The Christmas Bird Count for 2016

It had snowed between 4-6 inches depending where in the 15-mile birding circle you found yourself on Friday night the 16th of December, 2016.  The weather woman was predicting another 6-8 to fall between 11:00 and 9:00 PM on Saturday; but that didn't deter our small but intrepid and capable group from heading out at 8:00 AM.  Three of us (Barbara, Robert Massey and I) had a nice hot cup of coffee and a breakfast treat at the Collectivo on 92nd and North Avenue before driving to the parking lot at Hoyt Park.  We walked through the partially plowed lot to the unplowed trail carrying binoculars and the official counting clip board.  The temperature was about 14 degrees but the sun was shining.  The wind was out of the west making it "feel like" seven degrees.  We were bundled up quite adequately.

Almost immediately we spied several Ring-billed gulls flying lazily overhead and marked them down on our capture sheet with a No.2 pencil.  It appeared as if only a couple of others had ventured out ahead of us to snow-shoe with their dog or dogs; for the trail ahead soundlessly told that tale in the freshly fallen snow.  With our heads on a swivel and ears perked up we trundled slowly east along the south bank of the Menominee River.  Robert thought he heard a Belted kingfisher and paused to listen.  Barbara and I stopped too and were rewarded by also hearing the clattering call of one.  Of all the times I had done the CBC; I had not heard one, and found this to be an exceptional tic-mark on our sheet.

Black-capped chickadees and White-breasted nuthatches flitted overhead while we all spotted a Red-tailed hawk soaring tree-top level over the river to the northeast.  The river was mostly frozen over in long stretches, but was somewhat open in others.  The water flowed by quite rapidly in these unfrozen stretches and dozens of Mallard ducks could be seen both in the frigid water and along the frozen edges of ice.  A mighty CSX locomotive lumbered past on the east-bound tracks; causing birds to be disrupted from the treetops with its low-pitched, thrumming engine . We saw a man and his dog walking on the north bank as we continued or push towards the Harmonee Avenue parking lot.  As we walked alongside a short section of railroad track we spied a man pushing a bicycle in the snow, coming towards us.  We said hello to the guy who explained that we was "out here to see how the snow would be for a bike ride." I personally marvel at this type of temporary insanity and wonder how a tree-caused concussion could ever be worth the struggle.

Birds weren't terribly abundant, but we saw enough as we walked to make it interesting and worthwhile.  At the lot we turned back west but stayed on the north side of the river along the parkway and walked into the fairly brisk wind. This made it feel considerably more cold on the exposed skin and also caused noses and eyes to water as we walked back towards where we had parked the two cars.  It was just over an hour and we had tallied a good number of birds including European starlings, Hairy woodpeckers, Red-bellied woodpeckers, Dark-eyed juncos, American robins and Mourning doves to name a few. We climbed into our cars and drove a short distance east along the (under construction) State Street to the Hart Park parking lot. Here we began to walk back west when me heard more Belted kingfisher noises.  At a spot in the open water we were treated to another three birds!  Males and females with their cinnamon-brown chest patches clattered and darted back and forth over a particularly short span of open river.  We stood and watched for a few minutes before moving on.

Female Belted Kingfisher staring at the river, surrounded by snow

  

We turned to the south and up the formidable Dewey Street hill and then down a large sledding hill that the locals called "suicide hill" due to the one enormous oak in the middle of the sled run.  Fathers were dragging all manner of sledding appliance back up the steep slope with their happy, giggling children tagging along behind. We encountered a large flock of 15 Mourning doves at the top of the hill before we descended and I added them to our count sheet.  The sidewalks along Honey Creek parkway were not plowed so we were forced to walk carefully and alertly on the salt-slushy roadway.  More juncos, chickadees, robins and doves; along with House finches made their presence known on the count sheet as we walked back across the walking bridge and to the waiting cars.  We did manage to count our first beautiful male Northern cardinal of the day, along with a few female companions.  The next stop was to drive to the Jacobus Park area.  There we logged more woodpeckers amongst the virgin timber high above our heads.  Overall, there wasn't too much shakin' in the park, but we did a broad sweep nonetheless.

