Birds: L P W Walk 9/12, spring warbler photos

Lake Park birders:

I am forwarding Jym Mooney's report of yesterday's Warbler Walk as posted on Wis Bird Net and e-Bird. Chuck Hagner also posted a list from his regular, personal walks at Estabrook Parkway. Brian Hansen's photos of warblers in Lake Park this spring are beautiful. Follow his link below.

--- Paul Hunter
http://home.roadrunner.com/~phunter1/lakeparkbirds.html
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From: "Jym Mooney & Carol Lee Hopkins" <hopmoon@milwpc.com>
Subject: [wisb] Lake Park Warbler Walk, Milwaukee, 9/12
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:17:06 -0500

Two dozen birders enjoyed some good warbler "stands" this morning. We found a couple of decent warbler groups, which meant that we spent most of our time scanning trees in just three spots. We had nine warbler species (Nashville, magnolia, Cape May, black-throated green, black- throated blue, Blackburnian, blackpoll, redstart, and Wilson's), good looks at a Philadelphia vireo, eastern bluebirds, eastern wood-pewees, ruby- throated hummingbirds, and a juvenile rose-breasted grosbeak. Total 34 species, plus three of the group added a Canada warbler and a red-breasted nuthatch to the day's list just after the group broke up.

Jym Mooney, Milwaukee

Location: Lake Park - Locust Ravine
Observation date: 9/12/09
Notes: Pre-group walk by group leader added red-tailed hawk, RB
and herring gulls, Caspian tern, Canada goose, mallard, DC cormorant,
and house sparrow.
Number of species: 34

Cooper's Hawk - Accipiter cooperii 1
Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus 2
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 3
Hairy Woodpecker - Picoides villosus 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens 4
Philadelphia Vireo - Vireo philadelphicus 1
Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus 1
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata 4
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos 6
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica 4
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 24
Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis 10
Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis 6
Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus 1
American Robin - Turdus migratorius 1
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis 1
Nashville Warbler - Vermivora ruficapilla 4
Magnolia Warbler - Dendroica magnolia 4
Cape May Warbler - Dendroica tigrina 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler - Dendroica caerulescens 1
Black-throated Green Warbler - Dendroica virens 6
Blackburnian Warbler - Dendroica fusca 1
Blackpoll Warbler - Dendroica striata 7
American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla 5
Wilson's Warbler - Wilsonia pusilla 3
Canada Warbler - Wilsonia canadensis 1
Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina 1
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus 1
House Finch - Carpodacus mexicanus 1
American Goldfinch - Carduelis tristis 20

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

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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:19:25 -0500
Subject: [wisb] Lest we forget our spring Warblers - fall to follow...
From: Brian Hansen <rawshooter@gmail.com>

Hi All,
I haven't posted photos in a long time so I thought I would try to catch up a little.

Now that the fall migrants are making their way back through
Wisconsin, I thought I would finally post my spring ones. A spring I will never
forget. Fall is turning out to great as well. I had a few nice waves today
in Lake Park. A lot of Cape Mays, some Bay-breasted, Black Polls and even a
couple early Palms. Hopefully it won't take me till spring to post them.

http://www.pbase.com/bhansen/spring_migrants_lake_park_milwaukee
Change the view to large if they are too big. Sorry but I didn't take the time
to size them all but most are small.

Brian Hansen
Milwaukee - east side