Wisconsin Statewide Birding Report
Spring bird migration is in full swing! Birders around the state are reporting robins, killdeer, waterfowl, red-winged blackbirds, grackles, song sparrows, sandhill cranes and other early migrants. Saw-whet owls are now singing on territory and in migration in many places across the state and Madison birders are reporting the first displaying American woodcock of the season. Northern Wisconsin birders are reporting the first sporadic bouts of ruffed grouse drumming and prairie-chickens and sharp-tailed grouse are now beginning to dance on the lekking grounds. Birders should expect to hear wild turkeys beginning to gobble with warm temps this week along with an increased influx of other early migrants including meadowlarks, song sparrows, and waterfowl. Spring goose migration should peak in the next week with warm temperatures. Birders can expect to find all five species of geese in SC Wisconsin by finding large areas of flooded fields. In addition, birders wanting to see large concentrations of tundra swans can expect to see some beginning to move into the Shiocton/Green Bay area over the next two weeks. Great horned owlets are hatching and some are now big enough to be seen out from under their mother?s protective wings.
