WGLBBO Waterbird Watch results for spring of 2014

The Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory conducted another season of its Waterbird Watch this spring (2014).

Some results: Waterbird Watch Technician Jonathan Stein was present at the watch location at Harrington Beach State Park in Ozaukee County, on 55 dates. He started on March 7, and ended on May 23.

103,592 individuals of 168 species were counted. The top 13 species with their totals are listed below:

Red-breasted Merganser: 26,173
Greater Scaup: 16,286
Long-tailed Duck: 11,306
Bonaparte's Gull: 9,768
Double-crested Cormorant: 8,220
Herring Gull: 7,698
Common Goldeneye: 1,729
Redhead: 1,688
Ring-billed Gull: 1,625
Tree Swallow: 1,586
Mallard: 1,335
Canada Goose: 1,239
Red-winged Blackbird: 1,163

The Waterbird Watch will start again on September 1st.

The Long Walk for Birds 2014 - participants and species

The Long Walk for Birds, part of the 2014 Great Wisconsin Birdathon, an event aimed at raising donations and pledges for the Bird Protection Fund, of the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, involved the efforts of a long list of people this year. Thanks to all of our participants and contributors! Special thanks go out  to Joel Trick, Tim Vargo, and Tom Prestby, all of whom acted as "county coordinators" in their respective counties.

The 83 participants, who walked distances from one to almost 40 miles, are listed below. Species seen are also listed below. The route followed the Lake Michigan shoreline from the IL/WI border in Kenosha County, north to Two Rivers, then northwest to Green Bay, and then north again to Marinette.

Fundraising continues through the month of June. Please go to this link to contribute via a pledge or donation:  http://www.wibirdathon.org/nrfw/teampage.asp?fundid=1873

 Thanks to Anne Reis and Jason Tilidetzke who created and constantly updated the online map. They added a critical piece to visualizing the success of the combined effort!



Thanks again to all of these people for helping to raise awareness about bird conservation, and raise funds to help pay for a list of conservation and monitoring programs in Wisconsin!  News about the  2015 Long Walk will be posted here this fall.

Aleta Chossek

Barb Seaberg

Barbara Dembski Schwartz

Bernie Booth

Betsy Kocourek

Bill Holton, Bob Domagalski

Bonnie O'Ieske

Carl Schwartz

Carol Thomas

Carolyn Vargo

Charise Hoze,

Chuck Sontag

Cindy Lupin

Corrine Palmer

Darlene Waterstreet

Darrin Madison,

Dee Freeman

Dennis Casper,

Dennis Panicucci

Don VanDuyse

Donald Harris,

Donovin Harris,

Emma Knickelbine

Eric Howe

Ginny Helland

Grant  Witynski,

Greg Evans

Heidi Roesselet

Henry Vargo,

Jacquie Branchford

Jan Martinson

Jean Strelka

Jeanne Agneesens,

Jeanne Prochnow

Jennifer Callaghan

Jennifer Ambrose,

Jennifer Rothstein

Jenny Wenzel

Jim Helland

Jim Knickelbine

Jim Toft Joan Sommer

Joanie Langenfeld

Joanna Worley

Joel Trick,

John Woodcock

Julie Woodcock

Karen Johnson Katy Beaver

Kathy Gallick

Kennedy Young,

Larry Hopwood,

Liam Darby,

Marilyn Bontly Mark Korducki

Marty Evanson,

Mary Korkor

Max Witynski,

Maya Mays,

Mike Pintok

Nancy Nabak,

Norma Zehner

Patti Trick,

Rachel Soika,

Rebecca Sher

Robin Squier,

Rosie Bugs

Seth Cutright

Sue Grota

Sue Holcomb

Sumner Matteson,

Suzy Holstein,

Terry Evanson,

Tim Vargo,

Tom Kocourek

Tom Prestby,

Vicki Piaskowski,

Victor Vargo

William Mueller Yoyi Steele

Zhara Said In all, 192 species were found. A few more checklists may still be submitted and increase this total: Canada Goose Wood Duck Gadwall American Black Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup White-winged Scoter Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck Ring-necked Pheasant Ruffed Grouse Wild Turkey Red-throated Loon Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Double-crested Cormorant American White Pelican American Bittern Least Bittern Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Virginia Rail Sora American Coot Sandhill Crane Black-bellied Plover  Piping Plover Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Willet Lesser Yellowlegs Whimbrel Ruddy Turnstone Sanderling Dunlin Wilson's Snipe Bonaparte's Gull Laughing Gull Franklin's Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Common Tern Forster's Tern Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Great Horned Owl Common Nighthawk Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven Horned Lark Purple Martin Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren House Wren Sedge Wren Winter Wren Marsh Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Cedar Waxwing Blue-winged Warbler Golden-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white warbler American Redstart Prothonotary Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Connecticut Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Eastern Towhee American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Harris's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Summer Tanager Scarlet Tanager Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow