Summer Visitor Center Hours
Weekdays from 8:00 am-4:30 pm
Weekends 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Young animals are starting to become a common sight on the Glacial Lake Grantsburg properties right now. Bear cubs, fox kits, fawns, and goslings have all been spotted recently. Swan cygnets are likely not far behind. Please keep in mind that the best thing to do when encountering young animals is to give them their space. Help us keep wildlife wild!
We are mostly seeing nesting warbler species in the area at this time. Yellow warblers are a good example of a warbler that has been spotted nest-building recently. Chestnut-sided warblers and blue-winged warblers are two other warblers species that are still being sighted, amongst others.
Several visitors were also able to listen to the calls of yellow rails this week. Their call is best compared to the sound of knocking two stones together. These rails are best heard in the early hours of the morning while it is still dark.
Other bird highlights included Black-billed Cuckoo, Caspian Tern, Least Bittern, and Virginia Rail.
Visitors should also be aware that we are at the time where wood ticks and deer ticks will become abundant. Be sure to wear the appropriate clothing and utilize permethrin or other deterring sprays on your clothing to minimize risk.
Mammals seen in the area within the last week:
| 13-Lined Ground Squirrel | Muskrat | River Otter |
| Beaver | Raccoon | Striped Skunk |
| Black Bear (cubs) | Red Fox (kits) | White-tailed Deer (fawns) |
| Grey Squirrel | Red Squirrel | Woodchuck |
Bird sightings within the last week on Crex Meadows, Fish Lake, Amsterdam Sloughs, and surrounding area:
| Alder Flycatcher | Eastern Towhee | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
| American Bittern | Eastern Whip-poor-will | Red-eyed Vireo |
| American Coot | Eastern Wood-Pewee | Red-headed Woodpecker |
| American Crow | European Starling | Red-necked Grebe |
| American Goldfinch | Field Sparrow | Red-shouldered Hawk |
| American Kestrel | Gadwall | Red-tailed Hawk |
| American Redstart | Golden-winged Warbler | Red-winged Blackbird |
| American Robin | Grasshopper Sparrow | Ring-billed Gull |
| American White Pelican | Gray Catbird | Ring-necked Duck |
| American Woodcock | Great Blue Heron | Ring-necked Pheasant |
| Bald Eagle | Great Crested Flycatcher | Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
| Baltimore Oriole | Green Heron | Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
| Barn Swallow | Green-winged Teal | Ruddy Duck |
| Barred Owl | Hairy Woodpecker | Ruffed Grouse |
| Belted Kingfisher | Hermit Thrush | Sandhill Crane |
| Black Tern | Hooded Merganser | Scarlet Tanager |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Horned Lark | Sedge Wren |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | House Sparrow | Semipalmated Plover |
| Black-capped Chickadee | House Wren | Semipalmated Sandpiper |
| Blue Jay | Indigo Bunting | Solitary Sandpiper |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Killdeer | Song Sparrow |
| Blue-winged Teal | Least Bittern | Sora |
| Blue-winged Warbler | Least Flycatcher | Spotted Sandpiper |
| Bobolink | Least Sandpiper | Swamp Sparrow |
| Brown Thrasher | Lesser Scaup | Tree Swallow |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Lesser Yellowlegs | Trumpeter Swan |
| Canada Goose | Mallard | Turkey Vulture |
| Caspian Tern | Marsh Wren | Veery |
| Cedar Waxwing | Mourning Dove | Vesper Sparrow |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Nashville Warbler | Virginia Rail |
| Chipping Sparrow | Northern Cardinal | Warbling Vireo |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Northern Flicker | White-breasted Nuthatch |
| Cliff Swallow | Northern Harrier | White-rumped Sandpiper |
| Common Grackle | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Wild Turkey |
| Common Loon | Northern Shoveler | Willow Flycatcher |
| Common Nighthawk | Olive-sided Flycatcher | Wilson’s Snipe |
| Common Raven | Orchard Oriole | Wood Duck |
| Common Yellowthroat | Osprey | Wood Thrush |
| Cooper’s Hawk | Ovenbird | Yellow Warbler |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Pectoral Sandpiper | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
| Downy Woodpecker | Pied-billed Grebe | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
| Dunlin | Pileated Woodpecker | Yellow-headed Blackbird |
| Eastern Kingbird | Pine Warbler | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Eastern Phoebe | Purple Martin | Yellow-throated Vireo |
Did you see something that is not on our list (on the back of this page)? Feel free to give us a call to report it!