$1,136
Raised of $1,000
The Lincoln Sparrows
Team Profile
Team participating in Great Wisconsin Birdathon 2025
Takes place Apr 15 - Jun 15, 2025
Captained by Chucky Wensel
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Team Members 3
Chucky Wensel
Elisabeth Bellich
Daniel Bellich
Chucky Wensel
4 days ago
Here is the full species list that the Lincoln Sparrows team was able to find in Wisconsin from April 15th to June 15th!
204 species total
White-winged Crossbill
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Black-capped Chickadee
Pileated Woodpecker
Ruffed Grouse
Common Raven
American Crow
Rock Pigeon
American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
Rough-legged Hawk
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue Jay
Bald Eagle
Hairy Woodpecker
Wild Turkey
Dark-eyed Junco
Mourning Dove
Cedar Waxwing
Mallard
Canada Goose
European Starling
American Herring Gull
Northern Harrier
Purple Finch
House Sparrow
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-tailed Hawk
American Tree Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
House Finch
Tufted Titmouse
American Kestrel
American Black Duck
Lapland Longspur
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Common Goldeneye
Lesser Scaup
Great Horned Owl
Eastern Towhee
White-throated Sparrow
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Barred Owl
Hooded Merganser
Brown Creeper
American Robin
Merlin
Cooper's Hawk
Short-eared Owl
Horned Lark
Trumpeter Swan
Ring-billed Gull
Bufflehead
Eastern Bluebird
Killdeer
Wood Duck
Red Crossbill
Red-winged Blackbird
Sandhill Crane
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Common Grackle
Great Blue Heron
Redhead
American Woodcock
Ring-necked Duck
Song Sparrow
Turkey Vulture
Greater Scaup
Blue-winged Teal
Common Loon
Peregrine Falcon
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Ring-necked Pheasant
Pied-billed Grebe
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Meadowlark
Green-winged Teal
Hermit Thrush
Winter Wren
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Greater Yellowlegs
Canvasback
Eastern Phoebe
Wilson's Snipe
Northern Shoveler
Bonaparte's Gull
Tree Swallow
Ross's Goose
Lesser Yellowlegs
Brewer's Blackbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Double-crested Cormorant
Barn Swallow
American White Pelican
Northern Pintail
Osprey
Red-necked Grebe
American Coot
Swamp Sparrow
Horned Grebe
Chipping Sparrow
Broad-winged Hawk
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Sedge Wren
Solitary Sandpiper
Cliff Swallow
Brown Thrasher
Pectoral Sandpiper
Purple Martin
Savannah Sparrow
Ruddy Duck
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Ovenbird
Eastern Kingbird
Pine Warbler
Baltimore Oriole
Chimney Swift
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
White-crowned Sparrow
Spotted Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Snowy Egret
Northern House Wren
Wilson's Phalarope
Gray Catbird
Bobolink
Yellow Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Green Heron
Black-and-white Warbler
Wood Thrush
Common Yellowthroat
Warbling Vireo
Veery
Palm Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow-throated Vireo
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blackburnian Warbler
Northern Parula
Cape May Warbler
Northern Mockingbird
Scarlet Tanager
American Redstart
Golden-winged Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
Bank Swallow
Tennessee Warbler
Red-eyed Vireo
Orchard Oriole
American Pipit
Semipalmated Plover
Sora
Least Sandpiper
Indigo Bunting
Black-billed Cuckoo
Canada Warbler
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Short-billed Dowitcher
Blackpoll Warbler
Olive-sided Flycatcher
American Bittern
Common Nighthawk
Mourning Warbler
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Orange-crowned Warbler
Red-headed Woodpecker
Willow Flycatcher
White-rumped Sandpiper
Blue-winged Warbler
Field Sparrow
Dunlin
Magnolia Warbler
Black Vulture
Black-throated Green Warbler
Alder Flycatcher
Prothonotary Warbler
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Great Egret
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Louisiana Waterthrush
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Kelp Gull
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Marsh Wren
Least Bittern
Virginia Rail
Bay-breasted Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Chucky Wensel
4 days ago
9
bird species seen
$5.57
Per bird species seen
$50.13
Earned
We got to add a rare KELP GULL to the species list along with some other uncommon species with a trip to Milwaukee on June 14th. In total the final species list is at 204!
Chucky Wensel
2 wk. ago
47
bird species seen
$5.57
Per bird species seen
$261.79
Earned
With a trip to Wyalusing State Park this past weekend, our total number of species is now up to 195! A few species of note were:
-RED HEADED WOODPECKERS
- Kentucky Warbler
-Cerulean Warbler
-Prothonotary Warbler
-Acadian Flycatcher
Donations 4
Your Donation Makes a Difference For Birds
Donations made to the Great Wisconsin Birdathon support the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin’s Bird Protection Fund, which has given out over $1.4 million towards Wisconsin’s highest priority bird conservation projects since its inception in 2009.
Whether it's creating Piping Plover habitat, rearing Whooping Crane chicks, spreading awareness about declining songbirds, supporting community initiatives for bird-friendly neighborhoods, engaging new and underrepresented voices in the birding community, building impactful collaborations to protect Wisconsin's Important Bird Areas, or protecting our neotropical migrants on their long migratory journeys to Central America... the Bird Protection Fund is there to help.
Your donations make this work possible. Thank you for supporting on-the-ground conservation and being there #ForTheBirds!