[wisb] Brice Prairie (LaCrosse County)
- From: Alex Stark <thearctictern@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2013 19:09:47 -0600
Hey folks,
I saw a tip from the Coulee Audbon Society Facebook Page
(http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/CouleeRegionAudubon?fref=ts )
saying there were Redpolls and Tree Sparrows at Brice Prairie. I've
never been there before and I really wanted some Redpolls this far
south so I headed out to check this place out.
At first I stopped behind the visitors center and counted 80 American
Tree Sparrows in view (!), i'm sure there were more hidden but no
Redpolls...after a long hike through the snow and not another bird I
decieded to quit. But while driving away on county ZM? I saw more
American Tree Sparrows and I managed to pick out one COMMON REDPOLL
among the hoards of American Tree Sparrows. Also found a SONG SPARROW
foraging among them.
Also made a stop at Goose Island today. A great start was a completely
black dark-morph Red-tailed Hawk sitting over the road. Also found
Bald Eagles, Rough-legged Hawks and Red-tailed Hawks over the marshes.
The feeding station had a single SWAMP SPARROW as well as the usual
suspects. A SHARP-SHINNED HAWK was a bonus that made a swipe at some
Black-capped Chickadee's and missed.
Bird on,
Alex Stark, LaCrosse
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