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Checklist of Birds Seen in Lake Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • ORDER: Anseriformes
    • FAMILY:Anatidae - Ducks/Geese/Swans
      • Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)
      • Ross's Goose (Chen rossii)
      • Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
      • Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
      • Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
      • Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
      • Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
      • Gadwall (Anas strepera)
      • American Wigeon (Anas americana)
      • American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
      • Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
      • Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
      • Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
      • Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
      • Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
      • Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
      • Redhead (Aythya americana)
      • Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
      • Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
      • Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
      • King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)
      • Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
      • Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
      • White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
      • Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
      • Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
      • Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
      • Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
      • Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
      • Goldeneye-Hooded Merganser cross
      • Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)
      • Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
      • Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
      • Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
  • ORDER: Galliformes
    • FAMILY:Phasianidae - Partridges/Grouse/Turkeys/Quail
      • Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
  • ORDER: Gaviiformes
    • FAMILY:Gaviidae - Loons
      • Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
      • Common Loon (Gavia immer)
  • ORDER: Podicipediformes
    • FAMILY:Podicipedidae - Grebes
      • Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
      • Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
      • Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
  • ORDER: Pelecaniformes
    • FAMILY:Phalacrocoracidae - Cormorants
      • Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
  • ORDER: Ciconiiformes
    • FAMILY:Ardeidae - Herons/Bitterns/Allies
      • American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
      • Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
      • Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
      • Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
      • Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
      • Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
    • FAMILY: Cathartidae - New World Vultures
      • Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
  • ORDER: Falconiformes
    • FAMILY:Accipitridae - Hawks/Kites/Eagles/Allies
      • Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
      • Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
      • Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
      • Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
      • Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
      • Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
      • Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
      • Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
      • Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
      • Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)
    • FAMILY: Falconidae - Caracaras/Falcons
      • American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
      • Merlin (Falco columbarius)
      • Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
  • ORDER: Gruiformes
    • FAMILY:Rallidae - Rails/Gallinules/Coots
      • Sora (Porzana carolina)
      • American Coot (Fulica americana)
    • FAMILY:Gruidae - Cranes
      • Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
  • ORDER: Charadriiformes
    • FAMILY:Charadriidae - Lapwings/Plovers
      • Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
      • American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
      • Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
      • Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
      • Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
    • FAMILY: Recurvirostridae - Stilts/Avocets
      • American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
    • FAMILY:Scolopacidae - Sandpipers/Phalaropes/Allies
      • Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
      • Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
      • Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
      • Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)
      • Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)
      • Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
      • Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
      • Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
      • Sanderling (Calidris alba)
      • Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
      • Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
      • Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
      • White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
      • Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
      • Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
      • Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
      • Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
      • Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
      • Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
      • Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
      • American Woodcock (Scolopax minor)
      • Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
      • Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
    • FAMILY:Laridae - Skuas/Gulls/Terns/Skimmers
      • Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan)
      • Little Gull (Larus minutus)
      • Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia)
      • Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
      • Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
      • Thayer's Gull (Larus thayeri)
      • Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
      • Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
      • Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
      • Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
      • Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)
      • Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
      • Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
      • Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
    • FAMILY: Stercorariidae - Jaegers
      • Pomarine Jaeger ** (Stercorarius pomarinus)
      • Parasitic Jaeger * (Stercorarius parasiticus)
  • ORDER: Columbiformes
    • FAMILY:Columbidae - Pigeons/Doves
  • ORDER: Cuculiformes
    • FAMILY:Cuculidae - Cuckoos/Roadrunners/Anis
      • Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)
      • Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
  • ORDER: Strigiformes
    • FAMILY:Strigidae - Typical Owls
      • Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio)
      • Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
      • Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)
      • Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
      • Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
      • Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)
  • ORDER: Caprimulgiformes
    • FAMILY:Caprimulgidae - Goatsuckers
      • Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
      • Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus)
  • ORDER: Apodiformes
    • FAMILY:Apodidae - Swifts
      • Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
    • FAMILY:Trochilidae - Hummingbirds
      • Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
  • ORDER: Coraciiformes
    • FAMILY:Alcedinidae - Kingfishers
      • Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)
  • ORDER: Piciformes
    • FAMILY:Picidae - Woodpeckers/Allies
      • Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)
      • Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
      • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
      • Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
      • Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
      • Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
      • Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)





  • ORDER: Passeriformes
    • FAMILY:Tyrannidae - Tyrant Flycatchers
      • Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
      • Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
      • Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
      • Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
      • Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)
      • Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
      • Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
      • Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
      • Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
      • Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
    • FAMILY:Laniidae - Shrikes
      • Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
    • FAMILY:Vireonidae - Vireos
      • White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
      • Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii)
      • Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
      • Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
      • Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
      • Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)
      • Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
    • FAMILY:Corvidae - Jays/Crows
      • Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
      • American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
    • FAMILY: Alaudidae - Larks
      • Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
    • FAMILY:Hirundinidae - Swallows
      • Purple Martin (Progne subis)
      • Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
      • Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
      • Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
      • Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
      • Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva)
      • Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
    • FAMILY:Paridae - Chickadees/Titmice
      • Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
      • Great Tit (Parus major) EXOTIC
      • Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
    • FAMILY:Sittidae - Nuthatches
      • Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
      • White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
    • FAMILY:Troglodytidae - Wrens
      • Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
      • House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
      • Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
      • Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis)
      • Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
    • FAMILY:Regulidae - Kinglets
      • Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
      • Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
    • FAMILY:Sylviidae - Old World Warblers/Gnatcatchers
    • FAMILY:Turdidae - Thrushes
      • Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
      • Veery (Catharus fuscescens)
      • Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus)
      • Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
      • Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
      • Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
      • American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
    • FAMILY:Muscicapidae
      • Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) Hypothetical
    • FAMILY:Mimidae - Mockingbirds/Thrashers
      • Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
      • Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
      • Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
    • FAMILY:Sturnidae - Starlings
      • European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
    • FAMILY:Motacillidae - Wagtails/Pipits
      • American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
    • FAMILY:Bombycillidae - Waxwings
      • Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
      • Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
    • FAMILY:Parulidae - Wood-Warblers
      • Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus)
      • Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)
      • Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora peregrina)
      • Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)
      • Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)
      • Northern Parula (Parula americana)
      • Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
      • Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica)
      • Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia)
      • Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina)
      • Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens)
      • Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
      • Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens)
      • Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca)
      • Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica)
      • Pine Warbler (Dendroica pinus)
      • Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor)
      • Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum)
      • Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendroica castanea)
      • Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata)
      • Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea)
      • Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
      • American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
      • Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
      • Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorus)
      • Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
      • Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)
      • Louisiana Waterthrush (Seiurus motacilla)
      • Kentucky Warbler (Oporornis formosus)
      • Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis)
      • Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia)
      • Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
      • Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina)
      • Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla)
      • Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis)
      • Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)
    • FAMILY:Thraupidae - Tanagers
      • Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
      • Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
    • FAMILY:Emberizidae - Emberizids
      • Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
      • American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea)
      • Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
      • Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)
      • Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)
      • Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
      • Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata)
      • Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys)
      • Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
      • Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
      • Henslow's Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii)
      • Le Conte's Sparrow (Ammodramus leconteii)
      • Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni)
      • Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
      • Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
      • Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
      • Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
      • White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
      • Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula)
      • White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
      • Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
      • Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
      • Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
      • Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
    • FAMILY:Cardinalidae - Cardinals/Saltators/Allies
      • Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
      • Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
      • Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
    • FAMILY:Icteridae - Blackbirds
      • Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
      • Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
      • Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
      • Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
      • Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
      • Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
      • Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
      • Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
      • Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
      • Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
      • Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii)
    • FAMILY:Fringillidae - Fringilline/Cardueline Finches
      • Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
      • Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
      • House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
      • Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
      • White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)
      • Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
      • Hoary Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni)
      • Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus)
      • American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
      • European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) EXOTIC
      • Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus)
    • FAMILY:Passeridae - Old World Sparrows
      • House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)











Birds Not Documented
in Milwaukee's Lake Park as of October 9, 2008
a.k.a "The Wish List"
Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Barred Owl (Strix varia)
Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)
Dickcissel (Spiza americana)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
Printed Checklists are available at birding events in Lake Park
List compiled by Paul Hunter from informal reports of expert birders including: # Spring 2007: Kentucky Warbler (Jean Casper)
# 4/24/07: Yellow-throated Warbler (Steve Lubahn)
# 3/8/07: Barrow's Goldeneye (John Idzikowski)
# 10/21/06: hypothetical Yellow-browed Warbler (Jim Frank)
# 9/19/06: Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Steve Lubahn)
# 5/3/06: Bullock's Oriole (Steve Lubahn)

On Oct 8, 2008, at 8:57 AM, Dennis Gustafson wrote:
... I was able to go through all of my old records and was able to add the following species to your list.
# Western Grebe (10/26/76)
# Am. Golden Plover (?/?/?)
# Am. Avocet (6/4/96)
# Long-billed Dowitcher (11/3/95)
# Red-n. Phalarope (10/26/76)
# Prothonotary Warbler (5/10/96)
# Western Meadowlark (11/3/82)
# Red Crossbill (11/25/78)


On Oct 10, 2008, at 4:35 PM, Korducki wrote: I had a
# Long-eared Owl this spring (May 4, 2008) in the park.
?? Kentucky Warbler . . . I have had one in the park. I'm pretty sure that Steve Lubahn had a
# Western Tanager during the mid-90's.

On Oct 10, 2008, at 9:58 AM, idzikoj@uwm.edu wrote:

If you define Lake Park to include the area south to N point then include
# Horned Lark- I have had them on and off flying over in spring. Also I had
# White-winged and
# Red Crossbills in 1973 after the major invasion of 72-73- I have had flyovers here of
# Evening Grosbeak as well. We have had
# Bell's Vireo in the ravines in late April and early May. I have had
# Rough-legged Hawk moving north along the lakefront from N Pt.
# Kentucky Warbler was recorded as in 1974 during a very heavy May fallout.
# Parasitic and
# Pomarine Jaegers have been recorded offshore within sight of Lake Pk by me but on both occasions I was either at the Bradford B parking lot or about 1/4 mile north but south of N Point for the Pom
I know that
?? Bohemian Waxwing has been supposedly seen in with flocks of Cedars in Lake Park, but not by me.
Acknowledgments
for compiling this checklist of birds seen in Lake Park, Milwaukee Wisconsin:
The checklist was first prepared in February 2003 by Paul Hunter for Lake Park Friends
and includes ALL species spotted on organized bird
walks or reported, and verified, by individual birders in the park.
Tim Vargo, Urban Ecology Center, started this list after leading bird hikes in Lake Park around 1997.
The Nature Committee of Lake Park Friends,
put out the first printed checklist in l998.
Dolores Knopfelmacher chaired the committee at that time.
Additions to the list from 1998 resulted in the first version of this list.
They came from Managers of Lake Park when people would call (e.g. turkeys),
from a joint hike with the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology,
from the WSO hotline and WisBirdNet,
from Urban Ecology Center's listserve (king eider) and
a lot of different people, not all of whom can be named.
Special thanks to
Brian Boldt
Sean Fitzgerald
Ron Gutschow
John Idzikowski,
Karen Johnson,
Mark Korducki,
Mike McDowell, Jim McGinity,
William P Mueller ,
Tom Prestby
and many others for sharing their lists and photos.
Dolores Knopfelmacher,while a board member of Lake Park Friends,
inspired the production of this list and published the "Birds in Lake Park" brochure.
Marcia Coles (LPF President) and Dolores Knopfelmacher asked the
Milwaukee County Parks Department to draw a model map - initially to use as a "history" map.
Dolores modified it for the bird brochure and for the Lake Park Tree Walk.
Judith Lindsay drew the picture of the Lake Park Lion with Birds.