Wildlife
American yellow warbler, (Setophaga petechia)
Song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) May 6th, 2021
American bison May 5th, 2021
Lower Wisconsin State Riverway
An adult Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) flies over the river valley. April 29th, 2021
Pleasant Valley Conservancy State Natural Area
A pair of sanhill cranes fly at dusk. April 12th, 2021
Lower Wisconsin State Riverway
May 8th 2021 The tracks of a large raccoon intersect with the faded prints of a river otter along the north shore of the Wisconsin River.
Lower Wisconsin State Riverway
May 8th 2021 The tracks of a large raccoon intersect with the faded prints of a river otter along the north shore of the Wisconsin River.
Sauk Prairie State Recreation Area
A black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) pauses to regard me.
Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
Pleasant Valley Conservancy State Natural Area
Flaps Down Trumpetting cries announced their arrival to the nesting site. These paired Sandhill Cranes (Antigone canadensis) spent the day hunting and feeding along the recently burned valley to the south. Controlled-fire had been carefully applied to the ridges and drier grasslands of the oak savanna that surrounded the wetlands they called home. The marsh sits at the confluence of smaller spring fed streams that make their way north into the Wisconsin River. Beforelong they and this year’s fledglings will be hidden among the cattails, their heads and necks blending in with the tall vegetation.
