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-RBA * Wisconsin * Madison * 17 April 2008 * WIMA0804.17 Number: 608-255-2476 Reports: 608-255-2476 Compiler: Madison Audubon Coverage: south-central Wisconsin Transcriber: Chuck Heikkinen (deliachuck@gmail.com) BIRDS MENTIONED- Common Loon Wood Duck Blue-winged Teal Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Eastern Phoebe Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Hermit Thrush Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Brown Creeper White-breasted Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch Rusty Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Common Grackle American Robin Northern Flicker Yellow-rumped Warbler Winter Wren Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Bonaparte's Gull Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs American White Pelican Blue-headed Vireo Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Broad-winged Hawk Brown Thrasher Peregrine Falcon LOCATIONS MENTIONED- Madison Lakes Lake Farm County Park Pheasant Branch Conservancy UW Arboretum County DM & Harvey Road, Columbia County Bascom Hill, UW-Madison campus This is the hotline report for the Madison Audubon Society for Thursday, April 17, 2008. Large numbers of COMMON LOONS have been seen on all the Madison lakes during the past week. WOOD DUCKS and BLUE-WINGED TEALS have also returned PIED-BILLED and HORNED GREBES also have been reported as well as many TREE SWALLOWS. And there have been some BARN and NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS seen as well. Lake Farm Park, Pheasant Branch and the UW Arboretum have had several reports of EASTERN PHOEBES, GOLDEN-CROWNED and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, HERMIT THRUSH, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, BROWN CREEPERS, WHITE-BREASTED and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS, COMMON GRACKLES, AMERICAN ROBINS, NORTHERN FLICKERS, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS and WINTER WRENS. Numerous sparrows have also been reported, including CHIPPING, FIELD, VESPER, SAVANNAH, WHITE-THROATED and SONG SPARROWS . DARK-EYED JUNCOS also remain numerous. BONEPARTE'S GULLS have been seen at various locations, and a few GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS -- generally in field ponds. On April 11 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS were reported at Lake Farm Park. And at Pheasant Branch Conservancy, a BLUE-HEADED VIREO was seen in Middleton. On April 13 in Columbia County, on Hwy DM and also on Harvey Road, birders reported large numbers of WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, as well as a SNOW GOOSE. Also on April 13 there was a BROAD-WINGED HAWK was reported over the Arboretum in Madison. A BROWN THRASHER was reported at Lake Farm Park on April 14. A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen on the UW-Madison campus on Bascom Hill on April 15. ******************************************** The next Madison Audubon field trips are: Saturday, April 19: Abraham's Woods -- Abraham's Woods, a State Natural Area and one of the UW Arboretum's outlying areas, is one of the finest remnants of sugar maple forest left in southern Wisconsin. We will search for spring wildflowers and early migrant birds as we stroll through the forest of sugar maple, basswood, yellowbud hickory, hackberry, and other typical southern mesic forest trees. Time permitting, we will stop at nearby Oliver Prairie, a limestone "goat" prairie, in search of pasque flower fruits, bird-foot violets, prairie smoke, and other lime-prairie plants. Carpool at 8:00 am from Cub Foods parking lot, near the intersection of the Beltline and Verona Rd. Or meet the group at Abe's Woods, just southwest of Albany in Green County. Contact Janeen for directions. We will return to Madison between noon and 1:00 pm. The trip will be canceled only in the case of dangerous weather. Contact Janine for questions at 608-266-7714 or via email at janeen.laatsch@wisconsin.gov. Sunday, April 20: Ice Age Trail (Once Around the Sink and Down the Drain) -- We'll look for returning waterfowl and grassland birds at Shoveler's Sink, stroll through the gorge cut by glacial meltwater at the Cross Plains Ice Age National Scientific Reserve, and search for pasque flowers on the bluffs above. This 3-mile walk traces the contrasting landscape of glaciated and unglaciated (Driftless Area) terrain along the route of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail. Wear sturdy boots. Bring binoculars, water, and food and dress for the weather. Meet at 9:00 am at the intersection of Cleveland Rd. and Old Sauk Pass. This is about 3/4 of a mile south of US Hwy. 14 in the Town of Cross Plains. If you have questions, please contact Gary at 608-249-7870. Good Birding!