[wisb] Re: Lake park Milwaukee (ID help?)
- From: Paul Sparks <paul.sparks@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mikeduchek@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:02:09 -0500
I didn't leave right away, instead I walked down to the bridge near Lake
Park Bistro and didn't have too much luck. I saw pretty much the same birds
as Mike. Although while watching a Redstart try to eat a rather large insect
I saw a Great Crested Flycatcher try to swoop in an steal it. He was
unsuccessful. There was plenty of activity but like Mike said, not a lot of
light. I haven't looked at my photos yet but I don't think there's anything
remarkable. Maybe tomorrow will be better with the sun.
Paul Sparks
Glendale, Milwaukee County
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Mike Duchek <mikeduchek@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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