Last days in Wisconsin

As our Wisconsin visit came to an end, we visited some of our favorite birding places in between saying farewell to family and friends.
Two more days at Horicon, we stayed at Ledge Park and saw this beautiful rainbow after a fast moving storm.

Forester's Tern

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Terns had arrived and waterfowl had headed north.  Flowers were blooming and birds were nesting.  Spring was turning to summer.

Escarpment at Ledge Park

Ruddy Duck looking good!

Black Tern

Barn Swallow walks the line

Black-necked Stilt

Can you find the Turkey chick

Spent a long day at the Southern Kettle Moraine waiting until late evening to hear the rare Chuck-Will's-Widow calling.

Red-spotted Purple Butterfly

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

Bald Eagle 

We birded Gov. Dodge State Park and then on to Wyalusing State Park.

Feeders at Wyalusing were humming with Hummers

Prothonotary Warblers at nesting cavity

Luna Moth

Smaller Parasa Moth - 1 inch long

Baltimore Oriole above nest

Cerulean Warbler

Sunset over the Mississippi River

Good-bye to Wisconsin till next summer!  Now we are driving westward through the plains and into the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

God Bless,
Ty & Ida Baumann