[wisb] UW Arboretum, Dane County

From: "Charles Henrikson" <ckhenrikson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 20:39:46 -0500
I waited until the rain stopped and birded at the arboretum from about noon 
until 3:00.  Using the interactive map at the arboretum website I found that I 
walked 4.5 miles today and I can feel it.  The weather was great starting at a 
temp of 40 and ending at 55 degrees.  There were broken clouds and no wind to 
speak of.
Highlights:

I got my first warbler today at the Martin Street entrance to the arboretum.  
It was a Yellow-rumped Warbler.  In fact right at the entrance I had a 
trifecta: the Yellow-rumped Warbler, a Ruby-crowned Kinglet (FOY and singing 
its heart out) and a Golden-crowned Kinglet.  Walking a block north to Carver 
Street I saw 8 more Yellow-rumped Warblers flying out over the open water at 
the edge of Gardner Marsh.  This is the first day that I was aware of flying 
insects and this location was the buggiest spot in the whole arboretum.  I saw 
everything from gnat- to housefly-sized insects.  

I revisited the poplar-like tree with the large, fuzzy catkins.  After checking 
out the tree in The Sibley (of bird fame) Guide to Trees I think its a young 
cottonwood.  The birds feeding on the tree today were the Black-capped 
Chickadee, the Downy Woodpecker and the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.  The 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker pecked holes in the branches of the tree.  I could see 
the shiny reflection of the fluid oozing from the wounds and being lapped up by 
the Sapsucker.

I found a FOY Hermit Thrush near the boardwalk in Gallistel Woods and another 
in Wingra Woods.

There were two Tufted Titmice in Gallistel Woods who called incessantly.  It 
was so loud (and annoying after a while) I could hear them practically all over 
the arboretum.

My eBird report is appended below.

Good birding to all,

Chuck Henrikson
Madison, Dane County

Location:     UW-Madison Arboretum
Observation date:     4/6/11
Number of species:     36

Canada Goose     2
Wood Duck     3
Gadwall     2
Mallard     3
Blue-winged Teal     2
Wild Turkey     5
Turkey Vulture     2
Sandhill Crane     4
Mourning Dove     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     2
Downy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     1
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Eastern Phoebe     5
Blue Jay     5
American Crow     7
Tree Swallow     7
Black-capped Chickadee     14
Tufted Titmouse     2
White-breasted Nuthatch     2
Golden-crowned Kinglet     1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1
Eastern Bluebird     2
Hermit Thrush     2
American Robin     7
Cedar Waxwing     10
Yellow-rumped Warbler     9
American Tree Sparrow     3
Fox Sparrow     4
Song Sparrow     4
Dark-eyed Junco     2
Northern Cardinal     6
Red-winged Blackbird     7
House Finch     10
American Goldfinch     9









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