Birded the Midewin National Tallgrass Praire for about an hour this afternoon. The highlight was a male Blue Grosbeak just as we exited Explosives Road back...
16928
marilyn bell
marbell.rm
May 30, 2006 1:25 am
Walking through some of Greene Valley FP today (Memorial Day), Pat Eggleston, her neighbor Judy, and I came upon a repeatedly singing Bell's Vireo, with only a...
16929
mrqmagoo@...
mrqmagoo2000
May 30, 2006 2:32 am
The Bell's Vireo reported by Mike Madsen last week was still present at Greene Valley west of the campground site 7 parking area this afternoon. A black-billed...
16930
John Duran
duran99@...
May 30, 2006 4:53 am
I scanned I BET today for shorebirds in or near Cook County and found none posted. So I will post the 2 SEMIPALIMATED PLOVERS at the Chicago Portage FP.Along...
16931
q4birds
May 30, 2006 1:38 pm
Hi all, I was sent 3 photos to ID, my guess is an albino redtail, give it a look at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ILbirds/ Let me know what you think. Thanks ...
16932
Geoffrey A. Williamson
larus_thayeri
May 30, 2006 3:37 pm
Some of the avian highlights at Montrose Point in Chicago's Lincoln Park this morning (Tuesday, 30 May 2006) were an adult LAUGHING GULL on the beach (spotted...
16933
James Sullivan
jbernardsull...
May 30, 2006 5:36 pm
Hello, I am a relative newbie at birding and trying to learn more. Today I saw what I think was a Cormorant at the north end of the dam(up stream) in North ...
16934
Jed Hertz
jhh_60910
May 30, 2006 5:47 pm
Hi all, Tue 30-May-06: Kankakee LeVasseur Park/Perry Farm Trail:0545-1115H(1.5mi walk)_Sun_68-75_SE5_Raccoon(2)_E Chipmunk_Wt Deer(2)_1 5/8" Rain. Photographed...
16935
Catherine Hillegonds
chillegonds2@...
May 30, 2006 10:18 pm
I stopped at McClaughery Springs briefly Monday morning and there was a N. PARULA singing just east of Kean Ave. above the stream. There was a singing...
16936
calcariusp
May 30, 2006 11:12 pm
I've been "on the road" almost continuously for over a week now, or have otherwise not been able to use a computer so sorry for this somewhat dated info....
16937
calcariusp
May 30, 2006 11:35 pm
While setting up my census points for work at Rollins Savanna this past Sunday (May 28th), I came across a pair of SANDHILL CRANES obviously tending young (who...
16938
DRD
Donniebird
May 31, 2006 1:57 am
My wife and I birded what is among the best woodlands of northern Illinois this morning, Lowden-Miller State Forest near Oregon. Nesting warblers we saw or...
16939
jelanding@...
j.landing
May 31, 2006 2:32 am
IBETters, Weather Adversities Some years ago several of us Chicago birders used to brave the most serious weather elements just out of curiosity to see what we...
16940
Travis Mahan
calidris_1004
May 31, 2006 2:55 am
Hello all, The time has come yet again for us birders to add our spring observations of Illinois' avifauna to the permanent ornithological record. The...
16941
Anthony Friend
heelsplitter
May 31, 2006 2:06 pm
IBET, Sorry for the late post. The BLACK NECKED STILT was still present yesterday morning at the end of Springfield Rd in Stephenson Co. It seemed to favor...
16942
Pete Moxon
long-eared-owl@...
May 31, 2006 2:25 pm
On Sun. 05/28/06 while viewing Pratt Wayne & Tri-County with Carolyn; we ended up with a total of 96 spec.+ 1 probable. I was grateful that Carolyn was there...
16943
Pete Moxon
long-eared-owl@...
May 31, 2006 2:25 pm
Last Sat. Steve Smith & I checked out some areas at Green Valley, Springbrook; but started at Elsen's Hill & made brief stops at the Arb & Hidden Lake. We...
16944
Pete Moxon
long-eared-owl@...
May 31, 2006 2:28 pm
One of the highlights of this past weekend were DICKCISSELS in very good numbers. For those keeping track of arrival data, the first few I noticed in repeated...
16945
Craig & Barb Thayer
tanagers77
May 31, 2006 2:44 pm
I visited Northerly Island this morning.I could not locate the recently reported Western Meadowlark. The most interestingbird today was a singing CLAY-COLORED...
16946
Jarret Dyer
found19ation
May 31, 2006 2:55 pm
An OLICE-SIDED FLYCATCHER has been observed several times in the evening (around 5:30 pm) on the main campus of College of DuPage in the Russel R. Kirt...
16947
Paul Clyne
paulclyne2000
May 31, 2006 3:12 pm
This morning (Wed., 31 May 2006), a LEAST BITTERN flushed along the bank at the north end of Bobolink Meadow (east of Wooded Island, just south of the Museum...
16948
Candace Gorman
hcgorman@...
May 31, 2006 3:53 pm
Sorry I couldn't report this in a more timely fashion. Yesterday morning around 5:30 there was a green heron sitting on the ledge of the lagoon at Lake Shore...
16949
birdchris@...
birdchristwo
May 31, 2006 4:21 pm
I know Hank Paulson, Bush's appointee to replace Snow as Treasury Secretary. He is a staunch environmentalist. He's president of Nature Conservancy, a ...
16950
ultradonk8808
May 31, 2006 8:00 pm
Hello all, I have had 4 feeders in my yard for the last couple of years. They all get bird. Recently I added a new feeder. It had 3 compartments(2 for suit + 1...
16951
JERRY KUMERY
rosyfinch2
May 31, 2006 8:12 pm
Hello IBET: The viewer is free to choose one or the other........either, would be correct. Another "Superstar" from Montrose Magic Hedge. Please click here :...
16952
Doris Lorr
dorislorr
May 31, 2006 9:12 pm
Random Dissolve Filter Script by: Rose Im wondering if anybody has a binocular repair guy? My nocs are weirding me out with a weird double/half extra image in...
16953
Robert Hughes
scandiaca63
May 31, 2006 9:15 pm
Birds seen at Montrose this morning: Green Heron - 2 Great Blue Heron - 2 Caspian Tern - 1 Semipalmted Sandpiper - 6 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 Willow Flycatcher -...
16954
Birderdlt@...
Jun 1, 2006 12:27 am
Saw a black-headed gull last Friday on my way from Champaign to Bloomington. I thought it might be a Franklin's gull, but did see the post that there was a...
16955
Steve Huggins
sjhuggins1209
Jun 1, 2006 1:06 am
I visited Northerly Island this evening the wind made viewing difficult but I was able to find Northern Mockingbird - 1 Dickcissel - 1 Yellow-bellied...
16956
Pete Moxon
long-eared-owl@...
Jun 1, 2006 6:21 am
On Mon Vince & I went to Pratt & Tri-County. We tallied 82 spec in 4-1/2 hrs. We did not relocate the WESTERN KINGBIRD, but besides those sightings prev....
