American Redstart with a feather issue!
After a very birdy May (136 species at Pheasant Branch Conservancy), I've been on a bit of a birding hiatus. I last went birding at PBC on Saturday while leading a field trip for Middleton's celebration of National Trails Day. There were no new migrants; most all were expected birds on breeding territory (see eBird list below). American Redstart was the predominant warbler at the far western end of the creek corridor before the confluence pond. Saturday afternoon I went biking with Trish Perkins on Wild Goose State Trail from Clyman Junction to Horicon NWR (50 miles roundtrip). At the auto-loop I got Black Tern, Yellow-headed Blackbird, and American White Pelican for year birds. Along the trail were many Indigo Buntings, Yellow Warblers, Common Yellowthroats, and American Redstarts. An especially cool sighting was a Black-billed Cuckoo that flew directly in front of me. While not an eBird patch-list outing, I did go to Picnic Point to get a glimpse of the Prothonotary Warblers bringing food to their recently hatched young. Hopefully I'll have more time this month to hit the local prairies!
Pheasant Branch, Dane, US-WI
Jun 2, 2012 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
50 species
Wood Duck
Mallard
Green Heron
Cooper's Hawk
American Kestrel
American Coot
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
American Redstart © 2012 Mike McDowell