The juvenile Red Knot was still present at the east end of Montrose Beach this morning. Also at the beach this a.m.: Black-bellied Plover - 1 juvenile American...
Good Day Birders, These photos are not that great, taken right before rain, but show a couple shots of a gull and and a shore bird that may be a Willet with an...
... The gull is a first basic Franklin's Gull. The shorebird is a bit trickier to identify to species but it looks like a dowitcher, and judging by the gray...
Does anyone out there know if the Whites Pines Bird Club is still up and running? I've been wanting to join a club in my area for over 4 years now and there...
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Thanks Robert, If it helps any, this bird had a single note flight call, which is what made me look up and see it coming in for a landing. So that I could...
Steve, I agree with Bob's id. of Franklin's Gull & probable Long- billed Dowitcher (certainly, we can call it "Dowitcher species"), both "good" finds for...
HI FRIENDS, Monday, after work I saw the Cape May, the Wilson's, Tennessee, and Mourning warbler from the swing in the backyard. You can't beat the close...
Good Day Birders, The birds I asked for ID help on before have been identified as a Franklin's Gull and a Long-billed Dowitcher thanks to Bob Hughs and Craig...
Hello everyone, This is a reminder of the IOS Fall Yellow Rail Walk scheduled for this Saturday, October 6th. Besides the details listed below, there have...
Photos From:Steve Spitzer http://www.flickr.com/photos/happy_peasant/sets/72157601983832499/ To me this bird looks like a Dunlin. Why isn't it a Dunlin? Liz...
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Hello all The highlight of my morning at Irons Oaks, Olympia Fields, south Cook County, was a Blue-headed Vireo. Many good looks. A delight to see. Best wishes...
Basically the same ol' same ol' at Montrose this morning. The juvenile Red Knot was still at the east of the beach, along with 5 juvenile Black-bellied...
On the penultimate day for permissible mango chasing, Caitlin Lill reported seeing it at 10:00 on Tuesday morning. Richly deserved, as it was her fifth try...
I tried my hand at counting birds today in Evanston's James Park. Amidst the many HOUSE FINCHES, I was lucky enough to nab another female PURPLE FINCH. The...
There were SEDGE WREN and WINTER WREN at Montrose Point this morning. I took photos and uploaded to Surfbirds' N.A. Common....section: ...
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Demayne Murphy
demayne@...
Oct 2, 2007 9:19 pm
Hi All, I have a Zeiss 85 mm spotting scope with the camera arm attachment (you attach the camera to this arm and it swings over to your spotting scope lens-so...
A juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper was at the east end of Montrose Beach late this afternoon. The Red Knot and the other shorebirds from this morning were also...
I birded several Calumet-area spots from noon till about 3:00pm on Tuesday (10-2-07). Pretty dull stuff for the most part, but I did have a couple moments of...
Not sure what this little guy is. He seems to put a lot of effort into feeding. Keeps flying between some trees and the feeder and only gets one seed at a...
Thanks for the help on the ID. I will have more to ID in the future. At the moment a storm is approaching St Louis and the birds seem to be "hunkered down". We...
Hi all, Tue 02-Oct-07: Kankakee: 0715-1245H(3 mi Walk + Brkft)_Fog/Cld_57-81_SSW 0-15_E Chipmunk(4)_Red Fox_Feral Cat_Midland Brown Snake. I spent a good deal...
Hi Bob, Thanks for telling us about the White-rumped Sandpiper in the protected area near the pier this evening. We headed over there about 40 minutes after...
Five or six Franklin's Gulls and the juvenile Red Knot were at Montrose Beach this morning. The gulls were flying around the west end of the beach and the knot...
Good Day Birders, I only counted four at any one time and one of these shots has them all. They are right after the red sun which was from yesterday's fog but...
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Charlene and Jim Malone
2bbirdn@...
Oct 3, 2007 5:02 pm
Is there some on-line source (IOS website, etc) where the names and e-mail addresses of the IL Seasonal Editors are printed please? I looked on the IOS website...
