Milwaukee Birders

Category: Ozaukee County

  • Three Tiny Parks Report (and native plant sales)

    Cloudy to sunny to rain and back to sun. Up and down hills. There was a lot of variety this morning. The most surprising were the four different swallows seen at one time. Above the rugby field and Lincoln Memorial Drive hundreds of swallows swirled overhead. Though impossible to get a picture of the swarming,…

  • April 30: Tour of three tiny parks

    April 30 meet at 7:30am at the Magic Hedge (1). Park at soccer fields just south of the Linwood Water Treatment Plant. After birding the hedge we will journey north, carpooling if we want. Magic Hedge aka Linwood Water Treatment Plant eBird list Some history of the Linwood plant from WUWM Bubbler Talk. The name…

  • April 9: Mequon Nature Preserve

    Easter Sunday 7:30 am Mequon Nature Preserve. Meet in the main lot near the building. If you are celebrating easter with your family – our best to you and yours! If your celebration is later in the morning, join us! eBird Mequon Nature Preserve We are hoping to see a great range of ducks, shorebirds,…

  • Harrington Beach Report

    What a great night for golden-crowned kinglets, stars, and woodcocks! Alex managed to get the woodcocks to land right at our feet – nearly every time! To see the woodcock sky dance, find a field, and set yourself up around sunset. Wait for the peenting to locate the bird and then watch for the spiral…

  • April 1: Harrington Beach

    No Fooling!SATURDAY, 6pm Harrington Beach State Park Meet in the main parking lot by the building, A on the map below. We will bird down there. Later we will move to lot B by the camp ground to watch the woodcocks. Last year it was a fabulous show with woodcocks peent-ing and whirling all around…