Spring Visitor Center Hours
Weekdays: 8:00 am- 4:30 pm; Weekends: 10:00 am-4:00 pm.
Spring weather is returning now after a few days of cold, snow, and ice returning to the flowages. There is just a little bit of snow left on the ground, and only a little ice left in the marshes. With the weather forecast for the next few days, all of the snow and ice should be gone soon.
Numbers of migrating birds are increasing slowly each week, with a few species showing up here and there. We know that this will start to pick up in the next couple of weeks.
Bird Highlights this Week: American Wigeon, Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Gadwall, Greater White-fronted Goose, Horned Lark, Lesser Scaup, Northern Shrike, Red-breasted Merganser, Tundra Swan.
Recent bird sightings in Burnett County (focused on areas around Crex Meadows, Fish Lake, and Amsterdam Sloughs Wildlife Areas):
| American Crow | Eastern Meadowlark | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| American Goldfinch | European Starling | Red-tailed Hawk |
| American Kestrel | Fox Sparrow | Red-winged Blackbird |
| American Robin | Great Blue Heron | Ring-billed Gull |
| American Tree Sparrow | Hairy Woodpecker | Ring-necked Duck |
| American Wigeon | Hooded Merganser | Ring-necked Pheasant |
| American Woodcock | Horned Lark | Rock Pigeon |
| Bald Eagle | House Finch | Rough-legged Hawk |
| Belted Kingfisher | House Sparrow | Ruffed Grouse |
| Black-capped Chickadee | Killdeer | Sandhill Crane |
| Blue Jay | Mallard | Short-eared Owl |
| Blue-winged Teal | Merlin | Snow Bunting |
| Brown Creeper | Mourning Dove | Snow Goose |
| Bufflehead | Northern Cardinal | Song Sparrow |
| Canada Goose | Northern Flicker | Tree Swallow |
| Common Goldeneye | Northern Harrier | Trumpeter Swan |
| Common Grackle | Northern Shoveler | Tundra Swan |
| Common Loon | Northern Shrike | Turkey Vulture |
| Common Merganser | Osprey | Western Meadowlark |
| Common Raven | Pied-billed Grebe | White-breasted Nuthatch |
| Cooper’s Hawk | Pileated Woodpecker | Wild Turkey |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Pine Siskin | Wood Duck |
| Downy Woodpecker | Purple Finch | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Eastern Bluebird | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Recent mammal sightings in Burnett County (focused on areas around Crex Meadows, Fish Lake, and Amsterdam Sloughs Wildlife Areas):
| Beaver | Grey Squirrel | Red Squirrel |
| Black Bear | Mink | River Otter |
| Coyote | Porcupine | Striped Skunk |
| Fisher | Red Fox | White-tailed Deer |