First Winter Birds (366 Species YTD)
November 3, 2024 | Milwaukee Lakefront, Wisconsin, USA
On the beach along Lake Michigan's shore.
Snow Buntings gravitate to the beaches of Lake Michigan. The wide open expanse of the lake perhaps mirrors their tundra summer home in the arctic. They're few and far between but they can indeed be found even within the city limits of Milwaukee.
I only have 34 species left to go to get to my 400 species goal, but summer's diversity is gone. I can pick up a few more winter ducks, some winter finches, and then I have one short-trip to Phoenix, AZ planned. Its going to all come to down to what I can see in and around Phoenix!