[wisb] (Mostly) Iowa County today
- From: Peter Fissel <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Wisconsin Birding Network <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2012 20:40:50 -0500
We started at Thousand's Rock & Thomson Prairies south of Blue Mounds, on the
Dane/Iowa Co. line. Eastern Meadowlarks were all over there, but suprisingly
not much else besides Red-wings, a few Song Sparrows, a RN Pheasant calling, a
Turkey and a couple of Killdeer. Very odd to not at least have Savannah
Sparrows, we thought. We continued on down County F to the Prairie Enthusiast's
very nice Schurch-Thomson Prairie, where we heard a few Field Sparrows and a
couple of Brown Thrashers (both FOY, at least for me.) Again, many E.
Meadowlarks, but no other grassland birds.
After a coffee stop in Dodgeville, we checked out Gov. Dodge State Park. The
Stephens Falls Trail had the expected E. Phoebes (although not by the falls,
oddly,) a singing Ruby-crowned Kinglet, YB Sapsucker (the latter two FOYs for
me,) and a few other common birds, but no Louisiana Waterthrushes. Twin Valley
was pretty uneventful, so we headed over to Cox Hollow. There was a bit of a
raptor flight occurring over the parking lot there - lots of TVs, a few
Red-tails, No. Harrier, Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks. We were a bit
surprised and disappointed not to hear any E. Towhees in the park.
Spring Green Preserve was very quiet, with just a few Field Sparrows and little
else. Arena Boat Landing had a couple more YB Sapsuckers and a calling
Red-shouldered Hawk.
Despite the lack of a rarity, it was still a nice day to be out and about with
good birding buddies...
Peter Fissel
Madison, Dane Co.
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