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15 Mar IBET Harris' Sparrow [David Antieau ] 15 Mar IBET Harris Sparrow ["Nathan" ] 15 Mar IBET Skokie Lagoons Migrants [Mary lou Mellon ] 15 Mar IBET Pheasant on the Westside [Luis Muoz ] 15 Mar IBET Green River (No Sightings) ["ollie085" ] 15 Mar RE: IBET Harris Sparrow - ["Craig Taylor" ] 15 Mar Re: IBET NO SIGHTING: Lake Springfield Snow Geese [Jane Ward ] 15 Mar IBET Peregrine Falcon Photos Grundy/Will Co. ["rattlinantler" ] 15 Mar IBET Cantigny Wild Turkeys? NO SIGHTINGS ["Jen Day" ] 15 Mar IBET Harris Sparrow - [dawn smith ] 15 Mar IBET AM. white pelicans flying southwest over Randolph Co. ["Rhonda \(Monroe\) Rothrock" ] 15 Mar IBET Legion Park, Chicago on Sunday, and question about coyote 'decoys' [] 15 Mar IBET Northwestern University 3/13 ["nelsopa" ] 14 Mar Re: IBET Clinton Lake with a Paridae Hybrid; De Witt Co; 03/12/10 ["B.G. Sloan" ] 14 Mar IBET North Pond Hooded Merganser [Steve Spitzer ] 15 Mar IBET North Park Village Eastern Bluebird & Brown Creeper ["Robert" ] 14 Mar IBET Harris's sparrow photo link [Dawn ] 14 Mar IBET Harris's sparrow [Dawn ] 14 Mar IBET Kankakee Region: 3/12-14/2010 [Jed Hertz ] 14 Mar IBET lake county lakefront 3/14 am [Beau Schaefer ] 14 Mar IBET Article on White Pelicans arriving in northern Illinois in April. [Christopher Cudworth ] 14 Mar IBET royal visit [Kevin Richmond ] 14 Mar IBET Thatcher Woods--Eastern Bluebirds [Puck ] 14 Mar IBET Rollins Savanna Meadowlarks Sunday pm ["Amy" ] 14 Mar IBET: Kendall County Sunday ["Darrell Shambaugh" ] 14 Mar IBET Sunday "Car Birding" Lake Co. -IP Grove, 45&Winchester Lake and Almond Marsh ["tvlewin AT sbcglobal.net" ] 14 Mar IBET North Pond,, Chicago ["chession07" ] 14 Mar IBET: northwest Winnebago Co. on Sunday ["Daniel & Barbara Williams" ] 14 Mar IBET Rosehill - Bluebirds and Woodcock ["michelledevlin" ] 14 Mar IBET Last week's Surf Scoter ["Dennis" ] 14 Mar IBET Shrike NPM/Snipe Rollins Sunday a.m. [Jim Solum ] 14 Mar IBET Snow Geese at Emiquon, Fulton County Thurs Mar 12 [Jane Ward ] 14 Mar Re: IBET Playing Robins; Migrating Robins 300+ [] 14 Mar IBET European Goldfinches in Lake County [Peter Bullock ] 14 Mar IBET Canon Camera Folks might like this ad - ( No Sighting ) ["Kep" ] 14 Mar IBET Playing Robins ["grandparob11" ] 14 Mar IBET Des Plaines, Glenview area preserves on Saturday [] 14 Mar IBET Huntley, McHenry County, Greater White-fronted and Cackling Goose, 3-13-09 ["samburckhardt" ] 14 Mar IBET Iceland Gull in Illinois? (No sightings) ["Amar" ] 14 Mar IBET Displaying American Woodcock at the Air Station Prairie 13Mar10 [Sulli Gibson ] 14 Mar IBET Montrose Horned Grebe and EC Dove ["Michal" ] 14 Mar IBET Re: North Pond Buffleheads ["Michal" ] 13 Mar IBET NO SIGHTING: Lake Springfield Snow Geese ["John CAVITT" ] 13 Mar IBET western lake county meanderings [Beau Schaefer ] 13 Mar IBET Whiteside Co. 13 Mar [douglas stotz ] 13 Mar IBET: DeKalb County birds ["Darrell Shambaugh" ] 13 Mar IBET NE Cook County 13Mar10 [Sulli Gibson ] 13 Mar IBET: Northern Shrike~Winnebago County ["John" ] 13 Mar IBET Fermi Lab and Montrose - March 13 [David Antieau ] 13 Mar Re: IBET test photo of Henslow's sparrow - NO SIGHTING [Christopher Cudworth ] 13 Mar IBET test photo of Henslow's sparrow - NO SIGHTING ["Dennis" ] 13 Mar RE: IBET Black Vulture in Winnebago County ["Craig Taylor" ] 13 Mar IBET Rosehill Cemetery Canvasback ["michelledevlin" ] 13 Mar IBET Black Vulture in Winnebago County ["Larry Balch" ] 13 Mar IBET bird webcams ["godnabb AT prodigy.net" ] 13 Mar IBET Central Kane County ["timbalassie" ] 13 Mar IBET North Pond Buffleheads [] 13 Mar IBET barnacle goose (relayed sighting) [Dale Bowman ] 13 Mar IBET Various Stops In Kane Will & DuPage Counties ["YeanetteJ" ] 13 Mar IBET Evanston James Park - Sandhill Cranes ["mcvetas" ] 13 Mar IBET Clinton Lake with a Paridae Hybrid; De Witt Co; 03/12/10 ["prairie oak" ] 13 Mar IBET hawks today ["bissbirds AT juno.com" ] 13 Mar IBET Backyard Birds Bradley, IL ["seaglass3716" ] 12 Mar IBET North Pond adds a Greater scaup [] 12 Mar IBET Lake County sightings/ice status [Jim Solum ] 12 Mar Re: IBET Whalon Lake (Will County) waterfowl ["mmadsen48" ] 12 Mar IBET Great Horned Owl on nest ["Steve" ] 12 Mar IBET Rosehill Cemetery and Chicago river - some FOY birds ["michelledevlin" ] 12 Mar IBET Bluebirds at Irons Oaks in Olympia Fields ["lmaeberry" ] 12 Mar Re: IBET Whalon Lake (Will County) waterfowl [Jeff Smith ] 12 Mar IBET hawks migrating today. ["bissbirds AT juno.com" ] 12 Mar IBET Female red winged Blackbird ["Janice" ] 12 Mar IBET Montrose (Chicago lakefront) - March 12 [David Antieau ] 12 Mar IBET no sighting: The Big Year-the movie, starting Steve Martin ["Rhonda \(Monroe\) Rothrock" ] 12 Mar IBET S. IL new arrivals ["Mcmullen, Keith A MVS" ] 12 Mar Re: IBET North Pond (Lincoln Park, Chgo) ["Michael L. Peters" ] Subject: IBET Harris' Sparrow From: David Antieau <dkantieau AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:50:17 -0700 (PDT) Dear birders, A big thanks to Dawn Smith (and her family) for allowing us to enter her yard and see this beautiful bird! I should have posted earlier, but I was somewhat undone when I found out that today's fiery crash, in Chicago, took the life of a young man I have known for many years. I found this out, by cell phone, about 15 minutes after seeing the Harris' Sparrow, so that took a lot of the joy out of the sighting for me. I waited in Dawn's yard 25 minutes before seeing the bird at about 10:45 a.m. It "appeared" high in the tree beyond the telephone pole on the northeast corner of Dawn's yard. It's possible it was there the entire time. The reason I say this is that when the bird moved just a few inches and turned its back on me, I had a hard time relocating it. It did this twice. Now this problem may be just a function of my color-blindedness, but maybe not. So, if Dawn keeps her invitation open, and you go to look for this bird and don't find it on the ground, it's possible that it's high in the same tree. With its back to you, it could take some work to find it. After I had been observing the sparrow for about ten minutes, on and off, it dropped down into the east side tree with feeder and I had good looks for about 4 minutes before something scattered everything. I waited a couple more minutes, then left. I left the yard right about 11:00, so I must have just missed the next shift. I was surprised by the bird activity. 