e79da/Swallow-tailed+Kite+Record+for+Wisconsin.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Swallow-tailed Kite - Make it stand out A map of Swallow-tailed Kite sightings by year and county (graphic by Mark and Sue Foote-Martin). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/07/21/northern-harrier monthly 0.5 2023-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fb5b4034-bc3b-4b8d-90f2-267ad7f59340/NorthernHarrier_AndyReagoChrissyMcClarren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Harrier - Make it stand out Northern Harrier acrobatics (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8ad96cc7-84c2-4374-8c46-15db6e2919b1/NorthernHarrier-male_MickThompson.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Harrier - Make it stand out The silvery male Northern Harrier in flight (photo by Mick Thompson). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/70cbdb4c-b194-408c-9fbb-4d9f84a7cdd8/ANGM7EBTRA5UFK9B-M-h600-02d7b.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Harrier - Make it stand out Fran Hamerstrom teaches students at her home in Plainfield, WI c. 1950s (UW Digital Archives). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2f10b89b-308c-447f-b032-af4302341a66/NorthernHarrier-foraging-GoosePond_AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Harrier - Make it stand out Northern Harrier female foraging in a prairie at Goose Pond Sanctuary (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/26bfe181-e54b-4e94-90b4-74ce5b2b7cef/Picture8.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Harrier - Make it stand out L to R: Rugh Durgan, Aldo Leopold, Frederick and Frances Hamerstrom in 1934 (photo via WCHoF, courtesy of Elva Hamerstrom Paulson). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/07/14/purple-martin-banding-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c5dd0621-873b-46ee-b6cf-a38e695f221c/20230627_Mark-and-Dick-banding.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martin Banding 2023 - Make it stand out Mark Martin and Dick Nickolai at the banding table on June 27, 2023 (photo courtesy of Mark Martin/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/eb9fd6c4-f63d-49de-b93e-37fe2d12cd2a/Number+of+Purple+Martin+Chicks+Banded+by+Year.png Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martin Banding 2023 - Make it stand out (Graph by Graham Steinhauer/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4a5a95c8-d266-4712-86fc-908c2bb47dfd/Ages+of+Banded+Purple+Martin+Chicks.png Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martin Banding 2023 - Make it stand out (Graph by Graham Steinhauer/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f8e311e0-808a-4333-9c51-68c80653c1b8/202306_PUMABanding_IMG_8808_CarolynChee.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martin Banding 2023 - Make it stand out Nest with eggs (photo by Carolyn Chee). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a92dc96f-18ff-4276-8a10-183ed7eb2290/202306_PUMABanding_IMG_8795_CarolynChee.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martin Banding 2023 - Make it stand out Nestlings (photo by Carolyn Chee). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/67c3cdf2-66c9-4dab-87b5-4ea05b5b90f3/202306_PUMA-recaptured-female_AshleyHasburgh.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martin Banding 2023 - Make it stand out A young female Purple Martin recaptured in 2023 at the same location she was banded in 2022 (photo by Ashley Harbaugh). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/cea471fd-73b7-4238-af65-9e5be5dfad28/20230627_121050MartinBanding_BeckyAbel.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martin Banding 2023 - Make it stand out A just-banded Purple Martin chick held by a volunteer (photo by Becky Abel/Madison Audubon). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/07/07/dickcissel monthly 0.5 2023-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4ca8a7f4-989e-49fc-a894-b6478329d0e9/Screen+Shot+2023-07-07+at+10.22.13+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Dickcissel - Make it stand out The abundance of Dickcissels over the past five years. https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/06/30/green-heron-nest monthly 0.5 2023-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bf3676c6-2c36-48fa-a173-7eb540ff33ee/GreenHeron-fish_AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Green Heron Nest - Make it stand out A Green Heron fishing (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d8c1973b-d6e7-4f5c-a67c-319c831e78e9/grhe-PondCam_PL.png Friday Feathered Feature - Green Heron Nest - Make it stand out A Green Heron is spotted on the Pond Cam in May 2023 (captured by Peter Leege). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/82604ce6-eed8-4e81-b882-72af82fc17b7/green+heron+nest+at+goose+pond+from+below.+graham+steinhauer.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Green Heron Nest - Make it stand out Green Heron nest at Goose Pond in 2023 (photo by Graham Steinhauer/Madison Audubon). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/06/23/henslows-sparrow-update monthly 0.5 2023-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3b9fc588-2599-4b45-8bd9-79b0971bff9c/Henslow%27s+Sparrow+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Henslow's Sparrow Singing Henslow’s Sparrow (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594987175252-F68H7JW84YPIEIARV6WA/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Henslow's Sparrow Faville Grove prairie (photo by Madison Audubon). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/06/16/clay-colored-sparrow monthly 0.5 2023-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/902a349a-90a8-4d32-8f7c-cdfd06a06467/image5.png Friday Feathered Feature - Clay-colored Sparrow - Make it stand out Habitat range map (courtesy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/693d4b21-c4ab-43b0-9575-6118789b29d2/image4.png Friday Feathered Feature - Clay-colored Sparrow - Make it stand out Breeding grounds (courtesy of the Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/68230266-9fb4-4ba3-8a50-8f86d92cf494/Clay+colored+sparrow+nest%281%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Clay-colored Sparrow - Make it stand out A Clay-colored Sparrow nest with three eggs tucked under grasses and forbs (photo by Carolyn Chee). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ab07618d-39fb-4d0c-833c-31483e9b1747/Clay+colored+sparrow+with+brown+headed+cowbird+1.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Clay-colored Sparrow - Make it stand out A Brown-headed cowbird egg in a sparrow nest (photo by Emma Raasch/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/086f406a-b399-4d6b-a7b8-287245cc26c1/50080548768_48618fbd04_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Clay-colored Sparrow - Make it stand out Clay-colored Sparrow perched on spiderwort at Goose Pond (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/06/09/rose-breasted-grosbeak monthly 0.5 2023-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/31dba557-6c59-42b6-89b9-109a20027f65/rose-breasted-grosbeak-gc9c0b7cd6_1280.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Make it stand out A male Rose-breasted Grosbeak with black plumage on the head, a white underside with a splotchy red chest, and thick pale-pink bill (Pixabay). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1522b6c3-9cce-4a5a-9281-a5bb74fb55f8/rose-breasted-grosbeak-ga432c0ac2_1280.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Make it stand out A female Rose-breasted Grosbeak with streaky brownish-olive plumage along the wings and back, a pale eyebrow, and thick pale-pink bill (Pixabay). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/06/02/reckless-wrens monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/32b091d1-df51-46ec-b616-b7202b6ce36e/%2723+Rwbb.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - A Record Setting Birdathon for the Reckless Wrens! - Make it stand out A Red-winged Blackbird calls out while perched on a wooden post (photo by Laura Wentz). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/60651b63-a320-4ca4-825a-49d78323d255/%2723+Bobolink.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - A Record Setting Birdathon for the Reckless Wrens! - Make it stand out A Bobolink with bold white and black plumage and a yellow cap (photo by Laura Wentz). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/81451b10-578d-40b4-b03a-7772575d8ab3/%2723+Savannah.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - A Record Setting Birdathon for the Reckless Wrens! - Make it stand out A streaky Savannah Sparrow perched on a section of metal grid fence (photo by Laura Wentz). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/5/26/cape-may-warbler monthly 0.5 2023-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b319083c-7b00-4631-bc70-01532a0efa2b/cape+may.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cape May Warbler - Make it stand out Cape May Warbler. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d1fdb94c-8c1d-43b7-9183-926d95e6443f/52921375413_4bf11e9970_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cape May Warbler - Make it stand out Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/efbbf21c-2be9-469b-bcf7-2bfbf1b06e9d/8703503304_ee12e1d144_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cape May Warbler - Make it stand out Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/05/19/maui-guam-problem monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0e143344-8c95-441b-9d41-d856080c3df2/10544534163_c0bffd67e7_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Maui and Guam: Fix the Problem with a Problem - Make it stand out Yellow boxfish, a common inhabitant of Guam's coral reefs (photo by François Libert/Flickr). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/02181913-06f1-4ab0-a54e-0867cdb4d56f/micronesiankingfisher_wikimediacommons.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Maui and Guam: Fix the Problem with a Problem - Make it stand out The Guam Micronesian Kingfisher is extinct in the wild (photo by Eric Savage/Flickr at the Bronx Zoo). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/05/12/black-and-white-warbler monthly 0.5 2023-05-12 https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/05/05/yellowlegs monthly 0.5 2023-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8efc484b-74f7-4889-b5ba-a5826af0e482/lesser.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs - Make it stand out Can you guess which yellowlegs this is? Answer at the bottom* (photo by Brendan Klick, Macauley Library). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b8289cda-b4f1-4354-a874-e0e4e0869d3c/39439871-1280px.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs - Make it stand out Lesser Yellowlegs range map (left) and Greater Yellowlegs range map (right) (The Cornell Lab). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/53659664-18e7-4eab-9489-f67cc4c48d5c/39439901-1280px.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs - Make it stand out Map key: Orange signifies breeding range, yellow is migration, and blue is non-breeding range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/34dd1ef0-35ea-467f-8507-c2758cd8a69d/yellowlegs2021.png Friday Feathered Feature - Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs - Make it stand out Yellowlegs sightings reported at Goose Pond in 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0cdcc933-3596-4af6-b9d4-3390db9e83ab/yellowlegs2022.png Friday Feathered Feature - Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs - Make it stand out Yellowlegs sightings reported at Goose Pond in 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b7f81c09-132f-45fb-9d97-ccb4f933261d/solitary.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs - Make it stand out Solitary Sandpiper by Arlene Koziol. https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/04/28/blue-winged-teal monthly 0.5 2023-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fab9c623-2cbc-46e8-a7f7-c1809613159f/blue+winged+teal+chicks.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Blue-winged Teal - Make it stand out Blue-winged Teal hatchlings in a nest (Madison Audubon photo). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/04/19/common-raven-update monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/55fa93e5-9568-4cc4-b556-795ba421bc91/wiravenmap.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Common Raven (Columbia County) - Make it stand out Map showing locations where Common Ravens were identified during the Breeding Bird Atlas III (courtesy of eBird). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8b97f52c-b733-4508-a9e6-396f62704878/Common+Raven+Detection+in+Columbia+County.png Friday Feathered Feature - Common Raven (Columbia County) - Make it stand out A graph documenting new blocks and total blocks in Columbia County where Common Ravens have been documented (graph by Graham Steinhauer/Madison Audubon). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/04/14/great-blue-heron monthly 0.5 2023-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7f7a4917-0c10-491e-aab0-6357df2ec4cc/13993140089_61afa2c199_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Blue Heron - Make it stand out Great Blue Heron family at a nest in 2014 (photo by Mick Thompson). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/04/07/snowy-owl-activity monthly 0.5 2023-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3bb4703a-f14d-41a7-b7af-b1d65015d038/Markus-D.-846x635.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Understanding Snowy Owl Activity Patterns - Make it stand out Markus Duhme presents his research at his schools’s Wonder Expo in Vancouver, British Columbia (photo courtesy of the Duhmes). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dac341f4-d64e-412e-8112-e77cf907e0e7/snow-columbia-MH.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Understanding Snowy Owl Activity Patterns - Make it stand out Columbia the Snowy Owl (photo by Monica Hall). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/87f922d4-3f50-4190-9061-e8ddcb468e5b/markusduhme_graph.png Friday Feathered Feature - Understanding Snowy Owl Activity Patterns - Make it stand out Graph comparing how far Columbia and Otter travel during different months (by Markus Duhme). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/03/31/american-robin monthly 0.5 2023-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f781230f-78f9-4bc0-9381-e854984b7249/American-Robin_Sandy+Spicknall-Audubon+Photography+Awards.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Robin - Make it stand out An adult robin feeds a worm to nestlings (photo by Sandy Spicknall/Audubon Photography Awards). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9f941938-be90-4ec5-a838-108575106be1/robin+graph.png Friday Feathered Feature - American Robin - Make it stand out The above graph shows a breakdown of fruits (by plant families) consumed by robins (Wheelwright, 715). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/03/24/redhead monthly 0.5 2023-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/79857c35-0cde-49e3-bf06-d7e94eff4ecc/Redheads+in+a+crowd+of+other+ducks.+Arlene+Koziol.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Redhead - Make it stand out Redheads flocked with other ducks, including Bufflehead and Common Goldeneye (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ef87d990-aba2-4435-897e-41b3802e9213/_J8A3943.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Redhead - Make it stand out Redhead males outnumber females at Goose Pond Sanctuary while migrating, March 2023 (photo by Al Roske). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7acdafe9-bf72-46ad-bc1c-fdcd5b917eb0/Redhead+Breeding+Bird+Atlas+II+Map.png Friday Feathered Feature - Redhead - Make it stand out Redhead nests (courtesy of Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas II). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/03/17/tufted-titmouse monthly 0.5 2023-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b7833600-d48b-4cb6-a9b3-1fb635ce3c91/pasted+image+0.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Tufted Titmouse - Make it stand out WBBA1 range of the Tufted Titmouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a53a0fdc-7e81-4e94-9b6e-fd0e7622501b/pasted+image+0+%281%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Tufted Titmouse - Make it stand out WBBA2 range of the Tufted Titmouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8d230c26-25dd-449f-96ee-5cba996ea86d/pasted+image+0+%282%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Tufted Titmouse - Make it stand out Abundance trends in Tufted Titmice populations. https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/03/10/eurasian-collared-dove monthly 0.5 2023-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/91c4b373-d9e1-4c49-af57-0234557469bf/eurasian-collared-dove_snow.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eurasian Collared-Dove - Make it stand out A Eurasian Collared-Dove on a snowy perch (photo via Pixabay). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f4af9256-a57f-474e-abfe-a8e53aba5eda/poynettecbc_eurasiancollareddoves_emmaraasch.png Friday Feathered Feature - Eurasian Collared-Dove - Make it stand out A graph depicting the abundance of Eurasian Collared-Dove counts during the Poynette CBC. The count of collared-doves is low and infrequent before peaking at 50 individuals in 2015 (illustration by Emma Raasch). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c902eb94-a4fb-40c7-ab5c-31d8733a5708/20191102_birding_0639-collareddove.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eurasian Collared-Dove - Make it stand out A Eurasian Collared-Dove perches on a wire in Columbia County during winter 2019. Notice the squared off tail shape (photo by Kaitlin Svabek). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/03/03/bufflehead monthly 0.5 2023-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/aad2492e-6311-42e9-94d8-a459aa276563/Aud_APA-2018_Bufflehead_A1_6079_9_KK_Photo-Matthew-Filosa-Web+size+_Click+if+original+is+smaller+than+2400+pixels.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bufflehead - Make it stand out A male Bufflehead on the verge of diving underwater (Mathew Filosa/Audubon Photography Awards). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/02/24/mourning-dove-banding monthly 0.5 2023-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8b6f0d2f-b113-4292-9f0b-05e294d8a991/Screen+Shot+2023-02-22+at+5.07.11+PM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Mourning Dove Banding - Make it stand out Mourning Dove distribution map via the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9ca24c6b-2067-456d-81c5-f78c07058c73/_DSC0934.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Mourning Dove Banding - Make it stand out A Mourning Dove is banded at Goose Pond (photo by Mark Martin/Madison Audubon). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/02/17/greater-white-fronted-goose monthly 0.5 2023-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a4316ea4-5a1b-4a8d-b7d7-92ebae671e96/gwfg-map.png Friday Feathered Feature - Greater White-fronted Goose - Make it stand out A map from eBird shows the migration pattern of the Greater White-fronted Goose. https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/02/10/2022-goose-pond-songbird-nests monthly 0.5 2023-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b8c0f316-5206-421e-bc14-2a629c868922/IMG_0921.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Sanctuary Songbird Nest Results (2022) - Make it stand out Eastern Bluebirds in a nest box (photo by Graham Steinhauer/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a2f4b99d-2252-4be7-bd1c-d3a7532173ec/Young+Fledged+from+Goose+Pond+and+Erstad+Prairie.png Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Sanctuary Songbird Nest Results (2022) - Make it stand out Graph showing the numbers of bird species fledged from nest boxes by year (illustration by Graham Steinhauer/Madison Audubon). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/02/03/brown-creeper monthly 0.5 2023-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d18a84b6-9d9d-406c-bac8-1a24e964a16c/Brown+Creeper+2+KCA.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Brown Creeper - Make it stand out Brown Creeper (photo by Kelly Colgan Azar). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/01/27/poynette-cbc-black-legged-kittiwake monthly 0.5 2023-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f0550b7f-ae92-4554-94ac-1119eb802f40/hogr_+Andy+Reago-Chrissy+McClarren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Poynette CBC's Black-legged Kittiwake - Make it stand out Horned Grebe (photo by Andy Reago and Chrissy McClaren). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/01/20/coopers-hawk monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ee480875-5aa8-4aae-bd9b-7f8f5cc8ff57/51547839558_b5eb6572cc_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cooper's Hawk - Make it stand out An adult Cooper’s Hawk with a dark “cap,” red eye, and rounded-off tail tip (photo by Lesley Haven). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/01/13/rough-legged-hawk-project monthly 0.5 2023-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ee93b890-9441-42b0-b588-69f4e6106834/thumbnail_RLHA_206449b-1206.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Rough-legged Hawk Project - Make it stand out Neil Paprocki (left) and Sue Kaehler (right) pose with Owen, a Rough-legged Hawk who received a transmitter near Stevens Point, WI on December 12, 2022 (photo courtesy of Neil Paprocki). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/605fc44b-4d87-4d59-8db2-701da51fa579/RLHA_215625c-1479.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Rough-legged Hawk Project - Make it stand out Dark-morph Rough-legged Hawk (photo by Emma Raasch/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/413f61b7-dd74-492c-8e05-aa128c4a4185/IMG_1222+%281%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Rough-legged Hawk Project - Make it stand out Neil bands the dark-morph hawk. Note the namesake feathers giving their legs a “rough” appearance (photo by Emma Raasch/Madison Audubon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/71922fce-83b4-4453-b4d3-8be5ceaa4a02/2022+rough+legs.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Rough-legged Hawk Project - Make it stand out 2022 Wisconsin birds (courtesy of the Rough-legged Hawk Project). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f11545f7-2035-44f2-bfc4-a90c878b1799/unnamed.png Friday Feathered Feature - The Rough-legged Hawk Project - Make it stand out Movement data from the 2022 Wisconsin Rough-legged Hawks. Owen is shown in pink, Vaughn in blue, Lowell in green, Ralphie in yellow, and Jeffrey in red (photo courtesy of The Rough-legged Hawk Project). https://swibirds.org/fff/2023/01/06/american-tree-sparrow monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7eea5c20-64b9-4697-98e8-d0e54c93e012/20220107-kaitlinsvabek_atsp-HAY.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Tree Sparrow - Make it stand out A small flock of American Tree Sparrows pick seeds from the ground on the side of a road (photo by Kaitlin Svabek). https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/12/30/2022-madison-area-cbc-results monthly 0.5 2023-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c0f81670-ac42-48cf-9169-2eb5163d0541/Screenshot+2022-12-30+154809.png Friday Feathered Feature - 2022 Madison-area CBC results - Make it stand out Madison-area CBC circle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8d68b928-1110-4429-b523-7f4e06f12e40/photo+by+amy+alstead.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2022 Madison-area CBC results - Make it stand out Christmas Bird Count volunteers birding at Holy Wisdom Monastery in Middleton. Photo by Amy Alstad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/cd614ca1-381a-41d6-9fee-67135c3a439f/photo+by+carolyn+byers.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - 2022 Madison-area CBC results - Make it stand out The Byers family counts birds near Picnic Point for the Christmas Bird Count. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/12/15/eagle-entanglement monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/08a9e112-6231-46d3-a86f-9004ea9f24b6/IMG_1196.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eagle Entanglement - Make it stand out Two Bald Eagles with entangled legs on the ground at UW Farms on December 5, 2022 (photo by Emma Raasch). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/318a92ae-b82a-41bb-95e8-e137caa8b407/talon-locking-mechanism-582x405.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Eagle Entanglement - Make it stand out This diagram shows how the tendon (red) and sheath (blue) interlock when a bird’s foot is closed (image courtesy of the Raptor Resource Project). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ac001222-c503-44f1-aabd-3dd590029482/BaldEagle_USFWSMidwest-DebbieKoenigs.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eagle Entanglement - Make it stand out Bald Eagle (photo by USFWS Midwest). https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/12/9/great-horned-owl monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8c253ec1-c4a2-49ee-9ca5-28737da63ad2/13800045804_ead6e7309a_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Horned Owl - Make it stand out Great Horned Owl with a mouse meal. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8c386c95-160b-4736-8423-cfbe0ee50238/5043568217_5c23acef83_b.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Horned Owl - Make it stand out Great Horned Owl. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/12/2/falco-peregrinus-the-wandering-raptor monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/414415a8-5683-4948-9189-c7ac3b8df34b/22374271072_35b68bfad0_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Falco peregrinus: The Wandering Raptor - Make it stand out A Peregrine Falcon was photographed at Goose Pond Sanctuary in 2015 by photographer Arlene Koziol. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c14c60d0-d4b6-4a0f-a7a8-ef9e819f7f61/Screen+Shot+2022-12-02+at+12.06.24+PM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Falco peregrinus: The Wandering Raptor - Make it stand out Three young produced at the Pardeeville nesting site in 2021. Photo by Greg Septon and retrieved from Wisconsin Falcon Watch 2021 Nesting Season Report https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f04536bc-2cb7-4110-a791-a1fc7cf52448/Peregrine+phot0+2+Roske+%282%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Falco peregrinus: The Wandering Raptor - Make it stand out “Colby”, a male Peregrine Falcon photographed at Goose Pond Sanctuary. Photo by Al Roske and retrieved from Wisconsin Falcon Watch 2021 Nesting Season Report https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ae0af8af-8354-4c36-8d18-ddd991dbd692/Peregrine+photo+3+Roske+bands+%281%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Falco peregrinus: The Wandering Raptor - Make it stand out An up-close photograph of “Colby’s” bands. Photo by Al Roske and retrieved from Wisconsin Falcon Watch 2021 Nesting Season Report https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/af0684d4-0307-4391-b73e-38587584cfac/Screen+Shot+2022-12-01+at+9.14.47+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Falco peregrinus: The Wandering Raptor - Make it stand out Island Girl's migration routes from 2009 to 2013. Source: http://www.frg.org/track_pefa12_all_combined.htm https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/11/18/evening-grosbeak monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b6249710-a607-406b-93d6-7559b69034cd/23269019492_33cd13720b_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Evening Grosbeak - Make it stand out Evening Grosbeak. Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b1ffe52b-4c6c-4d5d-9b88-c5fb3734740e/39717084612_34ebe24002_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Evening Grosbeak - Make it stand out Evening Grosbeak at a feeder. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d16a6875-c020-41f1-8842-a7b5e49bff18/Picture1.png Friday Feathered Feature - Evening Grosbeak - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/11/11/water-levels-low-at-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/30515377-2284-41bb-ab80-1efa6e89ebe7/Abundance+of+waterfowl+MH+72dip.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Why Are Water Levels Low at Goose Pond Sanctuary? - Make it stand out Abundance of waterfowl at Goose Pond Sanctuary during a normal year (photo by Monica Hall). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/269534ed-2053-45cc-ae6c-006bf06bb663/Dry+Pond+July+2012+022_edited-1.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Why Are Water Levels Low at Goose Pond Sanctuary? - Make it stand out Jim Shurts, Curt Caslavka, Chuck Pils, and Susan Slapnick checking out the dry pond in 2012 (Madison Audubon photo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/080143d8-6777-4c94-a8bd-2afc2da2b34a/3-15-19+%281+of+84%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Why Are Water Levels Low at Goose Pond Sanctuary? - Make it stand out High water levels at Goose Pond Sanctuary in March 2019 (photo by Josh Media). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b38c5aa6-a8c7-45ee-870b-7257afd13684/3-15-19+%2849+of+84%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Why Are Water Levels Low at Goose Pond Sanctuary? - Make it stand out Water covers part of the roads near the sanctuary (photo by Josh Media). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3a6c5056-2806-4ae0-ba0e-f92e1045262e/52459712808_a0225c386b_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Why Are Water Levels Low at Goose Pond Sanctuary? - Make it stand out A flock of American Golden Plovers land in Goose Pond’s shallow waters in mid-October 2022. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/11/4/fox-sparrow monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8d0a197a-9e03-4072-8645-dd946eea5c3d/8560023944_548770cf9c_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Fox Sparrow - Make it stand out Fox Sparrow, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2fd07fca-6f7c-4804-98ce-63811faa5573/20211020_ksvabek_seedcollecting012.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Fox Sparrow - Make it stand out Fall at the Lake Mills Ledge Savanna (October 2021). Photo by Kaitlin Svabek / Madison Audubon https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/10/28/cedar-grove-ornithological-research-station-2022-tour monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9cd52bc7-63ee-49ad-a0ad-d99bf06d35e6/Curt+Caslavka+with+sharp+shin+Oct+26+2022.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station - 2022 Tour - Make it stand out Curt Caslavka holding a second year Sharp-shinned Hawk with golden eyes. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/78dc23c2-5bee-4eeb-a72f-3f5fa14236b7/20221026_102253.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station - 2022 Tour - Make it stand out CGORS intern, Noah, with young Cooper’s Hawk. Photo by Robert Chang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f1e4cd4b-c068-450e-a823-690a400626c2/2nd+year+redtail+Oct+26+2022.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station - 2022 Tour - Make it stand out Second year Red-tailed Hawk. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9e2bcf39-9174-467d-98e4-c316f63ce3e1/Cedar+Grove+Oct+26+2022.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station - 2022 Tour - Make it stand out Cedar Grove banding station. Photo by Emma Raasch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b81181ea-c9dc-4b17-80d6-cccc2497cc30/20221026_104144.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station - 2022 Tour - Make it stand out Red-tailed Hawk in can after banding. Appropriately sized cans with air holes are used by bird banders to keep the birds calm and safe while banding. Photo by Robert Chang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4ef667e5-b82a-4b6d-be95-fdf8bd610823/IMG_0894+count+as+of+Oct+26+2022+3+pm.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station - 2022 Tour - Make it stand out CGORS banded birds in 2022. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/42226a81-0331-42cd-a4f0-7d891733fcd8/Tom+Meyer+Mark+Martin+Oct+26+2022.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station - 2022 Tour - Make it stand out Mark Martin (right) with former CGORS Master Bander, Tom Meyer (left). Photo by Emma Raasch https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/10/21/nelsons-sparrow monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/16f39e6a-0a36-42d7-a45b-53784459b15a/Screen+Shot+2022-10-21+at+9.57.32+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Nelson's Sparrow - Make it stand out Nelson’s Sparrow range map. Courtesy of AllAboutBirds.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/522726fc-4060-40a7-9804-b4d2d0cf0514/35516802646_b4cf936994_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Nelson's Sparrow - Make it stand out Nelson’s Sparrow, photo by Rick Bohn / USFWS https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/10/14/101222-ebird-report-goose-pond-sanctuary monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c6052770-6aed-425a-b1ff-eec0463b9c6d/unnamed2.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - A recent eBird report at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out Pat Ready’s photograph above shows a “Brandt-like goose” hanging with three Snow Geese on October 13 at the NW corner of Goose Pond. Snow Geese come in two colors, white and blue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8de1a3e6-629f-4e71-ad6c-8bf5ede09174/_57A9059.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - A recent eBird report at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out Sandhill Cranes flying over Goose Pond Sanctuary near dusk (photo by Monica Hall). https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/10/7/yellow-bellied-sapsucker monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c4696f5e-c2c5-4312-bae2-a52239cc2fc6/Yellow-bellied+sapsucker+Andy+Reago+%26+Chrissy+McClarren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Make it stand out Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7ca1724b-25f3-4dfd-b30d-bb09fd416777/40436417465_45fda55b10_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Make it stand out Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Photo by Jeff Bryant FCC https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/9/30/sandhill-crane-nesting-at-goose-pond-and-wildland-2022 monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ad744d06-3959-43c9-9692-b2b683e60316/48075149847_53d2d44622_c.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sandhill Crane Nesting at Goose Pond and Wildland 2022 - Make it stand out Sandhill Crane nest with two eggs at Goose Pond in 2019. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6678a594-6972-4e27-8826-37d245ef0c48/Goose+pond+Pair+March+14+2022.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sandhill Crane Nesting at Goose Pond and Wildland 2022 - Make it stand out A Sandhill Crane pair that probably nested about 100 yards from the pond cam. Photo taken from a trail camera in March. Photo provided by Snapshot Wisconsin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6ea33983-3b83-4bc3-9855-013ec2151e8f/Wildland+snapshot+crane+2+may+18+2022.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sandhill Crane Nesting at Goose Pond and Wildland 2022 - Make it stand out A Sandhill Crane family with two colts in May 2022. Photo provided by Snapshot Wisconsin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d1bc2c99-a818-476c-beec-8bf00261ce73/Crane+Pair+with+1+young+Aug+1+2022.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sandhill Crane Nesting at Goose Pond and Wildland 2022 - Make it stand out A pair of Sandhill Cranes with one colt that first appeared on August 1. Photo provided by Snapshop Wisconsin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dac770fc-40cb-450e-9fef-4b605aed04d6/One+adult+crane++with+one+young+August+1st.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sandhill Crane Nesting at Goose Pond and Wildland 2022 - Make it stand out One adult and one colt at Wildland. We believe the other adult was killed. Photo provided by Snapshot Wisconsin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3ee2cd5d-f49c-4a9b-8db9-12b0782a149e/Coyote+snapshot+July+1+2022.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sandhill Crane Nesting at Goose Pond and Wildland 2022 - Make it stand out A coyote photographed at Wildland on July 1, 2022. Photo provided by Snapshot Wisconsin https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/9/23/common-nighthawk monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dc7c452c-e377-48ea-b615-2a7aa95ca0ae/common+nighthawk+map.png Friday Feathered Feature - Common Nighthawk - Make it stand out Common Nighthawk abundance on August 31, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ff80e7f9-0051-47d4-8aab-fe8390a918d1/51205070503_2f9e9d3487_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Nighthawk - Make it stand out Common Nighthawk with clear white bars on its underwings. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ee9ac7dd-7878-4786-8486-ceb8b2194aee/30156746361_ffffcba3c3_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Nighthawk - Make it stand out Common Nighthawk perched on a branch in day. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/9/16/drone-searching-for-duck-broods-at-goose-pond-sanctuary monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0881b0d6-255b-4d22-9813-79e9577191e5/52110755321_6af53f6da8_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Drone Searching for Duck Broods at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out Caleb Lang and Victoria Fasbender watch the drone as it flies over a Goose Pond Sanctuary prairie. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/33889fe3-33ed-4db8-a605-8fdd423fe2bf/DJI_20220520084907_0004_W.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Drone Searching for Duck Broods at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out Drone image of the group on the ground. Photo provided by Caleb Lang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d65f17e3-fa2b-4488-889a-ed0d1a108c4e/DJI_20220520084849_0001_T.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Drone Searching for Duck Broods at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out Thermal image of the group on the ground (note the brighter colors are warmer areas). Photo provided by Caleb Lang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/671ef5a1-34cb-4174-a142-43eefa975cae/52110995359_ac80439d7d_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Drone Searching for Duck Broods at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out The Goose Pond team watches as the drone flies over. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c996da94-9de7-4d7e-ba3b-6f7f86d6865b/52111266155_2bfd6d18e7_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Drone Searching for Duck Broods at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out Caleb shows Mark Martin a feature of the drone controller, while Victoria flies a drone. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/9/9/ruby-throated-hummingbird monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f79b4d74-51a8-49eb-9f9b-88e3ce17d79c/4664750882_12445305f6_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Make it stand out Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Photo by jeffreyw FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c75708fc-40ce-49cf-be87-600280498852/28340221644_da88f75c6f_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Make it stand out Cardinal flower. Photo by Peter Gorman https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/9/2/2022-american-kestrel-monitoring-banding monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c3cdafe5-1450-42d3-bbc3-00a001c35da8/275085812_317794493714676_4717290169237309493_n.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2022 American Kestrel Monitoring and Banding: It Took a Village - Make it stand out Halle Lambeau installs a temperture logger in one of Madison Audubon’s nest boxes, while JD Arnston holds the ladder. Photo provided by Halle Lambeau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/09d230a2-7d8b-40c1-817b-d85592a6bffc/Screen+Shot+2022-09-02+at+10.05.51+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - 2022 American Kestrel Monitoring and Banding: It Took a Village - Make it stand out Chart showing the history of nesting data throughout the Madison Audubon Kestrel Nest Box Monitoring Program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5fdc728c-4c01-49cf-ad3a-f954b309c0e2/20220628_122751.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2022 American Kestrel Monitoring and Banding: It Took a Village - Make it stand out All for one and one for all! Four kestrel chicks with their new bands. Photo by Amber Eschenbauch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bb59f7e5-c525-40ea-a754-80de4e1b0d0c/20220605_134751.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2022 American Kestrel Monitoring and Banding: It Took a Village - Make it stand out Kestrel banding with The Prairie Enthusiasts. Photo by Crystal Sutheimer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6a5e1c26-2059-45ab-b93c-d53d1b9bd70b/IMG_2404.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - 2022 American Kestrel Monitoring and Banding: It Took a Village - Make it stand out Alyssa Patterson holds a male kestrel as it takes off after banding. Photo by Terri Bleck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2d62c1af-4a62-41fb-b98f-8d5414a3ea32/Screen+Shot+2022-09-02+at+10.05.33+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - 2022 American Kestrel Monitoring and Banding: It Took a Village - Make it stand out Chart showing kestrel banding activity since 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/cf7e2ce5-3eaa-4f1f-a259-b94206a144e4/IMG_9976.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2022 American Kestrel Monitoring and Banding: It Took a Village - Make it stand out Kurt Reed holds an adult Eastern Screech Owl, who had nested in a Kestrel box. Photo by Emma Raasch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/298d7c8e-d521-4f96-b1c7-90a0e9e114da/IMG_1731.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2022 American Kestrel Monitoring and Banding: It Took a Village - Make it stand out Sewa International - Madison, which helped make 10 kestrel nest boxes for us and got to observe kestrel banding. Photo provided by Suvidhya Rane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d060bd47-99c2-4fdd-8b0d-4164d096ebcc/IMG_2515.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2022 American Kestrel Monitoring and Banding: It Took a Village - Make it stand out Janet (left) and Amber (right) Eschenbauch of Central Wisconsin Kestrel Partnership, who have come to our area to band kestrels for 7 years. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/45d0d2d6-3d18-436b-abd6-1e49d802ec67/IMG_3079.png Friday Feathered Feature - 2022 American Kestrel Monitoring and Banding: It Took a Village - Make it stand out The kestrel volunteers enjoyed an incredible tour of Crave Brothers farm to celebrate another great nesting season. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/8/26/white-breasted-nuthatch monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5f24815b-e504-4db3-8e0e-13e8d2acac5b/50324113273_a47b254543_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - White-breasted Nuthatch - Make it stand out White-breasted Nuthatch. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/af746e85-fb1d-4fde-8091-b15e654c5d2e/CIMG4062.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - White-breasted Nuthatch - Make it stand out Oak savanna at Faville Grove Sanctuary. Photo by Brenna Marsicek https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/8/19/northern-harrier-fledglings-take-flight-at-goose-pond-sanctuary monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dce45107-32d7-4424-a258-5adf8a1e1b4b/24463826581_4b1124094b_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Harrier Fledglings Take Flight at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out Northern Harrier. Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e9e8aee2-199f-4682-9c8d-cde1f18a3ac2/image1.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Harrier Fledglings Take Flight at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out Northern Harrier chicks defend their nest in Browne Prairie. Photo by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/235f9570-da1d-42eb-b034-f1d65d970317/harriers+with+prey.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Harrier Fledglings Take Flight at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out One juvenile Northern Harrier with prey is closely followed by its sibling. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0b2703d8-1951-4d68-821d-82f47d38888a/Screen+Shot+2022-08-19+at+10.02.05+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Harrier Fledglings Take Flight at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out We are developing a nice data set for nesting chronology for Goose Pond. There were nests or fledged young that we probably missed including at the Benade tract. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/25ea4b24-b114-4151-9482-c2e31aeca9dc/Screen+Shot+2022-08-18+at+2.43.16+PM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Harrier Fledglings Take Flight at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Make it stand out Northern Harrier range map. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/8/12/semipalmated-plover monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8a22cd37-8f1a-42cb-a74c-ad3336db9f8a/17313250992_a7f1e5c062_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Semipalmated Plover - Make it stand out Semipalmated Plover. Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/61fb484a-d827-44b6-8062-90b2a0c5cca2/21839401595_7126595cbf_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Semipalmated Plover - Make it stand out Piping Plover. Photo by USFWS Midwest Region https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/8/5/cliff-swallow monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3f2f1fc9-378e-4593-9048-aad1f194fed6/52225153741_1debfb8914_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cliff Swallow (Eave Swallow) - Make it stand out A Cliff Swallow gathers mud. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6d1ce28c-2aeb-467d-8a80-0eda7758ed74/49914466532_b1677d084f_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cliff Swallow (Eave Swallow) - Make it stand out Cliff Swallow. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b3a289a9-b5bf-4294-8ba3-57a0036b5deb/4652929354_99f3810c33_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cliff Swallow (Eave Swallow) - Make it stand out Barn Swallow. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9b019c8c-eca6-4d74-8d8d-4352a90d0d90/49945846496_43fbbdf07d_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cliff Swallow (Eave Swallow) - Make it stand out Cliff Swallow gathering mud for its nest. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5adfc464-013b-494c-be28-5791c5c92e20/52111352280_aef2b618e6_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cliff Swallow (Eave Swallow) - Make it stand out Barn Swallow gathering mud for its nest. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dd223c86-911e-47fb-9969-98e8424e4d94/19015384223_b09eaff296_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cliff Swallow (Eave Swallow) - Make it stand out Cliff Swallow nests under a bridge. Photo by Joshua Mayer https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/7/29/dickcissel monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1659096678144-279O3FBXD48LME6G3336/9387563889_7dd37fa681_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Dickcissel - Make it stand out Dickcissel perched on a Silphium. Photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ef68f7bb-2f65-41cf-a663-e4be6ad1a634/9390359174_4988136476_c.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Dickcissel - Make it stand out Dickcissel singing in the prairie. Photo by Joshua Mayer https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/7/22/purple-martin-banding monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/709fb240-45a0-4b3c-a48c-1bccf9a961b7/DSCF7445+%282%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martin Banding - Make it stand out Purple Martins sitting on top of their house prior to banding. Photo by Kori Smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/db5fb982-851e-414c-a408-617ee5373598/20220712_101454+%282%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martin Banding - Make it stand out Goose Pond staff and volunteers carefully lower the first Purple Martin house of the banding sessions. Photo by Jenny McGinley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a7641bb3-2ab1-4572-a4e8-232312ffbf76/holly+hilliard+banding+1+%281%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martin Banding - Make it stand out Volunteer Holly Hilliard, taking a young Purple Martin out of its nesting cavity to be banded. Photo provided by Holly Hilliard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e2100d78-7ab2-44f8-94b1-8fa5aafa4218/IMG_2837.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martin Banding - Make it stand out The group of Goose Pond staff and volunteers, along with Dick Nikolai (kneeling) in front of the T-14 houses at Sloping Acres Greenhouse. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1eb0a7db-a9d4-4c82-80f8-583db1c08a85/PXL_20220713_191346619+%281%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martin Banding - Make it stand out Two Purple Martin houses at the Golden Road farm. Photo by Rob O’Connell https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/7/whooping-crane monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bc1c1838-a988-438a-89ee-c93900bc2a5f/Ted+Thousand+-+Whooping+Crane.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Whooping Crane - Make it stand out Whooping Crane (photo by Ted Thousand/International Crane Foundation). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3be5aec0-3099-404b-aab9-78a9cc3e0a1b/Whooping+Crane+Flyways.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Whooping Crane - Make it stand out Whooping Crane flyways (image by International Crane Foundation). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1657804284556-MTYQZVDYBBCTYPXLCCJY/Hillary+Thompson+-+Whooping+Crane+chick.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Whooping Crane - Make it stand out A wild-hatched chick (photo by Hillary Thompson/International Crane Foundation). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9cd85503-7e4f-4b59-aef7-5312a0de5cd7/Large+Waterbird+ID+guide.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Whooping Crane - Make it stand out Large water birds ID Guide (image by International Crane Foundation). https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/7/8/goose-pond-moth-survey monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c2a93b9f-3165-4167-a737-980022fe0d03/29515045591_43f311e5a5_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Moth Survey - Make it stand out Moth or butterfly? Butterflies like this Leonard’s Skipper are moths! Photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f0033bcd-9ef8-4d68-afce-9135797f053a/Mothing+pic+4+June+29+2022.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Moth Survey - Make it stand out Kyle, Angus, and Goose Pond staff and volunteers gather around the light trap to look at incoming moths. Photo by Maggie Honig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0e6431e0-c935-4101-b4af-d60e6c2b532b/Mothing+pic+5+June+29+2022.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Moth Survey - Make it stand out Mark’s favorite moth of the night, the ‘Bird-poop moth’, among smaller moths, caddisflies, and other insects. Photo by Maggie Honig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1657280241208-59GJDQSP3J2723P1DZJX/IMG_3861.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Moth Survey - Make it stand out A close-up of the ‘Bird-poop moth’, Eucosma giganteana, a Silphium specialist restricted to prairies, including restorations. Photo by Kyle Johnson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/39196b46-de48-47c0-92b4-8ef8e399c834/Achemon+sphinx+2022-06-29+a.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Moth Survey - Make it stand out Jim Otto’s favorite moth of the night, Achemon sphinx, hanging on the sheet by the Browne prairie bench with caddisflies. Photo by Jim Otto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bf264e7b-eb1b-4b17-be1c-ba3e1b0035a8/IMG_3835.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Moth Survey - Make it stand out Pyrausta signatalis, a moth particularly fond of sandy habitats; occurs in a variety of prairies, but is not restricted to them. Photo by Kyle Johnson https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/7/indigo-bunting monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ac811a5b-af78-4021-a2c3-b3da39eb8bd5/indigo-bunting_feeder.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Indigo Bunting - Make it stand out Indigo Bunting eating seeds from a bird feeder (photo via Pixabay). https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/6/24/spring-shorebirding-at-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9b22c6c7-c0f2-4108-a65d-0aa57754d49b/Screen+Shot+2022-06-23+at+3.22.51+PM.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Spring ‘Shorebirding’ at Goose Pond - Make it stand out Black-necked Stilt. eBird Photo by Bill Bunke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/606a9a59-d881-40a6-9aa5-0e1eeae8d9fa/Screen+Shot+2022-06-23+at+3.16.01+PM.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Spring ‘Shorebirding’ at Goose Pond - Make it stand out Four Red-necked Phalaropes swimming on Goose Pond. eBird Photo by Darrell Schiffman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2e8fbb5b-86e4-4693-82a2-21382b059fb5/Screen+Shot+2022-06-23+at+3.17.32+PM.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Spring ‘Shorebirding’ at Goose Pond - Make it stand out White-rumped Sandpipers and Dunlin foraging at Goose Pond. eBird Photo by Aaron Holschbach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/feadd8b3-24ce-42df-9395-442a6c2c28da/Screen+Shot+2022-06-23+at+3.28.48+PM.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Spring ‘Shorebirding’ at Goose Pond - Make it stand out Ruddy Turnstones foraging at Goose Pond. eBird Photo by JD Arnston https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/72a062e8-00a8-44de-9477-553e6ae92df7/Screen+Shot+2022-06-24+at+6.44.37+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Spring ‘Shorebirding’ at Goose Pond - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/6/rose-breasted-grosbeak monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/13cf8de4-3c60-4401-bb70-4d6abc4e30e3/rbgrosbeak_female.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Make it stand out Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak (photo via Pixabay). https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/6/9/10-years-of-the-reckless-wrens-birdathon-team monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d22592b3-890b-48d1-aa2a-a6ce2abff289/IMG_1056.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - 10 years of the Reckless Wrens Birdathon Team - Make it stand out Black-necked Stilt. Photo by John Kees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/740ba98e-55ef-4d8a-a5b4-734b4f947ecb/IMG_1051.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - 10 years of the Reckless Wrens Birdathon Team - Make it stand out Short-billed Dowitchers and Dunlins foraging. Photo by John Kees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/304bc4fc-2bf7-4e59-89f2-1a2f9fa18e50/14624142472_eddbc1aa56_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 10 years of the Reckless Wrens Birdathon Team - Make it stand out Red-headed Woodpecker. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582ab2c-80a7-461e-bb76-d1f73ef2504f/IMG_3303.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 10 years of the Reckless Wrens Birdathon Team - Make it stand out White-winged Crossbill spotted by JD Arnston at Mud Lake SWA. Photo by JD Arnston https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d2d18abc-95ce-41c0-9099-3d8819c0b1e6/IMG_1063.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - 10 years of the Reckless Wrens Birdathon Team - Make it stand out Prothonotary Warbler. Photo by John Kees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1556288331275-V0YWH1TUV9SKL0BKO378/Pat+Ready+Meadowlark.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 10 years of the Reckless Wrens Birdathon Team - Make it stand out Eastern Meadowlark. Photo by Pat Ready https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/6/3/ruby-throated-hummingbird monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/25ad8f31-300f-4307-878e-c5cf3beece21/43227522614_2521fe5999_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Make it stand out Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding on the purple flowers of obedient plant. Photo by Jim Hudgins/USFWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dd800c7d-901e-4ea3-b129-1d79834ae5fd/50703834141_2fead6627d_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Make it stand out Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding on the red flowers of the native cardinal flower. Photo by Andy REago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/648ce3f1-d11a-4195-9d02-bf4e8f042c04/columbine.png Friday Feathered Feature - Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Make it stand out One important threat to these hummingbirds is the invasive burdock, since hummingbirds–just one tenth an ounce–can become trapped on the sticky seeds and die. We control this species at Faville Grove, and the abundant columbine helps make happy hummingbirds. Photo by Drew Harry https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/5/27/filming-grassland-birds-at-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/96e9a36a-97a7-4f91-9bf4-148a18e0d40a/52092182413_14864d9d2c_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Filming Grassland Birds at Goose Pond - Make it stand out Mark & Sue Foote Martin, Jeffrey Lang, Neil Rettig, and Laura Johnson stand together at Goose Pond Sanctuary, May 19, 2022. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1556288331275-V0YWH1TUV9SKL0BKO378/Pat+Ready+Meadowlark.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Filming Grassland Birds at Goose Pond - Make it stand out Eastern Meadowlark, a grassland obligate species that needs grasslands to reproduce. Photo by Pat Ready https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6ef12113-b855-46fa-83f7-1230ebfc1795/27485750106_193657a0fd_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Filming Grassland Birds at Goose Pond - Make it stand out Clay-colored Sparrow, a bird that relies on grasslands to raise its young. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/469ab65e-d9e1-41b0-af68-159f0c2cec1c/52092679020_cef42d813e_c.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Filming Grassland Birds at Goose Pond - Make it stand out Neil Rettig and Laura Johnson film Northern Harriers. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/14a95f2e-1d40-4d83-bcbc-7f28f179fccc/46267473761_0f0009f583_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Filming Grassland Birds at Goose Pond - Make it stand out Northern Harrier, sometimes called the “Gray Ghost.” Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3d0849fa-cf11-4294-a134-449a8c9a7602/52091159722_f2edef69a5_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Filming Grassland Birds at Goose Pond - Make it stand out Neil Rettig films Northern Harriers from his van. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/5/20/tree-swallow monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/00749ec5-aa17-4e35-8163-c1c77ded6762/tree+swallow+courtney+celley-usfws.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Tree Swallow - Make it stand out Tree Swallows in and on a nest box. Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/60ee269f-f1d0-4115-b5f0-7fc56a66b124/tree+swallow+arlene+koziol.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Tree Swallow - Make it stand out Tree Swallow in flight. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/5/13/yellow-throated-warbler monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0b2500b4-fc55-4658-8c64-fde1de50cac4/25640132103_ac5c6bea96_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Yellow-throated Warbler - Make it stand out Yellow-throated Warbler. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8a58dcd4-6570-441c-ad30-17ca897b7262/yellowthroatedwarbler+prairie+lane+residence.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Yellow-throated Warbler - Make it stand out The Yellow-throated Warbler seen at the Goose Pond Sanctuary Prairie Lane residence this spring. Photo by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/46abfa21-4c8e-4aaa-93a2-ebddb934b531/yellowthroatedwarbler+bba1.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Yellow-throated Warbler - Make it stand out The Wisconsin Birding Bird Atlas I (1995-2000) map for Yellow-throated Warbler nests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/888c5a93-9c5e-4edb-8dee-a1da46892842/yellowthroatedwarbler+bba2.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Yellow-throated Warbler - Make it stand out The Wisconsin Birding Bird Atlas II (2015-2020) map for Yellow-throated Warbler nests. Courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c83923c6-c513-40d2-8172-407d83809d00/yellowthroatedwarbler+bba2+legend.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Yellow-throated Warbler - Make it stand out Map legend https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/5/6/blackburnian-warbler monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/524d1867-608d-40f8-8d81-8bad3d9d9f2a/51186659567_906e2d52a0_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Blackburnian Warbler - Make it stand out Male Blackburnian Warbler. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/69c8ec7d-d5ec-4618-933f-9e9e694fa2d4/34722784661_0ff65d87dd_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Blackburnian Warbler - Make it stand out Female Blackburnian Warbler. Photo by Tom Murray FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2adc4177-5f34-4e02-a782-598d1b1f22a7/Screen+Shot+2022-05-06+at+1.59.43+PM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Blackburnian Warbler - Make it stand out Blackburnian Warbler’s range map, courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology and allaboutbirds.org https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/4/29/garganey monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fb8b4ce9-c41a-4430-bc50-2384a0912426/Garganey+-+Calla+Norris.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Garganey at Zeloski Marsh - Make it stand out The Garganey at Zeloski Marsh was associating with similarly-sized Blue-winged Teal (photo by Calla Norris). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c5984e00-4280-49d4-a90f-3446b6f75fb1/zeloski+1937.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Garganey at Zeloski Marsh - Make it stand out In 1937, the marsh is ringed by farmland (photo illustration by Graham Steinhauer). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ede6a494-2771-4ea6-8c97-5b3a9cc3561a/zeloski+2006.png Friday Feathered Feature - Garganey at Zeloski Marsh - Make it stand out An overview of the area in 2006, where the boundaries of agricultural land are still visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7e1e90c7-df9f-49d6-adbb-c8c57b30d118/Zeloski+2022.png Friday Feathered Feature - Garganey at Zeloski Marsh - Make it stand out In 2022, the area includes restored wetland habitats, including marsh and prairie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0d70c8d1-293c-4f78-87b7-9f8c6fbea327/zeloski+mgmt+units.png Friday Feathered Feature - Garganey at Zeloski Marsh - Make it stand out Names of management areas in Zeloski Marsh (Madison Audubon document). https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/4/22/eastern-towhee monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/60062fa8-f617-4739-8713-5853c34ebb78/Eastern+Towhee+KCA.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Towhee - Make it stand out Female Eastern Towhee (photo by Kelly Colgan Azar). https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/4/15/annual-midwest-crane-count-columbia-county-audubon-lands monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ed18ec5d-835f-4cec-8c44-4fac8af15ab1/Miles+and+Kyle.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Annual Midwest Crane Count - Columbia County Audubon Lands - Make it stand out Previous intern, Kyle Hulbert, and volunteer, Miles Roth, count cranes at Goose Pond. Photo by Emma Raasch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a1ad6f7f-8bac-47e7-a6e5-d8846bdc593c/crane+fff+webcam.PNG Friday Feathered Feature - Annual Midwest Crane Count - Columbia County Audubon Lands - Make it stand out Nesting Sandhill Crane on Goose Pond surrounded by Canada Geese and a Redhead Duck. Photo pulled from Madison Audubon’s Goose Pond Webcam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4c70dfd5-ab53-4ea6-a006-0540eed8285b/crane+snapshot.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Annual Midwest Crane Count - Columbia County Audubon Lands - Make it stand out Two sandhill cranes, perhaps the pair that can be seen nesting with two eggs on the Goose Pond webcam, captured by Snapshot Wisconsin trail camera at Goose Pond. https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/4/8/lesser-scaup monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7b794fd6-fddb-4081-9230-b70c39d789e3/26691545198_43f826d7b9_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Lesser Scaup - Make it stand out Lesser Scaup flock. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5f2705b4-ab39-4673-93e2-63360f36a996/16826406199_000fc145b1_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Lesser Scaup - Make it stand out The Prairie Pothole Region of the United States and Canada is where over half of North America's waterfowl nest. This area is referred to as the "Duck Factory." Photo Credit: Krista Lundgren/USFWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/def4610c-c1ab-466a-a988-972d2d518dcf/4076024710_1673a23adb_h.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Lesser Scaup - Make it stand out Great Lakes is host to the exotic, invasive and incredibly problematic zebra mussel. Photo taken by D. Jude, Univ. of Michigan, courtesy of NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b9db34c1-3ba4-47b8-84b1-8e42f1da61d6/49750784708_21d9bce63d_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Lesser Scaup - Make it stand out Flock of Lesser Scaup. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/4/1/high-counts-of-waterfowl-at-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/358650b7-fbad-4167-a386-0322b672d71f/Abundance+of+waterfowl+MH+72dip.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - High Counts of Waterfowl at Goose Pond - Make it stand out Incredible waterfowl watching at Goose Pond. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/59406bac-8bed-4700-ac26-b3278810fb9c/48755821221_33744de97d_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - High Counts of Waterfowl at Goose Pond - Make it stand out Fulvous Whistling-Duck (photo taken in Illinois). Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/321fad03-2612-4cfe-834a-52bc9cdcfa17/33688915476_58bed34145_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - High Counts of Waterfowl at Goose Pond - Make it stand out Five species of geese in one photo: Species Geese,Brant, Ross's, Cackling, Snow, Canada — all at Goose Pond. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/77ee3b34-4466-4ce1-b868-5ed7a1d5295e/Abundant+Waterfowl+at+Goose+Pond+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - High Counts of Waterfowl at Goose Pond - Make it stand out Abundance of waterfowl at Goose Pond. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/3/25/wood-duck monthly 0.5 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a555828d-017d-416e-8fd5-7340b8fc4c6e/wood+duck_Mick+Thompson.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Wood Duck - Make it stand out Male Wood Duck. Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/55e426fd-db0e-4537-b615-2b974783bf19/wood+duck+box_courtney+celley+usfws.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Wood Duck - Make it stand out Wood Duck on a Wood Duck nest box. Photo by Courtney Celley / USFWS https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/3/18/northern-shoveler monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a20a7c4d-6de2-47dc-98fc-bbf620434aba/goose+pond+webcam.png Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Shoveler - Make it stand out Goose Pond Webcam March 18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2247c1cc-0a40-4046-8ec6-7cb0bbfc3fa5/northern+shoveler+arlene+koziol.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Shoveler - Make it stand out Northern Shoveler at Goose Pond. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/caef6d72-d14a-4af7-934e-917da8d48f29/shoveler.png Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Shoveler - Make it stand out Left - Lamellae of a Northern Shoveler. Photo by Jonas Waldenström Right - Waterfowl Identification - The LeMaster Method by Richard LeMaster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7436c0f7-9d62-4350-8a13-a4a71bcf980e/shoveler+range+map.png Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Shoveler - Make it stand out By SanoAK: Alexander Kürthy - Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Range map from BirdLife International 2016. Spatula clypeata (Northern Shoveler). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/05d2e1a7-1214-4e3e-9dde-9d98802340e2/wisconsin+shoveler+bba2.png Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Shoveler - Make it stand out Northern Shoveler breeding distribution in Wisconsin. Breeding Bird Atlas II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/11f2e4de-0f92-47f0-a166-f4c5d2897790/northern+shovelers+goose+pond+graph.png Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Shoveler - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/3/11/gadwall monthly 0.5 2022-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3e5e1b25-8ede-418f-aae0-1ccbb416fd0d/51156826697_089d8dc8bf_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Gadwall - Make it stand out Gadwall male. Photo by Mike Budd/USFWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ad0b3035-49bc-40d5-9299-1595a426eadc/38131846016_748091cf2d_3k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Gadwall - Make it stand out Male and female Gadwalls. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ebd2395a-8b74-4112-84fe-fb2e97fc6a7a/35049521311_ef7480f007_3k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Gadwall - Make it stand out Gadwall nest. Photo by Krista Lundgren/USFWS https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/3/4/common-redpoll-irruption monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ffaeae0e-8366-4c86-bcf6-df2d029d5323/common+redpoll+monica+hall.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Redpoll Irruption - Make it stand out Common Redpoll. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/41442de7-ba23-4516-bfe4-c7e5d5a56ad0/38601335944_ffd2fb1b8b_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Redpoll Irruption - Make it stand out Common Redpolls at a feeder. Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS Midwest Region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d7d2be09-f55f-4d2a-9906-605e95e01f4c/IMG_7112.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Common Redpoll Irruption - Make it stand out Can you spot the Common Redpolls amongst the other winter birders at this Sax Xim Bog feeder? Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ebb30dd5-7e5e-4d97-9162-3f3c22ce749a/redpoll+range.png Friday Feathered Feature - Common Redpoll Irruption - Make it stand out Common Redpoll range. Map provided by Cornell Lab of Ornithology https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/2/25/american-crow monthly 0.5 2022-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d31f42a9-fe6b-48a9-b3ea-13b33d5e7f41/48849926587_a2ae9c548e_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Crow - Make it stand out American Crow. Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/cbc1f5bb-61c3-4420-9c6d-1d0936d24779/11897988634_84a02f02b0_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Crow - Make it stand out American Crows. Photo by Joshua Mayer https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/2/18/our-first-wisconsin-cbcs-after-decades-in-southeast-texas monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/18a5c918-472c-48e1-bd6b-2f59dda2896d/LOSH%2BBRTH-20211101%28%2Bbright%29%28BobHonig%29+%28Custom%29.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Our First Wisconsin CBCs After Decades in Southeast Texas - Make it stand out Loggerhead Shrike scans the surroundings as a Brown Thrasher keeps an eye on things. Photo by Bob Honig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2ed7f9bf-7655-41fe-8cdc-7bb857fbe7cf/Maggie%26Bob-MoquahBarrensSNA-20210901.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Our First Wisconsin CBCs After Decades in Southeast Texas - Make it stand out Bob and Maggie Honig at Moquah Barrens SNA (Wisconsin) in Fall 2021. Photo by Maggie Honig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9f781eef-fac9-42f3-a665-cb8ec55dd38b/INDO-20200516%2802%29+pyramiding+%28Custom%2C%2Bbright%29%28BobHonig%29.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Our First Wisconsin CBCs After Decades in Southeast Texas - Make it stand out Inca Doves pyramiding. Photo by Bob Honig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5a945c98-d5da-4261-8675-717e36c14252/NOMO-20200216%28BobHonig%29+%28Custom%29.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Our First Wisconsin CBCs After Decades in Southeast Texas - Make it stand out Northern Mockingbird. Photo by Bob Honig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/97a93e7d-1c2c-4504-91ff-b1dd0112aa01/SNGO%28%2BROGO%29-20120201+%283%29-dust%28BobHonig%29+%28Custom%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Our First Wisconsin CBCs After Decades in Southeast Texas - Make it stand out It used to be easy to see over 100,000 Snow Geese on the Katy Prairie in winter. The high historical high count for the Cypress Creek CBC was over 200,000. However most of the geese are going elsewhere: this past New Year’s Day the count was 1,282. (See if you can find at least one Ross’s Goose among the Snow Geese.) Photo by Bob Honig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ce6b5380-4a68-4148-bf81-3ac7f7d3b270/cbc+list+comparison.png Friday Feathered Feature - Our First Wisconsin CBCs After Decades in Southeast Texas - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9af57871-4b24-421f-b954-e349ff5650b4/BBWD-20220126%28BobHonig%29+%283%29+%28%2Bbright%29+%28Custom%29.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Our First Wisconsin CBCs After Decades in Southeast Texas - Make it stand out Black-bellied Whistling Ducks. Photo by Bob Honig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3fbe87ae-c1af-451d-91fe-180ae2b077b5/WTHAi_chasingCRCA-20130913c1%28-dust%2C%2Bbright%29copyrightBobHonig.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Our First Wisconsin CBCs After Decades in Southeast Texas - Make it stand out Immature White-tailed Hawk chasing an adult Crested Caracara carrying prey. Photo by Bob Honig https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/2/11/white-winged-crossbill monthly 0.5 2022-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/cecc0683-2747-42dd-811e-f4f669b56ac1/49589797713_1fad58c2ba_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - White-winged Crossbill - Make it stand out White-winged Crossbill. Photo by Aaron Maizlish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e05d0f34-2824-4094-b365-bfadd2973e29/8238996843_a35d653bd0_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - White-winged Crossbill - Make it stand out White-winged Crossbill with mandibles crossing to the right. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/2/4/winter-birding-at-sax-zim-bog monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1644001256827-SB619TVNW9ETQAIXMUU5/Boreal+chicadee+1+copy.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Birding at Sax-Zim Bog Boreal Chickadee. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1644001257144-7MPWKMNJ7AE4B71GQAX7/Canada+Jay.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Birding at Sax-Zim Bog Canada Jay. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1644001259080-0FJ0AUG6LXTIE6HY4ZCF/hairy+woodpecker.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Birding at Sax-Zim Bog Hairy Woodpecker. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1644001260346-PMD5CD8C4F3NVFV2MN5N/wolf.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Birding at Sax-Zim Bog Gray Wolf. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1644000175491-3FO97Z0BK21IAFNV5YVM/American+Red+Squirrel+Adminal+Road+feeders+em+07.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Birding at Sax-Zim Bog American red squirrel. Photo by Mark Marin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1644000175476-BUNC1C2QKCPWDIXERICI/Brown+Creeper+Adminal+Road+Feeder+em+96.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Birding at Sax-Zim Bog Brown Creeper. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1644000177864-LZL2TSLBHXXRO2PXDVRE/Common+Redpoll+Fringed+Gentian+Bog+em+136.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Birding at Sax-Zim Bog Common Redpolls on a feeder. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1644000179874-BZIKAYUOWJOY445WTGHP/IMG_7116.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Birding at Sax-Zim Bog Canada Jay enjoying peanut butter. Photo by Curt Caslavka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1644000180136-JTSHSM3HJB8PJD6MKCI0/Pine+Grosbeak+and+Common+Redpoll+em+55.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Birding at Sax-Zim Bog Pine Grosbeaks and Common Redpolls. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1644000181739-CDKQ9L5SMDHWFMRMAK7L/Wild+Turky+Mary+Lou%27s+feeders.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Birding at Sax-Zim Bog Wild Turkeys. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1644001615108-CRD2TRN7EZGOJGDKVJ5H/IMG_7106.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Birding at Sax-Zim Bog Pine Grosbeaks at a feeder. Photo by Curt Caslavka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1644000530841-GI86BUMDLA9W500C3OTN/_DNG5421p.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Birding at Sax-Zim Bog Canada Jays. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1644000533378-G7D19V4YA347IURIEIWV/_DSC5492p.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Birding at Sax-Zim Bog Common Raven. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1644000540449-B3OSYNBZ72VJGTNKLG47/_DSC5791pp+1.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Birding at Sax-Zim Bog Ruffed Grouse. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1644000537040-GTKHZD8YS10E43F664JZ/_DSC8509p.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Birding at Sax-Zim Bog Bohemian Waxwing. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1644001027009-O65JWIO6I93CU6OYA5T6/Barred+owl+1+copy.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Birding at Sax-Zim Bog Barred Owl. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1644001027733-XG7KP1CEDB2P37N1QHYE/boreal+owl+2+copy.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Birding at Sax-Zim Bog Boreal Owl. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1644001033904-YFJTGAXLWOVWUY63PKDR/Northern+Hawk+owl+.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Winter Birding at Sax-Zim Bog Northern Hawk Owl. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/1/28/sharp-shinned-hawk monthly 0.5 2022-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bce7d6ce-c70c-43ff-86cf-7189132fbb22/sharp-shinned+hawk+alexandra+mackenzie+fcc.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sharp-shinned Hawk - Make it stand out Sharp-shinned Hawk — head comparison, photo by Alexandra MacKenzie FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/78bea9ac-eb4d-4a85-a239-8de651095b2c/8281444092_0bb1a31485_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sharp-shinned Hawk - Make it stand out Sharp-shinned Hawk — tail comparison, photo by Harry Fink FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c0a842ec-11f7-4e46-895d-2cf79acb75fc/Coopers+Hawk+USFWS+Midwest.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sharp-shinned Hawk - Make it stand out Cooper’s Hawk — head comparison, photo by USFWS Midwest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d893b933-d52b-4233-a655-180ae3c61293/Coopers+hawk+Mick+Thompson.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sharp-shinned Hawk - Make it stand out Cooper’s Hawk — tail comparison, photo by Mick Thompson https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/1/21/swainsons-thrush-57677 monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8518ed59-f399-4c73-a009-cde011fcbfa6/migration+for+swainsons+thrush+57677.PNG Friday Feathered Feature - Swainson's Thrush #57677 - Make it stand out The motus tower map showing the movements of Swainson’s Thrush #57677. Map courtesy of Motus Wildlife Tracking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/28fef068-6c40-40d2-8cda-9bfc5fa40aa4/swainsons+thrush+andrew+reding.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Swainson's Thrush #57677 - Make it stand out Russet-backed Swainson’s Thrush. Photo by Andrew Reding FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e7fd0d49-f339-4676-9685-9cf2656612d1/3534487277_6dd9a4fdc3_c.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Swainson's Thrush #57677 - Make it stand out Olive-backed Swainson’s Thrush. Photo by Matt Reinbold FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/de99c7c3-04ef-4338-ad28-bca8bc5cc664/different+migratory+routes+from+two+groups+of+swainsons+thrushes+in+BC.PNG Friday Feathered Feature - Swainson's Thrush #57677 - Make it stand out Map from the Genetics of Seasonal Migration and Plumage Color by Delmore et al 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/de2ecb1b-53e5-443f-88e0-77b5b0ff9c09/Motus+set+up.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Swainson's Thrush #57677 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/1/14/boreal-chickadee monthly 0.5 2022-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3b8e2d91-27ca-45a0-8b02-75c4ae6bba34/BorealChickadee_AndyReagoChrissyMcClarren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Boreal Chickadee - Make it stand out A plump Boreal Chickadee sits on a branch in the snow. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f9e865da-4a20-4f59-b55a-ae1a7fa6fbd3/Picture1.png Friday Feathered Feature - Boreal Chickadee - Make it stand out This map shows the range loss for Boreal Chickadees if the plant warms by 3 degree Celsius. Map provided by National Audubon https://swibirds.org/fff/2022/1/7/dorothy-the-rough-legged-hawk monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/720449a0-06cc-4071-aa07-d79760275626/43297.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Dorothy the Rough-legged Hawk - Make it stand out Neil Paprocki shares updates on his work through Instagram (@neilpaprocki) and Facebook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1d28777b-d0aa-4112-a538-7b9280b58894/Rough-legged+Hawk+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Dorothy the Rough-legged Hawk - Make it stand out Rough-legged Hawk with dark wrists. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/32ab8f67-a5a0-4488-b051-f3bb56ba6ddf/RLHA-215627-WI-1560.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Dorothy the Rough-legged Hawk - Make it stand out Dorothy’s wing is held out on a grid to determine wing area. Photo by Neil Paprocki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7917a9ff-91a3-4377-87f8-f4ef62c189d2/RLHA-215627-WI-1520.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Dorothy the Rough-legged Hawk - Make it stand out Dorothy’s wing is held up with a color standard to document plumage color variation. Photo by Neil Paprocki https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/93e45459-d03b-48de-91d8-864bd1ed1968/IMG_0293.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Dorothy the Rough-legged Hawk - Make it stand out Dorothy Haines holds photos showing the Rough-legged Hawk named for her. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e914f5d6-0e21-482a-8e3d-89433f7a1970/dorothys+map.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Dorothy the Rough-legged Hawk - Make it stand out A map of Dorothy’s movements since she was outfitted with a GPS unit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/efb03313-7591-488c-a971-f1af8f346b92/rough+legged+map.png Friday Feathered Feature - Dorothy the Rough-legged Hawk - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/12/17/evening-grosbeak monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bb033df0-2b72-4090-b562-0f33bcbd0eef/50825913411_f075e05a21_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Evening Grosbeak - Make it stand out Photo by USFWS Midwest Region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e1cfa8b6-9e5a-4386-b406-ca901d0f777a/50825172948_013723a6a0_3k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Evening Grosbeak - Make it stand out Photo by USFWS Midwest Region https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/12/10/raptors-with-transmitters monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607701755562-AMMMR90DKAY1PGHBQVP5/columbia2+mh.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Raptors with Transmitters - Make it stand out The beautiful snowy owl caught near Goose Pond Sanctuary on Jan. 28, 2020. She was outfitted with a transmitter for research purposes and release back into the wild. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/87ef92eb-ffea-4265-b38f-2cf640eaa590/Fond+du+Lac+%28richard+armstrong%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Raptors with Transmitters - Make it stand out Fond du Lac the Snowy Owl. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1636136625921-9CCA27GVYBFQDCFIIUJS/OttoVentral_MG_5514.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Raptors with Transmitters - Make it stand out Otto the Red-tailed Hawk. Photo by Sue Kaehler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6bbc72b4-e9f3-4d15-83b9-f945548f2ba9/OttoMap+2021-10-30.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Raptors with Transmitters - Make it stand out A map showing Otto’s movements as of October 30, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4b7620d3-b2dc-44c0-bafe-f4ef659c06f8/Madison+map.png Friday Feathered Feature - Raptors with Transmitters - Make it stand out A map showing Madison’s movements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6bac19db-f3ce-499a-852e-bcf2de3c42da/red+shouldered+hawk+during+banding+%28arlene+koziol%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Raptors with Transmitters - Make it stand out No time like the present to band this Red-shouldered Hawk! Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2b2e9d86-5ab5-4250-be92-c64e5028a97e/Arlene+Koziol+holding+Arlene%21+%28mark+martin%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Raptors with Transmitters - Make it stand out Arlene Koziol, Madison Audubon volunteer, is holding the youngster of the Red-shouldered Hawk we called Arlene! Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/61de421b-688b-45b0-a00a-6cdfb7726d91/Screen+Shot+2021-12-10+at+1.07.51+PM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Raptors with Transmitters - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/12/3/townsends-solitaire monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/aa2c78eb-b744-4178-9540-ea4dd69ed167/11487387675_a866764d9c_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Townsend's Solitaire - Make it stand out Juniper berries are a fan favorite for this species. Photo by Andrew Reding FCC (taking in Bellingham, WA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1532709205277-38HHAOMBT8PAV7N93B70/Devils+Lake_Joshua+Mayer.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Townsend's Solitaire - Make it stand out Devil’s Lake in summer. Photo by Joshua Mayer https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/11/19/potential-impacts-of-a-spring-freeze-in-texas-on-songbirds-fledged-in-2021 monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/54882c65-345a-4ff8-b79c-126aa3398e45/bluebirds-+arlene+koziol.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Potential Impacts of a Spring Freeze in Texas on Songbirds Fledged in 2021 - Make it stand out An Eastern Bluebird pair scopes out their new digs. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7d319e5d-3f03-4e54-9521-b973cc2644ed/Jerry+Martin+2010+001.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Potential Impacts of a Spring Freeze in Texas on Songbirds Fledged in 2021 - Make it stand out Jerry Martin sits with his incredible songbird nest box load! Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/730b0406-129d-4f9d-b03c-aa4236ddf3cb/Eagle+Scout+Hunter+Crawford+and+Mark.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Potential Impacts of a Spring Freeze in Texas on Songbirds Fledged in 2021 - Make it stand out Eagle Scout Hunter Crawford (left) and Mark Martin (right) stand with the songbird nest boxes Hunter made for his Eagle Scout project. Photo by Susan Foote-Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1e5a5ab0-e913-40c6-8f10-91aebbf7d23f/Screen+Shot+2021-11-19+at+12.24.44+PM.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Potential Impacts of a Spring Freeze in Texas on Songbirds Fledged in 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/11/12/merlin monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7d2a983c-e677-4bc6-bb09-7f8029d60ebf/32771206804_29e1c2aa6a_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Merlin - Make it stand out Merlin, photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2c3c51e5-5ffe-4152-b092-5a779326eb26/IMG-1157.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Merlin - Make it stand out Merlin at Faville Grove Sanctuary, photo by Drew Harry https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/11/5/meet-madison-the-red-tailed-hawk monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/42a8c11a-6093-4448-9813-28ba6bf01f8d/IMG_5716.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Meet "Madison" the Red-Tailed Hawk - Make it stand out Transmitter for the project, photo by Sue Kaehler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1636136823391-DG9EONQWAWHCW5X69DLH/RTHAproject+Madison+3.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Meet "Madison" the Red-Tailed Hawk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1636136824982-FRSNOVFRFY9ZU9V135HV/RTHAproject_Madison+2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Meet "Madison" the Red-Tailed Hawk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1636136823625-YEOL0NH17DE7BENCBNSS/RTHAproject+Madison2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Meet "Madison" the Red-Tailed Hawk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d240527d-c312-43e3-93b1-5c9f41c22ec3/RTHA+Project+Madison+2021-11-04.png Friday Feathered Feature - Meet "Madison" the Red-Tailed Hawk - Make it stand out A map of Madison’s movements https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1636136625921-9CCA27GVYBFQDCFIIUJS/OttoVentral_MG_5514.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Meet "Madison" the Red-Tailed Hawk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1636136624730-RIPJI33RW4ET0CVJNAHL/OttoDorsal_MG_5535.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Meet "Madison" the Red-Tailed Hawk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1636136624680-H42II0UNU0KAED3T8G41/OttoProfile_MG_5558.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Meet "Madison" the Red-Tailed Hawk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/040bd6b8-653f-41ee-9af6-2453a1ab6b30/RTHA+Project+Otto+2021-11-04.png Friday Feathered Feature - Meet "Madison" the Red-Tailed Hawk - Make it stand out A map of Otto’s movements https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/10/29/gulls monthly 0.5 2022-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0e808ba3-ed2b-499b-a9d6-c4aeb71962b5/25769232906_dcc40b7ab1_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Gulls - Make it stand out Ring-billed Gull, photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/40950f12-0bdb-4444-a17a-aa8fab540d1d/45314855311_6825160ca7_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Gulls - Make it stand out Herring Gull, photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/745687bc-8564-482b-bd2c-a873cb6a3a29/39828077332_bfc34c2c08_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Gulls - Make it stand out Ring-billed Gull fishing, photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/10/22/blue-jay monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1bfaa8d7-5ce3-4646-a7da-ce3c8973fa30/blja_over-shoulder-perch.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Blue Jay - Make it stand out Blue Jay perched on a tangle of branches (via Pixabay). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/245090ca-a48a-43aa-b080-85eb654e435b/Bur+oaks+in+Ankenbrandt+Prairie+DSC_5817.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Blue Jay - Make it stand out Bur oaks stand above the grasses in Ankenbrandt Prairie (photo by Mark and Susan Foote-Martin). https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/10/15/least-flycatcher monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1634321772044-DZX0DNBMAVQ8AETUB2KW/51151013800_d212257574_c.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Least Flycatcher - Make it stand out Crawfish River photo by Wanderer 86 FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1634321813581-KY27HS390Q9QC2YG7FFC/4997904553_ea21a83d24_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Least Flycatcher - Make it stand out Least Flycatcher photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1634321856919-V7YI0C73P7RWPTP1IRR3/Jeff+Pieterick+Photos++%28100%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Least Flycatcher - Make it stand out Foggy Faville Grove morning photo by Jeff Pieterick https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/10/8/shallow-waters-and-high-hopes monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1633711146018-D1ADYI6QJX4W9N4DKW0H/East+Pond+Going+Dry++September+++9+2021+DSC+5736.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Shallow Waters and High Hopes - Make it stand out A September 9, 2021 photo of the east pond going dry. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1547221792161-J92G8SJEMJDLZR9VSU27/1+pintail+landing.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Shallow Waters and High Hopes - Make it stand out Northern Pintail at Goose Pond, photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1633712330231-04B9Z5NZC0PJWFX761E6/hudsonian+godwit+tom+benson.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Shallow Waters and High Hopes - Make it stand out Hudsonian Godwit, photo by Tom Benson FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1633712166597-HADYGPFSLOG66P3WGJDC/Peregrine+Falcon+Roske+Sept+2021.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Shallow Waters and High Hopes - Make it stand out Colby the Peregrine Falcon, photographed by Al Roske. Copyright Al Roske https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/10/1/blue-headed-vireo monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1571406986666-SBHPVOC67D6O6BHW5FYB/bhv+melanie.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Blue-headed Vireo Blue-headed vireo, photo by Melanie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1571406617469-7R90K839R0KOT95TP4Z9/vireo+climate+change+3+degrees.png Friday Feathered Feature - Blue-headed Vireo This map from Audubon’s Survival by Degrees website shows the blue-headed vireos habitat loss and gain in North America, under a 3 degree warming scenario. Provided by National Audubon Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1571406691635-767A3R0KMI6CGBMTH6DS/invasive+hemlock.png Friday Feathered Feature - Blue-headed Vireo Map of eastern hemlock’s native range, courtesy of USDA Plants Database https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1571406730738-UVCUB9U9GCV76JY8EEBI/hemlock+graph.png Friday Feathered Feature - Blue-headed Vireo Graph from WDNR Division of Forestry Report, October 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1571407089571-7LI962BFKIT601R83FJ6/bhv+skip+russell.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Blue-headed Vireo Blue-headed vireo, photo by Skip Russell https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/9/24/eastern-red-bat monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1632491198067-18CMWIV5J7MP2YL7Y896/earedbat.png Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Red Bat - Make it stand out The bat on the maple tree! Photo by Emma Raasch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1632491265226-82INL98EMTZEG4JXKXKZ/earedbat3.png Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Red Bat - Make it stand out Eastern red bat camouflaging as a spruce cone. Photo by Emma Raasch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1632491283083-5RR4M01U6HJKKPPDHWEI/earedbat5.png Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Red Bat - Make it stand out Eastern red bat in the maple tree behind Mark and Sue’s house. Photo by Emma Raasch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1632490626406-KAEYLF5NVUVWQLK6GCL3/map.png Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Red Bat - Make it stand out Map Courtesy of Montana Field Guide https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/9/17/northern-flicker monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631904089537-P79YZ5ZGT2WT4ZNI5SIN/22197288186_4ec7683c5f_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Flicker - Make it stand out Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631904307970-WMXQ2JO1Q8ZBBB6HK7P4/11084101403_c616b739bd_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Flicker - Make it stand out Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/9/10/red-necked-phalarope monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631291414452-GTOP9PR6BUTAVMA7KGEJ/35436049595_d22ebe89a7_3k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-necked Phalarope - Make it stand out Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631291167230-BDQDNGD96RAPIEK2DXEH/rnph.png Friday Feathered Feature - Red-necked Phalarope - Make it stand out Map courtesy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1631293048133-YQPHHIEBD9OQ15UQOYNA/DSC_5742.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Red-necked Phalarope - Make it stand out The east pond, adjacent to the Madison Audubon-owned west pond, with water levels well below average. Photo by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/9/3/tennessee-warbler monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1630690151015-X08JD4R12LI4WCL1L4CO/17197391750_5952ce880c_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Tennessee Warbler - Make it stand out Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1630690281931-EXY4ATUIVTWVRASAOE14/48905282172_6812d30b15_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Tennessee Warbler - Make it stand out Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/8/27/alaskan-sights-big-and-small monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1630083022614-O7PFZ0DW64VX12U584YI/grace+ridge%2C+hike.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Alaskan Sights Big and Small - Make it stand out Grace Ridge hike, photo by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1630083089661-7ZO36XC617BJ8B3DWTW7/grace+ridge%2C+resting+bumblebee.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Alaskan Sights Big and Small - Make it stand out A bumblebee rests on a geranium, photo by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1630077498462-3XT78GQDO07PFJUIR51T/polychrome+mountain%2C+calla.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Alaskan Sights Big and Small - Make it stand out Calla overlooks Polychrome Mountain. Photo by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1630078071403-NFZFIF0AH1NYAP3NI5E3/polychrome%2C+lichen.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Alaskan Sights Big and Small - Make it stand out Vibrant lichens, photo by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1630078140234-2P8T04UDY2CQEDF80TA9/polychrome%2C+caribou.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Alaskan Sights Big and Small - Make it stand out Caribou on Polychrome Mountain, photo by Gregg Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1630078212516-5MJZNVWIQPIR69YT52QV/polychrome+mountain%2C+rock+ptarmigan.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Alaskan Sights Big and Small - Make it stand out A master of camouflage, a Ptarmigan blends in with the surrounding rocks. Photo by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1630078288704-Q1YCQHNKSPHKMBHICETR/grace+ridge%2C+calla+sliding+down+snowpack.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Alaskan Sights Big and Small - Make it stand out Summer snowpack is lots of fun! Photo by Graham Steinhauer https://swibirds.org/fff/pied-billed-grebe monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1629475398438-EZNQEHNQT166WINE3AFF/Cute+Pie-billed+Grebe+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Pied-billed Grebe - Make it stand out A pied-billed grebe fluffs up, shaking off water droplets. Photo by Arlene Koziol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1629476372603-2D12NK3FHEQVU775WYWU/Pied-billed+grebe+juvenile_by+Alan+Schmierer_Flickr+public+domain.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Pied-billed Grebe - Make it stand out A young pied-billed grebe. Photo by Alan Schmierer/Flickr CC (public domain). https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/8/13/kestrel-nest-box-program-2021 monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1628864483951-2XJBD6QQC0MYSC4GMN3P/20210616_kaitlinsvabek_001_amke-leg-band.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Kestrel Nest Box Program 2021 - Make it stand out Amber Eschenbauch from Central Wisconsin Kestrel Partnership bands a female kestrel during one of our banding sessions this June. Photo by Kaitlin Svabek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1628865019433-B0N9I9XRC6ZNF6X4WXMH/male+female+kestrel.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Kestrel Nest Box Program 2021 - Make it stand out This illustration from National Geographic shows the plumage differences between male and female American Kestrels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1628865108684-S0FLA9ZDX8UOYT2IEHZM/IMG_6803_HEIC-2.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Kestrel Nest Box Program 2021 - Make it stand out Typical kestrel clutch size is five. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1628868889842-3M7TEOSMEMQQWS7K5GM4/IMG_1260.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Kestrel Nest Box Program 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1628864026971-AHFQ81G2ZF8T2ASQGL11/IMG_1199.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Kestrel Nest Box Program 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1628865487682-VPYN76KZ8PXWDO71OFY4/image001+%281%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Kestrel Nest Box Program 2021 - Make it stand out Caleb Jansen and his dad, Dan, pose with their newly installed kestrel nest box. Photo provided by Dan Jansen https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/8/6/turkey-vulture monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1628268697907-3R3GZVEVQ463FY0TLDGK/4977772733_361e22b2c0_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Turkey Vulture - Make it stand out Turkey Vultures, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1628268814663-CSLFWRERRG1QKQDWXQQ6/black+vulture+mick+thompson.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Turkey Vulture - Make it stand out Black Vulture, photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1628268594998-0S5L4IWY02DWHR4AAZD8/turkey+vulture_andy+reago+chrissy+mcclarren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Turkey Vulture - Make it stand out Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/7/30/goose-pond-motus-tower-and-sora-32853 monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1627656481372-1895WWQNNZOC6X579OT7/Screen+Shot+2021-07-30+at+9.42.19+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Motus Tower and Sora #32853 - Make it stand out Air photo of our motus detection area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1627658187163-AI2A5P1ZFLI21R0OAAOK/PXL_20210505_011413975_2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Motus Tower and Sora #32853 - Make it stand out Motus transmitter for rails, photo by Auriel Fournier / Forbes Biological Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1627656720323-TCND3IHMOM9ZEM72IMVD/signal-2021-07-28-164801.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Motus Tower and Sora #32853 - Make it stand out Sora #32853, photo by Auriel Fournier / Forbes Biological Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1627657964659-U9F6IN3Q0L3DZ5LTW3MO/signal-2021-07-28-164819.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Motus Tower and Sora #32853 - Make it stand out Virginia rail waiting a transmitter, photo by Auriel Fournier / Forbes Biological Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1627657937932-9WRCWEZOLXU6LC53F6B1/Screen+Shot+2021-07-30+at+9.48.25+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Motus Tower and Sora #32853 - Make it stand out Stephanie’s Marsh Birds project table of species tagged and tracked in 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1627658036207-WVPBIRITG0B2DJWG1OAN/Screen+Shot+2021-07-30+at+9.49.14+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Motus Tower and Sora #32853 - Make it stand out Motus Map (air photo) showing data points for Sora #32853. Note that the circles are Motus towers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1627658079968-9GQZ7OIB2IMJRSMH8AH1/Screen+Shot+2021-07-30+at+9.49.31+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Motus Tower and Sora #32853 - Make it stand out Sora #32853 locations detected. NOTE: Birds could have been detected in migration before sunrise and after sunset on the same day. https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/7/23/wood-thrush monthly 0.5 2021-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1627052316710-HSY0SUCEXKGNJKY6I0JP/Oak+and+Hickory+Woods.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Wood Thrush - Make it stand out The oak and hickory woods at Faville Grove Sanctuary. Photo by Madison Audubon. https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/7/16/butterfly-count-results monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1626449980780-797CENBZRMU0GCS1VY4F/Silvery+Checkerspot+-+Rob+O+2021.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Results of the 33rd Mud Lake North American Butterfly Count - Make it stand out Silvery checkerspot, photo by Robert O'Connell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1626450357747-4TOA46D6KU6CHY7P1DO1/gr+sp+fritillary+milkweed_joshua+mayer.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Results of the 33rd Mud Lake North American Butterfly Count - Make it stand out Milkweeds are great plants for a variety of pollinators! Photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1626450480672-RB7T0SDUZZY0T5HW377L/black+swallowtail+ar-cc.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Results of the 33rd Mud Lake North American Butterfly Count - Make it stand out Black swallowtail by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1626450560065-BGUTNEMPVAJ8JZRRMHL2/Little+Glassywing.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Results of the 33rd Mud Lake North American Butterfly Count - Make it stand out Glassywing photo by Jim Otto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1626450611531-RKCABQ30KJHN48JFRO48/Acadian+Hairstreak.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Results of the 33rd Mud Lake North American Butterfly Count - Make it stand out Acadian hairstreak, photo by Jim Otto https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/7/9/american-white-pelican monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625848861990-AZ1JZV26CWHN2HF7X816/15404782432_502352cb1b_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American White Pelican - Make it stand out American White Pelicans, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625848949185-FUHFLXKU8XQJ1I54QHSW/15257873921_d310e1de83_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American White Pelican - Make it stand out American White Pelican flock, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625849012770-Q8VZ8DUGO5EZISFGTUC8/17288815305_d936e67c76_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American White Pelican - Make it stand out American White Pelican, photo by USFWS Midwest Region https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/7/2/red-shouldered-hawk monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625234364877-RBC5X98FGJPJYQ79A8XW/red+shouldered+hawk+transmitter+ak.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-shouldered Hawk - Make it stand out Radio transmitter being applied to a Red-shouldered Hawk by Gene Jacobs (left). Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625234456430-SWCK1BPM93HLFVV73WT1/brand+smith+searching+for+red+shouldered+hawk+nest+ak.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-shouldered Hawk - Make it stand out Brand Smith searches for a Red-shouldered Hawk nest, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625234530571-KRTFFLBQOY0JHG8T6350/red-shouldered+hawk+band+ak.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-shouldered Hawk - Make it stand out A Red-shouldered Hawk with new bands, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625234583312-UR4BK7EGZ85LRNX21AGR/51232642035_de72ca4b9c_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-shouldered Hawk - Make it stand out Red-shouldered Hawk nest and rope ready for climbing. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625234793095-OY3O0MMR1CQ7PQ3FPAPN/51231685111_9ea12567d0_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-shouldered Hawk - Make it stand out Three Red-shouldered Hawk chicks waiting to be processed. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625234836728-NC6RKVWGB6NXDPRLZNM6/51232740870_52eeb48760_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-shouldered Hawk - Make it stand out A hat has many uses! Red-shouldered Hawk chick processing, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625234717249-EMQGVEE70ST4GRU4VL0R/randy+hollander+releases+red-shouldered+hawk+ak.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-shouldered Hawk - Make it stand out Randy Hollander releases a Red-shouldered Hawk, photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/6/25/american-redstart monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624635910555-P2EDTRXW9893BVEBVAY9/26535776083_e2d0d340de_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Redstart - Make it stand out American Redstart, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624636609054-ZDI845TUEQDG20MPH9YV/250978058_0ba8b7e072_c.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Redstart - Make it stand out Mangroves of Jamaica, photo by Michael Stahl, Flickr Creative Commons https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/6/18/western-meadowlark monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624046298028-FAM3QSOHHUKJNXSOJ3OS/50646644281_44ea9e68b7_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Western Meadowlark - Make it stand out Western Meadowlark photo by Wendy Miller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624046421836-JO5X3R88DGVQ13F423ST/51117333404_871f456bae_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Western Meadowlark - Make it stand out Western Meadowlark, photo by Wendy Miller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624046470122-YU1CNAHEHVUEIWITC0HX/26090929116_b78469cc61_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Western Meadowlark - Make it stand out Eastern Meadowlark, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624045893714-VZMIL6O9H87OZF05UZX8/western+meadowlark.png Friday Feathered Feature - Western Meadowlark - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/6/11/abundant-dickcissels monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1553798116209-ZMYEDUBQKVIBKZTHHKKC/dickcissel+-+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Abundant Dickcissels - Make it stand out Singing Dickcissel, photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/6/4/reckless-wrens-birdathon-2021 monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1622822883622-Q1SLUZI0EH18KMCFTZA4/20210514_193938.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Reckless Wrens Birdathon 2021 - Make it stand out Sue, Phoebe, and Bodie cruising for birds. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1622823576754-FEJ77Z7TPTXPNOVKHR21/American+Bittern.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Reckless Wrens Birdathon 2021 - Make it stand out American Bittern, photo by Jeff Galligan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1622823802509-13HPYTO45HU6HPR4067R/IMG_1909.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Reckless Wrens Birdathon 2021 - Make it stand out Fawn in the Otsego Marsh woodlot, photo by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1622823841178-EKT2Z1UDCRC7VW3HNB1R/IMG_1911.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Reckless Wrens Birdathon 2021 - Make it stand out Goslings in the wetland adjacent to Old Road F, photo by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1513187860242-4MDIAC63ERVGBVK8O6XU/Cerulean+Warbler+%28male%29_Andy+Reago+and+Chrissy+McClarren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Reckless Wrens Birdathon 2021 - Make it stand out Cerulean Warbler, photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1622824423479-A4VTTOR0CXBRU1WDIK4E/Short-billed+Dowitcher.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Reckless Wrens Birdathon 2021 - Make it stand out Short-billed Dowitcher, photo by Jeff Galligan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1622824581968-UTRSKNSVNJHSTW1NPPG2/49153622806_7d9c88e28a_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Reckless Wrens Birdathon 2021 - Make it stand out Red-shouldered Hawk, photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/5/28/where-are-the-warblers monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1622203072924-LYTFB7L76GK514W2QQVU/5896039380_61b8ecbc8b_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Where are the warblers? - Make it stand out Ovenbird, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1622202860320-A3W8T3WFGKWKQ7JOENNE/1.png Friday Feathered Feature - Where are the warblers? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1622203575756-VY8RLJHJI2KJJTYTDJAC/49879872628_b8e6538a74_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Where are the warblers? - Make it stand out Golden-winged Warbler, photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1622202889542-RR8BBAXMF1AEGOZDGF7F/2.png Friday Feathered Feature - Where are the warblers? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1622205820437-6013N99QDWVI9XPULQ85/49485011223_5cc2980689_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Where are the warblers? - Make it stand out Northern Parula, photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1622205750511-ZUP2SVXX4RQ466K4YDE3/3.png Friday Feathered Feature - Where are the warblers? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1622206004117-EKJSG3N4OQYOXAKOZQI5/8714505268_1028d11962_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Where are the warblers? - Make it stand out Yellow-rumped Warbler, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1622206041682-0GSXTCT8BMC4ZG59PUXJ/4.png Friday Feathered Feature - Where are the warblers? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/5/14/thats-just-ducky-wood-duck-research monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1621016685568-P58ZBNMB0S5JFMO3269K/Wood+duck+1+copy.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - That's just ducky: Wood Duck Research - Make it stand out Wood duck box, photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1621016953395-C5E4VXVZ14X4AA9E6NP2/DSC_5436.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - That's just ducky: Wood Duck Research - Make it stand out Hen wood duck captured at Goose Pond showing geolocator and colored leg band. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1621017096406-I9L4JRT0VD073CGMBWD2/_DSC0606.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - That's just ducky: Wood Duck Research - Make it stand out Drew about to release a banded and geolocator-tagged Wood Duck hen. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1621017336687-5M1L9HOH3WYIMMN0GHJ3/DSC_5480.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - That's just ducky: Wood Duck Research - Make it stand out John Jurgerson, a proud landlord of many wood duck apartments, about to release a hen after banding and tagging. Photo by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/5/7/nashville-warbler monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1620397569456-1SZBQ9IQNA6UBGC7EMR5/50545463396_36af2d578e_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Nashville Warbler A Nashville Warbler in dense cover. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/4/30/goose-pond-bird-count-waterfowl-and-a-surprise-shorebird monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1619802578961-I3RYTCMMEE9ZDXXX1GNM/44520599395_584a2a3366_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Bird Count: Waterfowl and a Surprise Shorebird American Golden Plover photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1619802640265-CKT9HV5OBRR8YOS3ZPNU/wood+duck+pair+3+copy.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Bird Count: Waterfowl and a Surprise Shorebird Wood duck pair photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1619802496052-BEGHZ9LGLEJ0E6VYK7QG/51149236879_aae951907e_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Bird Count: Waterfowl and a Surprise Shorebird Red-winged Blackbird at Goose Pond. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/4/23/yellow-headed-blackbird monthly 0.5 2021-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1619187945371-ZQJZ47GMOYPI1AJB79C8/49556916062_45d7128c74_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Yellow-headed Blackbird Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1619188020144-29D9T13VQWHS40WW22C1/7761175444_475a7b7ba3_3k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Yellow-headed Blackbird Juvenile Yellow-headed Blackbird, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1619188100620-8GOLC267JOXHNGCS43TW/50268554407_8740ea6e39_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Yellow-headed Blackbird Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/4/16/giant-canada-geese monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1618597174260-MBZKRH164K2WUE6EUBCU/5331669535_2be89026d5_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Giant Canada Geese Giant Canada geese, photo by Bryant Olsen https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/4/9/yellow-rumped-warbler monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1617978658560-B7L4EA59R5YEFIAF87P8/49258739696_53eb74a10f_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Yellow-rumped Warbler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1617978660849-B7TMU2L8D363BPU5SUOU/33480159813_4932c4ce50_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Yellow-rumped Warbler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1617978746223-K7C283G4OOSH8UZ3657A/5054803278_7671636451_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Yellow-rumped Warbler Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/4/2/buffleheads-webcam-and-visitors monthly 0.5 2022-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1617388352405-VECOYABK3Y3KI1VG9A4N/50369703047_03e75800ee_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Buffleheads, Webcam, and Visitors A trio of buffleheads. Photo by Mick Thompson FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1617388457691-CJNXZUZRL4ZV705F4D6N/buffleheadrang.png Friday Feathered Feature - Buffleheads, Webcam, and Visitors Range map courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1617388976105-TSPAMNK0DRNDB2HR2W04/3574466904_66a5388d75_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Buffleheads, Webcam, and Visitors Photo by Marilylle Soveran FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1617389081893-NFKT23WVNFJ557K815RT/26918237148_6e3c0f7be6_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Buffleheads, Webcam, and Visitors Bufflehead photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1617389372770-F8FEO9HO73ODYLN4GLJY/pondcam2.png Friday Feathered Feature - Buffleheads, Webcam, and Visitors https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/3/26/ruddy-duck monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616769365735-QVDN2CT6GLY7HT3V25R6/50218830473_19ae84a2df_o%2B%25281%2529.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Ruddy Duck A male Ruddy Duck’s courtship display. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/3/19/2020-songbird-nest-box-results monthly 0.5 2021-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616170009750-IH7TJ6CC9TS0HB3Y7ODC/Tree+Swallow+KCA.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2020 Songbird Nest Box Results https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616170226837-0RHS5Q0SAL72NU913M1O/Pat+Ready+bluebird2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2020 Songbird Nest Box Results https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616170077763-ESSGSUPI2YTR61BPBS2B/House+wren+KCA.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2020 Songbird Nest Box Results https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616170100876-EAOZQOEIC5C4VYAEQFAG/Chickadee+Foraging+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2020 Songbird Nest Box Results https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616169754484-B4UM0N2LUM212D99B6AQ/Start+of+Tree+Swallow+nest.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - 2020 Songbird Nest Box Results Tree Swallows always place feathers in their nests. Start of a nest. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616169544247-6XMCXOM2B9T813NRBFD2/songbirds.png Friday Feathered Feature - 2020 Songbird Nest Box Results 2020 Songbird Nest Box Results, table created by Goose Pond Sanctuary staff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616170415820-DUFBFFT21YGKBN3J9BAR/unnamed.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2020 Songbird Nest Box Results Photo by Pat Ready https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616170543784-I4D2UJ47982CLF6Q0IY7/49950379831_77e19fdaf3_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2020 Songbird Nest Box Results Bluebird nest box, photo by Alrene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/3/12/killdeer monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615564505142-FZ048EAZ2KN7F4UTRF49/28734771552_6233b118f9_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Killdeer Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/3/5/birds-human-made-nest-sites monthly 0.5 2021-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614973120720-2CIRVEJZP662QX5Z7PHS/wood+duck+pair+3+copy.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Birds & human-made nest sites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614977767503-L0Q9E3I6ZD2IX2O02988/Mourning+Dove+Nest+Poynette+NW.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Birds & human-made nest sites Mourning Dove nest. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614977300813-2QYSD2VZ3QYH5QMPHSYX/Turkey%2BVulture%2BKelly%2BMaguire%2BAug%2B2%2B2105%2B438%2B%25281%2529.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Birds & human-made nest sites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614977244145-UQO96OEUFN7R389V019Z/20150614_153830-1%2B%25282%2529.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Birds & human-made nest sites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614977065941-HRXSOUMGX49TMK6WP8N6/Osprey+nest+at+Pardeeville+High+School+1027.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Birds & human-made nest sites Osprey nest on top of Pardeeville High School Stadium Lights. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614977400867-2DA18EZGDXVWKUJO0Q1Y/Osprey+nest+Pine+Island+CE+Nydia+Kien+April+5+2019.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Birds & human-made nest sites Osprey nest. Photo by Nydia Kien https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614977460170-1OVW57OSVS4EL76U2XMY/Kestrel+incubating.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Birds & human-made nest sites An American Kestrel in a nest box with eggs. Photo by Pat Ready https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614977692570-F8T8JRK5H4NCUY3QPE1P/great+creasted+flycatcher+Hwy+F+WRP+28.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Birds & human-made nest sites Great Creasted Flycatcher nest in a wood duck box. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614977867645-POHY7W316EUI93O09VJX/northerroughwingswallownest+site+undertrailerLeverichFarmWetlandjune212018.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Birds & human-made nest sites Truck trailer nesting site. Photo by Brand Smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614977952363-B9JGDZAWTT454NQVBMK7/_DSC0637.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Birds & human-made nest sites “Eaves Swallows,” as they’re called by some in the Amish community, or Cliff Swallows, nesting under the barn eaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614978334422-ZUZVRE1VALIR4D6QQSYM/_DSC0033.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Birds &amp; human-made nest sites House Wren nest in a propane tank cap. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614978936144-8P4BSIOWEC0AFNVW4QTZ/7288234038_57bf2dfa0c_h.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Birds &amp; human-made nest sites Killdeer with eggs amongst the gravel. Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614978804556-CYX11C8QA99FS5I0YTY9/_DSC0956.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Birds &amp; human-made nest sites John and his Purple Martin nestbox. Photo by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/2/26/sandhill-crane monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614356038517-JXEMS7I3BG2BWQZTE20X/Picture1.png Friday Feathered Feature - Sandhill Crane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614356137734-6LLSB11WLZTM4G7T4CYA/Picture2.png Friday Feathered Feature - Sandhill Crane Aerial view of Nebraska’s sandhills region today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614356184030-XR3IDLQ48C3FBSO8QGRR/Picture3.png Friday Feathered Feature - Sandhill Crane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614356231048-5QOJ2G9CH5FOZGJY015U/Picture4.png Friday Feathered Feature - Sandhill Crane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614356283132-DWB1W4SV1DH8NTP98MMM/Picture5.png Friday Feathered Feature - Sandhill Crane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614356323943-U2VQ7XFP7NCTGV4HFKHF/Picture6.png Friday Feathered Feature - Sandhill Crane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614356372378-ON7S4OKWU9SLVAI9RH0Y/Picture7.png Friday Feathered Feature - Sandhill Crane https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/2/19/great-backyard-bird-count monthly 0.5 2021-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613756242636-YC6VC39J6W7CEM50YMHX/Horned+Lark+by+Tim+Lenz.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Backyard Bird Count Horned lark, photo by Tim Lenz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613756293440-SUGTHP6I7X8W6G1A1HZZ/15583692074_af9584885f_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Backyard Bird Count Red-bellied Woodpecker, photo by USFWS Midwest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613756361665-LUXFFD3OQA8HZQVUZ1W9/P1011978.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Great Backyard Bird Count Ring-necked duck and canvasbacks. Photo by Kathy Kershaw https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/2/12/northern-cardinal monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613149459586-9JATJH3DT48DBDQPEL3U/Jeff+Pieterick+Photos+%28124%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Cardinal Photo by Jeff Pieterick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613149634834-OHMMT3KF03GCEQ62V6JD/8039498315_b080332639_4k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Cardinal This honeysuckle may look nice, but it is a non-native and highly invasive species that our sanctuary staff are constantly trying to keep down. Photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613149537601-CC601BGEKPAK580SL7DO/noca+eggs++Saguaro+National+Park+.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Cardinal Northern Cardinal eggs, photo by Saguaro National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613149973495-BT410P9M9862KOXIDZDN/46093618644_c2f98a4de5_o-1.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Cardinal Photo by James St. John https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/2/5/the-search-for-damsels-and-dragons monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612539358325-CYQ2Q2TCI8XI0O6KZD43/dragonfly+scrn.png Friday Feathered Feature - The Search for Damsels and Dragons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613066076904-82W6M0SG3RX2PNX3KZOQ/Screen+Shot+2021-02-11+at+11.54.00+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - The Search for Damsels and Dragons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613064992220-N7E6DPTHYS24IHNFLK3O/bluet%2B2%2Bcopy%2B3.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Search for Damsels and Dragons Skimming bluet photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612539853892-2G08YGGUWVB4OVQAZISP/Horned+Clubtail+.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Search for Damsels and Dragons A horned clubtail photographed at Otsego Marsh by Richard Armstrong. Prior to this photo, the last time it was reported in Columbia County was in 1996 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612539940196-T4P2PW37R5MPXWKBLEMF/Jim+Otto+Odonata+Hunter+DSC0819.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Search for Damsels and Dragons Jim Otto, Odonata hunter. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612540013957-XT6HRJ4N85BFF98TRILW/Dot-tailed+Whiteface+eating+lunch.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - The Search for Damsels and Dragons - Dot-tailed Whiteface Photo by Jim Otto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612540011995-GSLUB1D1HWPADERS8CJI/Eastern+Amberwing.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - The Search for Damsels and Dragons - Eastern Amberwing Photo by Jim Otto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612540014396-OL4NB3ZR7F4C8W1NCT4C/Eastern+Forktail+and+spider.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - The Search for Damsels and Dragons - Eastern Forktail and spider Photo by Jim Otto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612540017607-FW1EP8JCI5OPPPMQJNY2/Eastern+Pondhawk+female.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - The Search for Damsels and Dragons - Eastern Pondhawk (female) Photo by Jim Otto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1612540188453-6JMC57L7M9SXUX1D9UOF/Audubon+poster+6email.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Search for Damsels and Dragons https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/1/29/snow-buntings monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611934223903-DBIPSH791KK5OQ1FB5QV/6392069551_e5a609aa8e_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Snow Buntings Photo by Nigel FCC https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/1/22/poynette-cnc-and-goose-pond-unit-2020 monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611347334386-D9SHNI05G3VATFLNSH7M/IMG_7263.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Poynette Christmas Bird Count and Goose Pond Unit - 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611347331225-TD68WQPZJ51M7RIQKJ9P/Bluebirds.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Poynette Christmas Bird Count and Goose Pond Unit - 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611347534021-MDQ3Q8DZRX2B7AYBIT78/Hairy+Woodpecker+-+Meek+Rd..JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Poynette Christmas Bird Count and Goose Pond Unit - 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611347393593-1CHH8XVJL9TKKJTIKPLH/Merlin-21.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Poynette Christmas Bird Count and Goose Pond Unit - 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611347534901-4TCAXNQ9JQ7LG5U9NRK5/Rough+legged+hawk+near+quarry.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Poynette Christmas Bird Count and Goose Pond Unit - 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611347538269-V8RUH63HDLD0NQDP2B30/Turkeys+-+Ramsey+%26+Hopkins.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Poynette Christmas Bird Count and Goose Pond Unit - 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611347116885-VDPQ4TMJKGL30WCSFPSO/eagles_jeffpieterick.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Poynette Christmas Bird Count and Goose Pond Unit - 2020 Bald eagle party. Photo by Jeff Pieterick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611347191468-JZA3EUPIC32TRA9ZK1GQ/AmericanKestrelGPS2_JimStewart.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Poynette Christmas Bird Count and Goose Pond Unit - 2020 American kestrel. Photo by Jim Stewart https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/1/15/red-breasted-nuthatch monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610730423714-1AK34Y374O76XT044SB9/30268233777_5a3eea7341_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-breasted Nuthatch Red-breasted nuthatch. Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610730625212-SHIWFOA6H5NPGC0NFW41/8183939733_c29d1f01d5_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-breasted Nuthatch Red-breasted nuthatch at the nest hole. Photo by Patty McGann FCC https://swibirds.org/fff/2021/1/8/nelsons-sparrow monthly 0.5 2021-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610121258443-KU7SYZ99KL3P43WC5434/nesp2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Nelson's Sparrow Nelson’s sparrow photo by Mike McDowell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610121433584-73ROCX8D9MP7IH78Q6DB/nesp2.png Friday Feathered Feature - Nelson's Sparrow Nelson’s sparrow range map by Cornell Lab of Ornithology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610121018157-LTOJ65X4XR8YQNZNN23A/image.png Friday Feathered Feature - Nelson's Sparrow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610123707096-340LQYRBCDBJ45EAQ9S2/AK_GPS+50th+%2832%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Nelson's Sparrow Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610123139226-FZ5ACTCT6XW4CQCI1SXV/10301730173_278f1f689b_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Nelson's Sparrow Nelson’s sparrow, photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/12/18/short-eared-owl monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1608303910385-BWYPK4G35N5GRLVJ9XGT/Short+Eared+Owl+at+Faville+Grove.