The real deal was when we moved eastward to where Robert knew of a woman who was a voracious feeder of wildlife.  Her bird feeders and yard yielded nearly countless numbers of all the species we had already tallied; but in far greater amounts.   The open water of the river at this location also offered up hundreds of Mallards and lord knows whatever else may have been lurking in amongst them. The bird feeders and shrubbery in the front and back of her home were teeming with avian life attempting to get to some of the banquet of seeds and suet she had provided.  We gleefully chalked up dozens and dozens of birds before deciding to leave for a pit-stop at Taco Bell on North Avenue in Wauwatosa.  By the way; do try their new Steakhouse Burrito...it's meaty, cheesy and fantastic!

With the daylight quickly fading the sky had taken on the customary Milwaukee winter gray.  Snow had begun to lightly fall in the form of tiny Styrofoam beads due to the colder temperature.  I dropped Barbara off at home to get a few things done and I met Robert in front of his home for another hour of walking and counting.  We set off again on foot in the direction of Doyne Park and the Oak Leaf Trail.  Woodpeckers, chickadees and juncos were the only birds still moving as we walked along the river.  Numerous graffiti tags colorfully festooned the south facade of a forgotten building across the water, and a front end loader noisily scraped the gravel of a service road as its operator cleared the snow.  We tramped through drifts on our side of the river towards the I-175 / Lisbon Avenue bridge in search of whatever might make itself known to be tallied.  The open area on top of the lower pathway is what constituted Doyne Park and golf course.  Robert explained that long ago it used to be a county landfill.  This was evident by the three off-gassing vents that stuck out of the snow and lined one side of what would have been a sidewalk, had it not been completely covered with snow.  Apparently these were there to monitor what still might be escaping from below the surface of the ground.

Aside from a thick tangle of shrubbery sticks containing dozens of House sparrows, not much else was there to be counted.  Robert and I walked back to his home and bid farewell for his portion of the CBC had ended.  It was almost 2:45 and he had errands to run.  I jumped back into the Ford Escape and drove to Hawthorne Glen to see what might be there.  The snow was steadily falling when I arrived.  Moms with their little kids were near and on the snow-covered playground equipment when I entered the fencing surrounding the property.  I walked towards the Nature Center in the center of the grounds and spotted two Whitetail does munching twigs and leaves in a protected area of the glen.  They didn't seem to be all that concerned about my presence.  I did a long, wide sweep of the perimeter along the treeline looking for whatever birds might have been there.  Only a few gulls flew just low enough and under the blanket of gray clouds to be seen.  I waded through the deep snow back to the car and left.

I did some slow-driving through the Washington Highlands in a zigzag fashion (back and forth through the neighborhoods)  with the driver's side window down to listen.  The snow was falling quite heavily and no birds could either be seen nor heard.  I decided to call it a day and pointed the Ford north to bring our team's count results to the group that was assembling at the Schlitz Audubon Center. Traffic was incredibly slow due to the wintery conditions and to the fact that most people should not even be on the roads when they are not 100% dry.  I grew up in Northern Wisconsin and am quite used to operating a car in snow.  There were eight people at the center when I arrived.  I recognized our count coordinator, Andrea Szymczak, birders Judith Huf, Marilyn Bontly and Scott Diehl.  They were gathered around one of the two large wooden tables in what is called the "Hearth Room."  There was a fire in the fire place and snacks on a smaller table.  Papers were circulating and conversation about what was seen and not seen as I tallied up the two sheets I had been using onto the one official results sheet.

All told, Andrea's circle had accounted for 56 species seen and tallied.  Our group was congratulated for having seen the kingfishers in such numbers.  Our count tallied 22 species of birds.  I felt good about out effort on this day and was pleased with the results.  It was great to be out in nature doing something I enjoy and wonderful to have been counting with Barbara and Robert.  We all said we'd want to do it again next year.  Perhaps other will wish to spend a Saturday with us?

Here's the results of our count

The puffy American robin waits in the cold

The Birdstud in all his glory!

