Saturday, Nov 8 at 8:30am
Havenwoods State Forest
6141 N Hopkins St, Milwaukee
Join Milwaukee Birders at Havenwoods. State park sticker NOT needed. Meet in front of the building (Restrooms available). Binoculars available to borrow. Flat trails go along gravel, wood, grass and mulched paths. Walk wind through grassland, woods, along shrubby borders and to a pond. Really nice variety of birds.
Website: https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/parks/havenwoods
eBird Site: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L252263
Trails: Gravel, Grass and Wood Chips
Restrooms: Available in building
Park Map: Trail Map

Sunday, Nov 9 at 8:30am
Lakeshore State Park
500 N Harbor Drive
Meet at the south end (red arrow on pic). One of Wisconsin’s newest state parks, Lakeshore sits on the edge of downtown. The lagoon by Summerfest grounds often has a number of ducks. The short grass prairies host a number of birds. The shrubs and trees have lots of birdy visitors. In the summer, there are nesting Purple Martins, Eastern Bluebirds and Tree Swallows in the boxes. A great place to bird in any season

Website: Friends of Lakeshore State Park https://friendslsp.org/
eBird site: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L386716
Trails: Paved sidewalks, no elevation change.
Restrooms: PortaPotty available, Discovery World restrooms open after 9:00am
Park Map: Map

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After the Saturday morning Havenwood’s bird hike, join in an Areas of Concern hike along an estuary area in Havenwoods.
https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/events/115146 pre-registration needed

Dexter Patterson’s Book Tour Coming to Milwaukee! Free and Registration Required. Details and registration: https://www.schlitzaudubon.org/event/an-evening-with-dexter-patterson-author-of-birds-of-the-great-lakes/

Birders of Lake Park Duck Watch starts this Saturday!
Meet at 11:00am at the north end of Lincoln Memorial Drive. Look for the scopes set up on the east side of the road. Location PIN around the bend at the top of the hill. Second Saturday of every month!

Christmas Bird Counts coming up. Sign up yourself or yourself and some friends to bird a block, The north Milwaukee County CBC will be Saturday Dec 20. Email Zoe, ZFinney@schlitzaudubon.org to get involved. The south Milwaukee CBC will be on Sunday Dec 14. For a block assignment on that day email, Carol Howard, Carol.Howard@milwaukeecountywi.gov

Need Boots? Weyco Bogs Sale this Thursday thru Saturday. Details https://www.mkeshoesale.com/

For November 1-7

• Honey Creek Pkwy #2, 3, 4 (major construction continuing on 3, may be a challenge)
• Milwaukee River Pkwy 5
• Mitchell Blvd Park
• Southwood Glen

Based on the needs spreadsheet from MKE Parks, Wisconsin Metro Audubon Society (Thanks Colleen!) curates suggested locations based on accessibility to the property and availability on the ebird hotspots tool. Please track your time spent! At the end of the year WMAS provides hours to the county.
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Note- even if it’s already been birded this week, going another day or even a different time of day helps. The parks department wants a number of surveys for each park. Birding more than once in a week is very helpful!

Find a park and a park map: https://county.milwaukee.gov/EN/Parks/Explore/Find-a-Park

Wisconsin Metro Audubon is also birding for Waukesha Parks…

Bird where you can and share your ebird list with their ebird account: WaukeshaCountyBirding

NOVEMBER bird surveys needed at these locations- all are ebird hotspots

• Berg Property – free – address S102W33451 CTH LO should get you there or very close. Small parking area, partial asphal trail and then a mix of grass and dirt. You may want to do a little off-trail to get to the river.
• Menomonee Park (pass or daily fee)
• Mukwonago Park (pass or daily permit fee required- note they have camping!)
• Muskego Park (pass or daily fee)
• Retzer Nature Center (free)
• New Berlin Recreation Trail – bike path from Greenfield Park to Waukesha! Free