We arrived in Madison with thunderstorms moving in.
Our schedule was changed because of RV repairs but it turned out good with extra time in Madison and visits with our son Troy.
Spring birding was great with many migrants arriving.
Song Sparrow
Singing Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Warbler migration was at it's peak.
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Butterflies were also migrating.
Red Admirals seem to be everywhere
A trip to Schoenberg Marsh produced 8 Trumpeter Swans.
A pair came close to check out the intruder with a camera.
Semipalmated Sandpiper and Dunlin
Tree Swallow perched in rain shower
Canada Goose puts on the brakes at Lake Farm Park
May-apples - apples forming
Eastern Shooting-Star
Virginia Bluebells
Rooster Pheasants challenge each other near Goose Pond
Pair of N. Flickers
White-crowned Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Palm Warbler
Black-crowned Night-heron at the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
Pileated Woodpecker on the ground pounding on stump
Red-headed Woodpecker
Tree Swallow flushing Red-headed Woodpecker from swallow nesting cavity
Yellow-headed Blackbird at Sensaba WLA
Goslings were everywhere we went
Osprey catches a large Catfish
Warbling Vireo warbling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Redstart
Wilson's Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Great Crested Flycatcher checks out nesting cavity
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Wood Duck pair
Redhead pair
Hen Mallard nesting 12 feet up on broken off tree
Bald Eagle at Wildlife Sanctuary raptor exhibit
Sandhill Cranes nested at the Sanctuary producing 2 colts
So cute! Plus there was another set of colts hatched by the Hussong Trail marsh.
Rain puddles attracted a few shore birds
Stilt Sandpiper...
and a pair of Wilson's Phalaropes,
Role reversal, females have the richer coloration and the males incubate the eggs.
Muskrat
American Kestrel by nesting box, east end of Wildlife Sanctuary
Goslings cuddle
Sunset over Green Bay.
We are enjoying our time here visiting many friends.
❤️ Love & Prayers 🙏
Ty & Ida Baumann
