Milw Lake Park Bird Hike 030906

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Report of Bird Hike
September 6, 2003
Lake Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

     11 birders saw 22 species at Lake Park in Milwaukee from 7:30 - 10 AM on Sat., Sept. 6, 2003. We continued the social nature of past birding events with news about park events and even a discussion of public affairs.
   Dolores Knopfelmacher, board member of Lake Park Friends, started off the morning inside the warming house (#5 on the birding map, http://home.wi.rr.com/phunter1/lakeparkbirdmap.jpg) with an introduction to upcoming Nature Committee events including an evening talk on bats later in September. Call 962-1680 for more info.
   Mike Goodman described the renewed efforts of the Lake Park Bird Feeder Alliance, especially with the loss of park staff maintaining the feeder at the Golf Services Building (#12 on the birding map).
   With steady mild southwesterly winds the morning warmed pleasantly, but the birds were few and far between till we reached the base of the bluff. There near the Girl Scout Ravine (#11 on the birding map) we saw a few migrant warbler species, the brown female Indigo Bunting, and the woodpecker, nuthatch and chickdees.
   Just across Lincoln Memorial Drive, feeding and preening on the odorous Cladophora "algae" mat on the lake shore (http://www.jsonline.com/news/Metro/jul02/57241.asp) were several basic (winter) plumaged Sanderlings, a few dark-legged Semipalmated Sandpipers, and a few Semipalmated Plovers. Some of us studied these birds closely through my scope and listened to others discussed the lack of public support to finance park maintenance.
   Jim McGinity of the Urban Ecology Center participated in the hike. He also organizes bird banding (http://my.execpc.com/~uec/events/events.html#anchor62835) and leads weekly bird hikes on Thursday mornings (http://my.execpc.com/~uec/events/events.html#anchor469774).
   Submitted by Paul Hunter

Canada Goose
Double-breasted Cormorant
Mallard
Semipalmated Plover
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Chimney Swift
Downy Woodpecker
(Red-headed Woodpecker)
Red-eyed Vireo
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Cedar Waxwing
Magnolia Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Indigo Bunting
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch

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