Pheasant Branch Yellow-rumped Warbler
The Madison Audubon field trip at Pheasant Branch Conservancy this morning found 51 bird species along the creek corridor and ponds. New this spring for me was a beautiful Black-throated Green Warbler singing near the "V" east of Park Street and a Warbling Vireo just west of Parmenter Street. We also had a few Yellow-rumped Warblers, Nashville Warbler, and Palm Warbler. At the first confluence pond we found several Spotted Sandpipers, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Barn Swallow, and Tree Swallows, Green Heron, Great Blue Heron, Belted Kingfisher, and an American Kestrel. We split into two groups; some wanted to go further west to find the Sora I previously reported while others wanted to return to the creek corridor for songbirds. On the way back from the ponds I found a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and a very skittish Winter Wren. Other birds included Ruby-crowned Kinglets, White-throated Sparrows, Chipping Sparrow, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin, Wood Ducks, Tufted Titmouse, and adorable Great Horned Olwets. A great time was had by all participants!
Pheasant Branch, Dane, US-WI
Apr 26, 2012 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM
52 species
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
American Coot
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Warbling Verio
Warbling Verio
Blue Jay
American Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Winter Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Nashville Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Yellow-rumped Warbler © 2012 Mike McDowell