13 species. Next best was Fox Sparrow. Good luck with this sparrow, and give yourself a little time. For the birds, Dave Antieau dkantieau AT sbcglobal.net Chicago, Cook County [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET Harris Sparrow From: "Nathan" <kidrobot.dunny AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:17:56 -0000 Sorry for not replying to Dawn's post. It just didn't seem to be working, so this is the same bird in her yard. Today, my mom and I went to go and try to see the Harris Sparrow around 4:15. We were successful and had some good views of it for about 30 secnds before it disappeared into another neighbor's yard. We then waited for about 15-20 minutes, but it never came back. Thans, Dawn, for letting us see this amazing bird and to use your yard. Here is a link to the good photos that I managed to get: http://gallery.me.com/nathanrg/100129 Happily, Nathan Goldberg Cook County ChicagoSubject: IBET Skokie Lagoons Migrants From: Mary lou Mellon <marylou.mellon AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:52:42 -0500 Happy to report a couple of brown creepers and a golden-crowned kinglet at the meadow with the picnic shelter near Willow Road. Mary Lou Mellon Northbrook, IL Cook CountySubject: IBET Pheasant on the Westside From: Luis Muoz <malango AT rcn.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:02:29 -0400 Ibeters, Today there was a male Ringed-Necked Pheasant walking around Fillmore and Independence. It wasn't far from the train tracks. I'm assuming it's wandering around that corridor. It's been a while since I've seen one seen one on the westside of Chicago (mid to late '80s). Good birding all. Luis Muoz malango AT rcn.com Chicago [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET Green River (No Sightings) From: "ollie085" <ollie085 AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:31:32 -0000 Tonight the ILDNR is having an open house at Green River State Wildlife Area to discuss the possibility of conducting prescribed fires this spring. The last year the ILDNR burnt the preserve, a peat fire burnt for two weeks, using millions of gallons of water to put it out. Neighbors had smoke problems and it caused a severe accident when someone made a U-turn in the smoke. The opposition will likely be well represented. If you are interested and support natural areas management, please try to attend. The meeting is from 6-8 pm TONIGHT at the check station on Game Road. Pete Oliver Lee CountySubject: RE: IBET Harris Sparrow - From: "Craig Taylor" <tnemec1 AT ameritech.net> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:13:13 -0500 The Harris Sparrow was present for Karen Manfield and 2 friends at about 11:15 this AM. It returned for Tim Kuesel and I at around 12:15. Craig A. Taylor La Grange, Illinois Cook County "Behold the birds of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Matt. 6 : 26 -----Original Message----- From: ILbirds AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:ILbirds AT yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of dawn smith Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 9:59 AM To: ilbirds AT yahoogroups.com Subject: IBET Harris Sparrow - I am happy to share: My address is 1879 N. Burling - close to halsted and armitage (one way south off armitage) The house is on the left and set back a bit: the address is on the fence. Many people drive past it on their first visit. I will leave the north gate open - it's the best way to 'sneak up' on the birds. He's been hanging out along the east and south perimeter of the yard. Frankly, he's very easy to spot and the yard isn't that big. If he's there, you'll see him. Good luck to all. Dawn Smith [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.436 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2748 - Release Date: 03/15/10 07:33:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.436 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2748 - Release Date: 03/15/10 07:33:00Subject: Re: IBET NO SIGHTING: Lake Springfield Snow Geese From: Jane Ward <jward199 AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:14:45 -0500 That might explain where the Snow Geese were landing when Lake Thompson at Emiquon was frozen over. Here is an article about the geese with some good photos: http://www.sj-r.com/carousel/x203403899/Rest-stop In the article, Chris Young says "Snow geese have been making spring appearances at Lake Springfield for some time now." That is a lot of geese! On 3/13/10, John CAVITTSubject: IBET Peregrine Falcon Photos Grundy/Will Co. From: "rattlinantler" <rattlinantler AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:15:46 -0000 This morning I photographed a Peregrine Falcon in Mazonia Fish & Wildlife Area. The peregrine did have a red leg band but I was unable to read it. I observed the Falcon for 30+ minutes perched in a dead tree and then it flew off over the Braidwood Cooling Lake. To view the photos...click here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rattlinantler/4435750784/ Don Blecha Coal City Grundy Co. www.rattlinantler.comSubject: IBET Cantigny Wild Turkeys? NO SIGHTINGS From: "Jen Day" <royalskye06 AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:15:17 -0000 I was just wondering if the Wild Turkeys can still be found at Cantigny Park? Jennifer Day Woodridge, IL DuPage Co.Subject: IBET Harris Sparrow - From: dawn smith <mrssmith2 AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:59:15 +0000 (UTC) I am happy to share: My address is 1879 N. Burling - close to halsted and armitage (one way south off armitage) The house is on the left and set back a bit: the address is on the fence. Many people drive past it on their first visit. I will leave the north gate open - it's the best way to 'sneak up' on the birds. He's been hanging out along the east and south perimeter of the yard. Frankly, he's very easy to spot and the yard isn't that big. If he's there, you'll see him. Good luck to all. Dawn Smith [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET AM. white pelicans flying southwest over Randolph Co. From: "Rhonda \(Monroe\) Rothrock" <woodthrusheola8 AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:55:39 -0700 (PDT) Was nodding off in the back seat of the car (my hubby and mom were in the font
seat) going north up Rt. 5, a couple miles north out of Rockwood, when a flock
of white birds caught my attention. It was about 200 Am. white pelicans
flying southwest. As we were only a few miles north of the Mississippi River,
I suspect they were heading for the big river. Have seen them in a bend of
the Missisippi River about 10 miles south of Rockwood on different occasions.
Rhonda Rothrock
Pomona, Jackson County, IL
“ooh, ooh, stepped in pooh”
phonetic/mnemonic of Swainson's warbler song as per Bob Behrstock and the late
David Markley from 'On The Warblers of Texas'.
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Subject: IBET Legion Park, Chicago on Sunday, and question about coyote 'decoys'From: casresearch AT comcast.net Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:47:13 +0000 (UTC) On my way back from visiting a co-worker who is laid up for awhile after an injury, I stopped for a walk at Legion Park and vicinity in Chicago (North Shore Channel from Peterson to Foster and back again other side). Always nice to re-visit this area, which I birded for many years when I lived in the city around North Park U. Highlights included: - two pairs (many others in the vicinity) of ROCK PIGEON, under the Peterson Avenue bridge, that were courting and mating. One pair were touching bills when I first saw them, then walked in circles together for awhile and then mated, and then repeated the ritual a few other times. - one YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (heard a number of times, and saw once on my way back north on west side); probably one that over-wintered along the channel - female BELTED KINGFISHER - 3 COMMON GOLDENEYE (1 male, 2 female) - male AMERICAN KESTREL - RED-TAILED HAWK that stayed in the area east of the Northside College Prep High School and along the channel the entire time. It was harassed by both (up to 5) American Crows and a number of Common Grackles off and on. It perched on both the fence along the soccer field and in trees along the channel on the east side. Able to get a number of photos. - on the lawn of the Northside College Prep High School soccer field there were about 15 'coyote decoys'. This is the first time I've seen them there (other times I've birded there it wasn't soccer season). I assume this is to try and lessen the number of geese on the fields leaving their droppings, making for 'safer soccer' and less mess. There still were two geese and a couple of crows on the field regardless. Has anyone else seen businesses, schools or other spots use coyote decoys for this purpose before? Swans I've seen but not coyotes. Just wondering ... If you are a member of Facebook, you can see a few photos of these somewhat silly looking coyotes at http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/album.php?aid=17960&id=100000142162219 (or I can e-mail you a photo if you really want to see them!) Alan Alan Anderson, casresearch AT comcast.net , Des Plaines [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET Northwestern University 3/13 From: "nelsopa" <nelsopa AT earlham.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:30:35 -0000 Northwestern University 3/13 Hooded Mergansers, Common Mergansers, and a Great Black-backed Gull on the lagoon, and Horned Grebes on the lake, very close to the rip rap. Saw Wood Ducks here a week ago. Paul NelsonSubject: Re: IBET Clinton Lake with a Paridae Hybrid; De Witt Co; 03/12/10 From: "B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:05:22 -0700 (PDT) Here's another photo of the same sort of chickadee/titmouse hybrid that Matt Fraker photographed in central Illinois: http://www.wbu.com/chipperwoods/photos/hybridtt.htm (this one is from Indiana) Bernie Sloan --- On Fri, 3/12/10, prairie oakSubject: IBET North Pond Hooded Merganser From: Steve Spitzer <steven0703 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:02:30 -0700 (PDT) Hi Birders, An interesting pose by the quirky North Pond Hooded Merganser http://www.flickr.com/photos/happy_peasant/4433731958/ There are a few group shots of some of the other birds nearby if you care to look. with more coming. Besides all the North Pond Birds, Rosehill had a Canvasback and a Common Goldeneye this morning. Steve Spitzer Chicago,Cook [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET North Park Village Eastern Bluebird & Brown Creeper From: "Robert" <rkdx AT aol.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:23:14 -0000 An Eastern Bluebird landed on a tree branch right in front of me on the main loop near where it turns to go to the bridge. The Brown Creeper was running up the trees on the main loop near the bench in the woods. Brown Creepers are fairly common at North Park Village at this time of year. Feel free to visit, join & post to any of my Chicago nature photo groups on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/groups/montrosepoint/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/northpond/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/southpond/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/weberspur trail/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/chicagorailtrails/ Good birding Robert Kramer, aka: DrLenscap http://www.flickr.com/photos/drlenscap/Subject: IBET Harris's sparrow photo link From: Dawn <mrssmith2 AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:11:03 -0500 My friend, Bob Vogelzang, put up these photos of the Harris's sparrow that's been hanging around in my yard since Thursday. There are some great shots! I hope you enjoy them. http://www.flickr.com/photos/26527003 AT N06/sets/72157623622274006/ Now if I could just get him to put up the canvasback, wigeon, and merganser photos from today..... Dawn Smith mrssmith2 AT comcast.net chicago [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET Harris's sparrow From: Dawn <mrssmith2 AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:05:16 -0500 The Harris's sparrow was still in my yard off and on all day. He's been around since Thursday. Dawn Smith mrssmith2 AT comcast.net Chicago, Illinois [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET Kankakee Region: 3/12-14/2010 From: Jed Hertz <jhh_60910 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:39:42 -0700 (PDT) Hi all, The last three days I found 74 species in my survey area, including three FOY: oneTree Swallow at Willow Slough FWA, IN, two Eastern Phoebe at LeVasseur Park/Perry Farm(one giving "chip" call, the other "feebee"), and one Field Sparrow at mouth of Bourbonnais Creek Perry Farm. Also of interest, aMerlin powered by Sarah and I on our morning walk throughBeckman Park the other day - my 1st since Feb 5th, and three Eastern Towhee were heard at the entrance to Willow Slough FWA, Newton Co, IN on Saturday - my 1st since Jan 1st INWS CBC. BTW: Wild Turkey continueacrossthe river from Metro-Sewer in the open meadow area, as doestheRuby-crowned Kingletalong the Metro-sewerriver walk - singing this morning in the honeysuckle. Here'smy listwith earliest sightings and numbersshown: Anatidae 17 32 Canada Goose 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co 8 Wood Duck 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co 4 Gadwall 03/12/2010 IL, Whispering Willows Area, Kankakee Co 12 American Wigeon 03/12/2010 IL, Whispering Willows Area, Kankakee Co 11 Mallard 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co 4 Blue-winged Teal 03/12/2010 IL, Whispering Willows Area, Kankakee Co 68 Northern Shoveler 03/12/2010 IL, Whispering Willows Area, Kankakee Co 2 Northern Pintail 03/12/2010 IL, Whispering Willows Area, Kankakee Co 24 Green-winged Teal 03/12/2010 IL, Whispering Willows Area, Kankakee Co 6 Canvasback 03/13/2010 IN, Willow Slough FWA 4 Redhead 03/12/2010 IL, Whispering Willows Area, Kankakee Co 6 Ring-necked Duck 03/12/2010 IL, Whispering Willows Area, Kankakee Co 7 Lesser Scaup 03/12/2010 IL, Whispering Willows Area, Kankakee Co 2 Bufflehead 03/12/2010 IL, Whispering Willows Area, Kankakee Co 6 Common Goldeneye 03/13/2010 IN, Willow Slough FWA 8 Hooded Merganser 03/13/2010 IN, Willow Slough FWA 3 Common Merganser 03/14/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Phasianidae 1 1 Ring-necked Pheasant 03/12/2010 IL, Whispering Willows Area, Kankakee Co Melagrididae 1 1 Wild Turkey 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Podicipedidae 1 1 Pied-billed Grebe 03/13/2010 IN, Willow Slough FWA Ardeidae 1 1 Great Blue Heron 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Cathartidae 1 5 Turkey Vulture 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Accipitridae 6 1 Bald Eagle 03/13/2010 IN, Willow Slough FWA 1 Northern Harrier 03/14/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 03/13/2010 IN, Willow Slough FWA 1 Cooper's Hawk 03/12/2010 IL, Beckman Park, Kankakee, Kankakee Co 1 Red-tailed Hawk 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co 1 Rough-legged Hawk 03/13/2010 IN, Willow Slough FWA Falconidae 1 1 Merlin 03/12/2010 IL, Beckman Park, Kankakee, Kankakee Co Rallidae 1 150 American Coot 03/13/2010 IN, Willow Slough FWA Gruidae 1 4 Sandhill Crane 03/13/2010 IN, Willow Slough FWA Charadriidae 1 3 Killdeer 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Laridae 1 6 Ring-billed Gull 