Lake Park bird sightings 5/12- 16

Lake Park Birders:

The height of migration at Lake Park means warblers.
Dennis Casper led the 5/16 Warbler Walk. Cerulean Warblers were a
rare find.

--- Paul Hunter,
http://home.roadrunner.com/~phunter1/lakeparkbirds.html
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From: Dennis J Casper <dcasper@uwm.edu>
Date: May 18, 2009
Subject: May 16 Warbler Walk

Lake Park Warbler Walk (#5) May 16, 2009

At 8:30 this morning, about 30 eager birders gathered at the Lake
Park Warming House for the start of our fifth warbler walk of the
2009 spring season. Several more joined us in the course of the
walk, bringing the total number of participants to at least 35. The
day was slightly cool, but comfortable, and the sky was bright and
mostly sunny, a very pleasant spring morning. But the wind was very
strong, and this led to some low expectations for the quality of
birding we were likely to enjoy. How happy we all were when these
expectations were decisively dashed!
The birding was excellent from the beginning. We began by
birding along the east side of the Locust St. ravine. The trees were
alive with warblers and other birds, so we wound up spending a good
bit of time in this area. When we finally arrived at the old road
bridge over the ravine, the same story was repeated, and we lingered
long at that point. From there, we made our way along the cinder
path on the west side of the ravine to the area under the large
spreading oak near the feeders. Again, the birding was wonderful;
one highlight at that spot was the discovery of a Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher's nest in a tree near the ball field. Finally tearing
ourselves away from that place, we retraced our steps to the old road
bridge, then strolled along the east side of the ravine to the
pedestrian bridge over Ravine Rd. It's hard to believe, but here the
birding was even better than it had been elsewhere, We had fine
looks at many different warblers, and in particular, outstanding
views of a pair of beautiful Cerulean Warblers close by out in the
open in leafless trees in bright sunlight. That was the highest
point of a walk with many high points! The walk ended around 10:30
at the pedestrian bridge with at least 20 people still present. We
had hardly covered half the distance normally traversed on our walks!

The sixth and last Warbler Walk of the current season will be next
Saturday, May 23, 2009, at 8:30 at the Warming House.

Thanks to all who joined our walk today.

Dennis Casper

Total Species: 48

1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Semipalmated Sandpiper
1 Caspian Tern
35 Chimney Swift
2 Red-headed Woodpecker
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
3 Downy Woodpecker
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Least Flycatcher
1 Eastern Phoebe

1 Blue-headed Vireo
2 Blue Jay
4 American Crow
8 Black-capped Chickadee
3 White-breasted Nutcatch
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
12 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1 Eastern Bluebird
8 American Robin
1 Brown Thrasher

1 Tennessee Warbler
1 Orange-crowned Warbler
1 Nashville Warbler
2 Northern Parula
3 Yellow Warbler
2 Chestnut-sided Warbler
4 Magnolia Warbler
1 Cape May Warbler
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
9 Yellow-rumped Warbler

1 Black-throated Green Warbler
20 Palm Warbler
9 Bay-breasted Warbler
1 Blackpoll Warbler
2 Cerulean Warbler
1 American Redstart
2 Wilson's Warbler
5 Chipping Sparrow
2 White-throated Sparrow
1 White-crowned Sparrow

5 Northern Cardinal
3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
3 Indigo Bunting
6 Brown-headed Cowbird
1 Baltimore Oriole
2 House Finch
7 American Goldfinch
1 House Sparrow

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From: "Jym Mooney & Carol Lee Hopkins" <hopmoon@milwpc.com>
Subject: [wisb] Lake Park Milwaukee 5/12
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 07:57:34 -0500

Got in a quick hour this morning. Two oddities: a pair of singing pine
siskins in the Bistro parking lot, and a woodcock that flushed in the
Girl
Scout ravine. Still several singing blue-winged warblers around, plus a
handful of the expected warblers.

Heading north for a few days...

Jym Mooney, Milwaukee

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Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 11:19:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mike Goodman <goodman4835@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [wisb] Fw: eBird Report - Lake Park - Locust Ravine , 5/15/09

Mike Goodman-South Milwaukee

Location: Lake Park - Locust Ravine
Observation date: 5/15/09 7AM
Notes: my best day birding at lake park!!
Number of species: 53

Canada Goose 2 Fly over
Mallard 1
Double-crested Cormorant 3 Fly over
Ring-billed Gull 6
Mourning Dove 3
Chimney Swift 50
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 3 1 immature & [2] adults seen
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 4
European Starling 5
Tennessee Warbler 2
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Nashville Warbler 3
Yellow Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 2
Cape May Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 20
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 5
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Wilson's Warbler 3
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 5
White-crowned Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 female
Indigo Bunting 2 seen at staute area
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Baltimore Oriole 3
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

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