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* WIMA0509.08

Number: 608-255-2476
Reports: 608-255-2476
Compiler: Madison Audubon
Coverage: south-central Wisconsin
Transcriber: Chuck Heikkinen (delia_chuck@tds.net)

BIRDS MENTIONED-

Black-throated Blue Warbler
Connecticut WarblerCanada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Northern Parula
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Brewster's Warbler
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Scarlet Tanager
CAROLINA WREN
Blackburnian Warbler
Philadelphia Vireo
Hooded Warbler
Mourning Warbler
GREEN VIOLET-EAR

LOCATIONS MENTIONED-

Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Middleton
Picnic Point
UW-Arboretum
Spring Green


This is the hotline report for the Madison Audubon Society for Thursday,
September 8th.

Warblers have been reported numerous times at the Pheasant Branch
Conservancy in Middleton during the past week. They have included
BLACK-THROATED BLUE, CONNECTICUT, CANADA, WILSON'S, CAPE MAY,
GOLDEN-WINGED, NORTHERN PARULA, BAY-BREASTED, BLUE-WINGED, TENNESSEE,
NASHVILLE, and a BREWSTER'S HYBRID. RED-EYED, YELLOW-THROATED and
BLUE-HEADED VIREOS were present, plus YELLOW-BILLED and BLACK-BILLED
CUCKOOS, SCARLET TANAGER and a CAROLINA WREN.

On Sept 4, the Madison Audubon Picnic Point trip saw 18 warbler species,
including GOLDEN-WINGED, BLACKBURNIAN, BAYPOLL and BAY-BREASTED
WARBLERS. Other highlights were 2 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS and a CAROLINA WREN.

At the Arboretum, on Sept 5, a HOODED and MOURNING WARBLERS were reported
as the best of 12 species sighted.

On September 8, a GREEN VIOLET-EAR hummingbird was reported east of Spring
Green periodically during the week, with the last reported sighting being
Sept 7th.

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The next Madison Audubon field trips will be:
1) Saturday, Sep. 10: Fall Birding at Lake Farm County Park. Join Pat
Ready from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. for a look at migrating fall songbirds,
raptors and waterfowl as they migrate through southern Wisconsin. Meet at
the #1 picnic shelter parking lot on Libby Road. We'll stroll along the
trails searching sky, trees, water and fields. Take South Town Road south
from the Beltline (Hwy 12/18) to Moorland Road, turn left. Continue to
Libby Road and turn left again. The shelter lot is a few blocks up on your
left. Call Pat Ready at (608) 873-1703 for more info.
2) Sunday, Sep. 11: Arboretum Fall Birding. This fall birding trip will
focus on the Ho-Nee-Hum and Nakoma Duck Pond areas of the Arboretum.
Participants might see a variety of Flycatchers, Vireos, Thrushes and other
passerine migrants. Meet at 8:00 a.m. in the parking lot near Ho-nee-hum,
at the corner of Arbor Drive and Monroe Street. The trip will last two to
three hours. Contact Jim Berkelman at (608) 255-0021 or email him at
jberkelman@wisc.edu.

On Tuesday, Sept 13, Dianne Moller, a raptor rehabilitator, will talk
about her work in "Eagle, Falcon, Hawk and Owl: The Raptor Rehabilitator
Returns". She will bring 4 birds with her. This is at the Madison Public
Library, 201 W Mifflin Street at 7pm on Sept 13th. It's free and no
registration is required.

Also at the Madison Public Library, this time on Sept 19th, there will be
another birding program. Jon Stravers, Research Coordinator for Audubon's
Upper Mississippi River Campaign presents "The Mystique of Birds: the
Importance of Rituals Within Bird Behavior and the Mystery of
Migration." It will be at 7pm at the 201 W Mifflin Street location.

Good Birding!