Index of Species Photographed in Estabrook Park

Groups

1	Mammals	14
2	Water birds (water fowl, wading birds, and fishers)	34
3	Birds of prey (raptors and owls)	11
4	Woodpeckers	6
5	Warblers and Vireos	25
5	Other birds	59
6	Reptiles	3
7	Amphibians	2
8	Fish	4
9	Other (Crustaceans, bivalves, gastropods, and worms)	5
10	Butterflies	24
11	Moths	16
11	Dragonflies and Damselflies	15
12	Other insects	20
13	Arachnids (spiders)	4
	Total	242

Mammals

1	Eastern chipmunk	August 18, 2020
2	Red squirrel	July 7, 2020
3	Grey squirrel	September 10, 2020
4	Eastern cottontail	August 31, 2020
5	Groundhog	December 15, 2020
6	Muskrat	January 10, 2021
7	American mink	July 18, 2021
8	Virginia opossum	March 25, 2022
9	Raccoon	September 8, 2020
10	North American river otter	June 17, 2021
11	North American beaver	August 18, 2020
12	Red fox (technically across the street, but I was in the park!)	December 26, 2021
13	Coyote	December 11, 2021
14	White-tailed deer	December 15, 2020

Water birds (water fowl, wading birds, and fishers)

1	Tundra/trumpeter swan (flying over in v-formation)	March 18, 2022
2	Canada goose	May 10, 2020
3	Double-crested cormorant	August 20, 2020
4	Common merganser	January 11, 2021
5	Red-breasted merganser	January 14, 2021
6	Hooded merganser	May 18, 2020
7	Common goldeneye	January 15, 2021
8	Bufflehead	January 16, 2021
9	Redhead	March 3, 2021
10	American black duck	January 11, 2021
11	Blue-winged teal	April 11, 2020
12	Mallard	January 3, 2021
13	Wood duck	March 26, 2020
14	Greater scaup	March 13, 2021
15	Gadwall	March 13, 2021
16	American wigeon	November 1, 2021
17	Pintail	October 4, 2021
18	Northern shoveler	April 23, 2021
19	Ring-necked duck	November 2, 2022
20	Pied-billed grebe	April 1, 2020
21	American coot	April 14, 2021
22	Great blue heron	September 8, 2020
23	Great egret or great white heron	May 10, 2020
24	Green heron	May 10, 2020
25	Black-crowned night-heron (Juvenile)	August 11, 2020
26	Yellow-crowned night-heron (Juvenile)	August 12, 2021
27	Herring gull	January 6, 2021
28	Ring-billed gull	May 19, 2021
29	Lesser yellowlegs	May 1, 2021
30	Spotted sandpiper	July 23, 2020
31	Solitary sandpiper	April 27, 2021
32	Killdeer	April 1, 2021
33	Sora (Juvenile)	September 20, 2021
34	Belted kingfisher	May 6, 2020

Birds of prey (raptors and owls)

1	American bald eagle	January 11, 2021
2	Osprey	October 27, 2021
3	Red-tailed hawk	January 10, 2021
4	Cooper’s hawk or Sharp-shinned hawk	August 31, 2020
5	Peregrine falcon	July 6, 2021
6	Merlin	January 12, 2021
7	American kestrel	January 1, 2022
8	Norther saw-whet owl	January 4, 2023
9	Eastern screech-owl	April 18, 2022
10	Great horned owl	April 17, 2021
11	Turkey vulture	May 11, 2021

Woodpeckers

1	Red-bellied woodpecker	January 9, 2021
2	Northern flicker	April 26, 2020
3	Hairy woodpecker	January 9, 2021
4	Downy woodpecker	January 31, 2021
5	Yellow-bellied sapsucker	April 1, 2021
6	Red-headed woodpecker	May 9, 2022

Warblers and Vireos

1	Common yellowthroat	May 6, 2021
2	Magnolia warbler	May 11, 2020
3	Palm warbler	May 12, 2020
4	Black-and-white warbler	May 13, 2020
5	Cape May warbler	May 15, 2020 *
6	Yellow-rumped warbler	May 9, 2021
7	Nashville warbler	May 4, 2020
8	Black-throated green warbler	May 5, 2021
9	Black-throated blue warbler	May 19, 2020 *
10	Yellow warbler	May 5, 2021
11	Chestnut-sided warbler	May 9, 2021
12	Wilson’s warbler	May 19, 2021
13	Bay-breasted warbler	May 20, 2021
14	Northern waterthrush	September 6, 2020
15	Louisiana waterthrush	April 10, 2022
16	Blackburnian warbler	May 24, 2021
17	Mourning warbler	June 6, 2021
18	Blackpoll warbler	September 23, 2021
19	Prairie warbler	April 29, 2022
20	Northern parula	September 23, 2021
21	Red-eyed vireo	May 30, 2020
22	Warbling vireo	May 11, 2021
23	Yellow-throated vireo	May 24, 2021
24	Blue-headed vireo	September 23, 2021
25	Philadelphia vireo	September 12, 2021