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Columbidae 2 32 Rock Pigeon 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co 8 Mourning Dove 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Strigidae 1 1 Great Horned Owl 03/14/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Cerylidae 1 1 Belted Kingfisher 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Picidae 5 1 Red-headed Woodpecker 03/13/2010 IN, Willow Slough FWA 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co 2 Downy Woodpecker 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co 1 Hairy Woodpecker 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co 2 Northern Flicker 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Tyrannidae 1 2 Eastern Phoebe 03/14/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Corvidae 2 3 Blue Jay 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co 3 American Crow 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Alaudidae 1 3 Horned Lark 03/12/2010 IL, Whispering Willows Area, Kankakee Co Hirundinidae 1 1 Tree Swallow 03/13/2010 IN, Willow Slough FWA Paridae 2 2 Black-capped Chickadee 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co 1 Tufted Titmouse 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Sittidae 1 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Certhiidae 1 3 Brown Creeper 03/14/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Troglodytidae 1 2 Carolina Wren 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Regulidae 1 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 03/14/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Turdidae 2 2 Eastern Bluebird 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co 4 American Robin 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Sturnidae 1 14 European Starling 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Bombycillidae 1 1 Cedar Waxwing 03/13/2010 IN, Willow Slough FWA Emberizidae 8 3 Eastern Towhee 03/13/2010 IN, Willow Slough FWA 1 American Tree Sparrow 03/12/2010 IL, Whispering Willows Area, Kankakee Co 1 Field Sparrow 03/14/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co 2 Fox Sparrow 03/13/2010 IN, Willow Slough FWA 4 Song Sparrow 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co 4 White-throated Sparrow 03/13/2010 IN, Willow Slough FWA 14 Dark-eyed Junco 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co 32 Lapland Longspur 03/14/2010 IL, Whispering Willows Area, Kankakee Co Cardinalidae 1 4 Northern Cardinal 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Icteridae 5 8 Red-winged Blackbird 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co 2 Eastern Meadowlark 03/12/2010 IL, Whispering Willows Area, Kankakee Co 3 Rusty Blackbird 03/12/2010 IL, Whispering Willows Area, Kankakee Co 32 Common Grackle 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Fringillidae 2 3 House Finch 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co 3 American Goldfinch 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Passeridae 1 18 House Sparrow 03/12/2010 IL, LeVasseur Park-Perry Farm, Kankakee Co Jed Hertz Kankakee, Kankakee Co, IL (60 mi South of Chicago) Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhertz/ Give "ebird" a try: http://ebird.org/content/ebird [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET lake county lakefront 3/14 am From: Beau Schaefer <beauschaefer AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:14:50 -0500 Sorry for the late post, but I've been gone the entire day until now. Had 3 FOY birds this morning but the lake was fairly devoid of fowl save for some distant flyovers which were usually too tough for me to ID in the stiff wind. Highlights: Waukegan: 2 Hooded Mergansers 3 Bufflehead 11 Greater Scaup 1 Lesser Scaup 1 Common Merganser 10 Red-breasted mergansers 1 Glaucous Gull 1st cycle 3 Common Goldeneye IBSP North: 3 FOY Eastern Meadowlarks Spring Bluff FP: 2 Sandhill Cranes 2 Gadwall 8 FOY Green-winged Teal 5 Greater Scaup 2 Common Goldeneye NPM: 1 FOY Horned Grebe 1 fem. Ruddy Duck 13 Redhead 22 Greater Scaup 5 Gadwall 4 American Coot 2 Hooded Mergansers 3 Red-breasted Mergansers 10 Common Mergansers Good Birding! Beau Schaefer round lake beach lake county beauschaefer AT sbcglobal.netSubject: IBET Article on White Pelicans arriving in northern Illinois in April. From: Christopher Cudworth <cudworthfix AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:45:14 -0500 Chicago Nature Examiner http://tinyurl.com/yfe4mvs * * *Hope you enjoy this article. Features my new painting (48" x 36") of white pelicans.* * * *Christopher Cudworth* *Kane County * [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET royal visit From: Kevin Richmond <theeggman AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:18:44 -0500 We were amused by the presence of a KING EIDER hen at Rice Lake Conservation Area (in Fulton Co.) this morning. It was out in the "middle" of the lake - east of the headquarters area. It did not do any feeding during the time that we were watching it. Kevin Richmond Morton, IllinoisSubject: IBET Thatcher Woods--Eastern Bluebirds From: Puck <lildud20001 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:01:20 -0700 (PDT) In Thatcher Woods north of Chicago Ave this afternoon I encountered a pair of
male Eastern Bluebirds in the woods just south of the parking lot.
Adrian Marquez
Oak Park
Cook County
Subject: IBET Rollins Savanna Meadowlarks Sunday pmFrom: "Amy" <amy AT wolfstad.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:52:36 -0000 During a late afternoon walk at Rollins Savanna today my husband and I heard several (saw one) Eastern Meadowlarks singing. Lots of water/fluddles but we only had Mallards, Canada Geese & two Mute Swans for waterfowl. The main path in the northeast corner of the preserve was slightly flooded (max 1" deep); the 'discovery trail' at the south side was deeply flooded. Amy Evenstad Round Lake Beach, Lake CountySubject: IBET: Kendall County Sunday From: "Darrell Shambaugh" <d.shambaugh AT mchsi.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:48:39 -0500 I birded a few places in Kendall County today. I found some first of the year birds and some good Kendal County birds. An EASTERN MEADOWLARK was on the power wire on Sandy Bluff Road in the pasture north of Maremech Forest Preserve. I walked west on the road parralel to the railroad tracks at Hoover Forest Preserve. I flushed a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, and saw a COOPER'S HAWK fly over. On my return walk a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was in the trees by the houses south of the railroad tracks. This is the earliest (by 7 days) spring sapsucker I've ever seen. There was nothing in the Minkler Road quarries. On Cherry Road about a half mile west (or maybe south) of its intersection with Plainfield Road a GREAT HORNED OWL is sitting on a nest. This is the third GH OWL nest I've found this year. Last year I might have found one! There is a cemetery on Simmons Road that had a flock of geese including 4 CACKLING GEESE and 3 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED. There rwere also about 15 RING-BILLED GULLS and a half-dozen Killdeer there. On the next road north of there about 250 CANADA GEESE were in a flooded field. About 10 NORTHERN SHOVELERS and 40 MALLARDS were with them. In Kane COunty, in the sub division north of Wolf's Crossing School, several RING-NECKED DUCKS were in a pond. I checked the Route 30 Fox River bridge area for Blad Eagles but didn't see any. Eldamain Marsh, on Eldamain Road north of Route 34 had a few RING-NECKED DUCKS. I didn't want to get skunked by Bald Eagles today, so I went past Silver Springs State Park again to look for the resident eagles. They weren't out in the drizzle, but about 30 SANDHILL CRANES flew over, the first new species I've seen at Silver Springs since October 2003 and my 222nd Kendall County species. Darrell Shambaugh Somonauk DeKalb County [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET Sunday "Car Birding" Lake Co. -IP Grove, 45&Winchester Lake and Almond Marsh From: "tvlewin AT sbcglobal.net" <tvlewin@sbcglobal.net> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:27:20 -0000 We took a ride today to three spots in Lake County where lakes were just starting to have open areas of water with ice. Starting at Almond Marsh, the big news is one of the tripod platforms has a Great Blue Heron taking up residence. I saw six others that were in nests in the remaining trees. The ice at Almond Marsh is still covering most of the water so there was not much else to look at. At the pond at the SE Corner of 45 & Winchester, there is now a lot of open water. In addition to a lot of Herring Gulls, we saw Red-winged Blackbirds (a sure sign of Spring) and the dominant geese were standing on the coveted muskrat mounds for nesting. Independence Grove was interesting, because 70% of the Lake is still covered with ice. In the one open area of water we saw 3 Redbreasted Mergandsers diving for fish. There were about 10 Common Goldeneyes swimming (male/female) and a lot of Herring Gulls on the edge of the ice . There were muskrats on the ice running around and diving into holes. I think as the ice continues to clear there will be a lot of action here with all the fish in the lake. (Last April we saw Common Loons and Horned Grebes fishing there) Overall, it is still pretty chilly out there so we kept our adventures close to the parking lots. I am getting pretty psyched up for Spring Birding! Tom Lewin Grayslake, ILSubject: IBET North Pond,, Chicago From: "chession07" <chession AT hessionassociates.