[wisb] yesterday evening obs at Nine Spring - Dane Co.

From: Carol Williams <clwilliams4@xxxxxxxx>
To: Wiscbirds <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 09:20:19 -0500

Yesterday evening 4:30-6:00pm, with one other person at what is locally
referred to as Nine Springs e-Way.  However, the name "9 Springs e-Way"
belongs to an extensive complex of parks and trails, and a seven mile
corridor linking them all, and within which birds can be observed by foot,
by canoe or other means.  Moreover, it can be difficult to keep track of
directions and names of places no matter how many times they have been
posted by others.  So, I will gladly help out my fellow birders by taking
two or three seconds of my time here to be specific about the location of
our observations.  We were on the hiking trail around the Madison
Metropolitan Sewer District's Wildlife Observation Unit, an area of lagoons
and marsh restoration south of what is locally called the Beltline, east of
Raywood Rd, and north of Moorland Rd.  There's a great map available if you
do an Internet search for "MMSD Wildlife Observation Unit".  
 

Of the 32 species we observed, we were particularly delighted to see several
snipe, two solitary sandpipers, a black-crowned night heron, a marsh wren,
and a sora.

 

Canada goose

Mallard

Northern shoveler

Blue-winged teal

Green-winged teal

Wood duck

Bufflehead

Ruddy duck

Sandhill crane

Solitary sandpiper

Common snipe

Killdeer

Sora

Black-crowned night heron

Marsh wren

Red-winged blackbird

Brown-headed cowbird

Brewer's blackbird

Northern cardinal

House sparrow

Song sparrow

American tree sparrow

Field sparrow

Tree swallow

Barn swallow

Rough-winged swallow

Great horned owl

Ring-billed gull

American goldfinch

American robin

Yellow-rumped warbler

Eastern towhee

 

Happy birding!

Carol Williams

Madison, Dane County

 

 

 

 



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[wisb] yesterday evening obs at Nine Spring - Dane Co.

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