Bird vs. Fish

Park Point Nature Trail

We walked to the “infrastructure” past the pine forest today before turning back.

This evening, we parked near the intersection of Pulaski St. and Bayhill to walk the trail. We walked a bit west and took a side trail to cut over to Bayhill. From there, we walked past the water treatment facility until we got to a bay overlook. We spotted a beaver lodge! Then, we walked […]

May Wildflowers – WI (Partially Adapted)

It’s National Wildflower Week! Check out the list of this month’s blooms and plan what you’ll try to see! shade Calypso orchid coralroot Striped Early Pod-grass Slender yellow-eyed grass iris Yellow water blue-eyed grass Prairie Mountain Three-leaved false Solomon’s-seal Meadow garlic Indian cucumber root Fringed milkwort Seneca snakeroot False mermaid-weed Cleavers bedstraw Muskroot Greater celandine […]

Rare Birds of St. Louis Co., MN – May

Clark’s grebe McCown’s longspur

WI Rare Birds – 1st Week May

In the 70’s there is an intriguing record of Baird’s sparrow recorded in early May in Wisconsin.

Neshota

Today, we walked the king creek trail. One of my favorite sights was the supralateral arc above the sun!

Cat Island

This morning, we walked the cat island causeway all the way out. In the evening, we went to He-Nis-Ra park and walked the red trail west of the water tower in to the intersection. From there, we walked the blue trail before heading back.

Baird Creek

We started the morning walking the entirety of the paved trail at Enos Colburn park looking for migrants. We weren’t disappointed! There was plenty of warbler activity, which made for many of our first of year (FOY) sightings. We then walked Baird creek trail on and off as we tried to social distance. That meant […]

Ken Euers Nature

This time, we walked the opposite direction from the parking lot on the dike to the other impoundments. We kept to the outer edge of the preserve along the bay, and walked a bit into the wooded area past the impoundments before turning back.

Barkhausen

This evening, we walked the woodcock loop at L.H. Barkhausen waterfowl preserve.