See the message below that I am forwarding from Jym Mooney who lead
the last Warbler Walk of the fall. See you in a month at the first
Duck Watch of "winter".
--- Paul Hunter
Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
http://home.roadrunner.com/~phunter1/lakeparkbirds.html
http://lakeparkbirds.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/LakeParkBirds/
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Lake Park Duck Watches: Saturdays 11AM - 1PM
Fall 2011: Oct 22 , Nov 12, Dec 3
Gather EAST of Lincoln Memorial Dr, north of Bradford Beach.
In the second hour, carpools will convoy to nearby birding hotspots.
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From: "Jym Mooney & Carol Lee Hopkins" <hopmoon@milwpc.com>
Subject: [wisb] Lake Park Warbler Walk, Milwaukee 9/24
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:09:14 -0500
It was a quiet morning in Lake Park today, with eight birders
scouring the
trees and ravines for any signs of movement. We ended with 26 species,
mostly singletons of each. Cooper's Hawk and Gray Catbird gave nice
shows.
We had only five warblers (including a Black-Throated Blue that I found
before the walk started), but the last was a humdinger: a Connecticut
Warbler moved in and out of the brush of the Lighthouse Ravine, allowing
everyone to get a look at it. Three different Eastern Peewees were
sunning
themselves on snags, allowing nice views of this bird that is much more
often heard than seen.
We cut the walk short at 10:00, as a thunderstorm approached from the
south.
We all marveled at a big waterspout that appeared out over the lake just
east of the park.
Jym Mooney, Milwaukee
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Lake Park - Locust Ravine, Milwaukee, US-WI
Sep 24, 2011 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
26 species
Canada Goose 4
Mallard 2
Double-crested Cormorant 12
Cooper's Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 30
Chimney Swift 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
Black-capped Chickadee 12
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Eastern Bluebird 2
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 1
Connecticut Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Magnolia Warbler 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 4
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 3
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org/
wi)
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Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:55:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@yahoo.com>
Subject: [wisb] Milwaukee Waterspout!! (photos)
There was a cool waterspout on Lake Michigan off of Milwaukee's
Bradford Beach!! Like a tornado over water!!! Made me completely
forget about birding!! :-)
Here's a nice photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14463444@N07/6178436246/in/photostream
At one point there were two of them. The one on the left is
dissipating, while the one on the right is gaining strength:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14463444@N07/6178438268/in/photostream
There were dozens of people pulling over along Lincoln Memorial Drive
to take photos.
Bernie Sloan
Milwaukee
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