Peter Kasper reports there were 18 white pelicans on Lake Law at Fermi Lab DuPage County Tuesday afternoon around 530 pm. Joe Suchecki Naperville...
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Robert Hughes
scandiaca63
Apr 1, 2009 1:41 pm
Birds seen at Montrose this morning: White-winged Scoter - 6 Common Loon - 8 Great Blue Heron - 2 At least it's April. Bring on the warblers. Robert D. Hughes...
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dawn smith
mrssmith2@...
Apr 1, 2009 1:43 pm
To my surprise and delight there was a common loon this morning drifting south in burnham harbor. Â He was by himself and in beautiful coloring. Â I've only...
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Greg Neise
greg_neise
Apr 1, 2009 4:18 pm
Hi All, Just had an adult Bald Eagle flying north along the Des Plaines at 22nd St. Seems like it may be a good day for hawks...nice SW winds and sunny. -greg...
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Rhonda (Monroe) Rothr...
woodthrusheola8
Apr 1, 2009 4:58 pm
It's hard to follow Craig Taylor's enchanting Birding Blitz soliloquy. Participating in the Birding Blitz is a great way to pump up that year list while...
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Craig & Barb Thayer
tanagers77
Apr 1, 2009 4:58 pm
Birds observed Wednesday morning in the Palos area included: COMMON LOON 2 (Maple Lake) COMMON MERGANSER 100 (Saganashkee Slough) RED-BREASTED MERGANSER 300...
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ugeiser@...
ugeiser
Apr 1, 2009 5:09 pm
Bob Fisher just called (Wednesday noon). He reports ca. 190 White Pelicans on AE Sea at Fermilab. Urs Geiser (stuck at work) DuPage Co....
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q4birds
Apr 1, 2009 5:28 pm
the loon was gone and so were the Rusty's but there were 206 old COOTS 1 white-throated sparrow Sue Friscia Alsip...
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clubecemail
Apr 1, 2009 5:30 pm
I just saw a Common Loon in breeding plumage on the Prospect Heights slough. The slough is on Willow Road (one light south of Palatine Road) between Elmhurst...
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q4birds
Apr 1, 2009 5:32 pm
Hi all, I had a couple of FOY today, IN CAPS BELOW: Canada Goose 3 Wood Duck x Mallard 1 Common Goldeneye 4 Red-breasted Merganser 2 Pied-billed Grebe 3...
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Beckie Dyer
bd6tvulture
Apr 1, 2009 7:27 pm
Dear IBET'ers, Recent Birds in Sangamon County- 2009 Red-thr Loon -- (March 31) non-breeding plumage Common Loon -- ( March 18) 2 adults Eared Grebe -- (March...
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Karen Lund
lovessawwhets
Apr 1, 2009 7:33 pm
During lunch today I was making the rounds of the fluddles looking for ducks. In Union on Seeman Rd. about 1/4 mile south of Hemmingsen Rd. is one flooded...
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Karen Lund
lovessawwhets
Apr 1, 2009 8:03 pm
Once again my posting seems to be lost in cyberspace, so here it is again. During lunch today I was making the rounds of the fluddles looking for ducks. In...
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gofishn1951
Apr 1, 2009 8:07 pm
I spent several hours watching the adult Eagles bring in a fish and feed it to the young today. The chicks were not visable above the edge of the nest. It is...
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Carolyn A. Marsh
cmarshbird@...
Apr 1, 2009 9:52 pm
01 April 2009 - The Common Loon was seen about 10:45 a.m. at Wm Powers/Wolf Lake in SE Chicago. There is a stone parking area right of the flagpoles and I...
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yeanettejohnson
Apr 1, 2009 10:52 pm
A fast stop at Fermi Lab today from 3:30-4:30pm produced the following: COMMON LOON (SMALL LAKE WEST SIDE OF MC CHESNEY ON WILSON) AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS...
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frank bennett
fkbennett@...
Apr 2, 2009 12:21 am
Hello IBETers, Seeing the postings on IBET about the Southern Illinois Birding Fest coming up in April reminded me that I've been wanting to share an...
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bob shelby
bobshelby_1956@...
Apr 2, 2009 12:57 am
Leroy Harrison and I observed 2 Sora's in Jasper County today. We also had an Osprey fly over Prairie Ridge. We found several Smith's Longspurs west of the...
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Rosemary Snow
roses92...
Apr 2, 2009 1:44 am
Wed AM April 1st I saw a Belted Kingfisher in addition to the other birds listed for April 1 Rosemary Snow Chicago, Cook County [Non-text portions of this...
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Michael Baum
sixfootwarbler
Apr 2, 2009 1:47 am
At 5:30 this afternoon I had a perched intermediate-phased SWAINSON'S HAWK in Knox Co. On DeLorme p39 the site is in the upper right-hand corner. The bird...
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fenner7
Apr 2, 2009 2:05 am
I have been checking gulls in a farm field puddle almost daily for nearly a week. I have been seeing a few Bonaparte's gulls nearly each day, but today was...
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Craig Taylor
cataylor619
Apr 2, 2009 2:17 am
Friday, April 03, 2009 - 06:45 PM (06:55 PM is OK) Woodcocks at Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve Leader: Craig Taylor 708-579-1622 or tnemec1 [at] ameritech...
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BFisher928@...
theyardindg
Apr 2, 2009 2:29 am
After visiting Fermilab to see and count all the pelicans (the 190 we counted were by far the most we'd ever seen in DuPage County), Karen and I visited ...
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Darrell Shambaugh
djs60552
Apr 2, 2009 2:41 am
This afternoon the flooded field north of Route 38 at Elburn Forest Preserve had a nice assortment of ducks. Green-winged Teal 40 Ring-necked Ducks 4 Northern...
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VBirdman@...
vbirdman
Apr 2, 2009 3:25 am
Incredible that three separate sightings of Swainson's Hawks occurred today in Illinois! As Bob inferred, the chances of this are pretty slim. Thanks to...
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boglady
stacyiwanicki
Apr 2, 2009 3:27 am
Volo Bog State Natural Area Presents: Wind Power & Wildlife with Keith Shank, Illinois Department of Natural Resources Endangered Species Consultant Saturday,...
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Urs Geiser
ugeiser
Apr 2, 2009 3:52 am
The Corpus Christi, TX, hawk watch has also been reporting hundreds of Swainson's Hawks over the last week or so. Urs Geiser (ugeiser AT xnet DOT com) ...
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Ralph Eiseman
ralpheiseman
Apr 2, 2009 11:38 am
Tuesday, April 7, 7:00 PM, Heller Nature Center, Highland Park. Bringing Back Hennepin and Hopper Lakes A Model for Wetland Restoration. Gary Sullivan, Senior...
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Robert Hughes
scandiaca63
Apr 2, 2009 1:39 pm
Some of the birds seen at Montrose this morning: White-winged Scoter - 18 Ring-necked Duck - 1 Northern Shoveler - 4 Blue-winged Teal - 3 Caspian Tern - 3 ...
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douglas stotz
douglasstotz
Apr 2, 2009 3:11 pm
I spent about 30 minutes doing a lakewatch at Oakwood and lake Michigan this morning (Oakwood is the exit off Lakeshore Drive between 31st and 47th, so roughly...