Other birds

1	Wild turkey	June 29, 2021
2	American crow	January 10, 2021
3	Mourning dove	January 10, 2021
4	American robin	January 13, 2021
5	Grey catbird	January 9, 2021
6	Brown-headed cowbird	April 30, 2020
7	Red-winged blackbird	June 13, 2020
8	Rusty blackbird	September 30, 2021
9	Common grackle	April 18, 2020
10	Baltimore oriole	May 9, 2020
11	Brown thrasher	April 26, 2020
12	Indigo bunting	August 5, 2020
13	Scarlet tanager	May 26, 2020
14	American goldfinch	August 30, 2020
15	Purple or house finch	August 1, 2020
16	Common redpoll	February 12, 2022
17	Black-capped chickadee	January 13, 2021
18	Brown creeper	April 15, 2020
19	Ruby-throated hummingbird	August 26, 2020
20	Ruby-crowned kinglet	April 9, 2020
21	Golden-crowned kinglet	April 1, 2021
22	Northern cardinal	January 12, 2021
23	Dark-eyed junco	January 6, 2021
24	Cedar waxwing	May 23, 2020
25	Eastern wood-pewee	September 6, 2020
26	Rose-breasted grosbeak (male)	May 12, 2020
27	Eastern towhee (male)	May 7, 2020
28	Eastern kingbird	May 30, 2020
29	Blue-gray gnatcatcher	April 26, 2020
30	American redstart	September 5, 2021
31	House wren	May 24, 2020
32	Marsh wren	October 15, 2021
33	Winter wren	November 24, 2021
34	Blue jay	July 19, 2020
35	Eastern bluebird	April 21, 2020
36	Song sparrow	May 7, 2020 *
37	White-crowned sparrow	May 11, 2021
38	White-throated sparrow	April 13, 2021
39	Lincoln’s sparrow	September 24, 2021
40	Fox sparrow	January 11, 2022
41	Swamp sparrow	April 16, 2020
42	American tree sparrow	January 12, 2022
43	House sparrow	February 1, 2022
44	Field sparrow	April 13, 2022
45	Great crested flycatcher	June 8, 2020
46	Olive-sided flycatcher	May 20, 2021
47	Willow flycatcher	September 5, 2021
48	Acadian flycatcher	July 6, 2021
49	Least flycatcher	April 30, 2022
50	Eastern phoebe	May 20, 2021
51	Tree swallow	April 28, 2021
52	Barn swallow	April 27, 2022
53	Northern rough-winged swallow	April 27, 2022
54	European starling	January 25, 2021
55	Hermit thrush	January 27, 2021
56	Swainson’s thrush	September 12, 2021
57	Veery	May 5, 2022
58	Black-billed cuckoo	May 22, 2021
59	White-winged crossbill	February 6, 2022

Reptiles

1	Common snapping turtle	July 6, 2020
2	Red-eared slider	July 26, 2020
3	Painted turtle	July 19, 2020

Amphibians

1	American bullfrog	May 25, 2020
2	American toad	May 25, 2020

Fish

1	Bullhead	July 25, 2020
2	Bluegill	June 25, 2020
3	Carp	June 25, 2020
4	Salmon	September 26, 2021

Other (Crustaceans, bivalves, gastropods, and worms)

1	Crayfish	June 10, 2020
2	Snail	July 6, 2020
3	Mussel	April 18, 2021
4	Leopard slug	July 7, 2020
5	Earth worms mating	March 24, 2021

Butterflies

1	Monarch	July 21, 2020
2	Eastern tiger swallowtail	August 26, 2020
3	Eastern tiger swallowtail (dark morph)	August 5, 2020
4	Black swallowtail	June 12, 2020
5	Red spotted purple	August 26, 2020
6	Red admiral	July 27, 2020
7	Northern crescent	August 16, 2020
8	Eastern comma	June 25, 2020
9	Mourning cloak	April 4, 2021
10	Painted lady	August 26, 2020
11	American lady	June 24, 2020
12	Common buckeye	June 22, 2020
13	Little wood-satyr	June 17, 2021
14	Banded hairstreak	July 26, 2020
15	Clouded sulfur	September 12, 2020
16	Cloudless sulfur	August 8, 2020
17	Pink-edged sulfur	August 26, 2020
18	Eastern tailed-blue	September 6, 2020
19	Summer spring azure	September 6, 2020
20	Cabbage white	September 2, 2020
21	Silver-spotted skipper	June 12, 2020
22	Peck’s skipper	July 31, 2020
23	Fiery skipper	July 31, 2020
24	Crossline skipper	July 31, 2020

Moths

1	White-spotted sable	June 15, 2020
2	Snowberry clearwing	August 1, 2020
3	Leconte’s haploa	July 14, 2020
4	Hermia underwing	August 29, 2020
5	Pale beauty	June 20, 2020
6	White slant-line	July 3, 2021
7	Promiscuous angle	July 18, 2021
8	Grey spring	July 13, 2020
9	Ailanthus webworm	August 27, 2020
10	Bold medicine	August 27, 2020
11	Plum	July 3, 2020
12	Virginia tiger (catepiller)	August 1, 2020
13	Isabelle tiger (wooly bear) (caterpiller)	January 21, 2021
14	White-marked tussock (caterpiller)	July 8, 2020
15	White hickory tussock (caterpiller)	August 14, 2020
16	Milkweed tussock (caterpiller)	August 5, 2020

Dragonflies and Damselflies

1	Common green darner	May 21, 2021
2	Black saddlebags	July 9, 2020
3	Widow skimmer	June 24, 2020
4	Twelve-spotted skimmer	June 13, 2020
5	Common whitetail	June 13, 2020
6	Dot-tailed whiteface	June 4, 2020
7	Blue dasher	July 1, 2020
8	Cherry-faced or ruby meadowhawk	August 26, 2020
9	White-faced meadowhawk	September 24, 2021
10	Orange meadowhawk	July 10, 2020
11	Halloween pennant	July 3, 2021
12	Clubtail, probably arrow clubtail	September 10, 2021
13	Ebony jewelwing	July 9, 2020
14	Skimming bluet	June 5, 2020
15	American rubyspot	September 1, 2020

Other insects

1	Bald-faced hornet	July 24, 2020
2	Great black wasp	August 1, 2020
3	Giant ichneumon wasp	September 6, 2020
4	Bumblebee	July 24, 2020
5	Honeybee	April 4, 2021
6	Bicolored Agapostemon (sweat bee)	June 22, 2020
7	Pure golden sweat bee	June 17, 2020
8	Large bee fly	June 28, 2020
9	Hoverfly	June 28, 2020
10	Gold-backed snipe fly	June 20, 2020
11	Carolina grasshoper (aka road duster)	July 8, 2020
12	Narrow-winged sand grasshopper	July 11, 2020
13	Differential grasshopper	August 14, 2020
14	Skudder’s bush katydid	June 28, 2020
15	Red milkweed beetle	July 6, 2020
16	Handsome fungus beetle	June 18, 2020
17	Firefly without a flash	June 17, 2020
18	Crane fly	June 13, 2020
19	Cicada	August 4, 2020
20	Pavement ant	June 25, 2021

Arachnids (spiders)

1	Yellow garden spider	August 7, 2020
2	Spotted orb-weaver	September 7, 2020
3	Harvestman (daddy longlegs)	July 2, 2020
4	Wolf spider	March 5, 2021

• photos on flickr

Wish list (critters I’ve spotted or suspect are there but haven’t yet managed to capture)

1	Possum (spotted 1 in alley and 2 deceased in park, but no pix of live one in park yet)
2	Mouse (spotted several live and deceased in park, but no picture of live one yet)
3	Bat (spotted overhead at dusk, but haven’t even tried taking a picture yet)
4	Pileated woodpecker (reportedly spotted along Milwaukee River)
5	Red-headed woodpecker (reportedly seen by river near Good Hope Road)
6	Sand Hill Crane (spotted overhead and elsewhere, but not pics in park yet)
7	American White Pelican (spotted overhead and elsewhere, but not pics in park yet)
8	Caspian tern (seen on April 27, 2022, but no pictures yet)
9	Ovenbird (seen on May 2, 2022, but no pictures yet)
10	Chipping sparrow (seen on May 9, 2022, but no pictures yet)
11	Garter snake (or any snake, for that matter)
12	Green frog (or any frog other than a bullfrog)
13	Salamander
	Coyote (spotted in Shorewood and across the river, but no pictures in park yet) Done!
	Fox (spotted one by Summer Fest grounds downtown, but not in park yet) Done!
	Mink (spotted at river and pond, but no pictures yet) Done!
	Turkey (spotted in Shorewood and heard in park, but no pictures yet) Done!
	Falcon (seen many times at UWM and maybe from park, but no pictures yet) Done!
	Kestrel (seen on Oak Leaf Trail north of park, but no pictures yet) Done!
	Osprey (spotted by Gina over the river, but I haven’t seen one yet) Done!
	Great horned owl (spotted in Shorewood, but not in park yet) Done!
	Screech-owl (spotted in Cambridge woods, but not in park yet) Done!