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* 10 May 2006
* WIMA0605.10

Number: 608-255-2476
Reports: 608-255-2476
Compiler: Madison Audubon
Coverage: south-central Wisconsin
Transcriber: Chuck Heikkinen (deliachuck@gmail.com)

BIRDS MENTIONED-

Eastern Bluebird
Blue-winged Warbler
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-shouldered Hawk
Baltimore Oriole
Prothonotary Warbler
Lark Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Grasshopper Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
WHOOPING CRANE
Golden-winged Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Scarlet Tanager
Indigo Bunting
Least Flycatcher
Green Heron
Nashville Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Wood Thrush
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Horned Grebe
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Long-billed Dowitcher
Dunlin
White-rumped Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Semipalmated Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Great Egret

LOCATIONS MENTIONED-

Indian Lake County Park, Dane County
Arena Boat Landing, Iowa County
Spring Green Prairie
Wisconsin River
Intersection of County Highways A&D in Dane County
Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Middleton
UW Arboretum
Cherokee Marsh
9 Springs Natural Area


This is the hotline report for the Madison Audubon Society for
Wednesday, May 10, 2006. Warblers have been reported at numerous
sites over the past week.

On Sunday, May 7th species present at Indian Lake County Park (Dane
County) included EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK, and RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER.

At Arena Boat Landing, RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, BALTIMORE ORIOLES and
PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were found, along with other warblers. At
Spring Green Prairie, numerous LARK SPARROWS were found, as well as an
EASTERN MEADOWLARK AND GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS. A WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW
was also seen near the Wisconsin River.

On Wednesday, May 10th a WHOOPING CRANE was seen near the intersection
of County D and County A, south of Madison.

Also reported were 21 warbler species at Pheasant Branch Conservancy,
including GOLDEN-WINGED, ORANGE-CROWNED, BLACKBURNIAN, BAY-BREASTED,
BLACKPOLL, PROTHONOTARY and WILSON'S WARBLERS. Vireos were also
numerous: YELLOW-THROATED, WARBLING, PHILADELPHIA, and RED-EYED.
Other species included YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, BALTIMORE ORIOLE,
SCARLET TANAGER, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, INDIGO BUNTING, LEAST
FLYCATCHER and GREEN HERON.

At the UW Arboretum, also on Wednesday, many of the same species were
sighted, as well as NASHVILLE, MAGNOLIA, CHESTNUT-SIDED and CERULEAN
WABLERS. A WOOD THRUSH was heard and seen, and BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS
were numerous. Also, a HORNED GREBE was sighted.

At Cherokee Marsh, birds included BAY-BREASTED WARBLER and a
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. Later that morning, a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO was
heard.

At 9 Springs were present 2 DOWITCHERS (1 was a LONG-BILLED), 20
DUNLIN, 1 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER,1 SEMIPALMATED-SANDPIPER, some
SEMIPALMATED-PLOVERS, GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 5 SOLITARY
SANDPIPERS, 30 LEAST SANDPIPERS and 8 GREAT EGRETS. Both WILSON'S
WARBLER and PHILADELPHIA VIREO were seen as well.