Highlights: FOY - 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, one in Gallistel Woods and one in Wingra Woods, both males 4 Yellow-rumped Warblers near the white birches in Gallistel Woods and again over by the Icke Boardwalk. They looked like the same 4 I saw on March 23rd. They were all drab and scruffy. I saw the yellow rumps on 2 of the 4. 2 Pileated Woodpeckers in Gallistel Woods. The female was on the ground pulling apart a rotting log. She found something good-sized, whitish and swallowed it. My annual reminder: "Let sleeping logs lie." The Pileated Woodpecker appreciate it. 6 Wood Ducks at Teal Pond and 2 at Big Spring. If you want to see the Wood Ducks on Teal Pond, approach the pond very slowly and quietly. The Wood Ducks are very skittish and will either swim to right (south) end of the pond or fly away if you approach them too quickly or noisily. Heard 1 Barred Owl in Wingra Woods. Saw one at Teal Pond on March 25. Off topic - all the Cut-leafed Toothworts are blooming, the Virginia Bluebells are beginning to bloom, the Mayapples are up and the leaves are open, the Cohosh are up and some are about to bloom, the Bloodroot is almost finished blooming, all the Forsythia are blooming, the Tulip and Star Magnolias are losing their petals, a few of the Lilacs are just beginning to bloom, the Serviceberries are blooming, some of the Cherry trees have lost all their petals, some trees in the woods are blooming others are leafing out, and much more. My eBird report is appended below. Good birding to all, Chuck Henrikson Madison, Dane County UW-Madison Arboretum, Dane, US-WI Mar 28, 2012 7:00 AM - 10:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.5 mile(s) 37 species Canada Goose 4 Wood Duck 8 Mallard 8 Wild Turkey 5 Turkey Vulture 3 Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Sandhill Crane 4 Ring-billed Gull 1 Barred Owl 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 Downy Woodpecker 6 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Eastern Phoebe 3 Blue Jay 8 American Crow 10 Tree Swallow 6 Black-capped Chickadee 15 Tufted Titmouse 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 6 Eastern Bluebird 4 American Robin 22 European Starling 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 Fox Sparrow 4 Song Sparrow 7 Swamp Sparrow 4 Dark-eyed Junco 8 Northern Cardinal 11 Red-winged Blackbird 35 Rusty Blackbird 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 9 House Finch 12 American Goldfinch 16 #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn