Milwaukee Birders

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  • Learning Sparrows

    I love the folding warbler guide and shorebird guide. I need them at this point in my birding apprenticeship. Sadly, there is no comparable sparrow guide to help me figure out which little brown bird i am looking at. However, I have found a few helpful sparrow identification pictures. Common Sparrows of Chicago has pictures…

  • October MKE Park Monitoring

    Sunday Oct 11, we will start on these. Watch your email for details. From Brian Russert: How about for something different this month, I give you just a few of our bigger natural areas to explore (no formal trails). They are very cool sites that should have much higher bird numbers and diversity than the…

  • Oct 1!

    Hello Fall. Lots of migrants passing through – I have had 50 pine siskins in my yard this week. A Treat! And I am not alone with the siskin invasion. Maywood Birdathon this weekend! Contact jennifer if you want in. And a how-to welcome new birders “Five Ways to Build a More Racially Inclusive Hiking…

  • Sept Park Monitoring, 9/14 update

    Holly, Dave and I had a great look at Holler and Johnstone parks yesterday. Johnstone was full of resting monarchs and birds filling up on grapes. Holly heard and spotted the marsh wren amidst the cattails. It was too fast for pictures. Picture credits to Dave. Holler park was a first visit for the three…

  • Learn About Breeding Atlas II Reports

    Horicon Marsh Bird Club‘s virtual meeting this week, Thursday Sept 17 at 7pm, will be a presentation on the Wisconsin Breeding Atlas II results: The next meeting of the Horicon Marsh Bird Club will be held on Thursday, September 17h at 7 p.m. Matt Herzmann will be giving a presentation on the results of the…