[wisb] Re: ALERT: Yellow-throated Warbler, Lake Park Locust Ravine, Milwaukee

  • From: steven lubahn <stevenlubahn@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: odboyle@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:20:47 -0500

The YTWA was still singing incessantly when I left at 4:45. It had moved to the 
ravine with the road running down to Lincoln Memorial. A Pine was singing as 
well among the Yellow-rumps.

Steven Lubahn
Cudahy
Milw Co.


On Apr 15, 2012, at 4:32 PM, Owen Boyle wrote:

> Sorry about that last email.  Apparently I have some issues to work out 
> with sending emails from my phone to the list.
> 
> I was writing from Locust Ravine in Lake Park, Milwaukee to say that at 
> 2:10pm I found a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER at the south end of the ravine 
> (see eBird checklist below for description and full species list).  I 
> had great looks for 20 minutes.  I last heard it at 2:30 as it was 
> moving north in the ravine toward the bridge.  Fifteen minutes later the 
> skies opened up with pea-sized hail, lightening, and strong wind gusts.  
> Hopefully the bird is still in the ravine and can be relocated this 
> afternoon.
> 
> Locust Ravine map: 
> https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=43.071045,-87.8694&ll=43.071045,-87.8694
>  
> <https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=43.071045,-87.8694&ll=43.071045,-87.8694>
> 
> Owen Boyle
> Milwaukee
> 
> Lake Park - Locust Ravine, Milwaukee, US-WI
> Apr 15, 2012 1:40 PM - 2:50 PM
> Protocol: Traveling
> 0.25 mile(s)
> Comments:     Submitted from BirdLog Log for Android v1.08
> 22 species
> 
> Turkey Vulture  1
> Cooper's Hawk  1
> Ring-billed Gull  5
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
> Downy Woodpecker  3
> Eastern Phoebe  2
> American Crow  1
> Black-capped Chickadee  4
> White-breasted Nuthatch  1
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  4
> Eastern Bluebird  2
> Hermit Thrush  1
> Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2
> Yellow-throated Warbler  1     First heard then seen at 10m bathing in stream 
> at south end of Locust Ravine. Bright yellow throat, bold black cheek and eye 
> line, white eyebrow and spot behind cheek, overall dark grey with 2 white 
> wing bars. The bird was very active singing nearly constantly from perches in 
> the mid- to overstory. I watched the bird for a total of 20 minutes. I last 
> heard it as it was moving north in Locust Ravine toward the bridge.
> Chipping Sparrow  3
> White-throated Sparrow  2
> Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1
> Northern Cardinal  2
> Red-winged Blackbird  1
> Brown-headed Cowbird  11
> House Finch  2
> American Goldfinch  9
> 
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
> 
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