Rock Doves (AKA Pigeons) on the wires behind our house

Frozen Mallards on the bank

House sparrow on a branch

Robert Massey brings a story of a sighting

Stuck at 291

Disclaimer:

Admittedly blogging (Web-logging) of any kind; subject, theme, topic, etc. exists primarily to satisfy the needs and desires of the individual blogger.  Those "needs" vary from pure, unadulterated narcissism to casual FYI, but the general message is intended to catalog/capture the blog-writer's thoughts and experiences at that time.  It's really like a "dear diary" entry that the entire world could see if it wanted.  Consequently the blog that follows, will exist first and foremost to document a time-stamp intended for my amusement but secondarily; to relay information to any potential reader for the purposes of entertainment and possible comparison of experience.

Now, having said that let me ask you (dear reader) a question; do you keep personal lists?  By its very nature the list is a compiled assortment of words and phrases intended to engender a memory.  Memories can be pleasant or unpleasant right?  I personally prefer the pleasant ones; so for the purposes of this blog entry we will focus on those lists.  Pleasant lists can be for entertainment, information, achievement, goals, expectations, or for pure pleasure.  Lists may cause you to do something or they may merely log something already done.  My favorite list kept, is my birding "Life List."

A birding Life List is simply a record of all the birds you have seen in your "life." These can be by species alone (as in "I saw my first American robin at...such and such a place on such and such a date.") or they can be a list of EACH time you see an American robin. It's basically your choice...it's your list. However to be bird-ifically correct (which I hardly ever am) your Life List must be (according to Melissa Mayntz; contributer to About.com) "A cumulative record of bird species that have been positively identified and seen by individual birders. Most birders prefer to record only birds they have observed in natural habitats, and many birders arrange birding tours and travel to local and regional festivals to see more species to add to their life lists. Differences within species, such as male and female birds, are not generally recorded.  Many field guides offer species checklists as an appendix that birders can use to record their life lists. Some birders also prefer to keep life list records in an online birding journal. Additional lists may be kept for backyard birds, rare birds, state birds and other specialized categories."  

I once tried to be helpful and registered with Wikipedia and tried to create a Wiki-page called the "Lifelist." I entered everything I knew about the how to and why to and whatever history I could about the topic, only to have (those people) PULL the thing down telling me that there "was no such thing" as a Lifelist.  That was discouraging.  Perhaps because I didn't insert the "space" in between "life" and "list?"  They also said I didn't provide enough page "references."  Pshaw!  Who needs a reference for a list anyway?  Here is what exists (they allowed) at the present time, on their site.  Humph...they even took umbrage to my using the word "birdwatcher" as a single word...can you imagine!?  Pin-headed, pencil neck (non-birdwatching) e-critics...

I have been keeping several birding lists since 2003.  Two I regularly update are my (A: every time I have positively identified a previously unlisted species, and my B: each time I see the same species, each year and throughout the year) lists.  You might ask yourself why I'd want to record each time I see an American robin right?  The answer is simple; I (personally) want to see from year to year and from location to location, the information about American robins that I have collected.  More importantly to those who religiously report to eBird; the data is invaluable to scientists and ecology-minded individuals who track the various species from month to month and from year to year.  I know to the lay person and non-birder the entire process is completely nerdy and dumb, but to birders it is fun and exciting.  Hell, each time I score an FOY I am over the moon with joy as I tap into my smartphone, the date, species, location, habitat and time of day.  But then again; it takes so little to make me happy.

Oh yes I did!

In a future blog I will be reviewing the various "APPS" that are available for your own smartphone if you want to go to the "next level" of bird watching.  I currently use the one from Audubon, however many people swear by others.  I actually really loved my Palm Pilot APP before it became uncool and dorky to even show it in public.  But then again; I said I'd cover that later.  For now I want to share with you (appease my own self-interests) and paste my very own (single species identified) Lifelist on this blog entry...you're welcome.  While I haven't been off the "mainland" to any exotic countries in pursuit of avian life in my mere eleven years of watching; I have been to, and listed, some great birds at Ponca State Park...and that's something.  I know...you're jealous right?

Last	First	Location seen
Avocet	American	Yellowstone National Park
Bittern	American	Tomahawk, WI
Blackbird	Brewer's	Chicago Botanical Gardens, IL
Blackbird	Red-winged	Rhinelander, WI
Blackbird	Rusty	Underwood Creek, Wauwatosa, WI
Blackbird	Yellow-headed	Yellowstone National Park
Bluebird	Eastern	Havenwoods State Forest, Milwaukee, WI
Bluebird	Mountain	Rocky Mountain National Park
Bluebird	Western	Kit Carson Park, Escondido, CA
Bobwhite	Northern	Dousman, WI
Bunting	Indigo	Dousman, WI
Bunting	Lark	Ponca State Park, NE
Bunting	Lazuli	Ponca State Park, NE
Cardinal	Northern	Rhinelander, WI
Catbird	Gray	Enderis Park (Home), WI
Chickadee	Black-capped	Rhinelander, WI
Chickadee	Boreal	Rocky Mountain National Park
Chickadee	Carolina	Lake Guntersville State Park, AL
Chickadee	Chestnut-backed	Yellowstone National Park
Chickadee	Mountain	Yellowstone National Park
Coot	American	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Cormorant	Brandt's	South Beach State Park, OR
Cormorant	Double-crested	Peninsula State Park, WI
Cormorant	Pelagic	South Beach State Park, OR
Cowbird	Brown-headed	Rhinelander, WI
Crane	Sandhill	Ottowa State Park, Delafield, WI
Creeper	Brown	Lake Park, Milwaukee, WI
Crossbill	White-winged	County Grounds / Cemetery, Wauwatosa, WI
Crow	American	Rhinelander, WI
Cuckoo	Common	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Dipper	American	Rocky Mountain National Park
Dove	Eurasian Collared	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Dove	Ground	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Dove	Mourning	Rhinelander, WI
Dove	Ringed Turtle	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Dove	Rock	Rhinelander, WI
Duck	American Black	Grant Park, Milwaukee, WI
Duck	Harlequin	Haystack Rock, OR
Duck	Mottled	Orlando, FLA
Duck	Ring-necked	Horicon Marsh
Duck	Ruddy	Horicon Marsh
Duck	Wood	County Grounds / Cemetery, Wauwatosa, WI
Eagle	Bald	Rhinelander, WI
Egret	Cattle	Orlando, FLA
Egret	Great	Orlando, FLA
Egret	Reddish	Orlando, FLA
Egret	Snowy	Orlando, FLA
Falcon	Prairie	Ponca State Park, NE
Finch	Cassin's	Yellowstone National Park
Finch	House	Enderis Park (Home), WI
Finch	Purple	Rhinelander, WI
Flicker	Red-shafted Northern	Ponca State Park, NE
Flicker	Yellow-Shafted Northern	Rhinelander, WI
Flycatcher	Acadian	Black River Flowage, Kohler-Andrae SP, WI
Flycatcher	Alder	Hart Park, Wauwatosa, WI
Flycatcher	Great Crested	Lake Guntersville State Park, AL
Flycatcher	Least	Broughton Sheboygan Marsh
Flycatcher	Scissor-tailed	Durango State Park, KS
Flycatcher	Vermillion	Kartchner Caverns State Park, AZ
Flycatcher	Willow	Black River Flowage, Kohler-Andrae SP, WI
Gallinule	Purple	Panama City, FLA
Gannet	Northern	Cape San Blas, FLA
Gnatcatcher	Blue-gray	Brookfield, WI
Goldeneye	Common	Lake Shore Park, Milwaukee, WI
Goldfinch	American	Rhinelander, WI
Goldfinch	Lesser	Imperial Drive Escondido, CA
Goose	Canada	Rhinelander, WI
Goose	Snow	Hayward, WI
Grackle	Boat-tailed	Mustang Island, TX
Grackle	Common	Rhinelander, WI
Grebe	Pied-billed	County Grounds / Cemetery, Wauwatosa, WI
Grebe	Western	Lake Hodges, CA
Grosbeak	Blue	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Grosbeak	Evening	Rhinelander, WI
