Hey everybody, So tonight, we will be seeing less migration because of unfavorable westerly winds in much of the state (http://hint.fm/wind/). There's even ...
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adkanp2012
1:43 am
This past weekend we were on our way home from upstate NY and stopped at a rest area in Indiana. As we came back out to our Jeep, we saw a sparrow jumping up...
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Hockman John
johnhockman2003
1:42 am
The Evanston North Shore Bird Club has a half-day trip to the Palos area including Swallow Cliff Woods this Saturday, May 25. Target birds include Hooded,...
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bissbirds@...
bissbirds
1:26 am
I had a great look at a singing male Orchard Oriole today about noon in the fence at the end of Sea-horse drive, just before it turns south. The only...
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Steve Spitzer
steven0703
12:35 am
Hi Birders, A few pictures of morning birds from Montrose, and morning and afternoon birds at Loyola, can be seen at the link. ...
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Sebastian Patti
sebastianpatti
12:33 am
the amazing thing about a li'l beast like this (at least to me) is that it displays such an aversion to fight, and then, when flushed, "flies" with great...
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Josh Engel
jengel5230
May 22, 2013 9:57 pm
Here's a link to the Black Rail specimen photos on my Field Museum blog: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/josh-engel/blog/black-rail Enjoy! Josh ...
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Josh Engel
jengel5230
May 22, 2013 8:20 pm
The rarest window casualties that have come in to the Field Museum are Black Rail (4), Yellow Rail (3), Brewer's Sparrow, Lark Bunting, Painted Bunting (2),...
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Hal Cohen
raptorhal
May 22, 2013 8:19 pm
Spent some time on Wooded Island today with a photographer from the Chicago Tribune. He was taking photo's of some of tree's cut down near the Darrow Bridge....
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Al Stokie
al.stokie...
May 22, 2013 7:56 pm
Hello Bird People, Dave Johnson has already posted about most of the shorebirds seen this a.m. at Montrose by Dave, Ira S. & I. But if anyone is interested in...
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Joan N
NorekJ@...
May 22, 2013 7:03 pm
Clarification of my comment "19 warbler species this morning at NP despite looking at far from all of them" -- it is unlikely that Geoff missed any warblers...
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Joan N
NorekJ@...
May 22, 2013 6:50 pm
Mason, It was not seen on Geoff's Wed. a.m. walk, but we had a steady rain throughout most of the walk. Further, none of a number of people I know who birded...
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KENNETH R. WYSOCKI
krw19722003
May 22, 2013 6:48 pm
OK so what is the "rarest" window kill the Field has gotten? Maybe the database could provide a top ten list, or a list of the species with five or less...
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Michelle Devlin
michelledevlin
May 22, 2013 6:36 pm
I went back to Montrose with Mike Ferguson and ran into John and Leslie. We saw a Franklins Gull - only stayed about 5 minutes 2 Ruddy Turnstones 1 Sanderlings...
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Jeff Skrentny
skrentny.jeff
May 22, 2013 5:33 pm
Watched an adult Yellow-crowned Night-Heron fly in from south of the Burnham Prairie Marsh, it perched for 3 mins for photos on large dead snag on north of...
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Josh Engel
jengel5230
May 22, 2013 4:43 pm
A Black Rail was picked up this morning in downtown Chicago by Chicago Bird Collision Monitors volunteer Dave Stagman and brought to the museum by Annette...
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bik_horus
May 22, 2013 4:21 pm
I birded Jackson Park yesterday covering Wooded Island/Bobolink Meadow, the north golf course, the inner harbor area and the outer harbor/LaRabida area. There...
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Illinois Birders'...
greg_neise
May 22, 2013 4:01 pm
A new topic, 'WHITE-TAILED KITE - Lake County', has been made on a board you are watching. You can see it at ...
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Tom Terrien
tinkandtom...
May 22, 2013 3:59 pm
Hello Ibetors, Today at 7AM Tom and I met Bill Saylor at Daniel Wright Woods to take up Bill's search for the HOODED Warbler seen there recently. After...
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Michelle Devlin
michelledevlin
May 22, 2013 3:37 pm
Sorry, I had been told of Plover. It was actually 2 Dunlin. That's all. Sent from my iPhone Michelle Devlin ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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mcvetas
May 22, 2013 2:38 pm
As of 9:30AM, word is only the Black-bellied Plovers remain. Matthew Cvetas Evanston, IL...
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lpz_uwi
May 22, 2013 2:32 pm
Hi all, We have completed what the Walter's (authors of Wild Birds in City Parks) deemed the "height of migration" As such we have added to the figure that...
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Jackie
remnant203
May 22, 2013 2:03 pm
Thanks for this report Dave! We are seriously considering making the drive in for a Red Knot lifer, after an appointment this morning. We would appreciate any...
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Eric Lundquist
brewbird1
May 22, 2013 1:35 pm
All- Eric brings up an interesting observation about the Swainson's Warbler. While I was there, there was only one time that the male moved to a...
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David Johnson
davidbrucejo...
May 22, 2013 12:57 pm
Fellow Ibeters, Al Stokie, Ira Sanders and I are on a Whimbrel, a Red Knot and 14 Short-billed Dowitchers, 10 Black-bellied Plovers, 3 Dunlin. 5 Black Terns, a...
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ericwalt40
May 22, 2013 4:41 am
A had a few interesting sightings/experiences last Thur-Sat while birding in C. IL: Spring Lake Bottoms (Tazewell Co.) Black-necked Stilt on a nest! I noticed...
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Nick Minor
nmbirder
May 22, 2013 3:56 am
Hey all, After a day of ebb, migration is back again tonight. With the exception of some areas in NW IL where a cold front from the NW is confusing the winds a...
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Yellowstart5
May 22, 2013 3:23 am
hello ibetors-- my brother and I tried 2 locations today. middlefork Wilson's warbler--1 yellowthroat --4 sora --1 wood duck --3 spotted...
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Steve Spitzer
steven0703
May 22, 2013 2:32 am
HI Birders, Link is to a few pictures of Dunlin from Montrose, a backyard warbler and flycatcher from the channel, and a few more. It was a low key day as...
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Michael Baum
sixfootwarbler
May 22, 2013 2:26 am
The AVOCET I found this AM was still present at 7:20 PM at the Annawan cattle farm. Late this afternoon I found 2 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 16 BLACK-BELLIED...
