East-Central Wisconsin Nest-Monitoring Research Results
Birds Without Borders - Aves Sin Fronteras®

East-Central Wisconsin: The Rosendale nest-searching plot is located in a restored native grassland.

The nest-searching research at the Rosendale study site was very successful and this part of our research ended in August 2000. We have accomplished our goal of studying birds that breed in a restored native grassland in east-central Wisconsin and are now analyzing the data collected from 1997 through 2000.

Birds Without Borders - Aves Sin Fronteras® staff members have presented results of the project research at scientific meetings and also published papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. PDFs of publications (full-text) and presentations (abstracts) can be read and downloaded. Click here to link to the Presentations and Publications list.

Using our research findings, we are compiling manuals of land-management techniques that benefit birds to distribute free-of-charge to interested landowners. When we have analyzed our Wisconsin data, we will publish a manual for landowners in Wisconsin and the upper Midwest. We have completed our manual of recommendations for landowners based on the Belize research, and summarized key portions in a brochure. Both the manual and the brochure are being distributed in Belize and are available for free download. Click here to learn more about The Birds Without Borders – Aves Sin Fronteras® Recommendations for Landowners: How to Manage Your Land to Help Birds (Belize and Mesoamerica edition).

Listed below are the bird species whose nests were monitored at the Rosendale study site and their migration status in Wisconsin.

Migration status*:

R = Resident, present year-round in Wisconsin
S = Short-distance migrant, winters in the southern U.S. and/or northern Mexico.
N = Neotropical migrant, winters south of the Tropic of Cancer.

Species name Migration status*
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) S
Blue-winged teal (Anas discors) S/N
Northern harrier (Circus cyaneus) S
Ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) R
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) S
American woodcock (Scolopax minor) S
Eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) N
Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) S/N
Sedge wren (Cistothorus platensis) S
Common yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) S/N
Savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) S
Song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) S
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) N
Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) S
Eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna) S