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Report of Bird Walk
By Jym Mooney, Dolores Knopefelmacher and Judith Huf (Compiled by Paul Hunter)
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Lake Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The highlight of the 4/29/06 bird walk in Lake Park was a Harris Sparrow at the Wolcott Statue about 9:30am.  He was feeding with the large flock of White-throated Sparrows.  It was a life-bird for several birders.  House and Winter Wrens were seen nearby.

One birder heard the Black-throated Green Warbler, but didn't see it.  Someone else reported a Wilson's Warbler.  one person saw the Red-headed Woodpecker just before the group gathered.


About 20 people joined the second of our Saturday "Warbler Walks."  The weather being much balmier than the preceding week, we were able to record more birds and visit more areas of the park, including hot spots Locust Street Ravine and the shrubby area near the Wolcott statue.  Jym Mooney also visited the lake shore and noted some lake and shore birds before we began. 

Judith Huf and Roxanne Shrank led the walk; Jym Mooney recorded the species.  We counted 279 individuals (up from 182 the previous week) and 47 species (up from 36 the previous week).

Number of species:     47

Canada Goose     2
Wood Duck     2
Mallard     2
Greater Scaup     5
Red-breasted Merganser     6
Double-crested Cormorant     12
Ring-billed Gull     10
Herring Gull     3
Caspian Tern     5
Mourning Dove     3
Chimney Swift     3
Red-headed Woodpecker     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Downy Woodpecker     2
Hairy Woodpecker     2
Northern Flicker     1
Blue Jay     1
American Crow     12
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     2
Barn Swallow     1
Black-capped Chickadee     12
Red-breasted Nuthatch     1
White-breasted Nuthatch     3
Brown Creeper     1
House Wren     2
Winter Wren     3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet     20
Eastern Bluebird     2
American Robin     10
Brown Thrasher     2
European Starling     25
Cedar Waxwing     6
Yellow-rumped Warbler     12
Black-throated Green Warbler     1
Wilson's Warbler     1
Eastern Towhee     1
Chipping Sparrow     20
Song Sparrow     1
Swamp Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     20
Harris's Sparrow     1
Dark-eyed Junco     1
Northern Cardinal     8
Common Grackle     12
Brown-headed Cowbird     10
American Goldfinch     5
House Sparrow     6