Mom and I went birding this afternoon over by Sauk City. First we checked the dam, then a couple places along the river and then we headed up county C to Natural Bridge SP. I added 5 species to my year list.
The complete bird list is as follows (* indicates new for the year):
Canada Goose
Mallard (about a thousand of them)
Green-winged Teal*
Wood Duck*
3 Greylags
Mourning Dove
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk*
Am Goldfinch
N Shrike*
Horned Lark*
Am Kestrel
E Bluebird
Bald Eagle (about a dozen and a half)
Starling
House Sparrow
Rock Dove
I'm now up to 38 for the year and counting.
3 comments:
Hi, My name is Natalie. I live in Northern Wisconsin and I have never been into birds until this morning I looked up and saw a read headed woodpecker. I basically only see pidgeons here, so it was shocking to see a woodpecker. It was beautiful. I was just wondering if it is strange for a woodpecker to be in Northern WI in the winter. I thought they migrated if they lived this high up. If you know it would be greatly appreciated. I'll check back.
Hello Natalie,
Hmm, interesting question. Are you sure it was a Red-headed Woodpecker? or was it just a woodpecker with a red head?
Red-bellied Woodpeckers also have red on their heads and would be far more likely this time of year than a Red-headed Woodpecker. However, it is not unheard of to find a Red-headed Woodpecker this time of year.
Let me know if you're sure it was a Red-headed Woodpecker. if it was, then I'll check with some of my birding friends and get back to you on just how common they are.
Happy Birding! --Chris
I'm not sure actually. So, it could have been the other type. Either way I'm in love with it. Also, I laughed my butt off when I noticed (after I posted my comment of course) that I had spelled red like head. Let me just say it was late at night...Anyways thanks for the feed back. I'll keeping checking out your blog.I always suppport other teenage wisconsinites!
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