[mou] WI Trip - Horicon Marsh, Chequamagon Forest

[Pastor Al Schirmacher]

Nathan & I birded Horicon Marsh, Arlington Ponds (both north of Madison) and
the Fifield/Chequamagon National Forest area in Wisconsin while on vacation
during the past week.  Highlights among the 119 species:

* King Rail (Horicon, Old Marsh Road - life bird for both of us)

* 17 species of shorebirds (Horicon - including Marbled Godwit,
Buff-breasted Sandpipers, Black-bellied Plovers)

* 14 species of warblers (Chequamagon - including first Cape May of year,
which somehow eluded us during spring migration)

* Cattle & Snowy Egrets (Horicon, single Snowy on Old Marsh Road)

* Eurasian Collared Dove (Arlington, just before multiple tornados struck
area).

Good birding to all!

Al Schirmacher
Princeton, MN
Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties