Spring Migration is the most exciting time of the year for birdwatchers! From March through early June, hundreds of different species migrate through Milwaukee. Some of these birds will stay in Milwaukee for the summer, but the vast majority are on their way further north to their ideal breeding grounds. Many of the birds featured below only stopped at the Center for a couple days to re-fuel, rest, and also delighted the birdwatchers who were looking for them.
Although Spring Migration is over, you can come birding at the Center any time of the year.
Black-throated Green Warbler photographed from the observation tower.
Yellow-rumped Warbler, is one of the most abundant warbler species that migrates through Milwaukee.
Nashville Warbler in breeding plumage. This male is showing his chestnut cap which is not always visible.
Orange-crowned Warbler. The orange crown is not always visible.
A Magnolia Warbler gleaning insects during a peak May day.
But all told, wherever you might be standing, a day with warblers in its rigging is a beneficent, more intricate day.
Merrill Gilfillan
A Male Baltimore Oriole.
A Solitary Sandpiper and its reflection in Peeper Pond.
The secretive marsh bird, the Sora, was found feeding in the open at Teal Pond.
One of the more vibrant in the sparrow family, the Swamp Sparrow.
A silhouetted, singing, Gray Catbird.