Grosbeak	Rose-breasted	Rhinelander, WI
Grouse	Ruffed	Treehaven, Rhinelander, WI
Gull	Bonaparte's	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Gull	California	Lincoln City, OR
Gull	Heermann's	Lincoln City, OR
Gull	Herring	Grand Marais, MN
Gull	Laughing	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Gull	Ring-billed	Grand Marais, MN
Harrier	Northern	Broughton Sheboygan Marsh
Hawk	Broad-winged	Lake Park, Milwaukee, WI
Hawk	Cooper's	Enderis Park (Home), WI
Hawk	Red-shouldered	Lake Louisa State Park, FLA
Hawk	Red-tailed	Hart Park, Wauwatosa, WI
Hawk	Sharp-shinned	Hart Park, Wauwatosa, WI
Heron	Black-crowned Night	Cedar Point, OH
Heron	Great Blue	Rhinelander, WI
Heron	Green	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Heron	Little Blue	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Heron	Tricolored	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Hummingbird	Anna's	Imperial Drive Escondido, CA
Hummingbird	Black-chinned	Kartchner Caverns State Park, AZ
Hummingbird	Ruby-throated	Rhinelander, WI
Ibis	White	Lake Louisa State Park, FLA
Jay	Blue	Rhinelander, WI
Jay	Gray	Rocky Mountain National Park
Jay	Steller's	Rocky Mountain National Park
Junco	Dark-eyed	Rhinelander, WI
Kestrel	American	Havenwoods State Forest, Milwaukee, WI
Kingbird	Cassin's	Imperial Drive Escondido, CA
Kingbird	Eastern	Hart Park, Wauwatosa, WI
Kingfisher	Belted	Menominee River Parkway, Wauwatosa, WI
Kinglet	Golden-crowned	Menominee River Parkway, Wauwatosa, WI
Kinglet	Ruby-crowned	Menominee River Parkway, Wauwatosa, WI
Kite	Swallow-tailed	Lake Louisa State Park, FLA
Lark	Horned	Rhinelander, WI
Loon	Common	Rhinelander, WI
Loon	Pacific	South Beach State Park, OR
Magpie	Black-billed	Yellowstone National Park
Martin	Purple	Lake Guntersville State Park, AL
Meadowlark	Eastern	Havenwoods State Forest, Milwaukee, WI
Meadowlark	Western	Ponca State Park, NE
Merganser	Common	Hayward, WI
Merganser	Hooded	Hayward, WI
Merganser	Red-breasted	Horicon Marsh
Mockingbird	Northern	Cape San Blas, FLA
Moorhen	Common	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Nighthawk	Common	Blue Mounds State Park, MN
Nuthatch	Brown-headed	Yellowstone National Park
Nuthatch	Red-breasted	Moon Lake Camp, MI
Nuthatch	White-breasted	Rhinelander, WI
Oriole	Baltimore	Ponca State Park, NE
Oriole	Bullock's	Ponca State Park, NE
Oriole	Hooded	Imperial Drive Escondido, CA
Oriole	Orchard	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Owl	Barred	Peninsula State Park, WI
Owl	Great Horned	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Oystercatcher	American	Haystack Rock, OR
Oystercatcher	Black	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Parula	Northern	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Pelican	American White	Peninsula State Park, WI
Pelican	Brown	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Pheasant	Ring-necked	Blue Mounds State Park, MN
Phoebe	Black	Imperial Drive Escondido, CA
Phoebe	Eastern	Rhinelander, WI
Pintail	Northern	Horicon Marsh
Plover	Black-bellied	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Plover	Semipalmated	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Plover	Snowy	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Rail	King	Cape San Blas, FLA
