2011 09 24 Warbler Walk #6 Fall - waterspout

Lake Park Birders,

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

2011 09 13 Warblers, Thrushes

Lake Park Birders,

See the message below that I am forwarding from
- the Wisconsin Birding Network, http://www.freelists.org/list/
wisbirdn .

--- Paul Hunter
Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
http://home.roadrunner.com/~phunter1/lakeparkbirds.html
https://www.facebook.com/groups/LakeParkBirds/

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From: "Jym Mooney & Carol Lee Hopkins" <hopmoon@milwpc.com>
Subject: [wisb] Lake Park, Milwaukee 9/13
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:38:18 -0500

Locust Ravine in Lake Park was active late this afternoon, with multiple
Ovenbirds, Swainson's Thrushes, Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds, and
Waterthrushes. Two were Northern Waterthrushes, but a third appeared
to be
Louisiana Waterthrush, with an unstreaked throat, broad white
supercilium,
and whitish underparts. Also found Lincoln's Sparrow and Gray-Cheeked
Thrush, and other warblers: Wilson's, Common Yellowthroat, Nashville,
American Redstart, and Magnolia.

Jym Mooney, Milwaukee

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Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:09:07 -0500
Subject: [wisb] Nice morning - Lake Park Milwaukee
From: Brian Hansen <rawshooter@gmail.com>

I knew it was going be a good morning when I opened my eyes in bed and
saw warblers in the tree right outside my window. I headed to Lake
Park and it was actually a little quiet at first but found a nice wave
on the west side of the first bridge that is just north of the light
house. Good close looks at quite a variety of warblers - see below.
For those that head to Lake Park, there is a Mulberry tree on the
south side of that bridge on the north east corner of the light house
lawn. It was full of Swainsons, Cedar Waxwings, Robins and Cardinals
pigging out. You can stand 20 feet away and watch them feed. Also
there are two juvenile Coopers Hawks near the lawn bowling. I have
seen or heard them every morning now for a couple of weeks while
walking my dog and they are not people shy at all. They seem to love
to chase each other around and make a lot of noise. One followed my
dog and I for about 200 yards yesterday. It would fly almost right up
to us and land on the nearest branch, then repeat as we walked way.
At one point is was maybe 10 feet over my head while stood there
talking to it. Couldn't get it to come home with us though :)

Photos maybe coming later. Didn't even have a chance to look at them
as I was way late for work.

Brian Hansen
Milwaukee - east side

Lake Park - General, Milwaukee, US-WI
Sep 13, 2011 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
35 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose 20
Cooper's Hawk 3
Ring-billed Gull 3
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Empidonax sp. 2
American Crow 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
House Wren 1
Swainson's Thrush 5
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling 6
Cedar Waxwing 12
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 3
American Redstart 8
Cape May Warbler 2
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 4
Chestnut-sided Warbler 5
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 20
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Wilson's Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 10
Northern Cardinal 4
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow 14

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wi)

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2011 05 14 Warbler Walk #3 for Spring

Location: Lake Park - Locust Ravine
Observation date: 5/14/11
Notes: Lake Park Warbler Walk #3/6
Number of species: 27

Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis 35
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 4
Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe 1
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis 3
House Wren - Troglodytes aedon 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula 4
Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis 1
American Robin - Turdus migratorius 12
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis 2
Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler - Dendroica pensylvanica 1
Magnolia Warbler - Dendroica magnolia 2
Black-throated Green Warbler - Dendroica virens 3
Blackburnian Warbler - Dendroica fusca 1
Palm Warbler - Dendroica palmarum 3
Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia 1
American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla 1
Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas 5
Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina 12
White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys 4
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 6
Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea 2
Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater 12
House Finch - Carpodacus mexicanus 4
American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis 8

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

2011 05 21 Warbler Walk #5 of 6 for Spring

Lake Park Birders,

See the list of birds below we saw on 5/21/11.

--- Paul Hunter
Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
http://home.roadrunner.com/~phunter1/lakeparkbirds.html
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Location: Lake Park - Locust Ravine
Observation date: 5/21/11
Notes: Warbler Walk #5 of 6 for Spring 2011
Number of species: 40

Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias 1
Cooper's Hawk - Accipiter cooperii 2
Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis 4
Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus 2
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 4
Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus 1
Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe 1
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata 200
Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor 4
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus 12
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis 4
House Wren - Troglodytes aedon 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula 1
Catharus sp. - Catharus sp. 1
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis 1
European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris 6
Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum 3
Nashville Warbler - Oreothlypis ruficapilla 1
Northern Parula - Parula americana 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler - Dendroica pensylvanica 12
Magnolia Warbler - Dendroica magnolia 10
Cape May Warbler - Dendroica tigrina 1
Black-throated Green Warbler - Dendroica virens 2
Blackburnian Warbler - Dendroica fusca 4
Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia 1
American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla 8
Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas 2
Wilson's Warbler - Wilsonia pusilla 2
Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina 4
Lincoln's Sparrow - Melospiza lincolnii 1
White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis 1
White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys 4
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis 4
Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea 2
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus 1
Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater 12
House Finch - Carpodacus mexicanus 7
American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis 6
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus 4

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2011 02 12 Duck Watch

Lake Park Birders,

Mike Goodman led this Duck Watch for me. See his checklists below.

--- 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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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 11:41:49 -0800 (PST)
From: Mike Goodman <goodman4835@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [wisb] Fw: eBird Report - Lakeshore SP/Harbor Island ,
2/12/11/Texas A

Mike Goodman- South Milwaukee

Location: South Shore Marina & Texas av
Observation date: 2/12/11
Notes: Duck watch-Lake Park group
Number of species: 10

Canada Goose 2
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 10
Redhead 4
Greater Scaup 40
Common Goldeneye 50
Hooded Merganser 3
Common Merganser 12
Red-breasted Merganser 8
Herring Gull 8

Location: Lakeshore SP/Harbor Island
Observation date: 2/12/11
Notes: Part of Duck Watch -Lake Park group
Number of species: 10

Canada Goose 20
Mallard 40
Greater Scaup 40
Common Goldeneye 50
Red-breasted Merganser 20
Ring-billed Gull 10
Herring Gull 70
Thayer's Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 6
American Crow 2

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2011 09 17 Warbler Walk #5 for Fall

Lake Park Birders,

See my report below.

--- 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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Warbler Walks at Lake Park, - Saturdays, 8:30 to 10:00 AM
Fall 2011: Aug 20, Aug 27, Sept 3, Sept 10, Sept 17, Sept 24
Meet on the WEST side of the Warming House
near the tennis courts on the north end of the park
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14 birders started off as usual near the wooden Rustic Bridge over
Locust Ravine on the northern end of Lake Park. At the feeders a
Savannah Sparrow presented significant challenges in identification.
Several American Redstarts flitted among the leaves flashing all
shades of yellow and orange. A Northern Parula was a challenge, but
confirmed it's identity with one weak song. The foot bridge over
Ravine Road was quiet as were the bushes near the Wolcott statue,
except for a dozen House Sparrows. We had nice looks at a couple
Ruby-throated hummingbirds and an Empidonax flycatcher from the Lion
Bridge over the North Light House Ravine. We tried walking down the
South Light House Ravine for the second time ever, but this time
found very little. No algae mat was present on the shore of Lake
Michigan at North Point, so no sandpipers were present, but we did
notice that at least one Ring-billed Gull was already in its basic
(winter) plumage, with its streaked nape. Walking back up Locust
Ravine yielded a pair of Eastern Wood-Pewees (possibly parent and
young by call and behavior), a skulking Northern Waterthrush, a Black-
throated Green Warbler, a couple more Northern Parulas, a Swainson's
Thrush and a tawny Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
There was a steady easterly breeze off Lake Michigan.
Temperature's rose steadily from mid 50s to low 60s.

Lake Park - Locust Ravine, Milwaukee, US-WI
Sep 17, 2011 8:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: Warbler Walk 2011 Fall #5 of 6
31 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose 9
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Ring-billed Gull 45
Herring Gull 10
Chimney Swift 20
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Empidonax sp. 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Wren 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
Swainson's Thrush 1
Catharus sp. 1
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Redstart 9
Northern Parula 3
Magnolia Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 5
Savannah Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
American Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow 12

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

2011 09 17 Warblers 10 species

Lake Park Birders,

See the message below that I am forwarding from
- the Wisconsin Birding Network, http://www.freelists.org/list/
wisbirdn .
- eBird Alerts, http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/subscribe-to-
ebird-alerts

--- 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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Subject: Chimney Swifts Milwaukee County
From: "Tom Wood" <tcwood729 AT wi.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011

To continue the Chimney Swift discussion, this morning at Lake Park
in Milwaukee there were Chimney Swifts in view until about 11 A.M.
Later I went to Sheridan Park and experienced a similar migration for
about two hours. For a few minutes there were Chimney Swifts that
could be seen in all directions as far as I could see. In the
afternoon it was clear and these birds were spectacular against the
blue sky. It had me wondering, where did they all come from and how
did they all get together?

Warbler migration was slow. I found 16 species at various places
between Shorewood Nature Preserve and Warnimont Park (best spot Lake
Park with 10 species) but they were hard to come by with very few
individuals.

Thomas C. Wood, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County