Cadiz Springs: https://ebird.org/wi/hotspot/L515868
Hwy 11 Wetland: https://ebird.org/wi/hotspot/L15031053
Habitat: Open Water, Southern Hardwood Forest, Successional Oldfield, Pine Plantation, Beaches and Mudflats, Marsh.
Best Birds: All three scoters, diving ducks Eared Grebe, and Common Loon, can be found. Bell’s Vireo and White-eyed Vireo have been found along the trails southeast of the lakes. Acadian Flycatcher and Blue-winged Warbler are found east of Allen Road.
The wooded areas will turn up Pileated Woodpecker and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. The Hwy 11 wetlands can be scoped from the roadside. The wetland is the best location to find waders, shorebirds, and dabbling ducks. A few of the species found here include Trumpeter Swan, Black-necked Stilt, White-faced Ibis,, and Yellow-headed Blackbird.
Directions: 48 miles SSW of Madison. From Monroe travel west 8 miles on Hwy 11. Turn left on Cadiz Spring Road to the park entrance (42.584110, -89.767396). There is a trail entering the Browntown Oak Forest SNA at this point (42.58600, -89.77196). Travel .5 miles past Cadiz Springs Rd to observe the private wetlands from the roadside (42.588899, -89.786377).
Site Address & Additional Information:
Many miles of trails in the park will take you through multiple habitats. Beckman Lake is the only deep water site in Green County.
N2241 Cadiz Springs Road, Browntown, WI
https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/parks/cadizsprings
Browntown Oak Forest SNA:
https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Lands/naturalareas/index.asp?SNA=23
Quentin Yoerger