I'll be in Knoxville, Tennessee from Monday through Wednesday next week. I might have time to roam the immediate area during one of the mornings. If anyone has...
There were 2 Phoebes, a female Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, a female Yellow Warbler, an immature Black-crowned Night Heron, and 9 young Wood Ducks. Earlier, at...
An estimated five thousand shorebirds are currently present on the lower pool at Chautauqua N.W.R. in Mason County. Unfortunately, for various reasons, almost...
I've posted a couple photos of the Springfield RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD on Webshots. The lighting was less than optimal, but they turned out fairly well. I was...
Hello, The 2002 Oscar nominated documentary Winged Migration**** is now playing at the Town Theatre, 8616 Kennedy Ave., Highland, IN ...
1647
frank bennett
fkbennett@...
Aug 1, 2003 11:41 pm
8-01-03 Today around 5:00 P.M., I saw a small tanish looking bird lying upside down against the house on my front porch (Massac County). It looked dead from...
Hello IBET: You are cordially invited to view several images (close-ups) of either one-of- two or two-of-two Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, taken this morning at...
Yesterday at Heyworth I came across . . . 2 GREAT EGRETS 1 GREEN HERON 6 BLACK TERNS 4 LEAST SANDPIPERS 5 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS Michael L. P....
Great Egrets are using the east side of Lagrange Rd(RT 45) across the street from McGinnis Slough as a roost. I counted over 140 Great Egrets here today at 8pm...
1653
James Hoyt
jwhoyt@...
Aug 3, 2003 3:08 am
Went for a little stroll after my Prairiewatch training session. Hadn't been there since my Biology Professor (Earl Creutzberg) took us there for Field Biology...
1654
AJ3525@...
Aug 3, 2003 4:04 am
I took a ride up to the sod farms on Dunham Rd. West of 23. Here it is: 2 Western Meadowlarks Kingfisher 50+ kildeer kestrel 2 pied billed grebes 7...
Not hard for me, since it was today, just off a boardwalk at Volo Bog (Volo, Lake County, Illinois, USA, North America, Northern Hemisphere, Earth, Solar ...
Two Ospreys were reported a couple of times this week along the river near Torrence Avenue at about 149 th street. This is just south of Lake Calumet. Richard...
Hello all... Yesterday morning, I thumbed my nose at the weather "prediction," and headed under blue-skies to the Calumet, to join CEPA (Calumet Ecological ...
This morning (8-3-03) I saw two SNOWY EGRETS foraging together at the south end of Lake Calumet's Deadstick Pond. I also saw a fly-by BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO at...
Here's a news release for a meeting that will be held in conjunction with the Midwest Birding Symposium in Green Bay in September. Anyone interested in CTB can...
1660
James Hoyt
jwhoyt@...
Aug 3, 2003 6:47 pm
In case anyone needs to know the location of Goose Lake Natural Areaa near Morris Il. In this day of the interstate highway it is strange but I am convinced ...
Sunday__August 3, 2003 I checked the Okaw Group Camp and Fishhook Wildlife Management Area today for shorebirds. Most of the habitat has dried up...there's ...
I dodged the thundershowers and made brief stops to three parks today. First I went to Glacial Park in McHenry County. Highlights there included: Common...
Today I decided to try the shorebirds at Harbortown CC as there was no habitat anywhere else in the Lake calumet area. I went into the Pro Shop and talked...
... DuPage County, Illinois RBA for August 3, 2003 Date: August 3, 2003 Location: DuPage County, Illinois Number: 630-406-8111 Coverage: Western suburbs of...
I just wanted to follow up on some early migrant warblers reported to the DuPage Hotline. ... This morning, Pete Moxin reported that he had three species of...
While Orange-Crowned Warblers are often mistaken with Tennessee Warblers, it is still within reason for one to show up this early, especially one of the...
1667
Richard Hickson
rhickson@...
Aug 4, 2003 1:51 am
Hi everyone Glenn Johnson and myself surveyed the Blodgett Road Wetland resortation area at Midewin this morning (8/3/2003). 600 acres are being restored from...
Yesterday I hiked in the Indiana Dunes, and heard the distinctive song of the Black-Throated Green Warbler. At this time of year, could this have been a...
1669
Keith.A.Mcmullen@...
Aug 4, 2003 5:48 pm
Greetings Birding Friends: Sorry for the tardy note but there is a NEW July Big Day Record, set July 31, 2003! Dan Kassebaum and myself were joined by Travis...
Dear IBET'ers, We went southwest to Calhoun County on Saturday, Aug.2 and stopped in Greene and Jersey Counties also. We saw about 86 species; partial list...
Nominations have begun to come in for the Illinois Important Bird Areas program - thank you to everyone who is nominating a site. The deadline for nominations...
