https://ebird.org/hotspot/L491057
Habitat: Roughly 160 acres of mature Mixed Coniferous Forest leading to a steep gorge with tall Sandstone Cliffs and a stand of Hemlock-Hardwood Forest. The area is bound on the west by the Wisconsin River and on the north by Witches Gulch.
Best Birds: Representative species of the mixed forest are Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Barred Owl, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Wood Thrush, Hooded and Pine Warbler, and Scarlet Tanager.
Blue-headed Vireo, and Blackburnian and Black-throated Green Warbler are found in the stand of hemlocks near Gulch Creek.
Directions: 58 miles NNW of madison/Three and a half miles north of Wisconsin Dells on River Road. Park at the Dells of the Wisconsin River parking lot on west side of River Road. There is a trail that leaves from this parking lot heading north to a junction that forms a loop trail through the area.
Site Address & Additional Information:
Dells of the Wisconsin River State Natural Area
https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Lands/naturalareas/index.asp?SNA=283
Parking lot: 43.674460, -89.788719
Richard Staffen
