Below is a
complete list of bird species identified.
Rose Lake SNA/Dorothy Carnes Park--west, Jefferson, Wisconsin, US
Apr 19, 2026 8:24 AM - 11:43 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.356 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: 40; 100% cloudy; W 10 mph (start) to 45; partly cloudy;
NW 15 mph (end). Jefferson-Dodge Birding Walk. To platform, south along the lake,
to lakeshore where we scoped the lake again; farther south on loop trail to west
and back north, north along the west side back to the cars.
2 gray squirrels. Dutchman's breeches, violets, early buttercups, rue anemone,
and a few other spring ephemerals in bloom.
39 species
Canada Goose 40 Estimate.
Trumpeter Swan 2
Wood Duck 3
Blue-winged Teal 5
Mallard 2
Green-winged Teal 2
Ring-necked Duck 12
Lesser Scaup 2
Hooded Merganser 1
Mourning Dove 8
American Coot 10
Sandhill Crane 5
American White Pelican 32 19 circling, heading north. Another 2 flew by,
_then 11 more. 2 were so close, we could see the breeding knobs on their bills.
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 1 Adult, flying in the distance.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1 Heard it call, then it flew past, heading south.
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tree Swallow 20 Estimate.
Purple Martin 20 At first, there were 6 at the martin house; then more flew
_in until there were 20 in the air at once.
Barn Swallow 30 Estimate.
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
European Starling 2
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 16
House Sparrow 1
American Goldfinch 3
White-throated Sparrow 2 Singing; we never saw them.
Swamp Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 30 Estimate.
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 7
Northern Cardinal 3