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:13:12 -0000 The same waterfowl which showed up earlier this week still present at North Pond, Chicago in Lincoln Park as of 1 pm Sunday. Along with the overwintering Wood Ducks, male Wigeon, on/off Hooded Merganser, the "new arrivals" were on display: Bufflehead (2), Redhead (4), Canvasback (1), Ring Necked (2) and Scaup (1). A bit curious to see how the solitary Wigeon and Canvasback were sticking together. Chris Hession Chicago, Cook CountySubject: IBET: northwest Winnebago Co. on Sunday From: "Daniel & Barbara Williams" <twotringas AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:05:10 -0500 Larry Balch, Barbara and I spent 4 hours in northwest Winnebago County this morning. Highlights included: 7 Trumpeter Swans at the Howard Farm on IL 70 between Rockford and Durand (1 had a yellow neck band with black letters, which, I believe, is from the Wisconsin project); over 600 White-fronted Geese and 1 Ross's Goose at the same place (only 75 or so were hanging out with the swans when we first arrived, but a Bald Eagle flew over in the distant south and put hundreds of waterfowl and Sandhill Cranes into the air--many of the White-fronts came toward us and landed with the swans--the Ross's Goose and about half of the White-fronts went further east). Howard Farm also had 17 Hooded Mergansers in a farm pond behind the white barn at the red gate. More White-fronted Geese (73) and several Cackling Geese were in a flooded field at the very east end of Moody Road, which is east of the Moody/Blodgett road intersection, west of Rockton; that area including Nygren Wetlands, also had 5 Black Ducks along Meridian Road north of IL 75, 35 Hooded Mergansers, Common Mergansers (21) and Red-breasted Merganser (1) (all 3 species of mergs at Nygren Wetlands), and a smattering of puddle ducks (Am. Wigeon, N. Pintail, N. Shoveler, Wood Ducks) here and there. Dan Williams Rockford [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET Rosehill - Bluebirds and Woodcock From: "michelledevlin" <michelledevlin AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:38:02 -0000 For the fifth time this week, my husband and I decided to take a walk at Rosehill Cemetery (needed peace and quiet after yesterdays festivites). We came across at least two Eastern Bluebirds and then a Blue Jay a minute later. A bit later, we decided to walk in different directions. He called me two minutes later to tell me he just saw a woodcock - this is what always happens. However, we were still pretty close to each other and it had flown in my direction - so for once, I was able to get some really good looks. Last year, on Sunday March 15th we also saw bluebirds here - so I was kind of hoping we would be lucky and we were! Also, didn't see it today, but yesterday, there was a coyote. I think at least two live there. Some people put food out for them - we have really seen them a lot over the winter. Michelle Devlin ChicagoSubject: IBET Last week's Surf Scoter From: "Dennis" <avocet2236 AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:08:21 -0600 This Pic was taken at Fullerton Ave. Beach last week at 10 am. I realize this is late. I'm still getting to know how to send Pics using Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/22260339 AT N05/4432698190/in/photostream/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET Shrike NPM/Snipe Rollins Sunday a.m. From: Jim Solum <Solum11 AT msn.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:58:14 -0500 This morning along the entrance to North Point Marina, I was surprised to see the NORTHERN SHRIKE was still present! At Rollins Savanna I flushed a WILSON'S SNIPE in a small fluddle on the south end of the preserve. Also there, 2 male GREEN-WINGED TEAL. Good Birding!Jim SolumSolum AT msn.comGurneeLake County [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET Snow Geese at Emiquon, Fulton County Thurs Mar 12 From: Jane Ward <jward199 AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:00:07 -0500 On Thursday, with 68 degree weather, Thompson Lake was wide open. Ducks and Coots were not as plentiful as they were just a few days ago, and we weren't seeing many geese flying over. However, as we approached the far southern end of the lake, we could see a long line of white about a mile out on the water. We turned around at the National Wildlife Refuge and stopped at the pull-off directly across from the line of white. Before I could get out of the car, the Snow Geese making up this long line started rising from the water. Scott and I estimate about 50,000 geese in this flock. It was fun to watch them rise and fall, rearranging themselves in the water, but not leaving. I updated my blog this morning: http://walkwithmepart2.blogspot.com/2010/03/more-snow-geese.html -- Jane Ward Lewistown, Illinois http://walkwithmepart2.blogspot.com/ http://eaglenature.com/Subject: Re: IBET Playing Robins; Migrating Robins 300+ From: <astraight4 AT verizon.net> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:25:02 -0500 Nice - Saturday my yard was full of Robins, I counted up to 300+ and that was just looking out my back window. The trees were full and the yard and the field in back was full. That was probably a low count and I didn't even go out front to see if those areas had any. This was late yesterday, perhaps looking for a roost for the night. Anne Straight Forreston, IL (Ogle County)Subject: IBET European Goldfinches in Lake County From: Peter Bullock <pybullock AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:09:34 -0500 Had a pair of European Goldfinches at the feeder this morning. They've been reported around Waukegan, but these are the first I've ever seen. Peter Bullock, Waukegan Lake County [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET Canon Camera Folks might like this ad - ( No Sighting ) From: "Kep" <orink AT t6b.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:58:30 -0000 Hi, all: While posting a comment about my Allerton Park Pileated Woodpecker video to a Pileated Woodpecker video shown at the burder link listed below, I noticed an ad in the right margin that might appeal to Canon Camera users in the IBET community. http://www.burdr.com/2010/02/pileated-woodpecker-calls-while-excavating-nest/#disqus_thread The tiny url link is: http://preview.tinyurl.com/yk2vkx9 As Ever, OrinSubject: IBET Playing Robins From: "grandparob11" <grandparob11 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:18:22 -0000 I think sometimes I take Robins forgranted. Today I was reminded why these very common birds are so great! I took a wet and cold hike though Glacial Park in Ringwood Il. I saw Canada geese, Eastern bluebird, Red-winged Blackbirds, and I heard but didn't see Sandhill Cranes. Among the birds I spent time with today by far the American Robins were the best. I walked to the top of the glacial kames and was greeted by about 15+ Robins running around on the ground. This was the first time I've seen this many Robins just hanging out on the top of the kames (usually Tree Swallows out # any other birds during the summer). These Robins today were just running around through these sticks, it looked like they were playing hide and seek while looking for worms in the rain soaked ground. It was so much fun watching them. Link to photos below http://www.flickr.com/photos/33747488 AT N05/ Robert Thompson Ringwood Il. McHenry CountySubject: IBET Des Plaines, Glenview area preserves on Saturday From: casresearch AT comcast.net Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:54:31 +0000 (UTC) Enjoyed a bit of birding in the mist at a few Des Plaines, Glenview and Wheeling forest preserves this afternoon. - Belleau Lake FP (Busse Hwy north of Potter): 12 species; 12 Dark-eyed Junco - pond on Luther Lane by parking lot for Lutheran General Hospital, north of Dempster: GREAT BLUE HERON feeding successfully - Big Bend FP (Dee/E.River Road south of Golf): 9 species RING-NECKED DUCK (3M, 1F), COMMON MERGANSER (pair), RED-BREASTED MERGANSER (M), BELTED KINGFISHER (M) - Beck Lake FP (Central Road): 12 species; adult RED-TAILED HAWK spooking a number of Ring-billed and Herring Gulls that were sitting on the ice; a number of pairs of Canada Geese on their 'nesting island'; flock of 11 AMERICAN CROW - Dam #2 Woods (River Road south of Lake/Euclid): 8 species; female COMMON GOLDENEYE, chipping EASTERN PHOEBE Many dozens of robins on the lawns of the Mount Prospect business park (Business Park Drive), as well as at Oakton College. After taking our dog for a walk, noticed neighborhood pair of COOPER'S HAWKS sitting in treetop of our neighbor's maple; they had just spooked a large flock of grackles and starlings on lawn across cul-de-sac; male was giving 'kik' call; went in for my camera but when I returned they had flown off. Good birding, Alan Alan Anderson, casresearch AT comcast.net , Des Plaines, Cook Co. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET Huntley, McHenry County, Greater White-fronted and Cackling Goose, 3-13-09 From: "samburckhardt" <rawsbb AT mac.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:39:06 -0000 Coming back from a great trip to Horicon Marsh, WI, we say a large flock of about 150 CANADA GEESE West of 47, just North of Huntley in McHenry County. In among them were 8 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE and 1 CACKLING GOOSE. After seeing many SANDHILL CRANES and HORNED LARKS in Wisconsin, I was very happy to see my FOY Sandhills and Horned Larks in Illinois, together with an EASTERN MEADOWLARK. Sam Burckhardt Chicago Cook CountySubject: IBET Iceland Gull in Illinois? (No sightings) From: "Amar" <amarayyash AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:15:15 -0000 I've started a discussion on the status of the nominate race of Iceland Gull (L. glaucoides) on IBF. Your comments are welcomed. http://www.ilbirds.com/index.php?topic=33703.new Thanks, Amar Ayyash Frankfort IL Will CountySubject: IBET Displaying American Woodcock at the Air Station Prairie 13Mar10 From: Sulli Gibson <sulli.gibson AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:31:14 +0000 (UTC) 13 March 2010 Dick Paulson and I observed 7 or 8 American Woodcocks displaying at the Air Station Prairie this evening. They were spread throughout the whole prairie. When we checked last weekend we found none. Sulli Gibson Northfield, IL [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET Montrose Horned Grebe and EC Dove From: "Michal" <mifur2 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:11:58 -0000 Montrose was drizzly and very, very quiet this afternoon. The previously mentioned HORNED GREBE was still in the harbor. Magic Hedge produced only some Sparrows, Juncos and rather surprising EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE, which made up for a nice birding concolation prize ... Michal Furmanek Des Plaines, Cook Co.Subject: IBET Re: North Pond Buffleheads From: "Michal" <mifur2 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:04:04 -0000 It looks like the list of waterfowl species in North Pond is growing every day. I was there today around 1 pm and found all those birds still there plus 1 male HOODED MERGANSER and 1 male COMMON GOLDENEYE present. There was also a large (by the city standards ;) flock of blackbirds with about 90 Common Grackles and 30 Red-winged Blackbirds. Michal Furmanek Des Plaines, Cook Co. --- In ILbirds AT yahoogroups.com, NorekJ AT ... wrote: > > A couple of Buffleheads have joined the Canvasback, 4 Readheads, 2 > Ringed-neck ducks, 1 Greater scaup, Wigeon, Am. Black ducks, Wood ducks etc. at > North Pond this morning at North Pond, about 8 am, 3/13/10. > > Phyllis Petrilli (who kindly held my dogs while I used her binocs) had seen > the Horned grebe at Montrose earlier this morning. > > North Pond is in Lincoln Park just north of the zoo across Fullerton Ave. > It is not very wide, scopes are not needed to really see the birds on the > water. > > Joan Norek > ChicagoSubject: IBET NO SIGHTING: Lake Springfield Snow Geese From: "John CAVITT" <JCAVITT AT weber.edu> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:41:56 -0700 Can anyone provide some history to the Snow Geese utilization of Lake Springfield? I saw this footage of the geese recently and was quite impressed. http://www.humzoo.com/videos/player/?vid=1503 I currently live in Utah but don't recall such huge concentrations at the lake when I was back in Illinois ( - 1990). I assume the ones that are stopping there in Spfld are likely migrating north to breed in James Bay, Canada (~1700 mile flight from their wintering grounds in Louisiana). I pulled out my old copy of Bohlen's Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Illinois and he makes no mention of them at Lake Springfield (other parts of the state and mainly in fall). This was published in 1978. Thanks JFC John F. Cavitt PhD, Director Office of Undergraduate Research Professor of Zoology Mailing Address Dept. of Zoology Weber State University 2505 University Circle Ogden, UT 84408-2505 (801) 626-6172 (801) 626-8541 Avian Ecology Lab (801) 626-8634 cell:(801) 791-4438 FAX: (801) 626-6861 homepage: http://faculty.weber.edu/jcavitt http://departments.weber.edu/avianecologylab "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise." Aldo Leopold [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET western lake county meanderings From: Beau Schaefer <beauschaefer AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:04:37 -0600 I was able to finally get out after waiting for our garbage disposal to be replaced this morning. I headed first to Forest Ave. in Fox Lake where I saw a good number of COMMON MERGANSERS, 1 PIED-BILLED GREBE, a small group of about 15 GREATER SCAUP, and 6 BUFFLEHEAD. There was a good amount of open water in Nippersink Lake but Mineola Bay and the east side of Fox Lake are still frozen. Then headed to W. Grand ave. where I was able to pick out, at some distance, more COMMON MERGANSER and a few COMMON GOLDENEYE, 2 more PIED-BILLED GREBES, 2 GADWALL, and a raft of about 30 CANVASBACK nearer the center of Pistakee Lake. Next stop was COLSP where my wife and I saw 4 SANDHILL CRANES and a copulating pair of EASTERN RED-TAILED HAWKS. We attempted briefly to walk the Goldfinch trail but due to rain and a lot of ice on the trail, that attempt was aborted fairly quickly. After lunch, I headed over to Rollins to see if I could find a Rusty Blackbird, but the only birds at Rollins were RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, COMMON GRACKLES, AMERICAN ROBINS, MOURNING DOVES, and flyover Mallards and Canada Geese. I only checked the north end of the preserve, but the main pond and all visible water, save for fluddles here and there, was frozen. I also checked Third Lake, Druce Lake, Highland Lake, and Round Lake; all of which were frozen. I'm starting to wonder how long it will be before open water returns on the smaller lakes. Hopefully by the end of this week there will be some open water for the waterfowl. I'm getting just a wee bit impatient to say the least. Good Birding! Beau Schaefer round lake beach lake county beauschaefer AT sbcglobal.netSubject: IBET Whiteside Co. 13 Mar From: douglas stotz <dfstotz AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:01:48 -0600 I went out to Whiteside Co. this morning. It turned out to be a good choice
as I was west of the rain that dominated the Chicago area. I swa a total of
60 species. Most notable were geese. 6480 WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were the
highlight, but I had a total of 1600 CANADA, 42 SNOW, 24 CACKLING and 4
ROSS'S. Most of the geese were around the town of Erie in fields both east
and west of town. Although most water was frozen, I still managed 12
species of ducks, with Big Bend SFWA easily the best area. Ihad two groups
of TRUMPETER SWANS; 9 along I-88 east of Lyndon Rd., and 7 in a flooded
field east of Erie. There were several thousand blackbirds. Just south of
the Rock River on Erie Rd (take 5th south out of Erie), there was a
blackbird flock I estimated at 1300 birds. It included about 400 RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS and 20ish BREWER'S. The Brewer's stuck to grassy areas around
the road while the Rusties mostly hung around low-lying flooded areas out in
a field on the east side of the road.
