Máistir Nádúraí: St. Patrick's Day Birding

3.17.2012

St. Patrick's Day Birding

Pheasant Branch, Dane, US-WI

Mar 17, 2012 8:00 AM - 10:30 AM

41 species

Canada Goose 2

Wood Duck 3

Mallard 6

Green-winged Teal 4

Hooded Merganser 4

Turkey Vulture 1

Cooper's Hawk 1

Red-tailed Hawk 1

Sandhill Crane 2

Killdeer 3

Ring-billed Gull 2

Rock Pigeon 1

Mourning Dove 4

Great Horned Owl 2

Belted Kingfisher 2

Red-bellied Woodpecker 2

Downy Woodpecker 4

Hairy Woodpecker 1

Northern Flicker 2

Eastern Phoebe 6

Blue Jay 2

American Crow 4

Tree Swallow 2

Black-capped Chickadee 10

Tufted Titmouse 4

White-breasted Nuthatch 2

Brown Creeper 3

American Robin 12

European Starling 10

Cedar Waxwing 7

American Tree Sparrow 1

Fox Sparrow 2

Song Sparrow 10

Dark-eyed Junco 25

Northern Cardinal 8

Red-winged Blackbird 50

Eastern Meadowlark 3

Common Grackle 8

House Finch 4

American Goldfinch 6

House Sparrow 2

Bio:

Mike McDowell has been documenting southern Wisconsin’s flora and fauna since 1987 and began leading field trips in 2002. Prolific at Pheasant Branch Conservancy, other highlighted natural areas include Pope Farm Conservancy, Spring Green Preserve, and the Baraboo Hills. His nature photography has appeared in various publications, newspapers, magazines and was even featured on a Wisconsin Endangered Resources license plate, a Capital Brewery beer label, and a National Geographic publication. He began journaling nature observations on this blog in 2005. He's the recipient of the 2012 Bronze Passenger Pigeon Award from the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, presented to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in their local communities or state to promote the field of ornithology. He was a finalist in Swarovski’s Digiscoper of the Year photography contest several times. His other interests include insect macro-photography (especially tiger beetles, treehoppers, and robber flies), fossil collecting, amateur astronomy, botany, natural history, and marksmanship with long-range firearms. Once a gigging musician, collecting Fender Stratocasters is a recently revived interest—most prized being a 1957 Vintage Custom 'Mary Kaye' White Blonde. A former IT Professional, he's spent the last 24 years employed in the sport optics industry and has more binoculars than you.