Milwaukee Birders

Category: Milwaukee County

  • Jan 22: Milwaukee Lakefront

    Sunday, Jan 22 at 8:30 am Start at the Milwaukee Pierhead Lighthouse south of Summerfest Grounds (there is parking back there at the east end of Erie St)-Lakeshore State Park-Bradford Beach-Linwood Treatment Plant (per eBird findings we may also stop at other locations along the lake) At forty-two feet seven inches tall, the deep red…

  • Jan 15: Schlitz Audubon Nature Center

    Sunday, January 15 – Schlitz Audubon Nature Center 1111 E Brown Deer Rd, Bayside at 8:30am. Gates will be open, meet in the parking lot. A Milwaukee county hotspot, Schlitz has numerous bird habitats. Woods, lakefront, ponds, and prairie make for fun hikes and a variety of birds. Recent sightings from eBird After birding we…

  • Backyard wildlife story

    Birding has taught me to pay attention. There are nature dramas playing out everywhere. Judith had a great one and caught it on video! https://www.cbs58.com/news/whitefish-bay-woman-saves-hawk-from-predicament-with-fox-in-her-back-yard

  • Dec 4: Wehr and Franklin Business Park

    Sunday, Dec 4 at 8:30am at Wehr Nature Center. Following our walk at Wehr we can go to the Franklin Business Park ponds where a Ross’s and Cackling Goose have been seen lately. Contacts: Katie kfisher8689@gmail.com or Donna donnaozomiller@gmail.com Wehr Nature Center (#1 on map below) 9701 W College Ave, Franklin, WI 53132. Recent sightings…

  • Nov 20: Grant Park

    Nov 20: Grant Park

    8:00am at Grant Park Beach at the southern end of the Park (#1 on the map) From beach (called the Oak Creek Outlet to Lake Michigan on eBird), there we will car bird up to the bird feeders (#2) and the to pond by the tennis courts (#3). We are hoping for European Goldfinch at…