Lapland Rusty Field 2010 10 03 07

Lake Park birders,

See the messages below which I am forwarding from
http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/WISC.html
Wis Bird Net and eBird alerts.

--- Paul Hunter
Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
http://home.roadrunner.com/~phunter1/lakeparkbirds.html
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Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) (1)
- Reported Oct 06, 2010 07:55 by Dennis Gustafson
- Lake Park (general), Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) (1)
- Reported Oct 07, 2010 by Chris Petherick
- Bradford Beach--North Point, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 17:26:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@yahoo.com>
Subject: [wisb] Milwaukee lakefront, 10/2-10/4 - Three new BIGBY
species, plus

... * Field Sparrow. BIGBY #147. In Lake Park today, near the North
Point lighthouse.

* Gulls in a hackberry tree, eating hackberries. Today. South end of
Bradford Beach. I've never seen a gull perched in a tree before. But
three of them were awkwardly balancing themselves in a smallish
hackberry tree and dining on the berries.

* Golden-crowned Kinglets. Everywhere, from Veterans Park to Lake Park.

* Palm Warblers. All over the place at North Point (north of Bradford
Beach). In fact, they were the only species near the North Point
algae mats. No gulls. No shorebirds. No Harlequin Duck. Heck, not
even any algae mats.

* Dark-eyed Juncos. Many in Lake Park. One flock had 50+ birds.

Bernie Sloan
Milwaukee

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Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus) (1)
- Reported Oct 03, 2010 by Chris Petherick
- Bradford Beach--North Point, Milwaukee, Wisconsin