Reckless Wrens - Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance

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The Reckless Wrens were out for 24 hours starting late in the afternoon of May 10th, visiting Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance properties in Columbia County and bird hotspots in northern Dane and southern Columbia Counties. We had six teams and wonderful birding. 143 species!! And our fund-raising was successful as well, but remember that it's not too late to still donate. Here's a link to our team recap: https://swibirds.org/fff/2024/05/24/reckless-wrens-birdathon

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Make a donation online by clicking "donate" above, or mail a check to: Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, ATTN: Great Wisconsin Birdathon, 211 S. Paterson St., Suite 100, Madison, WI 53703 (and include our team's name in the memo line!)

Here's the species list:

Reckless Wrens 2024

Canada Goose

Trumpeter Swan

Wood Duck

Mallard

Blue-winged Teal

Northern Shoveler

Hooded Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Ruddy Duck

Ring-necked Pheasant

Wild Turkey

Pied-billed Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

American White Pelican

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Green Heron

Turkey Vulture

Osprey

Bald Eagle

Northern Harrier

Red-shouldered Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

American Kestrel

Virginia Rail

Sora

American Coot

Sandhill Crane

Killdeer

Spotted Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper

Lesser Yellowlegs

Hudsonian Godwit

Least Sandpiper

Dunlin

Long-billed Dowitcher

American Woodcock

Ring-billed Gull

Black Tern

Rock Pigeon

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Mourning Dove

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Black-billed Cuckoo

Eastern Screech-Owl

Barred Owl

Common Nighthawk

Eastern Whip-poor-will

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Red-headed Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Least Flycatcher

Eastern Phoebe

Great Crested Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Yellow-throated Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

American Crow

Horned Lark

Purple Martin

Tree Swallow

No. Rough-winged Swallow

Bank Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Barn Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

House Wren

Sedge Wren

Marsh Wren

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Eastern Bluebird

Veery

Wood Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

European Starling

American Pipit

Blue-winged Warbler

Golden-winged Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Northern Parula Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Pine Warbler

Palm Warbler

Black-and-white warbler

American Redstart

Prothonotary Warbler

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

Wilson's Warbler

Canada Warbler

Eastern Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Clay-colored Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Vesper Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Henslow's Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Scarlet Tanager

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Red-winged Blackbird

Eastern Meadowlark

Western Meadowlark

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Orchard Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

House Finch

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow