I was in the mood for adventure this afternoon. I had to wait while a thunderstorm rumbled through, but I was on location by 1:30. Elizabeth Lake is a newly-opened and obviously infrequently-visited site.
It’s billed as an archaeological site because of evidence of Indian camps that has been found there, but none of that was visible except this sign, which seems to be saying that arrowheads were once give-aways at British Petroleum gas stations — what is BP? (Isn’t it funny how the world is trying so hard to distance itself from Christ? But even when they come up with silly things like “BP,” the number 2007 is still how long it’s been since His birth.)
There wasn’t 
much to the place, just a mile-long loop trail through a field and a shorter loop trail that passed through a small patch of brushy woods. At the far end of the two loops, there was a platform that looked north over Elizabeth Lake. Most of the lake is in Wisconsin, and I assume that includes much of what I was seeing.
I had the place to myself except for a brief visit from a conservation district worker who stopped by to clean the outhouse. To give you an idea of how thorough a job he did, he 
didn’t even turn off his truck.
And now, because I know you’ve been waiting for it, here’s the list of birds I saw in my 45 minute visit: Red-winged Blackbird, Song Sparrow (tons of them), Tree Swallow, Red-tailed Hawk, American Goldfinch, Common Yellowthroat, Black Tern, Barn Swallow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Cedar Waxwing, Brown-headed Cowbird.