[wisb] Re: UW Arboretum, Dane County

  • From: "Charles Henrikson" <ckhenrikson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:46:59 -0500

What was I thinking!  Obviously I wasn't.

I know that Northern Shrikes don't breed in Wisconsin since I had looked it 
up in Sibley a couple weeks ago.  They breed in Alaska, the Yukon, the 
Northern Territories and the like.  In fact another birder and I had had a 
conversation about the breeding territory of the Northern Shrike in 
northern, northern North America.

Thanks Peter and Richter for the correction.

My apologies to all.  I will try to be more careful in the future.

Chuck Henrikson
Madison, Dane County


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Henrikson" <ckhenrikson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 11:30 AM
Subject: [wisb] UW Arboretum, Dane County


>I birded the Arboretum from 7:00 to 9:45am.  The sky was completely 
>overcast but the temp was 40 and better.  There was a very slight breeze 
>from the northeast.  With all the rain yesterday the snow is almost all 
>gone.  Some of the trails are still icy in places and muddy in others, but 
>most are okay.  Teal Pond has some open water on the far east side.
> Highlights:
>
> When I first got out of my car I heard this strange wild animal sound, as 
> if two were about to fight each other.  It was coming out of the densely 
> branched tree (sp?) right next to the parking lot.  As I approached the 
> tree I saw an American Robin fly out and then the Northern Shrike 
> appeared.  It went to the top of the tree and made another sound that was 
> a bit cat-like.  I assume that it was the shrike who made the first, 
> threatening (animal-like) sound.  Two shrikes have been seen in the 
> arboretum.  I wonder if they will stick around and raise a family.  Yikes, 
> more Shrikes!  No, that's a good thing.
>
> There were four Wood Ducks, two males and two females, on Teal Pond. 
> Those were FOY birds for me.
>
> A Northern Harrier flew over Curtis Prairie but did not stop.
>
> Two Great Blue Herons also flew over the arboretum heading north.
>
> There were 30 Wild Turkeys out on Longenecker Gardens.  The males were in 
> full display, courting the females.  The females appeared completely 
> uninterested and continued their search for food.  The heads and necks of 
> the males were bright red, blue and white.
>
> My eBird report is appended below.
>
> Good birding to all,
>
> Chuck Henrikson
> Madison, Dane County
>
>
> Location:     UW-Madison Arboretum
> Observation date:     3/21/11
> Number of species:     29
>
> Canada Goose     28
> Wood Duck     4
> Mallard     14
> Wild Turkey     30
> Great Blue Heron     2
> Turkey Vulture     1
> Northern Harrier     1
> Sandhill Crane     5
> Ring-billed Gull     1
> Mourning Dove     5
> Red-bellied Woodpecker     4
> Downy Woodpecker     1
> Northern Shrike     1
> Blue Jay     4
> American Crow     16
> Black-capped Chickadee     6
> Tufted Titmouse     1
> White-breasted Nuthatch     3
> Eastern Bluebird     6
> American Robin     45
> American Tree Sparrow     1
> Song Sparrow     6
> Dark-eyed Junco     17
> Northern Cardinal     12
> Red-winged Blackbird     50
> Common Grackle     7
> Brown-headed Cowbird     4
> House Finch     8
> American Goldfinch     17
>
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