[wisb] Re: Brooklyn & Albany Wildlife Areas (Dane & Green Cos.)

I had a couple of Catbirds in Buffalo Co this past week that had me thinking 
White-eyed Vireo for a while till I tracked them down - good mimics.
 
John Romano
Madison Wis
--- On Sun, 5/29/11, Peter Gorman <pgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Peter Gorman <pgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [wisb] Re: Brooklyn & Albany Wildlife Areas (Dane & Green Cos.)
To: pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: "Wisconsin Birding Network" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, May 29, 2011, 8:26 AM


I'll second Peter's warning about Catbirds sounding like Chats. When I first 
got to Brooklyn yesterday, wherever I thought I heard a Chat, I would soon see 
a Catbird instead. I was starting to leave, Chat-less, when some other birders 
came along, so I went with them. Right away the real Chat started singing, and 
then popped out in full view in the top of one of its usual trees.

Peter Gorman
Head, University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center
pgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(608) 265-5291



On May 28, 2011, at 9:45 PM, Peter Fissel wrote:

> After a very late start, I finally got down to Brooklyn Wildlife Area in the 
> early afternoon.  I hiked farther back to the east and north than I usually 
> do, but missed the YB Chat that Peter Gorman reported this morning.  I did 
> have a couple of birds that I hadn't previously seen at this location - heard 
> an Alder Flycatcher, and had a flyby Pileated Woodpecker.  Anyone going there 
> for the Chat should be very familiar with the vocalizations, as there are 
> LOTS of Gray Catbirds there, some of them doing some unusual calls (hmmm... 
> where could they have picked those up, I wonder?)  I also had both Baltimore 
> and Orchard Oriole males near the north parking area at County D & DD.  A 
> brief check of the south end, off Hughes Rd. in Green County, was not 
> terribly productive, although I heard another Alder FC there and saw an 
> American Copper butterfly, plus my "lifer" Hobomok Skipper (still working on 
> those grass skippers.)
> 
> At the Albany W.A. in Green County, I was listening to a very vocal 
> White-eyed Vireo (my favorite phoneticization of the song, from iBird 
> Explorer Pro:  "quick, please, the beer check"), when I heard a distinctive 
> "breent" overhead.  I looked up to see at least six Common Nighthawks 
> circling by overhead.   Nice!  Also had a pair of Tufted Titmice there.  A 
> quick hike at the Badfish W.A. in southern Dane Co. wasn't too productive, 
> but it was after 5:00 p.m.  (someone had entered a Bell's Vireo into eBird 
> there.  Lots of good-looking habitat, but it's a big place.)  I got back to 
> Madison around 6:00 as the skies cleared and the light was really good, so I 
> stopped to check Nine Springs for shorebirds.  I had a grand total of one 
> Least and one Pectoral Sandpiper, plus a couple of Killdeer.  Couldn't even 
> find a Spottie.  Dismal.
> 
> Peter Fissel
> Madison, Dane Co. 
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