20+ Smith's Longspur were seen at the Curtis Rd. location (Curtis just west of Staley, Champaign) by Jeff Sundberg, Kris Sundberg and me. Two of them ...
Earlier this week I looked out my feeders to see 3 male Indigo Buntings at the thistle feeders. A first for my yard. Still have several pine siskins vying with...
Now that i'm back, here is the totals from this morning at Waukegan Beach and pine ... TRI-COLORED HERON-flew in after it was spooked by a GREATER YELLOWLEGS....
Both Egrets were seen between 745 and 815 am by Bruce and myself in South Pond where the 50 or so Black-crowned Night Herons are nesting, easily viewed from...
Some of the birds I saw at Montrose this morning: Forster's Tern - 1 Marsh Wren - 4 Sedge Wren - 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 7 American Pipit - 1 Eastern Towhee...
Hi friends, Yesterday at my Mom's house in Kankakee, a Summer tanager landed just outside her kitchen windo. It was red with flecks of yellow on the sides. I...
Have a male rose breasted grosbeak visiting and still have pine siskins at my feeders. I've put out the oriole and hummingbird feeders but haven't seen the...
Dear birders: Two Cattle Egrets were still at the South Pond, at Lincoln Park Zoo, at about 8:45 this morning. Craig & Barb Thayer had seen them earlier in...
IBETers, A very brief note to pass on that Dave Willard saw a Western Tanager (I can't remember what plumage) this morning on the south side of McCormick...
I agree with Bob. It did not seem like May as sparrows far out-numbered warblers. There were two Willets on the beach. I ended up with ten sparrow species,...
I heard an unfamiliar sounding bird song: three clear whistled notes, followed by two "buzzier" notes (sort of like "fitz fitz"). This song was repeated...
IBETers, I had no luck turning up the tanager anywhere near McCormick Place. I suppose it could be anywhere along the lake front north of McCormick now. Nick...
Hello Ibeters; I apparently just missed the Cattle Egrets at the South Pond in Lincoln Park at 9:30am. They were not there. But after getting a cup of coffee,...
Carol Schoeck just called me and asked me to post. She had 4 Cattle Egrets in the flooded area adjacent to Parking Lot 19 on the west side of the Arb around...
I went looking for the egrets at noon, and finally, they were very visible...right at the south end of the southbound entrance ramp from Fullerton onto Lake...
Went to McClaughry Springs Woods today in spite of the cloudy weather and got some pictures of a Northern Parula and a Yellow Throated Vireo. They were by the...
Hi IBETers, Have Chipping & White-Crowned sparrows at my feeders right now, but wondering if this new visitor is a Clay-colored sparrow? If you can help ID,...
Clay-colored for sure. Nice find! Michael L. P. Retter ... W. Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., IN mlretter AT yahoo.com home: 765.838.3152 cell: 309.824.7317 ...
The LARK SPARROW mentioned in an earlier post has been found for three days now at Elsen's Hill, West DuPage Woods Forest Preserve in Winfield. Go on the...
Dear IBETers, On my drive home along Lake Shore Drive, I stayed in the far right lane hoping for a glimpse on the two Cattle Egrets at 55MPH. YES! They were...
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Dear IBET'ers, Birds in Sangamon County -- late April, 2009: Little Blue Heron -- April 24 Snowy Egret (2) -- April 27 Cattle Egret (17) -- April 30 Green...
Vern Kleen and Tara Beveroth wanted me to post one more time that they still need a compiler for the Ford and Clark County Spring Bird Counts. Clark County...
Hi Can someone tell me how to edit my emails in this mailbox? When I was gone for 5 days I had 250 . I went to the home page?? for this group I think- , but...
Liz Copeland
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Today at Gompers Park along the Chicago River there were nine warbler species with YELLOW-RUMPED and PALM WARBLERS the most abundant. Also in full force were...
I still have 2 pine siskins at my feeder in Mundelein (Lake Cty). Other good yard birds today (5/1) were yellow warbler and Lincoln's sparrow. Bill Saylor ...
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