Officially, this one was rained out. It was coming down quite a bit at walk time. Karen Etter Hale and Brad Webb were at Zeloski anyway in case someone showed up. Someone did! We weren't going to bird the trails in this weather. However, since the person who braved the rain had never been to Zeloski before we did walk to an overlook and explained the lay of the land. We spent a few minutes there and saw a small number of birds. So, since we walked perhaps 20 or 30 yards and saw a few species, we present a list of birds seen, below. Thanks to Karen for her diligence in putting together an e-Bird record for this shortest of walks. We will schedule another at Zeloski in the future.

If you didn't ignore the rain for this walk, we hope you can join us for an upcoming one. You never know what you might miss if you aren't part of the walk group!

Below is a complete list of bird species identified.

 

Bird list for the June 2022 Walkette:

Lake Mills SWA--Zeloski Marsh, Jefferson, Wisconsin, US
Jun 25, 2022 8:30 AM - 8:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.1 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     67; rain; S 5 mph. Jefferson-Dodge Birding Walk. Walk from London Rd. parking lot to overlook. 
Steady rain was not conducive to continue birding.

11 species (+2 other taxa)

duck sp.  1
Great Egret  1
Green Heron  3     One mostly hidden in the top of a tree to the southwest, 
                   a second one flew past the first, a third in dead trees 
                   in the large pool.
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)  1     Most likely a Willow, but seen
                   only, north of the London Rd. parking lot.
Tree Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  1
Gray Catbird  1
American Robin  1
American Goldfinch  1
Song Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  4
Common Yellowthroat  1
Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S113780714

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

11 Species seen.

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