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.

Bird Count Results

WINNEBAGO COUNTY BIRD COUNT

MAY 19, 2012

Observers: 22
Location: Winnebago County, WI.
Sky: AM: Clear. PM: Clear.
Wind: AM: S 9-13 mph, PM: S-SE 15-29 mph.
Temperature: +55 to +88 F.
Hours: 04:00 to 20:30
Total Party Hours: 72.0 (34.5 car, 16.0 foot, 21.5 feeder/yard)
Total Party Miles: 324.0 (314.0 car, 10.0 foot)
Total Individuals: 22,192
Total Species: 174

Canada Goose 752
Wood Duck 89
Gadwall 3
American Wigeon 1
Mallard 255
Blue-winged Teal 78
Northern Shoveler 7
Green-winged Teal 3
Canvasback 1
Redhead 46
Lesser Scaup 2
Hooded Merganser 1
Ruddy Duck 12
Ring-necked Pheasant 9
Wild Turkey 18
Pied-billed Grebe 38
Red-necked Grebe 1
American White Pelican 885
Double-crested Cormorant 946
American Bittern 15
Least Bittern 15
Great Blue Heron 35
Great Egret 190
Snowy Egret 1
Cattle Egret 10
Green Heron 10
Black-crowned Night-Heron 304
Turkey Vulture 19
Osprey 11
Bald Eagle 11
Northern Harrier 10
Cooper's Hawk 12
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 33
Buteo Species 5
American Kestrel 6
Peregrine Falcon 4
Virginia Rail 6
Sora 41
Common Gallinule 18
American Coot 240
Sandhill Crane 307
Black-bellied Plover 6
Semipalmated Plover 23
Killdeer 75
Black-necked Stilt* 2
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Solitary Sandpiper 32
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Upland Sandpiper 1
Ruddy Turnstone 11
Sanderling 22
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2
Least Sandpiper 4
White-rumped Sandpiper 3
Dunlin 4
Short-billed Dowitcher 2
Wilson’s Snipe 1
American Woodcock 2
Wilson's Phalarope 1
Bonaparte's Gull 26
Ring-billed Gull 1,668
Herring Gull 158
Large Larus Species 300
Caspian Tern 8
Black Tern 85
Common Tern 4
Forster's Tern 141
Sterna Species 6
Rock Pigeon 132
Mourning Dove 212
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Eastern Screech-Owl 1
Great Horned Owl 3
Barred Owl 1
Common Nighthawk 1
Chimney Swift 88
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 9
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-headed Woodpecker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 23
Downy Woodpecker 16
Hairy Woodpecker 10
Northern Flicker 20
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 17
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Alder Flycatcher 4
Willow Flycatcher 22
Least Flycatcher 11
Eastern Phoebe 16
Great Crested Flycatcher 34
Eastern Kingbird 42
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo 56
Red-eyed Vireo 17
Blue Jay 32
American Crow 75
Horned Lark 24
Purple Martin 168
Tree Swallow 367
N. Rough-winged Swallow 61
Bank Swallow 140
Cliff Swallow 82
Barn Swallow 354
Black-capped Chickadee 72
Tufted Titmouse 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 22
House Wren 85
Sedge Wren 210
Marsh Wren 1,125
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 27
Eastern Bluebird 34
Veery 4
Swainson's Thrush 1
Catharus Species 1
Wood Thrush 8
American Robin 1,046
Gray Catbird 104
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 10
European Starling 1,710
American Pipit 2
Cedar Waxwing 186
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler 6
Nashville Warbler 1
Northern Parula 1
Yellow Warbler 183
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Magnolia Warbler 2
Cape May Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 2
Bay-breasted Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 7
Black-and-white Warbler 3
American Redstart 24
Ovenbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 3
Mourning Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 202
Wilson’s Warbler 8
Canada Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 287
Clay-colored Sparrow 24
Field Sparrow 4
Vesper Sparrow 3
Savannah Sparrow 447
Grasshopper Sparrow 1
Henslow’s Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 982
Swamp Sparrow 431
Northern Cardinal 59
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 35
Indigo Bunting 44
Bobolink 100
Red-winged Blackbird 3,148
Eastern Meadowlark 29
Yellow-headed Blackbird 254
Brewer's Blackbird 3
Common Grackle 825
Brown-headed Cowbird 144
Orchard Oriole 3
Baltimore Oriole 94
House Finch 114
American Goldfinch 153
House Sparrow 720


* Documentation submitted to the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology.



Compiled by Tom Ziebell.

Oshkosh Christmas Bird Count

December 17, 2011

Observers: 20

Location: Fifteen-mile diameter area with the center at the intersection of US 41 & 21, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Sky: Mostly cloudy all day.

Wind: SW 4-8 mph.

Temperature: +19 to +29 F.

Ground: 1/4 inches of snow.

Water: Lakes, rivers and streams frozen with many open spots.

Hours: 06:00 to 18:00

Total Party Hours: 70.25 (35.25 car, 9.0 foot, 26.0 feeders)

Total Party Miles: 279.0 (274.0 car, 5.0 foot)

Total Individuals: 14,668

Total Species: 61

Canada Goose 2,202
Cackling Goose 6
Tundra Swan 18
Swan Species 2
American Black Duck 5
Mallard 967
Northern Shoveler 1
Scaup Species 2
Bufflehead 3
Common Goldeneye 10
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Merganser 693
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Ruddy Duck 2
Ring-necked Pheasant 3
Wild Turkey 102
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Bald Eagle 83
Northern Harrier 5
Cooper's Hawk 8
Red-tailed Hawk 42
Rough-legged Hawk 2
American Kestrel 16
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Coot 1
Ring-billed Gull 100
Herring Gull 2,375
Glaucous Gull 1
Large Larus Species 3,830
Rock Pigeon 367
Mourning Dove 291
Eastern Screech Owl 1
Great Horned Owl 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 31
Downy Woodpecker 50
Hairy Woodpecker 18
Northern Flicker 1
Northern Shrike 2
Blue Jay 87
American Crow 208
Horned Lark 3
Black-capped Chickadee 186
Tufted Titmouse 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch 14
White-breasted Nuthatch 52
Brown Creeper 8
Golden-crowned Kinglet 7
American Robin 106
European Starling 797
Cedar Waxwing 166
American Tree Sparrow 120
Song Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 184
Snow Bunting 40
Northern Cardinal 80
Purple Finch 8
House Finch 194
Common Redpoll 2
Pine Siskin 19
American Goldfinch 111
House Sparrow 1,018

Seen during the count week: Common Loon, Great Black-backed Gull, Belted Kingfisher.

Compiled by Tom Ziebell.