Richard Wilson Rutland Township,Kane County,6am to 7;30AM A PAIR OF WHOOPING CRANES WALKING THE EDGE OF A WETLAND FLOODED FARMFIELD.Flew east with small flock...
On Saturday, March 31, my sons and I had a very successful afternoon of birding in Columbus and Douglas Parks on the west side of Chcago. Both parks have...
Hi all, Sunday 01-April-07: Wet-fallow Field, Pembroke Twp, Kankakee County, IL: 0630-0805H (1mi walk)_Sun_47-54_S 10-20_Garrett Farm Field. While waiting for...
I had high hopes this morning with south winds last night that turned southwest but Paul said that it was raining at dusk, not good for migration. I did find 2...
Here's a few more March additions. An AMERICAN BITTERN & AMERICAN PIPITS were present at Pratt Wayne on Sat(03/31/07) --the Bittern was a Dupage 2007 season...
Pete Moxon
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Apr 1, 2007 3:15 pm
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Greetings, All: I did about a 30 min walk around the formal garden & "prairie river" area this morning about 8 am and it wasn't very birdy at all. Apart from...
Joann and I got out for a couple of hours mid-day today to tour Chicago's Lincoln Park North Pond. We saw Pied-billed Grebe (2) Lesser Scaup (about 12) ...
New arrivals (with Louise Augustine) in Fulton County this morning- Brown Creeper Yellow-throated Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush (2) Field...
A Yellow-rumped Warbler was hanging out with an Eastern Phoebe at Gillson early evening. They called continuously back and forth and where one flew, the other...
1 April 2007 Fellow Ibeters, As long as I can remember I've been leading Looney Trips out on the "Chain" in Lake County. Every lake has its unique and changing...
Hi All - A brisk walk at Ryerson this morning yielded the following: Goshawk (see below) Coopers Hawk (see below) Probable sharp-shinned hawk Phoebes - several...
Took some pictures of the White Pelicans at Nelson Lake the last couple of days. http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/558466542yYmlFL John Heneghan La Fox, Kane...
I can't believe it, but I'm beating Geoff to the punch line. I can only do it because his hard drive died and mine didn't, so he's been reinstalling programs...
Hello fellow birds. I need some help? On Saturday Alex, Joyce , myself and on Sunday Marlys, Randy and myself birded the Palos area. On Saturday we had 2...
John Duran
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Apr 2, 2007 12:58 am
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BIRDWALK FOR SINGLES Saturday, May 5, 9:00 a.m. to Noon Lincoln Park Zoo For singles who would like to get out, enjoy the spring weather, and meet other...
I got out early today to see the WILSON'S SNIPE displaying at Glacial Park. There were 60 or so yesterday spread over the area south of Harts Rd, which was...
Matthew Fletcher
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Apr 2, 2007 2:26 am
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Sunday - 1 April 2007 Hello everyone, Dan Kassebaum and I spent the day at Carlyle Lake trying to find as many species of shorebirds as we could on such a...
Hello IBETers There was a COMMON LOON in Loon Lake at Silver Springs State Park this afternoon. This is the third time I've seen one there since 1992, and the ...
On a windy and drizzly Sunday afternoon, April 1, we visited Wooded Island, south of the Museum of Science and Industry. We saw many of the birds that had...
Sunday, 1 Apr 2007, Jackson Park, Chicago (Cook Co): Bird numbers were generally modest in Chicago's Jackson Park today, but diversity was decent, at 60 ...
Over the weekend (Saturday) a FOX SPARROW was seen eating along with one of the many small groupings of JUNCOS in the yard (on Saturday I had 34 Juncos on the...
Spent several hours at Montrose yesterday morning--much slower than Friday. In addition to the other birds already posted, Brian Kala spotted an eastern...
RACCOON GROVE TURKEY VULTURE was present Sunday, flying at tree-top level. The reason for the trip was to photograph spring flowers and they are coming up...
I am new to the group, so I am posting this series after the fact. At Springbrook Prairie as the river was melting, an immature Cooper's took a bath on the...
Highlights from Montrose Point in Chicago's Lincoln Park today (Monday, 2 April 2007) were a fly-by RED-THROATED LOON and a male BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER. Before...
Please join us for an informative and useful discussion on the impact of weather on migration. April 9 COS Program Panel Discussion - Birds and Weather ...
It was an interesting comparison this morning, I had equal numbers of RUBY & GOLDEN- CROWNED KINGLETS 10, and more than a dozen CREEPERS. MONTROSE had no...
With a county bird just off my commuting route along the Eisenhower, I stopped at Columbus Park this morning just before 8 AM and quickly found the 2 GREATER...