Jeff Sanders, Bonnie Duman and I had great looks at 15-20 WHITE WINGED CROSSBILLS feeding in the spruces by Parking Lot 1 in Chicago Botanic Garden this...
This morning I decided to see if the lake was open off of the south unit of IBSP. It was the entire length and I was treated to a female BLACK SCOTER swimming...
Funny how some days the feeders are jammed and others are silent. I stocked the thistle feeder and both my regular feeders based on tips to purchase bird feed...
Christopher Cudworth
cudworthfix@...
Feb 1, 2009 4:01 pm
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There is a SNOWY OWL on a telephone pole on Maplewood Road in southern DeKalb County. It is a young female bird, heavily streaked, and quite dark. Maplewood...
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS have been visiting the yard of one of our Tuesday Birders who lives in Palatine, Cook County. She first spotted them on Friday, 1/30....
I'm thinking about making the trek out there to try to see this bird. Has anyone else tried to see it today? I'd love to know any news, good or bad. Thanks! ...
At Montrose,the trees between the hedge and harbor had a lot of chickadees, geese, house sparrows and cardinals. In the golf course were the same as well as...
Hi all, Luckily, I ran into Al Stokie, Paul Sweet, and their group up at Waukegan Harbor this morning. We found the Surf Scoter at the South Harbor feeding...
The redpolls finally appeared at my thistle feeder about 10 minutes ago! It was a small flock of 9, including one beautiful red breasted male. The last time...
Hi all, It felt a little like spring this morning with the relatively warm weather, sunshine, and a few spring like birds I haven't seen in Woodford County in...
After running home to take my daughter to work, I ran back to several sites along the lakefront beginning with Hosah Park (just north of the Zion Nuclear...
I live in St Charles and had 5 common redpolls and 1-2 hoary redpolls at my thistle feeder, the most I have had this year Mark Bowman [Non-text portions of...
1 Feb 2009 - While filling up my feeders, 2 COMMON REDPOLL flew over my Northfield yard (Cook Co.) calling as they headed NW. It was approximately 1:15pm. ...
Had my peak number of COMMON REDPOLLS (17) today. They visited 3 times today, starting at 8:30. 3 Adult males included. Glenview, Northern Cook County John...
Our local newspaper has carried several reports of 2 adult bald eagles seen along the Fox River in Batavia plus my one neighbor hikes the Fox River Trail and...
hello ibetors-- the parking lot W.W. CROSSBILLS put on quite a show until about 10/;10 a.m. i was able to scope them and provide lifer looks for all that were...
Spent the day yesterday working outside at Nachusa Grasslands. On the way there Friday evening, we saw horned larks and snow buntings along Flagg Road west of...
Dear birders, At about 2:45 pm, While facing north on Kennicott Avenue at its intersection with Palatine Road, I watched a Rough-legged Hawk (light phase)...
I relocated the Snowy Owl just south of the LaSalle Co. Station. She was waaaaay out in the middle of the bean field along the second slight rise. I watched...
Birders - Congratulations on surviving January. Hopefully, the crossbills will hang around for a few more weeks. Please join us next Sunday at the Arb. Sun....
My wife and I loaded the scope and our three kids into the car this morning and headed to the Illinois Waterway Visitor Center near Utica across the Illinois...
IBETERS . . . I saw a Great Horned Owl late this afternoon in the Jarvis Bird Sanctuary in Chicago's Lincoln Park. It was seen best from the north fence about...
John Purcell
purc@...
Feb 1, 2009 10:34 pm
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The Wolf Lake Trumpeter Swans were on the ice all alone by State Line Road in Wm. Powers FWA and I thought maybe they were stuck, but after awhile both walked...
Carolyn A. Marsh
cmarshbird@...
Feb 1, 2009 10:50 pm
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Redpolls outnumbered Goldfinches in our yard today 21-5. I was also watching the Northern Shrike perced on top of a tree when it flew high up in the air and...
Finally! After seeing redpolls in several n. Ill. counties and reading accounts of them all over, I've finally entered the fold. I have lived at Oak Run in...
Mike Baum
sixftwarbler@...
Feb 1, 2009 11:32 pm
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"Nature on the Margins at Cooper Park Wetlands" provides a narrative description of the high diversity of birds and plant communities that may be found at...
I took a trip to Shabbona Lake (DeKalb County) today to look for winter finches. I found PURPLE FINCHES, COMMON REDPOLLS, and PINE SISKINS, but no crossbills....
Went to the Chicago Batanic Gardens Satuday and got some decent pictures of Red Polls and Pine Siskins. http://www.flickr.com/photos/14630574@N08/ Paul Dacko ...
Hi John, Can we assume the "few broad winged hawks" is mistyped? Inquiring minds would like to know . . . Thanks! Vic Berardi VBirdman@... Gurnee, IL...
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