Nathan & I birded Horicon Marsh, Arlington Ponds (both north of Madison) and the Fifield/Chequamagon National Forest area in Wisconsin while on vacation during the past week. Highlights among the 119 species:
* King Rail (Horicon, Old Marsh Road - life bird for both of us) * 17 species of shorebirds (Horicon - including Marbled Godwit, Buff-breasted Sandpipers, Black-bellied Plovers) * 14 species of warblers (Chequamagon - including first Cape May of year, which somehow eluded us during spring migration) * Cattle & Snowy Egrets (Horicon, single Snowy on Old Marsh Road) * Eurasian Collared Dove (Arlington, just before multiple tornados struck area). Good birding to all! Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties
