Featured Image by Sue Herwig
Weather has been hot and dry the past few days in the Grantsburg area, with temperatures consistently in the 80’s. The ten-day forecast looks to be similar to this past week, but with the possibility of some much needed rain.
Migration is coming to an end, and our summer resident animals are settling in for the summer months. We are still seeing a few migrating birds around, including some shorebirds and a couple of different warblers, but the highlights this week have been the many different species who now have young!
Some of the baby animal reports this week included Sandhill crane colts, Trumpeter swan cygnets, Canada goose goslings, Red fox kits, Black bear cubs, White-tailed deer fawns, and many other birds!
Because we are amid “baby animals season”, the WDNR would like to remind visitors to Keep Wildlife Wild whenever possible. It’s important to observe wildlife at a respectful distance and always remember that a young animal’s best chance for survival is with its parents (there are a few exceptions for wildlife young who do not stay with their mother; this includes things like turtles, who are completely independent upon hatching).
Bird sightings within the last week at Crex Meadows, Fish Lake, Amsterdam Sloughs, and surrounding area:
Alder Flycatcher
American Bittern
American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel
American Redstart
American Robin
American White Pelican
American Woodcock
Bald Eagle
Baltimore Oriole
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Barred Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Black Tern
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-bellied Plover
Black-billed Cuckoo
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-capped Chickadee
Blue Jay
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue-winged Teal
Blue-winged Warbler
Bobolink
Brown Thrasher
Brown-headed Cowbird
Canada Goose
Canada Warbler
Cedar Waxwing
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Chimney Swift
Chipping Sparrow
Common Grackle
Common Loon
Common Nighthawk
Common Raven
Common Yellowthroat
Cooper’s Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Dunlin
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Towhee
Eastern Warbling Vireo
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Eastern Wood-pewee
European Starling
Field Sparrow
Forster’s Tern
Golden-winged Warbler
Grasshopper Sparrow
Gray Catbird
Great Blue Heron
Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Egret
Great Horned Owl
Greater Yellowlegs
Green Heron
Green-winged Teal
Hairy Woodpecker
Hooded Merganser
Horned Lark
Indigo Bunting
Killdeer
Least Flycatcher
Least Sandpiper
LeConte’s Sparrow
Lesser Scaup
Louisiana Waterthrush
Mallard
Marsh Wren
Mourning Dove
Mourning Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Flicker
Northern Harrier
Northern House Wren
Northern Parula
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Northern Shoveler
Northern Yellow Warbler
Osprey
Ovenbird
Pied-billed Grebe
Pileated Woodpecker
Pine Warbler
Purple Finch
Purple Martin
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-eyed Vireo
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-necked Grebe
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-winged Blackbird
Ring-billed Gull
Ring-necked Duck
Ring-necked Pheasant
Rock Pigeon
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ruffed Grouse
Sandhill Crane
Scarlet Tanager
Sedge Wren
Semipalmated Plover
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Song Sparrow
Sora
Swamp Sparrow
Tree Swallow
Trumpeter Swan
Turkey Vulture
Veery
Virginia Rail
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-rumped Sandpiper
Wild Turkey
Willow Flycatcher
Wilson’s Phalarope
Wilson’s Snipe
Wood Duck
Wood Thrush
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Vireo
Mammals seen in the area within the last week:
Beaver
Black Bear
Grey Squirrel
Muskrat
Red Squirrel
River Otter
Striped Skunk
White-tailed Deer
Sightings of Flowers in Bloom: