September Bird Walk - Rose Lake at Dorothy Carnes Park

A small but enthusiastic group of birders took part in our last scheduled walk for 2013 at Dorothy Carnes Park. With a bit of an unexpected wind but overall beautiful, if slightly chilly, weather it was a near perfect day for birdwatching. We hoped to find waterfowl, migrating warblers, resident birds starting to prepare for the upcoming winter and maybe a few surprises. We did well in all those categories. One of the most enjoyable viewings wasn't even a bird but rather a moth. See the comprehensive field report for the walk from Karen Etter Hale, below, for details.

If you couldn't be with us for this walk, we hope you will be able to join us for a field trip during our 2014 season.

Rose Lake SNA, Jefferson, US-WI
Sep 21, 2013 8:55 AM - 11:35 AM
Protocol: Traveling - 0.5 mile(s) (one way; 1.0 mile total)


Comments: 55; a few clouds; W 10mph at start to
~60; 100% cloudy; W 15mph at end.


Jefferson-Dodge Bird Walk led by Brad Webb, Charley Roberts,
Karen Etter Hale.


Highlights were a gallinule, small flock of warblers
including redstarts and a Black-throated Green,
a sapsucker, and a flyover flock of 31 pelicans.


Other species: 9 E. chipmunks, several cabbage white butterflies,
1 white-lined sphinx moth feeding on jewelweed, 1 common green
darner, and a darner (Canada or Shadow?) that checked out
Charlie from inches away.


32 species (+1 other taxa)


Canada Goose 12
Wood Duck 13 -- 5 older ducklings.
Mallard 1
Redhead 5
Pied-billed Grebe 12
Double-crested Cormorant 2
American White Pelican 31 Flock flying high, heading south.
Turkey Vulture 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Common Gallinule 1 White stripe on side; dull reddish bill.
American Coot 4
Sandhill Crane 5
Mourning Dove 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 4
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 4
Tree Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 4 Family group at SW corner of lake.
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
House Wren 2
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 3
Cedar Waxwing 2
American Redstart 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
blackbird sp. 4
American Goldfinch 8

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15225253


This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/wi)


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