I skied around Shabbona Lake yesterday. At the east end of the lake in some rather heavy cover of hawthorn and honeysuckle I came across a group of...
25898
sulli.gibson@...
Jan 3, 2008 6:11 pm
Hi all, There was a single adult, light-morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK hovering right next to the south shoulder on Willow Road. This was right across from the large...
25897
Rhonda (Monroe) Rothr...
woodthrusheola8
Jan 3, 2008 5:24 pm
With constant winds running between 12-24 mph all day, gusting up to 30+, temps averaging in the mid 20's but mostly sunny, the twelve brave participants and 2...
25896
Grant Simon
gsimon1694
Jan 3, 2008 4:08 pm
Today must have been the coldest day of the year so far ( felt well in the negatives), but I braved it. The best bird at montrose was a second year thayer's...
25895
Geoffrey A. Williamson
larus_thayeri
Jan 3, 2008 3:58 pm
If you want to contact me by email about the trip, note that there is a teeny tiny typo in my email address in the post copied below. The address should be...
25894
Sigrid Schmidt
sigmsch
Jan 3, 2008 3:20 pm
Happy New Year Birders - Kick off the new year right with Geoff this Sunday. Sunday, January 6, 2008 - 8:00 A.M. Lakefront Gulls Leader: Geoff Williamson -...
25893
Charlene and Jim Malone
2bbirdn@...
Jan 3, 2008 3:02 pm
25892
Michael L. P. Retter
mlretter
Jan 3, 2008 2:48 am
Here's my friend Mike's tally from our trip to Winthrop Harbor, Lake Co. today. Also present was a first cycle Nelson's Gull. Location: Winthrop Harbor ...
25891
rhospers@...
bluebird60126
Jan 3, 2008 2:46 am
Hi all: The Morton Arboretum group produced 200 Bluebirds in 2006. In 2007 they fledged 268 babies. Lyman woods fledged 28 BB's last year and in 2007 produced...
25890
Anthony Green
AnthonyRGreen@...
Jan 2, 2008 10:58 pm
Just got back from a few minutes visiting the harbor. Glad to say all nine Mute Swans still there and quite active. Also 30 or so Canada Geese, about the same...
25889
Steve Spitzer
steven0703
Jan 2, 2008 9:59 pm
Good Day Birders, I spent a bit of time at the North Shore Channel in Skokie around noon. Bird list and a couple photos at link. (Red-tail and male...
25888
bissbirds@...
bissbirds
Jan 2, 2008 7:32 pm
Yesterday we chummed in Thayers, Lesser and Great-blacked Gulls from the end of the Waukegan breakwater. Raptors were migrating all day. We had 4 Rough-legs,...
25887
denismb60045
Jan 2, 2008 3:18 pm
We had two Rough-legged Hawks at Everett and Riverwoods Road just North of Lincolnshire in Lake County yesterday. One was a beautiful dark morph hunting over...
25886
Karen Lund
lovessawwhets
Jan 2, 2008 3:49 am
I was unable to relocate the Genoa snowy owl today. However, visibility was very poor at times, so it could still be around. Karen Lund Genoa, DeKalb County ...
25885
Michael L. P. Retter
mlretter
Jan 2, 2008 3:29 am
Ed O'Brien, Matthew Hale, and I birded Northerly Island, Chicago, Cook Co. yesterday. Here are our results. Location: Northerly Island Observation date:...
25884
ericwalt40
Jan 2, 2008 2:03 am
The best birds at Illinois Beach State Park this morning were: Merlin (adult female) - probably same one I had a mile away in Zion on Dec 18th. It flew by...
25883
ericwalt40
Jan 2, 2008 1:55 am
The day after the White Pines CBC, I visited a few Nw. IL locations: White Pines State Park: Winter Wren, Hermit Thrush, 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 20 Purple ...
25882
ericwalt40
Jan 2, 2008 1:47 am
Back on Dec 23rd, the White Pines CBC was run. This count covers areas like White Pines State Park, Lowden State Park, Lowden-Miller State Forest, Nachusa...
25881
Jed Hertz
jhh_60910
Jan 2, 2008 1:45 am
Hi all, This year's IL Kankakee Valley CBC count will go down as one of our most successful with 77 species [including 4 count week (cw) species], 16519...
25880
Jane Ward
jward1108
Jan 2, 2008 12:53 am
We were driving around looking at windmills near Moraine View State Park when we spotted two hawks seemingly chasing each other. One disappeared and the one...
25879
Steve Spitzer
steven0703
Jan 2, 2008 12:41 am
Good Evening Birders, The yard had nothing much, and the lake front was not too lively either. My local park had had Goldeneyes and gulls, Wilmette Harbor had...
25878
John
johnduran25
Jan 1, 2008 9:17 pm
The first birds of the year were the Long-eared Owls at the park south of the Loop. I made a wrong turn and ended up heading north on Lake Shore Drive. I...
25877
Greg Neise
greg_neise
Jan 1, 2008 8:59 pm
Eurasian collared doves, monk parakeets, Am tree sparrow and a Cooper's hawk. Photos and comments at IBFÐthe original IBF! ;-) : ...
25876
Steve Spitzer
steven0703
Jan 1, 2008 8:41 pm
Happy New Year also. The Long-eared Owl flew off at 11 PM when the snow blowers started or he might have been my first bird of 2008 instead of the House...
25875
Grant Simon
gsimon1694
Jan 1, 2008 8:24 pm
Hi everyone, i'm grant simon, 14 years old, and am new to ibet but I've been birding for 4 years already. I bird mostly at montrose and jarvis so that will...
25874
Pat Durkin
PatriciaDurkin
Jan 1, 2008 7:34 pm
Happy New Year to all the IBETers! This morning 8 birders made the first official walk of the new year on Wooded Island and Bobolink Meadow. This is the 34th...
25873
Carolyn A. Marsh
cmarshbird@...
Jan 1, 2008 6:30 pm
At the Sand Ridge Nature Center on Count Day there were seven Common Redpolls at the feeders. So they do show up periodically. Sand Ridge Nature Center 15891...
25872
David Antieau
davidantieau
Jan 1, 2008 5:46 pm
Dear birders, I hoped to see the Long-tailed Ducks Luis Munoz reported yesterday, but was unable to locate them in the harbor or lake this morning. For the...
25871
DavBenson
Jan 1, 2008 4:49 pm
Happy New Year! On New Year's Eve (yesterday) I was visiting my parents in Galesburg, IL and occasionally watching birds at their feeders. Among the usual ...
25870
jfrankfurter
Jan 1, 2008 1:15 pm
I thought I posted this, guess it didn't take. Any help with ID would be much appreciated. Thanks for the great crop, Steve. ...
