Wisconsin Statewide Birding Report 5.3.12
The first large Neotropical bird migration event of the spring occurred this week and migrants ran into the storms and dropped out of the sky all over south central and southeastern Wisconsin. Birders on the Capitol Square Wednesday spotted a wide variety of species of warblers, including blue-winged, golden-winged, black-and-white, Prothonotary, orange-crowned, Nashville, mourning, common yellow throat, northern parula, magnolia, blackburnian, yellow, chestnut-sided, palm, yellow-rumped, and black-throated green. Also seen were eastern towhee, savannah sparrow, Lincoln's sparrow, white-throated sparrow, white-crowned sparrow, scarlet tanager, rose-breasted grosbeak, indigo bunting, and Baltimore oriole.
