Oshkosh Bird Club Breakfast

Hey Birdwatchers!

Let's meet at Primo Restaurant in Oshkosh

Sunday, August 18, 2019

8:30 am

Hope to see you there!

May Bird Count Results

May 18, 2019 bird count results are available here!

Events in 2019

Pileated Woodpecker

Friday, February 15 - Monday, February 18 - Great Backyard Bird Count

Saturday, May 4 - Oshkosh Birdfest!

Saturday, May 18 - May Bird Count

Saturday, September 14 - Fall Bird Count

Saturday, December 14 - Christmas Bird Count

Screech Owl

Snow Geese

Photos of Snow Geese that have been seen on the west side of Oshkosh since the last week of October.

(pictures from Jim Rudolph, Thanks Rudy!)

Snowy Egret

Snowy Egret at Green Valley Road Ponds (second year in a row)

Oshkosh Christmas Bird Count

December 15, 2012

Observers:  22
Location: Fifteen-mile diameter area, center at the intersection of US 41 & 21, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Sky: Cloudy with light rain all day.
Wind: SE 8-13 mph.
Temperature: +41 to +43 F.
Ground: 0 inch of snow.
Water: Lakes, rivers and streams open with a few frozen spots.
Hours: 07:00 to 18:00
Total Party Hours: 94.0 (38.0 car, 6.0 foot, 50.0 feeders)
Total Party Miles: 383.5 (380.0 car, 3.5 foot)
Total Individuals: 13,687
Total Species: 71


Canada Goose 1,327
Cackling Goose 5
Tundra Swan  9
Wood Duck 1
Gadwall 1
American Black Duck 6
Mallard 845
Northern Shoveler 2
Northern Pintail 1
Redhead 1
Ring-necked Duck 3
Scaup Species 3
Bufflehead 10
Common Goldeneye 16
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 10
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Ruddy Duck 11
Ring-necked Pheasant 1
Wild Turkey 180
Common Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
American White Pelican 1
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Bald Eagle 9
Northern Harrier 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 10
Red-tailed Hawk 24
Rough-legged Hawk 2
American Kestrel 10
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Coot 4
Sandhill Crane 1
Ring-billed Gull 1,282
Herring Gull 435
Glaucous Gull 1
Large Larus Species 2,150
Rock Pigeon 368
Mourning Dove 495
Eastern Screech Owl 1
Great Horned Owl 4
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 9
Downy Woodpecker 29
Hairy Woodpecker 13
Blue Jay 87
American Crow 342
Horned Lark 8
Black-capped Chickadee 140
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 41
Brown Creeper 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 6
European Starling 4,445
Cedar Waxwing 55
American Tree Sparrow 369
Song Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 108
Snow Bunting 8
Northern Cardinal 90
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Purple Finch 1
House Finch 107
White-winged Crossbill 25
Common Redpoll 16
Pine Siskin 134
American Goldfinch 139
House Sparrow 246


Seen during the count week: Northern Shrike.

Compiled by Tom Ziebell.

September Bird Count Results

WINNEBAGO COUNTY BIRD COUNT

September 15, 2012

Observers:  16

Location: Winnebago County, WI.

Sky: AM clear, PM clear.

Wind: AM: calm and PM: SW, 5-10 mph.

Temperature: +40 to +79 F.

Hours: 06:00 to 19:45

Total Party Hours: 97.75 (36.0 car, 10.75 foot, 51.0 feeder/yard)

Total Party Miles: 248.5 (242.0 car, 6.5 foot)

Total Individuals: 24,965

Total Species: 131

Canada Goose 3,410

Wood Duck 304

Gadwall 2

Mallard 922

Blue-winged Teal 30

Northern Shoveler 26

Green-winged Teal 3

Redhead 20

Ruddy Duck 23

Ring-necked Pheasant 2

Wild Turkey 64

Pied-billed Grebe 43

American White Pelican 178

Double-crested Cormorant 1,428

American Bittern 2

Great Blue Heron 34

Great Egret 62

Green Heron 5

Black-crowned Night-Heron 13

Turkey Vulture 10

Osprey 2

Bald Eagle 6

Northern Harrier 7

Cooper's Hawk 17

Broad-winged Hawk 1

Red-tailed Hawk 24

American Kestrel 9

Merlin 1

Peregrine Falcon 2

King Rail 1

Virginia Rail 2

Sora 15

Common Moorhen 2

American Coot 7,138

Sandhill Crane 372

Black-bellied Plover 2

Semipalmated Plover 3

Killdeer 100

Spotted Sandpiper 2

Greater Yellowlegs 2

Calidris Species 50

Pectoral Sandpiper 1

Wilson’s Snipe 6

American Woodcock 1

Ring-billed Gull 2,360

Herring Gull 610

Large Larus Species 220

Caspian Tern 20

Black Tern 4

Forster’s Tern 14

Rock Pigeon 242

Mourning Dove 515

Eastern Screech Owl 3

Great Horned Owl 4

Common Nighthawk 3

Whip-poor-will 1

Chimney Swift 4

Ruby-throated Hummingbird 14

Belted Kingfisher 6

Red-bellied Woodpecker 26

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1

Downy Woodpecker 54

Hairy Woodpecker 14

Northern Flicker 54

Eastern Phoebe 5

Least Flycatcher 2

Eastern Phoebe 8

Great Crested Flycatcher 4

Eastern Kingbird 6

Warbling Vireo 3

Philadelphia Vireo 1

Red-eyed Vireo 2

Blue Jay 158

American Crow 119

Horned Lark 12

Tree Swallow 289

Cliff Swallow 4

Barn Swallow 43

Black-capped Chickadee 86

Tufted Titmouse 2

Red-breasted Nuthatch 19

White-breasted Nuthatch 53

House Wren 8

Marsh Wren 26

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2

Eastern Bluebird 48

Veery 1

Swainson's Thrush 17

Hermit Thrush 2

American Robin 179

Gray Catbird 40

European Starling 2,945

Cedar Waxwing 93

Tennessee Warbler 8

Orange-crowned Warbler 1

Nashville Warbler 5

Northern Parula 2

Yellow Warbler 4

Chestnut-sided Warbler 1

Magnolia Warbler 7

Yellow-rumped Warbler 23

Black-throated Green Warbler 12

Blackburnian Warbler 6

Pine Warbler 1

Palm Warbler 8

Bay-breasted Warbler 2

Blackpoll Warbler 2

Black and white Warbler 14

American Redstart 38

Ovenbird 1

Northern Waterthrush 4

Common Yellowthroat 19

Wilson’s Warbler 1

Canada Warbler 4

Warbler Species 15

Chipping Sparrow 12

Vesper Sparrow 2

Savannah Sparrow 17

Song Sparrow 72

Lincoln’s Sparrow 1

Swamp Sparrow 32

White-throated Sparrow 16

Northern Cardinal 51

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 25

Indigo Bunting 8

Red-winged Blackbird 934

Eastern Meadowlark 5

Common Grackle 139

Brown-headed Cowbird 9

Purple Finch 2

House Finch 82

Pine Siskin 1

American Goldfinch 196

House Sparrow 485

Compiled by Tom Ziebell.