Other things of interest included 6 TURKEYS, 5 BALD EAGLES, a
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 2 FOX SPAAROWS and a flock of LAPLAND LONGSPURS.
Doug Stotz
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Douglas Stotz
Conservation Ecologist/Ornithologist
Environmental and Conservation Programs
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 S. Lake Shore Dr.
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone: (312)-665-7438
Fax: (312)-665-7433
e-mail: dstotz AT fieldmuseum.org
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Subject: IBET: DeKalb County birdsFrom: "Darrell Shambaugh" <d.shambaugh AT mchsi.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:19:43 -0600 I went out in the rain this afternoon. Not much going on. Jack Pizzo's property north of Somonauk had several Killdeer and some American Tree Sparrows. The only ducks were a couple Mallards. Shabbona Lake State Park had a few birds. Most of Shabbona Lake is still frozen. In the unfrozen parts there were about 25 Common Mergansers, 2 Common Goldeneye, and 8 Hooded Mergansers. About 15 gulls were flying around. Most were Ring-billed, but at least one Herring Gull was there. In the trees by the outhouse south of the parking lot by the bait shop two Fox Sparrows were kicking around in the leaves. There is a Great Horned Owl on a nest in the pine trees at the corner of Preserve Road and Leland Road. I stopped at the parking lot on Univerisity Road to check on the attack cardinal. He was in the trees west of the parking area when I pulled up to his usual tree. He sat there checking me out for about 2 minutes before he came over and landed on my passenger side mirror. Then he sat in the tree and sang for a few minutes. He came down and landed on the mirror on my side for a second. I had the window open about 4 inches and I thought he was going to come in, but he flew back up in the tree. A close call! Darrell Shambaugh Somonauk, DeKalb County [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET NE Cook County 13Mar10 From: Sulli Gibson <sulli.gibson AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:58:02 +0000 (UTC) 13 March 2010 Dick Paulson and I birded at a number of locations in Cook County this morning from about 6:55am until 9:15am. Our highlights are below: NORTHFIELD FIRE STATION FIELD (Winnetka Road) American Woodcock - 1 (flushed) American Tree Sparrow - 50+ Song Sparrow - 12 White-throated Sparrow - 2 Dark-eyed Junco - 6 FORESTWAY DR (at pull-ofs, minimal amount of open water) Gadwall - 1 Common Goldeneye - 6 Red-breasted Merganser - 25 (courting) Common Merganser - 45 Great Blue Heron - 1 Eastern Bluebird - 1 White-throated Sparrow - 1 WAUKEGAN AND WILLOW RD RETENTION BASIN (4 Northern Shoveler seen on 9Mar10) (nothing of note seen) TECHNY BASIN CONSERVATION AREA Gadwall - 2 (male/female pair) Common Merganser - 1 (male) American Tree Sparrow - 4 Song Sparrow - 6 Dark-eyed Junco - 5 (1 singing) AIR STATION PRAIRIE Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 (immature) LAKE GLENVIEW (significant ice cover) American Tree Sparrow - 2 Song Sparrow - 2 Sulli Gibson Northfield, Illinois [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET: Northern Shrike~Winnebago County From: "John" <mesquakie8 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:57:01 -0000 On my way out to Sand Bluff Bird Observatory to help put up the nets for spring migration I finally saw a NORTHERN SHRIKE on Forest Preserve Road. I've been looking all winter for one of these guys and not until March 13th do I finally get to see one! Wow, it has been a tough winter for bird variety this year. Also my FOY EASTERN MEADOWLARK on Haas Road this morning, you've got to love "Spring of the year" call from these birds. John Longhenry Rockford, ILSubject: IBET Fermi Lab and Montrose - March 13 From: David Antieau <dkantieau AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:29:51 -0800 (PST) Dear birders, Highlights of birding that Fran Morel and I did at Montrose and Fermi, were all at Fermi, including: Great Horned Owl, American Woodcock (Fran only, while taking a little "break"), Eastern Bluebird, Rusty Blackbird, Eastern Meadowlark, and Yellow-rumped Warbler. Except for Rusty Blackbird, any number that is a multiple of 5 is probably an estimate. I checked "Giant" for Canada Goose, but I'm not sure if most of our geese fall in the giant or medium category. Location: FermiLab (DuPage Co.) Observation date: 3/13/10 Number of species: 34 Canada Goose (Giant) 50 Mallard 100 Canvasback 2 Redhead 8 Ring-necked Duck 1 Lesser Scaup 6 Bufflehead 2 Common Merganser (North American) 200 Ruddy Duck 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern) 2 American Coot 1 Killdeer 2 Ring-billed Gull 40 Herring Gull (American) 1 Rock Pigeon 1 Mourning Dove 2 Great Horned Owl 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 American Crow 10 Horned Lark 3 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Eastern Bluebird 2 American Robin 50 European Starling 100 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 American Tree Sparrow 100 Song Sparrow 20 Dark-eyed Junco 2 Northern Cardinal 5 Red-winged Blackbird 250 Rusty Blackbird 15 Common Grackle 30 American Goldfinch 1 American Woodcock - Fran is species 35 for this location This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Location: Montrose Point, Lincoln Park (Chicago) Observation date: 3/13/10 Notes: This is my first time doing e-bird. Many of these observations are estimates. Number of species: 18 Canada Goose (Giant) 15 Mallard 10 Greater Scaup 4 Common Goldeneye 10 Common Merganser 10 Red-breasted Merganser 5 Ring-billed Gull 100 Rock Pigeon 12 American Crow 15 Black-capped Chickadee 1 American Robin 30 European Starling 20 American Tree Sparrow 10 Song Sparrow 5 Northern Cardinal 2 Red-winged Blackbird 30 Common Grackle 10 House Sparrow 5 Also 1 American Coot that I left off my first e-bird list (19 total species). This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) For the birds, Dave Antieau dkantieau AT sbcglobal.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: Re: IBET test photo of Henslow's sparrow - NO SIGHTING From: Christopher Cudworth <cudworthfix AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:17:31 -0600 Dennis: Good job. Works pretty tsi-lick! doesn't it? cc On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 1:15 PM, DennisSubject: IBET test photo of Henslow's sparrow - NO SIGHTING From: "Dennis" <avocet2236 AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:15:01 -0600 Please be patient with me as I learn how to do this. I'm posting a link to a picture on flckr. Dennis Lane Here's the link. http://www.flickr.com/photos/22260339 AT N05/4430109872/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: RE: IBET Black Vulture in Winnebago County From: "Craig Taylor" <tnemec1 AT ameritech.net> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:52:05 -0600 Checking eBird, Black Vultures have been seen in Illinois January thru present in southern Illinois. 