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Report of Bird Walk
By   Dennis Casper
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Lake Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

8:30-10:30 a. m.

About 15 birders enjoyed a bright, clear, slightly cool but very pleasant morning in Lake Park in quest of fall warblers and as many other birds as possible. Their efforts were well-rewarded. Led by Dennis Casper and Ron Gutschow, they began by circling the tennis courts, then heading toward the Locust Street Ravine, checking out the feeders and the woods from the rustic bridge.

After crossing the bridge, the group split up, one contingent following a flock of Juncos to the west, the other continuing to the old road bridge over the ravine where they marveled at a veritable treasure trove of warblers in the ravine. A long time was spent on that bridge; it was hard to pull ourselves away. But finally a small party went on to the Wolcott statue area and across the golf course, which also proved fruitful, before returning to the warming house. The Junco-followers completed the same circuit in the opposite direction. Our final count showed 49 total species, including 15 species of warblers.


Birds observed

10 Canada Goose
2 Cooper’s Hawk
X Ring-billed Gull
1 Chimney Swift
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
6 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1 Downy Woodpecker
2 Hairy Woodpecker
3 Northern Flicker
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee

1 Empidonax Flycatcher, species undetermined
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Yellow-throated Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo
4 Blue Jay
3 American Crow
12 Black-capped Chickadee
6 Red-breasted Nuthatch
8 White-breasted Nuthatch
2 Brown Creeper

1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
10 Swainson’s Thrush
2 Hermit Thrush
1 American Robin
3 Cedar Waxwing
2 Tennessee Warbler
6 Nashville Warbler
3 Chestnut-sided Warbler
5 Magnolia Warbler

1 Cape May Warbler
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
6 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 Black-throated Green Warbler
8 Palm Warbler
4 Blackpoll Warbler
4 Black-and-White Warbler
10 American Redstart
1 Connecticut Warbler
2 Common Yellowthroat

1 Wilson’s Warbler
2 Chipping Sparrow
1 Fox Sparrow
1 Lincoln’s Sparrow
12 White-throated Sparrow
24 Dark-eyed Junco
6 Northern Cardinal
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 American Goldfinch
5 House Sparrow