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Short-eared Owl Photo by John Wethall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1608303997424-2CUWHLQLJ597PYEEY6VF/_57A0751wm.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Short-eared Owl Short eared owl photo by Monica Hall https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/12/11/the-snowbird-returns monthly 0.5 2020-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607701755562-AMMMR90DKAY1PGHBQVP5/columbia2+mh.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Snowbird Returns Columbia, the snowy owl that Madison Audubon assisted in banding with help from ProjectSNOWstorm, is back on the radar and in the United States. Will she head back to Wisconsin? Follow her journey here. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607701638121-P5XOMAJAQXZNPKY69K0S/Columbia-and-Gene-Monica-Hall-500x357.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Snowbird Returns Gene Jacobs holds Columbia. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607701360108-D1G3ZTCAFL14W5SGL4AE/columbia+map.png Friday Feathered Feature - The Snowbird Returns You can browse through an interactive map of Columbia’s journey here. Zoom in on the map to take a closer look at the many, many locations she visited on her journey. Screenshot from Project SNOWstorm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607702554571-NAAHNBXCQMJ2HX7XWGWY/snowy+owl+range+map_prince+of+wales+island.png Friday Feathered Feature - The Snowbird Returns This map shows the approximate range of snowy owls throughout the year. Mark and Sue have annotated the map to show where Columbia spent her summer! Range map from Cornell Lab’s All About Birds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607702314362-57Z0DQ248OYYIQXGZ7X4/columbia+rich+armstrong.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The Snowbird Returns Columbia, photographed in the fields near the UW Agricultural Research Station near Arlington that she loved to frequent. Photo by Rich Armstrong https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/12/4/red-crossbill monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607096483427-322Q1SEKIH3J3U7UBN3B/50654084543_85865db0c3_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red Crossbills Look for crossbills traveling in flocks of mixed males and females. The males are red, while the females are yellow. Photo by Ryan Mandelbaum FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607096037348-4YZAAYECJNNKEC309E4B/49653503211_4622f57f22_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red Crossbills A red crossbill—displaying it’s namesake “crossed bill”—perches at the tip of a pine. Photo by Ryan Mandelbaum FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1607096664376-EDG6LCQI485RQQADV6FZ/8375391790_90cf996a47_c.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red Crossbills Red crossbills are frenzied feeders—look for them as they hang upside down from branches, maneuvering every which way to get at those cones. Photo by Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren FCC https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/11/20/fun-facts-about-the-turkey-vulture monthly 0.5 2020-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1605905136234-J0TTP6451JQ1FV2QWP87/unnamed-3.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Fun Facts about the Turkey (Vulture) Turkey vulture photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1605905201758-ARS0WT6WE1GQ8XBB3744/unnamed1.png Friday Feathered Feature - Fun Facts about the Turkey (Vulture) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1605905354598-VN76H33FSNYO4VFABK64/unnamed.png Friday Feathered Feature - Fun Facts about the Turkey (Vulture) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1605905505587-L33VAA9HB80H7R8CJP1O/unnamed2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Fun Facts about the Turkey (Vulture) https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/11/13/ring-billed-gull monthly 0.5 2020-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1605283548278-MBOGLSV5I133A95N8P79/11762517555_a1424754d0_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Ring-billed Gull Photo taken by Joshua Mayer in Door County 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1605283655442-ZURUCJ0ELBYE7YZ7NGRB/gull+with+fish+1+copy.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Ring-billed Gull Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1605282761926-TEI37O1BLBH2KCBVIP3H/Screen+Shot+2020-11-13+at+9.44.11+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Ring-billed Gull Short- to medium-distance migrant. Many birds migrate along coasts, including the Great Lakes, and major rivers. Ring-billed Gulls spend the winter throughout the southern United States. Courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1605282926415-UY96HK3R20WR3ADAT34O/_DSC0648.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Ring-billed Gull Photo of ring-billed gulls taken at the Dane County Landfill by Mark Martin on December 19, 2015. The photo was printed and gulls were counted by circling each one and counting the circles. https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/11/6/white-crowned-sparrow monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604694372015-Y095SSGFLHCYYZU0ZT49/15997072645_b300c8b000_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - White-crowned Sparrow Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/10/30/see-sea-ducks-at-goose-pond-sanctuary monthly 0.5 2020-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604073387067-NBKJK06PFVZB4SA7EHJA/8251419416_05d0bac780_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - See Sea Ducks at Goose Pond Sanctuary Black scoter photo by Aaron Maizlish FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604074118589-E0F3N0AMHVHTZBMYRUKW/bwsc.png Friday Feathered Feature - See Sea Ducks at Goose Pond Sanctuary Black scoter range map, Cornell Lab of Ornithology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604073711746-Q0ZBFEA4IXVA69NO8ADN/48838761958_046db36392_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - See Sea Ducks at Goose Pond Sanctuary Female white-winged scoter photo by Mick Thompson FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604073609379-RD6SJ5SJA0OV2ZBDW5Y8/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - See Sea Ducks at Goose Pond Sanctuary Male white-winged scoter photo by Mick Thompson FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1604074147706-W626R1U01MKE53RPORNV/Screen+Shot+2020-10-30+at+11.07.17+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - See Sea Ducks at Goose Pond Sanctuary White-winged scoter range map, Cornell Lab of Ornithology https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/10/23/northern-flicker monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603462273968-LQKD3VASOQ1P2K2VDGR5/22233746861_3d1a7265dd_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Flicker Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603462511565-WFSLS71LO4XIHFYREKK2/_DSC4443p.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Flicker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1603462409457-1W6K25550KNEI1LS9Z1I/_DSC4444p.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Flicker https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/10/16/pine-siskin-2020-an-invasion-year monthly 0.5 2020-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1602878543054-9C8PKHI111JI6ZPL74FD/Pine+Siskin+%26+sawtooth+sunflower+Oct+8+2020.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Pine Siskin - 2020 an Invasion Year Pine siskin on sawtooth sunflower, photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1602878463523-LVHN11TAWUVIQFT2ODOO/2020-10-05-12015sm.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Pine Siskin - 2020 an Invasion Year Pine siskin flock, photo by Tom Anderson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1602876688447-51NA63AMLOUWIRA7ZI4K/Pine+Siskin+1.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Pine Siskin - 2020 an Invasion Year Pine siskin photo by Jim Otto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1602876785696-C5EA1PK91SIAOCQYO2RV/Pine+Siskin+2.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Pine Siskin - 2020 an Invasion Year Pine siskins feasting on sawtooth sunflowers, photo by Jim Otto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1602878642353-M319PQZYV1WULKFZR5C6/IMG_3580_heic.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Pine Siskin - 2020 an Invasion Year Sawtooth sunflowers in bloom at Goose Pond Sanctuary earlier this summer, photo by Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1602878794290-VG2R6KPEZMKE7YTYVZCL/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Pine Siskin - 2020 an Invasion Year Pine siskin at feeder, photo by Thomas Quine https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/10/9/lecontes-sparrow monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1602254706085-2GKW5Y3CI9JF9LW7GBKC/43990441104_89f99aa3d0_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - LeConte's Sparrow LeConte’s sparrow, photo by Frank D. Lospalluto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1602254776793-F07C7BEZ2KXUWB5GVW8Y/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - LeConte's Sparrow LeConte’s Sparrow range map by The Cornell Lab of Ornithology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1602255011970-SN9D3UMIFAGX6WQKD5ZY/38020317941_e3168bbc08_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - LeConte's Sparrow LeConte’s Sparrow, photo by Nick Varvel https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/10/2/tree-swallow monthly 0.5 2020-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601666731315-S7W4JGRWZPZYSLETT0KW/IMG_8282.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Tree Swallow “They covered the entire sky.” - Aaron Holschbach. Photo of just part of the flock shown here, by Aaron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601667205877-FZ2RIP58GWQQGD4X6D4Z/Tree+Swallow+KCA.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Tree Swallow Tree swallow photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601666604481-9PPLX5PGVCHYF7EXW89R/_DSC0218.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Tree Swallow Tree swallow nest. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601666475492-E5Z5JUZH61YL6OW4R5W8/20200425_135823.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Tree Swallow Tree swallows on the front, wood ducks on the back, with a predator guard underneath. Photo by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/9/25/whip-poor-whil monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601042558201-TJ7HEBZMXJBX2EGOJPD1/Picture1.png Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Whip-poor-whil Barrens type habitat in northeastern Wisconsin, photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1601045144645-B4IS113P7FKZ324ZGDPB/Picture12.png Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Whip-poor-whil From “Preliminary Results of Nightjar Survey” at: wiatri.net Note the high abundance in the Central Sands, Northeast Sands, and Northwest Sands: areas of dry soils, pine-oak forest, and prairies and barrens https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/9/18/nighthawks-for-his-birthday monthly 0.5 2020-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600456083129-HU06RIYI50S0VGJ9X6VU/40304330570_6f6246d0a5_3k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Nighthawks for His Birthday Photo by Trish Gussler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600456103030-K9PDCJSIV5K4BUYIAT69/14605341423_76027133ec_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Nighthawks for His Birthday Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600456203823-BWMF4ZMURS6Q3O070G7U/44615659525_e281cf289d_h.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Nighthawks for His Birthday Photo by Kenneth Cole Schneider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1600452894830-4YBIYQHW0YH4NQKWOJ80/image-asset.png Friday Feathered Feature - Nighthawks for His Birthday Long-distance migrant. Common Nighthawks migrate at all hours of the day in large flocks, on one of the longest migration routes of any North American bird. Most travel over land through Mexico and Central America, although many do pass through Florida and Cuba, flying over the Gulf to reach their wintering grounds in southern South America. Common Nighthawks are among the last migrants to return to their breeding grounds in spring. Map provided by Cornell Lab of Ornithology https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/9/11/ruby-throated-hummingbird monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599846779734-MRSXACJ3ZMMR4LUAH732/39502855_2153134404731747_6855375108496687104_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Ruby-throated Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599846790910-1JK0TQNHJV5YC9S09H4U/35671874_2046915295353659_882948935646183424_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Ruby-throated Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599846791016-2L6KC6Q0H8FT3N2VAXND/38825326_2132875910090930_6855502561651195904_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Ruby-throated Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599846791876-UIKR18HZU4AZ5AV02Y8A/40393524_2170768939634960_5456694514355798016_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Ruby-throated Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599846793071-QGQU4ZG70YASKZ9LUL0V/66156260_2663768547001661_621921538022572032_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Ruby-throated Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599846792866-HAZBY2V4LUDGC42HDDZ9/68521634_2742344809144034_8115975699526844416_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Ruby-throated Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599846793433-EIVKB1F22WLRE9CNHIIJ/68750993_2727973747247807_6769985132813090816_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Ruby-throated Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599846791530-VF118YBVRENUE1K4RFUK/41606975_2189415394436981_6106190610002083840_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Ruby-throated Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599846897151-G0UJBQ14C8L7Y384D7S6/41566201_2186451588066695_3007895069177937920_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Ruby-throated Hummingbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599846276797-7DIC6ISV31B9UNBSE4MN/Picture1.png Friday Feathered Feature - Ruby-throated Hummingbird https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/9/4/chimney-swifts-are-on-the-move monthly 0.5 2025-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599227808705-HL8X1D6EUGDFMTT0HRO8/IMG_3285_heic.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swifts are on the Move! - Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599227177752-S77FCI2HWKAD7VV8D2W5/art+jj+audubon.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swifts are on the Move! - Art by John James Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599227179066-C5TF7LZLFR4A5S2JBKJP/swift+steve+kersting.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swifts are on the Move! - Photo by Steve Kersting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599227680713-XJYADEMONWUU6WKJ867M/Swift+with+Baby+in+nest+-+credit+Nancy+Nabak.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swifts are on the Move! Nesting chimney swift, photo by Nancy Naback https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1599227972605-8BER654U4D02Z11TT3YE/A+Swift+Night+Out+Wisconsin.png Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swifts are on the Move! https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/8/28/goldfinch monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598628528058-5R98OYY6YBO16CGGCIPL/IMG_2607_heic-1.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goldfinch Faville Grove’s prairies are full of composites in bloom! Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598629023649-VIFSGYMO2OVXUNBPVQ6V/48805844511_c1d91e93b1_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goldfinch American goldfinch photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598629090318-FP7AOBXT3EG9HX5BP6VB/goldfinchcompassplant-DavidMusolf.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goldfinch American goldfinch nesting in late summer at Faville Grove. Photo by David Musolf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598629453154-R9JRAJON8CQY6HW3Q6PX/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Goldfinch A feasting goldfinch, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/8/21/kestrel-program-2020 monthly 0.5 2022-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598012629962-Q7KE2H95C3OMY4QQD12G/American%2BKestrel%2BChick%2B%2B-%2BPhil%2BBrown%2B3.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Madison Audubon's Kestrel Nest Box Program - 2020 Update A young kestrel chick stretches its wings. Photo by Phil Brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598012804878-3ZJXR2V257OHJAVD470T/IMG_2968.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Madison Audubon's Kestrel Nest Box Program - 2020 Update A kestrel nest box sits in the prairie, filled with young chicks. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598010473617-I4C616E8VM7MK678OYF9/Kestrel+Box+Guide-thumbnail.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Madison Audubon's Kestrel Nest Box Program - 2020 Update https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598012888164-2E4ZC0BVYSMD5G6KZFQ5/IMG_20200315_115312791_HDR-1.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Madison Audubon's Kestrel Nest Box Program - 2020 Update Volunteer Terri Bleck featured here. Photo provided by Terri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598011480921-PE6D5V60EVQ1T3NOQHS5/image001.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Madison Audubon's Kestrel Nest Box Program - 2020 Update https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598011483274-LKDRZZDV23F1YC0JKGIL/image003.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Madison Audubon's Kestrel Nest Box Program - 2020 Update https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598011486068-M0THNHSH4LD1GVYH04PD/image002.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Madison Audubon's Kestrel Nest Box Program - 2020 Update https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598012988733-NI7RVXB7GU3SYSB1M9NC/IMG_6128.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Madison Audubon's Kestrel Nest Box Program - 2020 Update Amber (left) and Janet (right) Eschenbauch are Wisconsin’s experts on kestrels. Janet possesses a master bander permit, allowing her to conduct the banding activities for Madison Audubon. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598011731118-L60DYTZE7SUDCHS3UQB0/IMG_6173.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Madison Audubon's Kestrel Nest Box Program - 2020 Update In 2019 Amber Eschenbauch bands a kestrel chick as Madison Audubon members watch, completely fascinated! Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598011939058-144IJSD4I2FQRU9YXMR2/phenology.png Friday Feathered Feature - Madison Audubon's Kestrel Nest Box Program - 2020 Update This high-level view of the kestrel phenology chart helps us track how early in the season we should be prepared for kestrels nesting in southern Wisconsin. For more information about the phenology chart, contact Brand at brandsmith@charter.net https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598012727780-YS8MWTFS8TS0ISK1C9N3/IMG_1161.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Madison Audubon's Kestrel Nest Box Program - 2020 Update Brand Smith coordinates the kestrel citizen science program on a volunteer basis. Thank you Brand! Madison Audubon photo https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/8/14/bobolink monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597416995011-A2LW1SBAKF4LSFTC6PEE/27770863384_2acacaef69_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bobolink A male bobolink perches in a blooming prairie. Photo by Darrell Neufeld FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597416713890-02CMR8XAUPJZ4HP1QOYL/48404085456_dbdaa64c4c_b.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bobolink Bobolink eggs with their lovely purple speckling. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597416835460-SM5N5ZXBALBFS1RCEOIP/27176569118_b2fce30e40_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bobolink - Male bobolink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597416794672-O8E1JDKX0CYHP1JJZ1N7/48404085456_dbdaa64c4c_b.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bobolink - Female bobolink https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/8/7/motus-wildlife-tracking-tower monthly 0.5 2020-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596818483161-9GQT78TZ2Z0FX7JIF0WV/_57A5928wm.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Motus Wildlife Tracking Tower Is Up and Running at Goose Pond Tracking wildlife is much easier when they can simply fly past to be recorded! The new Motus tower will achieve that, once birds are tagged. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596816872543-SXPA5KVXPUKL7I45OKVB/_DSC0657.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Motus Wildlife Tracking Tower Is Up and Running at Goose Pond A team works on erecting the Madison Audubon Motus tower at Goose Pond Sanctuary. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596818078158-19W7YF5U7F3PXAM8HV7Y/_DSC0688.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Motus Wildlife Tracking Tower Is Up and Running at Goose Pond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596818104486-4X1O86MX7VIMQCFWOPZQ/_DSC0832.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Motus Wildlife Tracking Tower Is Up and Running at Goose Pond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596818119365-QPOUDUKPOL4YH68IM9KY/_DSC0834.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Motus Wildlife Tracking Tower Is Up and Running at Goose Pond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596818136094-FWYDGBGWZVFIF3R8T3CZ/_DSC0840.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Motus Wildlife Tracking Tower Is Up and Running at Goose Pond https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/7/31/fledglings monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596206586351-SZ0ZGTR9784XEEMVW466/swallow+fledglings_KeithWilliams.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Fledglings Three fledgling swallows on a branch, with mouths open and ready for their next meal. Photo by Keith Williams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596205989619-56BRZ0SYCTE2ZNHH6YEZ/fledgling+fb+photo.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Fledglings A screenshot of a mystery fledgling that stumped many birders, taken from the Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas Photos and Discussion Facebook group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596205970327-MTPXC64UGMZUAX79SD32/EAKI+fledgling_Andy+Reago+%26+Chrissy+McClaren.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Fledglings An eastern kingbird fledgling perches on a branch, wide-mouthed and hungry. Photo by Andy Reago and Chrissy McClaren https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/7/24/goose-pond-sanctuary-butterfly-count-2020 monthly 0.5 2021-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595601734426-XWJZWOI58CN9N0PBGEZM/SC%2BButterfly%2B2x.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Sanctuary Butterfly Count 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595601761177-VVCO9F5N9T8FQ19E1LYB/OT%2BButterfly%2B1x.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Sanctuary Butterfly Count 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595598208053-JOC923UND9FRA1ZLUCVW/IMG_6657.JPEG Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Sanctuary Butterfly Count 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595598273633-XD315LNS5GREJ9DJVZDJ/20132660311_ee9b29ef5e_c.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Sanctuary Butterfly Count 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595601822886-VLZO3QQ3CLKTVYMSWIUR/IMG_0460.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Sanctuary Butterfly Count 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595601740955-EI6VYIFXSBOAMN91LWDJ/10659841106_2b1dca1f8a_c.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Sanctuary Butterfly Count 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595601828776-5UF9XY7FLOYMFKPFH15O/20224239822_1940f962f9_c.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Sanctuary Butterfly Count 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595601877269-QU72O1P18QLIWCIZXTQW/9557043272_220b4b7e1d_c.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Sanctuary Butterfly Count 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1595602009301-XX41N7B84VX8RNYFV7RS/Monarchs+on+swamp+milkweed+2+-+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Sanctuary Butterfly Count 2020 https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/7/17/henslows-sparrow monthly 0.5 2023-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594986907210-3Q6LIAKEYYO5KR2R9ZM4/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Henslow's Sparrow The inconspicuous Henslow’s sparrow, photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594987175252-F68H7JW84YPIEIARV6WA/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Henslow's Sparrow A Faville Grove prairie may be the perfect place for a Henslow’s sparrow to nest. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594987054868-JW9NLWJ86SQPMF3R2VZY/9009473670_8c9b67a0b8_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Henslow's Sparrow A joyfully singing Henslow’s sparrow, photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/7/10/willow-flycatcher-the-little-green-bird monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594391831993-FQEFFRH7NBAHN3P95Z3Z/50081203081_f0059ed777_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Willow Flycatcher, "The Little Green Bird" Willow flycatcher photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594391941489-4IT3JVRCFI67P4IGLPI6/51-gXCws7ML.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Willow Flycatcher, "The Little Green Bird" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594392054062-47V7GKYUEU68LFDVS8I4/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Willow Flycatcher, "The Little Green Bird" Singing willow flycatcher. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594391657362-7Y2Z9W85C7RZ34VVWD0J/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Willow Flycatcher, "The Little Green Bird" Native shrubs of elderberry (left) and red-osier dogwood (right) volunteer at Goose Pond Sanctuary. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594392786482-OUULFAY35UGKOOC9GGNZ/50080624673_fe11688a54_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Willow Flycatcher, "The Little Green Bird" Willow flycatcher photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594392180649-QRU5KCGM1O52MZTNID1E/50081203976_306d7c84bd_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Willow Flycatcher, "The Little Green Bird" Elderberry in full bloom at Goose Pond Sanctuary. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594392735268-43W69NZBSXRG6JDN7I74/Screen+Shot+2020-07-10+at+9.51.19+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Willow Flycatcher, "The Little Green Bird" JD’s survey for willow flycatchers had great results! https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/6/26/dickcissel monthly 0.5 2020-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593179855366-P68XBEMMS1HF3IQYAEO9/40355691840_bcb5e72127_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Dickcissel Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/6/19/american-white-pelican monthly 0.5 2020-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592574237799-JGRTGZRW40UPQS4OBMDC/15189833441_765b54359e_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American White Pelican Riding the thermals. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592574317234-GBXVDVE4F5CM3H2ZL53U/pelicans+3+.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American White Pelican So many “thumbs”! Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592574453761-0R5U2BVIF9Z1221BP6UA/Pelicans+2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American White Pelican A pod of pelicans. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592574098829-6CIHRI5A7I7FE9AI1UI5/pelicans%2B1.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American White Pelican Breeding pelicans with their oh-so-attractive lobe or horn. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592573713302-4ZFBX9X9RF70PWIBPPOI/IMG_4044.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - American White Pelican A creche of pelicans at Clark's High Island in Beaver Dam Lake. Photo by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/6/12/marsh-wren monthly 0.5 2020-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1591969908207-C80UZTVY8D6WQXBYY0KL/46812987262_9a6281e68e_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Marsh Wren Marsh wren by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1591969763796-TZP1RM0QIRLVGCKBOWMB/14448078057_6290eaea81_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Marsh Wren Marsh wren by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/6/5/pied-billed-grebe monthly 0.5 2020-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1591363441566-NJLA8ZR5GMVJYNBRRUGF/A+breeding+pair+of+pied-billed+grebes+on+Goose+Pond.+%28Photo+by+James+Otto%29.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Pied-billed Grebe A breeding pair of pied-billed grebes on Goose Pond. Photo by James Otto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1591364071619-W56I99XAPFL2BIYF97NP/e+Pied-billed+grebe+with+minnow+2+copy.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Pied-billed Grebe Young grebes feasting on fathead minnows. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1591363864919-XDC7D6YHU0P7BRDO6CMC/Recently+hatched+pied-billed+grebe+chick.+%28Photo+by+James+Otto%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Pied-billed Grebe Recently hatched pied-billed grebe chick. Photo by James Otto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1591363672976-9PQYHVS6H3UTWLJMHWHH/Winter+plumage+pied-billed+grebe+%28Photo+by+Richard+Armstrong%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Pied-billed Grebe Winter plumage pied-billed grebe. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1591363517929-44RWLLU8STZIR1VZ0T28/Pied-billed+grebe+nest+with+eggs+covered.+%28Photo+by+James+Otto%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Pied-billed Grebe Pied-billed grebe nest with eggs covered. Photo by James Otto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1591363602996-6K5SVFGKMUXQ4R0H4XAN/Pied-billed+grebe+nest+with+clutch+of+10+eggs+uncovered.+%28Photo+by+James+Otto%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Pied-billed Grebe Pied-billed grebe nest with clutch of 10 eggs uncovered. Photo by James Otto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1591363789431-98I1RRZS6JVX97RYHN5M/Pied-billed+grebe+on+nest%2C+Goose+Pond+east.+%28Photo+by+James+Otto%29.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Pied-billed Grebe Pied-billed grebe on nest, Goose Pond east. Photo by James Otto https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/5/29/baltimore-oriole monthly 0.5 2020-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590775092396-2SPVHD6IDRIKB5UUH5MA/Baltimore+Oriole+-+Phil+Brown.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Baltimore Oriole Orange meets orange. Photo by Phil Brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590775172671-783OQK4M1E9LSWILR4A5/Baltimore+Oriole+KCA.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Baltimore Oriole The awkward look of the juvenile Baltimore oriole, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590775705641-7AYOBD5YXF4J6W0DFF50/9009549632_76386921cf_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Baltimore Oriole Baltimore oriole nestling and its nest, photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/5/22/the-not-so-reckless-wrens-2020-birdathon monthly 0.5 2020-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590164398280-71YPYKXEXW3NQYXOY54O/4609853413_5c472e9fff_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The “Not So” Reckless Wrens 2020 Birdathon and COVID-19 Baltimore orioles everywhere at Otsego Marsh! Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590163476067-6DHJZJ9DU50CELM7OH0S/Birdathon+Calla+and+Graham+2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The “Not So” Reckless Wrens 2020 Birdathon and COVID-19 Graham and Calla, just one household unit of the Reckless Wrens team, get their bird count started. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590163721414-ZGINYPXBABKT7T4MGF5W/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - The “Not So” Reckless Wrens 2020 Birdathon and COVID-19 Turkey vultures teeter and totter in the clear air. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590163972811-7437SUUJGL1XKA3EC5SX/48069213766_8d9b417c05_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The “Not So” Reckless Wrens 2020 Birdathon and COVID-19 Red-shouldered hawk nestlings, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590164166828-13A106R6LLA04Y3DCCRA/Birdathon+Calla+and+Graham.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The “Not So” Reckless Wrens 2020 Birdathon and COVID-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1590163009842-WC3RCBU70DHYWI522ROD/20200516_075855.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The “Not So” Reckless Wrens 2020 Birdathon and COVID-19 JD checking out warbler heaven! Photo by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/5/15/warblers monthly 0.5 2020-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589553379201-EJB97S6PFG7X3FOYRL3B/nashville.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Warblers Nashville warbler, photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589551732071-ZR0WIN0N0R7MCPGKPPBF/Picture1.png Friday Feathered Feature - Warblers From (Hurlbert and Haskell 2003) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589552417111-MVECIJV7LYYV105AOZPC/29898185684_f01498f85b_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Warblers - Bay-breasted (Kelly Colgan Azar) Bay-breasted warbler, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589552147629-LAA8YZR6VC1GM6LBRZ24/blackburnian.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Warblers - Blackburnian (Monica Hall) Blackburnian warbler, photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589552150984-TJ7OQMC7LUIPAUMR8XL4/prothonotary.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Warblers - Prothonotary (Monica Hall) Prothonotary warbler, photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589552145778-MIWRVVVATUY860P3QAQ4/black+throated+green.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Warblers - Black-throated green (Monica Hall) Black-throated green warbler, photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589552407847-V31BE6OZ85TUNSYMEQLS/47841253362_84511d6fb6_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Warblers - Magnolia (Andy Reago &amp; Chrissy McClarren) Magnolia warbler, photo by Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589552150514-9NEZN08C3T3KXEYEI7KB/nothern+parula.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Warblers - Northern parula (Monica Hall) Northern parula, photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589552150021-U4FNE2M6TT15COT035L2/cape+may.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Warblers - Cape May (Monica Hall) Cape May warbler, photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589552446178-XDYRYFKY63IF6EQGMFH7/13960614300_d19165fbbc_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Warblers - Golden-winged (Arlene Koziol) Golden-winged warbler, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589552970366-XNCMX3ZZWBHBDW2Z9LZK/black+and+white2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Warblers - Black-and-white (Monica Hall) Black-and-white warbler, photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589552149174-9CLDY86HPFD484WQPNR3/canada.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Warblers - Canada (Monica Hall) Canada warbler, photo by Monica Hall https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/5/8/double-crested-cormorant monthly 0.5 2020-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588961398764-MJST8DMSS6RNREVZSF7S/cormorant+1.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Double-crested Cormorant Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588961276895-ZWDLKFC1VZMN2V72UK7R/Screen+Shot+2020-05-08+at+1.07.15+PM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Double-crested Cormorant Photo of cormorants and pelicans by Dory Owen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588961430210-ZWOKVLQFBKNDQR950ASJ/cormorant+1j.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Double-crested Cormorant The hook on this cormorant’s bill is quite noticeable! Photo by Richard Armstrong, taken at Goose Pond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588961477500-921XXNZER7HHB4YDRXGV/31913881-1280px.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Double-crested Cormorant Range map provided by AllAboutBirds.org https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/5/1/virginia-rail monthly 0.5 2020-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588348328124-HTV4DDICKG3PWDX4KNOP/39878227805_a2f5db436d_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Virginia Rail Virginia rails seem to walk on water. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588348422359-MEFVX3QRPHX1SLSOM7V4/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Virginia Rail Check out the giant feet on this Virginia rail chick! Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588348139723-DIDKE7JDVRIFYNTN6SAU/Picture1.png Friday Feathered Feature - Virginia Rail The Laas Tamarack is one of Faville Grove’s delightfully diverse habitats. Map created by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588348202677-XEW6QXZ9VK03AB3FDZD4/Picture2.png Friday Feathered Feature - Virginia Rail Blue flag iris, within the wetland complex at the Laas Tamarack. Photo by Drew Harry https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/4/24/earth-day-bird-count monthly 0.5 2020-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587754442874-RJ76QQFKKNX5QPEUTVGM/1EA12E8B-719E-4974-991A-0428BF0C617C.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Earth Day Bird Count Calla is checking out the sights, photo by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587749187646-5GY9MCUEX4TGYWI5I3JY/_DSC9047pfwm.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Earth Day Bird Count Wood duck couple, photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587750025514-56Q9AIV3MO5N0JZ5GYZF/yellowheadedblackbirds%2Bby%2Bgraham%25281%2529.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Earth Day Bird Count Yellow-headed blackbirds looking at Graham, looking at them. Photo by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587755798306-NH8GI4KQXD7JJQPF3CZ5/Yellow-rump-warbler%2BRichard%2BArmstrong.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Earth Day Bird Count A beautiful yellow-rumped warbler, by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587751117453-7HHLD3QCB7LEC9FML3PH/48075078613_9f39e5d6f9_c.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Earth Day Bird Count Sandhill cranes happily nest at Goose Pond Sanctuary in 2020. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/4/17/brown-headed-cowbird monthly 0.5 2020-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587124277219-G4YQ5R3HPB82SGV3C26T/Picture1.png Friday Feathered Feature - Brown-headed Cowbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587126055472-83I8BPQ27DHX1K2H1WPK/48516457942_11296ae9c8_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Brown-headed Cowbird A yellow warbler foster mom with her giant brown-headed cowbird chick. Photo by Emilie Chen FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587125547352-S82WEMDQ2LSBOOPZD7BT/4704138203_766b08900e_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Brown-headed Cowbird A wood thrush with its own and a brown-headed cowbird nestling. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587124870911-4XHR3RQGR4LI9HTG2CUQ/Picture2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Brown-headed Cowbird Mike Ehrmantraut, observing from his car https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587124886968-KA8FRJOZHB4P0ELNLPP7/6982533180_cac85f1cac_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Brown-headed Cowbird Female BHCO, observing from her branch. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587125239446-TJX1SE7GL4OECUN8XJXG/Picture3.png Friday Feathered Feature - Brown-headed Cowbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587125676639-74HU9RA0RTNKOJ9MSCKX/49433529016_bdaf320478_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Brown-headed Cowbird Brown-headed cowbird club, photo by Patricia Pierce FCC https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/4/10/hooded-merganser monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586534348596-ZUIDNE5AMC1QEFZG8QQN/15612672518_0dda1ec077_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Hooded Merganser Hooded merganser, photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586533111783-RLKYFJK7N87Z57BPSY0A/32312371-1280px.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Hooded Merganser Hooded merganser range map, provided by The Cornell Lab of Ornithology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586534233680-CMUL7K42F5SJX8TIMTOF/Hooded+mergansers.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Hooded Merganser A freon nesting tube that was donated to us by the LaCrosse County Conservation Alliance. We replaced the freon tube with a cedar box. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586534204768-371FMWZEA9XTXADTJ5NT/20200327_183205.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Hooded Merganser Lovely merganser eggs. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586533983204-64VLHCMJ7PT5D3FBOJW4/image.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Hooded Merganser A hooded merganser nest was found on May 12 at Sue Ames Prairie. We checked the nest box on May 18th and the young were ready to jump out. Nine membranes from hatched eggs and one unhatched egg. This was the the first hooded merganser nesting at Goose Pond. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586534422043-5M0065WPUAWXE9Y9NXI0/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Hooded Merganser Hooded merganser cuties, photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586533501635-AXGOYQU9YGHU4AT7JEYK/0210181526.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Hooded Merganser Jenny McGinley checks on of their many wood duck boxes, this one at Otsego Marsh. Photo by Mark McGinley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586534091707-VDJAU8V2EMFQW9HQ1KU9/20200327_182757.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Hooded Merganser A wood duck box should have a solid predator guard to protect the eggs from hungry raccoons and other critters. Photo by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/4/3/woodcock monthly 0.5 2020-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585931741074-KXZL1OGK9WZW73K4SY2R/16885281018_328dc64eb2_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Woodcock American woodcock, photo by Fyn Kynd FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585932617131-8ZXSVXZZDYIL6S825SL8/IMG_1469.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - American Woodcock Dusk at Faville Grove Sanctuary. Photo by Drew Harry https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/3/27/greater-white-fronted-goose monthly 0.5 2020-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585319478490-C5QZCZDE18LTNM5NANRH/White-fronted+goose+%28Ryan+Askren%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Greater White-fronted Goose Greater white-fronted goose, photo by Ryan Askren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585319628646-14ZPEN84UYG7DC19OE2S/white+front+breeding+topography.PNG Friday Feathered Feature - Greater White-fronted Goose Satellite image of the Alaskan landscape preferred by white-fronted geese https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585319711720-JBAFN12EDCDLUQKHACE9/white+front+flock+arlene+koziol.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Greater White-fronted Goose White-fronted geese in flight, notice the variation in the coloring in the bellies. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585320609515-FUEJX1YRLHPBNFU4EF1K/25507729564_9339ce0529_c.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Greater White-fronted Goose Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585320066505-NAWTV6S8TZFK12BXQB54/white+front+wintering+%28ducks+unlimited%29.PNG Friday Feathered Feature - Greater White-fronted Goose Graphic shows changes in winter distribution of greater white-fronted geese between 1975-2015. Graphic provided by Ducks Unlimited https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585320424784-7K2YTP7Z9L9XDCUP5C98/49701992211_37e011d245_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Greater White-fronted Goose A lot of greater white-fronted geese at Goose Pond! Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/3/20/song-sparrow monthly 0.5 2020-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1584720160030-7B012CX8FPLKQFH5GTSS/WorldSparrowDay_LOGO.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Song Sparrow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1584721949057-OXZYHGKT1MLKCLLJHYV3/560463.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Song Sparrow Mandarte Island, BC, Canada. Photo courtesy of mandarte-island.weebly.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1584722098138-LJD7H9HU1YO9DQTFKJ4V/sosp+mandarte.png Friday Feathered Feature - Song Sparrow Song sparrow. Photo courtesy of mandarte-island.weebly.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1584722246796-PMJIC5UEAVJRJ8HGTG21/banded+sosp+mandarte.png Friday Feathered Feature - Song Sparrow Banded song sparrow. Photo courtesy of mandarte-island.weebly.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1584722387465-62LPNJKJRSUOR1DJNUME/Screen+Shot+2020-03-20+at+11.39.15+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Song Sparrow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1584722492259-TQSQEVELVZ91LNXNLH91/IMG-1309.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Song Sparrow Song sparrow living up to its name at Faville Grove Sanctuary. Photo by Drew Harry https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/3/13/snowy-owls-columbia-fonddulac monthly 0.5 2020-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1584129189402-VJT7OW2SH614GEIIW6GB/columbia2%2Bmh.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Snowy owls: Update on Columbia &amp; Welcome to Fond du Lac Columbia, the snowy owl, looks at the camera with her sharp, yellow eyes. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1584128848711-W567MX8ZARLAZIJGITPB/move+north.PNG Friday Feathered Feature - Snowy owls: Update on Columbia &amp; Welcome to Fond du Lac A path marks Columbia’s northward journey since March 8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1584129002177-L5LLAE7GCWNKPB8GGSZL/Snowy+owl+1T+%281%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Snowy owls: Update on Columbia &amp; Welcome to Fond du Lac Fond du Lac, the snowy owl. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/3/6/breeding-bird-distributions monthly 0.5 2020-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1583510086934-5V7B390ZQ5AK2J4GBQ0F/category.png Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Distributions Color codes for breeding status. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1583509285513-XGAKZWWPJXCPT4Y0PBWD/26754359970_97d224a033_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Distributions Upland sandpiper, photo by Vitalii Khustochka, FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1583509327242-JOFT1SE7QRO9TNS7XWKP/sandpiper.png Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Distributions Upland Sandpiper breeding range in southern Wisconsin, conspicuously absent from the circled area. Star indicates Faville Grove Sanctuary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1583509391473-A5CRF1NWXTRA95Q0Z3N5/24379515332_3a608412c4_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Distributions Short-eared owl, photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1583509421169-Y64MQSYZCSVCHOSIZ5BZ/image-asset.png Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Distributions The light purple block west of the I-94 marker is the atlas block that contains Faville Grove Sanctuary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1583509500687-U6X3B6YNHPSIUS63CTFY/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Distributions Red-headed woodpeckers, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1583509533714-I6FAM5RNDTNEWVR65T7L/woodpecker.png Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Distributions Red-headed woodpecker breeding locations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1583509598276-K1YVZ4NZTW16LBBPO8R9/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Distributions Blue-winged warbler, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1583509621896-V94QFWJV8CRK9JAY96K6/blue.png Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Distributions Breeding map for blue-winged warblers in southeastern Wisconsin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1583509701177-341UBQTMIPE5QVUVMRL7/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Distributions Ovenbird, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1583509729121-P35BA1CVNRD5LE1C7PPE/image-asset.png Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Distributions Breeding map for ovenbirds in southeastern Wisconsin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1583509793890-MDMWHCPZNFE363EMG70G/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Distributions Mourning warbler, photo by Tom Benson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1583509815393-3NVNNH36HXONXIHR0SJM/image-asset.png Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Distributions Breeding map for mourning warblers in southeastern Wisconsin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1583509878431-BFYSQKYXF3R47MI00EDC/27773481433_10a952bbd2_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Distributions Grasshopper sparrow, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1583509902630-S9E2N09WG73OI0C1WXCT/grasshopper+sp.png Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Distributions Breeding map for grasshopper sparrows in southeastern Wisconsin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1583509980872-YD9P0507E5ROQ4QSKXUF/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Distributions Henslow’s sparrow, photo by JanetandPhil, FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1583510004405-STVJZAPUDLCJYN4TOB35/image-asset.png Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Distributions Breeding map for Henslow’s sparrow in southeastern Wisconsin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1583510028165-T1KP0ADUVJRSEWX2229B/image-asset.png Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Distributions Map of sampling effort in southeastern Wisconsin. https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/2/28/snapshot-wisconsin-goose-ponds-bird-list monthly 0.5 2020-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582905863779-8W4VUS7MXOBXCQ8LUKY3/image+%2823%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Snapshot Wisconsin: Goose Pond's Bird List https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582904528308-3BOPSWRFNH6S67D6FUEU/_DSC0730.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Snapshot Wisconsin: Goose Pond's Bird List https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582904589370-X3PDYH0LF99Q6TH7CQ7D/image+%287%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Snapshot Wisconsin: Goose Pond's Bird List - Greater white-fronted goose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582904617818-HQPQR1JMG4OBDR5A3CGR/image+%2820%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Snapshot Wisconsin: Goose Pond's Bird List - Canada goose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582904623338-A3Q7049WNGHPO45NU7CL/image+%289%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Snapshot Wisconsin: Goose Pond's Bird List - Canada geese at night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582904664037-WF2YZG0YNB112ZG7WNIF/image+%286%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Snapshot Wisconsin: Goose Pond's Bird List - American black duck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582904687424-02ZIHQICVHTJI9ZX8C84/image+%285%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Snapshot Wisconsin: Goose Pond's Bird List - Blue-winged teal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582904707783-8F8ALIB4LSXVGMV3IDRS/image+%284%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Snapshot Wisconsin: Goose Pond's Bird List - Northern shoveler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582904729383-Y8XI0PH50R2L9T42MHSG/image+%2810%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Snapshot Wisconsin: Goose Pond's Bird List - Hooded merganser https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582904748982-INAI9SE84MASTBNNIQZJ/image+%2822%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Snapshot Wisconsin: Goose Pond's Bird List - Ring-necked pheasant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582904762186-WIK0TCWPB7E9659D5TJC/image+%2823%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Snapshot Wisconsin: Goose Pond's Bird List - Sandhill crane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582904822180-4WKZ983V2JI9R2UISRNM/image+%2817%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Snapshot Wisconsin: Goose Pond's Bird List - Northern harrier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582904805206-DA8E4C6H6SSAAATZBRAT/image+%2821%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Snapshot Wisconsin: Goose Pond's Bird List - Coopers hawk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582904836674-TVLOOFIBI2R3Z23CR92A/image+%2819%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Snapshot Wisconsin: Goose Pond's Bird List - Red-tailed hawk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582904856972-3QAE3F8SDUM1KH38L3VG/image+%2815%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Snapshot Wisconsin: Goose Pond's Bird List - Great-horned owl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582904873606-5ROGJOWTPW2WIE8D0E9O/image+%283%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Snapshot Wisconsin: Goose Pond's Bird List - Short-eared owl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582904887539-QL86K8FMRDN0SMLKRVOA/image+%2812%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Snapshot Wisconsin: Goose Pond's Bird List - Belted kingfisher https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582905273497-ETQ6VRCTF73SAINFOHZR/image+%2813%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Snapshot Wisconsin: Goose Pond's Bird List - Common grackle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582904898856-ECA3NWJ3UELF5WFN0V2W/image+%2816%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Snapshot Wisconsin: Goose Pond's Bird List - American crow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582904900343-HEC1FLZZTI2TFQS93BKK/AlbumPhotoImage+%288%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Snapshot Wisconsin: Goose Pond's Bird List - Red-winged blackbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582905903333-AN4G43HQ4U1YKFU1FEJR/image+%282%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Snapshot Wisconsin: Goose Pond's Bird List Oh bittern, where are you? https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/2/21/northern-shrike monthly 0.5 2020-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582295401439-VOS5ZEUM51NU9QG5DQEE/IMG_0950.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Shrike An impaled vole is cached for a northern shrike’s next meal. Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582295448812-Z87N4E57FK7SHHC4AULW/IMG_0995.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Shrike A northern shrike is spotted at the top of this oak tree at Faville Grove Sanctuary. Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582295515094-UAUW4OF1QR24HGLRCOVY/IMG_0992.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Shrike A northern shrike scouts the landscape to make its next move. Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582295574671-YXSCRLVKPZKCYTQYX2NR/IMG_1015.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Shrike A northern shrike sits perched on the tip-top of a tree, giving nearby humans a minute to get a good look. Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1582295209124-HUJG4SYTPBIGHYQ9RHQJ/IMG_1021.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Shrike Barring, eye ring, and mask are all visible in this shot of a northern shrike. Photo by Drew Harry https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/2/14/two-decades-of-christmas-bird-counts-at-goose-pond-sanctuary monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1581702836127-8NOZCUZHJ8G0ZVPBODW1/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Two Decades of Christmas Bird Counts at Goose Pond Sanctuary Poynette Christmas Bird Counters for 14+ years, Jim Hess (left), Bill Walters (middle), and Mark Martin (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1581699637264-URL1IMGJ42KSYKKG30V3/American+Tree+Sparrow+KCA.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Two Decades of Christmas Bird Counts at Goose Pond Sanctuary American tree sparrow, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1581699709362-QOA1BUMOPUG9J1UOQ36W/Rough-legged+Hawk+by+Phil+Brown.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Two Decades of Christmas Bird Counts at Goose Pond Sanctuary Rough-legged hawk, photo by Phil Brown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1581699349433-UESHQID8IIFEUHDA17DV/table.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Two Decades of Christmas Bird Counts at Goose Pond Sanctuary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1581699754507-9VZCZBO828DUFS0MK0ZW/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Two Decades of Christmas Bird Counts at Goose Pond Sanctuary Red-bellied woodpecker, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1581699365551-UHHTBC3KMAGISLZJQVR9/pheasant+and+goldfinch+graph.png Friday Feathered Feature - Two Decades of Christmas Bird Counts at Goose Pond Sanctuary https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/2/7/canada-warbler monthly 0.5 2020-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1581094099298-JRVZ3E9A85I7T7910FSK/IMG_0274.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Canada Warbler Canada warbler peeks out behind a tree. Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1581094271040-1HSHH2KOVQUZ68XOF0XG/john+sutton.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Canada Warbler Photo by John Sutton https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/1/31/we-named-her-columbia monthly 0.5 2020-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1580498481628-CR3A3D3V11EF8F3RHRYX/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - We Named Her "Columbia" This lift-off was caught on camera on Dec. 11 near Goose Pond. Birdwatchers were hopeful that we’d get to meet this snowy owl again! Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1580497189876-2Q1839OFKLD9OY3PQPEA/snowy+toy.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - We Named Her "Columbia" This unexpected snowy owl gift was a good omen on Jan. 28! Photo by Stacy Taritas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1580498316713-ELQWQPRVXEPM6R6DZ691/columbia2+mh.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - We Named Her "Columbia" The beautiful snowy owl caught near Goose Pond Sanctuary on Jan. 28, 2020. She was outfitted with a transmitter for research purposes and release back into the wild. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1580498218076-NBTGXTTABLZWOHU0FZHG/IMG_2222.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - We Named Her "Columbia" Gene Jacobs examins the snowy owl to determine her age. Photo by Dennis Schenborn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1580498564855-JAWHKHI8T9E44VW6JWWJ/snowy+sit+ak.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - We Named Her "Columbia" Columbia sits and waits for supper (taken on Dec. 11, 2019). Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/1/24/northern-goshawk monthly 0.5 2020-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1579884638220-VGJKPLOXP68BLLP71OLZ/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Goshawk Juvenile goshawk in the nest, photo by Andrey Gulivanov https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1579885066450-4P8BCHAA2HC2RVHM6ORP/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Goshawk The fierce look of a northern goshawk, photo by Zweer de Bruin https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/1/17/common-raven monthly 0.5 2020-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1579281878488-2PFF0Z8R639VDXQJGTLR/mick+thompson+2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Raven Common raven photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1579281947634-MSK7D64BJNIX9OC58PJ6/image.png Friday Feathered Feature - Common Raven Common raven range map, courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1579282050833-XWMOVAHXRTUDI5K3DN8C/ebird+cora.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Raven eBird map of common raven breeding. Black = confirmed, dark purple = probable. See more: https://ebird.org/atlaswi/map/comrav https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/1/10/whooping-crane monthly 0.5 2020-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1578677297029-XDX0IQR9096C5MTCEDH5/28557633386_0cb0c09a23_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Whooping Crane Whooping crane family. Photo by USFWS Midwest Region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1578677399880-JS8KHLYXZ205VSE2RK8U/14782749149_0e36d3dc45_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Whooping Crane A whooping crane and two sandhill cranes. Photo by USFWS Midwest Region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1578677223994-8BZJKALENH1W9WN0V005/5534374759_ddded2b42f_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Whooping Crane Operation Migration in action. Photo by USFWS Midwest Region, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1578677469214-S5X0QIZYZGE2EYLHRTHK/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Whooping Crane A captive whooping crane at International Crane Foundation https://swibirds.org/fff/2020/1/3/tis-the-season-for-snowy-owls monthly 0.5 2020-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1578065497783-875OUJBEJPAPXQFLVJ3G/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - 'Tis the season for snowy owls Snowy owl take-off. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1578065551837-2AUSFALW3FL38ZLKRV5E/snowy%2Bperched%2Bak.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 'Tis the season for snowy owls Snowy basking in sun. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1578069875611-XOYCEPCTKTFIMLB9CD8L/snowy%2B1-richard%2Barmstrong.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 'Tis the season for snowy owls The snowy who has been hanging around UW Farms. Photo by Richard Armstrong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1578069898202-WL413JLFJEL85XT84IDW/snoiwy+owl+4+NC+-richard+armstrong.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 'Tis the season for snowy owls Snowies feel at home in the flat expanse of corn fields, which mimic the openness of the tundra. Photo by Richard Armstrong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1578065733191-82OIFI3XHTMJ98P6ER06/Arlene+Koziol_Snowy+Owl+Release.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 'Tis the season for snowy owls Mark Martin releases “Goose Pond” the snowy owl near its namesake, Goose Pond Sanctuary. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1578066606420-UXJ25FOD8HFZNDJEET65/16537858080_d274ec1eb0_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 'Tis the season for snowy owls Peggy Macnamara, Artist in residence at the Field Museum, with Mark holding the painting she created of the experience. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1578066842002-H0UOMF24Z99IO7GN87F4/Arlington_moonclerk.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 'Tis the season for snowy owls Arlington stares right at the camera. Photo by David Rihn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1578067453481-SKPP1A2ZGKZBL1FB8R69/coddington.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - 'Tis the season for snowy owls Coddington, the snowy owl. Photo by Brad Zinda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1578067159186-TU31K2BT39DHGR0MJM40/49295171002_c3b4777b37_o.png Friday Feathered Feature - 'Tis the season for snowy owls Photo by Arlene Koziol, annotations for aging the bird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1578067108396-TCOIG1M7IQ2NY75CUOB8/49295171967_14991ab464_o.png Friday Feathered Feature - 'Tis the season for snowy owls Photo by Arlene Koziol, annotations for aging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1578067322154-5UFFOF4O1VKF4R5J56GP/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - 'Tis the season for snowy owls The owl track near this pile of rock pigeon feathers gives a good indication of what happened here. Photo by Graham Steinhauer. https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/12/20/bay-breasted-warbler monthly 0.5 2019-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1576858061971-EF9RF2VJMOHG9TJ7PYXJ/bbw+dave+inman.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bay-breasted Warbler Bay-breasted warbler, photo by Dave Inman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1576858108238-FQD0J7W5D19OOSGKKQ4O/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Bay-breasted Warbler Bay-breasted warbler, photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/12/13/goose-pond-then-and-now monthly 0.5 2019-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1576250432884-PWRODY4YYITHWP6KL5O5/goosepond-enhanced-AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond: then and now Goose Pond, 2017, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1576250821006-MOHD2PFKFGUMT6Z60YSL/Abundance+of+waterfowl+MH.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond: then and now A pond bursting with life! Photo by Monica Hall, December 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1576509174230-QMIMZ800KEKHBAZWL1CW/swan+graph.PNG Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond: then and now Swan counts at Goose Pond, November and December 2019, graph by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1576251024896-QE2RAHBX7RZ2855BOPI1/49213037138_e79f8eb5b6_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond: then and now The snowy owl reported in Columbia County, December 2019. