Hello IBET: Rain, Rain, Rain,....Boring, Boring, Boring. Time for some on-line birding. You are cordially invited to view several images of a Cooper's Hawk, ...
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Urs Geiser
ugeiser@...
Sep 1, 2003 3:11 pm
On Monday morning I trekked through the rain to the south end of Fermilab's Lake Law (DuPage Co.). I saw Peter Kasper's group from a distance - they didn't...
Hi everyone, I decided to make a quick check downtown with this misty weather and low clouds and am happy to report no birds in trouble- at least at 8am. The...
After hearing about the Godwits, we hiked out to Lake Law in the rain on Sunday evening. It was very difficult to make out much of anything in the rain and...
Hi everyone, I am interested in your feedback on a good release spot for thrushes, ovenbirds and warblers somewhere south of the tall building hazards of the ...
Seen at Arcola Marsh (Coles/Douglas county line near I-57) in driving rain 4 Dunlin a couple of Lesser Yellowlegs a Black Tern in winter plumage about 20 Tree...
I went out to Montrose Beach in the rain this morning. Out on the beach were 3 Semipalmated Plovers 1 Spotted Sandpiper 17 Sanderlings 2 Least Sandpipers 3...
Friday through Sunday__August 29 through 31, 2003 On Sunday morning at 7:00am, Myrna Deaton, Dan Kassebaum, and I decided to meet at Lake Chautauqua for a try...
About 8 a.m., in addition to birds Geoff mentions, there were 3 Baird's, and Eric Walters spotted a flyover whimbrel. For once there were more birds than...
Was just making lunch when a first year sharp-shinned attacked just outside my kitchen window. Knew he was in the area when the blue jays joined everybody...
Hi All, I am again looking for a birding book. It is for Japan. If you have this book and are willing to sell it, please contact me at my email address. The...
I have to go to Bermuda next Friday on a business trip and have two days free to rent a bike or get on a boat to bird. Does any one have any information about...
There was obvious turnover with the storm front that came through last night. The best location was Lake Calumet's north side which is easily viewed from the...
Have you ever raised your binculars to look at a bird that you thought might be (at best) mildly interesting and instead seen something completely new? I saw a...
Some of the more interesting weekend birds, on a rocky Lake Michigan shoreline and the adjoining woods: SEMIPALMATED PLOVER Those look like KILLDEER. Pretty...
... This reminds me to restate a question I posed earlier. I'll make it a series of questions. Is the preferred feeding habitat for all shorebirds simply bare...
Sean, Let me recommend a book that I bought when I started birding in the '80s, and I recently re-read it. I got a lot out of it back then, and I got a lot of ...
Knowing the breeding area of the MISSIPPI KITE is quite localized on the southern tip of the state, Michelle and I along with two friends were thrilled to spot...
Hi everyone, We rescued a RUBY CROWNED KINGLET this morning at the UBS building on Madison at Wacker. He is doing much better after an anti-concussive and some...
Hi folks, Tue 09-02-03: Kankakee LeVasseur Park/Perry Farm Trail:0730-1205_Overcast_60's_NE5-10_Wt Deer(5) Highlights: DC Cormorant_Osprey_RB Gull_Caspian...
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James Hoyt
jwhoyt@...
Sep 2, 2003 8:28 pm
On page 18 of the September issue of Audubon Magazine there is an exciting article about restorations being planted on the rooftops of Chicago's City ...
The BB Whistling Duck was seen briefly this morning (Tuesday) at about 10:30 am. It flew in from the south with a bunch of wood ducks and was visible for only ...
I birded this Oswego park district park (Kendall County) late this morning. The Fox River is really low, and there were shorebirds on the gravel bars: Lesser...
... From: Darrell J. Shambaugh To: ILbirds@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 5:43 PM Subject: Saw Wee Kee Park, Oswego (9/2/03) I birded this...
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Robert Hughes
rhughes.enteract@...
Sep 2, 2003 11:06 pm
A new photo quiz is up on the IOS website. The URL is below. http://www.illinoisbirds.org/photo_quiz.html Robert Hughes Chicago email: rhughes.enteract@......
ILBirders, This afternoon from 4-6pm I saw the following at Thatcher Woods (south of Chicago St. and east of Des Plaines River). Golden-winged Warbler - 1 ...
I forgot to mention that at the north end of Wolf Lake, right where the road turns east, are many areas of Jewelweed. There were at least 6 RUBY-THROATED...
