First-of-the-year Wood Thrush (details below), Eastern Towhee, Field Sparrow, and Solitary Sandpiper were in Estabrook Park, Milwaukee Co., this morning. Judith Huf and I also had the pleasure of watching a Great Horned Owl and a dozing fuzzy owlet in a nest. Chuck Hagner Milwaukee Co., WI ________________________________________ From: do-not-reply@xxxxxxxxx [do-not-reply@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 1:21 PM To: Chuck Hagner Subject: eBird Report - Estabrook Park, Apr 14, 2012 Estabrook Park, Milwaukee, US-WI Apr 14, 2012 7:25 AM - 11:15 AM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) 35 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 18 Mallard 12 Cooper's Hawk 1 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Herring Gull 5 gull sp. 9 Rock Pigeon 3 Mourning Dove 3 Great Horned Owl 2 Observed at nest with at least one owlet. Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 Downy Woodpecker 7 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Eastern Phoebe 3 American Crow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 23 White-breasted Nuthatch 5 Brown Creeper 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8 Hermit Thrush 4 Wood Thrush 1 I was watching a pair of Hermit Thrushes flying low and perching ahead of me on the trail just west of the Dog Exercise Area when I first spotted the bird, perched, facing me, about 30 feet away. It was similar in size to, certainly no smaller than, a Hermit Thrush, but the top of its head was bright reddish-brown, brighter and redder than a Hermit's head, and its chest and undersides were pure snow-white. I immediately noticed bold, black dots on the bird's chest, bigger and bolder than on the nearby Hermit Thrushes. After the bird perched facing away from me, I saw that the reddish-brown head color extended down its neck and back to the tail. I looked for but observed no contrast between the color of the tail and back. Observed through 7x42 binoculars. American Robin 39 European Starling 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Eastern Towhee 1 Field Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 7 Swamp Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 6 Dark-eyed Junco 6 Northern Cardinal 8 Red-winged Blackbird 17 Common Grackle 6 Brown-headed Cowbird 10 American Goldfinch 11 House Sparrow 6 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/wi) #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn