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2008 Southeast Wisconsin Birding Past Events and Reports of Events
Dates of Christmas Bird Counts in Wisconsin
http://www.wsobirds.org/wso_christmas_bird_counts.html
http://app.audubon.org/cbcapp/findCircles.jsp?start=&state=US-WI&Submit1=Show+Circles
Riveredge Bird Club - Lake Michigan: Pt. Wash. to Sheboygan
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
5 a.m. at - 4380 Highway O near Saukville for owling.
7 a.m. breakfast at Harry's Restaurant in Port Washington.
8 a.m - Port Washington boat ramps then north to Harrington Beach State Park and Sheboygan.
Milwaukee - Winter Birds
Wisconsin Society for Ornithology Field Trips
Saturday, January 5, 2008
http://www.wsobirds.org/wso_field_trips_08.pdf
trschultz@vbe.com,Tom Schultz
Riveredge Bird Club - Lake Michigan: Pt. Wash. to Sheboygan
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Lake Michigan shoreline gulls and other winter birds (RBC)
Breakfast at Harry's Restaurant in downtown Port Washington at 6:30 a.m.
or meet at 7:30 a.m. at the south end - of the Port Washington harbor parking lot to check out the harbor,
then
head north along the lake.
http://riveredgenaturecenter.org/programs/clubs/bird.shtm
Birding
in Ecuador: The Mindo Birdathon,
a
fundraiser for the Mindo Cloudforest Foundation - -
http://www.mindocloudforest.org/eng.htm -
Thursday,
February 7, 2008, 7:00 P.M
Hoy
Audubon, http://www.hoyaudubon.org/
- , River Bend Nature Center - Racine
Eric
Howe, will highlight his trip to Ecuador in August, 2007
BOLIVIA
– AMAZONIA TO LAKE TITICACA, Bill Volkert
Tuesday,
February 5, - 2008 , - 7-9PM - -
Newburg,
Riveredge
Bird Club, Monthly Meeting
http://riveredgenaturecenter.org/programs/clubs/bird.shtm
Illinois
Gull Frolic
Saturday,
February 9, 2008
Winthrop
Harbor, Illinois (just across Illinois - Wisconsin border on Lake
Michigan)
-http://www.illinoisbirds.org/fieldtrips.html
"Birds
of the Domes"
Mitchell
Park Horticultural Conservatory
Saturday
February 9, 2008, - - 9 - 10 AM
524
S. Layton Blvd. (27th Street), Milwaukee, WI 53215
Guided
(1-hour) tour led by Paula J. Zamiatowski, Educator
30
people max. (First come first served) - Cost: $ 6.00 each
Joseph
E. Devereaux, President, Enderis Park Bird Watching Club
info@epbwc.com - - -
http://www.birdwatchusa.com
Cryptic
Mating Behavior in Birds
Speaker:
Dr. Linda Whittingham, Professor, Biology, UW-Milwaukee
Wednesday,
February 12, 2008 , - 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Urban
Ecology
Center , Milwaukee, http://www.urbanecologycenter.org/
For
adults - - $5 - - (Members - free, donations appreciated) - - Call to register, 964-8505
Many species of birds form monogamous pair bonds but produce young sired by different males.
Sax-Zim Bog Festival of Birds!
Friday- Sunday, February 15 - 17, 2008
Meadowlands, Minnesota (northwest of Duluth)
Great Gray Owls, Sharp-tailed Grouse, Northern Hawk Owl, American Three-toed & Black-backed Woodpeckers, Northern Shrike
Boreal Chickadee, Red & White-winged Crossbills, Common & Hoary Redpolls, Evening & Pine Grosbeaks, Snow Bunting
http://moumn.org/sax-zim/brochure.pdf
Adult Birding Workshops: Bird Physiology Part II
Saturday, February 16, 2008, - 3:30 -5 p.m.
Urban Ecology
Center , Milwaukee, http://www.urbanecologycenter.org/
For adults - - $10 (Members - $5) - - Free for regular birding volunteers - - Call to register, 964-8505
“Weight for weight, birds eat more food, consume more oxygen, move more rapidly, and generate more heat than any other vertebrates” (Joel Welty). We will look at the amazing adaptations birds have for dealing with these stresses before heading into Riverside Park for a twilight bird stroll. Binoculars provided.
Riveredge Bird Club - North Woods Winter Birds
Friday to Sunday, February 22 to 24, 2007
Ashland or Eagle River
Register with RBC field trip chair Carl Schwartz at cschwartz3@wi.rr.com
or call him at 414-416-3272 by Jan. 15.
Milwaukee County Avian Migration Monitoring Partnership (MCAMMP)
http://home.earthlink.net/~iltlawas/id16.html
3rd Annual MCAMMP Volunteer Workshop
Urban Ecology Center in Milwaukee
Sunday, March 2, 2008
2:15-4:15 PM
RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS – MONITORING POPULATIONS? - Janet King. -
Tuesday, March 4, - 2008 , - 7-9PM - -
Newburg, Riveredge
Bird Club, Monthly Meeting
http://riveredgenaturecenter.org/programs/clubs/bird.shtm
Learning to Think Like a Bluebird
Thursday, March 6, 2008, - 7 PM
Hoy Audubon, http://www.hoyaudubon.org/
- , River Bend Nature Center - Racine
Dr. Kent Hall coordinates the Aldo Leopold Audubon Society's "Bluebird Trail", -
with - 937 nest boxes and 45 monitors in the 2008 season.
Dr. Hall was a faculty member for 30 years in the Biology Department at UW-Stevens Point
Bird Monitoring in Wisconsin: Opportunities for Citizens to Make a Difference
Second Annual WBCI Birder Conference, - - http://www.wisconsinbirds.org/BirdMonitoring.htm -
Friday - Saturday, March 14-15, 2008
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Sheboygan - Lakefront Birds : - - - Wisconsin Society for Ornithology Field Trips
Sunday, March 16, 2008
http://www.wsobirds.org/wso_field_trips_08.pdf
trschultz@vbe.com, Tom Schultz
Bird Workshops: Behavior and Intelligence - How Birds See the World Part II
Wednesday, April 2, 2008, - - 5:30 - 7 p.m.
Urban Ecology
Center , - http://www.urbanecologycenter.org/ , - Milwaukee
For adults, - - - $10 (Members - $5), - - Free for regular birding volunteers, - - - Call to register, 964-8505
“If [people] had wings and bore black feathers, few of them would be clever enough to be crows” (Beecher).
This lecture will explore the “bird brain” and how birds sense the world.
The lecture will be followed by a dusk stroll through Riverside Park. Binoculars provided.
Insect
and Bird Connections
Thursday,
April 3, 2008 - 7 PM
River
Bend Nature Center 3600 N Green Bay Road - Racine
Hoy
Audubon Society - of eastern Kenosha and Racine Counties , - -
http://www.hoyaudubon.org/
- -
Kerry
Katovich is an assistant professor in biology at the UW-Whitewater.
His primary research focuses on a large group of mostly South
American scarab beetles called the Macrodactylini. - He currently
has several students working on several local groups, including a
study trying to document and identify Wisconsin’s Robber Flies, The
Assassin bugs, Lace bugs and Leaf-footed bugs of Wisconsin. At
Whitewater he teaches invertebrate biology, and the coverage of
evolution, animal physiology, animal diversity and ecology to the
biology majors.
Saturday,
April 5, 2008
Hart
Park Walk
Enderis
Park Bird Watching Club -
http://www.birdwatchusa.com/Pages/FIELD_TRIPS.html
Meet
at Starbucks in the Wauwatosa Village and walk to the park to see our
local migrants.
Bird
Banding Training
Tuesday,
April 8, 2008, - 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Urban
Ecology
Center , - http://www.urbanecologycenter.org/ , - Milwaukee
For
adults & accompanied children, - - Free - donations
appreciated, - - Call to register, 964-8505
A
biologist once said, “A bird in the hand is worth thousands on the
Discovery Channel.”
Learn
how you can help us monitor migratory birds at the Urban Ecology
Center.
Evening
Woodcock Walks
Chiwaukee
Prairie (Kenosha Co.) & Cliffside Park (Racine Co.)
Wednesday,
April 9 and April 16, 2008 - = - 6:15 - 8:30 P.M.
Hoy
Audubon Society - of eastern Kenosha and Racine Counties , - -
http://www.hoyaudubon.org/
Field
trip leader Stan Rosenstiel - -
While
there is daylight, we’ll bird for early spring migrants.
-The
American Woodcock may begin to call by around 8:00 P.M. -
Chiwaukee
Prairie is
located in the very southeast corner of Kenosha Co. -
From
Hwy 32, take 116th Street east to Marina Road. -
Then
go south to 121st Street and turn right (west) and then right again. -
Meet at the kiosk. -
Cliffside
Park
is located on the lakefront in northeast Racine Co., between the 6
and 7 Mile Road, off of Michna Road. -
Meet
at Picnic Area #2 (near the yellow gate).
“What
Land Owners and Land Managers Can Do to Help Birds”
Wednesday
, APRIL 16, 7:00 p.m.
Wehr
Nature Center in - Hales Corners
WI
METRO AUDUBON SOCIETY , - http://www.friendsofwehr.org/
FREE
AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Vicki
Piaskowski of the Birds Without Borders-Aves Sin Fronteras project
will present
some
of the practical applications of the research that was conducted in
both Wisconsin
and
Belize, Central America.
Prairie
Chicken Festival
Friday
- Sunday, April 18 - 20, 2008
“A
Celebration of Grasslands for Birders and Bookies”
Greater
Prairie-Chicken viewing, April 18-19, 2008
Buena
Vista Wildlife Area, Bancroft
Paul
Olsen Wildlife Area, Rudolph
Mead
Wildlife Area, Milladore
715/343-6215 - - - - -
www.prairiechickenfestival.org
WEHR
BIRDERS
Saturday
, APRIL 19, 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Wehr
Nature Center in - Hales Corners
REGISTRATION
DEADLINE: Day before the program , http://www.friendsofwehr.org/
All
birders are invited at come along as we walk many of the trails in
Whitnall Park
looking
at birds. Birders of all levels including beginners and families are
welcome.
There
are binoculars for loan at the Center.
Sunday,
April 20, 2008
Retzer
Nature Center,
S14 W28167 Madison Street, about 4 miles west of Waukesha
Benjamin
F. Goss Bird Club, Waukesha County
, - -http://www.gossbirdclub.org/Programs.htm
Harlow
Bielefeldt - 262-792-1711 - harlowbiel AT aol.com
4:00
P.M. - - -Bird Hike - - -5:30 P.M. - -
-Bring a Bag Supper - - -7:00 P.M. - -
-Program
: A Week in West Mexico : Birding in San Blas
Anne
& Pat Moretti will share their trip. -
- - -
Warblers
at Magee Marsh State Wildlife Area
Wednesday
May 7 - Saturday May 10, 2008
on
Lake Erie, 20 miles east of Toledo, Ohio
Lake-Cook
Audubon , - Chicago Illinois
One
of the best spots in the Midwest for spring warblers and other
migrants, who stop here before crossing Lake Erie on their way north.
Register
by April 7, so reserve now to hold your spot! - Room reservations
may be cancelled - up to 24 hours before.
Leaders:
Sonny
and Rena Cohen
, rena@sspr.com , 847-831-0331 -
Horicon
Marsh Bird Festival
Friday,
May 9 - Monday May 12, 2008
http://www.horiconmarshbirdfestival.com/birdfestivalevents.cfm
Saturday,
May 10, 2008 - - -Spring Bird Count.
Benjamin
F. Goss Bird Club, Waukesha County
, - -http://www.gossbirdclub.org/Programs.htm
Harlow
Bielefeldt - 262-792-1711 - harlowbiel AT aol.com
Wisconsin
Society for Ornithology,
Annual Convention
Thu-Sun,
May 15-18, 2008
PieperPower
Education Center, 8200 W. County Line Rd., Mequon.
International
Migratory Bird Day Banding
Saturday,
May 17, 2008, - - 5 - 11 a.m.
Urban
Ecology
Center , - http://www.urbanecologycenter.org/ , - Milwaukee
For
adults & accompanied children, Free - donations appreciated
Join
people all over the world in celebrating the birds that transcend
political boundaries and help make the world a smaller place.
You
may even be able to thank a bird as you release it from your hand.
Call
TimVargo, at 964-8505, x116, for information
INTERNATIONAL
MIGRATORY BIRD DAY
Saturday
MAY 17, 2008; - 7:30 a.m. - Noon
Wehr
Nature Center, - http://www.friendsofwehr.org/
Walk
the trails of Wehr and Whitnall Park recording the arrival of spring
birds.
All
levels of birders are welcome from beginner to expert. Some
binoculars available for loan.
Warbler
Walks
at Lake Park, Milwaukee
http://home.wi.rr.com/phunter1/lakeparkbirds.html
- -
Saturdays,
8:30 to 10:00 AM
Spring
2008: - - - - - -
April 19 - - - April 26 - - - May -
3 - - - - May 10 - - - - May
17 - - - May 24
Meet
on the WEST side of the Warming House near the tennis courts on the
north
end of the park.
Cancelled
if weather
forecast
calls for thunderstorms or steady winds of over 20 mph -
Grant
Park Spring Migration Birdwalks
Sundays,
May
4, 11, 18,
& 25, 2008 - 8 AM
Friends
of Grant Park, Betsy Abert, board member. -
->betsyacorn@aol.com
-or
babert1@wi.rr.com -
or 414-764-9244.
Wil-O-Way
Tot-Lot parking area, the north end of Park
South
Lake Drive, just south of E/W "T" with College Avenue
which -borders Cudahy and South Milwaukee.
Lapham
Peak Bird Hikes led by Mike Fort
Sundays,
April 27, May
4, 11, 18,
& 25, 2008 - 7:00 A.M. -
Meet
at the Evergreen Shelter in the lower parking lot - - -
State Parks sticker will be needed for vehicle parking.
Lapham
Peak is located about 1 mile south of I-94 on Hwy. C. - Entrance
is on east side of road. -
Map - - -
- - - Friends
of Lapham Peak website -
- - - - - DNR
website - -
- - - - -Birds
reported to eBird
Bird
Banding
Tuesdays,
April
15, 22,
29,
May
6, 13,
& 20, 2008 , - Early Morning
For
adults & accompanied children, - - Free - donations
appreciated
Call
Tim at 964-8505, x116, for information or to register
Urban
Ecology
Center , - http://www.urbanecologycenter.org/ , - Milwaukee
Few
experiences compare with feeling the rapid heartbeat of a bird in
your hand while releasing it back to the wild.
Join
us for coffee, bakery treats and an up-close and personal look at
birds during spring migration.
Racine
Lakefront Birding
Wednesdays,
May
7, 14,
21 & 28, 2008 - - 7AM - to approx 8:15 AM
Hoy
Audubon Society - of eastern Kenosha and Racine Counties , - -
http://www.hoyaudubon.org/
Start
at Myers Park (11th Street and Pershing Blvd south of the Racine
Gateway Campus)
to
take advantage of spring migrants found along the shoreline, wetland
vegetation
A
few of us may arrive earlier at 6:30 to begin. - The group
usually departs by 8:15 A.M., while others may continue on to
Colonial Park.
Evening
Warbler Walks at Colonial Park
Wednesdays,
April
23, 30, May
7,
14,
21, & 28 - 5:30 P.M.
- -
Hoy
Audubon Society - of eastern Kenosha and Racine Counties , - -
http://www.hoyaudubon.org/
Our
annual evening hikes at Colonial Park are a great opportunity to
experience the progression of spring migrants.
-From
the early Yellow-rumped and Palm Warblers to the later arriving
species like Canada Warblers,
there
will be plenty of eyes to help point out all the activity.
Birding
at River Bend Nature Center
Led
by Rick Fare, President of Hoy Audubon , - -
http://www.hoyaudubon.org/
Thursdays,
April 17, 24, May
1,
8, 15,
& 29, - 2008
Saturdays, -
April 19, 26, May
3,
10, 17,
& 31, 2008
7:00
A.M. - 9:00 A.M.
Camping
Trip to Lake Tomahawk, WI
May
23, 2008
Enderis
Park Bird Watching Club
http://www.birdwatchusa.com/Pages/FIELD_TRIPS.html
Joseph
E. Devereaux, 414-777-0047, info@epbwc.com
-Saturday
May 24, 7:30AM
Illinois
Beach State Park, South Unit/Nature Center, Zion, Illinois
Late
migrants and early nesters,with a Lake County Forest Preserve
environmental educator .
Take
I-41, turn east on Wadsworth Rd., and drive 2 miles past Sheridan Rd.
into the park.
Follow
the signs to the Nature Center and turn right into the parking lot.
Map
: - http://tinyurl.com/444ad5-
Leader:
Mark Hurley 847-276-5375. Hosted by the Lake
Cook Audubon Society.
May
23-25, 2008
Whitefish
Point Area, MI. Details TBA.
-Northeast
Wisconsin Birding Club -
http://www.newbirdclub.org/html/field_trips.html - -
-
Bird
Workshops: Bird Song Part 1
Thursday,
May 29, 2008; - 6:30 p.m.
(Part
2, June 26, 2008; - 7 p.m.)
Presented
by Tim Vargo
Urban
Ecology
Center , - http://www.urbanecologycenter.org/ , - Milwaukee
For
adults, $5 (Nonmembers - $10), Free for birding volunteers, Call to
register, 964-8505
This
lecture will explore the mechanisms behind bird vocalizations and
will be followed by a twilight bird-watching stroll.
Birding
by Canoe
Saturday,
May 31, 2008; 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
With
Tim Vargo
Urban
Ecology
Center , - http://www.urbanecologycenter.org/ , - Milwaukee
For
adults, - $25 (Nonmembers - $30), - Call to register,
964-8505
Join
us as we paddle the upper stretches of the Milwaukee River on the
lookout for spring migrants.
Bring
a lunch and water. Canoes, paddles and PFDs provided.
Sunday
June 1 - -7:30 AM
McHenry
Dam, McHenry Illinois
Prothonotary
Warblers nest here
Second
stop at adjacent Moraine Hills State Park if time permits.
From
I-294, exit Rt. 176 and go west about 10 miles to River Road.
Turn
north on River Rd., drive 2.5 miles to the McHenry Dam entrance,
Meet
at the south end of the parking lot. -
Map: -
http://tinyurl.com/5ejv7s
Leader:
Cyndi Lubecke 847-255-3772 , Hosted by the Lake
Cook Audubon Society.
The Big Sit! a "tailgate party for birders",
Sunday, October 12, 2008 at Havenwood, Horicon, etc.
http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/site/funbirds/bigsit/bigsit.aspx
The Big Sit! is an annual, international, noncompetitive birding event
hosted by Bird Watcher's Digest and founded by the New Haven (CT) Bird Club.
Find a good spot for bird watching, a good view of a variety of habitats and lots of birds.
Next you create a real or imaginary circle 17 feet in diameter
- and sit inside the circle for up to 24 hours,
counting all the bird species you see or hear.
Adult Owl Prowl
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 ; 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Raindate: Thursday, October 16, 2008
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
http://www.sanc.org/
Limited space. Please register early. Dress warmly, bring a flashlight
Members: $10, Non-members: $12
Family Owl Prowl
Friday, October 17, 2008 ; 6 PM - 8 PM
Raindate: Sunday, October 19, 2008
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
http://www.sanc.org/
Limited space. Please register early. Dress warmly, bring a flashlight
Members: Adult $10, Child $8 Non-members: Adult $12, Child $9
Children must be accompanied by an adult. A craft and refreshments will follow.
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