RBA Madison, WI 10 Oct 09

[Delia Unson & Charles Heikkinen]

-RBA



* Wisconsin

* Madison

* 10 November 2009

* WIMA0911.10



Number:        608-255-2476

Reports:        608-255-2476

Compiler:      Madison Audubon

Coverage:      south-central Wisconsin

Transcriber:   Chuck Heikkinen (deliachuck@...)



BIRDS MENTIONED-



SNOWY OWL

Rough-legged Hawk

GOLDEN EAGLE

TRUMPETER SWAN

Sandhill Crane

Northern Shrike

EVENING GROSBEAK

Tundra Swan

WHOOPING CRANE

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter



LOCATIONS MENTIONED



Crex Meadows

Vilas County

9 Springs Natural Area

Horicon Marsh

Goose Pond, Columbia County

Harvey Road, just south of County DM

Lake Michigan – Ozaukee County

French Island, LaCrosse





This is the birding hotline report of the Madison Audubon Society for
Tuesday, November 10th.



Two SNOWY OWLS have been reported recently in the state – one in Crex
Meadows and the other in Vilas County.  Also counted at Crex were 30
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 2 GOLDEN EAGLES, 50 TRUMPETER SWANS and more than 15,000
SANDHILL CRANES.



9 Springs Natural Area in Madison hosted a NORTHERN SHRIKE this morning.  It
or a different Shrike had been reported one to two weeks before.  It
appeared off the east-west road just before the parking area.  A NORTHERN
SHRIKE was also spotted Monday off Dike Road in Horicon Marsh.



Near the end of last week EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen on Dike Road picking
up gravel from the road.   EVENING GROSBEAKS were also reported in Door
County.  Note that there have been no reports of the Grosbeaks at Horicon
since last week.



Closer to home, 6 TUNDRA SWANS were present at Goose pond, and about 30 in
the large ponds on Harvey Road just south of Columbia County DM.  Over 200
SANDHILL CRANES and 3 WHOOPING CRANES were also spending time at the ponds.
The Whoopers were most closely observed off County DM just east of Harvey
Road.



All 3 SCOTER species were seen in from the Ozaukee County shore of Lake
Michigan.



About 100 yards north of the west spillway on French Island in LaCrosse were
about 1000 TUNDRA SWANS.



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The last Madison Audubon field trip of the year will be December 5th –
Madison Lakes.  Details coming up in a future post, or contact Madison
Audubon at madisonaudubon.org and click on field trips in December.





Happy Birding!