Lakes Coulee SWA, Trempealeau County, WI, US - eBird Hotspot
Habitats: Wet Prairie, Oak Savanna, Restored Grasslands, Non-native Grasslands, Southern Hardwood Forest, Conifer Plantation.
Best Birds: In the north grasslands there are breeding Bell’s Vireo, Brown Thrasher, Clay-colored, Field, Vesper and Henslow’s Sparrow, Dickcissel, Bobolink and Eastern Meadowlark. In the brushy creek bottoms are Blue-winged Teal, Black-billed Cuckoo, Sedge Wren, and Willow Flycatcher. Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Veery, and Wood Thrush are found in the upland forests along Elias Road.
Directions: 43 miles N of La Crosse/2 miles southwest of Blair on both sides of State Highway 95. Parking in the north grasslands is at the end of a dirt road west of Hwy 95, (44.29513, -91.27981). Access to creek bottoms further south are on Flatten Road, (44.28578, -91.28378). Upland areas are found along Elias Road, (44.27599, -91.27960) and Brekke Ridge Road, (44.27771, -91.26685).
Address and additional information:
There is a large grassland and wetland complex north of Hwy 95 that has pockets of cattail marsh and a Non-native Grassland of cool season grasses with thickets of shrubs. Oak Savanna with some open-grown bur and white oaks and Southern Hardwood Forest with large diameter canopy trees surround the grasslands east of Elias Road.
W16484 Hwy 95, Blair, WI
Lakes Coulee Wildlife Area | Wisconsin DNR
Carl Schroeder, Rich Staffen
