Fair Meadows

Allopreening American Kestrels

Allopreening American Kestrels

Several years ago, a pair of American Kestrels occupied a nest box in one of the prairies at Fair Meadows, and I had the opportunity to observe social interactions of their newly fledged young. 

Photo by Gary Shackelford

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Yellow-crowned Night Herons are spotted regularly during migration in southern Wisconsin, and may even breed rarely in the state, with a few reports in the Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas.

Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren.