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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.

Fulvous & Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks

Fulvous & Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks

Black-bellied and Fulvous Whistling-ducks are found in the southern United States. Both species were formerly known as “tree ducks” since they often roost in trees.

Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren

Redhead

Redhead

Redheads spend their winters in large mixed flocks on the Gulf Coast and sometimes in the Great Lakes. These gregarious, social ducks can be found huddled with other ducks and waterfowl in flocks up to 60,000 on large bodies of water during winter.

Photo by Martin Knippel/Audubon Photography Awards