Hello friends,if you or some group you know will be leading an owl walk, owl prowl, etc. sometime in February 2006 or beyond, can you email me separately and...
At least 11 Nelson Sharp Tailed Sparrows seen during a two hour hike around the model airplane parking lot marsh at Springbrook Prairie (Dupage County, DeLorme...
My husband and I will be visiting in the Peoria area in mid October and need some advice on places to bird and on what we might expect to see. Karen Sue Bolm ...
Today's DuPage Birding Club trip to Northerly Island was quite successful. Although the birding was a bit slower than it has been the last few days, we did...
Comrades: I saw about 100 robins this morning in and around the formal garden area... where there were groups of 4 to 6 robins splashing & drinking under each...
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Gerald Diederich
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Oct 1, 2005 5:17 pm
I birded Goose Lake Prairie today from 7:15am-10:00am. Highlight was 250+ American White Pelicans. All were overhead but obviously hanging around the ponds...
I checked several places around Lake Calumet this morning. Here are my highlights. Powderhorn Marsh: Gadwall - 4 Great Egret - ~30 Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 juv ...
After checking out Northerly Island with Sue Friscia and Cindy Alberico(we missed the Harris and ST Sparrow), we moved onto Jackson Park. 62 species were seen...
Two birds (not ST Sparrow or Harris' Sparrow), a butterfly and a brick. http://birdsandbugs.blogspot.com/ Jim Jim Frazier Batavia, Kane County, IL 60510 ...
Very brief opportunity to check out some birds in Grant Park while downtown with the family today. After Doug Stotz's report and further very detailed location...
Karen and I visited Fermilab mid afternoon on Saturday. We found what was presumably the previously reported Ross's Goose (an adult) along with a lone blue ...
Today at the Illinois Beach State Park Hawkwatch the following raptors were counted on SW winds: Turkey Vulture - 3 Northern Harrier - 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk -...
This morning I had what was probably a Black Rail in the meadow at Montrose. I was walking along the edge of the roped off area when I flushed a small, very...
Chicago Tribune's Travel Section for 10/2/05 features the vultures of Makanda, and a promo for their Vulture Fest 10/15 and 10/16. Jill Anderson River Forest...
Certainly not as excieting as a BLACK RAIL, but I did have 10 warbler species at Lake Arlington yeaterday. Also saw my first JUNCO of the season. 38 species...
... If you can go to only one place I recommend Forest Park Nature Preserve; it is a wonderful place for birding located northeast of Peoria, on the bluffs...
Between 8:30 and 9:45am at Humboldt park, i saw 2 AMERICAN KESTRELS, 13 FLICKERS, 25 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, 2 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, 2 AMERICAN BLACK DUCKS,...
I didn't find any white or blue geese at Fermilab Sunday morning. However, the shorebirds are back on Dusaf Pond, incl. 1 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, a few STILT...
I birded Lake Calumet's Deadstick Pond (122nd & Stony Island Ave., Chicago) from 9:30am - 11:00am on Sunday (10-2-05). Still lots of birds around, including...
Got very few pictures of birds but did finally get views of Nelson's Sharp-tailed sparrows. Fuzzy photos of Cooper's Hawk, Rusty Blackbird, Snipe, and...
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Hello, The Chicago Ornithological Society is printing the 2005-06 Membership Directory, and we need your help! We would like members to send in their favorite...
The DuPage Birding Club held a field trip Sunday morning, October 2, to Springbrook Prairie in Naperville, DuPage County. The trip was primarily to look for...
Did some biking on the Rock Run Greenway today. Needless to say, it was very birdy. Here are some highlights of what I saw: 1) Sora- There were two Sora...
I birded Northerly Island late this afternoon in the hope of tracking down at least one of the Harris' Sparrows, of course I failed quite dismally. (I also ...
... The DBC field trip was led by Ken, but it was actually Karen Fisher who first spotted the Harris's Sparrow on Saturday. -- Urs Geiser (ugeiser@...) ...
