Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ From: Tim Hahn Sent: 8/15/2012 9:02 PM To: Wisconsin Birding Network Subject: [wisb] New Berlin Rec Trail - Waukesha County Shorebird habitat continues to improve in the ponds along the New Berlin Rec Trail between Calhoun and Springdale Roads. This evening I had mostly the same species as before, but numbers are gradually increasing, including three PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, a species I hadn't seen there. A lone AMERICAN COOT and a lone GREEN-WINGED TEAL in eclipse plumage are hanging out with the forty or so Mallards. I struggled to find passerines that weren't CEDAR WAXWINGS or Starlings. I think all of Waukesha County's CEWAs are there! Four swallow species are common, and I'm guessing Banks are there, but I just didn't see one. Numbers are well over 300 for total swallows. The only warbler I found was YELLOW WARBLER, with three males still singing along the train tracks before sunset. Are these guys possibly still defending nesting territories from a second brood? I hadn't heard a warbler song in about a month! OH!... and I also had an Empidonax flycatcher I couldn't ID. It kept chirping, but not a vocalization I could put a finger on. It had quite the yellow hue to its "white" parts, and looked to have a full eye-ring, but the look I had was a bit too fleeting to put it down as a Yellow-bellied though. http://ebird.org/ebird/wi/view/checklist?subID=S11350272 Cheers! Tim Hahn New Berlin, WI (Waukesha Cty) #################### 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 #################### 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