Spring in Wisconsin is the time the Baltimore Orioles arrive from South America
In Madison we found this Louisiana
Waterthrush at Lake Farm Park.
At Nine Springs were a Lesser & Greater Yellowlegs - making comparisons easy.
Jack O Lantern Fungi
Gray Catbird
American Redstart
Palm Warbler
Trumpeter Swans at Horicon Marsh
Nice Reflection!
American Bittern calling near the boardwalk on the Auto Tour.
Am. Bittern getting ready to do his "water pump" call.
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Cerulean Warbler at Greenbush Picnic area in the N. Kettle Morraine
North Point in Sheboygan - a huge migration of Common Terns
Our friends Dave & Margaret joined us in the fun.
Caspian Tern surrounded by Common Terns and Ring-billed Gulls
Forester's Tern
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Three Harlequin Ducks photo bombed by an American Coot
Willet at Manitowoc Impoundment
Short-billed Dowitcher
From the west end of the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary at sunrise, shrouded in Canadian forest fire smoke.
Female Barred Owl near nest
Look who's peeking out of nest cavity!
One of the two owlets.
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Ovenbird searches for food along the forest floor
Scarlet Tanager
Black & White Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler singing
Tennessee Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler bathing
Blackpoll Warbler
Canada Warbler
Rose-breased Grosbeak
Tree Swallow
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-throated Vireo
Sandhill Cranes - nuptial dance
Crane colt with parents
Hissing Canada goose guarding her eggs
One gosling hatched, two to go.
Pileated Woodpeckers took up residence at the Wildlife Sanctuary
Marsh Wren singing at Barkhausen Wildlife Reserve
Prothonotary Warbler along the Wolf River
Bald Eagle juvenile on huge nest at Marible Caves Park
Bald Eagle Adult watching over the nest
Green Heron carrying nesting material at the Wildlife Sanctuary
Great Blue Heron rookery started at the Wildlife Sanctuary
Black-crowned Night-heron
Ruddy Turnstones at Red River Park on the bay
Hooded Merganser hen at the WLS
Rare summer find - American Black Duck
Wood Duck on nest box at Ken Eurer's Wildlife Area
Killdeer on nest flaring at anyone who comes near
Black Tern on Van Patten Road near Shiocton
Black-capped Chickadee bringing food to nestlings in stump.
What's this frosty head coming out of the stump cavity?
It's a luecistic Black-capped Chickadee!
Seen frequently visiting the feeder.
Our time in Green Bay has gone too fast, birding every day,
plus visiting with many friends and staff.
Love & Prayers,
Ty & Ida Baumann
