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U.S.A. -- WISCONSIN

Big Day (Bird Race) Scouting Trip

26 May 2000

by Randy Hoffman

Big Day Statistics:

187 species
490 miles by car, 3 by foot; 0000 to 2130 hours
Visiting: Bear Bluff wetlands, Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge, Tiffany Bottoms, Meridean Bottoms, Wilson's Pond, County Park Cedar Swamp, Lyman Lake area, Wisconsin Point County A bogs, Crex Meadows.
Species of Note: Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Rare), King Rail (Rare), Am. Woodcock (Missed), Bell's Vireo (Rare), Tennessee Warbler (Missed), Pine Warbler (Missed), Lark Sparrow (Missed), LeConte's Sparrow (Rare), Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Rare).

Comments:

The team was trying out a new route, flattening kinks, etc. They had five species the following morning that they'd missed the evening before at the same location. With luck, and a detectable passerine migration, they think 200 species is possible on this route.

Northwest Wisconsin Big Day 2000

Location Time Key Species

Bear Bluff 12::00 - 1:00 Saw-whet Owl, Long-eared Owl, Whip-poor-will, LeConte's Sparrow

Holmen 2:00 - 2:45 Screech Owl

Trempealeau Refuge 3:00 - 4:30 Black-crowned Night-Heron, Common Moorhen, King Rail, Willow Flycatcher Buffalo

River Marsh 5:00 - 5:10 Great Egret, Orchard Oriole, Shorebirds, Wild Turkey

Nelson-Trevino 5:15 - 5:40 Prothonotary Warbler, Acadian Flycatcher, Red-shouldered Hawk, Cerulean Warbler

Tiffany Bottoms 5:45 - 7:00 Cerulean Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, Red-shouldered Hawk, Willow Flycatcher

Five Mile Bluff Woods 7:10 - 8:30 Hooded Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, Wild Turkey

Durand-Meridean 8:45 - 9:45 Northern Harrier, Western Meadowlark, Orchard Oriole, Bobwhite, Bell's Vireo, Henslow's Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, Red-headed Woodpecker, Dickcissel

Old Elk Lake - Wilson's Pond 10:00 - 10:40 Tufted Titmouse, Ruddy Duck, Redhead, Pheasant, Western Meadowlark

Sarona Ponds 12:00 - 12:05 Shorebirds

Gordon 12:45 - 12:50 Mute Swan

Lucius Woods 1:00 - 1:10 Pine Warbler, Pine Siskin, Purple Finch, Evening Grosbeak, Red-breasted Nuthatch

County P 1:20 - 1:45 Northern Waterthrush, Cape May Warbler, Winter Wren, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Gray Jay, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-headed Vireo

Lyman Lake 2:00 - 3:30 Blue-headed Vireo, Evening Grosbeak, Northern Waterthrush, Northern Parula, Canada Warbler, Purple Finch, Palm Warbler, Winter Wren, Lincoln's Sparrow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Pine Siskin

Wisconsin Point 4:00 - 5:15 Forester's Tern, Caspian Tern, Bonaparte's Gull, Bufflehead, Red-breasted Merganser, Greater Scaup, Red-breasted Nuthatch

County A Bogs 5:40 - 6:00 Olive-sided Flycatcher, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Lincoln's Sparrow, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Crex 7:00 - 9:45 Gadwall, Green-winged Teal, Short-eared Owl, Northern Harrier, Sharp-tailed Grouse, Yellow Rail, Sharp-tailed Sparrow, LeConte's Sparrow, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon

Location	Time	Key Species
Bear Bluff	12::00 - 1:00	Saw-whet Owl, Long-eared Owl, Whip-poor-will, LeConte's Sparrow
Holmen	2:00 - 2:45	Screech Owl
Trempealeau Refuge	3:00 - 4:30	Black-crowned Night-Heron, Common Moorhen, King Rail, Willow Flycatcher Buffalo
River Marsh	5:00 - 5:10	Great Egret, Orchard Oriole, Shorebirds, Wild Turkey
Nelson-Trevino	5:15 - 5:40	Prothonotary Warbler, Acadian Flycatcher, Red-shouldered Hawk, Cerulean Warbler
Tiffany Bottoms	5:45 - 7:00	Cerulean Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, Red-shouldered Hawk, Willow Flycatcher
Five Mile Bluff Woods	7:10 - 8:30	Hooded Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, Wild Turkey
Durand-Meridean	8:45 - 9:45	Northern Harrier, Western Meadowlark, Orchard Oriole, Bobwhite, Bell's Vireo, Henslow's Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, Red-headed Woodpecker, Dickcissel
Old Elk Lake - Wilson's Pond	10:00 - 10:40	Tufted Titmouse, Ruddy Duck, Redhead, Pheasant, Western Meadowlark
Sarona Ponds	12:00 - 12:05	Shorebirds
Gordon	12:45 - 12:50	Mute Swan
Lucius Woods	1:00 - 1:10	Pine Warbler, Pine Siskin, Purple Finch, Evening Grosbeak, Red-breasted Nuthatch
County P	1:20 - 1:45	Northern Waterthrush, Cape May Warbler, Winter Wren, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Gray Jay, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-headed Vireo
Lyman Lake	2:00 - 3:30	Blue-headed Vireo, Evening Grosbeak, Northern Waterthrush, Northern Parula, Canada Warbler, Purple Finch, Palm Warbler, Winter Wren, Lincoln's Sparrow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Pine Siskin
Wisconsin Point	4:00 - 5:15	Forester's Tern, Caspian Tern, Bonaparte's Gull, Bufflehead, Red-breasted Merganser, Greater Scaup, Red-breasted Nuthatch
County A Bogs	5:40 - 6:00	Olive-sided Flycatcher, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Lincoln's Sparrow, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Crex	7:00 - 9:45	Gadwall, Green-winged Teal, Short-eared Owl, Northern Harrier, Sharp-tailed Grouse, Yellow Rail, Sharp-tailed Sparrow, LeConte's Sparrow, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon