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Milwaukee's Lake Park and UEC, Christmas Bird Count, December 17, 2005

As of 12/29/05 Marilyn Bontly and Jean Strelka, compilers of the Christmas Bird Count in northern Milwaukee, officially accepted the Saw-whet owl sighting for the Christmas Bird Count.  Thanks to Dolores Knopfelmacher for leading and documenting the search.  Thanks to Dennis Casper and Vic and Carolyn Vargo for substantiating reports. (Paul Hunter)
as Report by Dolores Knopfelmacher:

 50 Canada Geese were migrating.  For "Owling" (about 5:00 p.m.) Saw-whet in the Locust St. Ravine.  It kept repeating the same note - could be 100 times per minute - but the timbre was not right.  More tinny than the dulcet tone on my Audubon tape.  Too dark to see, but a shadow did fly to the trees east and continued tooting there.  

 And note: NO CROWS!  We have been in steady decline since 2000 (when we had 40)  
UEC had a Belted Kingfisher.

        URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER             LAKE PARK
                   
                   
Canada Goose            116        50
Mallard                   4       
Sharp-shinned Hawk        1       
Cooper's Hawk             2         1
Red-tailed Hawk           2       
Ring-billed Gull          1       
Herring Gull              8       
Rock Dove               221         2
Mourning Dove            20         2
N.Saw-whet Owl                      1
Belted Kingfisher         1       
Red-bellied Woodpecker              1
Downy Woodpecker          5         7
Hairy Woodpecker          4       
Amer. Crow               37       
Bl.- Capped Chickadee    64        18
White-Br. Nuthatch       13         7
Hermit Thrush             1       
American Robin           18       
Eur. Starling            15       
Cedar Waxwing             3         3
Am. Tree Sparrow         30         3
Dark-Eyed Junco         101        34
N. Cardinal              41         3
House Finch              27         3
Am Goldfinch             72         8
House Sparrow           170         1