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Warbler Walks at Lake Park, Saturdays, 8:30 to 10:00 AM

Fall 2007: Date - Leaders Aug 25 Sept 1 Sept 8 Sept 15 Sept 22 Sept 29

5/07: http://www.pbase.com/bhansen/lake_park_warblers
5/12/07: Louisiana Waterthrush (David Freiks) http://www.pbase.com/dhfreriks/image/78651387
5/11/07: Hooded Warbler (Todd Wilson; and 5/12/07 http://www.pbase.com/dhfreriks/image/78651389 )
5/9/07: 26 Warbler species (Sam Corbo) http://home.wi.rr.com/phunter1/070505LakeParkBirdWalk.html#26_Warblers
4/27/07: Red-headed Woodpecker, Barn Swallow, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Wood Thrush, Palm Warbler, Eastern Towhee, Lincoln's Sparrow
4/24/07: Yellow-throated Warbler (near Wolcott statue by Steve Lubahn, new species for the park)
4/24/07: Pileated Woodpecker (in Waterfall Ravine by Karen Johnson, also seen by Brian Hansen and Bill Mueller)
4/22/07: Photos from Brian Hansen - http://www.pbase.com/bhansen/latest_lake_park_photos_from_42207
Warbler Walks at Lake Park

Spring 2007: April 22 April 29 May 6 May 13 May 20 May 27

4/10/07: Carolina Wren near Wolcott Statue, south of golf course
3/26/07: E. Bluebird, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Fox Sparrow, Y-b Sapsucker (Mike Goodman)
3/8/07: Barrow's Goldeneye (new species for the park, John Idzikowski)
12/16/06: Christmas Bird Count - Long-tailed Duck, Screech Owl
Lake Park Duck Watches: Saturdays 11AM - 1PM

Fall 2006: Nov 4 Dec 9
Winter 2007: Feb 10 March 10

Warbler Walks at Lake Park

Fall 2006: Sept 9 Sept 16 Sept 23 Sept 30 Oct 7 Oct 14

10/21/06: hypothetical Yellow-browed Warbler (Jim Frank)
10/7/06: Surf Scoter, Peregrine Falcon, E Phoebe, C Swift (Warbler Walk)
9/30/06: 10 warblers, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Gadwall, D-e Junco (Warbler Walk)
9/28/06: Winter Wren (Locust Ravine near Ravine Road, Jym Mooney)
9/25/06: Wilson's snipe (hunkered down in the grass near Locust Ravine, Jym Mooney)
9/19/06: Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (new species for the park, Steve Lubahn)
9/9/06: 13 warbler species including Northern Parula; Snow Goose fly-over (Warbler Walk)
8/27/06: Connecticut Warbler in Locust Ravine (Jym Mooney)
6/06, 1st week: Olive-sided Flycatcher (eBird report)
5/27/06: Black-billed Cuckoo and a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Warbler Walk)
5/20/06: Mourning and Canada Warblers, nesting Red-headed Woodpecker (Warbler Walk)
5/13/06: C. Loon, 100 swallows, 10 species of warblers (Jym Mooney)
5/6/06: Prairie & Hooded Warblers (Steve Lubahn)
5/3/06: Bullock's Oriole (Steve Lubahn)
4/29/06: Harris' Sparrow, Red-headed Woodpecker (Warbler Walk)
4/23/06: Sora
4/22/06: Mockingbird, Bluebirds, Yellow-rumped W, Palm W, Pine W, Great Tit (Warbler Walk)
4/06 arrivals, 2nd week: Bonaparte's Gull, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Winter Wren
4/06 arrivals, 1st week: Blue-winged Teal, Double-crested Cormorant, Northern Flicker, Eastern Phoebe, Swamp Sparrow
3/06 arrivals: Killdeer, Common Grackle, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Song Sparrow
3/11/06 Duck Watch: Gadwalls, Fox Sparrow, and Carolina Wren at Lake Park.

Canvasback, Redheads, mergansers at South Shore Park.

1/14/06: Duck Watch - American Pipit seen again but farther south, on Cladophora "algae" mat

http://homepage.mac.com/readyworks/PhotoAlbum22.html

1/7/06: WSO Field Trip - A female Harlequin Duck, a very distant Common Loon.
A late American Pipit was walking around on the grass of the soccer fields.

12/31/05: Carolina Wren and Red-bellied Woodpecker at Locust Ravine feeder. (Jym Mooney)

12/17/05: Saw-whet Owl at 5 PM in Locust Park Ravine.
Great Tit at Locust Ravine feeder, Dennis Casper
50 Canada Geese migrating. See 2005 Christmas Bird Count
Red-shouldered Hawk and Northern Harrier migrating southward, (reported by Robert Hughes of Chicago)
Black Scoter - 1 female, White-winged Scoter - 1 female, Long-tailed Duck - 1 adult male,

Duck Watches: 11AM - 1PM; Saturdays Oct 29, Nov 19 , Dec 3, 2005

11/19/05: Another Red Phalarope was seen just south of the Water Filtration Plant, only 25 meters off shore.
A few Common Goldeneyes and 2 N. Shovelers joined hundreds of Greater Scaup, Bufflehead, Gadwalls and Mallards.

11/13/05 Cave Swallow: First Ever Reported Sighting in Wisconsin was at Lake Park at 9:25 AM on Sun

10/26/05: 3-5 Surf Scoters and a dozen or so Gadwall have been paddling near the shore of Lake Michigan between Bradford Beach and Ravine Road since early October. A Thayer's Gull was seen flying close to shore there also. Numbers of (Greater) Scaup have increased at the end of October off of Bradford Beach. A Bufflehead has already been seen. [PH]

10/19-21/05 and 10/23/05: One Red Phalarope was at Lake Park between Bradford Beach and Ravine Road.

9/9/05: 1000 Chimney Swifts seen at St. Robert's Church on Capitol and Maryland in Shorewood

Table of Species seen in 2003, 2004, and 2005

Chatty Reports of Warbler Walks:

2003:       May 24       Sept 6    Sept 20 Oct 4
2004:    April 24     May 15     May 22       Sept 11      Oct 2        Oct 9
2005:       April 23     May 14     May 28       Sept 10      Sept 24   Oct 1