Today, I puttered around near Spring Green in the WI river bottoms. I quickly bagged a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at the Cemetery on County JJ. I thought that was going to be the best bird of the day until a stop at Arena boat landing saw my FOS Snow Buntings. Then, I got lucky. As I cruised down Helena Rd, heading back towards the river, I came to the Kraemer Inc quarry. A quick look at the water proved that there were no ducks around but as I turned to leave, I spotted my FOS. N SHRIKE perched at the top of a small pine overlooking an open field.
After I crossed the river, I checked out the pine stands around Bakken's Pond. No finches, but I did bag a Great Blue Heron and 8 Bald Eagles.
Otherwise, it was pretty quiet and pretty cold. I think the high today just barely topped 22 degrees with a windchill of around 10.
Tomorrow, hopefully I'll have some photos and a post about a special bird.
Oh yea, today's Blog of the Day is:
It's run by Amy Hooper from Orange County CA. She's the editor of Wild Bird magazine.
