A late afternoon walk on Friday produced a total of 30 species. 10 of these were warblers. The YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER is a first for Lake Arlington bringing...
Keith McMUllen just called to report that Mark Seifert (sorry is misspelled) and Keith just saw 4 rosette spoonbills in the vacinity of the location described...
Hello all, Someone on the Wisconsin listserve posted that they had a Western Kingbird in Stephenson County yesterday. I included the original post in the IL...
Hey all, Just got a call from Keith McMullen...Mark Seiffert just found an imm. WHITE IBIS at E. Cape Girardeau. See the post on the IL Birder's Forum: ...
6 Sept 08 - Dick Paulson and/or I saw the following birds unless otherwise noted at Montrose Point this morning (9/6/08). Warblers were present in good...
Added to Sulli's list: American Pipit (first-of-year, finally!) on the shorebird beach Ovenbird Cooper's Hawk Northern Waterthrush was also reported by Sue...
The Red Bat was in a tree by the hedge and of course in the shady part of the tree. Not great shots but O K. http://www.flickr.com/photos/14630574@N08/ Paul...
Hi all, All the goodies at Montrose moved on, but more warblers moved in, Nashville was a new fall bird for me and no one mentioned the Mourning hanging in the...
At Waukegan Beach this afternoon were.. 3 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER 7 SANDERLING Before heading out to Waukegan Beach I called the non emergency police number to be...
Matthew Cvetas and I birded the L.Calumet area of SE Chicago & adjacent suburbs from 11:20am - 1:00pm on Saturday (9-6-08). Here are some of the birds we ...
Hi all, I spent a few hours of this gorgeous morning birding the North Chinquapin Preserve. The bluff was teeming with foraging migrants. The highlight was a...
Hello, IBETers The DuPage Birding Club's next meeting is Thursday, September 11 at 7:30PM (please come to socialize at 7:00). Our speaker is Vic Berardi,...
A Red Knot was present at the stateline beach in North Point Marina from 4.30pm to 5.30pm this Saturday afternoon. The bird was still present feeding on the...
More Osprey along with several early season Red-tailed Hawks migrated through today at the Illinois Beach State Park Hawk Watch. Winds were westerly...
I had quite a day with Andy Sigler,Mark Seiffert and Keith McMullen. Of note: 4 Roseate Spoonbills off of Route 3 in Union Co.,Marbled Godwit in pool off of...
Some time ago Rena Cohen invited me to lead a Montrose Point field trip for Lake-Cook Audubon (http://www.lakecookaudubon.org/), and today -- Saturday, 6 Sept...
Since I haven't visited the sod farm areas of Kankakee County's Momence area, I decided to head down there this late morning. Small fluddles caused by the...
Hi Friends, Today's trip on the West side was quiet, only a lone E. bluebird calling a whiny call. The GC flycatcher was bright yellow in the sun and the scope...
Saturday afternoon Silver Springs State Park had these birds of interest. 7 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Warbling Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 4 Tennessee Warbler 1 Nashville...
There is a stream of SWAINSON'S THRUSHES passing over Chris's and my house right now (6:00am, Sunday, 7 Sep 2008). I'm hearing about two to three calls per...
20 birders of all skill levels turned out for a morning walk at Cantigny yesterday. The walk, led by Jeff Chapman of the DuPage Birding Club, marked the start...
Today at 10:30 a.m. a RED KNOT was just north of the pier on the beach at Waukegan Beach. As I was getting my camera ready to digiscope it, a man on a...
I took a walk around Greene Valley F.P. (DuPage Co.) this morning to look for warblers etc. I found a promising looking but distant flock near the pond in the...
Here's my list of 57 species of birds Christine and I saw at Montrose Point in Chicago's Lincoln Park this morning (Sunday, 7 September 2008). Some of the...
Sue and I birded the Palos area this morning. There were various warblers at McLaughry Springs in Palos and Turtlehead Lake on Harlem and 135th. Warblers...
The local shorebirding scene has become so dismal that I have all but given up on that endeavor. Trying to make the best of a bad situation, I went to...
In addition to the birds mentioned by Geoff, I had Philadelphia and Yellow-throated Vireos and at least 2 Blackburnian Warblers at Montrose this morning. ...
I went out to the Salt Creek Bike Path through Bob Mann Woods (south of 31st, between Brainard and Wolf) this morning from 7 to 10:30AM. It was extremely...
I went out to North Point Marina this afternoon, deciding to look among the boats for potential vagrants perhaps resting on the docks after being blown up here...
hello everyone My question Which common passerines of Cook County have Blue Legs John Duran Berwyn Cook County [Non-text portions of this message have been...
