After an especially trying year, we finally were able to get a ray of sunshine today. Marge and Don Gibson of Raptor Education Group, Inc in Antigo brought a...
Has there been anything in the area? I am going to drive over on Monday (tomorrow) and thought I would ask and share this...a friend of mine who lives in...
Marge and I went to Crex this morning and we saw several trumpeter swans, on main dyke road, a rough legged hawk, and an immature bald eagel. The adult bald...
... Hi Anna, I don't think you will be disappointed going to Crex this time of year. We just got back and it was a wonderful trip. First sighting of swans was...
A quick 1.5 hour drive through this afternoon found. 2 large flocks of Redpolls around 100 each 1 small group of Horned Larks about 4 1 T Swan 4 Eagles, 1...
Ack! Rich, where did you SEE the shrike?? Were the waxwings on James Road? Where were the redpolls? I am planning a trip up there next weekend and hope for...
Thanks for posting your sightings Rich. Yes I agree with mn_windchill, it it nice to read what other people are seeing at Crex. I was at Crex on Feb 22 after a...
I was there on Monday...I saw a lot of wolf, coyote and bear poop. There were at least 25 swans...I was able to ID only one and that was 24A with an...
Your post has really sparked my interest here.... On march 1st I took a photo of what I believed to be a cougar track on one of the roads inside crex. I had...
Hi there- I live in the Alpha area and have been a lurker here always reading and enjoying the wonderful pictures that you all have shared. I am just putting...
Hello and welcome to the group. I too take pictures of tracks on the meadows. I know most of the time, they dont look as good when you get home as they did in...
I was bartending in the late 1980's in the Solon Springs area. I remember being told by two very different couples about a sighting of a cougar in the area...
The shrike was about 1/2 to 1 mile SE of Riegle (sp) Overlook. Both flocks of Redpolls were first found by scans with binocs of the horizon. When a group of...
I'm pretty sure that every one of those redpolls has been coming to my house to eat. Those little rascals are coming in here in droves, causing a major...
Thanks Rich! Redpolls would be a good shot too. Anything crex is good. I hope to get some better bear shots this year also. Had a great opportunity, but the...
Crex is farther north so a bit later in seeing the spring come then most in WI are seeing . Last night saw a wave of migrants enter. We now have Sandhill...
Thanks for the sightings Rich, Yes they are returning and it's wonderful to see. I saw about 15 Bluebirds yesterday and also a few Red Winged Blackbirds. I...
I do not participate in the Audubon Christmas Bird Count for the Crex area but that data may be available at the visitors center. I do participate in the Pine...
was at Crex...saw: LOTS of swans, Canada geese, larks, snow buntings, lots of robins, mallard ducks, a flock of 25+ blue birds, three rough-legged hawks. at...
Hope to be up there on Saturday. I put up a new gallery of photos taken in previous years' early spring trips to Crex. Don't expect to see a lot of wildlife...
Rick, Thanks for posting your pics. I loved them, especially the Sand Prairie picture. Did you go to Crex Saturday? If you did we probably crossed paths as...
Met up with Agogo to get a dose of Crex. Lots of birds, but no where near peak. If the weather holds this week, the numbers will be grand! Red-wing blackbirds...
Yes, we did make it to Crex on Saturday. We were hoping to catch the flowages just starting to open up with good variety of waterfowl concentrated in smaller...
So far this spring I have 3 new species for the area. This will increase much faster when I do a few night moth surveys. New to me are: Northern Saw whet Owl. ...