Matthew Hale and I birded Calumet Park (Cook Co, IL) the 75 minutes before sunset yesterday. We first pulled up to the water at the N end of the park (off 95th...
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Robert Hughes
scandiaca63
Jan 1, 2009 4:11 pm
Calumet Park on the southeast side of Chicago was Great Black-backed Gull central this morning. I had 8-10 GBBGs of various ages, though first cycle birds were...
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Jeff
carpe_diem_c...
Jan 1, 2009 4:40 pm
Happy New Year to all IL birders! Since 2007 I have been keeping a site list for the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. Although many good birds were...
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Carolyn A. Marsh
cmarshbird@...
Jan 1, 2009 4:52 pm
The New Year's Day HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen at Calumet Park in Chicago about 10 a.m. It is still at the extreme north and east end.. It cannot be seen from the...
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tvincl
Jan 1, 2009 7:31 pm
With the new year upon us, bald eagles will soon be engaging in courtship activities. The best places in Illinois to see eagle breeding activities, from...
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trptjoe@...
trptjoe2005
Jan 1, 2009 8:11 pm
At 1:30 this New Year's afternoon there was a Merlin at St. Adelbert's Cemetery in Niles. It was perched along Newark Ave. near the cemetery gates. The area is...
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B.G. Sloan
bgsloan2
Jan 1, 2009 8:15 pm
In case any of you are looking for a new list to keep in 2009... No, it's not what you might be thinking. :-) It's birding without the use of magnifying...
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jerrygoldner
Jan 1, 2009 8:49 pm
Finally had time to view all the images from the 29th. Thanks again to all of you for your advice on birding in Costa Rica!! ...
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Evan Graff
egraff89
Jan 1, 2009 10:33 pm
Hello All, Montrose was slow for the most part this afternoon, however there was a nice adult THAYER'S GULL mixed in with the ring-billed and herring gulls on...
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ericwalt40
Jan 1, 2009 11:46 pm
I went out a few times today along the lakefront and there were a couple of interesting birds present. From north to south: North Point Marina: 2 Lesser...
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Michael L. P. Retter
mlretter
Jan 2, 2009 12:15 am
ID discussion and photos of the Calumet Park 2nd cycle Kumlien's/Thayer's Gull are here: http://www.ilbirds.com/index.php?topic=14372.0 Additional photos from...
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judyfruin
Jan 2, 2009 12:37 am
North of Marengo and west on Kishwaukee Valley Road at the end of Root Road, was a Great Blue Heron at 11:30 a.m. Can someone tell me if this is a bit unusual...
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Jed Hertz
jhh_60910
Jan 2, 2009 1:50 am
Hi all, Thursday 01/01/09: Willow Slough CBC (IL Side of Circle) : 0637-1608H (5 mi walk @ 3.0Hr + 62.6 mi Drive @ 5.4Hr + .13 mi @ .67 Hr...
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Carolyn Fields
c7echoes
Jan 2, 2009 3:36 am
It was nice to start the new year with a NORTHERN SHRIKE at Old School Forest Preserve in Lake County, hunting near the A-B picnic shelter area. Carolyn Fields...
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Matthew Winks
fluidfive
Jan 2, 2009 6:45 am
Hi all, Brandi Read and I covered the SW territory of the Starved Rock CBC on New Year's Day. We had a Trumpeter Swan on the pond at the Peru dump. The west...
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Cynthia McKee
ckmckee89
Jan 2, 2009 2:07 pm
There is a Snowy Owl southwest of the town of Ottawa in LaSalle County. John and I originally found this owl on Tuesday of this week. It was photographed...
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Dawn Wolfe
sailorinchicago
Jan 2, 2009 3:03 pm
I sure enjoyed meeting the birders in the DuPage Co. birding group at Morton Arboretum Jan. 1. It was a cold and blustery day, and I confess to jumping into a...
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ilbirding
Jan 2, 2009 5:15 pm
Info please? I have an opportunity to be near Lake Shabbona tomorrow for an hour or so for birding. Is there any specific areas to concentrate on or any...
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waterthrush@...
lpadera
Jan 2, 2009 5:20 pm
Our group for the DBC's New Year's Day Morton Arboretum (DuPage County) trip started out with, I believe, eight people and ended up with two by afternoon. What...
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Ms Sheryl DeVore
sheryl_1956
Jan 2, 2009 5:25 pm
Hey friends, We had a wonderful time New Year's Day counting birds in the Middlefork area near Danville -- I enjoyed seeing old friends and making new ones. ...
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Luis Muñoz
malango@...
Jan 2, 2009 6:15 pm
Ibeters, Jarvis was quite birdie this late morning. Some birds seen there. A male Gadwall in ten feet of open water. A Hermit Thrush in the middle frozen pond....
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Jeff
carpe_diem_c...
Jan 2, 2009 8:02 pm
Location: Northwestern University Landfill Observation date: 1/2/09 Number of species: 14 Canada Goose 4 American Black Duck 1 Mallard 25 ...
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Urs Geiser
ugeiser
Jan 2, 2009 8:58 pm
In addition to the species already mentioned, our group also had a Blue Jay, at least one Brown Creeper, and two White-throated Sparrows. Ellen F. and I...
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Urs Geiser
ugeiser
Jan 2, 2009 9:07 pm
The Thunderbird youth camp area of Greene Valley F.P. was quite birdy on Friday morning. I encountered several mixed feeding flocks that contained, in...
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Nolan
nal1212
Jan 2, 2009 9:28 pm
I got to the park about 7:30AM thinking it would be a quick visit. Finaly as I was leaving at 12:00PM I got some distant photos of the Harlequin Duck, at the...
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Jed Hertz
jhh_60910
Jan 2, 2009 10:00 pm
From: Jed Hertz <jhh_60910@...> Subject: Re: [IN-BIRD-L] Willow Slough CBC To: "IN-Bird-L" <IN-BIRD-L@...> Date: Friday, January 2,...
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calcariusp
Jan 3, 2009 12:57 am
As Sheryl has already related our exciting finds on the Middlefork River Valley CBC, I won't repeat them, except to say that the White- winged Crossbills may...
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Cary Hillegonds
pitohui
Jan 3, 2009 5:50 am
Hello, Early this afternoon the HARLEQUIN DUCK was swimming back and forth between the harbor area and the area north of the cyclone fence at the...
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Michael
njl212
Jan 3, 2009 11:50 am
Hello, Is there a gull frolic this year? Thanks, Michael Chicago...
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Michael L. P. Retter
mlretter
Jan 3, 2009 3:37 pm
Hello, birders, and happy new year! The following is a friendly reminder from the Associate Administrator of the guidelines for posting on IBET. IBET's...
