Could someone please e-mail me or post the location of the Spoonbill? I would appreciate it very much. Also, it really helps to hear about the continuing...
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Robert Hughes
rhughes.enteract@...
Jul 1, 2003 12:42 pm
A male Yellow-headed Blackbird was at the east end of Montrose Beach this morning. After about 15 minutes it flew to the south and wasn't seen again. There...
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james landing
jlanding@...
Jul 1, 2003 8:18 pm
IBETters, Musings on a Spoonbill Odyssey (Part I ) I hauled out of Chicago at 5:30 AM (6-28): Spoonbill Bound. I prepared the night before: gasoline, lemonade,...
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james landing
jlanding@...
Jul 1, 2003 9:01 pm
IBETters, Notes on a Spoonbill Odyssey (Part II) About dark a large group of Chicago birders, led by Keith McMullen the relentless, and Chuck Westcott the...
Like Jim, I was also hoping for some more traditional southern Illinois places when I went down over the weekend. I just didn't see the kind of charm that I...
I forgot to mention yesterday that there is one White-crowned Sparrow at the northeast of the Sanctuary fence. Yellow-billed Cuckoo was at the pond hunting...
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Mdeaton@...
Jul 2, 2003 1:08 am
The Spoonbill was still present this morning east of Route 51 just south of Vandalia. The Black-necked Stilt was also still present, but difficult to see most...
Sunday, June 29, these are some of the more interesting birds I saw in LaSalle County. I & M Canal between LaSalle and about 3 miles east of Utica: 40...
I saw an adult Laughing Gull at Montose Harbor this evening at around 7:30pm (7-1-03). It was hanging around with the Black-crowned Night-Herons and juv. ...
... DuPage County, Illinois RBA for July 2, 2003 Date: July 2, 2003 Location: DuPage County, Illinois Number: 630-406-8111 Coverage: Western suburbs of Chicago...
I am forwarding this message from Jim (with his permission) regarding the proposed Lost Mound National Wildlife Refuge. Hope this is O.K. with you, Tom...
Hi everyone- I am new to this list as of a couple of weeks ago. I am a novice birder (and suburban science teacher) who fell in love with birding in the...
2 Juvenile Red-necked Grebes were reported to me Sunday at Redwing Slough on Route 173. I looked briefly yesterday morning, but only saw Mallards and Wood...
No sign of the Fulvous-Whistling Duck at Crab Orchard at sunrise this morning. It obviously wasn't roosting overnight here, nor feed here in the early am or...
There are at least confirmed 40 martins at the South Shore Cultural Center! One nest has 6 hatchlings and there are 19 other nests containing a total of 77...
Maybe you have to be a native Illinioan to appreciate it -- my father and his brothers were from Cobden -- but I imagine I'm not alone in suggesting that Jim's...
I'd like to echo Eric Walter's thought on the spoonbill pond: it won't be there much longer. Eric's got Thursday in the pool, I've got Friday and Jeff Sanders...
Thanks to Pat Newman for checking out the Kingfishers. It turns out that they were Green Herons! Still a neat bird to have nesting in your yard. Maybe...
I went over and checked for an odd grackle at North Shore/Oketo in Chicago, and, although there are plenty of grackles around, all are Commons (adult and ...
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james landing
jlanding@...
Jul 3, 2003 5:55 pm
IBETters, The sounds of Yellow Warblers and Common Yellowthroats are still being heard on the shrub fringes at Montrose Point. The sky at Montrose is full of...
Hi IBET: You are cordially invited to view those five Baby Green Herons, recently mentioned on IBET. Their entire nest...(just a few twigs)...is on the ground...
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P Newman
mnloonsong@...
Jul 3, 2003 11:30 pm
Hi, The home owner, Karen Cook, has agreed to welcome visitors to see the baby green herons presented by Jerry Kumery. She requests that you call first on ...
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Mdeaton@...
Jul 4, 2003 1:23 am
There were at least 3 Upland Sandpipers on the North side of the main runway at the Decatur Airport this evening. The grass has not been mowed so patience is...
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Urs Geiser
ugeiser@...
Jul 4, 2003 1:31 am
The shorebird numbers at the 83rd St. wetland along IL-53 (part of Greene Valley F.P.) are building up. On Thursday evening there were at least 11 Lesser ...
"Looks like Roseate Spoonbills are making a big splash in other parts of the country as well. On the Louisiana listserv there has been a lot of reporting of...
Sorry if this is a duplicate message as Yahoo somehow cancelled my account. I am trying again 6 hours later. There was a calling Least Bittern on 143 and 10900...
... Even aside from color, the legs of birds are most interesting. Not an easy feature of their anatomy to study at length in the field, though. Sure wish ...
