Milwaukee Birders

Tag: Ozaukee County

  • Oct 20: Lakeshore State Park

    Sunday, Oct 20 8:00am Lakeshore state park-starting at south endPark on Road north of Pierhead Lighthouse Sunday looks warm and clear for a walk around Lakeshore State Park. Recent sightings include Snow Buntings, Lapland Longspurs and Red-breasted Mergansers. This time last year we were there and found a Brown-headed Cowbird hopping along the grass (see…

  • Oct 13: Mequon Nature Preserve

    Sunday, Oct 13 8:00am Mequon Nature preserve – main lot8200 W County Line Rd Mequon Hoping this weekend is not the Ozaukee Marathon – sorry about last week’s hiccup. Mequon Nature Preserve is 510 acres of grassland, woods, ponds and marshy spots. Lots of bird possibilities including shorebirds. No Harris’s Sparrows seen there yet, maybe…

  • Christmas Bird Count 2023

    Christmas Bird Count 2023

    Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is one of the longest running citizen science efforts in the United States. It began as a replacement for Christmas bird hunt competitions. Instead of bagging birds, birders tally everything seen and heard within an assigned area. The over one hundred years of December data has been used to study bird…

  • Saturday Oct 7: Join a “Big Sit”

    CORRECTION: SATURDAY, Oct 7 No organized walk Sunday this week Choose your start time, length of sit and location:Wehr Nature Center 7:00am-NoonORForest Beach Migratory Preserve 6:30am-6:30pm Wehr Nature Center with Wisconsin Metro Audubon Society9701 W College Avenue Franklin7:00am-Noon, Come anytime, stay as long as you wantJoin us for part or all of our big sit!…

  • Oct 1: Mequon Nature Preserve

    Oct 1: Mequon Nature Preserve

    Sunday, Oct 1 7:30am Mequon Nature PreserveMain Parking Lot8200 W County Line Rd, Mequon We are staying away from the Lakefront Marathon! Mequon Nature Preserve has fields, woods, ponds and mudflats. Let’s hope for some nice birds! Wilson’s Snipes were seen there recently. eBird list MNP: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L345757 Ongoing Bird Walks: Saturdays 8:30am Fall Warbler Walks…