[wisb] Lake park Milwaukee (ID help?)
- From: "Mike Duchek" <mikeduchek@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:33:34 -0500
I went to lake park in Milwaukee this morning from about 9:30-11:30 AM. Had
never been there much before so I was kind of exploring. I picked a crappy day
though. The weather started out promising with a little sun at one point, but
it got progressively cloudier and windier with big gusts at times. Still a lot
of birds, but made things a lot more difficult both for visibility and taking
photos.
Went down into the ravine trail where I saw Paul Sparks. He went to try to
photograph up above but I think he must have left shortly thereafter as I
couldn't find him again. Tons and tons and tons of redstarts (including 2
adult males, redstarts probably made up 85% of warblers I saw), some black and
whites - I was just a few feet from one B&W at one point but so dark that could
not get a good photo.
Also some I couldn't ID right away though I think I know the magnolia. See
photos, here are my guesses (and I promise I am slowly getting better at this).
You can click view full size to blow these up:
http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/578511138kEGLDx
1. ??? on left (magnolia?) and magnolia on right?
2-5. same bird - magnolia?
6-7. same bird - bay-breasted?
8. Tennessee? Don't see a supercilium which the guide shows, but eyering looks
complete.
Also at least a couple thrushes (Swainson's for maybe one of them. Just got a
fleeting glance, looked cold/gray with a spotted collar), numerous hummingbirds
in the ravine, ? flycatchers including at least one pewee (but did not see any
yellow-bellied, are the mystery ones likely least FCs in this location?), and
of course the usual suspects.
If you have crappy weather like I did, I recommend checking out the little
flower garden next to the ravine (between the ravine and the baseball diamond).
It had a better mix than the ravine itself and some of the warblers seem to
feed in there, and there will be a bit more sun there than in the ravine
itself. The ravine was laregly flycatching redstarts.
-Mike Duchek, Waukesha, Waukesha Co.
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