Weekly free bird walks
Sundays Milwaukee Birders
Location and time varies – see this week’s location above.
Free walks – open to all levels of birders
Sundays 9:00am
Wisconsin Metro Audubon Society Bird Walk (WMAS)
Wehr Nature Center 9701 W College Ave. Mix of mulched, wooded, grass and boardwalk paths. Follow WMAS on Facebook for additional walk announcements
Second Sundays 8:30-10:00am Birding at Lakeshore State Park with Milwaukee Birders. CANCELLED DEC 14
Meet at the south park entrance. See Friends of LSSP for details. Walking on paved surfaces, maybe some uneven, grassy paths but can avoid those. Portapotty always open and Discovery World restrooms after 9:00. All ages and abilities welcome.
Mondays 8:00am Estabrook Park
4600 Estabrook Parkway
Meet in the north parking lot. Mulched and dirt paths, stairs to river path which can be muddy. Portapotty
Tuesdays 8:00am Menomonee Valley
Urban Ecology Center (UEC),
Please register: https://www.urbanecologycenter.org/calendar?
3700 W Pierce St
Mostly paved trails. Restrooms available
Wednesdays 8:00am Washington Park
Urban Ecology Center (UEC)
Please register: https://www.urbanecologycenter.org/calendar?
4023 W Galena St
Mostly grass and paved paths. Restrooms available
Thursdays 8:00am Riverside Park
Urban Ecology Center (UEC)
Please register: https://www.urbanecologycenter.org/calendar?
1500 E Park Place
Mulched and dirt paths. Stairs to river path which can be muddy. Restrooms available
Fridays 8:30am Warnimont Park,
6100 S Lake Dr, Cudahy
Meet-up by the Kelly Senior Center parking lot. A mix of paved and grassy trails that go through woods, fields and along the bluff for lake views. Mostly flat. Parking also available at Warnimont Dog Park immediately south of Kelly Senior Center. Seasonal bathrooms
Second Saturdays 8:30-10:30 Havenwoods
6141 N Hopkins St, Milwaukee
CANCELLED DEC 13
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. https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/parks/havenwoods
Second Saturdays Winter Duck Watch at 11:00am November through March
Meet along east side of Lincoln Memorial Drive just south of Linwood fields. Look for the birders and scopes.
Third Saturdays, 8:00-9:15 Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
1111 E Brown Deer Rd, Bayside
Loop through woods, grasslands and around Mystery Lake for a variety of habitats. Free, registration required https://www.schlitzaudubon.org/calendar/
FAVORITE BIRDING SPOTS IN MILWAUKEE & OZAUKEE COUNTY
Milwaukee County Parks, favorites Bender, Estabrook, Grant, Sheridan, Warnimont, Wehr Nature Center and, of course, Lake Park. Honestly, we haven’t been to a Milwaukee County park we didn’t like!
Milwaukee County Grounds and Sanctuary Woods
Ozaukee County Parks, favorite Lion’s Den Gorge
OWLTS – Ozaukee and Washington County Land Trusts
Urban Ecology Center – any of the three locations!
Wisconsin State Parks, local favorites Havenwoods and Lakeshore SP
BEYOND MILWAUKEE COUNTY
Coal Dock Park in Port Washington. Great for gulls, terns and ducks in winter.
Horicon Marsh and US Fish and Wildlife Center and Marsh Haven Nature Center
Killsnake Wildlife Area Chilton, Wisconsin. Grasslands good raptor and short-eared owl viewing December through March
Maywood in Sheboygan
Vernon Marsh and Retzer Nature Center in Waukesha County
Sandhill Wildlife Area – Auto Trumpeter Trail now open! Just west of Wisconsin Rapids at 1715 County Highway X, Babcock, WI 54413
Ice Age Trail throughout Wisconsin
Great Wisconsin Birding and Nature Trail. Features and interactive map by region with birding and nature stops. Stop info includes signature species, rare species, parking and more.
For many great Wisconsin Birding spots check out Favorite Bird Haunts on the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology website
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