[wisb] UW Arboretum, Dane County

From: "Charles Henrikson" <ckhenrikson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 17:39:23 -0500
I birded the arboretum from 6:50 to 9:30am this morning.  It was a sunny, clear 
blue sky day but still cool, about 25 degrees initially.  There was no breeze 
at first and then a little from the north picked up later.
Highlights:

There were Tree Swallows at the birdhouse by the visitor's center parking lot 
when I first arrived but when I was about to leave I saw the Eastern Bluebirds 
chase the swallows away.  Who will win that battle?

There were 12 Cedar Waxwings sunning themselves in the big cottonwood on the 
east side of Curtis Prairie.

I've seen 2-4 Sandhill Cranes on Curtis Prairie for the last week.  I hope to 
see young ones later in the year.

In the Teal Pond Wetlands I saw 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 2 White-throated 
Sparrows (FOY) and 2 American Goldfinches drinking sap or eating from the same 
blooming poplar-like tree.  The tree had large, fuzzy catkins.  I'll have to 
look that one up.

At the Big Spring a Pied-billed Grebe was hanging out with 3 pair of Wood 
Ducks.  I've never seen a Pied-billed Grebe in those shallow waters by the 
spring. 

My eBird list is appended below.

Good birding to all,

Chuck Henrikson
Madison, Dane County


Location:     UW-Madison Arboretum
Observation date:     4/5/11
Number of species:     37

Canada Goose     2
Wood Duck     6
Mallard     9
Wild Turkey     7
Pied-billed Grebe     1
Great Blue Heron     2
Turkey Vulture     3
Cooper's Hawk     1
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Sandhill Crane     4
Mourning Dove     6
Red-bellied Woodpecker     4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     2
Downy Woodpecker     4
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     1
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Eastern Phoebe     2
Blue Jay     8
American Crow     6
Tree Swallow     9
Black-capped Chickadee     8
Tufted Titmouse     4
White-breasted Nuthatch     4
Brown Creeper     1
Eastern Bluebird     4
American Robin     26
Cedar Waxwing     16
Fox Sparrow     2
Song Sparrow     6
White-throated Sparrow     2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     1
Northern Cardinal     10
Red-winged Blackbird     20
Common Grackle     3
Brown-headed Cowbird     8
House Finch     14
American Goldfinch     16



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