[wisb] Bird and Nature Walk UW Lakeshore Preserve

From: "Peter A. Fissel" <pfissel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Wisconsin Birding Network <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:41:56 -0500
Forwarding for Paul:


Madison Bird City Partners 'Back to School' Bird and Nature Walk at UW 
Lakeshore Nature Preserve Engages Kids, Bugs and Birds

About a dozen people including families and a number of kids enjoyed the 
4th Sunday of every month Bird and Nature Walk at the UW Lakeshore 
Nature Preserve on August 24.  The theme was 'Back to School' - What are 
the young birds learning? Where are they going?

Walk co-leader and Education PhD candidate Yun-Wen Chan was just back 
from Taiwan. The group figured out from her snapshots that circling and 
diving Ring-billed Gulls were adults and fledglings learning to catch 
insects in mid-air like Swallows.  The kids in the group mimicked this 
behavior as they chased to net, view and release moths and butterflies 
along the Biocore Prairie trail.  They also helped spot a hiding 
juvenile Red-tailed Hawk being pestered by Blue Jays who were in turn 
protecting their own babies.  The kids used the scope to study a Robin 
and a fledgling learning how to find worms in a moist path while a 
beautifully spotted Mourning Dove looked on.

A favorite moment was when the group was asked if taking the woodland 
path would be too buggy - and the kids shouted 'Yay! Bugs!' and ran 
ahead!   The hot sunny walk ended with a welcome beach wade, 2 Mallards 
(only seen in zoos in Taiwan!) and a picnic snack at the Lake Mendota 
abandoned beach house affectionately called the 'Audubon Outpost' to 
share fresh strawberries and stories.

     2    Mallard
     1    Red-tailed Hawk
     2    Killdeer
     8    Ring-billed Gull
     2    Mourning Dove
     1    Great Horned Owl
     1    Red-bellied Woodpecker
     2    Downy Woodpecker
     4    Blue Jay
     2    American Crow
     3    Tree Swallow
     2    Black-capped Chickadee
     1    White-breasted Nuthatch
     1    House Wren
     1    Eastern Bluebird
     4    American Robin
     1    Gray Catbird
     6    European Starling
     3    Cedar Waxwing
     1    Song Sparrow
     5    Northern Cardinal
     2    Red-winged Blackbird
     2    Baltimore Oriole
     15    American Goldfinch
     3    House Sparrow

Madison Bird City Partners including Madison Audubon, Madison Parks, 
Friends of Cherokee Marsh, Wild Warner, Friends of Olin-Turville, and 
Friends of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve co-sponsor 48 regularly 
scheduled monthly family friendly Bird and Nature Walk field trips in 3 
major Madison parks and the UW Lakeshore Nature Preserve, in addition to 
many other activities and field trips.

Coming up next are the 1st Sun Sep 7 1:30-3 at Cherokee Marsh and the 
2nd Sat Sep 13 10-11:30 at Turville Point. The Sep 13 walk leader would 
enjoy a good birder as co-leader, please call if interested.

Paul Noeldner, Maple Bluff 608-698-0104
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