April Bird Walk - Rose Lake (Dorothy Carnes Park)

A large turnout graced our first walk of the season at Rose Lake. We think folks were so happy to finally have a great day to be out that they had to come. Or maybe it was just our charming personalities. Okay, we're betting on the day.

We got off to a great start with someone calling out "owl" before we'd even begun to walk. There was a Barred Owl not far away. S/he was watching us. We went on to have an excellent walk with some very unusual sightings. All the birds seen are listed below. We were also able to see what was left of a Bullhead impaled on a thorn (Shrike?), Black Capped Chickadees excavating a nest and a pair of White Breasted Nuthatches repeatedly taking food to a nest of their own. Great fun!

If you couldn't be with us for this walk, we hope you will be able to join us for an upcoming field trip.

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40 species were seen on this walk.

Rose Lake State Natural Area, Jefferson, Wisconsin, US
Apr 16, 2016 8:55 AM - 11:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments: 60 up to 70; mostly sunny; Wind East at 5mph. About 25 people attended the Jefferson-Dodge Bird Walk on the west side of Rose Lake, walking to the viewing platform, south through woods to southwest end of lake (1.0 mile total). Great looks at a Barred Owl, chickadee excavating a nest hole, two White-breasted Nuthatches carrying what was probably food to a nest hole, 1 eastern chipmunk, a probable raccoon sleeping high in a stub, and more. A gorgeous day to be out.


Canada Goose 30
Mallard 5
Northern Shoveler 1
Ring-necked Duck 10
Lesser Scaup 5
Bufflehead 5
Pied-billed Grebe 7
American White Pelican 15 Circling, high and way to the west, heading north, after all but three of us had left.
Great Blue Heron 3
Turkey Vulture 2
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 2 One adult, one immature with much white flying over.
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 50
Sandhill Crane 3
Bonaparte's Gull 20 Flying back and forth over center of lake, foraging for insects.
Mourning Dove 2
Barred Owl 1 Scope views by many on field trip.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 1
Purple Martin 8
Tree Swallow 15
Black-capped Chickadee 4 Chickadee repeatedly entered nest hole at eye level, carrying away beakfuls of old wood.
Tufted Titmouse 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 6 Two nuthatches made many, frequent visits to a nest hole high in a tree with what we believed to be food.
House Wren 1 First heard it singing its rollicking, bubbly song, then saw it. Small, all-brown bird with a slightly down-curved bill, pale eyeline, tail longer than on the darker, straight-billed Winter Wren.
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 3
European Starling 5
Cedar Waxwing 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
House Sparrow 2


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