Despite having terrible weather conditions in May, to produce huge numbers of warblers, I still ended up with 36 warbler species. I just didn’t have very many big days, like I’m used to. We were stuck with E, NE or N winds for the majority of the warbler migration, thanks to our “great” Lake Michigan! Of the 36 warblers, 35 of them were in Milwaukee County. The lone one outside of Milwaukee County, was a Painted Redstart that showed up in Sauk County. I missed one, a Black-throated Gray Warbler that made an appearance at Wind Point Lighthouse in Racine, and only because I was busy that day. Most of the county parks were just average at best. Warnimont Park was producing rather solid numbers most days, like usual and is still my favorite spring warbler park. One little gem, that was basically the county hotspot, was Shorewood Nature Preserve. This tiny little park, nestled between a couple mansions in Shorewood, hosted some great birds including, Worm-eating Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, multiple Yellow-throated Warblers, Prairie Warbler, multiple Hooded Warblers, and a Louisiana Waterthrush. All of those warblers are great for the county. Lake Park hosted a couple of Connecticut Warblers, like it usually does. Warnimont Park also a had several, however viewing is better a Lake Park for them. This is a very large gallery of photos, but warblers are my favorite and I spend a lot of time with them in the spring. As always, I try for male and female, along with first spring birds, to show the varying plumages between them. It’s tough to get them all though. All of the photos below are from Milwaukee County, with the exception being the Painted Redstart. Enjoy!
American Redstart
Bay-breasted Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Canada Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Connecticut Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Magnolia Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Northern Waterthrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
Ovenbird
Painted Redstart
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Sorry, no photos of these this spring, but I did see and hear them twice.
Very nice
Thank you Dennis!
Beautiful pictures! You have an amazing talent!
Thank you very much!
It’s always nice to wake up to a Jeremy post but this was an extra awesomeness one. Love these images. As always thanks for sharing.
Haha, thank you Karie! You are welcome!
Thank You for sharing.
You are welcome Jean.
Incredible collection! Hoping to finally id some of the migrants that travel through my yard. Thanks for your expertise.
Thank you very much Althea!
I forgot to comment earlier that I love your Common Yellowthroat images with the redbud!! I mean they are all lovely but the color combination was stunning!
That was at Lake Park, right behind the bistro. I had gone over there to confirm the Orchard Oriole vs Western Tanager. When I was walking back, he was in the tree. I love getting them in the flowering trees!
Spectacular images Jeremy. We always look forward to your warbler photos. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much Barb & Ken! I appreciate it!
Jeremy, I appreciate the time you have invested in this and the photos are great, do you ever print them for sale? I think they would be a great tool when spring and fall birding.
Thank you very much Jim! All photos on the website are available for sale. I do have a “prints” page that could get you more information.