[wisb] Big Bird Day - Milwaukee County, May 14 - 107 species

From: Tim Vargo <tvargo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 12:26:40 -0500
Belated and final report of our Big Bird Day in Milwaukee County on May 14th.
Areas visited: Washington Park, Havenwoods, Riverside Park, Lake Park, Bradford 
Beach, Coast Guard Impoundment, South Shore Yacht Club, Warnimont Park

107 species this year, besting our previous best by 1!


Waterfowl - 7 sp (Blue-winged Teal, Canada Goose, Greater Scaup, Mallard, 
Northern Shoveler, Redhead, Wood Duck)

Pied-billed Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Herons - 2 sp (Great-Blue, Green)

Raptors - 3sp (American Kestrel, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk)

Sora

Shorebirds - 5 sp (Dunlin, Killdeer, Sanderling, Semipalmated Sandpiper, 
Spotted Sandpiper)

Gulls - 2 sp  (Herring, Ring-billed)

Terns - 2 sp (Caspian, Forster's)

Doves - 2 sp (Mourning, Rock Pigeon)

Common Nighthawk

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers - 5 sp (Downy, Hairy, Flicker, Red-bellied, Red-headed)

Flycatchers - 4 sp (E. Kingbird, E. Phoebe, E. Wood-pewee, Great-crested 
Flycatcher)

Vireos - 5 sp (Bells, Blue-headed, Red-eyed, Warbling, Yellow-throated)

Blue Jay

American Crow

Swallows - 6 sp (Bank, Barn, Cliff, Northern Rough-winged, Purple Martin, Tree)

Black-capped Chickadee

White-breasted Nuthatch

Wrens - 2 sp (House, Sedge)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Thrushes - 6 sp (A. Robin, E. Bluebird, Gray-cheeked, Hermit, Swainson's, Wood)

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Warblers - 18 sp (Redstart, Bay-breasted, Black & White, Blackpoll, 
Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Cape May, Chestnut-sided, 
Yellowthroat, Magnolia, Nashville, Northern Waterthrush, Ovenbird, Palm, Pine, 
Wilson's, Yellow, Yellow-rumped)

Scarlet Tanager

Sparrows - 9 sp (Eastern Towhee, Chipping, Clay-colored, Field, Savannah, Song, 
Swamp, White-crowned, White-throated)

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Blackbirds - 7 sp (Baltimore & Orchard Oriole, Bobolink, Brown-headed Cowbird, 
Common Grackle, Eastern Meadowlark, Red-winged Blackbird)

Finches - 2 sp (American Goldfinch, House Finch)

House Sparrow



Timothy Vargo
Manager of Research and Citizen Science
Urban Ecology Center
1500 E Park Pl
Milwaukee WI  53211

Phone: (414) 964-8505 x 116
Fax: (414) 964-1084

tvargo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:tvargo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
www.urbanecologycenter.org<http://www.urbanecologycenter.org/>


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