Lake, Riverside and Estabrook Parks, Vernon Marsh: birds 3/22/09

Lake Park Birds,

Sparrows and ducks are actively migrating.

--- Paul Hunter,
http://home.roadrunner.com/~phunter1/lakeparkbirds.html
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From: Jym Mooney <hopmoon@milwpc.com>
Date: March 22, 2009
Subject: Milwaukee this weekend

Lake Park yesterday and today had brown creeper, fox sparrow,
northern flicker, great horned owl (being mobbed by crows), winter
wren, bluebirds, song sparrows (lots), American tree sparrows, and
the usual residents. Yesterday morning I saw a flock of about two
dozen tundra swans fly overhead
at Lake Park.

Found a horned grebe at South Shore Yacht Club. The Coast Guard
Impoundment is now a very large pond, surrounded by bare earth. This
will bear watching for spring shorebird migration. Today it was
loaded with ducks: ring-necked, redhead, green-winged teal, both
scaup (mostly lesser), and mallard.

Jym Mooney, Milwaukee
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From: Dennis Casper <denncasp.bird@yahoo.com>
Date: March 21, 2009 10:33:20 PM CDT
Subject: Urban Ecology Center Bird Walk, March 19, 2009

Urban Ecology Center, Riverside Park, 1500 East Park Place,
Milwaukee, WI 53211
414-964-8505, www.UrbanEcologyCenter.org

Bird Walk
Thursdays, 8am-10am year round, Free and Open to the Public, All
Ages Welcome

Thursday, March 19, 2009
29 degrees
Cloudy
20 birders

Species: 24

33 Canada Goose
20 Mallard
2 Common Goldeneye
2 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
2 Ring-billed Gull
6 Herring Gull
8 Downy Woodpecker
8 American Crow

2 Black-capped Chickadee
2 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
7 American Robin
4 European Starling
19 Cedar Waxwing
1 Fox Sparrow
6 Song Sparrow
2 Dark-eyed Junco
6 Northern Cardinal

3 Red-winged Blackbird
3 House Finch
22 American Goldfinch
12 House Sparrow
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From: Chuck Hagner
Subject: eBird Report - Estabrook Park , 3/22/09

Location: Estabrook Park
Observation date: 3/22/09
Notes: 38°, sunny, light wind from east. Canada Geese sitting on
island in pond, but no nests. Male-female pairs: Wood Duck, Common
Merganser. Cooper's Hawk was juvenile.
Number of species: 31

Canada Goose 22
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 27
Greater Scaup 2
Common Goldeneye 1
Common Merganser 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Killdeer X
Rock Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 6
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Blue Jay X
American Crow 7
Black-capped Chickadee 17
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Brown Creeper 1
American Robin 19
European Starling 6
Cedar Waxwing 32
Song Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 15
Northern Cardinal 16
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Common Grackle 16
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
House Finch X
American Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow 2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/wi)
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From: "Todd Wilson" <maxpaul@earthlink.net>
Date: March 22, 2009

Saturday morning I spent at Vernon Marsh, in Waukesha County.
3-4 Woodcock were peenting and performing their flightsong display
when I arrived at the Benson Ave. location at 6 A.M.
GB Herons are back on their nests.
A Sharp-shinned Hawk flew over.
A pair of Trumpeter Swans were at the Frog Alley Location (http://
tdwilson.org/blogs/index.php/a/2009/03/22/trumpeter_swans)
Here's the combined list of waterfowl:
Trumpeter Swan
Mute Swan
Canada Goose
Mallard
Black Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck (by far the most numerous species)
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser

Today I made a quick run down Jay road in Ozaukee and Washington
Counties.
In the swamp by the North Branch of the Milwaukee River was a flock
of 25 Rusty Blackbirds, along with numerous Redwing, Grackle and BH
Cowbirds.
At Hwy D and Lake Michigan I spotted a Horned Grebe.

Todd Wilson
Milwaukee