2025 - Spring Bird Migration is Here!
Pam Poglitsch: Google Maps Contributor Author: Karen Lloyd - May 2025 On Tuesday, March 25, local bird lovers and members of our Birders in the Grove group took a leisurely Waterfowl Walk around Elm Grove Pond. We were delighted to see Horned Grebes, Mallards, Black-capped Chickadee, Northern Flicker, Song Sparrow, Red-Winged Blackbirds, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Cooper’s Hawk, and other bird species including dozens of our Wisconsin State Bird, the American Robin. These harbingers of spring are so welcome after a long winter. It won’t be long before we are graced with the presence of hummingbirds, herons, egrets and orioles as they arrive a bit later in migration season. Wikipedia - Mississippi Flyway In our area of Wisconsin, peak migration period is from May 6-May 23 on average. Our avian friends use the Mississippi Flyway as they travel North from their winter homes in South and Central America....