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/12/6/golden-crowned-kinglet monthly 0.5 2020-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1575645022303-3JILCO2KDQISQJWYLRPL/Golden+crowned+kinglet+by+Jim+Steward.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Golden-crowned Kinglet Golden-crowned kinglet, photo by Jim Stewart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1575645212679-Y2IIHAGWZRLMWM4IZMIE/gck+kca.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Golden-crowned Kinglet Golden-crowned kinglet, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1575645312467-EJV63GKRDD01P6LOYQXN/oak+ak.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Golden-crowned Kinglet Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/11/22/wings-over-water-imax-production monthly 0.5 2019-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1574435977356-AQFCFRV2F49QZAHH1MLD/49091711718_d4efb3cc70_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Wings over Water - IMAX Production Comes to Goose Pond Sanctuary Preparing for launch takes a little longer with all this equipment! Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1574436243958-UM6S1PA9FFA2HKQT3ZH2/49092237201_748640d7ec_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Wings over Water - IMAX Production Comes to Goose Pond Sanctuary A sandhill crane frolicks in the snowy cornfield near Goose Pond during the “Wings over Water” shoot. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1574436024493-BVULXRAU81QQQ6P75G0G/20191031_100142.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Wings over Water - IMAX Production Comes to Goose Pond Sanctuary Welcome to Wisconsin! Filmmakers put on a good face filming during a fall snow. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1574436350459-NGQIZ0CEUSXTQ5K39O0H/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Wings over Water - IMAX Production Comes to Goose Pond Sanctuary On-site with the Archipelago Films crew at Goose Pond, fall 2019. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/11/15/blue-jay monthly 0.5 2020-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1573837636352-15H36TCKXNY4WB59E0EG/jo+zimny+photos.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Blue Jay Blue jays at feeder, photo by Jo Zimny Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1573837741853-W1JKSHZWDB7V4JDJNXSU/joshua+mayer.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Blue Jay Oak savanna, photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1573837949636-BZKTIQVBHAFCH4C5S33D/stan+lupo.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Blue Jay Photo by Stan Lupo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1573837872363-YLPWFYHIFT514H84RUZQ/Bluejay.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Blue Jay Photo by Monica Hall https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/11/8/cedar-grove-turns-70 monthly 0.5 2019-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1573234076341-9B9A03P2TX4J0MV7HCPE/11008445_1443321719293073_9089178562000666723_n.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove turns 70 Photo provided by Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1573230606939-MY23LVUF2HD4KUUTQJY0/72645972_2273871396238097_4813924865776025600_n.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove turns 70 Map provided by Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1573230759342-FFNH43BNS10KJXP3WUUM/Red-tailed+hawk-te.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove turns 70 Red-tailed hawk, photo by Tim Eisele https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1573230809064-2B5YA4P2XPDADS9GT8HQ/image.png Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove turns 70 Mary Manering watching Brand Smith releasing a red-tailed hawk. Photo by Dory Owen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1573231575643-AK8PU1T2O845X7VVEW4G/image+%281%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove turns 70 Mary Manering ready to release a sharp-shinned hawk. Photo by Dory Owen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1573230821808-BG7OJSO11VNEI4DIQW4D/image+%282%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove turns 70 Savanna, a Cedar Grove intern, ready to release a red-tailed hawk. Photo by Dory Owen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1573231595789-KZ37V1P6BUQ9DTA0TYTD/image+%283%29.png Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove turns 70 Sharon Weisenberger holding a sharp-shinned hawk. Photo by Dory Owen https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/11/1/fosters-tern monthly 0.5 2020-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1572615675464-VWX77YELOAOI06PO5S4F/gbh+dh.png Friday Feathered Feature - Foster's Tern In his regular perch. Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1572615761843-0F2R1JSZ5TT164PJ2H4K/fosters2+dh.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Foster's Tern Foster’s tern at Hwy 89 pond. Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1572616488846-GSM02UDQAYISX4NUAWHZ/moat+rob+couey.png Friday Feathered Feature - Foster's Tern Wetland “moat” at Faville marsh. Narrow areas of water are likely due to erosion. Native vegetation will replace agricultural field and hold the soil in place in the far upper left of this photo, credit Rob Couey https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/10/25/not-so-spooky-bats monthly 0.5 2019-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1572012726522-CGBYKZWUL9388IK1QPJN/48626857331_bff1c3dd0f_b.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Not-So-Spooky Bats Hoary bat, one of Wisconsin’s eight native bat species. Photo by Daniel Neal, Oregon State University FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1572012230839-1XA2NP6N39Y3LFCX1MLZ/cute+flying+fox.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Not-So-Spooky Bats Young flying fox. Photo by Australian Bat Clinic and Wildlife Trauma Centre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1572012925948-NXQBH0B4BLE7DQ8LEGE4/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Not-So-Spooky Bats Map by White-Nose Syndrome Response Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1572012421587-CQPDN9P9QGEOOTIWD2K8/Scan_0003.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Not-So-Spooky Bats Results of the 2016 Bat Survey. Map by WDNR Bat Program https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1572012486868-53J3CVMOO44L0WKAVA80/bat%2Bsurvey%2B2019.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Not-So-Spooky Bats Results of the same survey done in 2019. Map by WDNR Bat Program https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1572013038449-YQT5RY0JIJ49FE1AV9Q9/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Not-So-Spooky Bats Little brown bats in a hibernaculum. Photo by Petroglyph FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1572012525805-1L4CQRMVU7PMT1X8SIUP/little+brown+with+WNS%2C+USFWS+NDL.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Not-So-Spooky Bats Little brown bat with white-nose syndrome. Photo courtesy of USFWS National Digital Library. https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/10/18/blue-headed-vireo monthly 0.5 2021-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1571406986666-SBHPVOC67D6O6BHW5FYB/bhv+melanie.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Blue-headed Vireo Blue-headed vireo, photo by Melanie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1571406617469-7R90K839R0KOT95TP4Z9/vireo+climate+change+3+degrees.png Friday Feathered Feature - Blue-headed Vireo This map from Audubon’s Survival by Degrees website shows the blue-headed vireos habitat loss and gain in North America, under a 3 degree warming scenario. Provided by National Audubon Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1571406691635-767A3R0KMI6CGBMTH6DS/invasive+hemlock.png Friday Feathered Feature - Blue-headed Vireo Map of eastern hemlock’s native range, courtesy of USDA Plants Database https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1571406730738-UVCUB9U9GCV76JY8EEBI/hemlock+graph.png Friday Feathered Feature - Blue-headed Vireo Graph from WDNR Division of Forestry Report, October 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1571407089571-7LI962BFKIT601R83FJ6/bhv+skip+russell.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Blue-headed Vireo Blue-headed vireo, photo by Skip Russell https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/10/11/whooping-crane monthly 0.5 2019-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1570805242073-NAS985BYH73LUNIQO06V/whoop+sand+flying+ak+jpg.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The (ongoing) tale of the elusive Whooping Crane and Goose Pond Sanctuary A sandhill and whooping crane fly overhead. Photo by Arlene Koziol, taken in 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1570805291920-J8ST9VL44HYTBR5WQE0E/whoop+closeup+ak.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The (ongoing) tale of the elusive Whooping Crane and Goose Pond Sanctuary A closeup of a captive whooping crane, taken at International Crane Foundation. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1570805140670-LLKOSKLCK4HBPIYORUW6/three+whoops+ak.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The (ongoing) tale of the elusive Whooping Crane and Goose Pond Sanctuary Three whooping cranes stand in the shallows. Photo by Arlene Koziol, taken in 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1570805342551-WQAEKTSN08ORLK5XP0IW/whoop+flying+ak+jpg.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The (ongoing) tale of the elusive Whooping Crane and Goose Pond Sanctuary A whooping crane soars overhead. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/10/4/lincolns-sparrow monthly 0.5 2019-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1570201668836-T4GUP7B7TFPP597GJJ2M/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Lincoln's Sparrow Lincoln’s sparrow, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1570201710544-FNTFMRH0LI4N7NA1PA5A/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Lincoln's Sparrow Lincoln’s sparrow, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/9/27/welcome-to-fall-migration monthly 0.5 2019-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1569605524540-3LJS8J5UKI9BIWSBURE6/monica+ne+aster.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Welcome to Fall Migration Monarchs on New England aster, photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1569605638382-OMCDV9A5VV815QCXCTX1/sedge+wren+ak.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Welcome to Fall Migration Sedge wren, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1569605726566-E1JQIURN7A3N4AOHO2RT/egret+monica.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Welcome to Fall Migration Great egret, photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1569611547316-37PT5XJ8R48D4A2KIEQX/_57A5284wm.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Welcome to Fall Migration Bald eagle, photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1569611614528-O7QCBVJK3Y24FNGFO79U/grebe+ak.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Welcome to Fall Migration Pied-billed grebe, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1569633879440-O1YK7HZFBCYNKIUPL4XB/D14A0279.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Welcome to Fall Migration Come take a seat at the beautiful south edge of Goose Pond. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/9/20/golden-winged-warbler monthly 0.5 2019-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1568989210141-V117UCYZT2Z51YLU5FLA/image_123986672.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Golden-winged Warbler Golden-winged warbler sings in a tree. Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1568989115411-RD56E3L2DAD5M8HQJSD7/map.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Golden-winged Warbler From nasa.gov https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/9/13/monarch-mania monthly 0.5 2019-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1568398805463-FHHNU3E2WL449MJ58LUN/arlene.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Monarch Mania Gobs of monarchs roosting in the trees begin increasing their internal temperatures by pumping their wings. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1568399912504-4OLX0PEMTSLBVZXSBCO5/Fall+Roost+Count.png Friday Feathered Feature - Monarch Mania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1568399048847-OY6L8ZRSHQXZV3INM9UP/Browne+Prairie+3.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Monarch Mania Goose Pond Sanctuary’s Browne Prairie is a sea of yellow this fall, full of goldenrod which monarchs love to nectar on. Photo by Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1568399121255-RLPIWMFE686HMKVHDI00/IMG_3857.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Monarch Mania Monarchs in a net will be carefully extracted and tagged with a unique identifier sticker. Photo by Ruth Smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1568399272887-O652BRH3B70RB9BHHAMQ/IMG_0979.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Monarch Mania A monarch with a tag will continue its journey to Mexico. Photo by Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1568399361432-8KEA92G1G5QKHM3IHP6P/IMG_3879.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Monarch Mania Two monarch tagging participants scout their approach for their next target. Photo by Ruth Smith https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/9/6/tennessee-warbler monthly 0.5 2019-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1567778683700-Y5COI16WEN1V6H556Z0A/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Tennessee Warbler Tennessee warbler, photo by Jeff Bryant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1567778498440-PI5KGJZFCAJ90EQVBB4S/marshal+hedin.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Tennessee Warbler Shade-grown coffee plantation, photo by Marshal Hedin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1567779292496-QGSRZY083WRJNLO8H4HG/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Tennessee Warbler Tennessee warbler, photo by Russ Wigh https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/8/30/breeding-bird-atlas-ii-thanks-for-the-memories monthly 0.5 2019-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1567186447635-TD7J896YT2708SKZLKSV/14799273566_dccfbf38e5_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Atlas II – Thanks for The Memories Female red-winged blackbird brings a grasshopper back to the nest. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1567185693497-QW0PJ34550H2LVJJ0EP9/34738841956_9b8296cc67_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Atlas II – Thanks for The Memories Black-billed cuckoo. Photo by Tom Murray https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1567185777483-900GJXHLNQNDNZJ6JV8N/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Atlas II – Thanks for The Memories Brand Smith, Dory Owen, Sharon Weisenberger viewing the first sightings of black-necked stilt chicks in Columbia County. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1567185012723-GKK8B1OVCC6D85P92K66/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Atlas II – Thanks for The Memories Young pelicans on High Island. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1567184466893-A11BN63C1X5JV99SSB7U/_DSC0164.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Atlas II – Thanks for The Memories A bittern poses for the camera. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1567184924916-7JMYK7LSVBEG4PMZLZAV/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Atlas II – Thanks for The Memories Osprey nesting on the lights at the Pardeeville High School athletic field. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1567184872830-OC96H3KU1JJTF47BM1H5/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Atlas II – Thanks for The Memories Red-headed woodpecker, confirmed after three tries! Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1567185555765-LC1UZR7B9RCVNPXTOZ7P/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Atlas II – Thanks for The Memories Two purple martin banding participants hold a young chick on an Amish farm. Photo by Madison Audubon https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/8/23/barn-swallow monthly 0.5 2019-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1566575028782-INMYYXZ2H2TJUFER8AVS/kelly+colgan+azar.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Barn Swallow Barn swallow photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1566575128564-HD1P9WWU0W1I3Y0BEQ86/whitney+h.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Barn Swallow Barn swallow chicks, photo by Whitney H https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1566575321837-NWB7HE376K3YFKKX7ZJN/mick+thompson+2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Barn Swallow Barn swallow fledglings, photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1566575227064-OIK926YEMRKQE41FB0QH/31955381-1280px.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Barn Swallow Barn swallow range map, provided by Cornell Lab of Ornithology, https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Swallow/maps-range https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/8/16/rusty-patched-bumble-bee monthly 0.5 2019-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1565966505913-WQTFKWKUUJKEKI3SZLSO/IUCN+endangered+species+chart.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Rusty patched bumble bee Provided by International Union for Conservation of Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1565966388667-NWS0VO0M74S8FRXYUFAR/IMG_1157.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Rusty patched bumble bee Participants of our August 3, 2019 bumble bee walk field trip at Goose Pond Sanctuary got to see first-hand the rusty-patched bumble bee! Photo by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1565966599772-LDYG4M6976JWU3NI5DPP/bees+on+sunflowers.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Rusty patched bumble bee Sunflowers provide awesome fodder for pollinators. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1565966782465-IJ5EGCD9NJUD12YDJPOB/20372229482_c9e3e7bbda_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Rusty patched bumble bee Bee balm are in full bloom at Goose Pond Sanctuary. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/8/9/field-sparrow monthly 0.5 2019-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1565362726324-KY0WOMLMNRXDX50ERRAX/IMG_3180.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Field Sparrow Field sparrow pair, photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1565362480826-9LVCL8VGWFW5GT86K2PL/IMG_1196.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Field Sparrow Field sparrow habitat, photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1565362413430-B9H262G4FCXSKJC9I2EY/IMG_1193.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Field Sparrow https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/8/2/great-egret monthly 0.5 2019-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1564750917711-B6DNOAWJQKO1GK4M99Y8/Great+Egret+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Egret Great egret on the water, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1564750984337-2BPME2TIQMVMW2O0WOEL/AUDLOGO-color.gif Friday Feathered Feature - Great Egret https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1564751118541-939VUUYCA4H72EI32BNG/5044101931_68c3837ffe_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Egret Great egret nestling, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1564751238361-YAFF6MIQS781ROSEUWRF/15004987539_1c84321dc3_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Egret Great egret in the cattails, photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/7/26/american-white-pelican monthly 0.5 2020-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1532099817205-MT2NRY3X4RQMQ3ZTA0YJ/16050816125_45fbcc28bc_o+%281%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American White Pelican Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1532099884818-JLLWPUZ69QS6G2JAKOSZ/5135022991_b332ef799a_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American White Pelican Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1532100201368-706I7TDGUX9T2CMNX5FA/6582962809_806a16ec15_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American White Pelican Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/7/19/american-bittern monthly 0.5 2019-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1563549684352-T8B55EW4G2YRE1I8BSNV/8670931267_e7d748714f_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Bittern American bittern, photo by Ellen & Tony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1563549808430-SFLVHF4Z0K28BI8HPW6N/12839899974_a1dbc81367_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Bittern American bittern, photo by USFWS Mountain-Prairie https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/7/12/eastern-prairie-white-fringed-orchid monthly 0.5 2020-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1562941367855-5IXE08U3UO49LHU2QUQ3/IMG_2239.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern White-fringed Orchid Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1530898577194-FGUWZWLWH5C48XY0N54L/joshua+mayer.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern White-fringed Orchid Photo by Joshua Mayer https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/7/5/green-winged-teal monthly 0.5 2019-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1562344429531-YV7IWM9KD7NUL43R8CS5/default.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Green-winged Teal Female (left) and male (right) green-winged teal. Photo by USFWS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1562344001788-I456AKM2QNYIIE7LU39Z/gwt+map.png Friday Feathered Feature - Green-winged Teal Green-winged teal range map, courtesy of Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s allaboutbirds.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1562348345516-2C7JV94SIDYKQ6YEWI9S/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Green-winged Teal One of the four photos taken in the past five years of a breeding female green-winged teal in Wisconsin. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1562344362779-4K0BQ5OIJ9GRJEJCKW5A/Male+gwt.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Green-winged Teal A green-winged teal male hangs out at Goose Pond, near the female and brood, an unusual behavior for this species. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/6/28/wilsons-snipe monthly 0.5 2019-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1561743213400-ODZHVP6OKHLR01NKFET1/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Wilson's Snipe Two Wilson’s snipes stand in shallow wetlands, one with just its long beak underwater rooting for bugs. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1561743685714-BX889541F0N4P5T91KQV/IMG_1009.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Wilson's Snipe A Faville Grove wetland, complete with iconic flora and fauna! Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1561743756041-XRA2R55MI75F0HAUSPVG/IMG_1325.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Wilson's Snipe The little puff ball in action. Photo by Drew Harry https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/6/21/red-shouldered-hawk-banding monthly 0.5 2019-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1561125210959-V9W33HS1SCCSRM1XSVJ3/48069213766_8d9b417c05_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-shouldered Hawk Banding Red-shouldered hawk chicks in the nest. Photo by David Rihn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1561125256158-B4IJF17MN6AQ41LYZ8OQ/48069208241_521d7a321b_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-shouldered Hawk Banding John approaching the nest. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1561125336493-6IT6I873K0S8JLRI9HYM/48069298698_a7fdd1f2e8_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-shouldered Hawk Banding Red-shouldered hawk nestling recovering from a near drowning. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1561125412578-H69OMW3HNRKUM3PKA3NZ/48070147141_f258fe13be_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-shouldered Hawk Banding Graham Steinhauer made it to the first nest! Photo by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/6/14/eastern-kingbird monthly 0.5 2019-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1560525115384-MUXWQQVNRWKQ0XX49CNI/4672312257_4a8772d74c_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Kingbird Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1560525225653-GT1KY9LA9QN5IE37SEKS/14365656962_5cafb9c49a_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Kingbird Photo by OHFalcon72 https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/5/31/american-kestrels-2019-adult-banding-results monthly 0.5 2023-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1559313889937-00MHZ8642ADOM392X0R6/IMG_2968.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrels: 2019 adult banding results One of Madison Audubon’s nestboxes sits in a grassland, filled with young kestrels. MAS Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1559314028023-VSMRXZX8918RUM6QYLKR/_DSC0893.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrels: 2019 adult banding results A kestrel has a new bracelet! MAS Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1559314140209-PN2C5O6CWNGJDZA171T5/Pat+Ready+Kestrel+chicks+2+weeks+old.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrels: 2019 adult banding results American kestrel chicks in the nestbox. These little ones are about 2 weeks old. Photo by Pat Ready https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1559314077347-55WR2S928QKPSBHEVWM4/Kestrel+incubating.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrels: 2019 adult banding results A male kestrel incubates eggs in a nestbox. Photo by Pat Ready https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/5/24/chestnut-sided-warbler monthly 0.5 2019-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1528459734870-VS96WCMYR8INU96VUJDE/27195855007_055440487d_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chestnut-sided Warbler Photo by Jeff Bryant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1528460826889-1M2ZRYZHY1INY1V2W5NF/13967553058_c5ea96b4a3_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chestnut-sided Warbler Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/5/17/sora monthly 0.5 2019-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1558107935896-A61J3ZSMUNC41M6OUUXR/32213791-1280px.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sora Range map provided by Cornell Lab of Ornithology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1558108012635-RNGZMEG2GJY37MVWZTGD/sora+becky+matsubara.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sora Sora rail (check out its giant feet!). Photo by Becky Matsubara https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/5/10/northern-parula monthly 0.5 2019-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1557497175802-QNPPQU25VSAOZG4430U1/steve%2Bguttman.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Parula Photo by Steve Guttman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1557496873433-PSHWN28IWKKIFV41LNKB/parula+map.png Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Parula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1557497436921-RHZYOAKMC365Y583Y9FU/Bob+the+Lomond.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Parula Old Man’s Beard lichen, photo by Bob the Lomond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1557497059257-DV9064GTBFQKPC7XB4EW/parula+map+2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Parula Above, a density map of native epiphytic (plant growing on another plant, obtaining nutrients from air, rain, water, or debris) species in the United States roughly corresponds with the range of the northern parula. https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/5/3/banner-may-goose-pond-bird-count monthly 0.5 2019-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1556898579088-DLPU441IB9BXNW4GMZTV/grebe+ak.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - A Banner May: Goose Pond bird count A pied-billed grebe paddles through Goose Pond. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1556898760320-21HV9W40ZXLEG784DH2H/teal+usfws+midwest.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - A Banner May: Goose Pond bird count Blue-winged teal pair, photo by USFWS Midwest Region https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1556898816757-MVMHXOF6BHOLMBNI9RLE/American+coot+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - A Banner May: Goose Pond bird count American coot, photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/4/26/eastern-meadowlark monthly 0.5 2019-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1556288331275-V0YWH1TUV9SKL0BKO378/Pat+Ready+Meadowlark.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Meadowlark An eastern meadowlark sings “spring-of-the-year!” Photo by Pat Ready https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1556288469886-EUA7K3WVPZ7TFSI3X66Q/easternmeadowlarknestphoto-enhanced.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Meadowlark An eastern meadowlark nest, tucked in the grass and litter. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1556288223125-Y62059L4E9G32C459KJP/ebird.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Meadowlark eBird shows observations of eastern meadowlarks to be pretty sparse in the Faville Grove area. https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/4/19/sandhill-crane monthly 0.5 2019-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555686784055-7SU8ZKACVTYSHXC0RTP4/32652297167_8a1ac37562_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sandhill Crane Sandhill crane pair in calling in unison at Goose Pond. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555686827697-BCDQT0Y0J2VP7UVA7UCU/5590193232_cbca394477_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sandhill Crane Two sandhill cranes in flight. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555686853193-E1Y48I2R2OP3E1AI30ZH/47594732621_7a613ab4eb_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sandhill Crane Sandhill crane building a nest at Goose Pond, April 8, 2019. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555686910610-6D7HANVHIABQ0657SOQ3/41101749575_a40b2f29bb_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sandhill Crane Sandhill cranes on the nest. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/4/12/common-loon monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555079509166-HE9AQWZF6OA64KAOI0MO/up+north.png Friday Feathered Feature - Common Loon Rough approximation of “up north” based on common loon breeding range in Wisconsin. Image courtesy of eBird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555080201549-TZADO2GCISHKWBI4KT2R/Colorful+loon+PR.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Loon Colorful common loon on Lake Monona, April 4, 2019. Photo by Pat Ready https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555080247062-1LEFTV0J3FNPQR5QC4NA/Loon+with+wings+spread+PR.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Loon Lake Monona loon, april 4, 2019. Photo by Pat Ready https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555079560557-EAQ9KE8KVXS4BD9EIH9H/loon+habitat+mike+meyer.png Friday Feathered Feature - Common Loon Good habitat on a sphagnum mat, inset: no habitat. Photo courtesy of Mike Meyer, “Twenty Four Years of Common Loon Research in Wisconsin” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555079628560-5HFNXHY0YQNIVXUJ97EX/forest+service.png Friday Feathered Feature - Common Loon Image from Wisconsin’s Land Legacy Report https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1555079663624-VXB39LMYZYYL5CD932IJ/graph.png Friday Feathered Feature - Common Loon As pH decreases (becomes more acidic) mercury concentrations increase in both adults and chicks of common loons. Graph courtesy of Mike Meyer, “Twenty Four Years of Common Loon Research in Wisconsin” https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/4/5/scaup monthly 0.5 2019-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1554476443778-R11MGOXLF3ZIK4PTCWCL/greater_paul+sullivan.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Scaup Greater scaup, photo by Paul Sullivan, FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1554475146141-BIHOFSBRC9WIR4T941GM/rs-0437-Mike+Bons.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Scaup Lesser scaup, photo by Mike Bons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1554475033447-FJ0YRXWERYLAKA46U4BZ/lesser+scaup+pair-richard+armstrong.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Scaup Lesser scaup pair, photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1554476751610-FVNQIB580XVS5HUMDULX/greater+female_andrew+reding.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Scaup Greater scaup hen, photo by Andrew Reding, FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1554475343630-2KXMVD28Y1STL2SVSOYG/graph.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Scaup A graph showing the fluctuating presence of scaup, ringnecks, and canvasbacks at Goose Pond Sanctuary. https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/3/29/tundra-swan monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1553870889439-FVNDAHUYL7TUKGN05V54/IMG-9098.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Tundra Swan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1553870890978-9Z4SB07A1LQ04ML96Z5T/IMG-9111.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Tundra Swan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1553870890556-77P7S9RGGZJW9USNOKG1/IMG-9124.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Tundra Swan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1553870891951-I4IK5EBD7M0OAUSOS76G/IMG-9130.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Tundra Swan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1553870892113-ZR16CVRB2EFDRSM84QOZ/IMG-9141.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Tundra Swan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1553870894211-0WQXNSZRWLJ8V4CE9BFW/IMG-9148.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Tundra Swan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1553870892825-Y34D15CKNPOZ2O2CH5RE/IMG-9153.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Tundra Swan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1553870894023-EZB4B1KXWJQHABSQD60R/IMG-9158.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Tundra Swan https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/3/22/common-goldeneye monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1553272513892-H21VIOQGNT0P4CNTLSVN/copyright+jim+edlhuber+c+goldeneye+3+18+2019+5297_cr.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Goldeneye Drake common goldeneye. Photo by Jim Edlhuber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1553272478813-493366OUA2LLVTGI0N0A/goldeneyes+and+buffs.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Goldeneye Common goldeneyes and buffleheads. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1553272439176-ND2ZVMTM8WNZLYH7UWFN/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Goldeneye Muskrat family in the sun. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/3/15/red-winged-blackbird monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1552659231769-IE8CYW9E4IX916JKKWF8/Red-winged+Blackbird2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-winged Blackbird Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1552659513235-IFODA4B2YMLFYM6MCCHU/sandhill+v+rwbb.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-winged Blackbird An unamused sandhill crane getting mobbed by a red-winged blackbird. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1552659717591-JXUE9V7KNMMMUVCVNL0Y/swan+v+rwbb.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-winged Blackbird A red-winged blackbird mobs a swan family to protect a nearby nest. Photo by Alrene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1552659148403-E2B9JHCQQFA7VXE34K6E/rwbb+nest.png Friday Feathered Feature - Red-winged Blackbird Red-winged blackbird nest parasitized by a brown-headed cowbird in an upland setting. Photo by Drew Harry https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/3/8/crows-and-blue-jays-and-west-nile-oh-my monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1552061264617-EMRE1U57DSSFMTPI3F3R/blue+jay+2+eric+begin.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Crows, and Blue Jays, and West Nile, oh my Photo by Eric Begin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1552060841742-16FJ714054V9D0DV467G/west+nile+table.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Crows, and Blue Jays, and West Nile, oh my The number of dead bird cases per year where WNV was the cause of mortality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1552061148908-EYHT3JM60GF0E7R59VPB/crow+ak.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Crows, and Blue Jays, and West Nile, oh my A crow in flight, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1552060912822-2FBOUD1474ZU3MHCLXQY/Screen+Shot+2019-03-08+at+9.42.29+AM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Crows, and Blue Jays, and West Nile, oh my Average number of individual crow and blue jays counted during the Poynette Christmas Bird County https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1552061363676-2IAXJNZSP7UI7ZSJCTQQ/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Crows, and Blue Jays, and West Nile, oh my Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/3/1/sandhill-crane monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1551454240575-I9WALM6IMJBB52RVW6PI/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Sandhill Crane Sandhill crane in flight, by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1551454354848-2G37FFQD6L3LTV5J8JX0/ebird.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sandhill Crane February eBird data for sandhill cranes, showing wintering grounds and migration corridor, from Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative on Facebook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1551454550552-O5KQN18K0IS8UC696WGY/39898456275_94bf7a69b9_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sandhill Crane Sandhill cranes at sunrise on the Platte River near Kearney, Nebraska. Photo by Diana Robinson, FCC https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/2/22/the-2019-great-backyard-bird-count-in-a-tough-winter monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1550849980777-XRS5Q9L8S9ID93CFBBWS/count+spreadsheet.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The 2019 Great Backyard Bird Count in a Tough Winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1550850139782-I4ZGT0LX4YF8N16E6WYH/windbreak++Kampen+Feb+2019_DSC0192.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The 2019 Great Backyard Bird Count in a Tough Winter The Kamepn Road residence windbreak offers important shelter for birds and other wildlife. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1550850354446-8L686QV1LUB1Q9H9FOMS/Goldfinches.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - The 2019 Great Backyard Bird Count in a Tough Winter https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/2/15/northern-cardinal monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1550256778615-OVLQZJGZFIZ5EFJ92558/Bernard+Spragg+NZ.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Cardinal The dramatic landscape of Hawaii is home to a huge number of species you’d find no where else. Photo courtesy of Flickr, Bernard Spragg NZ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1550256063410-NC7Z38PEH1JCSJEBH3AN/iiwi+DH.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Cardinal I’iwi photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1550256119509-LT77YI2C6WO16K259QEP/apapane+e_rick1502.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Cardinal ‘Apapane photo courtesy of Flickr E_Rick1502 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1550256082508-34WIVR3G7GJ5A27ZXOEH/nene+sharifuddin59.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Cardinal Nene photo courtesy of Flickr SharifUddin59 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1550256327003-A7EMAO3D3YZ9HW1QNNCY/crested+honeycreeper+jim+denny.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Cardinal Crested Honeycreeper ‘Akohekohe courtesy of Flickr Jim Denny https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1550256371489-EWCUVBAKUO1UONC5NXZ2/not+crested.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Cardinal NOT a crested honeycreeper, photo Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1550256392580-HYHKXCXL4K8Q9SHHO8YX/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Cardinal The rainforest was not an ideal spot for photographing cardinals. Photo by Drew Harry https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/2/7/puerto-rico-winter-habitat-for-birds-and-humans monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1549573709379-D4WCUPK1XF6PDIFZP45I/mourning+dove.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Puerto Rico: Winter Habitat for Birds and Humans Mourning dove by USFWS National Digital Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1549573787370-0ERAHSR7Z1ZKVI56MU06/indigo+bunting.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Puerto Rico: Winter Habitat for Birds and Humans Indigo bunting by USFWS National Digital Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1549573807055-PTCYMSSUBV9IFQZUTCWC/indigo+bunting+range+map.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Puerto Rico: Winter Habitat for Birds and Humans Indigo bunting range map by Cornell Lab of Ornithology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1549573896287-246NC2WHHO53N7COLRP0/Puerto+Rican+Tody+%281%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Puerto Rico: Winter Habitat for Birds and Humans Puerto Rican Tody by Annabelle Watts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1549573922351-V0BUNMXF9GU9L7SMBFBR/yellow+crowned+night+heron.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Puerto Rico: Winter Habitat for Birds and Humans Yellow-crowned night heron by USFWS National Digital Library https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/2/1/lapland-longspur monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1549036964790-R54MEC8SG4MW1FPVNQ8Z/fiona+paton.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Lapland Longspur Lapland longspur in its summer breeding grounds. Photo by Fiona Paton FFF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1549037036933-KNAHP8Q8R8IY1NL9BHPL/8173968168_9df6819286_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Lapland Longspur Lapland longspur photo by Nigel, FCC https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/1/25/snowy-owls-galore monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1548432200925-WBNV7UB60WZHEQQ9L81R/Goose+The+Owl_Richard+Armstrong.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Snowy Owls Galore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1548432251036-XMTOICOLH0IAHDGFAF9A/IMG_0256.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Snowy Owls Galore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1548432230099-40Q9WLHBQ8VJ4T6A4XUB/coddington.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Snowy Owls Galore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1548435692940-QNNYDVLU5WK5MTFVLZKG/Release_ArleneKoziol.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Snowy Owls Galore Mark Martin releasing the newly tagged Goose Pond owl. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1548432651147-FAL1B66NV3W7ESKAWM0G/Arlington_moonclerk.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Snowy Owls Galore Arlington’s piercing gaze is unforgettable. Photo by David Rihn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1548431093805-AQ5IZN06AVCNRRD65RNF/arlingtonmap.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Snowy Owls Galore A map of Arlington’s extensive travels while in Wisconsin. Image provided by Project SNOWstorm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1548431360459-V2AN6YOUGBO4GKA6B1BS/coddington+profile.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Snowy Owls Galore Coddington, the snowy owl outfitted with Arlington’s transmitter, in profile. Photo by Brad ZInda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1548431256232-68ZEGWLPCQNDCOFRG3YD/_57A2559awm.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Snowy Owls Galore Arlington sits at the rock quarry outside of Goose Pond Sanctuary in 2018. Photo by Monica Hall https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/1/18/red-headed-woodpecker monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1547826151710-6ZRWD6FPO5TVGRZ11DVW/14624632665_33ae818fc0_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-headed Woodpecker A red-headed woodpecker in flight. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1547825333549-V7M8N68JVJS9JISZ4C2X/IMG_7638.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-headed Woodpecker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1547825518536-0BVD5L8909RLRT6DLKSU/IMG_7639.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-headed Woodpecker Prescribed burns in Hope Lake Bog result in patchy areas of unburned ground, perfect for germinating acorns. Photo by Drew Harry https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/1/11/goose-ponds-2018-christmas-bird-count monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1547221478563-945Q4KB8EOTYHCLJPU1S/Poynette+CBC+2018+Jim+Hess%2C+Bill+Walters%2C+Mark++cropped+0061.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond's 2018 Christmas Bird Count Jim Hess, Bill Walters, and Mark getting ready to head out. Not pictured: JD Arnston. Photo by Sue Foote-Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1547221792161-J92G8SJEMJDLZR9VSU27/1+pintail+landing.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond's 2018 Christmas Bird Count Northern pintail, photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1547221882178-66E0IF7UAVCZP7755JFQ/Sorghum+in+the+food+plot+0411.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond's 2018 Christmas Bird Count Sorghum in the food plot. Photo by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2019/1/4/black-billed-cuckoo monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1546617456330-7OC6O2JMCA79PAO8CT6Z/IMG_1688.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Black-billed Cuckoo A brushy tangle of tamaracks and understory. Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1546617823036-5T0YSKNID937B6LDK6YB/IMG_1693.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Black-billed Cuckoo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1546617985277-3NCDKJUZXA2LUMOIJI0T/IMG_1685.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Black-billed Cuckoo The beautiful, but intimidating to hikers, tamarack bog. Photo by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1546618166432-TWFZPR3M410H2AZ69GYR/34738841956_9b8296cc67_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Black-billed Cuckoo Black-billed cuckoo photo by Tom Murray, FCC https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/12/28/forsters-tern monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1546027096789-WOSVE9R4XUH05JN4773K/5712002278_9277b124fd_b.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Forster's Tern Female Forester’s tern. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1546027375336-UCNTN665M1A9YYWRQ1IH/DSCN2195.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Forster's Tern Numerous Forster’s terns mingle in native vegetation in a wetland. Photo by Daryl Christensen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1546026736625-PUMOGXYH27YE8O62A6R8/TernOnPlatformPuckaway.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Forster's Tern A Forster’s tern on a nest platform, Photo taken by Daryl Christensen in 1983 or 1984 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1546026629195-EY584UHI7V29BM3YJJ9B/20180605_085633.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Forster's Tern Forster’s tern nest platform, photo by Daryl Christensen https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/12/21/brown-creeper monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1545402729553-J5PV35F0Q0RNOW7V3607/mick+thompson.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Brown Creeper Photo by Mick Thompson, FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1545402939693-4EWV4PBIA9X5721DHVP7/41963528121_3e306bfe88_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Brown Creeper Brown creeper nest building. Photo by Don Henise, FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1545403130962-NIT1IP0YIQP71VK7PTR3/Claudine+Lamothe2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Brown Creeper Photo by Claudine Lamothe, FCC https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/12/14/house-finch monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1544808601265-VWXMI24JGIYA89BGFRPG/finches.png Friday Feathered Feature - House Finch House (left) and purple finch (right). Photo by National Audubon Society https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1544808653609-2G4X5PTG74S0GASQLJ1T/range+expansion.png Friday Feathered Feature - House Finch Range expansion of the house finch. Image by Cornell Lab of Ornithology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1544809136930-WQ4NTUY836OYKQ1DEK2W/conj.png Friday Feathered Feature - House Finch This house finch suffers from conjunctivitis. Photo by Fyn Kynd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1544809283305-NOEBLEBPLOOS8LOS4AST/House+Finch+new+feeder+Dec+2018+848.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - House Finch House finches and American goldfinches are feeding on an Eco-clean feeder stocked with sunflower medium chips at Goose Pond Sanctuary. Photo by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/12/7/black-capped-chickadee monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1544206974443-SJFPBFB67MMW2DPPG2UV/5614292697_85a8782d03_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Black-capped Chickadee Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1544207049976-GPLSJKDASYZRBK8BR6TJ/8224283345_e33789e0b5_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Black-capped Chickadee Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1544207104751-14P8PT9I3ZJZBUQFD9KI/38172318166_48e5808428_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Black-capped Chickadee Photo by Mick Thompson https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/11/30/fall-waterfowl-migration monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1543608213484-E70M6Y6HME8FQ9P5ZBWU/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Fall Waterfowl Migration Blue-winged teal. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1543608359350-V20CS7EYYLP5UAF2VKZ0/graph.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Fall Waterfowl Migration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1543608475467-RAAYLT1XQBEEPCL6XTIG/7J0A4190.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Fall Waterfowl Migration Tundra swans (Cygnus columbianus) in flight. Photo by Terrill Knaack https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/11/16/ruffed-grouse monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1542380825728-7OK4I3BVHQU1QGS1RE6M/Michael+Klotz.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Ruffed Grouse A ruffed grouse perches in an aspen tree. Photo by Michael Klotz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1542380924310-TCOHK2ZO20QWG94U2R6P/Claudine+Lamothe.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Ruffed Grouse Ruffed grouse drums in the woods. Photo by Claudine Lamothe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1542380956801-RBMB7LGX9IJFCK3WKX89/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Ruffed Grouse A ruffed grouse struts through a woodland with oak leaves and moss covering the ground. Photo by Tim Lenz https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/11/9/red-winged-blackbird monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1541788232934-F7ZIKN6M65G6AV7PZM16/female+with+grasshoppers+ak.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-winged Blackbird A female red-winged blackbird scores lunch in the form of grasshoppers. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1541788138347-VCNJTC4J0KB1WB13RG73/range+map.png Friday Feathered Feature - Red-winged Blackbird Red-winged blackbird range map. By Cornell Lab of Ornithology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1541788061874-MADTV2PKU52PY0MPF8O2/avg+count+monthly.png Friday Feathered Feature - Red-winged Blackbird Goose Pond Sanctuary’ is host to many red-winged blackbirds for much of the year… until winter! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1541788317817-WP4NFPTJNFOF4SYEK4BH/rwb+attack+2+ak.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-winged Blackbird A red-winged blackbird does his best at shooing this sandhill crane from his nearby nest. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1541788581078-ZV5WVCJK71H65HXKUGZG/rwb+kca.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-winged Blackbird A male red-winged blackbird sings his heart out. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1541788425104-1W8380BW2S6SO1RPT3PT/flock+snapshot.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-winged Blackbird A flock of red-winged blackbirds move through Goose Pond Prairie. Photo taken by Goose Pond’s DNR Project Snapshot trail camera. https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/11/2/white-crowned-sparrow monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1541168377439-G41R949DDL3R46MIXBI3/eric+begin.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - White-crowned Sparrow White-crowned sparrow, photo by Eric Bégin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1541168716710-YW6HQBLDRAZR66TSYL00/nigel.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - White-crowned Sparrow White-crowned sparrow, photo by Nigel https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/10/26/cedar-grove-ornithological-research-station monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1540566932957-KCBU8PGM6C7JOMJECSEE/cedar.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station Mark Smith and Rick Hill (co-manager of operations) with a sharp-shinned hawk. Photo by Nydia Kien https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1540564596067-S402E89OZIFA1ZSDJ945/untitled-110.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station Doug Steege observing Andrew, intern, counting primary and secondary feathers on a cooper’s hawk. Photo by Catherine Drexler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1540564493540-ANO6W7Z3QQ9JFZMJUHEM/untitled-199.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station Goose Pond intern Jacqueline Komada and a saw-whet owl lock eyes during the field trip. Photo by Catherine Drexler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1540567011507-9HVDBMCNAHJX7304T88H/bill.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1540567011218-QL75OO1YPTP06KJYV9VT/jd.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1540567012441-LY9QFIEYWMK2OUBBBWF2/sw.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1540567078629-04A5BMCE6RV5D5NUBVMO/untitled-104.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1540567056446-RE94VZXGCLE6HPCAZG2E/untitled-221.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1540567110997-OD0URWW98EE66G698BK3/untitled-224.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/10/19/cedar-waxwing monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1539962855558-W056H21NK2HLGN785OQP/Cedar+Waxwing+2+KCA.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Waxwing Cedar waxwing, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1539962910780-J3659G7953OCJI7Q1N6P/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Cedar Waxwing Highbush cranberry, photo by Barbara Gail Lewis, FCC https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/10/12/project-snapshot-one-year monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1539310208786-PGU787284Q5J86RHH7DF/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Project Snapshot: One Year Photo Documentary of Birds at Goose Pond Sanctuary Project Snapshot Camera 01138, sited at Goose Pond Sanctuary. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1539305117446-WW650FXVPLNE7CWQAQ05/image.png Friday Feathered Feature - Project Snapshot: One Year Photo Documentary of Birds at Goose Pond Sanctuary A comparison of bird species photographed through Project Snapshot at Goose Pond Sanctuary. Table by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1539310675353-4VBNZ1PMLYBGPTLTFFZB/Canada+geese+1.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Project Snapshot: One Year Photo Documentary of Birds at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Canada Geese flock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1539310693565-W8UIMS7ZDP4XE52N8RIR/Canada+Geese+April+5.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Project Snapshot: One Year Photo Documentary of Birds at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Canada geese flock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1539310727528-DVDOSFUDEHQ3ZWOX1YLW/Cooper%27s+Hawk+October+2017.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Project Snapshot: One Year Photo Documentary of Birds at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Cooper's hawk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1539310719582-O74755R9NQJYMHX34M3K/Immature+Red-tailed+Hawk.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Project Snapshot: One Year Photo Documentary of Birds at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Red-tailed hawk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1539310738502-Y5U82TE91OKIN2TVTGSP/Male+Northern+Harrier.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Project Snapshot: One Year Photo Documentary of Birds at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Northern Harrier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1539310745918-WOUQ3GCIQ8Q2V2AXUCR0/Male+red-winged+blackbird.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Project Snapshot: One Year Photo Documentary of Birds at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Red-winged blackbird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1539310797258-Y5XDMM2GZLR837KUJWG5/Pheasant+brood.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Project Snapshot: One Year Photo Documentary of Birds at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Pheasant brood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1539310757992-3G0EOESY996B4A7E12YN/Rooster+establishing+territories.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Project Snapshot: One Year Photo Documentary of Birds at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Pheasant roosters establishing territory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1539310794706-M9BKGHBLOFKDBTRP16GA/Rooster.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Project Snapshot: One Year Photo Documentary of Birds at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Pheasant rooster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1539310801773-2HPUCFF8VL8ILOIQH6QM/Sandhill+crane+March+2018.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Project Snapshot: One Year Photo Documentary of Birds at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Sandhill cranes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1539310804172-H0TP7H2JECB6R8429S36/Snowy+Owl.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Project Snapshot: One Year Photo Documentary of Birds at Goose Pond Sanctuary - Snowy owl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1539305467801-AR28H72DE3V7E28F5RDD/image-asset.png Friday Feathered Feature - Project Snapshot: One Year Photo Documentary of Birds at Goose Pond Sanctuary Learn more at the Snapshot Wisconsin website: dnr.wi.gov/topic/research/projects/snapshot https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/10/5/vesper-sparrow monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538754067039-47J4SF0G8HE0VCSU070K/tom+murray.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Vesper Sparrow Photo by Tom Murray https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/9/28/american-goldfinch monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538099072317-V57W4Q3IUXT5ALUGLYUP/American+Goldfinch_eggs_CB.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - American Goldfinch American goldfinch nests are perfect bundles of promise. Photo by Carolyn Byers. More information in the Into the Nest series, madisonaudubon.org/into-the-nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538098667413-0VMWNSS7QPMGT9QPL1JU/44548096102_e139ca445a_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Goldfinch Photo by Rich Hoeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538097870275-ARGFKBMJMIVH8E2ROOMC/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - American Goldfinch Saw-toothed sunflowers are a favorite among lots of species — American goldfinch and grasshoppers included! Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538098043567-MD87JWH4TKDWTO16RCE3/_DSC0602.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - American Goldfinch Prairie dock flowers will soon turn to seeds and will be nutritious food for goldfinches. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1538097693182-IIW3H57U6ED3XP0T4YPS/_DSC0607.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - American Goldfinch The bobolinks have been feasting on the ripe sunflowers in our food plot. Goldfinches will be feeding on the sunflowers next. Photo by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/9/14/american-bittern monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536940634348-NNDZZDXMMXM1NZ5ICQO8/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - American Bittern Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536940660474-MUS4CB5XL42IEA7QYPV6/am+bittern+feeding+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Bittern Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/9/7/ruddy-duck monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536286136821-7AEM66I6JCD1IF7KL0AA/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Ruddy Duck USFWS Midwest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536286283504-TSHH76QPHP71SNX48ZUL/26558143888_07c2898c2a_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Ruddy Duck Dan Streiffert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536285794379-D0ISL6K0ZH71XTF4BT6F/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Ruddy Duck A delightful little brood of ruddy fuzzballs follows mama on September 1, 2016 at DM and I, south of Goose Pond. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536285101382-GWTF5KZR683OKEBOGAUF/ruddy+bba.png Friday Feathered Feature - Ruddy Duck Breeding Bird Atlas II map; confirmed nesting is indicated in dark purple. Click here for interactive map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1536285442219-S8C4W4TSQRX0CI0WAO7L/image-asset.png Friday Feathered Feature - Ruddy Duck Range map by allaboutbirds.org https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/8/31/hooded-warbler monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1535726044873-XAS8XA8SNOSAY2LV1GSJ/37933069286_81ef604ef1_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Hooded Warbler Photo by Gary Leavens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1535726406990-OJBPCMPDO44O8XVVYX77/2024146585_30756c1c9d_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Hooded Warbler Hooded warbler nest, photo by Richard Bonnett https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1535725835494-Y2YU9DHS0TA2GTH39EOG/40861745924_73836cfc91_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Hooded Warbler Hooded warbler, photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1535726128827-KPPUFU7VZTOPEUAKVTWK/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Hooded Warbler Common yellowthroat, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/8/24/common-nighthawk monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1535130914786-GHTRPFO12D2T6RLUPQU7/Kenneth+Cole+Schneider+flying2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Nighthawk Photo by Kenneth Cole Schneider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1535130874549-57JISQ1K4U6LN9CN2RGT/kenneth+cole+schneider.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Nighthawk Photo by Kenneth Cole Schneider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1535131069184-52LEN3HFI9C7EP4OCSCU/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Nighthawk Photo by Kenneth Cole Schneider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1535130567383-5SPI5F4E0JU5ZTIZS9Z8/nighthawk.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Nighthawk Common Nighthawk range map and migration info provided by Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/8/17/great-egret monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1534515718082-RP7TZ1F3D4JKWN7V0FOJ/6847555881_28874b505b_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Egret Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1534515745497-6MX3VOHF0B6T6C9FSK53/15128899700_d7a3dafa48_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Egret Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1534515829694-89W0N8YKYX71DR52VQ9S/6432297377_036d1950e2_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Egret Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1534515891959-TGE7IXKBT4XLT8KK0OSI/220px-National_Audubon_Society_logo.png Friday Feathered Feature - Great Egret audubon.org https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/8/10/common-gallinule monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1533914417487-EMY2WC9NWDFZLP97OXV2/8452683610_98f1c76142_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Gallinule Hey, nice legs! Photo by Ken Schneider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1533913827918-A8YFQIOJIE5RKZN6U9IP/31921231-1280px.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Gallinule Common gallanule ranges. Courtesy of AllAboutBirds.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1533914067020-D3KIXL0R5OK8BY5X3PAY/Brand+Smith+Atlasing+0159.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Gallinule Brand Smith looking for gallinule nests. Note he is sitting in the front of the canoe, moving slowly to spot movement in the vegetation. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1533914533723-1JG5VMI7DVOIYZNPIEZR/common+moorhennestbarabooriverWPAJune162018.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Common Gallinule Common gallinule nests are tricky to find! Photo by Brand Smith https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/8/3/indigo-bunting monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1501247749932-G468EI0C91CNVS4EXGS7/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Indigo Bunting Indigo bunting photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1501248019413-ZSE407MEADRK9FY1NYNV/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Indigo Bunting Indigo Bunting by Jim Hudgins, US Fish and Wildlife Service https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/7/27/marsh-wren monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1532702507812-XCJV9JZ7SBQ6OIQY41BY/mick+thompson.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Marsh Wren Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1532700381294-MRDBTRO89ACJBSUAGKJ1/IMG_0120.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Marsh Wren A marsh wren nest is well hidden in the cattails. Photo by Graham Steinhauer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1532700575856-Y0GYI9QMGEHC8EDEJXC4/Goose+Pond+wren+search+July+2018+135842+%281%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Marsh Wren Henry, Tanner, and Graham search through river bulrush in knee-deep water on the north side of Goose Pond. The quest: marsh wren nests. Photo by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/7/20/american-white-pelican monthly 0.5 2019-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1532099817205-MT2NRY3X4RQMQ3ZTA0YJ/16050816125_45fbcc28bc_o+%281%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American White Pelican Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1532099884818-JLLWPUZ69QS6G2JAKOSZ/5135022991_b332ef799a_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American White Pelican Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1532100201368-706I7TDGUX9T2CMNX5FA/6582962809_806a16ec15_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American White Pelican Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/7/13/goose-ponds-butterfly-count monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531491487311-HZDU4832WE1LYL0LK10I/IMG_3088.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond's Butterfly Count A beautiful day for a butterfly count! MAS Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531490892238-0IFH7QC2MRRJL8RPZZ44/41558942050_2c633e0dbf_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond's Butterfly Count Graham Steinhauer, Goose Pond Sanctuary land steward, takes a shift keeping data for the butterflies his group counts. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531490983522-1VZ5M6L4GGDGKE72DKRQ/P1300159+%281%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond's Butterfly Count - Eastern tailed-blue Eastern tailed-blue, photo by Gail Smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531490999179-YLIYJC5F6NIQP5889KQ9/IMG_3583.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond's Butterfly Count - Clouded sulphur Clouded sulphur, photo by Jacqueline Komada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531490989907-O8PFHQUIL5YP7N5IUBST/P1300186.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond's Butterfly Count - Northern crescent Northern crescent, photo by Gail Smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531491007206-DHLN81JYOK1YA89SDI0A/P1300204.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond's Butterfly Count - Wood nymph Wood nymph, photo by Gail Smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531490978211-MA5I0PL92UEQ28816PTO/IMG_3574.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond's Butterfly Count - Eastern tailed-blue Eastern tailed-blue, photo by Gail Smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531491175551-5P2W7DJCLZZKRW3LQ6P6/42463546325_3a209135d8_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond's Butterfly Count - Black swallowtails Black swallowtails, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531488948397-9MRVQIN4PC99V7KYSM7W/P1300151.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond's Butterfly Count A monarch sips nectar from a common milkweed plant during the Goose Pond Butterfly Count this summer. Photo by Gail Smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1531490832013-2MR3IE9895Q3C6R4QDFE/42463544935_bd02afaa21_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond's Butterfly Count The butterfly counting crew. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/7/6/eastern-prairie-white-fringed-orchid monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1530898094744-8B7T7KO8U4D49ILFAE34/joshua+mayer2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Prairie White Fringed Orchid Photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1530898577194-FGUWZWLWH5C48XY0N54L/joshua+mayer.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Prairie White Fringed Orchid Photo by Joshua Mayer https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/6/29/black-necked-stilt monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1530297435669-YBTOI670AER9NL0FHL8T/28101701067_93d33a83c2_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Black-necked Stilt Black-necked stilt ready for its glamour shot. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1530297283863-ECM78D8UWOPT8GV15UL1/Black-necked+chicks+2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Black-necked Stilt Black-necked stilt parent and chicks. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1530297397856-PVMQR0K2FSJ74B5MCWCY/black-necked+stilts+2+copy.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Black-necked Stilt Black-necked stilts copulating. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/6/22/henslows-sparrow monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1529667463420-J2QHOT1JM8GG4L7VNPHD/4866593966_aec3c6d2fd_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Henslow's Sparrow Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1529667617317-ZKMY6LMOMIODR15HCWW9/Henslow%27s%2BSparrow%2Bnest%2Bphoto.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Henslow's Sparrow Photo by Carloyn Byers. Read more about Henslow's sparrow nesting in our Into the Nest series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1529667690207-2RF19TZY0KGFSRUDBBO4/henslowsparrownestphoto-enhanced.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Henslow's Sparrow Henslow's sparrow nest, drawing by Carolyn Byers. Read more about Henslow's sparrow nesting in our Into the Nest series. https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/6/15/eared-grebes monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1529083877214-9AT6SPHE3VEOGRLRRXFX/john+kendall.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eared Grebes Photo by John Kendall (Flickr CC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1529083912678-XQ4IYADG6IB0HTL2QBTE/Eared+Grebes.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eared Grebes Eared grebe pair at Goose Pond. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1529083564209-R3NUXJSCOPEL83EQ47JO/Grebe+Team+Daryl+Christensen+%26+Sumner+Matteson+0025.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eared Grebes “Grebe Team” of Sumner Matteson and Daryl Christensen. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1529084455886-MDQ0AP0347VSK2T1TAIL/skinnybrager.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eared Grebes Photo by skinnybrager (Flickr CC) https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/6/8/chestnut-sided-warbler monthly 0.5 2019-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1528459734870-VS96WCMYR8INU96VUJDE/27195855007_055440487d_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chestnut-sided Warbler Photo by Jeff Bryant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1528460826889-1M2ZRYZHY1INY1V2W5NF/13967553058_c5ea96b4a3_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chestnut-sided Warbler Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/6/1/canada-goose-early-summer-migration monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527866240990-3F015YQW3N8OTWWWSVSA/geese+flock+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Canada Goose - Early Summer Migration Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527866398232-WYYSQ23SWC21SOI0GJB1/Failed+C+goose+nest+2018+GP+food+plot+810.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Canada Goose - Early Summer Migration A failed Canada goose nest at Goose Pond Sanctuary. This pair will probably be heading to Canada soon. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527866319713-HQJ1QE8ABU73MG31RHNG/goslings+USFWS+Midwest.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Canada Goose - Early Summer Migration Could they get any cuter? Photo by USFWS Midwest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527866114991-SU9T6HX93MSDATVO8MQX/goose+in+flight+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Canada Goose - Early Summer Migration Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/5/25/scarlet-tanager monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527256848577-MRTXRJCFPPE01W1Z23P2/5937183803_e5fc72f975_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Scarlet Tanager Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527256964371-UI637QI7DDBNJ5IBFMWL/6055541167_d70135fe32_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Scarlet Tanager Biodiversity Heritage Library https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/5/18/great-wisconsin-birdathon-count-columbia-county monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526657350605-EKSBZMXA1S1PJOPCA6RO/rbgr+mark+moschell.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Wisconsin Birdathon Count - Columbia County Rose-breasted grosbeak, photo by Mark Moschell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526657635163-L8BA13RX45LCWHVG8CNF/wiph+becky+matsubara.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Wisconsin Birdathon Count - Columbia County Wilson's phalarope, photo by Becky Matsubara https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526657766280-OUCE4SUP59KB8QZO4PZ4/bnst+ak.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Wisconsin Birdathon Count - Columbia County Black-necked stilts, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526657819035-B1FQ98OXBNRLZHARWB9K/ambi+ak.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Wisconsin Birdathon Count - Columbia County American bittern, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526657926561-DQQXI3T08P6WX6B2SO2K/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Wisconsin Birdathon Count - Columbia County Scarlet tanager, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526658107038-IEAJ1BBBA4S7PY0S91A2/Goose+Pond+002.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Wisconsin Birdathon Count - Columbia County Goose Pond in spring is full of life. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/5/11/american-redstart monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526054828406-Y9IW4NEXIA7S231VKBBN/song+sparrow+with++bands+david+craig.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Redstart Song sparrow with bands. Photo by David Craig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526054895821-MFMP7VB6IDF527MZGPBI/american+redstart+becky+matsubara.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Redstart American redstart, photo by Becky Matsubara https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526054940871-CKIB4RM0FAQGEC76IJDV/mangroves2+ak.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Redstart Mangrove forest, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526055002599-IV6FGSQIF4JMDCCMIAHS/American+Redstart%2C+first+year+male+KCA.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Redstart American redstart, first year male, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1526055097234-E6EPNK6LIUPGDVJC78ZJ/american+redstart+dan+pancamo+photography.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Redstart American redstart, photo by Dan Pancamo Photography https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/5/4/breeding-bird-atlas-ii-year-4 monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525447883900-SXJ03QB094EKKIKJPNSV/27985246698_14781b5426_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Atlas II: Year 4 Arlene Koziol photographed a barred owl family at the Lakeshore Nature Preserve in Madison, which includes three young. The atlas welcomes all photographs. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525447974690-NZ3SJ42ZUSQ4UK1C5D5X/Adopt-a-Block_Needy_Blocks.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Atlas II: Year 4 The Wisconsin Breeding Bird Altas II is still looking for volunteers this year. Image provided by Wisconsin Society for Ornithology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525448072314-RE1HLLZX4WHIBWPJA40V/eagles+6+.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Atlas II: Year 4 Bald eagle nests are increasing in Columbia County. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525447801210-XL7R63LTQ7RR0APD1H9T/Heron+on+nest.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Atlas II: Year 4 Four great blue heron on their nest tree. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525448206987-DEVVLOOE0838O0X3KNNO/Ruddy+Duck+Brood+%231.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Atlas II: Year 4 Ruddy duck brood south of Goose Pond. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525448267974-GFFUQGHQD0M7BPT9RBBK/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Atlas II: Year 4 These ospreys don't mind the Friday Night Lights at Pardeeville High School. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525448436062-I0F1O9WBFNUUA9IQSOCF/Turkey+Vulture+Morisette.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Atlas II: Year 4 We had 9-foot-high hopes for this turkey vulture nest found during a WI Breeding Bird Atlas II survey. Photo by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/27/red-headed-woodpecker monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525100981979-CC14YBINRUKZ3EQSVAOW/Red+headed+woodpecker+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-headed Woodpecker Red-headed woodpecker, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525101079488-UQCJFDOV6ZH0WZ72O8AV/Red+Headed+Woodpecker+2+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-headed Woodpecker Red-headed woodpecker, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525101122971-XF0WL35VJF48PS0IV4SK/Red+headed+woodpecker+and+nestling+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-headed Woodpecker Red-headed woodpecker and nestling, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1525101468844-G4MUX265B3KX40I592XT/joshua+mayer.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-headed Woodpecker Spring in a Wisconsin oak savanna, photo by Joshua Mayer https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/20/for-the-love-of-birds monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1524235254655-FPYX9OTUOU7Q3JAZW4XL/Richard+Armstrong.png Friday Feathered Feature - For the Love of Birds A sandhill crane remains on the nest through an April snowstorm. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1524235353265-0WPQ3NQ137PPOKWPBRS4/P1000788.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - For the Love of Birds A redpoll oasis. Photo by John Kaiser https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1524235496984-DGD96K0OTJGMRO6L11F3/April+2018+windbreak+692.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - For the Love of Birds This windbreak provides essential shelter for birds in winter storms. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1524235704614-MANJW8W1KJNNHB3VQVEW/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - For the Love of Birds While not its favorite, a robin feeds off of crabapples after an April snowstorm. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1524235828820-0CFUPTDDH5T2QNH8TTGG/Jacqueline+Komada+0730.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - For the Love of Birds Jacqueline Komada, Goose Pond intern this summer, is looking forward to planting trees and shrubs. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1524235931151-H70KA6VP7ZZK7GQQUSVJ/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - For the Love of Birds A beautiful northern flicker helps itself to sumac. Photo by Jim Edlhuber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1524245685588-F69CA4OVZ2L2EC58RYPO/Crab+apples+before+the+robins+found+them+0696.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - For the Love of Birds Crabapple trees are both useful and beautiful! Photo by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/13/american-woodcock monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523627658652-2GUKZRVMRYJPZDBBRW9Q/USFWSMidwest.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Woodcock Photo by USFWS Midwest https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/golden-eagle monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523027382789-2PCJ30TEPUAQS5TVSI44/me_apfl.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Golden Eagle Ted is an excellent observer and ornithologist! He worked in the fall of 2016 at Veracruz, Mexico, which is host to the greatest raptor migration spectacle in the world. More than 25 species of migrating raptors are recorded each autumn, with counts reaching more than 100,000 migrant raptors and vultures per day during the peak of the flight. An additional 10 million daytime passerine and water birds migrate as well. He reported that his best count day in Mexico was when he recorded over 200,000 raptors and vultures. Almost 4 million raptors and vultures were counted throughout that fall. Last spring, Ted also helped count around 500,000 raptors in Israel at a migration site that holds the record for the largest spring migration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523027741715-QCHLM9JSXPYZAA6F316P/goea_20180319a.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Golden Eagle Ted's golden eagle capture on March 19 at Goose Pond. Photo by Ted Keyel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523027694606-V6WTX05EY30OTYQG434B/Tonys+Takes+2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Golden Eagle Photo by Tony's Takes Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523027603690-J8P3WPJ7TBLMHNAWJ7M3/Eric+Begin.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Golden Eagle Photo by Eric Begin https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/3/30/eastern-bluebird monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1522371920379-W08FDHMPBC4R4ZH0QW71/Pat+Ready+Bluebird4.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Bluebird Photo by Pat Ready https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1522371849790-A0TQ9A2RZD4AW8BGBE9X/Pat+Ready+bluebird2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Bluebird Photo by Pat Ready https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1522371963360-EGOPAK72PFGILDC3HK08/Pat+Ready+Bluebird5.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Bluebird Female eastern bluebird. Photo by Pat Ready https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1522371882926-SQXLJ95QHCPHPZNI1IT2/Pat+Ready+bluebird+4.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Bluebird Photo by Pat Ready https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/3/23/a-goose-pond-goodbye monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1521825862448-HOE7SHCFD340AZX8S1B1/maddie+and+aaron.png Friday Feathered Feature - A Goose Pond Goodbye Maddie and her husband Aaron share in the thrill of meeting a snowy owl in January 2018. Photo provided by Maddie Dumas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1521826057011-0UW9XTZJ4G1K6PO76G5R/image-asset.png Friday Feathered Feature - A Goose Pond Goodbye A turkey hen pauses to scope out her surroundings. Photo provided by Maddie Dumas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1521826239133-Q9Z1BYJ0XZT5H07J9Z9L/goose+pond+summer.png Friday Feathered Feature - A Goose Pond Goodbye The unmatched beauty of a Goose Pond summer. Photo provided by Maddie Dumas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1521826331866-D9AZLR8TN93THDV93HP3/pheasant.png Friday Feathered Feature - A Goose Pond Goodbye A ringed-necked pheasant provides a spectacular view for the lucky beholder. Photo provided by Maddie Dumas https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/3/16/horned-lark monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1521207500119-34EGYDVXYBWZWSDPDFTU/Horned+lark+snow+MH.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Horned Lark Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1521211141843-BC9X9EXFZXPF1NT8W96A/M20C01+HOLA+%284%29.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Horned Lark Horned lark eggs tucked into their nest amongst the grasses. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/3/9/northern-pintail monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1520523757307-D1PGLQI44XINXLFTJ41K/_57A4614aawm.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Pintail Northern pintail, photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1520523790739-GNZ09ZOZR4WZK4WBY1QM/_57A5241awm.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Pintail Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1520523828706-HQBPECB008A0L6HA2CCO/Northern+Pintail+1-richard+armstrong.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Pintail Photo by Richard Armstrong https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/3/2/passenger-pigeon monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1520014964694-IXX2T9CA89TYXP8OZNY2/Biodiversity+Heritage+Library3.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Passenger Pigeon Artwork provided by Biodiversity Heritage Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1520015705103-7TCWWY53ZCPWBWVQ5P60/allaboutbirds.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Passenger Pigeon Smith Bennett, 1875 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1520015068946-2TZQL6J5TZSPSJ914ROU/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Passenger Pigeon Male passenger pigeon, on display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Photo by James St. John https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1520015228729-IXZO1XTHVP46W7882GCT/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Passenger Pigeon Rounds at the National Museum of Natural History. Photo by Darren & Brad https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/2/23/2018-great-backyard-bird-count monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1519398352687-IO2GRUONZ7A85MPADBMI/Snowy+Owl+flying+MH.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2018 Great Backyard Bird Count Snowy owl, photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1519399146622-P97TMG8C2T2EI3CT8O7V/finch+and+sparrow+-+MD.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - 2018 Great Backyard Bird Count House finches (with the red faces and breasts) and common redpoll (with the red cap) feasting during the GBBC. Photo by Maddie Dumas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1519399245166-B3GT2ZSPMKVLA9KZJT1J/Redpoll%2C+goldfinch%2C+pine+siskin+0343+-+MM.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2018 Great Backyard Bird Count Goldfinch (top left), common redpoll (bottom center), and pine siskins (all the rest) converge on one feeder at Wildland. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1519399343313-K4FL53SKSREEDAEFPTHN/Downy+Woodpeckers+and+suet+0317+-+Mark+martin.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2018 Great Backyard Bird Count Downy woodpeckers munching on suet. Photo by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/2/16/mourning-dove monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1518793795036-ZTVJKBR93PG78E5MEGKT/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Mourning Dove Photo by Monoc' Paul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1518794050546-Z9UPAHL6TXH1BL7IOW3F/Boris+Grozev.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Mourning Dove Photo by Boris Grozev https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1518794138940-P57WBWDIPN80NL4KY10M/Eric+Begin.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Mourning Dove Photo by Eric Begin https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/2/9/short-eared-owl monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1518212412791-ZWSUCRJRYU7X8I74IQEL/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Short-eared Owl Photo by Jim Stewart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1518212480814-RH9I09I0JTVZ7Y017W7X/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Short-eared Owl Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1518212588711-KLCKIREAJMVR36QZWDH8/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Short-eared Owl Photo by Jim Stewart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1518212520725-3T9GXKGO7TTSJDMGYKJK/DSCN4876.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Short-eared Owl Photo of Mark with the short-eared owl we rescued. Photo by Sue Foote-Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/2/2/brown-thrasher monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1517581396312-JMHKFLEL6NCFL9TP6LEF/vicki+deloach.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Brown Thrasher Photo by Vicki Deloach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1517581596492-XOWTV7MF7K3HO7B37YCX/Shawn+Taylor.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Brown Thrasher Photo by Shawn Taylor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1517581733995-78AN2PO4HSD1MD4G3DRS/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Brown Thrasher Photo by Hoan Luong https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/1/26/19-and-counting-goose-pond-christmas-bird-count monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1516992357824-Y11J4I5K1210QL875J7Y/AY6Y7824.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 19 and counting: Goose Pond Christmas Bird Count Alert eyes of a rough-legged hawk watch Goose Pond Christmas Bird Counters. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1516991765680-71RYIHSCIPUZWTPP0F4D/Goldfinches.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 19 and counting: Goose Pond Christmas Bird Count Goldfinches love to feed on sunflower fines . Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1516992021433-27A4PWS6E2Z2BRXE7Y2M/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - 19 and counting: Goose Pond Christmas Bird Count Just another Lapland longspur. Photo by Dave Inman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1516991888783-DHH16L7TI5D0AJKL2H6W/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - 19 and counting: Goose Pond Christmas Bird Count We wonder if any of the 85 mourning doves banded at Goose Pond are spending the winter with us. Photo by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/1/19/red-shouldered-hawk monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1516380661329-1DKIBI8YVC5M2PYE4JHO/37604544610_098ed9eb41_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-shouldered Hawk Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1516380828934-CHTA6V4DI8GMSAFG8R44/15842654206_b6fa1ba527_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-shouldered Hawk Photo by USFWS Midwest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1516380686670-8QPWTQCVSYNU9DXLXQUU/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-shouldered Hawk Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1516655375999-6FS6UWX1N7PPXUXK2A0N/unnamed.png Friday Feathered Feature - Red-shouldered Hawk Red-shouldered hawk and nest. Painting by Peggy Macnamara https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/1/12/a-snowy-owl-named-arlington monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1515780422508-LY9TR5F7YIABH7CKCGRK/Arlington_HeadShot1_David+Rihn.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - A Snowy Owl named Arlington Meet Arlington. Photo by David Rihn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1515779324285-E83Q7AV6UJCG1F9YJXCU/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - A Snowy Owl named Arlington Project SNOWstorm tracks migrations and movements of snowy owls across North America. Photo from projectstowstorm.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1515779406138-A4GZW4VYALAUJGZLPL7L/Snowy+Owl+at+Goose+Pond+by+Lester+Doyle.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - A Snowy Owl named Arlington A snowy owl perches in the late afternoon sun. Photo by Lester Doyle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1515779719892-R07TKX7LBX2H5GP8E117/game+plan.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - A Snowy Owl named Arlington Forming a game plan before scouting for the snowy owls. MAS Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1515779912733-SJ473WLURW39OS6CHGT9/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - A Snowy Owl named Arlington I spy with my little eye something that is white. Photo by David Rihn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1515778452804-TSFBQVU2Y0XJ9VV5QFNH/The+Boys+Jan+2018_Maddie+Dumas.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - A Snowy Owl named Arlington "The Boys", with Quarry on the left and Arlington on the right. Photo by Maddie Dumas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1515777888921-GVZJQIMVN2D70IYV3GV7/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - A Snowy Owl named Arlington This, and one other snowy owl died after being struck by passing vehicles on January 12. Photo by Monica Hall https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/1/5/rough-legged-hawk monthly 0.5 2019-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1541526354825-QAVPF0O4XJ659DEOP2M7/8225134196_03e5c3eeea_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Rough-legged Hawk Photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1515164922781-N3X8643EHB8UP41T7K8M/michael+janke.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Rough-legged Hawk Photo by Michael Janke https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1515164799632-45JRE7U81HEB9AU3ML0C/Rough-legged+Hawk+by+Phil+Brown.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Rough-legged Hawk Photo by Phil Brown https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/12/29/northern-goshawk monthly 0.5 2017-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1514576452419-26Q208T8KW0MHHP4YQ2Y/Jeff+B.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Goshawk Photo by Jeff B https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1514576591774-I0SWN4Y0CBAEDZ6MCXZL/karen+Bullock.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Goshawk Photo by Karen Bullock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1514577353506-HIWX7O2SXATGAN3EL9X1/alan+schemierer.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Goshawk Photo by Alan Schmierer https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/12/22/northern-shrike monthly 0.5 2017-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1513952124467-457A21XXMNBIUPQX8H8W/35071940911_e69d409c9a_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Shrike Northern shrike photo by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1513951963017-20J47YGTJ3WJNCUCC1L4/image+%281%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Shrike A northern shrike strikes again, leaving this treat for later. Photo by Drew Harry https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/12/15/snowy-owl monthly 0.5 2017-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1513359836297-MHJFDW4VIJY8ENQ5B0FR/unnamed-Rich+Armstrong.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Snowy Owl Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1513359886586-RQJUKGEA7UUMT3N90F7M/snowy+owl+4-Rich+Armstrong.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Snowy Owl Photo by Rich Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1513359930726-M4DEE02JY4AWEWJ6L8WG/z.027-Copy-Lester+Doyle.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Snowy Owl Photo by Lester Doyle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1513360010138-8T79NUA8RFAJ31SLP02Y/4Q8A6720+nn-Pam+Sam.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Snowy Owl Photo by Pam Sam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1513359966600-7KGO5ZOCW53UTCYILK44/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Snowy Owl Photo by Lester Doyle https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/12/8/sharp-tailed-grouse monthly 0.5 2017-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512746819261-58ZB5NJX9ZWCZD56TPDB/sunset+usfws+mountain-prairie.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sharp-tailed Grouse Photo by US FWS Mountain-Prairie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512746646473-OEJCWNECTQ9M03CZ78G6/pine+barrens+WDNR.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sharp-tailed Grouse Spread Eagle Barrens in northern Wisconsin, comprised of bracken grassland and scattered with jack pine, red pine, scrub oak, and quaking aspen. Photo by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512747463721-WFIK28GTLRXWXJBUCAH5/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Sharp-tailed Grouse Photo by US FWS Mountain-Prairie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512746948336-6Q0RNOLC9J2HQE2HH9V3/winter+gerry.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sharp-tailed Grouse Photo by Gerry, Flickr Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512747056927-0ZGYMNBZFB33M0CPAHTH/eggs+-+usfws+mountain-prairie.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sharp-tailed Grouse Photo by UW FWS Mountain-Prairie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512747055488-FPLXSJTA8HQTVIM7X6K1/lekking+male+usfws+mountain-prairie.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sharp-tailed Grouse Photo by UW FWS Mountain-Prairie   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512747083164-W6ZA5UT8AIKPWCE2IZ8B/male+bryant+olsen.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sharp-tailed Grouse Photo by Bryant Olsen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512747094766-NR8PZN1030HLJ9P4W23D/two+david+mitchell.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sharp-tailed Grouse Photo by David Mitchell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512747085087-OIFH3G8KC6UUGUA5ES4Q/usfws+mountain-prairie.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sharp-tailed Grouse Photo by UW FWS Mountain-Prairie   https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/12/1/wisconsin-snapshot monthly 0.5 2017-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512140249357-0I9HAN10VLIKGNV5IBOA/24700148018_61704f5f3d_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Wisconsin Snapshot Tundra swans and Canada geese sleep on the ice at Goose Pond (photo taken Nov. 10). Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512152895245-SCQ1MPSIUSU3JTZ5QACK/IMG_0525.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Wisconsin Snapshot Goose Pond Sanctuary's new camera trap, part of the Snapshot Wisconsin program. Photo by Maddie Dumas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512140325431-MIRDGKZN1LNTTEZX9LDC/deer1.png Friday Feathered Feature - Wisconsin Snapshot A curious deer gets up close and personal with the trail camera. October 13, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512140345810-TABJTD9809GLVXUE2YP3/deer2.png Friday Feathered Feature - Wisconsin Snapshot A nice Goose Pond buck. October 30, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512140332141-A1EYBAGU4X6OCFBCMPGL/deer3.png Friday Feathered Feature - Wisconsin Snapshot An impressive "dekl" (deer so big it's approaching elk levels!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512140340231-D4PSBBJQ94CA7QL26WJQ/deer4.png Friday Feathered Feature - Wisconsin Snapshot A buck hits the trail at 4:48pm on November 26, 2017... three minutes after the close of the gun deer season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512140590608-ST8F2UIMVNF5KNHH3WJU/coyote1.png Friday Feathered Feature - Wisconsin Snapshot A great shot of a coyote at 5:26 pm on October 28, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512140592270-SRFULTHQ39AHHW8MXDU1/coyote2.png Friday Feathered Feature - Wisconsin Snapshot A well-fed coyote on the hunt at 6:18 am on October 19, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512140692274-F8E0GKL8O92SRR9B85DU/muskrat.png Friday Feathered Feature - Wisconsin Snapshot A muskrat looking for a pond that is less crowded. November 1 , 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512140754320-TWERRP0QYBL3L19ZPTPC/coop1.png Friday Feathered Feature - Wisconsin Snapshot Cooper’s hawk flying at the camera. October 11 , 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512140771140-IM9CCSVAPU14V15BJC4Q/coop2.png Friday Feathered Feature - Wisconsin Snapshot Our Cooper’s hawk returns on October 29, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512140768100-8JKRLG8K1RADIYS11J1W/coop3.png Friday Feathered Feature - Wisconsin Snapshot We just can’t keep that Cooper’s hawk away! November 18, 2017 https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/11/17/golden-crowned-kinglet monthly 0.5 2017-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510934300138-45APKPGVMDBUG3PNU1X4/gck-kca3.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Golden-crowned Kinglet Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510934329150-MPY0VB4FDE4YGVSJKMFK/gck-kca4.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Golden-crowned Kinglet Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510934360670-12KBNICZZM0UWSWNYHRJ/gck-kca2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Golden-crowned Kinglet Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar   https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/11/10/tundra-swan monthly 0.5 2017-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510324108838-SDQJ4AALOS8OLJ7Y41FS/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Tundra Swan Tundra swans arriving at Goose Pond, photo by Linda Pils https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510326958220-21ELU0XUUYTPLOL01YGC/geese.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Tundra Swan Goose Pond covered in arrowheads and muskrat houses, photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510324392178-K2904TRHW75SNKZR0KMX/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Tundra Swan A "dirty" looking tundra swan, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510324047383-6XGTWZ8ZY8CW90YZNTWO/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Tundra Swan Goose Pond filled with waterfowl, photo by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/11/3/white-crowned-sparrow monthly 0.5 2017-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1509730909153-UZ971D17T3WX067ZM02O/5052877250_f650ae1c19_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - White-crowned Sparrow White-crowned sparrow, photo by Eric Begin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1509730947027-SB1ECRNSFF6EJTFOQ0RE/33555834621_b4d7e092c3_k.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - White-crowned Sparrow White-crowned sparrow, photo by USFWS Midwest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1509730999788-5W12BCGG2BVCN7Q1D842/12116572026_5c019e7716_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - White-crowned Sparrow White-crowned sparrow, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/10/27/water-birds-and-wingspan monthly 0.5 2017-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1509126683747-D81OTLZPZEBPD8INN5SX/Bald+eagle+in+nest+-+Monica+Hall.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Water Birds and Wingspan Bald eagle, photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1509126693737-SDGRYMPKYOEJ31IMHF60/ibis.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Water Birds and Wingspan White-faced ibis, photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1509126717261-FSUXCKB14PWE3DPIOM7Y/geese.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Water Birds and Wingspan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1509126699739-2BGQ1UGQUOU3SYUCKWJM/merlin.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Water Birds and Wingspan Merlin, photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1509127161803-QHOINBYNMLNK9EQ25K7R/peregrinefalcon.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Water Birds and Wingspan Peregrine falcon, photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1509126796947-QLO1D5CTJK2JOVH5W7C7/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Water Birds and Wingspan Goose Pond royalty of the muskrat mounds, photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1509127033954-F8JS6RQHCM5O12YDXWMV/IMG_1014.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Water Birds and Wingspan The newly completed Wingspan pavilion overlooking Goose Pond. MAS Photo https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/10/20/yellow-bellied-sapsucker monthly 0.5 2017-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1508531937452-1LPCBT93QR8YMXS26IF2/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Yellow-bellied sapsucker, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/10/13/bald-eagle monthly 0.5 2017-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1507915213699-4ZK5U1NSXJF049WOTA5J/Bald+eagle+in+nest+-+Monica+Hall.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bald Eagle The popular Manthe spruce tree. Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1507915473540-VRBHLR32XAFXPUF3FW52/unnamed.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bald Eagle A visit from a top predator can clear the waters of Goose Pond quickly. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1507915548465-R5MKMMEH9ZQFRTPEIHD6/Bald+Eagle+family+on+nest+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bald Eagle The family home. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1507915663451-YHNVE0FW73B9951916EV/Bald+eagle+perched+-+Monical+Hall.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bald Eagle A perched baldie looking quite stately. Photo by Monica Hall https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/10/6/blue-jay monthly 0.5 2022-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1507297060891-23LD01UVKESSPIG6ULQD/Eric+Begin.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Blue Jay Photo by Eric Begin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1507296897570-HT7E3U6RM6M0V7KX7WBJ/Joshua+Mayer.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Blue Jay Photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1507296965403-OUO41UYM1C04AQSEGWQS/Blue+Jay+with+Acorn_Robert+Nunnally.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Blue Jay Photo by Robert Nunnally https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1507296419237-FM5N2N5BK0SA79BTU0EZ/Blue+Jay+flying+with+Acorn_Don+Miller.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Blue Jay Photo by Don Miller https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/9/29/2017-songbird-nest-box-results monthly 0.5 2017-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1506723273331-RULNAWUZ31ZTVFORNOK8/Jerry+Martin+with+bird+boxes+001.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2017 Songbird Nest Box Results Jerry Martin with the homemade nest boxes. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1506723390198-E8GLJ7NFXQBH5G3Q267L/IMG_1932.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - 2017 Songbird Nest Box Results Fledgling bluebird, photo by Patrick Ready https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1506723472952-RYK4V2USXHIAMTS3OY5F/FullSizeRender.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - 2017 Songbird Nest Box Results Tree swallow nestlings, photo by Patrick Ready https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/9/22/red-bellied-woodpecker monthly 0.5 2017-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1506127265227-J9QYD0PQ3OZFSQ180LWL/4912078900_997acb7984_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-bellied Woodpecker Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1506127304197-GLMTEWUDQT575RGK05LZ/23622103864_8733cbd356_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-bellied Woodpecker Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/9/15/pileated-woodpecker monthly 0.5 2017-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1505482499948-OS9SLEILHGXDTTLK3UVF/Pileated+Woodpecker+at+Otsego+Marsh_Mark+Martin.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Pileated Woodpecker Mama pileated is bringing home the bacon... errrr, bugs for her young nesting in a tree at Madison Audubon's Otsego Marsh. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1505482609362-OGLPTVUOE5UYCKZ310AD/pileatedwoodpecker_Richard.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Pileated Woodpecker A pair of pileated woodpeckers navigate the entryway of a nest at Otsego Marsh in Columbia County. Photo by Richard Armstrong https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/9/8/bringing-birds-back-to-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2017-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1504884796101-K4NVXVJ2AA28XSZN0YKG/Red+Headed+Woodpecker+2+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bringing Birds Back to Faville Grove Red-headed woodpecker, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1504884817744-XM7QPDKFZ1C04WPOB9CR/Dickcissel+KCA.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bringing Birds Back to Faville Grove Dickcissel, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1504884843145-ST484HNLJONM2DJ9YSBO/Bobolink+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bringing Birds Back to Faville Grove Bobolink, photo by Arlene Koziol   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1504884866700-7BWRBMA5MUZ0NJYRREMY/Eastern+Meadowlark+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bringing Birds Back to Faville Grove Eastern meadowlark, photo by Arlene Koziol   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1504884884262-IRGEG3GG69PYCMB30BV8/Henslow%27s+Sparrow+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bringing Birds Back to Faville Grove Henslow's sparrow, photo by Arlene Koziol   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1504884902405-00L7VELLIHMZUCFZ8N8S/Northern+Harrier++-+Phil+Brown.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bringing Birds Back to Faville Grove Northern harrier, photo by Phil Brown   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1504884937570-WTC15W97HGGAEPG8U39B/Short+Eared+Owl++-+Phil+Brown.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bringing Birds Back to Faville Grove Short-eared owl, photo by Phil Brown   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1504884955659-H634A3R8JGL46EZSEW4I/Grasshopper+Sparrow+KCA.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bringing Birds Back to Faville Grove Grasshopper sparrow, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1504884422478-8W3XVSGR4ZV8Q05RLFYW/Henslow%27s+Sparrow+2+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Bringing Birds Back to Faville Grove Henslow's sparrow, photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1504884712245-GORFQJHBYGLBBE9L89IG/Kettle+Pond+at+Laas+-+David+Musolf.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Bringing Birds Back to Faville Grove Faville Grove landscape, photo by David Musolf https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/9/1/chimney-swift monthly 0.5 2025-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1504293592073-ZIMQAGCL2QHEPEVZ6MB2/chimney+swift_kent+mcfarland.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swift Photos by Kent McFarland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1504293612908-Y4JABLXCXVGNCAX7CP2B/Chimney+Swift+Silhouette+Joni+Denker.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swift Photo by Joni Denker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1504292451025-HG31DVWS0FXA4U4G2TIO/Chimney+Swift+tower+Goose+Pond+548.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swift Photo by Susan Foote-Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1504292756352-FQH5MYMKSINM93BUDPO7/Chimney+Swifts+descending+Joni+Denker.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Chimney Swift Photo by Joni Denker https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/8/25/white-throated-sparrow monthly 0.5 2017-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1503673181880-2V6WQIKNOETCRQ83UOX5/USFWS+Midwest.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - White-throated Sparrow White-striped white-throated sparrow, photo by USFWS Midwest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1503672889860-HYHCJR5P00TF1TI64BH1/6880545015_46c8ba7f6f_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - White-throated Sparrow White-striped white-throated sparrow, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1503673063059-D8P85AJU7CTUJFV07NTP/USFWS+Midwest.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - White-throated Sparrow Tan-striped white-throated sparrow, photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/8/18/goose-pond-sanctuary-july-butterfly-county monthly 0.5 2017-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1503068465981-S4GTFTKHH3DVBS5GE1X1/Question+mark+on+cup+plant_Maddie+Dumas.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Sanctuary July Butterfly County A question mark butterfly obscured by the cup plant it nectars on is one of the hundreds of butterflies counted at Goose Pond Sanctuary this July. Photo by Maddie Dumas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1503068530359-WQW0A5SYL2A6LUMGB48E/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Sanctuary July Butterfly County Goose Pond volunteer and Madison Audubon board member Topf Wells with butterfly guide in hand checking out a sighting. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1503067506483-4DA15Y2M0OBAL29WNSF3/Eastern+Tiger+Swallowtail+on+cup+plant_Mark+Martin.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Sanctuary July Butterfly County An eastern tiger swallowtail on cup plant. Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1503068264877-RXIIGRE5UN6GE6VS53MW/Monarch+nectaring+on+meadow+blazing+star_Maddie+Dumas.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Sanctuary July Butterfly County A monarch finds energy and nourishment from the nectar of a meadow blazing star. Photo by Maddie Dumas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1503068589353-K771Y7R2G76VNV6F50G8/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Sanctuary July Butterfly County A butterfly in-hand is worth two on the flower -- look at the beautiful coloring of this pearl crescent butterfly! Photo by Maddie Dumas https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/8/11/bobolink monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1502472887004-WOYT2HPA96NU81R7L9UE/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Bobolink A male bobolink is a distinctive sight in our grasslands. Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1502472984497-0I5GSVDAWY7XSKKR64VS/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Bobolink Adult female bobolink. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1502473054857-DTDVOOV9E38TF2KVKY62/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Bobolink Bobolink eggs with their lovely purple speckling. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/8/4/japanese-beetles-and-the-value-of-birds monthly 0.5 2017-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1501786398689-M654F6KO5OO1ACEXKDNO/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Japanese Beetles and the Value of Birds The beautiful but devastating Japanese beetle can lace plants faster than your granny with a crochet hook. Photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1501786230752-JCU371I6NB7FUK3RMRG1/Dickcissel.20170701.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Japanese Beetles and the Value of Birds A female dickcissel captures a large insect at Schoeneberg Marsh Waterfowl Production Area. Photo by Jim Otto https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/7/28/indigo-bunting monthly 0.5 2018-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1501247749932-G468EI0C91CNVS4EXGS7/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Indigo Bunting Indigo bunting photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1501248019413-ZSE407MEADRK9FY1NYNV/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Indigo Bunting Indigo Bunting by Jim Hudgins, US Fish and Wildlife Service https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/7/21/purple-martins monthly 0.5 2017-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1500665191058-0IE3JT73UW1CK3UDU3P2/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martins Purple martins perched above a nest box are at ease around humans due to their peaceful co-existence with their Amish landlords. Photo by Arlene Koziol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1500665343656-WL4AZYJ8Q8VVD0YDCUHI/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martins https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1500665586570-CKTFUUVEUWRVNRI71N89/banding.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martins Dick Nickolai (blue denim) shows Annie, granddaughter of MAS board member Topf Wells (orange), how bands fit around the legs of purple martin chicks. Photo by Arlene Koziol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1500665464592-PQVD9TPKWJB61UAO8NH4/purple+martin+chicks+in+hand+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martins Two purple martin chicks from the same brood are distinctly different in size. Photo by Arlene Koziol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1500666015452-OK37VF1FVZI1PC4YOW9H/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martins One of the Amish farms hosting gourds for purple martin nesting. Photo by Arlene Koziol. https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/7/14/barn-swallow monthly 0.5 2017-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1500062013719-HUH31F48ZDM86MTKCK1X/barn+swallow+usfws+midwest.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Barn Swallow Barn swallow, photo by US Fish and Wildlife Service Midwest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1500062092949-1TU13V2KZN4FOGG6NM5M/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Barn Swallow Acrobatic barn swallows, photo by Katsura Miyamoto https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1500062661220-WS5XZWFXSYM0CFLFWAXK/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Barn Swallow Barn swallow in the mud, photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/7/7/killdeer monthly 0.5 2017-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1499437486651-I29BVAO3M0MU2ZURLIU5/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Featured Sanctuary Bird: Killdeer Photography by Maddie Dumas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1499437600312-I31R8Q2XEAD59I4J3MAN/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Featured Sanctuary Bird: Killdeer Defensive Behavior, Photography by Maddie Dumas https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/6/30/featured-sanctuary-bird-henslows-sparrow monthly 0.5 2017-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1498837994932-8BDUTNXR10YMCSTDDTAH/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Henslow's Sparrow Photography by Penn State https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1498838103274-EGG24KIXLQOZUWGDT1VZ/10395568846_d4e7709172_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Henslow's Sparrow Photography by Paul Hurtado https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1498838484071-Q4OLOPFK51XRML3HXAEI/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Henslow's Sparrow Photography by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/6/23/featured-sanctuary-bird-dickcissels monthly 0.5 2017-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1498233118000-3H3C7NWXJQNK6X9PNMCS/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Dickcissels Photography by Rich Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1498232829424-XPUE3CHQ8826NVT5GZ1Y/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Dickcissels Photography by Rich Armstrong   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1498232808596-FY0OZDS7V2WVCGUZQBDH/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Dickcissels Photography by Rich Armstrong   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1498233023382-ACQ28FGR7H9PCEPIUWPZ/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Dickcissels Photography by Rich Armstrong   https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/6/16/featured-sanctuary-bird-chipping-sparrow monthly 0.5 2021-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1497634253255-L546HW0P1265BSUWF5RF/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Chipping Sparrow Photography by Fyn Kynd https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/6/9/breeding-bird-atlas-ii-year-3 monthly 0.5 2017-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1497021291694-IR1Z8DXEVFEJ3WMGQVDZ/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Atlas II – Year 3 Pileated woodpeckers at Otsego Marsh, photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1497021134247-P8R4RVYT0FK5E5URBG96/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Atlas II – Year 3 Brood of Ruddy ducks, photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1497021180047-WNA35LFESQPXWT85T41T/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Atlas II – Year 3 Osprey nest at Pardeeville High School, photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1497021220117-MSXSEEREW20QJEHZSAJ9/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Atlas II – Year 3 Mourning dove nest on a purple martin box, photo by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/11/7/marsh-wren monthly 0.5 2017-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1478550919888-N763JK4M3ZHSF4FB9MXP/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Marsh Wren Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/5/26/featured-sanctuary-bird-black-crowned-night-heron monthly 0.5 2017-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1495818661411-T41LJQUCS3Y1TVLRJZP1/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Black-crowned Night Heron Photography by Heather Inzalaco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1495818801071-D8FA7SR7DB8JSNOJ2EN8/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Black-crowned Night Heron Photography by Eric Bégin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1495819967668-7C7CJ413SFUAWWY8D1WE/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Black-crowned Night Heron Photography by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/5/19/featured-sanctuary-bird-great-crested-flycatcher monthly 0.5 2017-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1495224001159-KUJOZH9NFTLKECTA6L3D/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Crested Flycatcher Photography by Kelly Colgan Azar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1495225548452-080O7II7MC0H19RJYBYL/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Crested Flycatcher Photography by Andrea Westmoreland https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/5/12/american-kestrel monthly 0.5 2017-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1494878238722-H0JAOQRQTVEPG4IZLA81/Jim+Shurts+releasing+a+kestrel+May+13+2017.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel - Jim Shurts releasing a kestrel Photography by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1494875886244-NM740O6315X7T8YT569I/Brand+Smith+releasing+a+kestrel+May+13+2017.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel - Brand Smith releasing a kestrel Photography by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1495036365448-VYQKV03YB8KXUV0K9AJ8/kestrel+in+a+can.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel - Kestrel in a can Photography by Brand Smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1494603650664-Q76NXY0PGV3W0MUFRNI3/_DSC0494.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel - A female kestrel ready for release Photography by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1495036359473-9QSLA6SEBNYQWAENE2OM/where+did+my+kestrel+go.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel - Where did my Kestrel go? Photography by Brand Smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1494603641456-42IEY5MQY4WVIZPH5KIS/kestral_5.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel - Female Kestrel Photography by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1494603106860-3MPHDBJ4K9XSJ3B7YIMS/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel Janet Eschenbauch netting a kestrel. Photography by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/5/5/featured-sanctuary-animal-badger monthly 0.5 2017-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493999906758-TCIX4BFAAEX09AWMYJAJ/1.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Featured Sanctuary Animal: American Badger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493999966668-3SPI471E74Q4MYWKATB8/2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Featured Sanctuary Animal: American Badger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1494000691804-MX4MD5F3N16EE9JCQ323/3.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Featured Sanctuary Animal: American Badger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1494000691967-RMIREFATHCEEO4U4MYEY/4.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Featured Sanctuary Animal: American Badger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1494000692353-S1VZ6QVEW3EQU2IIXUX2/5.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Featured Sanctuary Animal: American Badger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1494000964475-TSWHR6O2TZO8SCIR6R8I/6.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Featured Sanctuary Animal: American Badger https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/4/28/featured-sanctuary-bird-horned-grebe monthly 0.5 2017-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493398202210-WYRHD70VW1I5LC6AEPPN/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Horned Grebe Photography by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493398218815-GNDGHXRRYZ1IG5GYAWZ1/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Horned Grebe Photography by Richard Armstrong https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/4/21/featured-sanctuary-bird-gray-catbird monthly 0.5 2017-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1492787732495-CHZXTYKWOF20IG26JGR0/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Featured City Bird: Gray Catbird Photography by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1492788535344-Z4SPEQUY67LVB2LILHYT/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Featured City Bird: Gray Catbird Photography by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/4/11/featured-sanctuary-bird-wilsons-snipe monthly 0.5 2017-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1491939599525-NE7UU8ZOEY4XGDAJSGA8/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Wilson's Snipe Photography by Eric Bégin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1491939900717-VKF7BBOI725SFJEF2UZH/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Wilson's Snipe Photography by Fyn Kynd https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/4/7/goose-grand-slam-at-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2017-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1491581352640-EA5O0YIUIZE92E0B5AQM/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Brant Five species of Geese: Brant, Ross's, Snow, Cackling, Canada; Photography by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1491580285796-0JJJMJZ0DAT3ORWQGN4C/_57A8116.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Brant Photography by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1491581564723-KMXKS6V1BH5KOSLL3Q95/_57A7948.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Brant Photography by Monica Hall https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/3/30/featured-sanctuary-bird-phoenix monthly 0.5 2017-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1490976696159-F92PD4HXKQ6ZUHW700LN/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Phoenix A phoenix flies on graceful wings over Buddy's Prairie at Faville Grove Sanctuary (photography credit: Drew Harry and Mikhail Fernandes) https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/3/24/featured-sanctuary-bird-canvasback monthly 0.5 2017-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1490367770844-ZZYIAUY07BBN054X7WRA/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Canvasback Species includes (from Left-Right): Male canvasback, female redhead, male redhead, and female canvasback was taken last spring at Schoeneberg Marsh. Photography by Richard Armstrong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1490367735254-123TU6NDJC8TPFUQNVMS/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Canvasback Photography by Richard Armstrong, taken recently at Goose Pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1490367878310-I2KEYXSZ8BQXCB7B5T2F/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Canvasback Photography by Arlene Koziol, taken at Goose Pond https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/3/17/northern-saw-whet-owl monthly 0.5 2017-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1489771144921-PLYAL9KW5YA1A0R65HJY/IMG_6519.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Saw-whet Owl Photography Credits: Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1489771106593-7VL8MYBRYY5WW6LVIJKN/IMG_6520.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Saw-whet Owl Photography Credits: Drew Harry https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/3/10/featured-sanctuary-bird-mute-swans monthly 0.5 2017-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1489170978938-WIT57FOJ3EW0ZCY7UFFW/e+odd+swan+1+copy.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Mute Swans Photograph by Richard Armstrong, MAS member https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1489590454697-MLLQE1J8RFIO2RUYG5IB/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Mute Swans Photography Credits: Larry Bond https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/3/3/featured-sanctuary-bird-hooded-mergansers monthly 0.5 2017-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1488563695582-FAME0XG2ZMJMI5P4ZAI6/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Hooded Mergansers Photography by Rick Leche https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1488563188113-50YGRB1PHTWZ7SQBGHDT/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Hooded Mergansers Photography by Tom Benson https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/2/24/featured-sanctuary-bird-dark-eyed-juncos monthly 0.5 2017-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1487964736470-J1LMCT1YD3RBE6TE2AA6/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Dark-eyed Juncos Dark-eyed Junco, photography by Maddie Dumas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1487964930532-VZ2JB7Q24PF9SHPFGBFT/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Dark-eyed Juncos Dark-eyed Junco, photography by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/2/17/featured-sanctuary-bird-red-breasted-nuthatch monthly 0.5 2017-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1487350114310-BU0FODZE8JBJ6UTC8ML0/4500739467_060c2e7df5_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-breasted Nuthatch Photography by Eric Bégin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1487350289212-Q4RC0T7ZMUX9VPK2LUUZ/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Red-breasted Nuthatch Photography by Jerry McFarland https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/2/10/featured-sanctuary-bird-merlin monthly 0.5 2017-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1486756997004-ZNUAFNP0L6LTBYVP2LGO/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Merlin Photography by Maddie Dumas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1486757118552-JC7DX052O8LKZ584LMAM/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Merlin Merlin, taiga sub-species. Photo by Graham Catley https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/2/3/short-eared-owl monthly 0.5 2017-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1486142666245-XU9V0HIYQSA58AKWMMO6/23001678745_2f52be92f8_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Short-eared Owl Photography by Eric Ellingson, creative commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1486143028439-Z02V59GG38KDAYNEWNRW/11279018475_be6f218331_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Short-eared Owl Photography by Mark Moschell, creative commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1486143402376-YULQ8HUD7WTT5R7WFYH9/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Short-eared Owl Photography by Tim Lenz, creative commons https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/1/26/featured-sanctuary-bird-american-tree-sparrow monthly 0.5 2017-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1485464923395-RSZO87ZVHPYEKAQGKXK0/16259191108_44d3427ae4_o+%281%29.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Tree Sparrow American Tree Sparrow, Photography by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/1/20/lapland-longspur monthly 0.5 2017-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1484942004682-O09UWINJSPN4HPFJJF12/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Lapland Longspur Lapland Longspur, Photography by Mick Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1484932912253-DC4DS31BI5PQVTGETY9O/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Lapland Longspur Lapland Longspur camouflaged in the background, Photography by Kenneth Cole Schneider https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/1/13/goose-pond-christmas-bird-count monthly 0.5 2017-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1484333493351-O9BPOEA55I8RNFWZ2MTV/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Christmas Bird Count A first-year female Cooper's hawk at the Kampen Road residence, photo credits to Maddie Dumas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1484333812384-0B21YA50QPQ64OWPS9YY/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Goose Pond Christmas Bird Count A northern harrier hunting over the food plot in mid December, photo credits to Maddie Dumas https://swibirds.org/fff/2017/1/6/friday-fur-feature-muskrats monthly 0.5 2017-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1483721157960-P91ZR0YHKJVL1FKN1JJ3/IMG_6165.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Friday "Fur" Feature: Muskrats A Muskrat House from a Muskrat Perspective, Photography by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1483721061239-7H7Q7KYNM3TKPPEPRKQY/IMG_6156.JPG Friday Feathered Feature - Friday "Fur" Feature: Muskrats Faville Marsh moat, showing the band of ice on the periphery, Photography by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1483722052889-J87Y0MJMLOZXS4MN8Z9E/unnamed.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Friday "Fur" Feature: Muskrats Sphagnum used for insulation, Photography by Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1483721310073-2ECAQGSHXOW23NNCSAU2/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Friday "Fur" Feature: Muskrats Otter tracks featuring Drew's Glove for scale, Photography by Drew Harry https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/12/30/breeding-bird-point-count-project-at-goose-pond-sanctuary monthly 0.5 2016-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1483113764167-UOUHTZ9AU0OANL5K2QQO/Screen+Shot+2016-12-21+at+4.17.26+PM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Point Count Project at Goose Pond Sanctuary Goldfinches, photography by Maddie Dumas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1483113903844-BJ9DGZILMZGHT5X5166X/image-asset.png Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Point Count Project at Goose Pond Sanctuary Song sparrows and eggs in a nest, photography by Heather Inzalaco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1483113820204-QO66YP4O4T6HM5USB2HT/Screen+Shot+2016-12-21+at+4.16.21+PM.png Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Point Count Project at Goose Pond Sanctuary Red-wing blackbird nest, photography by Maddie Dumas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1483113399403-2OXAYI1MRBBM6BHZ278G/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Breeding Bird Point Count Project at Goose Pond Sanctuary Eastern meadowlark photo taken in the Browne Prairie by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/12/16/featured-sanctuary-bird-bald-eagle monthly 0.5 2017-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481906362943-BNWIFXAHNAFSZRUEPY7Z/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Bald Eagle Bald Eagle, Photography by Ben Bawden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481907045223-ETSVY4VH19IHJCH74HVB/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Bald Eagle Bald Eagle in-flight, Photography by Ronald Woan https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/12/9/bird-feeders monthly 0.5 2016-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481304683843-AZ78W34KE3BE5CVOLPNS/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Friday Feathered Feature A black-capped chickadee waits for an opportunity to feed at the sunflower fines feeder being used by American goldfinches. In the background a red-winged blackbird enjoys a seed mix at the hopper feeder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481304924979-05DEB6BAG4OMZHC5TAA3/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Friday Feathered Feature Goldfinches squabble over a spot at the sunflower fines feeder, while in the background, a red-winged blackbird enjoys a seed mix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481304899653-KL03X3MYT4RXTIQ3WUVE/m2.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Friday Feathered Feature American goldfinches at one of Mark and Sue’s feeders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481305063931-JJPVM3RVOFAX6Z2KZEWL/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Friday Feathered Feature A mourning dove guards the hopper feeder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481305033882-JWZ38ZYHM34ZH5P23FS6/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Friday Feathered Feature A mourning dove pecks through the shell corn we threw out for the rabbits. https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/12/2/featured-sanctuary-bird-ruddy-duck monthly 0.5 2016-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1480703684226-HS9E3HJQ6FZOXLZ811NH/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Ruddy Duck Ruddy Duck, Photographed by Tom Benson https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/11/25/featured-sanctuary-bird-mallard monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1480097360543-7NR5LZ5PMUFLJU55TMFC/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Mallard Mallard, Photography by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1480097112694-E49Z5FAQ5VNBWO2246PB/water.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Mallard Waterfowls, Photography by Maddie Dumas https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/11/18/merlin monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1479487595861-K4V2M6AES7Z6UFVZ8QEG/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Merlin Merlin, photo credits: Jon Nelson https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/11/11/featured-sanctuary-bird-snow-geese monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1478884606197-INR6TV6UDYU7O9ILXFXR/30223399323_89a03cc3e6_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Snow Geese Snow Goose in Flight, Photography by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1478884686029-RCW4X7H3S0NVV68AIQ08/30557875520_26def4dd9f_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Snow Geese Snow Geese Landing, Photography by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/11/4/american-pipit monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1478279366059-7UYIQFJ16EU6Z9GHHN6F/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - American Pipit Photo by Mick Thompson, Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1478279500047-LDZ0C4U9BSYGD2ZDC5U3/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - American Pipit Photo by Nicole Beaulac, Creative Commons https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/10/25/featured-sanctuary-bird-peregrine-falcon monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1477405063473-D6EKS1KP5QIA6WAE0HOS/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Peregrine Falcon A peregrine falcon (not Island Girl) visits Goose Pond outside of Madison, WI. Photo by Arlene Koziol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1477405739201-MFVPC66JMDDWUMOA6H3A/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Peregrine Falcon Island Girl's migration routes from 2009 to 2013. Source: http://www.frg.org/track_pefa12_all_combined.htm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1477405148957-268V5A0C41HJHNI7OU9N/Peregrine+Falcon+AK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Peregrine Falcon This banded peregrine, Suny, hatched and was banded in Minnesota in 2010. The Midwest subspecies may be residents year-round in this area. Photo by Arlene Koziol. https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/10/31/the-american-crow monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1478117282162-S0R9G22TEJ1LLPSW0EZC/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - The American Crow The American Crow. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/10/31/mourning-dove monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1478118255614-I4UWPVCOLBO05RV85XWP/Dove+Photo Friday Feathered Feature - Mourning Dove Mourning Dove. Photo by Mark Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/11/1/kingfisher monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1478120499094-OQMMMPERTPJQ2DRPOMUE/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Kingfisher Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/11/1/whooping-crane monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481138409566-0IAVMOTVWQDZB3O1AN33/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Whooping Crane Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481138527115-ZWSU1ZRKOF66602J4AKT/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Whooping Crane Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/11/2/indigo-bunting monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481138625357-V1KPSYMPE3QY37244HK0/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Indigo Bunting Photo by Jim Hudgins, USFW Service https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/11/2/purple-martin monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481138844227-V4EGTAGEV93L5JOBX703/KK0A1184_550_482.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martin Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1478113073936-ZH8C1OWVLJ4ADRDO8QYS/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martin Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1478113346352-9SENS43EZMEKUK6HWPWS/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martin Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1478113538702-J61JUTDN3LQZGPYSAD4M/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martin Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1478113699864-SN2JW5KF9TB4EV8LL5ID/W58A9594_550_367.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Purple Martin Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/11/7/northern-harrier monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1478550481847-JLBWW4H8Y7RHVN3Q3FSB/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Harrier Photo by Maddie Van Cleve, Goose Pond Land Steward https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481139777069-A3J7DRGDMU14R0SNQI2Q/Northern_Harrier_AK2_550_373.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Harrier Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/12/7/american-kestrel monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481128187515-OM6AEDPU20F1AZKAFL62/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel Madison Audubon interns hold newly-banded American kestrel chicks before they're placed back in their nest box. Click here to make a donation to support Madison Audubon's conservation programs, like the kestrel box trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481128257501-DDL7CJ6RWMTSRJ9CUE1V/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481128303453-OMNOVMYWKOYCVE2KOQIU/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481128348227-6PD7HD6WX658S28Q2QBC/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481128414691-WEWCXPB9HVH92T2TAFFJ/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel Janet Eschenbauch carefully bands a new kestrel chick. MAS Photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481128377778-YPNMLPLDQAEDEG5B6FIS/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - American Kestrel Madison Audubon member Pat Becker holds a tiny kestrel chick as it waits for a new band. MAS Photo. https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/12/7/pileated-woodpecker monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481128805131-OO6VYNCS0LMDH5MQ8A9H/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Pileated Woodpecker Photo by Phil Brown, Flickr Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481128870921-37A7S931GDBNREMU43W7/Woodpecker_550_389.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Pileated Woodpecker Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481128937090-EW4051KYGJWOVZ8T6S1Q/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Pileated Woodpecker Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481128976366-CHKXKI7VITRG211X9Q0D/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Pileated Woodpecker Photo by Linda Pils https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/12/7/wood-duck monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481130389885-S6MKKK0009S0RCOXLJPI/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Wood Duck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481130422976-JXTVY5WVB2KVVQVVFW1A/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Wood Duck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481130475877-CVDLQ979X7SIJZRTF6QX/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Wood Duck Photo by Richard Armstrong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481130518427-7YI5N7P1FODSIFHZLGJJ/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Wood Duck https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/12/7/upland-sandpiper monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481131218270-D61WPTJVQ89JG67RN236/Upland_Sandpiper_by_Andy_Reago__Chrissy_McClarren_550_375.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Upland Sandpiper Photo by Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren, Flickr Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481131294985-AFXS17VUC9R5GW1SLPDK/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Upland Sandpiper Photo by USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Flickr Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481131361703-YV2P5I3XUI5VYDTGB5QR/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Upland Sandpiper Photo by Nancy Magnusson, Flickr Creative Commons https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/12/7/wild-turkey monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481131772042-IKTTG86SFFQC2TAEA2CH/5596728978_d3330b723c_o_550_376.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Wild Turkey Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481131851099-T7C1LWI25DUK4PPYFQWP/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Wild Turkey Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481131885463-BRGOZHDYUAVK0B5P0JXZ/5596146719_c32e9202eb_o_250_182.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Wild Turkey Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481131921999-D3K9UVALS9ILBSJZGUPS/image-asset.png Friday Feathered Feature - Wild Turkey https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/12/7/eastern-towhee monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481132063951-UMHAO60DVK4XCPCD6NKF/towhee_550_422.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Eastern Towhee Photo by Steve Guttmann, Creative Commons https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/12/7/bonapartes-gull monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481132198959-HFKONT0D1YNTBJAVYDFZ/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Bonaparte's Gull Photo by Ron Knight - Flickr Creative Commons https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/12/7/cackling-geese monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481132381744-S4DSCCSCSOIZ9J40DF1B/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Cackling Geese Photo by Jim Culp, Creative Commons https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/12/7/greater-white-fronted-goose monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481132659317-CA78LRV7S4CZQ1GJ7SA1/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Greater White-Fronted Goose Photo of a flock of flying white-fronts at Goose Pond by Arlene Koziol, Madison Audubon volunteer https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/12/7/gadwall-duck monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481132771213-JO0QH1BWR1CBOWLP3K85/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Gadwall Duck Photoby Alexandra MacKenzie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481132848499-AQIGC42CJO1YLXW5TP92/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Gadwall Duck Photo by Marie Hale https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/12/7/northern-harrier monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481133010141-9TSU2NUGIOXH5I1S624Q/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Harrier Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481133049654-IGVNOUU12FX4IFKIO1G1/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Harrier Photo by USFWS, Flickr Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481133097835-BYFBR9HMVJWU0UROYZQR/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Harrier Photo by USFWS, Flickr Creative Commons https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/12/7/horned-lark monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481133202930-PEU2L8TWKBCSO7HISP47/15483393830_e7fcb5dd5c_o_550_393.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Horned Lark Photo by Lloyd Bush/USFWS, Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481133272663-CFJBY2AAS9ROSFYXS9T5/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Horned Lark Photo by Carolyn Byers https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/12/7/northern-shrike monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481136824253-FAT7AOP2AFV932QXOY3I/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Shrike Photo by Larry McGahey, Flickr Creative Commons https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/12/7/pine-siskin monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481136926727-Z2J6MC8TZPZVJL01BE7M/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Pine Siskin Photo by Kelly Colgan Azar, Flickr Creative Commons https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/12/7/northern-saw-whet-owl monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481137083966-JKUIM2YY29J5S4LNI1CI/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Saw-whet Owl Photo by Kameron Perensovich, Flickr creative commons https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/12/7/snow-bunting monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481137377788-B8C6JF8OXTPKPZNEDBLG/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Snow Bunting Photo courtesy Kelly Colgan Azar, Flickr Creative Commons https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/12/7/trumpeter-swans-at-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1481137501467-VS00CNG2FPEYXQUX9POD/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Trumpeter Swans at Goose Pond Photo by Mark and Sue Foote-Martin https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/pileated-woodpecker monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523047982453-H5QLSEV2FYCTWT1KSDQX/33550008013_a124d737ef_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Pileated Woodpecker https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/american-black-duck monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523305059458-CAIT3XAKEPTNW5HUPP63/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - American Black Duck https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/short-eared-owl monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523304973649-XZC4CPR6WPYA4U1VCTNM/27106490918_88d8457703_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Short-Eared Owl https://swibirds.org/fff/2015/12/4/american-goldfinch monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523304877659-IY43IIUO0DFJC4KXNTB3/Goldfinch_by_Kelly_Colgan_Azar_550_365.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - American Goldfinch https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/wild-turkey monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523304667031-GIF3GXXJZ0DXKEWPZVBB/2320347901_6ec391499f_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Wild Turkey https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/tundra-swan monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523304580471-6PCG82OBHUVV6L57R7I4/39057649384_ae8aa36f25_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Tundra Swan https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/snow-bunting monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523304508213-QCBABHB58SKXEI7ELNXM/2355205639_fa2e751e12_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Snow Bunting https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/northern-pintail monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523304361353-USP796TRSI6ND3GEAEAJ/3100218851_157cf984e3_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Pintail https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/peregrine-falcon monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523304074072-41S47I1DBCU9BC6RSJRT/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Peregrine Falcon https://swibirds.org/fff/2015/10/16/dark-eyed-junco-at-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523304274129-PG6PB8KQUVAF8NN3N292/junco_1_550_440.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Dark-Eyed Junco at Faville Grove https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/sandhill-crane monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523303937624-IJ4VT0LPJUTJY6IL1SK8/16260669235_1611350c94_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Sandhill Crane https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/blue-winged-teal monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523303822885-K7EILBU3EOD9V0Q4BILL/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Blue-Winged Teal https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/black-and-white-warbler monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523303599960-VH1A964JREACNN8R8GQ8/41276808952_62f1a94547_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Black and White Warbler https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/bobolink monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523303306293-JKQ74Q0AJDOMFQI696TZ/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Bobolink https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/great-egret monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523303194522-IRZTLDWUL21NV9O6D96U/40514875624_09a1b6e0b5_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Great Egret https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/american-goldfinch monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523302660828-58JHOWSNU0288STZPR9V/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - American Goldfinch https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/northern-mockingbird monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523302538605-EPDFPWJRCMPX9ZQKY30K/27086046_23b94e863c_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Northern Mockingbird https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/black-billed-cuckoo monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523302043145-XRHHZ1LTA3ANJLHQZY1Y/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Black-Billed Cuckoo https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/sedge-wren monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523301953078-7B47NHB7XJ96D9VHDKCQ/sedgeclose_550_407.png Friday Feathered Feature - Sedge Wren https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/turkey-vulture monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523043488809-J982IF2Y1OJOF6OFJ051/3151137749_acb0c4548e_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Turkey Vulture https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/clay-colored-sparrow monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523301796880-FGVYUHHPFL0R7GK385PU/25612285563_91708520fe_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Clay-Colored Sparrow https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/willow-flycatcher monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523301502915-HBFUTGFSATV5JT6MO59L/14457686102_0b989d06a2_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Willow Flycatcher https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/black-tern monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523301311937-DNHZQEQRS38ERB7K15XB/Black%2BTern%2BAK.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Black Tern https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/warbling-vireo monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523301233281-0C2YFKBS07MBKZGABFWE/5735420822_3fe8661d4d_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Warbling Vireo https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/mallard monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523301013090-A2M68X4722HE4E128UMQ/15324693444_5c6a578294_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Mallard https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/little-gull monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523300735925-SMF6FA7MB02G2BMULEST/gull.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Little Gull https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/orchard-oriole monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523300627158-7KNQ14VBSGQJX8YHBX6B/oriolesmall.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - Orchard Oriole https://swibirds.org/fff/2018/4/6/white-throated-sparrow monthly 0.5 2018-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523300401322-0Y44PKV0Y8CCD48QGZ0B/39976326862_a6019b0fcf_o.jpg Friday Feathered Feature - White-Throated Sparrow https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/7/6/featured-sanctuary-bird-gyrfalcon monthly 0.5 2016-08-23 https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/7/6/featured-sanctuary-bird-northern-flicker monthly 0.5 2016-08-23 https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/7/6/featured-sanctuary-bird-mourning-dove monthly 0.5 2016-08-23 https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/7/6/featured-sanctuary-bird-great-horned-owl monthly 0.5 2016-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1467834235179-OE3QQDMK0JT57GEP15DV/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Featured Sanctuary Bird: Great horned owl Photos by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/7/6/featured-sanctuary-bird-american-tree-sparrow monthly 0.5 2016-07-06 https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/7/6/featured-sanctuary-bird-northern-cardinal monthly 0.5 2016-07-06 https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/7/6/featured-sanctuary-bird-american-goldfinch monthly 0.5 2016-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1467831165668-NRK2LIM637EUNFQ7MIJW/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Featured Sanctuary Bird: American goldfinch Photo by Phil Brown, Flickr Creative Commons https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/7/6/featured-sanctuary-bird-horned-lark monthly 0.5 2016-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1467830678997-UD2DBF6X93BCYHFTKSQ0/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Featured Sanctuary Bird: Horned Lark Horned Lark by David Inman, Flickr Creative Commons https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/7/6/featured-sanctuary-bird-bald-eagle monthly 0.5 2016-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1467830460760-WXK5N5VP09GVCK7P1G4L/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Featured Sanctuary Bird: Bald Eagle Juvenile bald eagle photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/7/6/featured-sanctuary-bird-rough-legged-hawk monthly 0.5 2016-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1467829327050-IP8NWTEIUYYNCYBOGF0Z/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Featured Sanctuary Bird: Rough-legged hawk Photo by Max Rae, via Flickr Creative Commons https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/7/6/featured-sanctuary-bird-american-kestrel monthly 0.5 2023-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1467829128653-MY9QNT7KN61ZZ3KZ11ER/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Featured Sanctuary Bird: American Kestrel Photo by Arlene Koziol; banner photo by Joshua Mayer https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/7/6/featured-sanctuary-bird-coopers-hawk monthly 0.5 2016-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1467827228381-KQXDSKIUTCDV9KYBUJ2U/image-asset.jpeg Friday Feathered Feature - Featured Sanctuary Bird: Cooper's Hawk A Cooper's hawk enjoys a hard-earned meal. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/6/23/featured-sanctuary-bird-northern-harrier monthly 0.5 2016-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1466699555921-3WMSKGQ4C1B6YH45SAFO/Northern+Harrier+by+Arlene+Koziol Friday Feathered Feature - Featured Sanctuary Bird: Northern Harrier https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/6/23/featured-sanctuary-bird-short-eared-owl monthly 0.5 2016-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1466699131952-9AW0TU3CN6FFLHTZCP4H/short+eared+owl+by+Phil+Brown Friday Feathered Feature - Featured Sanctuary Bird: Short Eared Owl Short eared owl by Phil Brown https://swibirds.org/fff/2016/6/23/featured-sanctuary-bird-snowy-owl monthly 0.5 2016-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1466698965086-P7JN3LH4AYEPE609PM5I/Snowy+Owl+by+Lester+Doyle Friday Feathered Feature - Featured Sanctuary Bird: Snowy Owl https://swibirds.org/fff/category/Featured+Sanctuary+Bird monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/category/Friday+Feathered+Feature monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/category/Bird+%26+Nature+Blog monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/flicker monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/swamp+sparrow monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/goshawk monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/pollution monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/bufflehead monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/evening+grosbeak monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/hillside+prairie+sanctuary monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/northern+parula monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/bat monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/alaska monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/common+nighthawk monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/Eastern+Whip-poor-will monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/sanctuary monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/golden+crowned-kinglet monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/cedar+waxwing monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/resident+bird monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/bird+feeding monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/ibis monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/cuckoo monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/yellow-rumped+warbler monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/american+redstart monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/Puerto+Rico monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/northern+pintail monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/nest+box monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/white-faced+ibis monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/American+tree+sparrow monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/blue-winged+teal monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/hillside+prairie monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/northern+shrike monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/extinction monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/dove monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/eastern+wood-pewee monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/golden+eagle monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/Mirror+Pond monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/tern monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/Great+horned+owl monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/allopreening monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/eastern+towhee monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/Wood+Thrush monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/monarch+roost monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/wingspan monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/flycatcher monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/iNaturalist monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/hooded+merganser monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/whippoorwill monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/towhee monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/imax monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/kestrel+nest+box+monitoring+%26+banding monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/m monthly 0.5 https://swibirds.org/fff/tag/sunflower monthly 0.5 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Photo by Susan Ford Collins FCC https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/2/15/nature-journaling-plant-dissection monthly 0.5 2026-03-25 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2025/12/13/nature-journaling-uw-geology-museum monthly 0.5 2025-12-29 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2025/12/2/giving-tuesday monthly 0.5 2025-11-19 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2025/12/12/tour-the-birds-in-art-exhibit-wausau monthly 0.5 2025-12-29 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/8/15/birding-stroll-at-fish-camp-county-park monthly 0.5 2025-11-10 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/7/18/birding-stroll-at-fish-camp-county-park monthly 0.5 2025-11-10 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/6/20/birding-stroll-at-fish-camp-county-park monthly 0.5 2025-11-10 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/5/16/birding-stroll-at-fish-camp-county-park monthly 0.5 2026-03-30 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/5/30/beginning-birders monthly 0.5 2025-11-10 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/5/9/beginning-birders monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2025/5/17/birding-new-glarus-woods monthly 0.5 2026-03-30 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2025/9/20/birding-new-glarus-woods monthly 0.5 2025-11-10 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/birding-101 monthly 0.5 2026-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d8f88f4e-4776-4f87-966a-a7aee556f1b5/IMG_0874+Chuck+birding+at+the+UW+Arboretum.jpg Calendar - CLASS: Birding 101 - Make it stand out Course instructor Chuck Henrikson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ef96f2a4-d048-4af3-9b9a-a2e36883694c/Leslie+Paynter.jpg Calendar - CLASS: Birding 101 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/5/21/warbler-walk-uw-arboretum monthly 0.5 2025-11-09 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/5/14/warbler-walk-uw-arboretum monthly 0.5 2026-03-30 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/5/7/warbler-walk-uw-arboretum monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/7/12/dragonfly-diversity-at-fair-meadows monthly 0.5 2025-11-10 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/4/25/beginning-birders-lnp monthly 0.5 2026-03-16 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/8/29/blazingstars-butterflies-birds-smith-reiner monthly 0.5 2025-11-07 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/6/19/night-hike-at-fair-meadows monthly 0.5 2025-11-07 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/4/22/learning-the-ropes-of-ebird-mobile monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fb2627f1-c05c-4b64-90e3-ec57647432d4/MeganHeneke-orig.jpg Calendar - CLASS: Learning the Ropes of eBird Mobile - Make it stand out Instructor Megan Heneke https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/7/19/bats-and-swallows monthly 0.5 2025-11-06 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/6/27/summer-prairies-birds monthly 0.5 2025-11-07 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/5/4/birds-of-fair-meadows monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/5/8/evening-songscape-walk monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/9/26/beginning-birders-cherokee-marsh monthly 0.5 2025-11-06 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/5/8/porch-prairie-hwm monthly 0.5 2026-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/85308b42-68dd-47cb-a1ee-5a63abee6c77/20250605_173126.jpg Calendar - Plant your own "Porch Prairie" workshop (Holy Wisdom Monastery) - Make it stand out A porch prairie contains many resources for bees, butterflies, and birds! 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Photo by Amy Anderson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a1b5ad48-14ac-4145-894a-09e7bdb73f28/green-warbler.png Calendar - Native Plant Sale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/199c5a52-2ece-469f-8a08-8b4919e87d84/HWM+Logo+Blue.png Calendar - Native Plant Sale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6a50c593-d271-4c5f-9297-e7ec832a691b/SoWBA_logo-sq-web.jpg Calendar - Native Plant Sale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6096f588-f6e7-4cca-b105-eb56316fe123/johnsons+nursery.png Calendar - Native Plant Sale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/3/24/fair-meadows-birding-day monthly 0.5 2026-03-25 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/3/10/fair-meadows-birding-day monthly 0.5 2026-03-25 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/2/24/fair-meadows-birding-day monthly 0.5 2026-03-25 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/2/10/fair-meadows-birding-day monthly 0.5 2026-03-25 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/1/27/fair-meadows-birding-day monthly 0.5 2025-11-04 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/1/13/fair-meadows-birding-day monthly 0.5 2026-03-25 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/7/25/field-trip-kids-ponds monthly 0.5 2026-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b1682e9c-8fb0-4eba-acbd-a178c51484a2/IMG_2183.JPG Calendar - Field Trip for Kids: Pond Life! - Make it stand out Students examine the critters found during a pond dipping exercise during the school year. You’ll be able to try activity too! Photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/01/10/owl-prowl monthly 0.5 2026-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6bf37491-5cb0-4c55-b602-3eba0f0d55be/carolyn-circle.png Calendar - Owl Prowl (FULL) - Make it stand out Carolyn Byers https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/3/14/beginning-birders-walk monthly 0.5 2026-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d13c6f4b-80ba-4991-9c8e-82a0520a6b79/mickenzee.png Calendar - Beginning Birders Walk (FULL) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2026/1/17/owl-prowl monthly 0.5 2026-03-25 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2025/12/27/goose-pond-poynette-cbc monthly 0.5 2025-12-29 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2025/11/21/eagle-eyed-citizen-science-benw monthly 0.5 2025-11-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2025/10/20/birdability-week-slow-birding-at-fair-meadows monthly 0.5 2025-09-11 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2025/10/25/birdability-week-birding-your-way monthly 0.5 2025-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4d28b4e7-e04d-4123-82ec-97fbe0ff5053/Screen+Shot+2025-09-09+at+6.02.52+AM.png Calendar - Birdability Week: Birding Your Way - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/419ef4c3-3d27-4628-bc30-6713bd3de2b5/SoWBA_logo_web.png Calendar - Birdability Week: Birding Your Way - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1ab52e4a-47b7-4688-a56c-5f2a1f79a5ba/image006.png Calendar - Birdability Week: Birding Your Way - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/64b7c218-5e98-436c-8a40-be6c1d8ecdd4/image.png Calendar - Birdability Week: Birding Your Way - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2025/10/16/a-safer-migration-reducing-songbird-collisions-with-windows monthly 0.5 2025-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6cc42b84-a671-4b97-be97-cdeb3b484459/indigo+bunting_maria+parrott-ryan.jpeg Calendar - A Safer Migration: Reducing Songbird Collisions with Windows - Make it stand out An Indigo Bunting lays on the ground after a fatal collision with a window. Photo by Maria Perrott Ryan (Bird Collision Corps volunteer) https://swibirds.org/all-events/2025/9/21/birding-new-glarus-woods monthly 0.5 2025-11-10 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2025/10/11/bird-crafting-for-a-safer-migration monthly 0.5 2025-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/248a8158-b13b-4f3a-ad66-9cf6709fb41a/IMG_5071.jpeg Calendar - World Bird Migration Day: Bird Crafting for a Safer Migration - Make it stand out Participants at a similar event show off their completed decorated birds (Photo by Holly Greenberg) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f8c72293-4479-47ac-a240-f0c3a1d71553/fabric+bird+body.jpg Calendar - World Bird Migration Day: Bird Crafting for a Safer Migration - Make it stand out A blank fabric bird, ready to be craft. 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- Make it stand out An American Kestrel nest box in a grassland (photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4df47eb2-423f-4cbe-8e5d-3088c1d4b42f/1000005836.jpg Calendar - American Kestrels &amp; You: Make &amp; Take a Nest Box! - Make it stand out Five kestrel eggs lay in a nest box built and monitored by SoWBA volunteers (photo by Karin Exo). https://swibirds.org/all-events/2025/8/18/mighty-migrations-hummingbird monthly 0.5 2025-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1754595140527-AOJAGQ71GO3HK2UQJNZ0/migration+baner.png Calendar - Mighty Migrations Series: The Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ea04d493-354d-487a-9a80-99cb6b92802e/IMG_8912+%283%29.JPG Calendar - Mighty Migrations Series: The Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/419ef4c3-3d27-4628-bc30-6713bd3de2b5/SoWBA_logo_web.png Calendar - Mighty Migrations Series: The Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5d0f32c6-736a-45e4-a7b0-74ccd4913a7b/sos+save+our+songbirds.png Calendar - Mighty Migrations Series: The Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a108d0f1-5d34-4403-9bfc-8f3f3295b12e/NRF_Logo_Primary-Horizontal.png Calendar - Mighty Migrations Series: The Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/edd3d104-be96-40ff-9673-82ba8a02fb5d/journey+north+logo.png Calendar - Mighty Migrations Series: The Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2025/8/20/mighty-migrations-monarchs monthly 0.5 2025-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1754595140527-AOJAGQ71GO3HK2UQJNZ0/migration+baner.png Calendar - Mighty Migrations Series: The Monarch Butterfly - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/912d987a-59aa-4a1e-9f99-e7d800e976b9/karen+and+milkweed.jpg Calendar - Mighty Migrations Series: The Monarch Butterfly - Make it stand out Dr. Karen Oberhauser and a giant milkweed plant! 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You’ll be able to try activity too! 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A group of nearly 30 people stand on a path in the woods. Some have white canes, all are smiling. 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Birding by Ear Meet-up (FULL) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1566589823772-7WVMTFWDP8GN9TYQIZKT/Large+WCB%26VI+logo_horiz_4c.png Calendar - Birding by Ear Meet-up (FULL) https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/6/8/kestrel-banding monthly 0.5 2025-05-25 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/8/13/fair-meadows-birding-day monthly 0.5 2024-08-13 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/7/31/movers-and-shakers-reducing-bird-window-collisions-in-your-community monthly 0.5 2024-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4474e7b4-3041-4ebf-9d84-52da1d68e790/Screenshot+2024-05-30+092610.png Calendar - Movers and Shakers: Reducing Bird-window Collisions in Your Community - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/50c7ad2f-e955-4d29-b2cc-047c3ba69272/SoWBA-CMYK.png Calendar - Movers and Shakers: Reducing Bird-window Collisions in Your Community - 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Beginning Birders: Sunset Birding (FULL) - Make it stand out Kaitlin Svabek is excited to welcome you to the world of birding! https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/8/8/family-field-trip-insects monthly 0.5 2025-05-20 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/7/18/family-field-trip-owls monthly 0.5 2024-07-19 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/6/13/family-field-trip-deer monthly 0.5 2024-07-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/4/30/four-ways-wisconsin-birds monthly 0.5 2024-04-09 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/5/18/spring-sit monthly 0.5 2024-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624303793135-SYKUT0SXSWOP4RY81995/PXL_20210508_160741910.jpeg Calendar - Spring Sit - Make it stand out Kaitlin Svabek https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/4/15/bird-collision-corps-start monthly 0.5 2024-03-22 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/native-plant-sale3 monthly 0.5 2024-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/45790743-5178-4aa4-8c32-7d377953a834/28382191373_033f7ba979_k.jpg Calendar - 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A group of nearly 30 people stand on a path in the woods. Some have white canes, all are smiling. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/965b48f1-f1fd-4b63-8a2f-8412af3615bd/pic.jpg Calendar - CLASS: Birding by Ear - Make it stand out Course instructor Kerry Wilcox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f4b61a0c-23ef-4426-b1c6-52fb75e700e0/WCBVI-logo-header.png Calendar - CLASS: Birding by Ear - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/50c7ad2f-e955-4d29-b2cc-047c3ba69272/SoWBA-CMYK.png Calendar - CLASS: Birding by Ear - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/7/21/butterflies-fair-meadows monthly 0.5 2024-08-13 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/2/11/garden-expo-prevent-collisions-3 monthly 0.5 2024-02-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/2/10/garden-expo-prevent-collisions-2 monthly 0.5 2024-02-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/2/9/garden-expo-prevent-collisions-1 monthly 0.5 2024-02-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/3/21/saving-our-songbirds-together monthly 0.5 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4afaf597-9baa-4f28-944e-9cb8dc906932/Saving-Our-Songbirds-Together-Banner-1.jpg Calendar - Saving Our Songbirds Together: 3 Ways to Help at Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/4/26/preventing-the-thud monthly 0.5 2024-04-30 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/3/16/art-for-citizen-scientists monthly 0.5 2024-03-16 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/4/30/spring-birding-lakeshore monthly 0.5 2024-05-27 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/3/30/beginning-birders-nine-springs monthly 0.5 2024-04-30 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/10/27/scope-day-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2024-09-09 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/8/3/goose-pond-prairies monthly 0.5 2024-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1579021928991-VT8PCQ37T7HT25T2YML9/Land+Trust+Days+Logo+-+ORG.png Calendar - Goose Pond Prairies: Land Trust Days - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/7/19/exploring-otsego-marsh monthly 0.5 2024-08-13 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/8/146/nature-stroll-heritage-center monthly 0.5 2024-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2ed7f9bf-7655-41fe-8cdc-7bb857fbe7cf/Maggie%26Bob-MoquahBarrensSNA-20210901.jpeg Calendar - Nature Stroll at the Heritage Center - Make it stand out Field trip leaders, Maggie and Bob Honig https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/8/10/odonates monthly 0.5 2024-08-13 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/6/5/birders-dozen-summer monthly 0.5 2024-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2ed7f9bf-7655-41fe-8cdc-7bb857fbe7cf/Maggie%26Bob-MoquahBarrensSNA-20210901.jpeg Calendar - CLASS: A Birder's Dozen: Local birds for beginners - Make it stand out Course instructors Maggie and Bob Honig https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/2/1/name-amendment-vote monthly 0.5 2024-02-01 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/5/6/birding-by-boat-cherokee-marsh monthly 0.5 2024-05-27 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/3/23/prescribed-burn-workshop monthly 0.5 2024-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4005e5dd-c13f-4e3e-aa15-c579f894c037/emma-circle.png Calendar - Prescribed Fire Workshop - Fire Ecology and Field Instruction - Make it stand out Emma Raasch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/09fbba73-4e40-4e91-9d84-42cbfb942852/graham-circle.png Calendar - Prescribed Fire Workshop - Fire Ecology and Field Instruction - Make it stand out Graham Steinhauer https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/6/22/butterflies-wildflowers-cherokee-marsh monthly 0.5 2024-06-27 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/4/28/butterflies-birds-spring-green monthly 0.5 2024-10-23 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/03/24/birding-natural-path-sanctuary monthly 0.5 2024-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1629229559822-IZWEQ6EGJL3ULLLDB3SX/circle-kaitlin.png Calendar - CANCELLED: Birding at the Natural Path Sanctuary (FULL) - Make it stand out Kaitlin Svabek, field trip leader. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/4/6/birding-101 monthly 0.5 2024-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d8f88f4e-4776-4f87-966a-a7aee556f1b5/IMG_0874+Chuck+birding+at+the+UW+Arboretum.jpg Calendar - CLASS: Birding 101 - Make it stand out Course instructor Chuck Henrikson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bc4b22be-c800-4cca-b051-fbeb7ceff08d/Kestrel+Banding+MAS+6-12-21+%282+of+10%29.jpg Calendar - CLASS: Birding 101 - Make it stand out Course co-instructor Jeff Galligan https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/11/2/birding-lake-michigan monthly 0.5 2024-10-21 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/5/10/evening-songscape-walk monthly 0.5 2025-01-01 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/9/28/beyond-backyard-birding monthly 0.5 2024-09-30 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/4/28/beyond-backyard-birding monthly 0.5 2024-05-27 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/7/9/birding-by-bike monthly 0.5 2024-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e2e876eb-7fd2-4896-86ce-70970403a7d0/birding+by+bike+july.png Calendar - Birding by Bike (CANCELLED) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/6/5/birding-by-bike monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/05828175-b242-4700-aecc-1dc7e64a28c5/unnamed.png Calendar - Birding by Bike (FULL) - 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Birding by Ear: Evening Sounds at Cherokee Marsh (FULL) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/06996353-2ce5-405b-98e3-ed94eb860f54/becky.jpg Calendar - Birding by Ear: Evening Sounds at Cherokee Marsh (FULL) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/3/9/beginners-bird-walk monthly 0.5 2024-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d13c6f4b-80ba-4991-9c8e-82a0520a6b79/mickenzee.png Calendar - Beginners Bird Walk (FULL) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/2/24/beginners-bird-walk monthly 0.5 2024-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d13c6f4b-80ba-4991-9c8e-82a0520a6b79/mickenzee.png Calendar - 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Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Birding in the field, photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b290daac-1794-48b4-9a33-dfc956862ab8/bird%2Bfeeder-mh.jpg Calendar - Madison-area Christmas Bird Count - Make it stand out Birding at your feeders, photo by Monica Hall https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/12/167/tally-party-madison-cbc monthly 0.5 2023-12-16 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/12/19/fair-meadows-cbc monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/01/10/owl-prowl monthly 0.5 2024-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6bf37491-5cb0-4c55-b602-3eba0f0d55be/carolyn-circle.png Calendar - Owl Prowl (FULL) - Make it stand out Carolyn Byers https://swibirds.org/all-events/2024/02/10/owl-prowl monthly 0.5 2024-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d13c6f4b-80ba-4991-9c8e-82a0520a6b79/mickenzee.png Calendar - Owl Prowl (FULL) - 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Family Field Trip Series: Hi-BEAR-nation Station! - Make it stand out Field trip leader Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d13c6f4b-80ba-4991-9c8e-82a0520a6b79/mickenzee.png Calendar - Family Field Trip Series: Hi-BEAR-nation Station! - Make it stand out Field trip leader Mickenzee Okon https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/10/14/fall-family-field-trip-oh-deer monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6bf37491-5cb0-4c55-b602-3eba0f0d55be/carolyn-circle.png Calendar - Family Field Trip Series: Oh, Deer! - Make it stand out Field trip leader Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d13c6f4b-80ba-4991-9c8e-82a0520a6b79/mickenzee.png Calendar - Family Field Trip Series: Oh, Deer! - Make it stand out Field trip leader Mickenzee Okon https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/11/11/fall-family-field-trip-turkey-time monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6bf37491-5cb0-4c55-b602-3eba0f0d55be/carolyn-circle.png Calendar - 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Behind the Scenes at the Field Museum (Chicago) An example of the incredible artwork done at the Field Museum Bird Lab by Peggy Macnamara. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/11/9/birders-dozen-winter monthly 0.5 2023-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2ed7f9bf-7655-41fe-8cdc-7bb857fbe7cf/Maggie%26Bob-MoquahBarrensSNA-20210901.jpeg Calendar - A Birders’ Dozen - Winter edition: Neighborhood Bird ID and Beyond (2-part series) - Make it stand out Course instructors Maggie and Bob Honig https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/11/15/benw-metro-audubon monthly 0.5 2023-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c93e7ab6-9c39-446e-bcf1-2d24ccb7cf92/IMG_6079.jpeg Calendar - Monitoring Bald Eagle Nests in Wisconsin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/11/2/what-the-duck monthly 0.5 2023-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8a3fdab7-3007-4601-98e9-3a237993a610/Caitlyn+Schuchhardt.jpg Calendar - What the Duck?! Getting Started with Waterfowl Identification - Make it stand out Instructor Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/8/23/stop-the-fallout monthly 0.5 2024-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1ea31816-7398-467d-baaf-b6f3cfd481fd/Webinar+flyer+final_7_31_23.png Calendar - Free Statewide Webinar: Stop the Fallout from Bird-window Collisions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/8/22/nrf-workshop-tallgrass-prairie-ecology-amp-restoration-workshop monthly 0.5 2023-07-31 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/9/14/fair-meadows-open-hours monthly 0.5 2023-09-16 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/9/17/birds-of-fair-meadows-sanctuary monthly 0.5 2024-03-13 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/9/15/swift-night-out monthly 0.5 2023-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/47260045-99f5-4905-8086-6a6c40b0355a/Swift+Night+Out+2023_updated.png Calendar - Swift Night Out - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/9/19/birding-by-bike monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a70a8852-54f4-4121-a03c-8410d9679260/image+%281%29.png Calendar - Birding by Bike: Glacial Drumlin Trail (FULL) - Make it stand out Bike route for the September 19 field trip, starting at the trailhead parking lot (green dot on left) and biking approx. 4 miles east (red dot on right) and back. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/8/5/birding-by-boat-starkweather monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/8/11/birding-by-ear-meet-up monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1566589787528-7GDYWSU0O8YIREYYR92N/MadisonAudubon-GradientLogo-flipped.png Calendar - August's Birding by Ear Meet-up (FULL) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1566589823772-7WVMTFWDP8GN9TYQIZKT/Large+WCB%26VI+logo_horiz_4c.png Calendar - August's Birding by Ear Meet-up (FULL) https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/7/7/birding-by-ear-meet-up monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1566589787528-7GDYWSU0O8YIREYYR92N/MadisonAudubon-GradientLogo-flipped.png Calendar - July's Birding by Ear Meet-up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1566589823772-7WVMTFWDP8GN9TYQIZKT/Large+WCB%26VI+logo_horiz_4c.png Calendar - July's Birding by Ear Meet-up https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/8/17/family-field-trip-series-magnificent-monarchs monthly 0.5 2023-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6bf37491-5cb0-4c55-b602-3eba0f0d55be/carolyn-circle.png Calendar - Family Field Trip Series: Magnificent Monarchs! (FULL) - Make it stand out Field trip leader Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d13c6f4b-80ba-4991-9c8e-82a0520a6b79/mickenzee.png Calendar - Family Field Trip Series: Magnificent Monarchs! (FULL) - Make it stand out Field trip leader Mickenzee Okon https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/8/10/family-field-trip-series-track-attack monthly 0.5 2023-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6bf37491-5cb0-4c55-b602-3eba0f0d55be/carolyn-circle.png Calendar - Family Field Trip Series: Track Attack! (CANCELLED) - Make it stand out Field trip leader Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d13c6f4b-80ba-4991-9c8e-82a0520a6b79/mickenzee.png Calendar - Family Field Trip Series: Track Attack! (CANCELLED) - Make it stand out Field trip leader Mickenzee Okon https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/8/3/family-field-trip-series-animal-furs monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6bf37491-5cb0-4c55-b602-3eba0f0d55be/carolyn-circle.png Calendar - Family Field Trip Series: Mammal Furs! - Make it stand out Field trip leader Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d13c6f4b-80ba-4991-9c8e-82a0520a6b79/mickenzee.png Calendar - Family Field Trip Series: Mammal Furs! - Make it stand out Field trip leader Mickenzee Okon https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/7/27/family-field-trip-series-bird-beak-bonanza monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6bf37491-5cb0-4c55-b602-3eba0f0d55be/carolyn-circle.png Calendar - Family Field Trip Series: Bird Beak Bonanza! - Make it stand out Field trip leader Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d13c6f4b-80ba-4991-9c8e-82a0520a6b79/mickenzee.png Calendar - Family Field Trip Series: Bird Beak Bonanza! - Make it stand out Field trip leader Mickenzee Okon https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/7/13/family-field-trip-series-insect-detectives monthly 0.5 2023-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6bf37491-5cb0-4c55-b602-3eba0f0d55be/carolyn-circle.png Calendar - Family Field Trip Series: Insect Detectives! (CANCELLED) - Make it stand out Field trip leader Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d13c6f4b-80ba-4991-9c8e-82a0520a6b79/mickenzee.png Calendar - Family Field Trip Series: Insect Detectives! (CANCELLED) - Make it stand out Field trip leader Mickenzee Okon https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/7/6/family-field-trip-series-scattastic-fun monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6bf37491-5cb0-4c55-b602-3eba0f0d55be/carolyn-circle.png Calendar - Family Field Trip Series: Scat-tastic Fun! - Make it stand out Field trip leader Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d13c6f4b-80ba-4991-9c8e-82a0520a6b79/mickenzee.png Calendar - Family Field Trip Series: Scat-tastic Fun! - Make it stand out Field trip leader Mickenzee Okon https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/6/29/family-field-trip-series-pond-dipping monthly 0.5 2023-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b1682e9c-8fb0-4eba-acbd-a178c51484a2/IMG_2183.JPG Calendar - Family Field Trip Series: Pond Dipping! (CANCELLED) - Make it stand out Students examine the critters found during a pond dipping exercise during the school year. You’ll be able to try activity too! Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6bf37491-5cb0-4c55-b602-3eba0f0d55be/carolyn-circle.png Calendar - Family Field Trip Series: Pond Dipping! (CANCELLED) - Make it stand out Field trip leader Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d13c6f4b-80ba-4991-9c8e-82a0520a6b79/mickenzee.png Calendar - Family Field Trip Series: Pond Dipping! (CANCELLED) - Make it stand out Field trip leader Mickenzee Okon https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/6/22/family-field-trip-series-all-about-owls monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dcd3dc07-9e30-4472-9111-0af37ecdc068/20230306_162139.jpg Calendar - Family Field Trip Series: All About Owls! - Make it stand out Students play the Owl Eyes game with Carolyn and Mickenzee during the winter months of the school year. You’ll be able to try this game out too! Photo by Carolyn Byers / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6bf37491-5cb0-4c55-b602-3eba0f0d55be/carolyn-circle.png Calendar - Family Field Trip Series: All About Owls! - Make it stand out Field trip leader Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d13c6f4b-80ba-4991-9c8e-82a0520a6b79/mickenzee.png Calendar - Family Field Trip Series: All About Owls! - Make it stand out Field trip leader Mickenzee Okon https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/6/22/kestrel-banding monthly 0.5 2023-06-09 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/6/20/green-healthy-schools-summit monthly 0.5 2023-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1686165239565-I131Z01TS1V4TSE9ATQU/MGHSS+Socials+Post.png Calendar - Building a Bigger Nest: Madison Audubon at Green &amp; Healthy Schools Summit - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/6/30/preventing-the-thud monthly 0.5 2024-02-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/6/18/kestrel-banding monthly 0.5 2023-06-13 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/6/13/kestrel-banding monthly 0.5 2023-06-09 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/6/11/kestrel-banding monthly 0.5 2024-05-21 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/6/8/kestrel-banding monthly 0.5 2023-06-04 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/6/5/kestrel-banding monthly 0.5 2023-06-04 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/6/3/kestrel-banding monthly 0.5 2023-06-01 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/5/8/reckless-wrens-birdathon monthly 0.5 2024-03-21 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/5/23/fair-meadowlarks-birdathon monthly 0.5 2024-03-21 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/5/17/accessibility-birding monthly 0.5 2023-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/11b4db23-e22f-48eb-9b83-fcf70f593a1f/20230517+FOPBC+Accessibility+and+Birding+Slide.png Calendar - Accessibility and Birding - Make it stand out Poster for the Accessibility and Birding event on May 17. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/5/10/birding-by-bike monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7b699995-8873-4681-8fbc-fc5377e8a0f7/image.png Calendar - Birding by Bike: Capital City Trail (FULL) - Make it stand out Bike route for the May 10 field trip, starting at McDaniel Park (green dot on the right), biking to the ponds at the sewerage district (red dot on left) and back. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/4/26/advocacy-days-glaudubon monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/7/8/water-critters-bugs monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6bf37491-5cb0-4c55-b602-3eba0f0d55be/carolyn-circle.png Calendar - Water Critters &amp; Bug Fun for Families - Make it stand out Field trip co-leader Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d13c6f4b-80ba-4991-9c8e-82a0520a6b79/mickenzee.png Calendar - Water Critters &amp; Bug Fun for Families - Make it stand out Field trip co-leader Mickenzee Okon https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/4/17/bird-collision-corps-start monthly 0.5 2023-08-16 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/4/25/martins-hall-of-fame monthly 0.5 2023-03-21 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/8/16/nature-stroll-heritage-center monthly 0.5 2024-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2ed7f9bf-7655-41fe-8cdc-7bb857fbe7cf/Maggie%26Bob-MoquahBarrensSNA-20210901.jpeg Calendar - Nature Stroll at the Heritage Center (FULL) - Make it stand out Field trip leaders, Maggie and Bob Honig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/01663c65-4b3c-48d9-94a5-adf2ef476f41/MadisonAudubon-GradientLogo-RGB-tight-crop.png Calendar - Nature Stroll at the Heritage Center (FULL) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a7224a9e-1b1c-4720-82d9-ad4834d15ebc/AFOCSRALOGO_HR2.jpg Calendar - Nature Stroll at the Heritage Center (FULL) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/4/5/mapping-access-workshop monthly 0.5 2023-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1629229559822-IZWEQ6EGJL3ULLLDB3SX/circle-kaitlin.png Calendar - Mapping Access for Birders Workshop (POSTPONED) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/01663c65-4b3c-48d9-94a5-adf2ef476f41/MadisonAudubon-GradientLogo-RGB-tight-crop.png Calendar - Mapping Access for Birders Workshop (POSTPONED) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3b697648-9e39-40fb-ad82-6adbe0984b09/AAW+WI+logo_NoBackground.png Calendar - Mapping Access for Birders Workshop (POSTPONED) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/3/15/prevent-bird-window-collisions-home monthly 0.5 2023-03-13 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/11/4/birding-lake-michigan monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/4/14/cherokee-marsh-woodcock-walk monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/01663c65-4b3c-48d9-94a5-adf2ef476f41/MadisonAudubon-GradientLogo-RGB-tight-crop.png Calendar - Evening at Cherokee Marsh: Woodcock Walk (FULL) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0b23f516-43ef-4ec1-95a8-c2176634379c/cropped-focm_logo_web_header_1000px12_nobkgd.png Calendar - Evening at Cherokee Marsh: Woodcock Walk (FULL) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/6/4/exploring-fair-meadows-sna monthly 0.5 2023-08-16 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/4/25/spring-birding-lakeshore monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/3/7/the-big-share monthly 0.5 2023-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d09d1311-e6e2-4743-954d-a5ab9bc63101/TBS-23_Cranes+shraring+worm+AK.png Calendar - The Big Share 2023 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/3/6/annual-meeting-name-change monthly 0.5 2023-03-07 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/3/14/2v6tj6kak0kzvy2gk32bo5cvduenkz monthly 0.5 2023-02-10 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/7/22/odonates monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/6/14/birders-dozen-summer monthly 0.5 2023-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2ed7f9bf-7655-41fe-8cdc-7bb857fbe7cf/Maggie%26Bob-MoquahBarrensSNA-20210901.jpeg Calendar - A Birder's Dozen: Local birds for beginners (2-part series) - Make it stand out Course instructors Maggie and Bob Honig https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/5/9/beginning-bird-photography monthly 0.5 2025-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8f99ff96-580e-411a-8fdf-b3860f73c035/Arlene.jpg Calendar - Beginning Bird and Wildlife Action Photography (FULL) - Make it stand out Instructor Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/10/29/scope-day-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/4/15/birding-101 monthly 0.5 2023-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d8f88f4e-4776-4f87-966a-a7aee556f1b5/IMG_0874+Chuck+birding+at+the+UW+Arboretum.jpg Calendar - Birding 101 (4-part series) - Make it stand out Course instructor Chuck Henrikson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bc4b22be-c800-4cca-b051-fbeb7ceff08d/Kestrel+Banding+MAS+6-12-21+%282+of+10%29.jpg Calendar - Birding 101 (4-part series) - Make it stand out Course co-instructor Jeff Galligan https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/9/6/monarch-tagging monthly 0.5 2023-09-13 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/9/9/monarch-tagging monthly 0.5 2023-09-13 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/9/13/monarch-tagging monthly 0.5 2023-09-13 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/7/29/goose-pond-prairies monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/6/16/exploring-otsego-marsh monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/5/19/rocky-run-oak-savanna-sna monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/4/27/birding-by-ear monthly 0.5 2023-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589487720442-X0YGHPH32VBYBDTVCRUU/IMG_5895.JPG Calendar - Birding by Ear class (2-part series) - Make it stand out Attendees of the 2019 Birding by Ear class during the outdoor class component. A group of nearly 30 people stand on a path in the woods. Some have white canes, all are smiling. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/965b48f1-f1fd-4b63-8a2f-8412af3615bd/pic.jpg Calendar - Birding by Ear class (2-part series) - Make it stand out Course instructor Kerry Wilcox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/db022af2-ce77-450c-91c2-9fd2d3e35bde/Jim+D+Headshot.jpg Calendar - Birding by Ear class (2-part series) - Make it stand out Course instructor Jim Denham https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f4b61a0c-23ef-4426-b1c6-52fb75e700e0/WCBVI-logo-header.png Calendar - Birding by Ear class (2-part series) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/01663c65-4b3c-48d9-94a5-adf2ef476f41/MadisonAudubon-GradientLogo-RGB-tight-crop.png Calendar - Birding by Ear class (2-part series) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/6/8/summer-at-the-sacred-earth-maa-wkk monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/de8288d0-8345-432a-b3bf-5670bab2656e/earth+sky+water+installation+curt+meine.jpg Calendar - Summer at the Sacred Earth (Maa Wákąčąk) (FULL) - Make it stand out Earth, Sky, Water art installation created by Ho-Chunk families with Melanie Tallmadge of Little Eagle Arts Foundation. The installation at Maa Wákąčąk. Photo by Curt Meine https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/3/20/beginning-birders-nine-springs monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624303793135-SYKUT0SXSWOP4RY81995/PXL_20210508_160741910.jpeg Calendar - Beginning Birders: Nine Springs (FULL) - Make it stand out Kaitlin Svabek is excited to welcome you to the wonderful world of birding! https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/10/8/fall-sit monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1629229559822-IZWEQ6EGJL3ULLLDB3SX/circle-kaitlin.png Calendar - Fall Sit (FULL) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/5/20/spring-sit monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624303793135-SYKUT0SXSWOP4RY81995/PXL_20210508_160741910.jpeg Calendar - Spring Sit - Make it stand out Kaitlin Svabek https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/9/24/fall-prairies-at-faville monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/5/6/habitats-faville-grove-west monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/4/11/woodcock-and-snipe-walk monthly 0.5 2023-03-13 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/2/4/mid-winter-snowshoe-at-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2023-02-16 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/11/01/cemetery-birding monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1629229559822-IZWEQ6EGJL3ULLLDB3SX/circle-kaitlin.png Calendar - An Evening of Cemetery Birding (FULL) - Make it stand out Kaitlin Svabek, field trip leader. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/07/11/sunset-birding monthly 0.5 2024-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624303793135-SYKUT0SXSWOP4RY81995/PXL_20210508_160741910.jpeg Calendar - Beginning Birders: Sunset Birding (FULL) - Make it stand out Kaitlin Svabek is excited to welcome you to the world of birding! https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/2/25/beginners-bird-walk monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d13c6f4b-80ba-4991-9c8e-82a0520a6b79/mickenzee.png Calendar - Beginners Bird Walk (FULL) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/6/3/beginning-birders-prairie monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/5/10/warbler-walk monthly 0.5 2023-05-08 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/5/3/warbler-walk monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/5/4/warbler-walk-uw-arboretum monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/5/18/warbler-walk-uw-arboretum monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/5/11/warbler-walk-uw-arboretum monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/9/16/beyond-backyard-birding monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/4/16/beyond-backyard-birding monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/5/14/birding-madison-school-forest monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/3/11/walk-explore-for-kids monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6bf37491-5cb0-4c55-b602-3eba0f0d55be/carolyn-circle.png Calendar - Walk &amp; Explore - for kids! - Make it stand out Carolyn Byers, Madison Audubon director of education https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d13c6f4b-80ba-4991-9c8e-82a0520a6b79/mickenzee.png Calendar - Walk &amp; Explore - for kids! - Make it stand out Mickenzee Okon, Madison Audubon educator https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/02/11/owl-prowl monthly 0.5 2023-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6bf37491-5cb0-4c55-b602-3eba0f0d55be/carolyn-circle.png Calendar - Owl Prowl (FULL) - Make it stand out Carolyn Byers https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/5/24/evening-songscape-walk monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/6/2/spring-green-prairie monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/20232/4/12/evening-sounds-cherokee-marsh monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/965b48f1-f1fd-4b63-8a2f-8412af3615bd/pic.jpg Calendar - Birding by Ear: Evening Sounds at Cherokee Marsh (FULL) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/06996353-2ce5-405b-98e3-ed94eb860f54/becky.jpg Calendar - Birding by Ear: Evening Sounds at Cherokee Marsh (FULL) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/3/28/learning-the-ropes-of-ebird-mobile monthly 0.5 2023-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fb2627f1-c05c-4b64-90e3-ec57647432d4/MeganHeneke-orig.jpg Calendar - Learning the Ropes of eBird Mobile (2-part series) - Make it stand out Instructor Megan Heneke https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/5/17/birding-by-boat-cherokee-marsh monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/5/9/warbler-walk monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/5/6/birding-at-wyalusing-state-park monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/12/9/madison-lakes-waterfowl monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/06/10/beginning-birders-birding-joy monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/6/24/butterflies-wildflowers monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/6/17/butterflies-wildflowers monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/12/madison-cbc-little-sit monthly 0.5 2022-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1629229559822-IZWEQ6EGJL3ULLLDB3SX/circle-kaitlin.png Calendar - Madison Christmas Bird Count "Little Sit" - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/12/17/end-of-day-tally-party-madison-area-christmas-bird-count monthly 0.5 2023-10-26 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/1/17/drawing-birds-course monthly 0.5 2023-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bb8c1cc1-5356-427f-b97c-d95208f22d18/edited_edited_IMG_20220817_115137475_HDR.jpg Calendar - Drawing Birds (3-part course) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c0d0cfc9-e73d-459b-9ec9-9285f9e93b83/edited_IMG_20220817_114855660_HDR.jpg Calendar - Drawing Birds (3-part course) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/02c51a19-ef4a-4f14-9092-a7f9dc32b1ac/edited_IMG_20220817_114838718_HDR.jpg Calendar - Drawing Birds (3-part course) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/givingtuesday monthly 0.5 2023-11-21 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/11/01/cemetery-birding monthly 0.5 2022-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1629229559822-IZWEQ6EGJL3ULLLDB3SX/circle-kaitlin.png Calendar - An Evening of Cemetery Birding (FULL) - Make it stand out Kaitlin Svabek, field trip leader. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2023/1/1/new-years-sunrise-at-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2023-02-16 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/11/15/speaker-brigitte-fielder monthly 0.5 2022-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a74170ea-f445-4258-80e5-3ecf9f5a2bdc/Fielder2020.jpg Calendar - Brigitte Fielder: I’ll Fly Away - Birds and the Enslaved in Flight in Audubon’s World - Make it stand out Brigitte Fielder. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/9/21/birding-by-boat-waubesa-wetlands monthly 0.5 2022-09-20 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/11/5/birding-lake-michigan monthly 0.5 2022-09-26 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/11/5/sketching-scopes-course monthly 0.5 2022-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/23afb4a6-52ea-4e5e-9eb0-bef937538cc6/IMG_20220922_124219501_HDR.jpg Calendar - CANCELLED: Sketching with Scopes - Make it stand out Just five minutes of sketching a heron is a fun way of capturing an outing! Artwork by instructor Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/beb5254e-61d6-4f21-987b-c09e211a6b42/Carolyn%2BByers_.jpeg Calendar - CANCELLED: Sketching with Scopes - Make it stand out Instructor Carolyn Byers https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/10/22/saturday-sit monthly 0.5 2023-01-18 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/9/12/start-of-fall-survey-period-bcc monthly 0.5 2022-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6646b585-2a4a-45e4-9572-b0c5a5f50e98/BCC+recruitment+fall+2022.png Calendar - Start of Fall Survey Period: Bird Collision Corps - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/09/27/speaker-john-bates monthly 0.5 2022-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2438d10c-1f56-4542-8330-490754fc1c0d/JohnBates.jpeg Calendar - John Bates: Studying South Polar Penguins by Sailboat - Make it stand out John Bates. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/11/5/seed-collecting-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/10/29/seed-collecting-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/10/22/seed-collecting-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/10/15/seed-collecting-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/10/8/seed-collecting-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/10/1/seed-collecting-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/9/24/seed-collecting-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/10/26/seed-collecting-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/10/19/seed-collecting-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/10/12/seed-collecting-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/10/5/seed-collecting-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/9/28/seed-collecting-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/9/21/seed-collecting-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/10/29/seed-collecting-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/10/22/seed-collecting-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/10/15/seed-collecting-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/10/8/seed-collecting-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/10/1/seed-collecting-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/9/24/seed-collecting-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/9/17/seed-collecting-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/9/17/seed-collecting-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/9/14/seed-collecting-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/9/10/seed-collecting-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/9/3/seed-collecting-goose-pond monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/9/10/seed-collecting-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/9/7/seed-collecting-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/9/fall-landscapes monthly 0.5 2022-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0c426d15-f665-4fd5-a244-588c4c9429eb/Carolyn%252BByers_.jpg Calendar - The Art of Fall Landscapes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/9/10/monarch-tagging monthly 0.5 2023-01-27 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/9/7/monarch-tagging monthly 0.5 2022-08-20 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/9/3/monarch-tagging monthly 0.5 2022-08-20 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/10/08/beginning-birders monthly 0.5 2022-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624303793135-SYKUT0SXSWOP4RY81995/PXL_20210508_160741910.jpeg Calendar - Beginning Birders: Wondrous Wetlands (FULL) - Make it stand out Kaitlin Svabek is excited to welcome you to the world of birding! https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/8/28/swift-night-out monthly 0.5 2022-09-14 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/10/25/what-the-duck monthly 0.5 2022-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8a3fdab7-3007-4601-98e9-3a237993a610/Caitlyn+Schuchhardt.jpg Calendar - What the Duck?! Getting Started with Waterfowl Identification - Make it stand out Instructor Caitlyn Schuchhardt https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/9/15/bird-saver-curtain-seminar-demo monthly 0.5 2022-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/01663c65-4b3c-48d9-94a5-adf2ef476f41/MadisonAudubon-GradientLogo-RGB-tight-crop.png Calendar - Seminar &amp; Demo: Create a Bird Saver Curtain - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1626706697337-OD5KL53SOJK8M4K22CYA/WBU+Nature+Shop-border.jpg Calendar - Seminar &amp; Demo: Create a Bird Saver Curtain - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8ddba2d1-2669-4a15-b9d0-c38f9d7d6d30/susanfrikken.jpg Calendar - Seminar &amp; Demo: Create a Bird Saver Curtain - Make it stand out Instructor Susan Frikken (and her new binoculars!) https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/10/17/aaw monthly 0.5 2022-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1633453136548-737GIBVX278Q0QJPLOIW/IMG_8796-2.JPG Calendar - Birding with Access Ability Wisconsin (CANCELLED) - Make it stand out A birder with binoculars uses an AAW Outdoor Wheelchair on an outing at Zeloski Marsh. 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https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/8/7/birding-by-boat-cherokee-marsh monthly 0.5 2023-01-05 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/7/15/birding-by-boat-waubesa-wetlands monthly 0.5 2022-07-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/8/6/beginning-birders-cherokee-south monthly 0.5 2022-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ff39fb14-f34b-4e73-8743-957c6501c180/birding.jpg Calendar - Beginning Birders: Cherokee Marsh South (FULL) - Make it stand out Anna Walther is excited to welcome you to the wonderful world of birding! https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/12/10/madison-lakes-waterfowl monthly 0.5 2022-11-30 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/9/24/beyond-backyard-birding monthly 0.5 2022-09-15 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/5/12/evening-at-nine-springs monthly 0.5 2022-07-14 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/6/3/spring-green-prairie monthly 0.5 2023-01-09 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2025/5/31/black-birders-week-zoo monthly 0.5 2025-05-22 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/5/14/beginning-birders-spring-sit monthly 0.5 2022-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624303793135-SYKUT0SXSWOP4RY81995/PXL_20210508_160741910.jpeg Calendar - Spring Sit (FULL) - Make it stand out Kaitlin Svabek https://swibirds.org/all-events/2021/9/21/ewa-dexter-patterson-n62n8 monthly 0.5 2022-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1627579390415-UXJLLC4RYWEPFU3FBEQP/2021-09_DexterPatterson_instagramphoto.png Calendar - Dexter Patterson: Birding is for Everyone - Make it stand out Photo courtesy of Dexter Patterson. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/04/05/ewa-wildlife-rehabilitation monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1ea0ca25-6313-499e-b0c4-46ac6b177536/Paige+photo.jpg Calendar - DCHS Wildlife Center: "Is that bird O.K.?!" - Make it stand out Paige Pederson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d9befb0a-96a0-4bb8-a8fc-972a5d61c9e9/Jackie+photo.jpg Calendar - DCHS Wildlife Center: "Is that bird O.K.?!" - Make it stand out Jackie Sandberg https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/4/15/cherokee-marsh-woodcock-walk monthly 0.5 2022-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/01663c65-4b3c-48d9-94a5-adf2ef476f41/MadisonAudubon-GradientLogo-RGB-tight-crop.png Calendar - Evening at Cherokee Marsh: Woodcock Walk (FULL) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0b23f516-43ef-4ec1-95a8-c2176634379c/cropped-focm_logo_web_header_1000px12_nobkgd.png Calendar - Evening at Cherokee Marsh: Woodcock Walk (FULL) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/4/8/cherokee-marsh-woodcock-walk monthly 0.5 2022-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/01663c65-4b3c-48d9-94a5-adf2ef476f41/MadisonAudubon-GradientLogo-RGB-tight-crop.png Calendar - Evening at Cherokee Marsh: Woodcock Walk (FULL) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0b23f516-43ef-4ec1-95a8-c2176634379c/cropped-focm_logo_web_header_1000px12_nobkgd.png Calendar - Evening at Cherokee Marsh: Woodcock Walk (FULL) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/4/28/birding-by-ear monthly 0.5 2022-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1589487720442-X0YGHPH32VBYBDTVCRUU/IMG_5895.JPG Calendar - Birding by Ear (2-part series) (FULL) - Make it stand out Attendees of the 2019 Birding by Ear class during the outdoor class component. A group of nearly 30 people stand on a path in the woods. Some have white canes, all are smiling. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / Madison Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1644516912543-PQEXAE3HMVILPWB8141N/26584555241_1588e7fc69_k.jpg Calendar - Birding by Ear (2-part series) (FULL) - Make it stand out Cherokee Marsh at sunset, showing a small bare tree and grass in the foreground, with water and a treeline in the background as the sun sets. Photo by Katie Wheeler FCC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/965b48f1-f1fd-4b63-8a2f-8412af3615bd/pic.jpg Calendar - Birding by Ear (2-part series) (FULL) - Make it stand out Course instructor Kerry Wilcox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/db022af2-ce77-450c-91c2-9fd2d3e35bde/Jim+D+Headshot.jpg Calendar - Birding by Ear (2-part series) (FULL) - Make it stand out Course instructor Jim Denham https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f4b61a0c-23ef-4426-b1c6-52fb75e700e0/WCBVI-logo-header.png Calendar - Birding by Ear (2-part series) (FULL) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/01663c65-4b3c-48d9-94a5-adf2ef476f41/MadisonAudubon-GradientLogo-RGB-tight-crop.png Calendar - Birding by Ear (2-part series) (FULL) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/4/9/birding-101-4-part-series monthly 0.5 2022-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/d8f88f4e-4776-4f87-966a-a7aee556f1b5/IMG_0874+Chuck+birding+at+the+UW+Arboretum.jpg Calendar - Birding 101 (4-part series) - Make it stand out Course instructor Chuck Henrikson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bc4b22be-c800-4cca-b051-fbeb7ceff08d/Kestrel+Banding+MAS+6-12-21+%282+of+10%29.jpg Calendar - Birding 101 (4-part series) - Make it stand out Course co-instructor Jeff Galligan https://swibirds.org/all-events/2021/5/4/neighborhood-feeder-birds monthly 0.5 2022-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2ed7f9bf-7655-41fe-8cdc-7bb857fbe7cf/Maggie%26Bob-MoquahBarrensSNA-20210901.jpeg Calendar - Meet your Summer Neighborhood and Feeder Birds (2-part series) - Make it stand out Course instructors Maggie and Bob Honig https://swibirds.org/all-events/2021/5/3/beginning-bird-photography monthly 0.5 2023-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8f99ff96-580e-411a-8fdf-b3860f73c035/Arlene.jpg Calendar - Beginning Bird and Wildlife Action Photography - Make it stand out Instructor Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/4/7/evening-sounds-cherokee-marsh monthly 0.5 2023-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/965b48f1-f1fd-4b63-8a2f-8412af3615bd/pic.jpg Calendar - Birding by Ear: Evening Sounds at Cherokee Marsh (FULL) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/06996353-2ce5-405b-98e3-ed94eb860f54/becky.jpg Calendar - Birding by Ear: Evening Sounds at Cherokee Marsh (FULL) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/all-events/2022/4/19/drawing-nature-3-part-series monthly 0.5 2022-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610041436598-1WJ3DSNGJSMD9G9MEHR2/IMG_6245.JPG Calendar - Drawing Nature (3-part series) Spiderwort, by a first time art student (Brenna) in Carolyn’s class, June 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1610112649234-67JDTCRMJT8YL976Q99Z/2021-01-07%2B%25281%2529.jpg Calendar - Drawing Nature (3-part series) Artwork by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1639580767318-DYFYYIUUCZDAD0OEP0HP/Geese+flock+flying+over+Goose+Pond+winter+MH.jpg Calendar - Drawing Nature (3-part series) Geese fly over Goose Pond. 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Seed collecting at Faville Grove https://swibirds.org/all-events/2016/10/5/seed-collecting-at-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2016-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1472050551958-96DJWS8OEEUNVOY51GNZ/image-asset.jpeg Calendar - Seed collecting at Faville Grove https://swibirds.org/all-events/2016/10/1/seed-collecting-at-faville-grove-1 monthly 0.5 2016-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1472049130824-EN863FKOWLQHW3HWNMAW/image-asset.jpeg Calendar - Seed collecting at Faville Grove https://swibirds.org/all-events/2016/10/1/seed-collecting-at-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2016-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1472049049872-F8GLX4AYQHZLNTKJDL68/Carolyn.JPG Calendar - Seed collecting at Faville Grove https://swibirds.org/all-events/2016/9/28/seed-collecting-at-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2016-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1472048855655-9T2YC058E00S5KOUTHV8/image-asset.jpeg Calendar - Seed collecting at Faville Grove https://swibirds.org/all-events/2016/8/24/seed-collecting-at-faville-grove-1 monthly 0.5 2016-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1472047436476-EQU7F8U4Z5JKLX4QAKRN/image-asset.jpeg Calendar - Seed collecting at Faville Grove https://swibirds.org/all-events/2016/8/24/seed-collecting-at-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2016-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1472047331757-RLM2RJAX1QZR3KH1TE89/image-asset.jpeg Calendar - Seed collecting at Faville Grove https://swibirds.org/all-events/2016/9/21/seed-collecting-at-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2016-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1472047232452-N5OLFOUMRI84NERCHZ6M/Carolyn.JPG Calendar - Seed collecting at Faville Grove https://swibirds.org/all-events/2016/9/17/seed-collecting-at-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2016-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1471986526439-XWAY5S5GQ7L93IWW3Y5M/image-asset.jpeg Calendar - Seed collecting at Faville Grove https://swibirds.org/all-events/2016/8/23/seed-collecting-at-faville-grove-sanctuary monthly 0.5 2016-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1471986189660-NCS5WIBSK9HKD4ZQ0JMM/IMG_3442.JPG Calendar - Seed collecting at Faville Grove https://swibirds.org/all-events/2016/9/10/seed-collecting-at-faville-grove-1 monthly 0.5 2016-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1471985361017-Y6D57VVX3LY81AM6WXGB/image-asset.jpeg Calendar - Seed collecting at Faville Grove https://swibirds.org/all-events/2016/9/10/seed-collecting-at-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2016-08-24 https://swibirds.org/all-events/2016/9/7/seed-collecting-at-faville-grove monthly 0.5 2016-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1471984884700-F8353C5GHE9SQV41Q8K1/image-asset.jpeg Calendar - Seed collecting at Faville Grove https://swibirds.org/all-events/2016/9/20/evenings-with-audubon-wisconsins-prairie-remnants-then-and-now monthly 0.5 2022-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1470235736463-QD74LYOW4115YKZLOORU/image-asset.jpeg Calendar - Amy Alstad: Wisconsin's Prairie Remnants, Then and Now Rattlesnake master, a native plant that thrives in prairie remnants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1470235793338-5TWK7QJWNJ8UMELB4CHG/image-asset.jpeg Calendar - Amy Alstad: Wisconsin's Prairie Remnants, Then and Now https://swibirds.org/all-events/2016/8/3/birds-bikes-brews monthly 0.5 2018-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1470232354775-VZ15Z196M3YJ3YWF2T8B/image-asset.png Calendar - Birds, Bikes, & Brews https://swibirds.org/all-events/2015/12/21/behind-the-scenes-at-chicagos-field-museum-the-art-science-of-birds monthly 0.5 2015-12-22 https://swibirds.org/pod daily 0.75 2024-08-20 https://swibirds.org/pod/quack-ep019 monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/48acc7f3-b359-4a97-9a4b-b17e2def648b/Andrew-Badje.png Podcast - Ep 019: Amphibians with Andrew Badje - Make it stand out Andrew Badje in the field working with turtles (photo courtesy of Research Gate) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8523c79c-ce66-4f77-b9b7-cc3e683eb03a/51483309498_4e29f6feb3_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 019: Amphibians with Andrew Badje - Make it stand out American toad with toes made for digging (photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4249b7fa-1cb0-4de7-8029-64e36ff3c137/5529029251_7ea220a66e_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 019: Amphibians with Andrew Badje - Make it stand out Frog eggs in a kettle pond (photo by Tom Tetzner/USFWS) https://swibirds.org/pod/quack-ep018 monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f53036da-c70a-40cc-b93e-2260b26701ed/Carolyn%26Mickenzee.jpg Podcast - Ep 018: Animal Misconceptions with Carolyn Byers - Make it stand out Carolyn and Mickenzee out teaching (photo by Lincoln teacher) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/85de992d-7a79-4474-b53c-68dbca2fe140/52209814033_7ab8a9f653_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 018: Animal Misconceptions with Carolyn Byers - Make it stand out Eastern Bluebird with a tasty earthworm snack (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f461efb5-593d-44a2-a8ee-2ab9c4fb31a1/33457780212_e708556024_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 018: Animal Misconceptions with Carolyn Byers - Make it stand out Bald Eagles have the word bald in their name to describe their white heads! (Photo by Mick Thompson). https://swibirds.org/pod/quack-ep017 monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5d0b2c0d-e179-4809-8808-ebc3483b4f93/Awards-Anna_Pidgeon_photo_4-22.jpg Podcast - Ep 017: Bird Bones with Dr. Anna Pidgeon - Make it stand out Dr. Anna Pidgeon bird banding (photo courtesy of Wisconsin Society for Ornithology) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0bf3ac00-2c56-463c-91e2-6c8f4443131c/9625989894_be78595219_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 017: Bird Bones with Dr. Anna Pidgeon - Make it stand out Barred Owl with a very handsome beak (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ae1a418a-3059-41f0-a57e-b7a9a74eb92a/50166887841_d482a4be63_o+%281%29.jpg Podcast - Ep 017: Bird Bones with Dr. Anna Pidgeon - Make it stand out Saltmarsh Sparrow hatching. Even this baby bird has bones! (photo by Bri Benvenuti/USFWS) https://swibirds.org/pod/quack-ep016 monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/9a3ed8c8-bdca-47b5-8414-6729e0b2f687/Screenshot+2025-12-01+153817.png Podcast - Ep 016: Mustelid Mystery with Rowan Koester-Jess - Make it stand out Rowan out in nature! (photo courtesy of Rowan Koester-Jess) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/87552ceb-aca1-4c60-a21f-873928aed19e/18328996666_62801d6f94_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 016: Mustelid Mystery with Rowan Koester-Jess - Make it stand out Mother groundhog with young. Could this be our mystery animal? (photo by Veronica Kelly/USFWS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/faba0360-81a2-4e5f-8b2a-640507941cb0/48934797028_7c15bacc1f_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 016: Mustelid Mystery with Rowan Koester-Jess - Make it stand out The North American River Otter is in the mustelid family and can be found in Southern Wisconsin (photo by Grayson Smith/USFWS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/05fec549-001e-4bf3-9822-8ecc10f641ba/50673099777_4c2cacdefd_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 016: Mustelid Mystery with Rowan Koester-Jess - Make it stand out Mink have a dark brown underbelly and tend to live near water (photo by Carlos Guindon/USFWS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5f322c1f-8a7b-42e7-8f6f-f7f6ce76e79c/Screenshot+2025-11-26+085336.png Podcast - Ep 016: Mustelid Mystery with Rowan Koester-Jess - Make it stand out Mystery Mustelid sighting! 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(photo by Mike Budd/USFWS) https://swibirds.org/pod/quack-ep015 monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/98db63d7-f3bb-4148-a4ca-1e20b2753609/20240529_140913.jpg Podcast - Ep 015: Tracks with Jamie Nack - Make it stand out Jamie Nack with Wood Turtle (photo courtesy of Jamie Nack) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/417053ba-a652-402b-98c5-8e1ad334310c/6714464829_c100cfe801_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 015: Tracks with Jamie Nack - Make it stand out Rabbit tracks in the snow (photo by Ken Sturm/USFWS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/eb678e9f-7592-4af1-bc3f-b5e9624ce7eb/8080532485_2f6a298bdb_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 015: Tracks with Jamie Nack - Make it stand out Coyote track (photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/faae3d56-81ea-4bd5-93f5-c02f786f9408/5323972609_1327e5e681_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 015: Tracks with Jamie Nack - Make it stand out Canada Lynx tracks (photo by Tamara Smith/USFWS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/92e6b9d7-dc71-4190-aac8-7b2c00096cda/8513632324_87166f0170_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 015: Tracks with Jamie Nack - Make it stand out Weasel tracks (photo by Ken Sturm/USFWS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6b8ee114-3917-4d64-bc84-2281a2bbd4f3/24262274299_0ee91db9e2_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 015: Tracks with Jamie Nack - Make it stand out Virginia Opossum in the snow (photo by USFWS) https://swibirds.org/pod/quack-ep014 monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dbfdbd1b-bc13-4fd7-a26f-337f4da9e8e1/Redell_tricolored+bat_WDNR.jpg Podcast - Ep 014: Bats with Jennifer Redell (2-part episode) - Make it stand out Jennifer Redell with Tri-colored bat (photo by WDNR) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/12864496-c4ca-4408-9d1d-674efa728f68/15520647536_18e4a09fa7_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 014: Bats with Jennifer Redell (2-part episode) - Make it stand out Little brown bat cluster (photo by Keith Shannon/USFWS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/80d91629-dc62-4602-8efe-6d8f338d8c1d/4031316841_04b9b9ab5e_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 014: Bats with Jennifer Redell (2-part episode) - Make it stand out Little brown bat affected by White-nose Syndrome (photo by Marvin Moriarty/USFWS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ba089d69-efbe-49ad-ba6c-1ea6420a43a3/30236941810_51ef0c66c2_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 014: Bats with Jennifer Redell (2-part episode) - Make it stand out Bat houses are structures made by humans that give bats a place to roost during the day (photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b671c96e-9883-4be4-ad85-c653899ce999/8577351615_76eeb77cc8_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 014: Bats with Jennifer Redell (2-part episode) - Make it stand out Researcher with Big brown bat (photo by Ann Froschauer/USFWS) https://swibirds.org/pod/quack-ep013 monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/31eb8445-5925-4fe1-91b0-9e0cfbfc404c/PXL_20240708_153326822.jpg Podcast - Ep 013: Monarch Butterflies with Emma Pelton - Make it stand out Emma Pelton poses in front of some milkweed (photo by Emma Pelton) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b169afd5-1002-4cd8-b00d-b2bf53663fe9/36238499890_aa3aa40e97_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 013: Monarch Butterflies with Emma Pelton - Make it stand out Map of Monarch Migration (photo by USFWS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/54af6035-fa21-4139-afa1-625f8875a874/15206720117_5e12082977_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 013: Monarch Butterflies with Emma Pelton - Make it stand out Monarch emerging on drying plant (photo by Tina Shaw/USFWS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bc676d81-8007-45e7-aa81-ef6122127590/37043659021_58e38dede6_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 013: Monarch Butterflies with Emma Pelton - Make it stand out Monarch butterflies huddled together on migration (photo by Jessica Bolser/USFWS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b2d0cf53-e30c-4404-b0c4-5b627de3829c/11221507996_0abb7d3dd5_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 013: Monarch Butterflies with Emma Pelton - Make it stand out Monarch Butterfly sipping on nectar (photo by Rick Hansen/USFWS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/064793c1-c638-42dd-851d-6acb95f0b671/35784899641_574422e2df_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 013: Monarch Butterflies with Emma Pelton - Make it stand out Monarch Caterpillar feast (photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS) https://swibirds.org/pod/quack-ep012 monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c5431272-3973-4128-bc56-fcfed0221890/Liesch+PJ+Portrait+2024-06-04BR+7288+-resized.JPG Podcast - Ep 012: Insect Anatomy with PJ Liesch - Make it stand out Getting an up close look at an insect (photo courtesy of PJ Liesch). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/070afdec-bbf4-48a5-b579-376aa10fdca1/8578472492_4638f53f7e_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 012: Insect Anatomy with PJ Liesch - Make it stand out The wonderful world of life just below the dirt (photo by Azucena Poncel/USFWS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ccc1555e-577c-4499-a23d-0c00327eefa9/51371359326_8c40ec132e_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 012: Insect Anatomy with PJ Liesch - Make it stand out The Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillar is a snake mimic (photo by Michael Schramm/USFWS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c97361ff-7e15-4c67-ace9-2267cd7edb54/6114221057_f9e55f65ed_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 012: Insect Anatomy with PJ Liesch - Make it stand out The Giant Swallowtail caterpillar mimics bird droppings (photo by Aaron Carlson/CC license). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4fd926fb-5476-40ce-bbf8-523b194922e8/50251768401_9d7902e797_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 012: Insect Anatomy with PJ Liesch - Make it stand out The monarch caterpillar has warning coloration (photo by Matt Poole/USFWS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a6ba0141-7438-4567-94c3-9c6ed372a18c/24689952904_944f326351_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 012: Insect Anatomy with PJ Liesch - Make it stand out Blue-eyed Darner showing off its beautiful compound eyes (photo by Joshua Mayer/CC license). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/04996820-0e3e-4419-80fe-bf1b5e09ed52/44430176582_fdd3c5aeba_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 012: Insect Anatomy with PJ Liesch - Make it stand out Lots of legs to spare (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/22b88904-adff-4121-810d-f0c03119ede8/50749520062_a54771b271_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 012: Insect Anatomy with PJ Liesch - Make it stand out Beaded lacewings have weaponized farts (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). https://swibirds.org/pod/quack-ep011 monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/96af3618-3eca-49a0-bf3d-9487b37270fb/Jack+and+Jackie2.png Podcast - Ep 011: Raptors with Jackie Sandberg and Jack Pace - Make it stand out Jack Pace (left) and Jackie Sandberg (right) doing rehab work on raptors (photos courtesy of Dane County Humane Society; graphic by Adam Putman). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4dfee348-9369-47eb-a8c2-1f53f650edf1/13851858823_9def92a826_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 011: Raptors with Jackie Sandberg and Jack Pace - 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Ep 011: Raptors with Jackie Sandberg and Jack Pace - Make it stand out Bald Eagle coming in for a landing. 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Ep 009: Eggs with Carolyn Byers - Make it stand out Mickenzee and Carolyn at Lincoln Elementary (photo by Mickenzee Okon) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1772727220511-X9TQD8D6GAZPBTM8BX0N/trumpeter-swan_solo_Jim+HudginsUSFWS.jpg Podcast - Ep 009: Eggs with Carolyn Byers Trumpeter Swan (photo by Jim Hudgins/USFWS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1772727224921-3G6STPZUA4M02VAV3MV4/tundra-swan_solo_Jim+HudginsUSFWS.jpg Podcast - Ep 009: Eggs with Carolyn Byers Tundra Swan (photo by Jim Hudgins/USFWS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1772727213793-5JET01HMP2HFIH180SZP/mute-swan_solo-invasivesp_Jessica+PiispanenUSFWS.jpg Podcast - Ep 009: Eggs with Carolyn Byers Mute Swan, an invasive species in Wisconsin (photo by Jessica Piispanen/USFWS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/09eafecf-2bc8-497d-93a3-25f4f5e75904/Killdeer+Chick-+Cherokee+South+5-11-24-3.png Podcast - Ep 009: Eggs with Carolyn Byers - Make it stand out Killdeer chicks are precocial (photo by Jeff Galligan). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/95f150e2-4fbd-45f4-a17c-018e75bb69e0/27880071071_1d9913cfa4_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 009: Eggs with Carolyn Byers - Make it stand out American Robin chicks are altricial (photo by Angela Keith/USFWS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/dc843df4-4cec-4421-9579-c51dd03c8ae0/killdeer_nest-eggs-camouflage_USFWS.jpg Podcast - Ep 009: Eggs with Carolyn Byers - Make it stand out Camouflaged Killdeer eggs (photo by USFWS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/08772181-b41f-427e-9b63-aa84cc527ce8/16912397868_f037f68bcd_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 009: Eggs with Carolyn Byers - Make it stand out American Robin eggs (photo by Mick Thompson). https://swibirds.org/pod/quack-ep008 monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e217b6e1-ddf9-425e-9e3c-844211684e66/Anna-Pidgeon.jpeg Podcast - Ep 008: Bird Voices with Dr. Anna Pidgeon (2-part episode!) - Make it stand out Dr. Anna Pidgeon with binoculars in tow (photo by forestandwildlifeecology.wisc.edu) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1bcfa87f-bc48-4f1a-9560-2d78f53d85c8/edited_IMG_20250331_113733780.jpg Podcast - Ep 008: Bird Voices with Dr. Anna Pidgeon (2-part episode!) - Make it stand out Sketch of a bird syrinx (graphic by Carolyn Byers). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7783d257-01e1-4d47-b2c5-c95dec47b4a7/edited_IMG_20250331_113727670.jpg Podcast - Ep 008: Bird Voices with Dr. Anna Pidgeon (2-part episode!) - Make it stand out Sketch of a human larynx (graphic by Carolyn Byers). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2b3fccd2-83a8-4bad-ab42-acdedb797e22/52390792444_66bd4168cc_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 008: Bird Voices with Dr. Anna Pidgeon (2-part episode!) - Make it stand out Cedar Waxwings foraging in a group (photo by USFWS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e9cd1433-0229-4932-8ab0-857b91b62bcc/27411016492_cb36a5c6f8_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 008: Bird Voices with Dr. Anna Pidgeon (2-part episode!) - Make it stand out Male Yellow-headed Blackbird establishing territory (photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS; CC license). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/962b0501-05b9-42c0-a03d-926ed024ac95/6697634601_cfe49b063f_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 008: Bird Voices with Dr. Anna Pidgeon (2-part episode!) - Make it stand out Sandhill Cranes calling in unison (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b515527e-aadf-482a-b6a7-141a8b51acc4/51773980590_75b5366db8_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 008: Bird Voices with Dr. Anna Pidgeon (2-part episode!) - Make it stand out Tundra Swans having a chat (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c8fecc0d-0113-4639-b17e-8f503a1f02ea/30423093006_29276ee831_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 008: Bird Voices with Dr. Anna Pidgeon (2-part episode!) - Make it stand out The forest dwelling Hermit Thrush’s songs have pure tones (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/96625303-db7c-4796-b80f-ba10e71fd439/51955935952_d50f2c9443_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 008: Bird Voices with Dr. Anna Pidgeon (2-part episode!) - Make it stand out The grassland dwelling Red-winged Blackbird’s songs have buzzy trills (photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/edf8e43a-400a-48ff-8e56-881ed33a88a0/8713383921_6164dd2561_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 008: Bird Voices with Dr. Anna Pidgeon (2-part episode!) - Make it stand out White-crowned Sparrow (photo by Kelly Colgan Azar). https://swibirds.org/pod/quack-ep007 monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/edaeba91-4ec7-4628-bc1c-3b9eea5ead2d/8.jpg Podcast - Ep 007: Fungi with Megan Dudenhoeffer - Make it stand out Megan with giant mushroom (photo courtesy of Megan Dudenhoeffer) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bed93b71-27d7-4bf7-b9d1-360041bcf92f/21828109982_f254f3b66d_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 007: Fungi with Megan Dudenhoeffer - Make it stand out Mushroom erupting from the soil (photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b66b95f8-c436-48be-ba81-62f31594c389/4776266026_d69515e06a_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 007: Fungi with Megan Dudenhoeffer - Make it stand out These mushrooms look like ribbons (photo by Joshua Mayer/CC license). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b34c4e28-1e53-4037-bff9-f8429abf33b1/21839970195_437ef76ec6_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 007: Fungi with Megan Dudenhoeffer - Make it stand out This fungi looks like coral (photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS). https://swibirds.org/pod/quack-ep006 monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ac260527-d02f-407c-aa06-3d9e287cc732/IMG_1179.jpg Podcast - Ep 006: Feathers with Laurie Solchenberger - Make it stand out Laurie relaxing out in nature (photo courtesy of Laurie Solchenberger) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a49db23d-98bb-473e-8135-5a4be5cdf9aa/Fluffled+northern+Cardinal+AK.jpg Podcast - Ep 006: Feathers with Laurie Solchenberger - Make it stand out Fluffed Northern Cardinal (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/51f89b5f-05b4-41e0-837c-b7ca3f28640f/Sandhill+with+wings+spread+AK.jpg Podcast - Ep 006: Feathers with Laurie Solchenberger - Make it stand out Sandhill Crane with wings spread (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1552061264617-EMRE1U57DSSFMTPI3F3R/blue+jay+2+eric+begin.jpg Podcast - Ep 006: Feathers with Laurie Solchenberger - Make it stand out Blue Jay with bright blue feathers (photo by Eric Begin/CC license). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/420a53c4-0fb7-4a89-b250-11ec90082604/Ruby+throated+hummingbird++-+Phil+Brown+%282%29.jpg Podcast - Ep 006: Feathers with Laurie Solchenberger - Make it stand out Ruby-throated Hummingbird with shiny iridescent feathers on display (photo by Phil Brown). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b66a5b0d-ccb5-4452-899f-babd5f5431b9/Cedar+Waxwing+pair+-+Andy+Reago+Chrissy+McClarren.jpg Podcast - Ep 006: Feathers with Laurie Solchenberger - Make it stand out Cedar Waxwing pair (photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren). https://swibirds.org/pod/quack-ep005 monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2c7fd8e6-65d1-4073-8b98-8c01cc4ac7d6/FireflyHike202307-03_CarolynByers.jpg Podcast - Ep 005: Nests with Carolyn Byers - Make it stand out Carolyn with our education owl, Hank (photo by Carolyn Byers) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/30293ae7-7757-4ef4-8db3-07ce2fe3f731/Pat+Ready+owl+nest.jpg Podcast - Ep 005: Nests with Carolyn Byers - Make it stand out Great Horned Owl on a snowy nest (photo by Pat Ready). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0605d60c-0f2d-47e2-9d0b-d129015ec451/Pileated+Woodpecker++-+Phil+Brown.jpg Podcast - Ep 005: Nests with Carolyn Byers - Make it stand out Pileated Woodpecker and chicks (photo by Phil Brown). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0111ea1a-9570-41f6-be97-8cc3db3c8bf3/killdeer_nestprotect_CourtneyCelleyUSFWS.jpg Podcast - Ep 005: Nests with Carolyn Byers - Make it stand out Killdeer protecting the nest (photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS). https://swibirds.org/pod/quack-ep004 monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e7a4d418-6bbb-4d58-9167-5cf3ff60e277/Stenglein+installing+camera+Lee+Fahrney.JPG Podcast - Ep 004: Research with Jennifer Stenglein - Make it stand out Jen installing a trail camera (photo by Lee Fahrney). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f3ca3872-b75c-42c2-95db-1f3eca78625c/Fawn+-+Tanner+Pettit.png Podcast - Ep 004: Research with Jennifer Stenglein - Make it stand out Hiding fawn (photo by Tanner Pettit) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2f2f799c-faef-47b6-982a-cda5fb881979/52390945281_1b0291e137_o.jpg Podcast - Ep 004: Research with Jennifer Stenglein - Make it stand out Turkey hen with poults (photo by Liz Julian/USFWS). https://swibirds.org/pod/quack-ep003 monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ce22fce6-718c-44c5-9176-bd4a9a8d68e9/i-zw5dH76-X2.jpg Podcast - Ep 003: Trees with Brian Wahl (2-part episode!) - Make it stand out Brian Wahl teaching from the branches of a tree (SoWBA photo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/37ece257-d331-4187-badc-bad665769e0b/43955227770_83b12fc6ff_o.jpg Podcast - 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Rose Lake State Natural Area in Jefferson County Between 2003-2007, Madison Audubon purchased 260 acres in Jefferson County which are now managed by Jefferson County Parks as Dorothy Carnes County Park, and by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources as Rose Lake State Wildlife Area. 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Photo by Joshua Mayer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1447356426448-40RE2UGOJU2VUXFBNX5V/zeloski.jpg Partners in Conservation - Zeloski Marsh In 2003, Madison Audubon purchased the 1,460 acres of Zeloski Marsh in Jefferson County. In 2006, ownership was transferred to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. This area is now known as the Lake Mills Wildlife Area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1447356335596-09R1769HLQTJYO9SGPAM/zeloski2.jpg Partners in Conservation - Zeloski Marsh In 2003, Madison Audubon purchased the 1,460 acres of Zeloski Marsh in Jefferson County. In 2006, ownership was transferred to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. 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Photo by Emily Meier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1470951940948-W58SWIV47FXU5A2N868L/Interns+by+Arlene+Koziol Partners in Conservation Local students can get a jump-start on a conservation career with an internship in restoration ecology with Madison Audubon Society. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/what-we-do daily 0.75 2026-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1471298918856-TY0BDYNNK6207Z0I3KGF/American+Kestrel+Chick+nebirdsplus+3.jpg What we do https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614203150268-L2L2TZ6E339TGQ4UFN6V/MAS-Boundary-upFeb2019.png What we do https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/48bdcccd-69e8-4433-b3c2-8bfb25033457/_57A1860.jpg What we do - Make it stand out Photo by Monica Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1471299106023-LTQK9MUE26UWZMAHG7ZR/image-asset.jpeg What we do With the help of Madison Audubon Society, grassland birds like these tiny bobolinks can thrive. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1471299429059-5YOPFMKBQCPA9FXJSXZI/image-asset.jpeg What we do Madison Audubon's Conservation Academy program with Operation Fresh Start helps disconnected youth in Madison learn about amazing and diverse career opportunities available in conservation. These hands-on sessions with local experts in a variety of conservation fields aim to help these incredible youths explore career options they may have never otherwise been exposed to. Photo by Emily Meier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1471301181097-Q5TA6GNDW859HM7W1MGA/image-asset.jpeg What we do Grassland birds like this female bobolink are especially threatened by habitat loss. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://swibirds.org/goose-pond daily 0.75 2026-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1613578258199-JGHGRQQDM5AN7VJSHOLZ/IMG_3628_heic+%281%29.jpg Goose Pond Sanctuary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1447275754883-BD5L9NCHQURVOSGVCL12/Goose+Pond+002.jpg Goose Pond Sanctuary - Goose Pond in mid-summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1527012183845-Q8FX4I1CECKG2MQEZK0B/Wingspan+AK.jpg Goose Pond Sanctuary - Wingspan Come visit the beautiful observation platform on Prairie Lane. 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Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1447276033827-BILOVYCESJM11D2VAD8E/Winter+Scene+GP+AK.jpg Goose Pond Sanctuary - Late winter at Goose Pond Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1447279134483-EH8FE0QRCLUY6KSG32T6/P1040456.JPG Goose Pond Sanctuary - Students get an up-close look at an American kestrel As part of Madison Audubon's nest box program, young students saw the process of banding an adult American kestrel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1447279005143-3YKY1RTZ3XPNAK62S8EP/Ashleigh+Baker+%2815%29.JPG Goose Pond Sanctuary - On its way... A volunteer sends a tagged monarch butterfly off on its long migration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1447279185391-PNFJ6S69Q31MPGKJR5DE/DSC_0736.JPG Goose Pond Sanctuary - In search of monarchs Two monarch tagging volunteers at Goose Pond Sanctuary Photo by Emily Meier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1447278998178-482MIY58Y9JMZJJNKIZP/DSC_0770.JPG Goose Pond Sanctuary - Explore the prairies A young monarch tagging volunteer finds a different kind of butterfly with education director Carolyn Byers. 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Photo by Carolyn Byers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1485883583381-386XIDCZC8WJUAIMBG8W/image-asset.png Climate Change Curricula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1485883539969-W58D7NC7SBOZ7IFGLBOO/image-asset.png Climate Change Curricula https://swibirds.org/frequent-flyer-thank-you daily 0.75 2024-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1475866904150-XQNNITFKB2DF4XMAZNYI/PaulWilson_GHOW.jpg Thank you for being a Frequent Flyer Great-horned Owl by Paul Wilson https://swibirds.org/thank-you-for-your-donation daily 0.75 2024-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1673974515952-6TTOFOR2I15RFSC03K71/bobolink+ak.jpg Thank you for your Donation Bobolink (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://swibirds.org/lesson-kit-request-form daily 0.75 2022-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1478894474981-V7DDSIJFOJPSAP6H98YR/0.jpg Lesson Kit Request Form https://swibirds.org/volunteer daily 0.75 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1467824021040-JOLDA81NS02SUGU8YVSK/24609779133_571fce729c_o.jpg Volunteer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/acec158b-b815-4f36-9d52-720658e91d4d/c336a346-40d0-4c3d-a536-8e5fcd2df374.jpg Volunteer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1479495656286-I8GR7IRUI53NX9FIIY1X/image-asset.jpeg Volunteer SoWBA volunteers help with prairie planting at Goose Pond Sanctuary. The buckets shown here are filled with native seed collected from Goose Pond earlier in the fall by volunteers, and are spread by volunteers as well! (SoWBA photo) https://swibirds.org/climate-watch daily 0.75 2026-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1494613663405-G9FP1P0FGL40ME63858S/image-asset.jpeg Climate Watch Photo by Patrick Ready https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1524503327968-GDIMANRBA001P7HJUPMB/IMG_8554.JPG Climate Watch MAS Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1524503225171-LYTZ1CY9DMDBQD3NZJSK/Climate+Watch+Squares_042318.jpg Climate Watch The claimed and available squares around Madison for surveying eastern bluebirds, as of April 23. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1494613765503-ZOBBQVLM4UG3O2B44M24/DSC_2568.JPG Climate Watch MAS Photo https://swibirds.org/wingspan daily 0.75 2024-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1485283061271-7882EUIIEN2H0DIAVLAO/geesegoosepond-arlenekoziol.jpg Wingspan Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1485286917612-MQBRQRRYG4MRVJDLK37A/image-asset.jpeg Wingspan Project Sue Foote-Martin and Mark Martin have lived and worked at Goose Pond Sanctuary for 38 years, and have helped restore it into the beautiful landscape it is today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1494517092094-K8HX1UE1LSHQQPQREOGV/IMG_20170508_090335.jpg Wingspan Project - Getting ready to begin construction with our first shipment of materials May 8, 2017 // Photo by Don Schmidt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510250567723-FIKQMR4O5QMD7ZFNSWBQ/Wingspan+11+leveling+site+1192.jpg Wingspan Project - Earthworks begin at the Wingspan site! June 14, 2017 // Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510250565556-L0VWM0MR4T5CNR7H20DX/IMG_8906.JPG Wingspan Project - The Wingspan footprint is situated in Bicentennial Prairie. June 14, 2017 // Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510250532234-9T7Y4XIPWR1U5BLMCW2L/_DSC0682.JPG Wingspan Project - Concrete is poured for the footings to hold the wings. July 31, 2017 // Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510250457890-M5CMG9OPCL4TTRPYK1YX/-lightroom-9232.jpg Wingspan Project - The site is protected while the concrete cures. August 9, 2017 // MAS Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510250939554-HVZFCJKWDTYB1JOM3GVP/36846972325_ca01d6e5a9_o.jpg Wingspan Project - Installing the shade wings takes incredible effort and coordination. August 25, 2017 // Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510250938525-XC15EP3XRP4KND1G2Y6A/36038165983_ea3dc785b5_o.jpg Wingspan Project - Mark Martin and Susan Foote-Martin, for whom the pavalion is dedicated. August 25, 2017 // Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510250439121-P2C5KVQ40H1G23FMQBH7/Wingspan+August+25th+progress_Mark+Martin.jpg Wingspan Project - A view of the pavilion emerging from the prairie. August 25, 2017 // Photo by Mark Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510250359430-6KXYX76E78WCGSSTDNKU/IMG_9923.jpg Wingspan Project - Gorgeous oak slab benches are prepared for installation. October 2, 2017 // MAS Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510250410612-AFARPDMT04B7J0MZX1GU/IMG_9946.jpg Wingspan Project - This is a special place to many, especially Matt Reetz, John Kaiser, Susan Foote-Martin, and Mark Martin (from left to right). October 2, 2017 // MAS Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510250391575-IGIIWJGE94N911ISZQJT/IMG_9945.JPG Wingspan Project - Wingspan overlooks the beautiful Goose Pond, a mecca for migrating waterfowl. October 2, 2017 // MAS Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510250307323-RJ5ZLBPGJBKOCM7F6KPH/IMG_1014.JPG Wingspan Project - Wingspan is complete, and better than imagined! October 25, 2017 // MAS Photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510250940231-KISFVNJP98Y3AH6CQH9G/37968207066_c6f739b0de_o.jpg Wingspan Project - The creativity and brawn behind Wingspan: Don Schmidt (metal artist), Jim Gempeler (archictect), and Louie Meister (earthworks). October 28, 2017 // Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510250938613-DV367DIPQMGOG8000VW8/24169779168_0228db65a4_o.jpg Wingspan Project - The official dedication of Wingspan! October 28, 2017 // Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510250940620-NOKRV7M4VCMONNRSESNL/37990985732_c6580fd538_o.jpg Wingspan Project - The Kaiser family celebrates their legacy at Goose Pond Sanctuary. October 28, 2017 // Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1485285781918-PQIWS2DJ1IQMUYT06R2Q/Monarch+Liatrus+AK.jpg Wingspan Project Monarchs nectaring on a vibrant meadow blazing star flower at Goose Pond Sanctuary. Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1510251981172-X1P396MFKCG7TS8FFTIJ/IMG_1008.JPG Wingspan Project The Wingspan pavilion is a gorgeous addition to the prairie within Goose Pond Sanctuary. It is free and open to the public - please come visit! https://swibirds.org/legacy daily 0.75 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596639466311-3FXM0JAFGI5Z0KZGBL1D/kestrel%252BAndy%252BReago%252B%252526%252BChrissy%252BMcClarren.jpg Wills & Estates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e2b6d6f8-a590-4699-8696-b9729c25302b/American+Kestrel+Chick++-+Phil+Brown+3.jpg Wills & Estates - Made a gift to our previous name? No problem! If you have previously named us in your will under our previous name of Madison Audubon, don’t worry, you don’t need to change your will. The tax identification number will connect your bequest with our organization, regardless of name. And we have also retained legal rights to our previous name, so your gift will find us However, if you are updating your will for another reason, we do encourage you to change our listing to Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance. Questions? Contact Kady Davis at kdavis@swibirds.org or 608-255-2473 ext. 5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596639144669-2X5LBWIJNFCRM5YZLRIA/kestrel-circle_MickThompson.png Wills & Estates Welcome to the Kestrel Legacy Circle (photo by Mick Thompson). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596815183042-WF1H3MPGD9I9GZ7DP189/Pileate%2Bwoodpecker%2Bchicks%2B%2B-%2BPhil%2BBrown%2B%25282%2529.jpg Wills & Estates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596725305108-MKXB0UC6X9GFIBUZOSK6/IMG_1166.JPG Wills & Estates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596725749523-4XNQ7BXLE6TIZ0C8O8Z1/IMG_0328.JPG Wills & Estates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596813966500-7AE1385RO8CJ41O0MCJY/Galen%2Band%2BGrace.jpg Wills & Estates - Grace and Galen Hasler “We see it as vital to give generously to organizations that strive to educate individuals and preserve and improve the experience of the natural world for generations to come. [Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance] accomplishes this with creativity and energy and we are happy to support their local effort by being legacy donors.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596813944123-LIASXMFG5DW8JICCUMM5/IMG_9506.jpg Wills & Estates - Pat and Deb Ready “When it came to updating our will recently, my wife, Deb, and I decided we wanted to include [Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance] to be a part of our legacy. We want to ensure this organization and its sanctuaries are here for wildlife, that it will continue to grow and be enjoyed for generations to come.” https://swibirds.org/endowment daily 0.75 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1485875920552-3A9AK8RGUZPP8OM6OAG7/Otsego+Marsh+Geranium+Mark+Martin.jpg Sanctuaries Endowment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1485876235216-FM1TV7JEKUKH4TRSWQUK/image-asset.jpeg Sanctuaries Endowment A white-tailed deer fawn hides in the cover of Faville Grove Sanctuary (photo by Drew Harry). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1523299192750-V46XLAZVQZ9XLP0RXQRH/Northern+Harrier+by+Phil+Brown Sanctuaries Endowment A Northern Harrier sweeps low over the prairie (photo by Phil Brown). https://swibirds.org/former-interns daily 0.75 2024-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493932277782-79HPM0YRBN2UIRL3R7EE/Best+of+Youth+Education+%2837%29.jpg Interns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1494009982308-5N9JWC3NSAL55NR14UW5/WhiteSweetClover_AndyKellner.jpg Interns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1494009974276-DG4DN06HQPXCCSL4RZ97/Daw%26Tata..jpg Interns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1494010190975-RRDZIXMJGYIB1PBPQZHQ/DSC_0273.JPG Interns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1494010045643-FLKICJUPI5V76LJLY0F9/Faville+Intern+Group+Photo-sm.jpg Interns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493926831357-LN3P3C4JNEQNNXNYGZN8/TonyAbate.jpg Interns - Tony Abate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493926808287-96DIPCPCU42KS82XBN0A/Kevin.jpg Interns - Kevin Doyle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493926808865-BMCXTEN0MI85DM41H9LG/Maddie%2BVan%2BCleve.jpg Interns - Maddie Dumas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493926807566-7E9GVS8NR6M7Y4SLBWSJ/katyHaima.jpg Interns - Katy Haima https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493926776006-R2OYIYC3QVVUHR273V3I/DrewHarry.jpg Interns - Drew Harry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493926838065-SCDYZJ1XWQ9BCYSLQ9AC/TylerHasheider.jpg Interns - Tyler Hasheider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493926762963-2TQFK06C5XU2PTIC4XSE/_DSC0668.JPG Interns - Dawn Hinebaugh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493926835670-VRKJQB115APP6WV1LLPY/SJudge_with_Ayla_IMG_0534.JPG Interns - Stephanie Judge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493926773774-3750FIRGMEOAAM54DRHY/AndyKellner.jpg Interns - Andy Kellner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493926827794-BLAMWGYWXAGUW8RMWC4F/SandraKinzer.jpg Interns - Sandra Kinzer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493926802811-ICKG1XRVT64YF9BNMGTX/Interns.2010+012.jpg Interns - Darren Ladwig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1512501533633-S27NQVK79QWJ94P8IOWQ/brenna+AK.jpg Interns - Brenna Marsicek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493926807017-A7I803DMM03S3OXRDSNO/JennaMotz.jpg Interns - Jenna Motz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493926803095-11BEYBLT6LZFQTS6DFYO/John.jpg Interns - John Pinzl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493926808789-EHY9DUCTE86UL9OKM8UH/JoshSeibel.jpeg Interns - Josh Seibel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493926827058-L7032TZUODE6775F7A09/Nick_Sievert.JPG Interns - Nick Sievert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493926789342-WRNXU6RWUAGUF2URCBEE/GregorySkupien.JPG Interns - Gregory Skupien https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493926763677-YRW1JIXQFQ0DSS8VSW7F/amy.jpg Interns - Amy Staffen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493926775298-1I8XO5RYDC1CWYUPFVAA/Chelsea.JPG Interns - Chelsea Statz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493926827636-4NKF45WKWG6TZADNBPBS/Matt_Weber.jpg Interns - Matthew Weber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1493926800289-TVSYESGUJ8VSDQX4JCMW/Jacob_Zeldin.JPG Interns - Jacob Zeldin https://swibirds.org/yea-thank-you-for-your-donation daily 0.75 2025-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1606052802562-7N2Q19I42SYIL8LGJDIG/_DSC4444p.jpg YEA Thank you for your Donation You give the Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance wings! (photo by Monica Hall) https://swibirds.org/accreditation daily 0.75 2024-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1535659249353-MBUYLS09VLMMMV2RK5M3/Drew+Harry+Faville+Photos+%2820%29.JPG National Land Trust Accreditation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1535661993412-7UKCCXJSAWDJCPAKOZJ1/seal_green_Tagline-Vertical.gif National Land Trust Accreditation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1535730205845-GD7XA6Q0A648G5RAL3F3/1569.jpg National Land Trust Accreditation We look forward to many, many more beautiful sunrises ahead. 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Binoculars are a great exploration tool for things both far away and up close! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1579808273210-JVQNJYGV489KFUU5Z037/IMG_20191002_143404.jpg Lesson Sampler A child writes in her science journal during a sit-spot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1578075486950-SOHT4Z9OBGLLX0M46S86/kid+flower+bug.jpg Lesson Sampler A smiling child holds a dandelion flower with an insect on it. Scavenger hunts help kids look closer at things that they see everyday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1579379277560-WOHU4M9GGJDX83BTXM3R/IMG_20170926_164648022.jpg Lesson Sampler Four kids use binoculars to look at seagulls (not pictured) out on Lake Mendota. This group is SO excited to use binoculars! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1578075964881-8P9QQ17VU4FCB09OSI14/leaf+study.jpg Lesson Sampler Two kids use the Madison Audubon Leaf ID Guide to learn the parts of a leaft. Our leaf guide breaks down the parts of a plant and shares the words scientists use to describe each part. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1579729926209-NRXWG7JDV5QPMXH924VN/IMG_1109.JPG Lesson Sampler Our Great Gray Owl specimen, Wilson, came to visit this classroom of curious kids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1579378368384-I8YYEACDD53PROEC699H/IMG-2522.JPG Lesson Sampler Students learn the complicated nature of a food web using strings, open space, and imagination. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1579806426272-HSTBRVM76DMYUBLE4NEZ/Cardinal%2Bskull.jpg Lesson Sampler A replica northern cardinal skull fits neatly into the palm of your hand. Explore all of our bird skulls with our Bird Beak Adaptations lesson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1579729239613-KDM4NJPTOVYIF18486HF/IMG_20160506_114602734.jpg Lesson Sampler Two young girls hold pictures of birds they’re using while playing Habitat Scramble: an outdoor, movement-based activity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1579729532557-NM6TAOJ9OQ6RLGW7RZDW/IMG_20170926_162907276.jpg Lesson Sampler Binocular-clad children check out a bird ID guide to determine which species they just observed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1579808320754-4P42Z548GHCJ6JEVFMMF/Sit+spot.jpg Lesson Sampler A child rests quietly in their sit-spot near Wingra Creek. Sit-spots are great for silent reflection, solo observations, or giving kids a meditative moment to collect themselves between lessons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1579807185790-4EUIKOWKDTR0W6YJISCV/Shannon+_+Helena_aster_bee.jpg Lesson Sampler A teacher and student explore pollinators visiting an aster flower in early fall. https://swibirds.org/lessons-for-educators daily 0.75 2024-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1579805309884-S543P4TTN3XASYOVKT2C/14wide.jpg Lessons for Educators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7c0eeb8a-1e5b-4d88-b212-3549bb86ba12/-3242620426804814272.jpg Lessons for Educators Kids examine a bird nest during an outdoor lesson (photo by Carolyn Byers/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1579810398414-H1JJBTKNSUKD7DPYNHAS/Josie_kid_fish.jpg Lessons for Educators This lesson was outside, near water, and involved animal encounters: everyone was safe and had a GREAT time learning (SoWBA photo). https://swibirds.org/2019-donors daily 0.75 2020-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1581795694963-JAQ8W1YMDRI76HNDIKGG/Bluejay%2B2.jpg 2019 Donors https://swibirds.org/nature-journals daily 0.75 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585598135854-DKR312GU9O0V75MS6FY4/IMG_6232.JPG Nature Journals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585593270814-H7BGVYQBY1CWYDD0VZGP/IMG_20191002_143404+%281%29.jpg Nature Journals This child is so excited to be spending time outside. Nature journaling helps make writing and observation practice FUN! (SoWBA photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585344193634-GQKF22CZXVJCYN4UHLJL/IMG_20190306_144259565.jpg Nature Journals Two students grin at each other while working on their nature journal entries. This is a great activity for siblings too! Outdoor Ed is fun even when we move the lesson inside. (SoWBA photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585259521539-H4FZHWRZ76ZR36MTI1QP/John%2BMuir%2BLaws%2BGuide%2Bto%2BTeaching%2BNature%2BJournaling.jpg Nature Journals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585597878447-CYKRNOONWXH8AFTK4JX4/IMG_20190920_115123.jpg Nature Journals A student draws a mammal skull in his science journal. (SoWBA photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585594351693-HJ0659ZVKD0PPCX2XLJM/IMG_20190918_130833.jpg Nature Journals A perpetual journal entry from mid-September. Jewlweed is fun for adults and kids alike- those exploding pods don’t disappoint! Art by Carolyn Byers, @GreenSparrowArts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585596040770-FYU0STXI0Q24SUG81BVV/IMG_20190311_122829_253.jpg Nature Journals A blue jay feather, drawn in colored pencil. Art by Carolyn Byers, @greensparrowarts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585597638073-36F2VPOEWL4ZXWW624JN/IMG_6225.JPG Nature Journals An artist observes a milkweed plant before beginning to draw. Learn how to accurately draw plants from life in our Botanical Illustration class. (SoWBA photo) https://swibirds.org/scavenger-hunts daily 0.75 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585705026400-68NWRF1ORB5WDM3BV4OF/IMG_20180924_151221098.jpg Scavenger Hunts & Nature Baskets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585702887385-53PYYO7JQCENU87Z4S1V/Children+holding+a+monarch+butterfly_Madison+Audubon+Education+Programming.jpg Scavenger Hunts & Nature Baskets You never know what you’ll find! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585752601176-YOBDKIDJTJNDF55DBXOR/IMG_20200315_160620-2.jpg Scavenger Hunts & Nature Baskets Here’s an example of a simple scavenger hunt a parent drew. You can be as silly and creative as you like! This hunt has been converted to a printable PDF and is ready for you to download today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585703969009-OYF6IPXYWDT92ZWGGEAX/IMG_20180907_105955745.jpg Scavenger Hunts & Nature Baskets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585704155498-9B66XJ64PWTM2YXFBIXM/IMG_20180907_112724723.jpg Scavenger Hunts & Nature Baskets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585703973507-LP0V163S00FJS4XBPEJF/IMG_20180907_105610869.jpg Scavenger Hunts & Nature Baskets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585703960862-YAEOW6EYKCCWQRMW5VW5/IMG_20180907_112147724.jpg Scavenger Hunts & Nature Baskets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585703973784-FWU6791G0B9RLK3UG4IS/IMG_20180907_111913266.jpg Scavenger Hunts & Nature Baskets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585703966781-TMVH20TX8VFYAF4KNKY1/IMG_20180907_112024980.jpg Scavenger Hunts & Nature Baskets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585703975827-D4HHELVT93PSMX7QWJ5M/IMG_20180907_104917757.jpg Scavenger Hunts & Nature Baskets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585704170287-S5N5YSJU1INH31JJ6ZT3/IMG_20180907_105421091.jpg Scavenger Hunts & Nature Baskets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585704909805-KXOS73Z67KYSM6EOIEMK/IMG_20180710_141327585.jpg Scavenger Hunts & Nature Baskets This nest would not fit in an egg carton, but it sure is cute! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585704513912-6PVM07O7ORLRJH2BY0PC/Children+with+nighthawk+feathers_Madison+Audubon+Education+Programming.jpg Scavenger Hunts & Nature Baskets This bird isn’t flying or walking, and it’s definitely pretty still. Kiddos found lots of common nighthawk feathers while out on a nature walk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585704367405-ETMUED895YTMU6XU91DV/IMG_20180924_150018037.jpg Scavenger Hunts & Nature Baskets “W” for web or “F” for flies? You choose! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585686449915-4JGXOKXVEQUWI2QU1HTF/IMG_20190526_150216.jpg Scavenger Hunts & Nature Baskets Rocks, sticks, leaves, more rocks - it all goes into the nature basket. https://swibirds.org/online-nature-exploration daily 0.75 2020-03-31 https://swibirds.org/exploring-plants daily 0.75 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588087012559-DIM9VY0V60G6ILIBCS1K/PHOTO_20190706_164631.jpg Exploring Plants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588087665217-O2IDJDDQ33ICX9QZ3S07/planto%2Bpic.jpg Exploring Plants Umbles, samaras, and galls - so many new words to learn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588103538543-1D1H0ZTBV4HLDSJXKHG7/leaf%2BID%2Bsheet.jpg Exploring Plants Take a closer look at leaf parts - it’s fun, we promise! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588089235087-CSZYTNVGWAQPON0E3JPR/IMG_20181011_135933385.jpg Exploring Plants Fist full o’ leaves and her hair in the breeze. What a good day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588104871560-4X844WNHZLZCNMIKQKDP/WI%2B-Urban-Tree-Key.jpg Exploring Plants This tree guide is super cool. Can you find a Ginkgo in your neighborhood? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1588089277259-UCS9ULVAWC60DRR0ISHW/IMG_20181010_135010218.jpg Exploring Plants Omm nom nom. Really though, don’t eat plants you find outside unless you’re absolutely certain they’re safe. https://swibirds.org/connecting-with-nature daily 0.75 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585775865534-OLJ2I1JZP5IVZ641LO4H/IMG_2610.jpg Connecting with Nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585775343850-Y5MYZ696PX54UPRC6GUB/IMG_20180801_150519185.jpg Connecting with Nature Joy in the great outdoors! (SoWBA photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585773786061-ZCLC738D5FH1FYW5WYSJ/image-asset.jpeg Connecting with Nature Sit spots and nature journals, one of our favorite pairings. (SoWBA photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585775674439-TL5XQ5CT91A6JWZBIU8K/IMG_20180515_165929716.jpg Connecting with Nature These tired hikers are taking a break. Don’t worry, their smiles returned after a short rest. (SoWBA photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585773654186-S7391W7C9H5PK8JNFLUU/IMG_20180725_150337400.jpg Connecting with Nature Put on your blindfold and join us on a Sensory Hike! (SoWBA photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585776159617-MWC6575O3Y7PQZC9SSIT/IMG_20191212_142515.jpg Connecting with Nature This young’un exclaimed, “It takes TWO hugs to get all the way around this tree!” (SoWBA photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585775564696-LLLRF8OF30RCYBULIUPF/IMG_20190910_163439.jpg Connecting with Nature Queen Ann’s lace is soft and feathery - perfect for Mystery Box. (SoWBA photo) https://swibirds.org/nature-art daily 0.75 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587580558424-0HS9LX5UXE4DAUAM3QTH/IMG_0191.jpg Nature Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585860888459-KJUDUBLEN5RD5O22MJQT/IMG_20180516_103309736.jpg Nature Art It’s amazing the details a kid will notice when given the time to observe and draw! SoWBA photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587491626876-RBFM5HE2HCYEYW5XKXOY/Build-a-Bird4%2B%25281%2529.jpg Nature Art What kind of crazy bird can you imagine? Artwork by student in a SoWBA lesson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587579899799-X86QHAQ92HVPY2BEN2T8/art%252Bshow%252Bflyer.jpg Nature Art We’re big fans of that Electric Ostrich. Maybe you can draw us an Electric Sandhill? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585862336949-0PWTS9HILMOGYV0PY5GM/andy-goldsworthy-3-Medium-1024x675.jpeg Nature Art Here are just a few examples of art created by Andy Goldsworthy. He’s amazing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586795794840-6CVPRP6PFGW3MO7FOSQ1/6.jpg Nature Art This watercolor painting looks like stained glass! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586795923021-9QRP720UOLVYJP6DAFR1/IMG_20180212_144916294.jpg Nature Art She’s tracing careful lines - good thing the sun is shining! SoWBA photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587498977085-0LIEGLQ5IF8S5Y14Y773/IMG_20160502_161706371.jpg Nature Art Dandelions are perfect for nature art! Bright and sunny, and most people are happy when they get picked! SoWBA photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587500326599-AOBWTZR46R71TZQCFXST/American+Goldfinch_eggs_CB.JPG Nature Art American goldfinch build a tightly woven cup nest. This one is lined with fluffy thistle down. Photo by Carolyn Byers https://swibirds.org/get-moving daily 0.75 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587677394232-ASVFDX2GLN148OE4YEHU/IMG_20170220_114100493.jpg Get Moving! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587993365882-I0PY1R9OJ0LXG72MRE82/49673740206_16eb240a3c_k.jpg Get Moving! A sandhill crane seems to always be doing yoga! Photo by Arlene Koziol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587671653176-PCFXDGSY814R35CWHR17/IMG_20190430_114202.jpg Get Moving! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587672222449-AHLWMBK9JRIINNCXZL8Y/-lightroom-151952540.jpg Get Moving! Owl goggles are cute no matter what they look like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587675820553-PFSA4NMYARULFVR04AHB/DSC_5725.JPG Get Moving! What would you tell a Great Gray Owl if you were face to face? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587671883386-DTWK220QZ8KFPTY5385H/1.jpg Get Moving! Migration obstacle course may not photograph well, but kids love playing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587675995533-ESKGRUDGCN7QLE52BH1R/Best+of+Youth+Education+%2863%29.jpg Get Moving! We hope you wear your frog sweatshirts when you play this game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587674634697-XIVDM2M2JCNFKW7SVLDQ/IMG_20170220_114100493.jpg Get Moving! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587675400926-YS20HQ9HAV7YV4IBX3MF/DSC_5200.JPG Get Moving! Sometimes when you learn how to ID a new tree you need to smell it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1587994494570-5K6DGCYEVY1NW0CPD8Z3/34584748435_7dd0dc9938_k.jpg Get Moving! Acro-bat-ic bats are pretty good at finding nearby moths. Can you pretend to be a bat to find your supper? 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Bald Eagle is in back, American robin is front left, then ruby-throated hummingbird, and Northern cardinal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586536597075-NU2EEUHA60FEZ33BIQUI/LRM_20200410_104755.jpg Bird Skulls are Cool! Cardinals have bright orange beaks that are almost as big as the rest of their skull. Those powerful beaks crack a lotta seeds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586536431142-NS5MPI6IS6LGIC49ECYG/LRM_20200410_104807.jpg Bird Skulls are Cool! The next time you see a robin hopping around outside, remember that this is what its skull looks like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1586536800813-B46B78ZMRKY2ZSMTNX0C/LRM_20200410_104743.jpg Bird Skulls are Cool! 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Can you find these parts on your own eye? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1623445633300-RFZ1D9ZEBTGHRYOHCKYM/lots+of+eyes.jpg Week 1 - Make it stand out Image description: A grid of 24 different animal eyes shows the amazing diversity that eyes can have! Eyes are different colors, shapes, and sizes. Some eyes have different shaped pupils, some animals have more than two eyes. Eyes are amazing! Image Credit: Burge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624035602956-VFADAHUVZPPBQ4GH0PCH/44488968750_5d12b89eda_4k.jpg Week 1 - Make it stand out Image description: A bird’s eye view of a wetland in the fall. Bright sunlight shines on a winding river and fall leaves are a riot of oranges, yellows, browns, and greens. There are white puffy clouds in the distance. Image Credit: Decaseconds, Flickr Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624035360715-QQQ7OXXZO5QARKG5TNFK/7281417736_3d71fb2d26_h.jpg Week 1 Image description: an ant’s eye view of grass! Short grass like you would find in a lawn is very tall in this picture, you can see the whole plant reaching overhead. Photo credit: Simon Coggins, Flickr Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1623446988996-ZVDCNJDJUOUQWGN9LDYE/sparrow+simles.jpg Week 1 Image description: Eleven images of simplified sparrow faces are paired with the species name. Each sparrow face is simplified into basic shapes: circles for eyes, triangles for the beak, and boxy rectangles for facial stripes. The simplified images help make identification easier. Can you draw a bird like this? Pick your favorite bird in your field guide, grab your nature journal, and draw! Image Credit: Richard Edden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1623968900959-8ZBMLUXIGHUA6O601838/14189097701_1b0a7d7901_5k.jpg Week 1 Image description: A gray Eastern Screech Owl perches in a hole in a tree with gray bark. The texture and color of the bird’s feathers look almost the same as the tree bark! Image credit: Baker County Tourism, Flickr Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1623968233329-FDQYPIECGBPX2I59Y1HB/28310231767_ab48458b61_k.jpg Week 1 Image description: A female deer is grazing at night: her head is bent down touching the grass and she stands facing the camera. The image is dark and grainy, the grass and background is almost totally black.The photo was taken at night, and the deer’s eyes glow greenish-white in the light of the camera flash. Image credit: James St. John, Flickr Creative Commons. https://swibirds.org/week-2 daily 0.75 2021-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593052563650-JFO8U1OA7UMHHBHAJXCB/Laura+Wolf_Cottontail+Rabbit.jpg Week 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593051172562-3B3HQKGFHUZPL2QOMIV2/summer-camp-circle-madaud.png Week 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624561495002-CCSUKKFRPV5C17UHV7EQ/47227266931_214b52e488_3k.jpg Week 2 Red foxes have large ears to help them listen for both predators and prey. Image description: a fox looks off to the left of the photo. Its face is relaxed and calm. This fox has a small, dainty muzzle, a small black nose, large dark eyes, and large ears that point up. Photo by David Ellis, Flickr Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624561725886-Q2OUXQF9QRKV0PFK0TUD/5944599074_2e309e6d84_k.jpg Week 2 Barred Owls have facial discs (the feathers rounding the face, making oval or heart shapes) to help funnel sound towards their ears. Image description: A Barred Owl faces the camera. Its large dark eyes face us, and it has a round face accentuated by the rounded feather pattern. The owl’s feathers are shades of cream, light brown, and reddish-brown. Photo by leezie5, Flickr Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624562519553-IBFNEC4AWDU2W8T6OZB1/4338020648_acfc7f2021_o.jpg Week 2 Blue Jays are some of our noisiest neighborhood birds. They make lots of noises, but the one that’s easiest to recognize is when they say their name: “Jay! Jay!” Image description: a Blue Jay sits on an old stump facing left. This bird has a white belly, throat, cheek, and eyering. It has a blue crest on its head, a blue back, and its wing and tail feathers are blue with horizontal black stripes. Photo by Matty Ward, Flickr Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624565308988-IREF2DWGGYYZK3KZ6DNJ/25753861252_10a4c15e6d_k.jpg Week 2 This frog is a spring peeper. Their throats expand when they sing to help them be extra loud! Image description: a tiny, reddish-brown frog is sitting with its front feet on a leaf and its back feet in the water. Its head is pointing up and its throat is expanded (rounded out like a balloon that’s larger than the frog’s head!) Photo by Douglas Mills, Flickr Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624919096950-O72WFNZ0D0TRVPTD3CYK/frog+toad+calendar.png Week 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624565588518-ETV5TRJS4TMY5EBYOGZR/51184220214_9729d7696c_k.jpg Week 2 An adult cicada is emerging from its old exoskeleton. Have you ever found a cicada exoskeleton clinging to something (maybe a tree?) Image description: tree is on the right side of the photo and a cicada exoskeleton clings to the bark. The exoskeleton is a mustard brownish-yellow, it looks dry and crunchy. An adult cicada is just emerging from the back of the old exoskeleton. It has almost fully emerged: its body is a blackish-blue with yellow stripes, its wing is clear with yellow stripes, and its eye is bright red. Photo credit: Geoff Livingston, Flickr Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624566139164-7UJB1EKUR00P4PNBUKCM/6275405777_01c6c985f1_o.jpg Week 2 Gray squirrels are usually pretty chatty, and they often make noise up in trees. Can you hear them? Image description: A gray squirrel sits high up in the fork where a branch meets the trunk of a tree. It is crouched on its hind legs, the left front paw is held to its chest, the right front paw is on the branch. Its eyes are bright and its whiskers are perky. Photo credit: Daniel Mennerich, Flickr Creative Commons https://swibirds.org/week-3 daily 0.75 2021-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625174249108-YH76I6NX3FZA3XC342IV/23959363990_7887a43f72_o.jpg Week 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593720614471-8UCSRKNR51PA338FVH80/summer-camp-circle-madaud.png Week 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625173990426-9M0K08E54RMF3G9M81O8/noses+by+Bardot+Brush.png Week 3 No matter what your nose looks like, it’s amazing. [Image description: Loose, cartoon sketches of all different types of noses. The drawings are made with a thick black marker and show small narrow noses, long wide noses, and everything in between.] Photo credit: Bardot Brush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625171542282-M4XYNYQRP4Q0GUW55B64/13793023924_13d221869c_k.jpg Week 3 Tulips are a spring flower that most people think smell really good! [Image description: a close-up of a pink tulip. This flower is cylinder shaped, the petals all forming a tube that is longer than it is wide.. The Soft pink petals contrast the dark greenish gray stem. There are flowers in the background, some pink, some purple.] Photo credit: Keroyama, Flickr Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625171769494-V7L2UIYT2FYEGSEHQ3JR/2435511869_58cfe5f8f9_b.jpg Week 3 Our neighborhoods smell different after a rain! What else smells different when you put water on it? [Image description: a close-up of a purple flower with raindrops on it. The center of the flower is bright yellow with darker purple/black lines radiating out from it. There are green leaves from the flower and blades of grass surrounding the deep purple flower. There is brown dirt in the background of the image.] Photo Credit: Magdalena, Flickr Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625173320027-ROHZPNR8V8S0XMLQLQ6X/star+nosed+mole.jpg Week 3 Star-nosed moles have AMAZING noses! [Image description: a small, charcoal-gray rodent with proportionally huge front paws, long-ivory colored claws, and an amazing nose. Its nose has 11 tentacles and one nostril on each side. It is peach-ish in the center, and a reddish-purple on the tentacles.] Photo credit: kinskarije, Flickr Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625172852848-K3760LEZFUROQ9113RHK/8295769018_5f0d8c674e_k+%281%29.jpg Week 3 Skunks may look small and sweet, but they have an amazingly smelly defense! have you ever smelled a skunk? [Image description: A young striped skunk looks to the left, it’s fluffy tail curving up and off to the right. The skunk stands on its four short legs, its nose is barely taller than the grass. This skunk is black with a white stripe starting at the middle of its nose and going up and over its forehead. At the top of its head, the white stripe splits into two, moving down the length of its sides.] Photo Credit: Rikki’s Refuge, Flickr Creative Commons. https://swibirds.org/week-4 daily 0.75 2021-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625857931594-QND3CDAIOPL96U25XJK0/5923882756_d4bb4418d0_k.jpg Week 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594408314694-2OTN30AP67Y5FG0EBIW1/summer-camp-circle-madaud.png Week 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625863959724-6NDLSABEVZNZN33TXRSF/wavelengths+with+animals+on+it.jpg.png Week 4 Light travels in waves that can be close together or spread out (top wavy line). Lots of animals, including humans, are able to see visible light. Some animals like bees and birds can see ultraviolet light. Some animals like pit vipers can see infrared light. Image description: a scientific chart showing different wavelengths and the types of waves or rays that occur at that lenght. Overlaid on that image are clipart pictures of a bee, bird, human, and snake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625861703288-K68SY8JJIY336G0IOIZP/3509394637_7e424db21c_k.jpg Week 4 Prairie dogs have a LOT to say! Image description: a prairie dog walks on all four legs near a burrow. Its fur is a light brownish-orange, fading towards dark brown on the belly and tip of its tail. Its tail is held straight up, its head seems to be stretching forward and up to see or smell. The ground is mostly dark brown dirt with some sparse green leaves growing from it. Photo credit: dbarronoss, Flickr Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625861966926-BJEMKWD40CMXGGXVCME8/40734417470_c6a2a482e5_k.jpg Week 4 What did the Ruffed Grouse play in the band? Drums, of course! Image description: A Ruffed grouse stands with his back to the camera, wings outstretched and tail fanned. His feathers are an amazing variety of browns ranging from cream to reddish-brown to nearly black. Photo credit: Claudine Lamothe, Flickr Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625859215769-7CSLY6O5WY6NDE4HIL44/393802627_1b2d135bb4_o.jpg Week 4 This snake is tasting. . .and smelling the air! Image description: A garter snake sticks its tongue out to sniff the air. The photo is taken so close that you can count all of the scales on the snake’s face. The top of its head is a warm light-brown, its cheeks and throat are a mellow butter yellow. The tongue is red near the mouth and its forked tips are black. The snake’s eye is a rich brown with a black pupil, and a gold ring around the pupil. Photo Credit: Ken-ichi Ueda, Flickr Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625860339093-MPDGNIYAN9985E0X2OH7/49129316207_cead5d4a21_k.jpg Week 4 River otters have very thick fur to help them stay warm in cold water. Image description: A river otter loafs in water. The otter’s head and part of its back is out of the water. Its wet fur is a dark brown, and there are water droplets on its whiskers. The water is greenish-brown and has lots of tiny ripples in it like the otter is swimming and making little waves. Photo credit: Dennis Church, Flickr Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1625867283099-KQSDTJNIRZCNV8N8O36U/IMG_20210628_220453.jpg Week 4 Color Scavenger hunts are great! Image description: blocks of color are painted onto a white piece of paper. There are ink drawings and handwritten notes matching the colors with things found in nature. 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They know they have nothing to fear, since they’ve learned all about pollinators in their Outdoor Education lessons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1579899213266-CH110MQUFUDUYQ6MY7VW/1791F1A8-4A19-47B5-9DD0-B5D9BA28A130.jpg Resources for Educators (Use post-covid)) There are a variety of kits, ranging from binoculars to (faux) scat, furs to games like Bird Beak Buffet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1579901828343-JUR0AUYYTKBFMK71VXBM/habitat.jpg Resources for Educators (Use post-covid)) Which bird, which habitat, which climate change scenario outcome? 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A student shows off a nature find (photo by Carolyn Byers/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a155828d-44f9-4b45-823e-70f5bb43bcc3/IMG_20240321_091912700_HDR.jpg Why Nature Education? - Make it stand out Kids see the world in a new way using science tools! (Photo by Carolyn Byers/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/461605cf-52bf-41cc-b9d8-ff42310bff8c/IMG_20240315_091723597_HDR.jpg Why Nature Education? Hands-on learning is a powerful tool (photo by Carolyn Byers/SoWBA). https://swibirds.org/classrooms daily 0.75 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1726153266265-2XN55HQRMDCLDVHKX8LN/IMG_20240322_084839036_HDR.jpg Our Education Program https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614281083617-5XSJX474Y6CV57KQJ9KS/Lincoln%2BElementary%2BBirdathon%2Bby%2BCarolyn%2BByers.jpg Our Education Program Students at Lincoln Elementary School in Madison, WI participate in a schoolwide birdathon field day supported in part by SoWBA (photo by Carolyn Byers/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614281401085-RM5TLN7HOL1X7KUC23RX/Lincoln%2BElementary%2Bbirdathon%2Bgames.jpg Our Education Program Getting kids outside has innumerable benefits, including increased academic performance, better physical health, and better social skills (photo by Carolyn Byers/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1e611fea-3995-4e71-be0f-ee218bbe8bfb/IMG_20220809_135134842_HDR.jpg Our Education Program - Make it stand out Kids from Vera Court Community Center enjoy the gorgeous prairie at Cherokee Marsh North (photo by Carolyn Byers/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/68b59b4b-4edc-405c-9d40-262adaf5b2fa/Madison%2BAudubon%27s%2BConservation%2BAcademy.jpg Our Education Program - Make it stand out Brian Wahl, urban forestry coordinator with the Wisconsin DNR, shows Conservation Academy participants the subtle differences between oak tree species during his talk about urban forestry careers (photo by Emily Meier). https://swibirds.org/bird-names daily 0.75 2024-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614285603640-BLSBO7Z1Z2ZOSXUKIHWZ/American+coot+AK.jpg Bird Names for Birds Lesson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614283274556-EU1C7XR2DV0P8IGQ0VZM/bird%2Bnames%2Bfor%2Bbirds%2Bimage.jpg Bird Names for Birds Lesson https://swibirds.org/bird-safe-glass daily 0.75 2026-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1723049562429-K0DMRF2AXSL7FAFP1TQF/Bakke+BM.jpg Bird-Safe Glass Ordinance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615226587221-CEPGHAUZVK1A0JS01A9H/IMG_6840.JPG Bird-Safe Glass Ordinance Window collision victims found by Bird Collision Corps volunteers in 2019. 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Photo by Corliss Karasov, Bird Collision Corps volunteer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614962778956-DVAE2X9438E1EZ0TULCD/Mortality+by+Building+Type+-+ABC+Based+on+Loss+2014.jpg Bird-Safe Glass Ordinance Graphic by American Bird Conservancy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614963234720-G3GH7UPL5PF923E9ISMD/warbler_lindacrubaugh-inat.jpg Bird-Safe Glass Ordinance A warbler recovers from being stunned from colliding with a window in Madison. Photo by Linda Crubaugh, Bird Collision Corps volunteer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4144f036-136f-4aa3-a6d3-7d6d8c14a09d/frit+law+BM.jpg Bird-Safe Glass Ordinance A frit pattern was baked into the glass of this stairwell of the UW-Madison’s Law Building. Photo by Brenna Marsicek / SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614962909547-EAUJ4M22DCB9ULCYQ67Q/OggHall-BirdDot-Mitigation+%284%29.jpg Bird-Safe Glass Ordinance A bird-friendly treatment to a window shows a grid of white dots that make a glass visible to birds. This 2”x2” grid pattern has been shown to significantly reduce bird-window collisions. This retrofit window treatment was applied at the UW-Madison Ogg Residence Hall after the Bird Collision Corps found this site to be particularly problematic for birds. Photo by Aaron Williams, UW-Madison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614963081428-5KCE8KAHPRF2BAHSKS2Y/BCC_Two+Trays_MASPhoto.JPG Bird-Safe Glass Ordinance Just a few of the birds that were victims of window collisions after the Spring 2018 Bird Collision Corps survey period. SoWBA photo https://swibirds.org/guides-resources daily 0.75 2025-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1726760048946-4E2MY406ZP95KMGCPAC3/IMG_20240523_091716071_HDR.jpg Free Field Guides & Exploration Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/e86426f2-f0a1-412c-b041-b1a9201e8e96/IMG_20240917_105038384_HDR.jpg Free Field Guides & Exploration Resources Bird Guide for Kids. This guide is specially designed for kids’ brains and hands. Download the computer-viewing or print-at-home version. Or you can purchase one or more here. Download the Bird Guide in Spanish here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614288792761-XST4NPTQF4FC0W6C3QOQ/Screen+Shot+2021-02-25+at+3.32.33+PM.png Free Field Guides & Exploration Resources Download our Insect Guide: Learn about broad categories of insects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614289048064-5GF8JRAQE9W61K4XQ3CX/Screen+Shot+2021-02-25+at+3.36.59+PM.png Free Field Guides & Exploration Resources Download our Leaf Shape Observation Sheet: learn to ID leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4566f061-3956-4b6d-92d4-aa093998c8f6/IMG_20240917_105025292_HDR.jpg Free Field Guides & Exploration Resources Field Guide for Kids. This guide is specially designed for kids’ brains and hands. Download the computer-viewing (print-at-home version coming soon). Or you can purchase one or more here. Download the Field Guide in Spanish here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614288914033-8AW64F0F8GNP6RIHYB75/Screen+Shot+2021-02-25+at+3.34.46+PM.png Free Field Guides & Exploration Resources Download our Urban Mammal Track & Scat ID: Footprints and poop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614289155507-GDPTTD7FQISEFLQQDDNQ/13WinterBackyardBirds_MadisonAudubon-thumbs2.png Free Field Guides & Exploration Resources Download our Winter’s Wonderful Backyard Birds ID sheet, to help learn the species visiting your chilly bird feeders this winter. https://swibirds.org/connecting-with-a-place daily 0.75 2021-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616178790010-INANX4I3RTC2F7NHRM4I/Best+of+Youth+Education+%2835%29.jpg Connecting with a Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616178678863-RTX6PBBATJ9IBOPN7ZL0/Children%2Bholding%2Ba%2Bmonarch%2Bbutterfly_Madison%2BAudubon%2BEducation%2BProgramming.jpg Connecting with a Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585775343850-Y5MYZ696PX54UPRC6GUB/IMG_20180801_150519185.jpg Connecting with a Place Joy in the great outdoors! Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585775674439-TL5XQ5CT91A6JWZBIU8K/IMG_20180515_165929716.jpg Connecting with a Place These tired hikers are taking a break. Don’t worry, their smiles returned after a short rest. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585773654186-S7391W7C9H5PK8JNFLUU/IMG_20180725_150337400.jpg Connecting with a Place Put on your blindfold and join us on a Sensory Hike! Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585776159617-MWC6575O3Y7PQZC9SSIT/IMG_20191212_142515.jpg Connecting with a Place This youngin exclaimed, “It takes TWO hugs to get all the way around this tree!” Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616180129974-CQGGSQOC3ZP1EEVLH8AO/sitspots.jpeg Connecting with a Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1585775564696-LLLRF8OF30RCYBULIUPF/IMG_20190910_163439.jpg Connecting with a Place Queen Ann’s lace is soft and feathery - perfect for Mystery Box. Madison Audubon photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1591112147171-32LD4B0QAQRDT2EIB11D/IMG_20191002_143404+%281%29.jpg Connecting with a Place This child is so excited to be spending time outside. Nature journaling helps make writing and observation practice FUN! 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Photo provided by Crystal Sutheimer https://swibirds.org/bird-safe-glass-toolkit daily 0.75 2026-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1617814808319-LA6GDLILUU5RAB9VAV3N/Kevin%2BHarber.jpg Bird-Safe Glass Toolkit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1598534723657-7EYYJV20KYOQFHC0Z9PK/yellow-warbler-cropped-Crystal%2BSutheimer.jpg Bird-Safe Glass Toolkit Stunned yellow warbler, photo by Crystal Sutheimer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1617222556363-KWFHCP8QXNEAM5GO1TV3/Support+bird-safe+glass.png Bird-Safe Glass Toolkit This is preventable. Photo by Madison Audubon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1616240125707-3BCH5ILGQLSFYO3NTDC1/warbler+corliss+karasov2.jpg Bird-Safe Glass Toolkit Bird collision victim. Photo by Corliss Karasov, Bird Collision Corps volunteer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1617223613425-NUYAQ42X5S42MI6I3OH1/Support+bird-safe+glass-lucky.png Bird-Safe Glass Toolkit This was one of the lucky ones that recovered after a window collision. Photo by Linda Crubaugh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1615837272341-1DNERV2Q4T0P7F5WDKHH/IMG_2619.jpg Bird-Safe Glass Toolkit Victims of window collisions. Photo by Madison Audubon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624027341251-SFIQPIEHWREAL65G4SH9/BSG-infographic_KS-web.png Bird-Safe Glass Toolkit - Make it stand out Where do bird collisions happen, and what can you do? Graphic by Madison Audubon. 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Photo by Brenna Marsicek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fa6c4657-9d52-4a5c-b0ac-b7d99b2dffd7/dots+patio+door.jpg Prevent Birds from Hitting Your Windows - Make it stand out This patio door was treated with Feather Friendly dots, which help prevent birds from hitting the glass. Photo by Matt Reetz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/43ba4008-de2b-4e6f-85a0-3eea23d93462/Screen+Shot+2022-04-15+at+11.26.24+AM.jpg Prevent Birds from Hitting Your Windows - Make it stand out Tempera paint tutorial by FLAP Canada (so cool!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1614963234720-G3GH7UPL5PF923E9ISMD/warbler_lindacrubaugh-inat.jpg Prevent Birds from Hitting Your Windows A warbler recovers from being stunned from colliding with a window in Madison. Photo by Linda Crubaugh, Bird Collision Corps volunteer. https://swibirds.org/2021-donors daily 0.75 2022-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597939282336-XWPHMGPXE1GR99AL9WOF/Am+White+Pelicans+GP+AK.jpg 2021 Donors https://swibirds.org/bcc-box daily 0.75 2026-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/0b5713c2-fb7a-4ab9-9d38-6375b0be5dfd/IMG_8507.jpg BCC in a Box - Make it stand out BCC volunteer surveying at American Family Insurance. Photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/998b26bd-602a-4887-b695-ccfa8f1801b8/IMG_4108.jpg BCC in a Box - Make it stand out BCC volunteers surveying at UW-Madison. Photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/05553823-5296-46ad-a14c-5635de846d37/indigo+bunting_maria+parrott-ryan.jpg BCC in a Box - Make it stand out Indigo Bunting photo by Maria Parrott-Ryan, BCC volunteer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7529464e-fbc7-4bfe-b400-a107ca31195f/Jill+Ness+volunteering+-+capitol.jpg BCC in a Box - Make it stand out Bird Collision Corps volunteer surveying around the capitol. Photo by Jill Ness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/16dde14a-9a5b-4092-a1ce-0cfa4eaf5d83/Terri+Bleck+volunteering+-+zoo.jpeg BCC in a Box - Make it stand out BCC volunteer photo by Terri Bleck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f91f915f-9b58-463f-b55e-9ffec9ff3c89/Is+it+safe+out+there_.png BCC in a Box - Make it stand out Yellow Warbler photo by Stan Lupo https://swibirds.org/camper-portal-2020bmhi daily 0.75 2021-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592828726633-614UCWPEO8Z0K78S0RNF/Children+holding+a+monarch+butterfly_Madison+Audubon+Education+Programming.jpg Camper Portal (2020-B/M/H/I) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1624329653432-6HZ9UG2RXHKFW3UTS7VB/IMG_20200418_104440.jpg Camper Portal (2020-B/M/H/I) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592838449185-HCMVLOZ0G3S047B8J2GL/lupine%2Bpic.jpg Camper Portal (2020-B/M/H/I) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592828888129-7Z0AEBMQJOAFCKOHQ7JI/Child+with+binoculars_Madison+Audubon+Education+Programming.jpg Camper Portal (2020-B/M/H/I) https://swibirds.org/week-1-2020bmhi daily 0.75 2021-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592827772993-H8EYKXWOMUYQBLNMFFG4/Am+White+Pelicans+GP+AK.jpg Week 1 (2020-B/M/H/I) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592827840800-592E52P9FHF5Y8VA0B00/summer-camp-circle-ed-grass.png Week 1 (2020-B/M/H/I) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592831379938-5TROBJH2KSZ1UWXDFWVD/25935599930_7abbd05fc4_k.jpg Week 1 (2020-B/M/H/I) Mystery bird #1. Can you figure out what this bird is? Use your field guide, look closely at the beak, crest, and other field marks. Can you tell if this bird is a male or a female? The answer is at the bottom of the page. Photo by Patricia Pierce, Flickr Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592831620466-137953ZPNEGST2BFW3FO/5890809799_a27f60c1ed_k.jpg Week 1 (2020-B/M/H/I) Mystery bird #2: This is a common bird that’s being a little sneaky. This bird usually has a crest on its head, but the bird is holding it close to its head. Can you ID it? Photo credit: Kristin “Shoe” Shoemaker, Flickr Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592831854057-AUY3AI10SRVNBZ02IQ81/image-asset.jpeg Week 1 (2020-B/M/H/I) Mystery Bird #3: This is one of my favorite neighborhood birds. Look closely at its head and the colors under its tail. Can you tell if this bird is a male or female? Photo credit: Kenneth Cole Schneider, Flickr Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592832226517-T0CQ4UFZLWO4L1D6SF3N/48721178187_c0f455bf41_k.jpg Week 1 (2020-B/M/H/I) Mystery bird #4: This little bird is a fun garden visitor. The beak shape and blurry wings should help you identify it. Can you tell if it is a male or female? How? Photo credit: Patricia Pierce, Flickr Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592832536186-49XP5EWT6ACN12W22UT3/47676823031_34c38c3600_o.jpg Week 1 (2020-B/M/H/I) Mystery bird #5: This bird is often found hanging upside down on a tree trunk. It also visits bird feeders to find sunflower seeds or suet. Can you identify it? Photo credit: Dennis Church. https://swibirds.org/week-2-2020bmhi daily 0.75 2021-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593052563650-JFO8U1OA7UMHHBHAJXCB/Laura+Wolf_Cottontail+Rabbit.jpg Week 2 (2020-B/M/H/I) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593051172562-3B3HQKGFHUZPL2QOMIV2/summer-camp-circle-madaud.png Week 2 (2020-B/M/H/I) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593053193285-2NUGMRTCMA91OGDLGRLZ/image-asset.jpeg Week 2 (2020-B/M/H/I) Mammal mystery #1: Can you ID this mammal? It lives both in wild places and in human towns and cities. The answer is below! Photo by Shelly Prevost, Flickr Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593052943381-Q1SJWMWRMSATAWM0UDC1/Bob+Peterson_+raccoon+print.jpg Week 2 (2020-B/M/H/I) Mammal mystery #2: Can you figure out who made these tracks? The print is two inches long and it is a front foot. This animal often looks for food near water. Photo by Bob Peterson, Flickr Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593052648760-5IDTY4BDC7XLAJNGVW7S/image-asset.jpeg Week 2 (2020-B/M/H/I) Mammal mystery #3: Who made these tracks? Which print is the front foot and which is the back? Answer below! Photo by Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, Flickr Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593054328463-YNL1J79EDRMADVRBA2VM/Chipmunk_Mark+Moschell.jpg Week 2 (2020-B/M/H/I) Mammal mystery #4: This little one isn’t a gray squirrel but IS a member of the squirrel family. They’re found in forested areas but also in gardens or backyards. Answer below! Photo by Mark Moschell, Flickr Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593055196077-84L03DLLZTDTE79G00ZA/Vole_Sergey+Yeliseev.jpg Week 2 (2020-B/M/H/I) Mammal mystery #5: This little critter is not on the Madison Audubon Mammal ID sheet. You’ll have to search the web! It has medium-sized ears and eyes and tail. Its feet are not adapted for digging. Answer below! Photo credit: Sergey Yeliseev https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593055499840-71D8SN5CKY253QSWAFE2/Deer+Poop_Bradley+Gordon.jpg Week 2 (2020-B/M/H/I) Mammal Mystery #6: Who pooped this poop? The pellets are about a half-inch in diameter. They’re not completely round, and you can find them in both wild spaces and in parks near towns or cities. Answer below! Photo credit: Bradley Gordon, Flickr Creative Commons https://swibirds.org/week-3-2020bmhi daily 0.75 2021-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593722709086-9OJ0Y58EHHA0F09MB7J5/Painted+Turtles_Jennifer+Bulava.jpg Week 3 (2020-B/M/H/I) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593720614471-8UCSRKNR51PA338FVH80/summer-camp-circle-madaud.png Week 3 (2020-B/M/H/I) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1596488783839-OHI7EEXVRBPJMMIAZZM4/lily%2Bwith%2Bsnake.jpg Week 3 (2020-B/M/H/I) Can you see the snake Lily found? It has excellent camouflage! (in the sand on the left) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593723083693-QLSYE8ZRS3ZCRD743GF9/image-asset.jpeg Week 3 (2020-B/M/H/I) Mystery Herp #1: This amphibian is best identified by the large dark spots behind its eyes. Photo credit: Rushen, Flickr Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593722436653-7QENG2WHE87EC091KQNK/Eastern+Tiger+Salamander_Seanin+Og.jpg Week 3 (2020-B/M/H/I) Mystery Herp #2: This amphibian has costal grooves (lines on its side that kind of look like ribs) and irregular spots all over its body. It’s also pretty big - they can grow to be nearly a foot long! Photo credit: Seanin Og, Flickr Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593722088914-01O9IFICDAXK3GOC0724/image-asset.jpeg Week 3 (2020-B/M/H/I) Mystery Herp #3: This amphibian has a dorsal fold (that line running from its eye down its back), and large rounded spots. Can you figure out who it is? Photo Credit: Emma O Productions, Flickr Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593721773690-7I4A093POA9X38PAR7YM/image-asset.jpeg Week 3 (2020-B/M/H/I) Mystery Herp #4: This herp has scales, no legs, and stripes running the length of its body. Oh, and it’s really common. Especially in gardens : ) Photo credit: Brian Henderson, Flickr Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1593721947975-T6TBB45AE74BY0XKE7CK/Jen+Goellnitz+_Blanding%27s+Turtle.jpg Week 3 (2020-B/M/H/I) Mystery herp #5: This terrific turtle is most easily identified by its bright yellow chin. We also love that it always looks like its smiling! Photo Credit: Jen Goellnitz, Flickr Creative Commons. https://swibirds.org/week-4-2020bmhi daily 0.75 2021-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1556895589148-HOHTJ650EYUKC0JJCNBX/Monarchs+on+swamp+milkweed+-+AK.jpg Week 4 (2020-B/M/H/I) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594408314694-2OTN30AP67Y5FG0EBIW1/summer-camp-circle-madaud.png Week 4 (2020-B/M/H/I) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594497561270-XFDKILL5V1TUS7BIG30J/Christa+R.+_Monarch+Caterpillar.jpg Week 4 (2020-B/M/H/I) Mystery insect #1: This isn’t an adult, it’s a young insect. The striking stripes will help you identify it - and it helps other animals know that it’s not a tasty meal! Photo credit: Christa R, Flickr Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594417708671-992JX3S4QEPXVIEA9TVP/image-asset.jpeg Week 4 (2020-B/M/H/I) Mystery Insect #2: This butterfly is very colorful and has two long “tails” on their hind wings. Photo credit: Vicki DeLoach, Flickr Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594417482517-B9CE1XB1GYAOBPAW5J55/butterfly+art.jpg Week 4 (2020-B/M/H/I) A butterfly’s wings are a mirror image of each other. They are symmetrical! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594496727931-8DB98EQ24TZ3YMS8V4VP/image-asset.jpeg Week 4 (2020-B/M/H/I) Use the Bee ID resource in #3 to ID this mystery insect #3. Look at where the color is on the bands of its body. Photo Credit: Christa R, Flickr Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594499813210-1JBH4LO72NWLBKEGR116/image-asset.jpeg Week 4 (2020-B/M/H/I) Mystery insect #4: No wings, three body segments, 6 legs. What is it? Answer below! Photo credit: Samantha Henneke, Flickr Creative Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1594500673174-MTLZTCBYJ0NZ0LEH70LX/House+Fly_Don+Burkett.jpg Week 4 (2020-B/M/H/I) Mystery Insect #5: Big ol’ eyes, two wings, and an iridescent back. Can you guess who this is? Photo Credit: Don Burkett, Flickr Creative Commons. https://swibirds.org/crane-dancing daily 0.75 2021-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1623966083917-QBAQL3629IDOE15QFSCL/24212013788_ceeb84150d_5k+%281%29.jpg Crane Dancing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1623967314659-G1B2YV8D9FVKXZ45LMHT/ICF+logo.png Crane Dancing - Make it stand out Image description: the International Crane Foundation logo. The blue silhouette of a crane dancing is in the center of the image, it flutters above the suggestion of water and in front of the suggestion of a sun. The words “International Crane Foundation” arch over the image, encircling it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1623965135316-7SUTPRIMTZ3447572XV6/48877984251_9e995191a3_h.jpg Crane Dancing - Make it stand out Image description: Two adult sandhill cranes dance together. 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Make it stand out Purple Martin flock (photo by Kori Smith). https://swibirds.org/giving-circle daily 0.75 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1699996598471-VMPM8KUJZ5TBXPA13HTS/whimbrel-flock-v_ArleneKoziol.jpg Conservation Leaders Giving Circle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/31a533d0-e6e7-4853-857b-3fe849fbadfe/flock_cranes_pixabay.jpg Conservation Leaders Giving Circle - Make it stand out A flock of birds flies in a “V”, or chevron, formation (photo via Pixabay). https://swibirds.org/community-standards daily 0.75 2024-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1703265131956-S2OGZIQVMORKBGGUZMMY/karner-blue-butterfly_usfws-midwest.jpg Community Standards https://swibirds.org/fair-meadows-fff daily 0.75 2024-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1694111398964-UZFPMFGK8RJ05EWD0ZZF/110819_GDS_0305.jpg Fair Meadows FFF https://swibirds.org/2024-donors daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1597939282336-XWPHMGPXE1GR99AL9WOF/Am+White+Pelicans+GP+AK.jpg 2024 Donors https://swibirds.org/2024-interns daily 0.75 2024-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1653065922579-JJOZLYAS92E545P2K106/170614_Faville_002.jpg 2024 Interns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592328924224-PS127VKZK7LCQ6FQ7HGS/caeruslogo.png 2024 Interns - 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/24c32e3d-a3f5-4fce-a88b-9899a1dcd1cb/EmmaRuthHolton.jpg 2024 Interns - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c637b4b0-698f-49aa-8d08-4700268b099c/SaraRider.jpg 2024 Interns - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/763be11c-2851-4597-807e-bc2ba6b42db8/AndiHokanson.jpg 2024 Interns - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2b6dd3ae-0a2b-4d93-a4cd-46cb8e6b388b/AndySmith.jpg 2024 Interns - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a8821c10-a166-4d3d-924c-bf996fddc6e5/HaileyWedewer.jpg 2024 Interns - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/b538dc13-fd1d-430f-b9a1-651eeb5efaf2/HelenaBello.jpg 2024 Interns - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/growing-milkweed daily 0.75 2024-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611627907449-744KOEE1DRMX3YEE50VU/f1.JPG Growing Milkweed for Monarchs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611627847940-JX1MIF857EZMSXFA07UZ/CIMG4045.JPG Growing Milkweed for Monarchs Common milkweed, photo by Brenna Marsicek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/50c7ad2f-e955-4d29-b2cc-047c3ba69272/SoWBA-CMYK.png Growing Milkweed for Monarchs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1611629102387-1SULLLNSJ3K62QK1XNZ8/WMC-Logo+transp-bkgd-color-block.png Growing Milkweed for Monarchs https://swibirds.org/wheelchair daily 0.75 2025-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1713376697065-FW157VBAJVRHU8SRX53U/IMG_7982.jpg Wheelchair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1697641494421-IRAIA01XFRUYCGDPZ3ZW/Screen+Shot+2023-10-18+at+10.02.55+AM.png Wheelchair A woman uses the electric-powered outdoor wheelchair at the UW Arboretum in fall 2023. Photo by Kaitlin Svabek/SoWBA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/929ccabd-4788-4914-9077-dd4999ff9857/PXL_20230913_161729221.jpg Wheelchair - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/fireworks-wildlife daily 0.75 2026-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f9a6b42f-78f3-4d64-84df-3e604b994166/5903380795_efa5a7fb27_k.jpg Fireworks & Wildlife at Warner Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1719438004721-MR0IVLPBHJT494MMJZ7N/26938102368_6b8f46b2ed_k.jpg Fireworks & Wildlife at Warner Park Great Blue Heron by Arlene Koziol https://swibirds.org/collision-toolkit daily 0.75 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1722441836532-UE03ZY6YNA4CSN7PUNY1/IMG_0941.jpg Collision Outreach Toolkit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/744516cd-780e-4893-8939-2e5382a0f368/IMG_6937.jpg Collision Outreach Toolkit - 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Make it stand out A teacher talks to a student about a nature find (SoWBA photo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/8c48069d-b2b9-4a90-ad3a-77d6eb46c2b5/Carolyn%26Mickenzee.jpg Resources for Educators - Make it stand out Carolyn Byers (left) and Mickenzee Okon (right) are our educators (SoWBA photo). https://swibirds.org/free-resources daily 0.75 2024-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1726154737876-3XDZO1LBSOIUOLLRHW01/IMG_20220926_165710065_HDR.jpg Free Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6422a1fe-1838-4b6a-a96c-2a7b2177ca95/IMG_20240301_090335135_HDR.jpg Free Resources - Make it stand out Kindergartners enjoy spring at a local park (photo by Carolyn Byers/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/63659d0d-cd8c-4fd9-a4de-867ec485e13c/IMG_20240215_135040605_HDR.jpg Free Resources - Make it stand out Kids play “Otter Steals Fish” during a winter lesson (photo by Carolyn Byers/SoWBA). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/195f5073-03fa-4b44-b6cd-c78dc00697c7/IMG_20240917_105025292_HDR.jpg Free Resources - Make it stand out Our Field Guide for Kids, available in English and Spanish (SoWBA photo). https://swibirds.org/lesson-library daily 0.75 2024-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1726589427613-KJ2XLI79990MO1Z9YLL8/IMG_20220526_110124851_HDR.jpg Lesson Library https://swibirds.org/store daily 0.75 2026-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1731528545292-DJ1D5YCF2735075T4O74/Yellow+rumped+Warbler+-+Phil+Brown+copy.jpeg Store https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/09e70773-7d3d-4c70-9fc3-b2604f855a17/BENW+tshirt.jpg Store - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/member-faqs daily 0.75 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1734462450882-MJTF78CMDF950X7N4MPS/TundraSwans_AK.jpg Member FAQs https://swibirds.org/comp-membership daily 0.75 2024-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bbd22ed7-bdd5-4a6f-86db-726af269ed25/american-robin_berry-crop.jpg Complimentary Membership Form - Make it stand out American Robin (photo via Pixabay). https://swibirds.org/knowles-nelson daily 0.75 2025-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1736536356429-GMG9A5YBMESGZDXENV4P/image_50407169.JPG Local Land Conservation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6952d7b8-4fc7-4057-b9cc-ce6eb7ca3b45/Bobolink+AK.jpg Local Land Conservation - Make it stand out Bobolink (photo by Arlene Koziol). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/04c58fa6-f66d-4c92-a84f-d3de75b849b3/Matt+Reetz+-+Birders.jpg Local Land Conservation - Make it stand out Birders search for grassland birds (photo by Matt Reetz/SoWBA). https://swibirds.org/fgs-info daily 0.75 2025-05-22 https://swibirds.org/coffee-chocolate-link-tree daily 0.75 2026-01-27 https://swibirds.org/fms-trail-info daily 0.75 2025-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1694111398964-UZFPMFGK8RJ05EWD0ZZF/110819_GDS_0305.jpg Fair Meadows Trail Information https://swibirds.org/fgs-trail-info daily 0.75 2025-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1740510609720-TTCPRB4H7WMS7FCHCG7F/Faville+Ledge_GalenHasler.jpg Faville Grove Trail Information https://swibirds.org/gps-trail-info daily 0.75 2025-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1740510707361-RS6T0COWFHW5RM29Q8IN/Pale+Purple+Coneflower.JPG Goose Pond Trail Information https://swibirds.org/trail-accessibility daily 0.75 2025-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/edb0be46-5fa9-4fb3-88b7-89d6630592ad/FTErstadPrairie202207_Hiking_Elizabeth+Palmer.jpg Trail Accessibility https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/974512bd-daa0-404f-9bec-d3807e78cbec/FairMeadows_+202504-accessible+trails+marked.jpg Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Fair Meadows Sanctuary Map. Three accessible trails are marked in purple, blue, and pink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/26957e0c-7592-4bb4-ace4-f84e104abaa5/BigPrairie-FMS+accessible+trail.jpg Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Zoomed in view of the Fair Meadows map with the purple dashed lines indicating the Big Prairie trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7936ca7e-cd32-4b76-a248-74c024868263/Screenshot+2025-05-29+at+11.10.26%E2%80%AFAM.png Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Big Prairie trailhead (photo by Penny Shackelford) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f9c42362-c849-4816-ab16-f083c7f67278/Barn+to+Apple+Shed+Lane+Parking-FMS+accessible+trail.jpg Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Zoomed in view of the Fair Meadows map with the blue dashed lines indicating the Barn to Apple Shed Lane Parking route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/961058ec-9e2e-4b45-a372-7578d3b2f13e/Trailhead+to+Apple+Shed+parking+from+barn.jpeg Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Trailhead from barn to Apple Shed Lane (photo by Penny Shackelford) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/915dd345-4ac4-4c54-9db2-21aed2c7546d/Apple+Shed+Lane+Parking+to+Heron+Pond-FMS+accessible+trail.jpg Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Zoomed in view of the Fair Meadows map with the pink dashed lines indicating the Apple Shed Lane Parking to Fork at Heron Pond route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/4742ba81-931c-4770-a789-6af28b63c230/Fork+from+Apple+Shed+parking+to+Heron+Pond.jpeg Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Fork from Apple Shed parking to Heron Pond (photo by Penny Shackelford) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a8f5920d-39f8-4929-9851-ecf53a01691c/FavilleGrove_202504-accessible+trail+marked.jpg Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Faville Grove Sanctuary Map. One accessible trail is marked in pink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/37f8ee8e-1b59-469b-9182-50eb71f0464b/Buddys+Prairie-FGS+accessible+trail.jpg Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Zoomed in view of the Faville Grove map with the pink dashed lines indicating the Buddy’s Prairie Parking to Faville Grove Bog route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/86025831-40e2-4212-9bc0-137d01f33f4d/Screenshot+2025-04-25+at+2.04.31%E2%80%AFPM.png Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Buddy’s Prairie trailhead (photo by SoWBA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6b9794c8-7a5a-4e3b-adea-8fef380ef413/Screenshot+2025-04-25+at+2.05.49%E2%80%AFPM.png Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Buddy’s Prairie trail (photo by SoWBA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2dfbc560-3f92-4d59-8021-11e5c1443dfc/GoosePond_+202504-accessible+trails+marked.jpg Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Goose Pond Sanctuary Map. Three accessible trails are marked in purple, blue, and pink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/130a5436-b786-4609-afff-f2e579eab89a/BrownePrairie-GPS+accessible+trail.jpg Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Zoomed in view of the Goose Pond map with the purple dashed lines indicating the Browne Prairie trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/17e444c4-c578-4249-b6fd-2dac035d6414/emmaraasch+browne.JPEG Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Browne Prairie trailhead (photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/bba0efdf-84c2-4513-8ca9-b2d34bbe9ba9/IMG_3707.jpg Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out The Browne Prairie Overlook bench with shade (photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/46df39cc-a07f-4b54-b433-fe666ed23d67/LKPrairie-GPS+accessible+trail.jpg Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Zoomed in view of the Goose Pond map with the aqua dashed lines indicating the Lapinski-Kitze trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f263aa20-46ca-4c78-8162-c2f4cb6a1cb9/emmaraasch+lk.JPEG Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Lapinski-Kitze Prairie trailhead (photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/add3f853-f714-49c4-bc50-aa9c93086a69/ErstadPrairie-GPS+accessible+trail.jpg Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Zoomed in view of the Goose Pond map with the pink dashed lines indicating the Erstad Prairie trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/fdc1ff99-268b-4b3d-a31b-8e59b92f4a49/IMG_5428-2.jpg Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Erstad Prairie trailhead (photo by Emma Raasch/SoWBA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/233c1a44-7863-48dc-a1a5-ff70c7522437/OtsegoMarsh_+202504-accessible+trails+marked.jpg Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Otsego Marsh Map. Two accessible trails are marked in purple and pink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/03928010-fef5-48f1-a391-f6f77632d95d/OtsegoMarshWoodsTrail-accessible.jpg Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Zoomed in view of the Otsego Marsh map with the purple dashed lines indicating the Woods Trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/275a399e-8a08-401c-83ca-64a63871a598/tempImageeJd4VO.jpg Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Otsego Marsh Woods Trail (photo by Eva Whitney) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/3863a057-b2be-4553-9134-50933cc8efce/OtsegoMarshPrairieTrail-accessible.jpg Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Zoomed in view of the Otsego Marsh map with the pink dashed lines indicating the Prairie Trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a0797730-9dce-4d11-8bab-388c9b4ab960/tempImage7sKliC.jpg Trail Accessibility - Make it stand out Prairie flowers in bloom at Otsego Marsh (photo by Eva Whitney) https://swibirds.org/2025-interns daily 0.75 2025-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1653065922579-JJOZLYAS92E545P2K106/170614_Faville_002.jpg 2025 Interns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1592328924224-PS127VKZK7LCQ6FQ7HGS/caeruslogo.png 2025 Interns - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/a108d0f1-5d34-4403-9bfc-8f3f3295b12e/NRF_Logo_Primary-Horizontal.png 2025 Interns - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/467c071c-79c3-405a-9c45-0b9322ed60e0/NateCaruccio.jpg 2025 Interns - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/36fb87c1-588c-4850-bd10-b6c084f95f18/LeahJakusz.jpg 2025 Interns - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/ac356d0b-bacb-4ec7-8771-881250ca6e69/KeithKrause.jpg 2025 Interns - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/eb699e8b-52ad-4287-ab9a-7fac18908d40/BreydonNoble.jpg 2025 Interns - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/aa70f03f-55fd-45fe-b121-9dbd4a4790d7/ElizaVolz.jpg 2025 Interns - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/22255e78-8df0-4f26-b9b3-f1c221954e8d/AdelineWells.jpg 2025 Interns - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6c30ce43-a8db-41bc-be17-cd0737748aec/LoganBahr.jpg 2025 Interns - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/810c703e-fd2c-45c4-9a98-2d8cffefce0b/BeccaBlack-1.jpg 2025 Interns - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c1a251f5-73e0-4045-a111-812ff9b879da/AndySmith.jpg 2025 Interns - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/5eb4f3a8-b1c3-4112-9672-ef208e9a3eac/JuanitaDuarte.jpg 2025 Interns - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/swifts daily 0.75 2026-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/10028de0-70b6-4125-9c3e-79cecf8b7189/IMG_3289.jpg Swift Night Out & Swift Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/757716bf-fcec-4fc7-b889-f6e5410ef3c0/51192613969_1bf0136af3_o.jpg Swift Night Out & Swift Week - Make it stand out Chimney Swifts spend almost their entire lives flying! 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MacArthur Foundation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/589340e6-d838-4e25-86f3-d7e6e4d17781/Danielle+Belleny.jpeg Lessons for Black Birders Week 2025 - Make it stand out Photo by Danielle Belleny https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/f9793ed2-50e9-4a74-b3b9-e6894d1e6b43/Dudley+Edmondson.jpg Lessons for Black Birders Week 2025 - Make it stand out Photo by Faces of Duluth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/c0b0e9a6-8c07-425b-b3e7-3f6dda24f4d4/EmmaBrittain.png Lessons for Black Birders Week 2025 - Make it stand out Photo by Emma Brittain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/6cba67d1-5693-4e1d-b590-b040a3844015/Corina+Newsome.jpeg Lessons for Black Birders Week 2025 - Make it stand out Photo by Katherine Arntzen/ Southern Georgia University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/814cd9a2-345c-4c35-b0ef-e63f64946c95/BIPOCBirdingClub.png Lessons for Black Birders Week 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/2b996e27-8309-4391-9c58-cca577652def/birdcollective-logo.png Lessons for Black Birders Week 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://swibirds.org/whos-that-singing daily 0.75 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/39763402-6cc7-4d42-9509-6592d90d7d43/53731444697_073e0ffd54_k.jpg Who's That Singing? 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Armistead https://swibirds.org/reducing-window-collisions daily 0.75 2025-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/7c6528c1-bf14-4c21-b002-c98d927c796b/17349544126_ff5ab34abe_5k.jpg Reducing Bird-Window Collisions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1754940084765-LZ0R1B4TNWUTVYU78SU9/20250705_ksvabek_0019.jpg Reducing Bird-Window Collisions Adding bird-collision deterrent dots at the Dane County Humane Society in 2025 (photo by Kaitlin Svabek/SoWBA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1754940098990-GQTT7RST18BFZWQG65V3/IMG_4445.jpg Reducing Bird-Window Collisions Verona Public Library added a subtle window treatment to their large windows in 2025 (photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1754940152781-G78JQCZ292VAXRNRH0O0/IMG_0936.jpg Reducing Bird-Window Collisions Dejope Residence Hall on the UW-Madison campus was a hotspot for collisions, and received a dot pattern window treatment in 2024 (photo by Brenna Marsicek/SoWBA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55c0d7e5e4b05b835010c1f4/1754940246196-IZP8PHXAWI85EWID74K3/NearingCompletion_WayneRayfield.jpg Reducing Bird-Window Collisions American Family Insurance has been a supporter of Bird Collision Corps studies at their national headquarters. 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