Hi This morning I packed my camera and binoculars and went to Fort Sheridan in Highland Park. I only discovered that place a couple of days ago; today it was...
I spend the day at my grandparents' house in Henry County. They have an OREGON JUNCO living there. On the small lakes in Woodhull I saw CANADA, CACKLING,...
A large Redpoll flock was around the Woodfield Office area shortly before 11 a.m. but since I initially hesitated entering a possibly private residential...
Christine and I were at Montrose Point (Chicago's Lincoln Park) around noon on Thanksgiving. We did not see many of the birds others have mentioned, but we...
I saw the Loon yesterday (11-21-2012), and went back today (11-22-2012) and photographed it. It is staying in the basin right off Nelson Park and Lost Bridge...
Hello Bird People, This is not a regular report since all I did for 3 1/2 hours at the CBG was sort through flocks of Redpolls looking for possible Hoary's....
I birded Jackson Park this morning, including Wooded Island, Bobolink Meadow, 63rd St. Beach, the outer and inner harbors and parts of the golf courses....
Hi friends, My pal Larry Corn, a real Scotsman, called me to say his folks had a huge bird eating his deer carcass in their backyard here. The family Dachsund...
I am glad to see that Michael Retterer has brought up the topic of Cackling Geese in Illinois. I think this is going to be very interesting topic this year as...
A Short-eared Owl was flying around the dunes at Montrose this morning. I also had a couple Lapland Lonspurs in the dunes. I saw nothing else of note. Robert...
Yellow Rumped Warbler http://theearlybirder.com/warblers/yr-warbler/index.htm more fall shots added Only one Warbler update after this. Rob Curtis Chicago ...
I birded Montrose and North Pond today and saw the following: Montrose: redpoll tree sparrow junco cooper's hawk house finch gold finch robin black-capped...
The program at the Evanston North Shore Bird Club's meeting on Tuesday, November 27, will be "Dragonflies & Damselflies of Chicagoland: A Macro-Photographic...
People have begun to add information about the upcoming Christmas counts at IBF: http://bit.ly/QviV4x If you are a compiler or help manage a count, please add...
Saw this guy roadside in Riverdale on my way home from work. He has some type of small bird in his talons. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hard-rain/ Brian Tang ...
Hiked around Crabtree this afternoon. Highlights included a flock of 35 Sandhill Cranes just down the road from the Crabtree entrance and great looks at a...
Maybe not a big thing but in 30 years, this is the first time I had a Titmouse at my feeder, hope it comes back, I just bought 80 pounds of oilers. ;-) Sue...
Hi all, Andy Sigler and I putzed about Henderson and Warren yesterday, and found a few decent birds including Red Crossbill and Ross' Goose. Details and a few...
Yesterday I went with the Tuesday Birders to Techny Basin to look for Le Conte's Sparrows. Joan Bruchman had seen them there a few days ago. The group did see...
Confident we saw the HOARY REDPOLL at the birch trees immediately adjacent to and NW of the Regenstein building of the Chicago Botanic Garden at 10:45 this...
Saw two flocks of sandhill cranes yesterday - about 100 each. Tufted Titmouse continues to hit the feeder - wonder if he'll stay around all winter. Two RB...
Hi all, I meant to post this here last month and forgot ... but Jerry Goldner's post about the Nat Geo web site, which contains a broken link, jogged my...
Hi all, On our morning walk through the Kankakee Riverview neighborhood we came across one of two Sweet Gum trees I'm aware of in this area. Remembering Steve...
Photographer Tim Laman and ornithologist Ed Scholes have spent the better part of a decade sleeping in tents and dangling from the rain forest canopy to...
Seen in Palos 12-3-2003. Photo was taken at about 5 feet! Take that bird off your Cook County list! http://www.ilbirds.com/index.php?topic=51929.0 Wes Serafin...
A NORTHERN SHRIKE was perched at the top of a small tree along the Burnham Greenway bicycle path where it spans between Wolf Lake & Eggers Woods at about...
Hello, all. Does any of you have photos of Monk Parakeets taken in the Chicago area that you'd like to see reproduced in an ABA publication? In particular,...
Hello Bird People, Took a day off from birding to do yard work yesterday & perhaps I should have done the same today. Except for Pine Siskins & Redpolls...
