-RBA
* Wisconsin
* Madison
* 31 August 2006
* WIMA0608.31
Number: 608-255-2476
Reports: 608-255-2476
Compiler: Madison Audubon
Coverage: south-central Wisconsin
Transcriber: Chuck Heikkinen (deliachuck@gmail.com)
BIRDS MENTIONED-
CAROLINA WREN
Red-headed Woodpecker
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
WHOOPING CRANE
Sandhill Crane
LOCATIONS MENTIONED-
Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Middleton
9 Springs Natural Area
Hyslop Road pond
Horicon Marsh
This is the hotline report for the Madison Audubon Society for
Thursday, August 31, 2006.
There have been a variety of reports this week, most of them centering
on bird species seen at the Pheasant Branch Conservancy in Middleton.
Many warblers have been seen along the stream corridor during the
week, along with a CAROLINA WREN.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was spotted at Olin Park on the 31st, no
longer a common sighting for Madison.
9 Springs Natural Area has been disappointing, due to habitat loss
from the combination of dry conditions and then the recent spate of
torrential rains. There are shorebirds present, but in small numbers.
For shorebirds, a more promising area has been the Hyslop Road pond,
about 2 miles north of Waunakee; that too has been negatively affected
by recent rains. Both LESSER and GREATER YELLOWLEGS have been spotted
there, and a WHOOPING CRANE has also made several appearances there in
the midst of SANDHILL CRANES.
Horicon Marsh has been the best for shorebirds recently, having hosted
about 12 species of shorebirds south of Highway 49, east of Waupun.
This coming weekend, the Old Marsh Road will again be open, and may be
one of the better places to find birds of interest given how habitat
is again drying up rapidly.
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The upcoming Madison Audubon field trips are:
1) Saturday, September 2nd – Picnic Point. The group will leave from
the parking lot of the Class of 1918 Marsh at 8 a.m.
2) Wednesday, September 6th – Pheasant Branch Conservancy – the walk
will start at 7 a.m. sharp from the dead end street that ends at
Parisi Park in Middleton, where Park St and Park Lawn would join if
the park did not intervene.
Good birding!
* Wisconsin
* Madison
* 31 August 2006
* WIMA0608.31
Number: 608-255-2476
Reports: 608-255-2476
Compiler: Madison Audubon
Coverage: south-central Wisconsin
Transcriber: Chuck Heikkinen (deliachuck@gmail.com)
BIRDS MENTIONED-
CAROLINA WREN
Red-headed Woodpecker
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
WHOOPING CRANE
Sandhill Crane
LOCATIONS MENTIONED-
Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Middleton
9 Springs Natural Area
Hyslop Road pond
Horicon Marsh
This is the hotline report for the Madison Audubon Society for
Thursday, August 31, 2006.
There have been a variety of reports this week, most of them centering
on bird species seen at the Pheasant Branch Conservancy in Middleton.
Many warblers have been seen along the stream corridor during the
week, along with a CAROLINA WREN.
A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was spotted at Olin Park on the 31st, no
longer a common sighting for Madison.
9 Springs Natural Area has been disappointing, due to habitat loss
from the combination of dry conditions and then the recent spate of
torrential rains. There are shorebirds present, but in small numbers.
For shorebirds, a more promising area has been the Hyslop Road pond,
about 2 miles north of Waunakee; that too has been negatively affected
by recent rains. Both LESSER and GREATER YELLOWLEGS have been spotted
there, and a WHOOPING CRANE has also made several appearances there in
the midst of SANDHILL CRANES.
Horicon Marsh has been the best for shorebirds recently, having hosted
about 12 species of shorebirds south of Highway 49, east of Waupun.
This coming weekend, the Old Marsh Road will again be open, and may be
one of the better places to find birds of interest given how habitat
is again drying up rapidly.
****************************
The upcoming Madison Audubon field trips are:
1) Saturday, September 2nd – Picnic Point. The group will leave from
the parking lot of the Class of 1918 Marsh at 8 a.m.
2) Wednesday, September 6th – Pheasant Branch Conservancy – the walk
will start at 7 a.m. sharp from the dead end street that ends at
Parisi Park in Middleton, where Park St and Park Lawn would join if
the park did not intervene.
Good birding!