-RBA
* Wisconsin
* Madison
* 10 May 2007
* WIMA0705.10
Number: 608-255-2476
Reports: 608-255-2476
Compiler: Madison Audubon
Coverage: south-central Wisconsin
Transcriber: Chuck Heikkinen (deliachuck@gmail.com)
BIRDS MENTIONED-
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Northern Parula
Cape May Warbler
Least Flycatcher
CAROLINA WREN
Wood Thrush
Scarlet Tanager
Broad-winged Hawk
Hooded Warbler
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Peregrine Falcon
WILLET
MARBLED GODWIT
LOCATIONS MENTIONED-
Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Middleton
Lost-City Trail on SE side of the Arboretum
Picnic Point
9 Springs Natural Area
This is the birding hotline report of the Madison Audubon Society for
Thursday, May 10th. The following sites are highly recommended at
this time of year, and it seems that the very peak of warbler
migration may occur at the beginning of next week.
Pheasant Branch Conservancy -- This morning's Madison Audubon warbler
walk at Pheasant Branch Conservancy in Middleton yielded 13 warbler
species and more. Most cooperative was a CANADA WARBLER. Others seen
included WILSON'S, GOLDEN-WINGED, NORTHERN PARULA, and CAPE MAY
WARBLERS plus LEAST FLYCATCHERS, CAROLINA WRENS, WOOD THRUSH, SCARLET
TANAGERS, and a BROAD-WINGED HAWK involved in a dispute with 2
AMERICAN CROWS.
Lost City Trail, UW Arboretum – This is reached off Carver Street as
one approaches the arboretum from Fish Hatchery Road. Turn left on
the last street before entering the woods, and then park in the small
parking lot where the road bends left and heads back to Fish Hatchery.
A male HOODED WARBLER is singing quite obviously off the trail not
far into the Arboretum.
Lower half of Picnic Point – A good route to take is the trail into
picnic point and then turning at the small beach on west shore to
double back through the swampy area on the west shore. From there,
follow the trail to the Biocore Prairie. Last Saturday's warbler walk
there, had over 12 warbler species.
9 Springs Natural Area – This has been a hot shorebird site recently,
with good numbers of the standard shoebirds, e.g., both YELLOWLEGS
species and SOLITARY SANDPIPERS. Some more unusual birds have come
and gone including WILSON'S PHALAROPE, PEREGRINE FALCON, plus last
week's WILLETS, and MARBLED GODWITS. It's the time of year when
anything can show up.
***************************************
Upcoming Madison Audubon field trips are as follows:
Saturday, May 12th – BIG BIRDING DAY. Participants in teams of 2 to 6
choose one of 7 counties and bird from as early at 4 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Entry fee is $20 per participant, and $30 if you'd like to attend the
banquet following at Imperial Gardens-West at 7:00 p.m. All
skill-levels, all ages are welcome! All proceeds go to Madison
Audubon. If you'd like to participate or would like further
information, look up the event on the Madison Audubon web-site,
www.madisonaudubon.org, or contact Delia and/or Chuck at 608-274-4043
or 608-206-0324. They can also be contacted by email at
deliachuck@gmail.com.
Tuesday, May 15th – Warbler Walk in the UW Arboretum. Enter from the
Mills Street entrance to the UW Arboretum and meet by 6:00 a.m. at the
Wingra/Gallistel Woods parking lot off McCaffrey Drive.
Good Birding!
* Wisconsin
* Madison
* 10 May 2007
* WIMA0705.10
Number: 608-255-2476
Reports: 608-255-2476
Compiler: Madison Audubon
Coverage: south-central Wisconsin
Transcriber: Chuck Heikkinen (deliachuck@gmail.com)
BIRDS MENTIONED-
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Northern Parula
Cape May Warbler
Least Flycatcher
CAROLINA WREN
Wood Thrush
Scarlet Tanager
Broad-winged Hawk
Hooded Warbler
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Peregrine Falcon
WILLET
MARBLED GODWIT
LOCATIONS MENTIONED-
Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Middleton
Lost-City Trail on SE side of the Arboretum
Picnic Point
9 Springs Natural Area
This is the birding hotline report of the Madison Audubon Society for
Thursday, May 10th. The following sites are highly recommended at
this time of year, and it seems that the very peak of warbler
migration may occur at the beginning of next week.
Pheasant Branch Conservancy -- This morning's Madison Audubon warbler
walk at Pheasant Branch Conservancy in Middleton yielded 13 warbler
species and more. Most cooperative was a CANADA WARBLER. Others seen
included WILSON'S, GOLDEN-WINGED, NORTHERN PARULA, and CAPE MAY
WARBLERS plus LEAST FLYCATCHERS, CAROLINA WRENS, WOOD THRUSH, SCARLET
TANAGERS, and a BROAD-WINGED HAWK involved in a dispute with 2
AMERICAN CROWS.
Lost City Trail, UW Arboretum – This is reached off Carver Street as
one approaches the arboretum from Fish Hatchery Road. Turn left on
the last street before entering the woods, and then park in the small
parking lot where the road bends left and heads back to Fish Hatchery.
A male HOODED WARBLER is singing quite obviously off the trail not
far into the Arboretum.
Lower half of Picnic Point – A good route to take is the trail into
picnic point and then turning at the small beach on west shore to
double back through the swampy area on the west shore. From there,
follow the trail to the Biocore Prairie. Last Saturday's warbler walk
there, had over 12 warbler species.
9 Springs Natural Area – This has been a hot shorebird site recently,
with good numbers of the standard shoebirds, e.g., both YELLOWLEGS
species and SOLITARY SANDPIPERS. Some more unusual birds have come
and gone including WILSON'S PHALAROPE, PEREGRINE FALCON, plus last
week's WILLETS, and MARBLED GODWITS. It's the time of year when
anything can show up.
***************************************
Upcoming Madison Audubon field trips are as follows:
Saturday, May 12th – BIG BIRDING DAY. Participants in teams of 2 to 6
choose one of 7 counties and bird from as early at 4 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Entry fee is $20 per participant, and $30 if you'd like to attend the
banquet following at Imperial Gardens-West at 7:00 p.m. All
skill-levels, all ages are welcome! All proceeds go to Madison
Audubon. If you'd like to participate or would like further
information, look up the event on the Madison Audubon web-site,
www.madisonaudubon.org, or contact Delia and/or Chuck at 608-274-4043
or 608-206-0324. They can also be contacted by email at
deliachuck@gmail.com.
Tuesday, May 15th – Warbler Walk in the UW Arboretum. Enter from the
Mills Street entrance to the UW Arboretum and meet by 6:00 a.m. at the
Wingra/Gallistel Woods parking lot off McCaffrey Drive.
Good Birding!