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Report of Warbler Walk
By  Jym Mooney
Saturday, Sept 16, 2006
Lake Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

About 16 birders met Saturday morning, September 16th, at the Lake Park warming house for our second warbler walk of the fall. An immediate treat was provided when sharp-eyed Evan Barrientos spotted a yellow-throated vireo in the tree-tops of Locust Ravine. Bird activity was generally quite low, perhaps due to four or five Cooper's hawks that were very active throughout the bird walk period.  For a long time it seemed that palms and American redstarts would be the only warblers of the day. At the base of the bluff by Ravine Road we found a blackpoll warbler, hairy woodpecker, and brown creeper. Girl Scout (soon to be named Waterfall) Ravine was also quiet. By this time our group had dwindled considerably.

The action finally began to pick up at the south end of the golf course. Here we had eastern kingbirds and a least flycatcher, northern flickers, palm warblers, and ruby-crowned kinglet. Finally the last five hardy birders began to make our way back to the warming house to put together our final tally. On the way we hit a small warbler wavelet that included black-throated green, black and white, magnolia, and more blackpoll warblers. We thought we would end the day with zero sparrows, but a last check of the feeders yielded one chipping sparrow and three white-throated sparrows.

September 16, 2006   (15 birders)

6     Canada Goose
2     Double-crested Cormorant
5     Cooper's Hawk
6     Ring-billed Gull
12    Chimney Swift
4     Downy Woodpecker
1     Hairy Woodpecker
2     Northern Flicker
1     Least Flycatcher
1     Eastern Kingbird

1     Yellow-throated Vireo
4     Blue Jay
8     American Crow
20    Black-capped Chickadee
6     White-breasted Nuthatch
3     Brown Creeper
2     Roby-crowned Kinglet
2     Gray Catbird
1     Magnolia Warbler
2     Black-throated Green Warbler

3     Palm Warbler
2     Blackpoll Warbler
6     Black-and-White Warbler
1     American Redstart
1     Chipping Sparrow
3     White-throated Sparrow
1     Northern Cardinal
10    American Goldfinch                Total Species:  28