Birding Buena Vista Grasslands in Winter (Wisconsin)

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  • Опубліковано 1 лип 2024
  • Join us as we bird Buena Vista Grasslands in winter. The Buena Vista Wildlife Area is a 12,700 acre property in Portage County, WI and is home to the state's largest population of Greater Prairie-Chickens. The grasslands attract many birders who search for these chickens, as well as other grassland birds south as Northern Shrikes, Snowy Owls, Rough-legged Hawks, and more.
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    Credits
    Greater Prairie-Chicken photos from 3 minutes and 35 seconds - 3 minutes and 43 seconds by Rob Pendergast
    You can check out Rob's blog here: gsandsbirding.blogspot.com/
    Greater Prairie-Chicken video at 3 minutes and 44 seconds by Don Henise used under CC license
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    Thanks to Terry Sohl for allowing us to use his range maps
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    All other photos and videos by Derek and Ryan Sallmann
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  • @g57462
    @g57462 Рік тому +2

    Excellent video, love the outing 👍 good job

  • @carolshannon6449
    @carolshannon6449 Рік тому

    I love the greater prairie chickens. Those elaborate mating dances! One wonders how that ever evolved!

  • @Peregrine369
    @Peregrine369 3 роки тому +3

    Great vid as usual guys

  • @LesleytheBirdNerd
    @LesleytheBirdNerd 3 роки тому +10

    Awesome trip guys! Loved that you saw the Northern Shrike, American Kestrel, and of course the awesome Snowy Owl. I've yet to see one... someday I will!

  • @Tigerpuffer
    @Tigerpuffer 3 роки тому +1

    Short eared owl: the nighthawk of winter.

  • @nancysmith-baker3827
    @nancysmith-baker3827 3 роки тому +1

    That was alot of fun .
    I love the paire chicken and there dance . The native Indians copyed them .
    Seeing this area of Wisconsin is neat . Didn't know anything about it or the grass land .
    Thankyou for taking us along on the trip .
    Look forward to more .

  • @ethanring447
    @ethanring447 3 роки тому +6

    Love that you mentioned bostick at the end

  • @GratefulDeb270
    @GratefulDeb270 3 роки тому +1

    BVG is one of my favorite places to go birding. I’ll have to check to see if you guys have a video of being there in the summer. The bobolinks are delightful to see.

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  3 роки тому

      We’d like to do one during summer at some point too and highlight the GPC displays.

  • @fossumstudios
    @fossumstudios 2 роки тому

    Good stuff amigos!

  • @wildaboutbirds71
    @wildaboutbirds71 Рік тому +1

    On my list of places to visit next time we’re in WI!

  • @YvonneSebastian1980
    @YvonneSebastian1980 3 роки тому +6

    Wow y’all had a great day!.. I have never photographed an owl.. I hear them in my yard.. but never see them.. I’ve looked around all my trees for their carcass like.. but never see the owls.. anyway.., I too love ravens... great video.., thanks ☮️

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks for watching! Hoping you get to seen that owl soon 👍

  • @nancysmith-baker3827
    @nancysmith-baker3827 3 роки тому +1

    You make me want to see Wisconsin , for cheese and birds .

  • @piccadillypie
    @piccadillypie 3 роки тому +3

    Impressive day! Thanks for sharing. Neat to see the chickens roosting together in the tree.

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  3 роки тому

      Thanks for watching! Yeah they almost look like Christmas tree ornaments when they all sit up like that.

  • @lambchopshead
    @lambchopshead 3 роки тому +2

    How is it that you guys have made Wisconsin look like an exotic birding destination to me?

  • @naturewithgabe
    @naturewithgabe 3 роки тому +2

    Looks like an incredible grassland habitat. Hopefully one day I can get up that way to see it! Great video with great birds.

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks, man! You should definitely make it up to WI sometime. Horicon Marsh is a must see destination as well.

  • @neildbarker
    @neildbarker 3 роки тому +4

    Good variety of bird species in that area. I'm still on the lookout for a Short-eared Owl up here in the Ottawa area. Thanks for sharing.

  • @FollowThomas
    @FollowThomas 3 роки тому +5

    Your channel has grown nicely. I started watching when you had only 72 subscribers. Another great birding video! 🙂

  • @tgracz5159
    @tgracz5159 Рік тому

    Just stumbled on this, fuckin a boys perfect blend of location, environment, and biology descriptions with ID tips.

  • @MB-br3is
    @MB-br3is 3 роки тому +1

    please never change the intro music it's goated

  • @Just_shush_now
    @Just_shush_now Рік тому

    Many people assume that Eurasian kestrel is as small as the American kestrel but it’s in fact quite a bit larger- being about the second largest falcon in the UK- peregrines being the largest and merlons being our smallest but in Southern Europe we also have lesser kestrels which are one of our smallest falcons and tend to stick in large groups contrary to the Eurasian kestrel which tends to be solitary.

  • @Just_shush_now
    @Just_shush_now Рік тому

    Have you seen the long eared owl?

  • @quinn-tessential3232
    @quinn-tessential3232 8 місяців тому

    6:24 looks like a Loggerhead Shrike, not a Northern.

  • @ezramurray3455
    @ezramurray3455 2 роки тому +1

    Its pronounced Byouna Vista XD

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  2 роки тому

      Bayou Vista

    • @ezramurray3455
      @ezramurray3455 2 роки тому

      @@BadgerlandBirding My Mom grew up in Buena Vista Colorado and that is how they say it there so it makes her mad when it is pronounced correctly. See even has a sticker with the phonetic spelling of how they say it.

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  2 роки тому +1

      @@ezramurray3455 looks like Buena Vista, Colorado is pronounced that way but this one is pronounced the other way :)