Blue-winged Warbler U * Fox Sparrow U Golden-winged Warbler U * Song Sparrow C * Tennessee Warbler C * Lincoln's Sparrow U in Juneau County Nashville Warbler C * Swamp Sparrow C * Northern Parula R White-throated Sparrow C * Yellow Warbler C * Harris' Sparrow R Chestnut-sided Warbler U * White-crowned Sparrow U w w w . J u n e a u C o u n t y . c o m Magnolia Warbler U Dark-eyed Junco C Anytime of year is a good time of year for bird Cape May Warbler R Lapland Longspur R watching in Juneau County. Black-throated Blue Warbler R Snow Bunting U The Necedah National Wildlife Refuge alone co- Yellow-rumped Warbler C GROSBEAKS & BUNTINGS vers more than 43,000 acres and sees over 245 Black-throated Green Warbler U Northern Cardinal U * bird species, 130 of which breed here also. Blackburnian Warbler U Rose-breasted Grosbeak C * (www.fws.gov/refuge/necedah). Pine Warbler U Indigo Bunting C * Palm Warbler U Dickcissel R * Juneau County is also home to several state parks and county parks, public lands, lakes and rivers… Bay-breasted Warbler U BLACKBIRDS & ORIOLES all of which create ideal habitats for our incredibly Blackpoll Warbler U Bobolink U * diverse avian population. The Buckhorn State Park Black-and-white Warbler U * Red-winged Blackbird C * covers 7,000 acres on Castle Rock Lake, and is American Redstart U Eastern Meadowlark U * brimming with wildlife. www.dnr.wi.gov/topic/ Ovenbird C * Western Meadowlark U * parks/name/buckhorn. The Mill Bluff State Park Northern Waterthrush U Yellow-headed Blackbird R on its 1,300 acres features several nationally pro- Connecticut Warbler U Rusty Blackbird C tected sandstone bluffs from 80 to 200 feet high. Mourning Warbler U Brewer's Blackbird U * (www.dnr.wi.gov/topic/parks/name/millbluff). Common Yellowthroat C * Common Grackle C * Wilson's Warbler U Brown-headed Cowbird C * Canada Warbler U Northern Oriole C * TANANGERS FINCHES Scarlet Tanager C * Purple Finch U SPARROWS House Finch R The following information for the birding checklist was gath- Rufous-sided Towhee C * Red Crossbill R ered from sources at the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge. American Tree Sparrow C White-winged Crossbill R BIRD LIST KEY Chipping Sparrow C * Common Redpoll U C=Common, U=Uncommon, R=Rare, *=Nesting Species Clay-colored Sparrow U * Pine Siskin U Field Sparrow C * American Goldfinch C * SPECIES Vesper Sparrow C * Evening Grosbeak U SWANS, GEESE & DUCKS Savannah Sparrow U * OLD WORLD SPARROWS Greater White-fronted Goose R Grasshopper Sparrow R * House Sparrow R Snow Goose C Canada Goose C * American Bittern C * Killdeer C * Trumpeter Swan U * Least Bittern R * SANDPIPERS Tundra Swan U Great Blue Heron C * Greater Yellowlegs U Wood Duck C * Great Egret U Lesser Yellowlegs C Gadwal U Snowy Egret R Solitary Sandpiper U American Wigeon C * Cattle Egret R Spotted Sandpiper C * American Black Duck C * Green Heron C * Upland Sandpiper R Mallard C * Black-crowned Night Heron R Semipalmated Sandpiper R Blue-winged Teal C * VULTURES Western Sandpiper R Northern Shoveler U * Turkey Vulture C * Least Sandpiper U Northern Pintail C * HAWKS & EAGLES Baird's Sandpiper R Green-winged Teal C * Osprey U * Pectoral Sandpiper C Canvasback U Bald Eagle U * Dunlin R Redhead U Northern Harrier C * Stilt Sandpiper R Ring-necked Duck C * Sharp-shinned Hawk U Short-billed Dowitcher R Greater Scaup U Cooper's Hawk U * Long-billed Dowitcher R Lesser Scaup U Northern Goshawk R * Common Snipe C * Bufflehead U Red-shouldered Hawk U American Woodcock C * Common Goldeneye U Broad-winged Hawk C * Wilson's Phalarope R Hooded Merganser C * Red-tailed Hawk C * GULLS & TERNS Common Merganser U Rough-legged Hawk C Bonaparte's Gull R Red-breasted Merganser R Golden Eagle U Ring-billed Gull U Ruddy Duck U FALCON Herring Gull R GROUSE & TURKEYS American Kestrel U * Caspian Tern R Ring-necked Pheasant R Merlin R Common Tern R Ruffled Grouse U * Peregrine Falcon R Forster's Tern R Sharp-tailed rouse R RAILS & COOTS Black Tern U * Wild Turkey C * King Rail U * PIGEONS & DOVES QUAIL Virginia Rail C * Rock Pigeon R Northern Bobwhite R * Sora C * Mourning Dove C * LOONS American Coot C * THRASHERS Common Loon U * CRANES Gray Catbird C * GREBES Sandhill Crane C * Brown Thrasher C * Pied-billed Grebe C * Whooping Crane U STARLINGS Horned Grebe U PLOVERS European Starling R CORMORANTS Black-bellied Plover R WAXWINGS Double-crested Cormorant U * American Golden Plover R Bohemian Waxwing R HERONS & BITTERNS Semipalmated Plover R Cedar Waxwing C *
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