I'll post a summary of the Birdathon Peter Gorman and I (AKA "The Biblioloons")
did tomorrow (hint:Â we didn't do anywhere near as well as Tom Prestby's
team,) but I did want to post a note about the Sauk Prairie Recreation Area
(the former Badger Army Ammunition plant north of Sauk City/Prairie du Sac.)Â
We got there late morning, hoping for a Bell's Vireo. Well, we ended up
hearing at least SEVEN Bell's, along with a White-eyed, and a bonus Mourning
Warbler. At the same spot where we were listening to the Mourning, Peter G
spotted a copulating pair of Black-billed Cuckoos. By strange coincidence,
we'd had a copulating pair of Yellow-billed Cuckoos on the Baxter's Hollow
field trip earlier that morning. So, breeding confirmed in both cases (I
haven't checked yet, but I strongly suspect it already had been.)Â All of
these birds were seen/heard from the car along the roads that are permissible
to drive (if you've never been there, grab a map at the entrance gate, and
follow the directional arrows and orange barrels. Please avoid trespassing on
the Ho-Chunk land.)
Also, Tom Sykes pointed out to me that my primary email address has
mysteriously become a "dmarc-noreply" type, meaning you can't just hit "Reply"
to respond to one of my Wisbirdn posts, at least from my UW address. Not sure
about this one yet, so this is partly a test. Should you need to get hold of
me and don't have my email in your Address Book, it'sappended below. I'll put
both, just in case.
Peter FisselMadison WIpeter.fissel@wisc.edupfissel@xxxxxxx
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