Rail	Sora	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Raven	Common	Rocky Mountain National Park
Redpoll	Common	Rhinelander, WI
Redstart	American	Peninsula State Park, WI
Robin	American	Rhinelander, WI
Sandpiper	Solitary	Peninsula State Park, WI
Sandpiper	Spotted	Fort Meyers Beach, FL
Sandpiper	Upland	Ponca State Park, NE
Sandpiper	Western	Lake Hodges, CA
Sapsucker	Red-naped	Yellowstone National Park
Sapsucker	Yellow-bellied	Rhinelander, WI
Scaup	Lesser	Lake Shore Park, Milwaukee, WI
Screech-Owl	Eastern	Peninsula State Park, WI
Scrub-Jay	Florida	Cape Canaveral, FLA
Scrub-Jay	Western	Imperial Drive Escondido, CA
Shoveler	Northern	Coast Guard Property near Lk. Michigan
Shrike	Loggerhead	Cape San Blas, FLA
Shrike	Northern	Black River Flowage, Kohler-Andrae SP, WI
Siskin	Pine	Rhinelander, WI
Skimmer	Black	South Beach State Park, OR
Sparrow	American Tree	County Grounds / Cemetery, Wauwatosa, WI
Sparrow	Chipping	Rhinelander, WI
Sparrow	Clay-colored	Lake Park, Milwaukee, WI
Sparrow	Field	Horicon Marsh
Sparrow	Fox	Chicago Botanical Gardens, IL
Sparrow	Golden-crowned	Willamette Mission State Park - Salem, OR
Sparrow	Grasshopper	Cape San Blas, FLA
Sparrow	House	Rhinelander, WI
Sparrow	Lark	Horicon Marsh
Sparrow	Lincoln's	Lake Park, Milwaukee, WI
Sparrow	Savannah	Havenwoods State Forest, Milwaukee, WI
Sparrow	Song	Peninsula State Park, WI
Sparrow	Swamp	Havenwoods State Forest, Milwaukee, WI
Sparrow	Tan-Striped White-throated	Enderis Park (Home), WI
Sparrow	Vesper	Lake Park, Milwaukee, WI
Sparrow	White-crowned	Enderis Park (Home), WI
Sparrow	White-throated	Enderis Park (Home), WI
Spoonbill	Roseate	Orlando, FLA
Starling	European	Rhinelander, WI
Stilt	Black-necked	Cape Canaveral, FLA
Stork	Wood	Orlando, FLA
Swallow	Barn	Rhinelander, WI
Swallow	Cliff	Horicon Marsh
Swallow	Northern Rough-winged	Horicon Marsh
Swallow	Tree	Rhinelander, WI
Swallow	Violet-green	Rocky Mountain National Park
Swan	Mute	Rhinelander, WI
Swift	Chimney	Rhinelander, WI
Swift	White-throated	Yellowstone National Park
Tanager	Scarlet	Dousman, WI
Tanager	Summer	Cape San Blas, FLA
Tanager	Western	Yellowstone National Park
Teal	Blue-winged	Havenwoods State Forest, Milwaukee, WI
Teal	Cinnamon	Yellowstone National Park
Teal	Green-winged	Grant Park, Milwaukee, WI
Tern	Black	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Tern	Common	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Tern	Forster's	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Tern	Roseate	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Tern	Royal	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Tern	Sandwich	Mustang Island, TX
Thrasher	Brown	Lake Guntersville State Park, AL
Thrush	Hermit	Lake Park, Milwaukee, WI
Thrush	Swainson's	Lake Park, Milwaukee, WI
Thrush	Wood	Lake Park, Milwaukee, WI
Titmouse	Tufted	Lake Louisa State Park, FLA
Towhee	California (Brown)	Imperial Drive Escondido, CA
Towhee	Spotted (Eastern)	Lake Louisa State Park, FLA
Turkey	Wild	Peninsula State Park, WI
Turnstone	Black	Haystack Rock, OR
Turnstone	Ruddy	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Vireo	Black-whiskered	Broughton Sheboygan Marsh
