Lone Star Lake with Globe Prairie Area Field Trip (optional)

Meet at the east end of Lone Star Lake dam. We will plan to drive the perimeter road to the east with periodic stops with possible short walks at some of the stops. Waterfowl to be expected are Canada Geese and Wood Ducks. Raptors should include Bald Eagles, Red-shouldered, Red-tailed, and perhaps Cooper’s Hawks. Most bird activity will be in the woods around the lake with woodpeckers, titmice, nuthatches, vireos and a variety of flycatchers possible. About 9:30 we will depart for the Globe area to the south and west. Here we hope to find meadowlarks, Horned Larks, Grasshopper and possibly Henslow’s Sparrows and of course Upland Sandpipers. We will also be on the lookout for Loggerhead Shrikes which nest in the area. This is the best expanse of prairie that remains in Douglas County. Plan to wrap up the field trip by 10:30 or 11 a.m.

Photo: Wood Duck by Milos Verdon Tomajko