[wisb] Lake Farm County Park, Madison, Dane County
- From: "Charles Henrikson" <ckhenrikson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Wisbirdn" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:55:34 -0500
What a beautiful morning to be out birding!
Highlights:
I started birding with a pair of flyover Great Blue Herons. I knew then it
would be a good birding day.
I had the most Ruby-crowned Kinglets I've ever had - 18. They were
scattered, one here one there, all over the park. They were all singing.
Their twitter is much better than the online kind.
At one point I had dueling Brown Thrashers. I couldn't pick a winner. They
were both great.
Warblers - I saw 15 Yellow-rumped Warblers scattered mostly in pairs all
over. I also had 4 Palm Warblers in the woods on the west side of the
prairie.
I had good numbers of singing White-throated Sparrows (30) as well as 8
Swamp Sparrows, 7 Chipping Sparrows, 1 Field Sparrow, 1 House Sparrow and 16
Song Sparrows.
There were not many species of waterfowl on the lake, mostly American Coots
and few Mallards, Canada Geese, Blue-winged Teal and Pied-billed Grebes.
I had 2 Dark-eyed Juncos. And I thought the one I saw Thursday was my last
of the season.
Two osprey flew overhead, neither carrying a fish. Check out this osprey
catching fish youtube video a friend directed me to:
<http://www.youtube.com/embed/nA3LtXnNIto?feature=player_embedded>
http://www.youtube.com/embed/nA3LtXnNIto?feature=player_embedded
My eBird report is appended below.
Good birding to all,
Chuck Henrikson
Madison, Dane County
Lake Farm County Park, Dane, US-WI
Apr 21, 2012 7:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
48 species
Canada Goose 14
Mallard 12
Blue-winged Teal 16
Green-winged Teal 4
Pied-billed Grebe 15
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 150
Sandhill Crane 5
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 3
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Downy Woodpecker 6
Northern Flicker 5
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 4
Tree Swallow 65
Black-capped Chickadee 14
White-breasted Nuthatch 11
House Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 18
Eastern Bluebird 1
Hermit Thrush 7
American Robin 42
Brown Thrasher 4
European Starling 3
Palm Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15
Chipping Sparrow 7
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 16
Swamp Sparrow 8
White-throated Sparrow 30
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal 9
Red-winged Blackbird 43
Rusty Blackbird 9
Common Grackle 18
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow 1
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