Hi IBET: Yesterday (Saturday) at around 11 am we spotted an adult bald eagle from the Central Parking lot at Saganashkee Slough. We were standing about 20...
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Amar Ayyash
amarayyash
Mar 1, 2009 2:59 pm
The WW Crossbills were exactly were Wes Serafin originally reported them: in the west most parking area off of RT 45. You can't miss the pines around the lot....
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eng45ine
Mar 1, 2009 4:04 pm
Good Sunday Morning IBETers, I wanted to share some images that I shot this winter season, I thought you might enjoy viewing them with your morning coffee. The...
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tvincl
Mar 1, 2009 4:24 pm
Bath Chute is a side channel of the Illinois River in central Illinois. The article "An Illinois River Canoeing Journal" has recently been posted at "The...
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Dawn Keller
flintcreekwi...
Mar 1, 2009 4:29 pm
Gilbert, Do you know if the swan is still at the reported location? Have plans been made to recover the animal? If not, we can coordinate a recovery. Please ...
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Michael L. P. Retter
mlretter
Mar 1, 2009 4:45 pm
Hello. The following is a friendly reminder from the Associate Administrator of the rules for posting on IBET. IBET's mission statement is also included. ...
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Michael L. P. Retter
mlretter
Mar 1, 2009 5:40 pm
Hello, everyone. A rules reminder goes out at the beginning of every month and is not directed at or precipitated by the actions of any one person. Good...
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Nolan
nal1212
Mar 1, 2009 7:34 pm
This morning I went to the Botanic Garden to try and get some good photos of the Hoary Redpoll. I have been there recently and got some photos of Hoary's...
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calcariusp
Mar 1, 2009 8:24 pm
A trip to southern Illinois to search for Short-eared Owls and Northern Harriers (and White-winged Crossbills!) this past week was not very successful, as only...
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calcariusp
Mar 1, 2009 8:50 pm
Thursday 26 Feb. I stopped briefly at Lake Murphysboro State Park (Jackson Co.): 3 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1...
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calcariusp
Mar 1, 2009 9:37 pm
On Friday, 27 Feb. I began at the World Shooting Complex north of Sparta (Randolph Co): 3 Canvasback 8 Gadwall 11 Ring-necked Duck 2 (pr) Lesser Scaup 6...
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calcariusp
Mar 1, 2009 9:43 pm
This Sunday morning, we took a walk through the Mundelein neighborhood and had two fly-over WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS. Sheryl saw a male White-winged Crossbill...
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Joe Suchecki
issuesman50
Mar 1, 2009 10:01 pm
I think that I was about the only birder left in northeastern Illinois that had not seen white-winged crossbills. And today- in one of those ironic birding...
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rmnpynp
Mar 2, 2009 12:06 am
As I was surfing the web looking at power utility websites, I discovered on Xcel Energy's website www.xcelenergy.com webcams that watch a bunch of different...
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Karen Lund
lovessawwhets
Mar 2, 2009 1:54 am
The plan was to conduct the winter raptor survey today. However, by the time I reached Oregon (mile 39), I had seen only 2 red tails, so I declared it a...
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mrqmagoo@...
mrqmagoo2000
Mar 2, 2009 2:46 am
Jenny Vogt, Susan Kaley and I toured the La Salle countryside today looking for any of the 5 Snowy Owls that have been present this winter. Like Karen, we saw...
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Jim Mountjoy
jim_mountjoy
Mar 2, 2009 2:57 am
I tried to welcome spring today along the Illinois River despite the blast of chilly air from the north that tried to turn my face into a popsicle. It seemed...
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Matthew Winks
fluidfive
Mar 2, 2009 4:09 am
Hi all, While walking the dogs this morning, a flock of White-winged Crossbills flew by me into a White Pine in the neighbor's yard. They didn't stay long and...
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e g
ejgins
Mar 2, 2009 4:31 am
The White-Winged Crossbills made an appearance at 3:15 pm at the location mentioned earlier today, in SW Cook County. I was told about 20 had stopped by about...
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John D Adams
jadams6893
Mar 2, 2009 5:31 am
I also saw the White-Winged Crossbills at Swallow Cliff South about 2:15 pm. There were a large group of males and females, mostly females, beneath the pine...
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Craig Taylor
cataylor619
Mar 2, 2009 12:27 pm
My plan this weekend was to do Grundy Co. Saturday and Kendall Co. Sunday. So reading Jeff Chapman's Saturday Kendall post after I got home from church Sunday,...
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Robert Hughes
scandiaca63
Mar 2, 2009 2:06 pm
A second cycle Iceland Gull was inside Montrose Harbor this morning. Montrose Harbor was actually quite busy, with lots of Greater Scaup, Common Goldeneye, and...
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Robert Hughes
scandiaca63
Mar 2, 2009 3:00 pm
A new IOS Photo Quiz has been posted. Have a look. http://www.illinoisbirds.org/photo_quiz.html Robert D. Hughes Chicago, Illinois...
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Brendan
ladbrook2003...
Mar 2, 2009 3:06 pm
Dear Birders: I don't know where all the Common Redpolls are coming from. There were 68 Common Redpolls at and under my thistle feeders yesterday. Try as I ...
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Gunnar Engblom
kolibriexped...
Mar 2, 2009 4:19 pm
IL birders Here is the first part of Twitter for birders. An introduction. http://bit.ly/1a8ZHM This parts goes through the essentials, and help you get used...
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MHKIWI@...
michael.hogg
Mar 2, 2009 5:14 pm
Like Craig Taylor I followed R47 through Yorkville yesterday afternoon and did not find a subdivision pond with anything other than a couple of Mallards ...
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Luis Muñoz
malango@...
Mar 2, 2009 7:00 pm
Greetings, To add to Bob's earlier post. There was a female Long Tailed Duck inside the harbor but unfortunately a Red Fox was hunting the boulders and she...
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L C
gottadanceil
Mar 2, 2009 7:25 pm
It's become clear to me that Sheryl and Steve are hogging all of the redpolls and crossbills with their wily ways. If you do not share these birds immediately...
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Vicky Sroczynski
vsroczynski
Mar 2, 2009 8:51 pm
Hi, we saw a flock of at least two dozen white-winged crossbills at Swallow Cliff Forest Preserve, entrance off Route 45, just behind the picnic shelter,...
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Rhonda (Monroe) Rothr...
woodthrusheola8
Mar 2, 2009 8:52 pm
In the past several years I've noticed that there's a point in time when the number of yellow-rumped warblers roosting in our yard increases dramatically. ...
