[wisb] Re: Private Grasslands Birding Opportunity in Columbia County
- From: Madison Audubon <karen.etter.hale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 14:18:06 -0500
For those of you unfamiliar with the Priskes and their Fountain Prairie
Farms, they were pioneers in farming sustainably. They spent years
transforming a "sea of corn" to restored wetland and tallgrass prairie,
on which they graze Highland beef cattle (the cattle will be in a
different, fenced part of the farm!). For more, see
http://www.fountainprairie.com/
Besides entering your data into eBird if you visit, I would encourage at
least some of you to do a "survey" of birds on the grasslands, down to
the edge of the wetlands. John thought this would be fairly easy to do
by making one trip down the middle of the grasslands (which he will mow
if he knows someone's coming).
John thought this would be an especially good opportunity for new
birders to see Bobolinks and other grassland birds close up and to see
that sustainable farming can be compatible with bird conservation.
The farm is 5 miles NW of Columbus, just west of Fall River.
Karen
Karen Etter Hale
Chair, Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative
Citizen Science Coordinator, Madison Audubon Society
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On 6/26/2014 10:23 AM, Ryan Brady wrote:
> John & Dorothy Priske of Fountain Prairie Farms are offering access for
> birders to their 280-acre farm in Fall River, Columbia County, which lies
> approximately 35 miles northeast of Madison. They report a 60-acre portion of
> grassland and wetland is currently hosting good numbers of Bobolinks, E.
> Meadowlarks, and other species they are unable to identify (although they did
> also mention Dickcissel).
>
> The address is W1901 State Road 16 and THEY ASK VISITORS TO CONTACT THEM
> FIRST TO ARRANGE A VISIT. Their phone is 920-948-7925 and email is
> priske@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx. If you bird there, please enter your observations into
> eBird so we can reward their generosity with a list of species found on their
> property. Thanks.
>
> Ryan Brady
> Washburn, Bayfield County, WI
> http://www.pbase.com/rbrady
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