1 March 2005 Dear fellow Ibeters -- I am doing research on this year's "delayed- assuming it happens at all- northern owl invasion into Illinois" for a...
... DuPage County, Illinois RBA for March 1, 2005 Date: March 1, 2005 Location: DuPage County, Illinois Number: 630-406-8111 Coverage: Western suburbs of...
Answers to the latest IOS Photo Quiz are now up. A new quiz will be posted in a week. http://www.illinoisbirds.org/photo_quiz.html Robert Hughes Chicago,...
Hi Fellow IBETers. I hope this post doesn't break the rules. Whooping Cranes do migrate through Illinois so I think it qualifies. Forgive me if not. Heather...
Heather Ray from Operation Migration reports that the CBS-produced story featuring the Ultralight-Guided Whooping Crane Migration will air tomorrow night,...
Dear birders: This afternoon I stopped at Diversey and the River, North Pond, and Montrose. On the river there was: Mute Swan - 1 immature Common Goldeneye -...
Hey folks, spring is here, according to IOS and Meadowlark anyway! We have a great person doing the Spring 2005 Field Notes and I wanted to remind you to send...
I have a spare shrink wrapped copy of the new 'Birders Guide to SE Arizona'. If anyone in downtown Chicago needs a discounted copy then please contact me...
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james landing
j.landing@...
Mar 2, 2005 2:26 am
IBETters, March comes in like ................... A little perambulation today. I visited Meigs Field and looked in vain for Snowy Owls. The harbor had large...
Several posters including me saw Sandhill Cranes heading WNW across parts of DuPage County IL on Sunday Feb 27 around 12:30 pm. Just wondering if anyone might...
Our thistle feeder is very popular in recent days. I topped it off on Sunday and Monday night it was near empty. Lots of gold finches and other birds. Spring...
Todays Sun-Times Sports Section, pae 127,has a very nice article on Dave Johnson and Joel Greenberg. It covers their recent quest for a Great Gray Owl in...
Here is the direct link to Dale Bowman's column in the Sun-Times today. http://www.suntimes.com/output/outdoors/cst-spt-out02.html Great adventure, guys! Alan ...
Hi all, Does anyone out there know, or know how I could find out, who owns the wetland directly behind (west of) the Palos West Elementary School just...
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james landing
j.landing@...
Mar 2, 2005 11:32 pm
IBETters, The "Volunteers at Montrose Point" will open their work season for 2005 on Saturday, March 5. The work days are held the first Saturday of each month...
Eagle Optics Day: Chicago Audubon Society free open house and workshop on birding optics, North Park Village Nature Center, 5801 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago, ...
IBET and friends-- Here are some suggested guidelines for submitting summaries of your bird sightings this spring to Meadowlark. SHORT SUMMARIES OF HIGHLIGHTS....
Hello everyone, Since the post on IBET indicating that I'm the SPRING Field Notes compiler, I've received Winter Field Notes from different individuals. I...
Dear friends, Just to clarify. Kelly McKay is our winter field notes compiler for Meadowlark, IOS, and a terrific one at that! The winter fields notes are due ...
Just a reminder, contact information for Travis Mahan and the other Field Notes compilers can be found on the IOS Web site, URL below. Scroll to the bottom of...
It has been fun over the past week to watch the variety of birds that have been visiting our Sugar Maple tree - which is absolutely dripping with sap this year...
Today really feels like spring here, with the red winged blackbirds calling and the mourning doves doing their display flights and the cardinals sparring. My...
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james landing
j.landing@...
Mar 4, 2005 6:33 pm
IBETters, Two stories. Memories. About 1982 I had some cards printed up and passed them out to active birders at Montrose Point. They read. "Member Chicago...
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James Hoyt
jwhoyt@...
Mar 4, 2005 6:43 pm
IBET, Thanks to Eric for reminding me about an old maple that we used to have in Champaign. It also had a feeder. Now I remember why we used to get brown...
On Wednesday morning March 2, there was an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL among the gulls near the fishhook pier at Montrose Point. Montrose Point is in...
On Thursday (March 3) I spotted a roosting COOPER'S HAWK on the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) campus on my way back from teaching class. What was...
COOPER'S HAWK - Thursday, March 3rd, exited my back door only to flush an adult Cooper's Hawk that was just finishind a tasty mid-afternoon snack, i.e....
After work I checked out Rock Cut State Park between 3:30 and 4:00. Sightings on Pierce Lake: Mallards, Canada Geese, Herring Gull, Ring-Billed Gull, American...
