Statewide Birding Report
Cold temperatures and north winds have temporarily stalled bird migration this week. Birders along the Mississippi River and the Lake Superior shoreline reported large numbers of eagles migrating on Sunday with the south winds, including 11 golden eagles seen in just a few hours in northern Bayfield County. Birders in southern Wisconsin are finding most species of waterfowl, including some blue-winged teal in open marshes, ponds and sloughs. American woodcock are peenting and displaying in breeding locations in southern Wisconsin and birders running the first round of owl surveys have reported saw-whet, long-eared, barred, screech and great-horned owls. Of note, some of Wisconsin's now famous whooping cranes have returned to summer haunts in central and southern Wisconsin, including the pair that successfully raised a chick last year. The approaching warm temps and rain should bring in another strong push of waterfowl as well as winter wrens, fox sparrows, tree swallows, eastern phoebe, golden-crowned kinglet and other early migrants.
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