Kohler-Andrae 2025, Day 5

It appears that some of the Canadian wildfire smoke is back, or there is enough of it in the sky east of here, but either way, it turned the sunrise over Lake Michigan into a dim fireball this morning. Happily, the birds didn’t notice or didn’t care, because there were plenty to see this morning,Continue reading “Kohler-Andrae 2025, Day 5”

Back to Havenwoods once more…

It was a nice enough morning in Estabrook Park, and the critters were mostly out and about, but I didn’t see many scenes that were particularly photo-worthy, so I pulled the plug on my visit after a couple of hours and hustled up to Havenwoods State Forest to join the Milwaukee Birders by 8:30 a.m.Continue reading “Back to Havenwoods once more…”

Horicon Marsh, 2025

Today I joined the Milwaukee Birders on their field trip to Horicon Marsh. The plan was to walk the length of Old Marsh Road, and we did have some rain, but the trip was not a washout by any means. The first exciting find, at least for me, was a couple of black terns (ChlidoniasContinue reading “Horicon Marsh, 2025”