Greetings, The Surf Scoter was still at Montrose although it was by the hook today along with a small flock of Lesser Scaups. Eventually the Scoter flew to the...
Hello IBETTERS, Went out for a brief time to Lake Springfield, the lake is pretty iced in, concentrating the waterfowl and gulls to the north, less frozen end....
On Friday we had 23 Red-winged Blackbirds, 2 Cowbirds and 5 Grackles at our feeder. These were the first Grackles we have seen this winter. The Swamp Sparrow...
Well, this afternoon felt just about tropical until I got out on the lake. Most of the waterfowl were too far out to be recognized by someone without adequate...
Today at Starved Rock we had two Lesser-black Backed Gulls, a Thayers Gull, A bunch or Herring and Ring-billed Gulls, Common Goldeneyes, Common Mergansers,...
Hi Everyone, 12 birders joined us for the DBC field trip today, with temps getting very nice after a chilly start. We drove the roads looking for field birds...
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Robert Hughes
rhughes.enteract@...
Feb 2, 2004 12:14 am
There haven't been any reports from North Point Marina lately so I decided to go up there today and have a look around. There were thousands of gulls on the...
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Karen Forcum
tkforcum@...
Feb 2, 2004 1:09 am
We are contemplating a birding trip in May and want to inquire if that is a good time or not to go to Florida. The birds we have not seen are south from Miami...
Have any of our Wisconsin friends noticed a decreased number of Rough-legged Hawks in their areas? There were 8 at Paul Douglas in my viewing location today. ...
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Richard Hickson
rhickson@...
Feb 2, 2004 3:27 am
Hi everyone I was relating my experience of the Rough Legged Hawks at Midewin to my wife, and she mentioned she saw a couple of dark birds at Greene Valley ...
There have been numerous sightings of Rough-legged Hawks in NE Illinois over the past week or so. Some of these sightings have been multiple in number, for...
This afternoon these two gulls were seen at Starved Rock Lock & Dam by John and Cindy McKee and myself. Gull 1 This gull looked like a Lesser Black-backed...
Briefly visited Lock & Dam #13 near Fulton (Whiteside County) at Saturday around 4pm. Counted 50 Bald Eagles in the air when we arrived. At least 20 more...
We observed another Rough-legged perched on the west side of I-355 just south of Boughton Road this afternoon. This in addition to the 4 at Greene Valley and...
Yesterday (Feb. 1) I took a long slow walk through the bluffs area at Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve in DuPage County. No bobcat tracks (my main goal), but ...
The following report is from Kevin Richmond: Report from Starved Rock Lock and Dam (in LaSalle Co.) for Sunday, February 1st: A second-year CALIFORNIA GULL was...
It sure sounded like a number of birders had a pretty decent January! Here's a sneak preview of the new format of the Big Month list: the top section will have...
I was in the East Alton (Madison County)area to see the Red Polls Sunday. There were still 3 attending the feeders. Afterward, I took a little side trip to...
OOps! Reference previous post ......hovering Rough-leg Hawks...
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Karen Forcum
tkforcum@...
Feb 2, 2004 7:05 pm
In the middle of sleet this morning, we had a Brown Thrasher coming to the feeders. I do not think I have ever recorded a wintering Brown Thrasher before in...
I was going to make a post regarding the current Rough-legged Hawk explosion in ne. IL, but Vic Berardi covered the specific feelings I had. That is, the...
Geoff and I had three Rough-legged Hawks along I-80 on Jan. 31 in the afternoon when we were returning from leading the COS Starved Rock field trip. Two birds...
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Cohrs, Scott
Scott.Cohrs@...
Feb 2, 2004 9:15 pm
Sorry for the late post.... Though the numbers are less than at Starved Rock, gull variety at the dam in Geneva continues to be impressive. On Saturday,...
... DuPage County, Illinois RBA for February 2, 2004 Date: February 2, 2004 Location: DuPage County, Illinois Number: 630-406-8111 Coverage: Western suburbs of...
Eric said, "Just for the record, I have down as the record winter concentration of this species in ne. IL being 7 birds prior to this historic invasion." Are...
I had an adult male Common Redpoll at my thistle feeder late this morning. Unfortunately, it only stayed a short time and never returned today. It was an...
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judymellin
judymellin@...
Feb 3, 2004 12:06 am
I usually don't post the birds of prey at Poplar Creek (Hoffman Estates, Cook County) because I am very protective of "my" birds but, since everyone seems to...
