No scheduled walk for us
Labor Day Weekend Walk Options:
Saturday, Lake Park Warbler Walk, 8:30
Meet at bird feeder south of playground
Sunday, Join Wisconsin Metro Audubon at Wehr Nature Center, 8:00am start
Walk is free but parking is $5 without Wehr Nature Center parking sticker
Next week with Milwaukee Birders:
Friday, Sept 11- Afterglow Farms. It’s the site of Lake Michigan Bird Observatory and a great habitat for birds. Details and registration HERE. The spots are limited.
Saturday, Sept 12 – Havenwoods State Forest
Sunday, Sept 13 – Lakeshore State Park
TONIGHT:
Swift Night Out #3
2395 S Burrell St
Tuesday, Sept 1, 7:00-8:00 pm
Weather: if it rains, we will postpone to a day the following week (tbd). We will check the weather forecast the morning of the event
The chimney is at 2395 but FB doesn’t like that address for some reason! 2375 is sort of attached so it’s all the same area.
Parking : street parking, if that changes we will update that here.
Join WMAS, Milwaukee Birders and BIPOC Birding Club for our 3rd 2026 Swift Night Out! Sharp-eyed chimney spotters found a chimney just south of Lincoln Ave.
Bring a chair!
We expect swifts to be in the area as early as 7:00 pm as they are staging for roosting and to be in the chimney around 8:00.
Join us! Walks are always free and always fun . Open to all levels of birders
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Milwaukee Birding News
The Swifts are Coming! WI DNR is collecting information on Chimney Swifts this fall. Share with DNR any swift night outs, roost sites, and counts. Watch for our Swift Night Outs with Wisconsin Metro Audubon.
Lake Park Warbler Walks start this Saturday at 8:30am. Meet at the bird feeder just south of playground. Free, All-levels welcome! Join “Birders of Lake Park in Milwaukee” on Facebook for walk updates
Birdcast is back online! Fall migration is upon us. You know what to do:
1. Study fall warblers
2. Collision-proof your windows
3. Spiff up your bird bath
4. Lights out from 11:00pm – 6:00am
Care about Birds? Live in city of Milwaukee? Support the Urban Bird Treaty. Learn more and complete digital postcard HERE
Last Week
Hear I missed a great walk at Doctor’s Park! Here is the list, thanks to Katie and John!
eBird List: https://ebird.org/checklist/S388324900
pic: Eli Gonzalez-Rehorst
pic Eli Gonzalez-Rehorst
pic John Kaspar
Upcoming Bird Talks & walks:
Have a birding event to share? email us on the Contact Page
September
Fall Warbler Walk in Green Bay
Saturday, September 5 with Wisconsin Society of Ornithology
Details and registration HERE
Wednesday September 9th
Mark Korducki, WSO Records Committee and Ducki Unlimited Birding Tours
RARE BIRD ALERT: From Fieldfare To Flamingos
in person @ Riveredge Nature Center 7:00 pm and via Zoom|
Wisconsin has seen a flurry of new birds in the past several years. Join longtime WSO birder and field trip leader Mark Korducki (duckibirding.com) as he highlights many of the recent additions to the state species list and discusses some of the reasons why we have seen such an uptick in vagrants.
Join Zoom Meeting: Link HERE
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87415397624?pwd=qNeb5qfyfLKFMn8bdws85P7p5zNlSo.1
Meeting ID: 874 1539 7624
Passcode: 341565
Nature’s Treasures – Birds of the Milwaukee River Basin
Thursday, Sept 10 with Lake Michigan Bird Observatory
Details HERE
Prairies and the birds who love them
Saturday, Sept 12 at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
Details HERE
Guided Bird Hike Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
Sunday, Sept 13
Details HERE
Bird Walk and showing of Beyond Our Senses: Bank Swallows
Thursday, Sept 17 at Mequon Nature Preserve with Lake Michigan Bird Observatory
Details HERE
Wisconsin Point Weekend aka JaegerFest
Friday-Sunday Sept 18-20
Details HERE
Experience the story of the Sandhills
Saturday, Sept 26 with Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
Details HERE
Who Sings in Wisconsin? – Book Reading with Mateo Núñez-García
Sunday, September 27, 2026 at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
Details HERE
Family Owl Prowl at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
Monday, Sept 28
Details HERE
Night Hunters Owls of Wisconsin
Wednesdays, Sept 30-Oct 14 at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
Details HERE
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Check out Chirp Chat episodes by Xcaret Nuñez. It’s all about birding Milwaukee area on WUWM 89.7 last Wednesday of the month
List of Milwaukee area BIRD CLUBS !
Milwaukee parks that need birding this week
The county needs eBird records throughout the year for every park and natural area. During the year, some parks are priorities for birding. We can help MKE Parks! Pick a priority park from the list below, go bird, eBird it and note time spent there.
MILWAUKEE COUNTY PARKS : Sept 1-7
- Dretzka Park
- Franklin Savanna (if you haven’t been, messenger us using the Messenger feature and we can explain access. Neat place but needs some explanation.
- Grantosa Pkwy
- Kern Park
- Little Menomonee River Pkwy 3,4, 5,6 – (4 is called S of Good Hope, N of Hwy 145, 5 is called Little Menomonee River S of Mill Rd, North of Appleton)
- Menomonee River Pkwy 1,2,3,4,5 (no trail for 2, 3,4 and 4 is called Menomonee River, S of Silver Spring, west of 45)
- Milwaukee River Pkwy 1,3,5
- Oak Creek Pkwy 3,4, 5,6,7, 10,11, 13 (some don’t have trails)
- Root River 3,4,6,7,8,14,16,18- some don’t have trails
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.
Follow Wisconsin Metro Audubon on Facebook for their weekly park posts.
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. A Waukesha County Park pass is needed for a number of these locations. To purchase passes visit:
https://wiwaukeshacountyweb.myvscloud.com/…/splash.html#
Note that seniors (60+) can purchase annual park passes for only $20!
September bird surveys needed at these locations- all are ebird hotspots
- Ashippun Lake – Waukesha County- (free)
- Ashippun River Greenway (free, no trail)
- Berg Property (off LO west a little bit from Mukwonago Park)
- Fox Bend Park-(access through St Martins Woods SNA or Big Bend Park but don’t count bird in BBP)
- Fox Bend South free (small parking area on gravel; don’t block the gate) On Forest Home Ave, 42.86084° N, 88.23814° W. Start on the farm access road heading in direction of river. You can access a fair amount of it via this road, plus a dirt trail, plus walking back through a grain field that has been mowed (watch for horned larks). Backtracking a bit or a bit of bushwhacking depending on what you feel like doing. This property is quite large and we haven’t been to all of it yet.
- Fox Brook Park (fee or daily pass)
- Ice Age Trail Monches segment
- Menomonee Park
- Monches County park (daily fee or pass)
- Mukwonago Park (daily fee or pass)
- Muskego Park
- Nagawaukee Park (pass or daily fee)
- Pewaukee River Greenway
- Ryan Park- (pass or day fee)
- School Section Lake (requires lake pass)
- Spring Brook Greenway
- New Berlin Recreation Trail (free- bike from edge of Greenfield Park into Waukesha!)