In addition to what Mark mentions, below: many of these tamarack swamps were investigated for birds fairly recently, by John Beilefeldt, Mike Mossman, Eric Epstein, and Brian Bub. See their paper entitled "New Distributional Records for Summer Birds in Southern Wisconsin Conifer Swamps" at the following link (scroll down when you get there to read the entire paper): http://images.library.wisc.edu/EcoNatRes/EFacs/PassPigeon/ppv65n04/reference/econatres.pp65n04.biel01.pdf -- William P. Mueller Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory Project Coordinator, Milwaukee BIOME Project wpmueller1947@xxxxxxxxx 414-698-9108 Milwaukee, WI BIOME Project online: http://milwbiomeproj.wordpress.com/ Blog:http://futureofbirds.blogspot.com/ #################### 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