[wisb] Fw: UW Lakeshore Path - Urban Wildlife Class

From: Peter Fissel <peter.fissel@xxxxxxxx>
To: Wisconsin Birding Network <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2015 14:26:53 +0000
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From: paul_noeldner <paul_noeldner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2015 8:54 PM
To: Peter Fissel
Subject: UW Lakeshore Path - Urban Wildlife Class


2015-02-05 09:46
UW Lakeshore Path
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 Miles
90 Minutes
10 deg, -10 windchill, sunny, fresh snow
Observers: 11
All birds reported? Yes
Comments: This is instructor Trish O'Kanes Thurs morning Urban Wildlife class 
outing to research UW campus.   The sun helped alleviate a -10 wind chill but 
most birds were inactive. After a short reading in honor of John Muir we set 
out from Picnic Point to Muir Woods by the Memorial Union to practice using 
binoculars and id some birds.  The highlight was a Swamp Sparrow foraging in 
cattails along a flowing inlet to Univ Bay. Guesses ranged from Northern 
Waterthrush to Cedar Waxwing.  A bird guide review of size, look, field marks, 
behavior and location clearly pointed to Swamp Sparrow. Another was the peep of 
a Downy that had us all craning our necks scanning treetops until one student 
pointed out it was only 20 feet over our heads!  A Great Horned Owl spotted 
earlier along the route by one student was not seen but 3 crows were hanging 
around a nearby Owl Box put up by Faye Lorenzsonn as we passed the spot.  It 
may have been inside the box9 as nesting activity has already been observed at 
the Lakeshore Preserve Bills Woods Owl Box about a mile away.   The lack of 
expected Redtail and Cooper raptor sightings may have been explained by the 
lack of small mammal tracks after the fresh snowfall, probably due to the 
extreme cold.  A prize  offered to the first student to spot a bird feeder on 
the 1.5 mile campus walk went unclaimed.

    1    Red-bellied Woodpecker
    1    Downy Woodpecker
    1    Hairy Woodpecker
    3    American Crow
    2    Black-capped Chickadee
    1    White-breasted Nuthatch
    1    Swamp Sparrow
    2    House Sparrow


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Paul Noeldner, Maple Bluff
Madison Audubon Bird Mentor
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