Visiting Green Bay, Wisconsin and vicinity

 

Early morning bird walks at the Wildlife Sanctuary.

Great to be returning to Green Bay for Spring migration.

This year a Barred Owl is nesting in the park.

Look carefully and you will see the owlet peeking 

This is a great place for warbler migration - one of the rarities

that everyone was looking for was the Canada Warbler.

The Canada Warbler was one of the 26 warbler species that we

saw in the 12 days we birded at the Sanctuary.

Palm Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Black & White Warbler

Prothonotary Warbler checks out his reflection.

Unusually far north for this warbler.

Prothonotary Warbler, only seen 4 times in the last 50 years by us at the Wildlife Sanctuary.

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Pine Warbler

American Redstart

Blackburnian Warbler

We are staying at Celebration Church each night and the sunsets have been amazing.

Wilson's Phalarope female at Ken Euer's Nature Area

Short-billed Dowitchers sporting their rusty Spring colors

Solitary Sandpiper, all alone on Sanctuary pond

Dunlins

Hudsonian Godwits, a rare find at Ken Euer's

Hundreds of Mallards are in the area, this one made a nice reflection.

Mallard family 

 Redhead on one of the bird walks

Sanctuary visit not complete without seeing Canada Geese

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

Yellow-headed Blackbird squawks out his "rusty gate" call

Hairy Woodpecker delivers insect larvae to nestlings

Purple Martin 

Sandhill Crane wanders around the Sanctuary

Tom Turkey displaying

White-tailed Deer blends in to the forest

Cottontail Rabbit

Woodchuck out for a stroll

Woodchuck on burrow rim

Muskrat 

Trillum

As always it was great to visit with friends, and experience God's creation at this outstanding park.

This waterfall was our last project before retiring in 2011.

Love ❤️  &  Prayers 🙏 

Ty & Ida Baumann

 

Migrating north to Wisconsin

 

As we made our way northward from Texas we encountered

more familiar birds, cooler temperatures and no leaves.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet displays crown.

We spent three days at the Winnebago Service Center in Forest City, Iowa

We had chances to bird nearby and found lots of

White-throated Sparrows and other early migrants. 

Brown Thrasher

Veery

Gray Catbird

Our first Tufted Titmouse for the year.

Downy Woodpecker seemingly defying gravity.

Barn Swallow and Northern Rough-winged Swallow on cold morning.

Ovenbird tossing leaves for insects

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Chipping Sparrow

Northern Waterthrush

On an abandoned railroad, this Red Fox vixen is shown affection by one of  her four kits.

Too Cute!

And highly curious!

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Leaving Iowa, we crossed the Mississippi River and were greeted

by this Bald Eagle on the Wisconsin side.

We then spent 2 and a half days with good friends Bill & Glenda

in Janesville, Wisconsin. We've known them for 54 years, they have recently 

joined the birding ranks and learning fast all about the birds.

Ring-necked Duck at Janesville park.

 

Ruddy Duck

Canada Geese goslings everywhere

Leucistic American Robin

Nesting nearby

Dutchman's Breeches

Bill & Glenda's new yard resident

Black-capped Chickadee.

Eastern Bluebird

Lesser Yellowlegs at Horicon Marsh, a great stop on our

way to Green Bay.

Blue-winged Teal along the auto tour.

Distant view of Whooping Crane along Hwy. 49

White-crowned Sparrow

Lapland Longspur flock blended into the old corn field

We detoured East to Sheboygan and found the beautiful Harlequin Ducks

Handsome fellow in amazing breeding plumage

North Point produced several species of gulls and terns.

Boneparte's Gulls and a Ring-billed Gull.

Caspian Tern with "catch of the day"

Common Terns gave us another new year bird.

Ring-billed gull screams goodbye to us.

We are off to Green Bay to see many friends and bird the Bay Beach

Wildlife Sanctuary at the peak of migration.

Love & Prayers

Ty & Ida Baumann