American Robin
Noticing me with my photography gear and binocular, a man jogging along the creek corridor trail asked:
"There's wildlife in here?"
Why yes ― yes, there is!
There are toads, frogs, turtles, salamanders, snakes, pike, voles, shrews, mice, moles, bats, chipmunks, squirrels, flying squirrels, rabbits, mink, muskrats, woodchuck, otter, skunks, raccoons, opossum, foxes, coyotes, deer, cranes, turkey, owls, hawks, sparrows, warblers, moths, butterflies, flies, dragonflies, bugs, beetles, grasshoppers, spiders, crayfish, and more.
And as birds go, around 200 species use the conservancy each year.
Brown Creeper
It didn't rain, but it was still a very windy day. It wasn't as bad along the creek corridor on account of the surrounding trees.
Bloodroot
I literally watched Bloodroot open over the course of an hour.
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Loads of Golden-crowned Kinglets today.
Virginia Bluebell just about ready to bloom.
Virginia Bluebell
A very chewy Muskrat!
Muskrat
And the chickadees were hard at work!
Black-capped Chickadee
I finished my day at the prairie, enjoying the beautiful sky.
Pheasant Branch, Dane, Wisconsin, US
Apr 3, 2016 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM
54 species
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Turkey Vulture
Cooper's Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Tree Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Song Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
All images © 2016 Mike McDowell