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Milwaukee: Lakefront Birding
Sunday, January 11, 2026 
Contact Tom Schultz e-mail: trschultz44@gmail.com or Jeff Baughman e-mail: jlbirder@gmail.com

Our January field trip will travel by car caravan to visit a variety of lakefront locations in Milwaukee, then northward to Port Washington (or Sheboygan). We'll hope to search wintering gull flocks for Lesser and Great Black-backed Gulls, as well as Glaucous and Iceland Gulls. We expect to find an assortment of waterfowl, including possibly scoters and Long-tailed Duck, and a Snowy Owl is always possible. Dress warmly and bring your "energy" foods.

To register, check back here closer to the trip date. Please note that pre-registration on the WSO website is now required for field trip attendees, which includes the signing of waivers. Trip details will be emailed to registrants (including the link to a Google map) a few days prior to that event. 

Water fowl swim in a partially frozen harbor surrounded by snowy piers.

Photo: Port Washington Harbor, 2018 (photographer unknown)

 
Initially this event will be open only to WSO members and our field trips are free for members. Non-members are able to sign up within 14 days of the trip if spots remain open on trips with attendance limits. Further details about trip logistics will be sent to registrants prior to each field trip.

Registrations are now closed