Wisconsin Birding Network

[wisb] Laughing Gull, Wind Point Lighthouse, Racine

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:53:05 -0500

Hi all,
I had a little bit of time to swing by the Wind Point Lighthouse in Racine
and found an adult Laughing Gull in with some Bonaparte's Gulls and Ruddy
Turnstones. I also had a female Greater Scaup flyby (seems late to me for
them). Unfortunately, there were some beach walkers

[wisb] WHIMBREL - North Point Sheboygan

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:24:23 -0500

5 Whimbrel standing on the rocks at North Point parking lot Sheboygan.

Becca Setzer
Glendale WI

####################
You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn).
To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn
To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn
Visit Wisbirdn

[wisb] Fwd: eBird Report - Kletzsch Park, May 25, 2012

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:14:09 -0500

Begin forwarded message:

> From: <(email address filtered)>
> Date: May 25, 2012 4:13:58 PM CDT
> To: <(email address filtered)>
> Subject: eBird Report - Kletzsch Park, May 25, 2012
>
> Kletzsch Park, Milwaukee, US-WI
> May 25, 2012 9:05 AM - 10:05 AM
> Protocol: Traveling
> 1.0 mile(s)
> Comments: Sunny,

[wisb] Madison/ 9 Springs -- white-rumped sandpipers

Fri, 25 May 2012 15:23:36 -0500

This morning at 7am, there were about 14 white-rumped sandpipers at 9
Springs. Some were in the second pond; another group was in pond 3.
I walked father east on the dike, and when I returned after 8am, I did not
see them. Not sure if they left, or moved

[wisb] SIGH OF RELIEF !! Re: Peregrines @ Greuenhagen

Fri, 25 May 2012 14:17:58 -0500

[wisb] Chucks moving north?

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:03:10 -0500

A friend of mine who lives in Maryland and conducts breeding bird surveys
sent me the following.

" Whip-poor-wills are declining here while Chucks have increased slightly. I
doubt that has any meaning for Wisconsin but it will be interesting to see
what happens."

Anne Moretti

Dousman

Waukesha Co.

####################
You received this

[wisb] Re: What's in the redtail nest?

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:00:43 -0500

[wisb] Made an emergency run to Peregrine box

Fri, 25 May 2012 12:40:58 -0500

[wisb] Re: Western Sandpiper photos - New pics up

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:55:36 -0500

Great discussions going on both here and in other forums. I posted this to ID-Frontiers listserve and the Facebook ID group and essentially everyone is leaning to White-rumped x Dunlin as of now. As others have said, this has been an exceptional learning experience. A testament to

[wisb] new banding code change for Yellow Warbler

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:54:17 -0500

For those that enter their data using banding codes or use them for other
reporting, see this change as shared by Al Sherkow:
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/manual/speclist.cfm

"please update to reflect that Yellow Warbler is now coded as YEWA.
Previously this was YWAR"

--
William P. Mueller
Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory
WGLBBO online: <(email address

[wisb] Re: What is in the Red-tail nest?

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:53:19 -0500

Most definitely NOT!! :) Much to large.

-----Original Message-----
From: (email address filtered) [mailto:(email address filtered)] On Behalf Of Terri Welisek
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 11:13 AM
To: (email address filtered); (email address filtered)
Subject: [wisb] Re: What is in the Red-tail nest?

Redeye Vireo...

Terri Welisek
Sherwood WI Calumet County

-----Original Message-----
From: (email address filtered) [mailto:(email address

[wisb] Re: What is in the Red-tail nest?

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:51:28 -0500

Given that this is dynamic, it may be useful to take screen shots for such
questions. Currently it looks like they are eating a Gray Catbird, but I'm
not sure.
Jesse

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Terri Welisek <(email address filtered)> wrote:

> Redeye Vireo...
>
> Terri Welisek
> Sherwood WI Calumet County
>
>
>
> -----Original

[wisb] Re: What is in the Red-tail nest?

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:12:59 -0500

Redeye Vireo...

Terri Welisek
Sherwood WI Calumet County

-----Original Message-----
From: (email address filtered) [mailto:(email address filtered)]
On Behalf Of Peter A. Fissel
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 11:04 AM
To: Wisconsin Birding Network
Subject: [wisb] What is in the Red-tail nest?

Can anyone tell what prey item is in the UW-Madison Campus Red-tailed Hawk
nest?

http://metobs.ssec.wisc.edu/aoss/cameras/hawkcam-flash.html?dontcareboutdupe
s=true

I think I know -

[wisb] What is in the Red-tail nest?

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:04:00 -0500

Can anyone tell what prey item is in the UW-Madison Campus Red-tailed
Hawk nest?

http://metobs.ssec.wisc.edu/aoss/cameras/hawkcam-flash.html?dontcareboutdupes=true

I think I know - curious what others think...

Peter Fissel
Madison, Dane Co.
####################
You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn).
To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: http://www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn
To set DIGEST

[wisb] Amazing shorebird activity at WI Point yesterday morning, plus pictures

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:44:22 -0500

Before heading home to Milwaukee yesterday, I made a quick stop at
Wisconsin Point. The stretch of storms heading northeast towards the Twin
Ports must have really pushed the shorebirds through. Below is my list of
birds observed yesterday morning over the course of about an hour. The
biggest and most surprising highlight was

[wisb] Horicon & Baxter's Hollow field trips this weekend

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:06:45 -0500

In my apparently now-constant spacey condition, I neglected to mention
this sooner. There will be a joint Madison Audubon/Wisc. Wetlands
Assoc. field trip to Horicon tomorrow (Sat. May 26.) We will meet to
carpool at the American Family Park & Ride lot on the northeast side of
Madison

[wisb] Re: Western Sandpiper photos - New pics up

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:13:50 -0500

Here's what I just posted to our Facebook group discussion:

I just added a bunch of NEW PHOTOS to the gallery from yesterday. http://www.pbase.com/rbrady/wesa2012 Thank you Cameron for speaking up! After exhaustive research, I am mostly in the White-rumped camp now, based on body plumage, size, and what rump features

[wisb] Re: Western Sandpiper photos

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:11:20 -0500

and of course after I looked at ALL of Ryans photos, I'm again scratching
my head... that bird is way too big!!! Yes, it does show some striking
similarities to an oddly molted Dunlin... and plumage-wise is okay for
Semipalmated IMHO... I'm perplexed.
D
________________________

David A. La Puma
Postdoctoral Associate
Aeroecology Program
Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology
University

[wisb] Re: Western Sandpiper photos

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:06:16 -0500

This bird lacks some of the big 'jump out' features of a WRSA in my opinion
(pale base of lower mandible, fine streaking on the flanks). On the other
hand, the bird looks good for one of those "way too similar to Western"
Semipalmated sandpipers: a bright individual with a bill on the

[wisb] Re: Western Sandpiper photos

Fri, 25 May 2012 08:19:27 -0500

This is quite an interesting bird, since it doesn't seem to fit any species
perfectly.

I find the comments of Tom Wood, Mark Korducki and Steve Lubahn all
intriguing. Like Tom, I also wondered about the possibility of a small
Dunlin with an incomplete molt into breeding plumage. In

[wisb] Re: Important changes to WSO Records take effect June 1

Fri, 25 May 2012 08:02:14 -0500

Thanks for the reminder, Tom! I encountered and photographed a
Yellow-throated Warbler while at Door County's Peninsula SP a couple of
years ago, but did not (yet) send in my documentation.

The bird took me by complete surprise. I heard it singing when I pulled
into our Nicolet South

[wisb] Re: Western Sandpiper photos

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:31:37 -0500

Here are the initial comments from Cameron Cox, who authored this http://www.surfbirds.com/Features/coxpeeps1006/coxpeeps1006.html among other credentials. I'll add some more photos to the gallery and provide some field comments shortly. I will also post to ID-Frontiers at some point.

"Not to be a wet blanket but this is clearly a

[wisb] Re: Western Sandpiper photos

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:13:15 -0500

Ryan, when I viewed Nick's photos of the bird alone I had no question of ID.
However I was a bit uneasy when looking at your gallery because this bird is
so big-nearly the size of the Dunlin. I thought why couldn't it be a
White-romped? Several factors

[wisb] Re: Western Sandpiper photos

Fri, 25 May 2012 06:07:43 -0500

The wingtips do not extend beyond the tail which eliminates both
White-rumped and Baird's Sandpipers. The rufous auriculars and downturned
bill eliminate
Semi-palmated Sandpiper. From the photos, the bird does look a little bulky
and large for a Western Sandpiper, so if it is not a Western Sandpiper then
it
would have to be a Dunlin

[wisb] Re: Western Sandpiper photos

Fri, 25 May 2012 00:10:21 -0500

Hey folks, a very knowledgeable out-of-state birder has intelligently challenged the identification of this bird on the Wisconsin Birding facebook page. Everyone take a closer look. Discussion welcome and encouraged. This may be my biggest blunder in recent memory.

Ryan Brady
Washburn, Bayfield County, WI
http://www.pbase.com/rbrady

----------------------------------------
> From: (email address

[wisb] Western Sandpiper photos

Thu, 24 May 2012 20:41:42 -0500

Here's a gallery of 8 photos of the Western Sandpiper in Ashland this morning. Awesome bird to study.

http://www.pbase.com/rbrady/wesa2012

If you have time for only a few, try these:

http://www.pbase.com/rbrady/image/143555364

http://www.pbase.com/rbrady/image/143555359

http://www.pbase.com/rbrady/image/143555366

It was a very shorebirdy day in Ashland. Good numbers of individuals, lots of diversity. Birds were moving

[wisb] 4 day birding trip

Thu, 24 May 2012 19:02:49 -0500

I just got back from 4 days of birding the northern and western parts
of the state. About 190 species were tallied for the 4 days. There
was more wind then usual, although it did not impact as much as I
thought it would.
Highlights include:

[wisb] FW: Record number of a rare songbird found in Wisconsin

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:15:22 -0500

[wisb] Milwaukee/Ozaukee May Count results

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:57:31 -0500

We ran the Milwaukee/Ozaukee May Count on Saturday the 19th and ended up with a respectable total of 163 species. This is about 10 below our long time average. It was a pretty spotty day for migrants. The weather at dawn was perfect but it was hot

[wisb] Re: Nightjar Surveyors Needed, May 28-June 11

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:23:06 -0500

Rumor has it that Mather route ( the star in eastern Jackson Co.) is
pretty productive. I've driven through there many times and the habitat
looks very interesting. You might even hear wolves howling in the
distance... no telling what other birds you might hear there, too.

[wisb] Re: Nightjar Surveyors Needed, May 28-June 11

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:29:11 -0500

Hi folks, I still have some routes left to fill for this survey. One survey between May 28 and June 11. See available routes and sign up at http://wiatri.net/projects/birdroutes/nightjars.htm

Thanks!

Ryan Brady
Research Scientist
Bureau of Wildlife Management
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
2501 Golf Course Road
Ashland, Wisconsin 54806
(*) phone: (715) 685-2933
(*) fax: (715) 685-2909
(*)

[wisb] Turtle ID and Schlitz Audubon Nature Center, May 24, 2012

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:01:37 -0500

Had a decent morning at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center today. Managed to scrape up a few warblers and heard two MOURNING WARBLERS singing by the lake. I also found a turtle that I've never seen before. It was in its shell on the side of the service road going by

[wisb] Bong Upland Sandpipers Update?

Thu, 24 May 2012 13:22:23 -0500

Has anyone reported Upland Sandpipers at Bong Recreation Area this Spring? I'm probably heading there tomorrow to look for them. Are there specific places in the park where they are normally seen?
Thanks,
Evan B
Milwaukee####################
You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn).
To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE,

[wisb] Re: Important changes to WSO Records take effect June 1

Thu, 24 May 2012 12:15:44 -0500

[wisb] Off topic- Lake Michigan fish

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:02:36 -0500

[wisb] news: Eastern Wisconsin Purple Martin Association

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:26:10 -0500

See a notice for this brand new organization at:
http://wglbbo.org/purple-martin

More news from EWPMA to come...

And see more on Purple Martins at the Bird City WI website:
http://www.birdcitywisconsin.org/Protecting/HelpingOutPurpleMartins.htm

--
William P. Mueller
Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory
WGLBBO online:
http://wglbbo.org/
Project Coordinator, Milwaukee BIOME Project
BIOME Project online:
http://milwbiomeproj.wordpress.com/
Blog:http://futureofbirds.blogspot.com/
(email address filtered)
414-698-9108
Milwaukee, WI
####################
You received this email because you are

[wisb] off topic-Lake Michigan fish

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:14:05 -0500

[wisb] Re: Western Sandpiper - Ashland - YES

Thu, 24 May 2012 08:18:46 -0500

This bird was still present this morning but it had moved to other sandbars at the west end of the bay only accessible via private land. The birds move around alot so it would be worth checking Long Bridge (head of bay), Lake Superior Lodge, and Maslowski Beach.

[wisb] Re: Important changes to WSO Records take effect June 1

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:36:26 -0500

Thanks for providing this important new information on rare birds that will
require documentation, Ryan. My understanding is that there will be three
location exceptions for the review list:

Parasitic Jaeger will require full documentation only when reported away
from Wisconsin Point.

Black-necked Stilt will require full documentation only when reported

[wisb] Off-topic, Astronomy sighting last night

Thu, 24 May 2012 01:19:47 -0500

[wisb] Fwd: eBird Report - Lake Park (general), May 22, 2012

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:57:05 -0500

Hi all,
Great to be back in Wisconsin again! I birded Lake Park Tuesday morn and the area was very quiet, but I did have a few warblers and a GREAT HORNED OWL.
Good birding,
Evan B.
Milwaukee
Begin forwarded message:

> From: <(email address filtered)>
> Date: May 22, 2012 11:57:31 PM CDT
> To:

[wisb] Important changes to WSO Records take effect June 1

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:45:35 -0500

Dear birders,

Please read and save this message as some significant changes in the WSO Records Committee (RC) and documentation process are about to take place, as some of you heard about at the recent convention in Madison. They are summarized in brief below and I will post more on the

[wisb] Laughing gull, Whimbrel photos etc.

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:07:20 -0500

Hi all,
After not being able to get out much this spring, it was nice to spend
some time in Sheboygan and Manitowoc the last couple of days. There were
really nice numbers of shorebirds at Sheboygan on Monday, including 50 -
60 very cooperative Dunlins, Semi-palmated Sandpipers, Plovers,

[wisb] Western Sandpiper - Ashland

Wed, 23 May 2012 21:19:45 -0500

[wisb] Pine Glen - Worm-eating Warbler

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:34:33 -0500

I hiked around the Pine Glen Gorge this morning with good results.
About half and hour into my trek I spotted a Worm-eating Warbler fly
in front of me and dart back into some denser vegetation. I waited and
eventually it perched out in the open for a brief moment. It flew
around several

[wisb] Kettle Pond Sandhill Crane Colt Update

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:09:33 -0500

Both Colts hatched at this site are growing and doing well with their
parents. It is still unusual for a pair of Sandhill Cranes with Colts not
to make any noise (Guard Calling) or try to hide the Colt with a display
(Distracting Display). This family of four just goes about

[wisb] Pileateds near Baraboo sightings

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:33:43 -0500

The young Pileateds I have been watching the last few weeks left the nest this morning. Last time I saw them looking out the nesting cavity was 5 pm yeaterday. Saw one in a tree near our camper and watched as one of the adults flew over to it and

[wisb] Trinity Creek

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:02:15 -0500

[wisb] Re: Bender Park Walk this Saturday (Milwaukee County)

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:32:26 -0500

I forgot to mention...
If you plan to come, while Bender Park is a great place to bird, it is filled with ticks and poison ivy, so long pants would be a good option, as well as bug spray.

Rita Wiskowski
South Milwaukee

--- On Wed, 5/23/12, Rita Marie Wiskowski <(email address filtered)> wrote:

>

[wisb] Dreaming of the Bell's VIreo; Big news!

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:24:57 -0500