Vireo	Blue-headed	Broughton Sheboygan Marsh
Vireo	Philadelphia	Lake Park, Milwaukee, WI
Vireo	Red-eyed	Moon Lake Camp, MI
Vireo	Warbling	Broughton Sheboygan Marsh
Vireo	White-eyed	Cape San Blas, FLA
Vireo	Yellow-throated	Moon Lake Camp, MI
Vulture	Black	Cape Canaveral, FLA
Vulture	Turkey	Rhinelander, WI
Warbler	Bay-breasted	Lake Park, Milwaukee, WI
Warbler	Black-and-white	Lake Park, Milwaukee, WI
Warbler	Blackburnian	Lake Park, Milwaukee, WI
Warbler	Blackpoll	Lake Park, Milwaukee, WI
Warbler	Black-throated Blue	Peninsula State Park, WI
Warbler	Black-throated Green	Peninsula State Park, WI
Warbler	Blue-winged	Tomahawk, WI
Warbler	Canada	Tomahawk, WI
Warbler	Cape May	Lake Park, Milwaukee, WI
Warbler	Chestnut-sided	Tomahawk, WI
Warbler	Golden-winged	Peninsula State Park, WI
Warbler	Hooded	Peninsula State Park, WI
Warbler	Kentucky	Peninsula State Park, WI
Warbler	Lucy's	Lake Park, Milwaukee, WI
Warbler	Magnolia	Tomahawk, WI
Warbler	Mourning	Tomahawk, WI
Warbler	Nashville	Tomahawk, WI
Warbler	Orange-crowned	Menominee River Parkway, Wauwatosa, WI
Warbler	Palm	County Grounds / Cemetery, Wauwatosa, WI
Warbler	Pine	Tomahawk, WI
Warbler	Prairie	tomahawk, WI
Warbler	Prothonotary	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Warbler	Red-faced	Enderis Park (Home), WI
Warbler	Tennessee	Rhinelander, WI
Warbler	Wilson's	Menominee River Parkway, Wauwatosa, WI
Warbler	Yellow	Rhinelander, WI
Warbler	Yellow-rumped	Menominee River Parkway, Wauwatosa, WI
Waterthrush	Louisiana	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Waterthrush	Northern	Underwood Creek, Wauwatosa, WI
Waxwing	Bohemian	Rhinelander, WI
Waxwing	Cedar	Rhinelander, WI
Whistling-Duck	Black-bellied	Orlando, FLA
Widgeon	American	Grant Park, Milwaukee, WI
Woodcock	American	Peninsula State Park, WI
Woodpecker	Acorn	Kit Carson Park, Escondido, CA
Woodpecker	Black-backed	Yellowstone National Park
Woodpecker	Downy	Rhinelander, WI
Woodpecker	Hairy	Rhinelander, WI
Woodpecker	Pileated	Rhinelander, WI
Woodpecker	Red-bellied	Rhinelander, WI
Woodpecker	Red-headed	Lake Park, Milwaukee, WI
Wood-Pewee	Eastern	Warren Dunes State park, MI
Wood-Pewee	Western	Lake Hodges, CA
Wren	Bewick's	Imperial Drive Escondido, CA
Wren	Carolina	Lake Guntersville State Park, AL
Wren	House	Dousman, WI
Wren	Marsh	Black River Flowage, Kohler-Andrae SP, WI
Wren	Sedge	Blue Mounds State Park, MN
Wren	Winter	Menominee River Parkway, Wauwatosa, WI
Yellowlegs	Greater	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Yellowlegs	Lesser	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
Yellowthroat	Common	Peninsula State Park, WI
	Anhinga	Orlando, FLA
	Bobolink	Horicon Marsh
	Bufflehead	Peninsula State Park, WI
	Bushtit	Imperial Drive Escondido, CA
	Dickcissel	Blue Mounds State Park, MN
	Dunlin	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
	Killdeer	Rhinelander, WI
	Limpkin	Orlando, FLA
	Mallard	Rhinelander, WI
	Osprey	Orlando, FLA
	Ovenbird	Enderis Park (Home), WI
	Redhead	Horicon Marsh
	Sanderling	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA
	Veery	Yellowstone National Park
	Whip-poor-will	Tomahawk, WI
	Willet	St. Andrew's Beach State Park, FLA