1/22/10 Union Co. 17 1/22/10 Massac Co. X 2/5/10 Pulaski Co. 2 2/5/10 Massac Co. 1 2/28/10 Massac Co. 3 3/5/10 Hardin Co. X 3/6/10 Pope Co. X 3/7/10 Johnson Co. 2 Craig A. Taylor La Grange, Illinois Cook County "Behold the birds of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Matt. 6 : 26 -----Original Message----- From: ILbirds AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:ILbirds AT yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Larry Balch Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 11:05 AM To: ILbirds AT yahoogroups.com Subject: IBET Black Vulture in Winnebago County Thursday afternoon, after the clouds broke up and the rain stopped, my wife and I were driving down Spring Creek Road in Rockford, where the speed limit is 45 mph. I pointed out to her a Turkey Vulture that was crossing over headed directly north. A few blocks later, as we approached Alpine, headed west, I spotted another vulture up ahead, just north of the road. Almost immediately, I noted and remarked to her in surprise that it was flying like a Black Vultureflap, glide, flap, glide. The bird was circling back toward the road, and I desperately wanted to get a better look at it. So, while negotiating the slight curve through the intersection, and trying not to get run over in the moderate traffic, I managed to slide open the moonroof (no birder should be without one!) just before the bird passed directly over the opening in the roof, perhaps 100-150 feet above us. In the split second it was visible, I clearly saw the white in the primaries of both wings. Unfortunately, the fast-moving traffic and a lack of side streets prevented us from turning around to try to find the bird again. I'm not sure when this species returns to southern Illinois, but Cornell Lab says it returns to Missouri in late February and early March. Some raptors were clearly moving that afternoon, as within 5-10 minutes we also saw a Red-tailed Hawk and a Red-shouldered Hawk moving over that urban neighborhood, and just before dusk, we saw a group of 6 Northern Harriers sitting together on the ground at Nygren Wetland Preserve just north of Rockford. Larry Balch Winnebago County ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.436 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2743 - Release Date: 03/13/10 07:33:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.436 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2743 - Release Date: 03/13/10 07:33:00Subject: IBET Rosehill Cemetery Canvasback From: "michelledevlin" <michelledevlin AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:22:41 -0000 Saw one in Ravenswood pond which is now unthawed. Nothing else of much interest. Michelle Devlin ChicagoSubject: IBET Black Vulture in Winnebago County From: "Larry Balch" <lgbalch AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:05:08 -0000 Thursday afternoon, after the clouds broke up and the rain stopped, my wife and I were driving down Spring Creek Road in Rockford, where the speed limit is 45 mph. I pointed out to her a Turkey Vulture that was crossing over headed directly north. A few blocks later, as we approached Alpine, headed west, I spotted another vulture up ahead, just north of the road. Almost immediately, I noted and remarked to her in surprise that it was flying like a Black Vultureflap, glide, flap, glide. The bird was circling back toward the road, and I desperately wanted to get a better look at it. So, while negotiating the slight curve through the intersection, and trying not to get run over in the moderate traffic, I managed to slide open the moonroof (no birder should be without one!) just before the bird passed directly over the opening in the roof, perhaps 100-150 feet above us. In the split second it was visible, I clearly saw the white in the primaries of both wings. Unfortunately, the fast-moving traffic and a lack of side streets prevented us from turning around to try to find the bird again. I'm not sure when this species returns to southern Illinois, but Cornell Lab says it returns to Missouri in late February and early March. Some raptors were clearly moving that afternoon, as within 5-10 minutes we also saw a Red-tailed Hawk and a Red-shouldered Hawk moving over that urban neighborhood, and just before dusk, we saw a group of 6 Northern Harriers sitting together on the ground at Nygren Wetland Preserve just north of Rockford. Larry Balch Winnebago CountySubject: IBET bird webcams From: "godnabb AT prodigy.net" <godnabb@prodigy.net> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:58:21 -0000 FYI there are 2 cool webcams I have been watching- one is an eagle nest in British Columbia : http://www.cbc.ca/bc/features/eaglecam/ and the other is a hummingbird nest (I think in CA): http://phoebeallens.com/ I show them to my Biology students (High school) and my 5 1/2 yr old loves watching them too. Enjoy, Betsy G.Subject: IBET Central Kane County From: "timbalassie" <tbalassie AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:28:12 -0000 Stopped by two forest preserves yesterday. Lone Grove: American Crow American Robin American Tree Sparrow Blue Jay Brown Creeper Chickadee Common Grackle Dark-eyed Junco Downy Woodpecker Eastern Bluebird Killdeer Northern Cardinal Red-bellied Woodpecker Red-tailed Hawk Red-winged Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Song Sparrow White-breasted Nuthatch Then to Sauer Prairie: American Black Duck American Crow American Robin American Wigeon Cackling Goose Canada Goose Greater White-fronted Goose Eastern Meadowlark Killdeer Mallard Duck Northern Pintail Redhead Red-winged Blackbird Take a scope if you can; these birds don't like people... Tim Balassie Kane Co., IL http://www.kanecountyaudubon.org/Subject: IBET North Pond Buffleheads From: NorekJ AT aol.com Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:55:23 EST A couple of Buffleheads have joined the Canvasback, 4 Readheads, 2 Ringed-neck ducks, 1 Greater scaup, Wigeon, Am. Black ducks, Wood ducks etc. at North Pond this morning at North Pond, about 8 am, 3/13/10. Phyllis Petrilli (who kindly held my dogs while I used her binocs) had seen the Horned grebe at Montrose earlier this morning. North Pond is in Lincoln Park just north of the zoo across Fullerton Ave. It is not very wide, scopes are not needed to really see the birds on the water. Joan Norek Chicago Intellectual Property _www.noreklaw.com_ (http://www.noreklaw.com/) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET barnacle goose (relayed sighting) From: Dale Bowman <outdoordb AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:08:10 -0800 (PST) A reader sent a note that he found a barnacle goose at Wolf Lake. I have his phone number if anybody wants that (e-mail separately at outdoordb AT sbcglobal.net). Otherwise, here is what James Wisniewski said yesterday. This afternoon at approximately 4:00 pm I observed a Barnacle Goose at Wolf Lake in Chicago. William Powers Conservation Area at 126th and Avenue O. It was banded on the right leg. Being that this is a north atlantic bird (Iceland, Greenland) this is far outside it's territory. After 30 seasons of waterfowl hunting this goose caught my eye and I just wanted to pass this find along to anyone that is interested. Dale Bowman St. Anne, Kankakee County http://blogs.suntimes.com/bowman http://suntimes.com/sports/outdoors/index.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET Various Stops In Kane Will & DuPage Counties From: "YeanetteJ" <btbwarbler AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:14:46 -0000 Started the morning off right with many COMMON MERGANSERS in the Orchard Valley Golf Course Lakes that surround our house. Then off to Culver's FP for a splendid look at a pair of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS. Numerous SONG SPARROWS serenaded the dogs and I as we took our morning hike. BROWN CREEPERS sang their high-pitched notes as we walked past. The usual suspects were busy about their business throughout the preserve. After dropping off the pups it was off to pick up Lisa & to let the Real Birding begin. WHALON LAKE (Naperville, Will Co) A special thanks to Mike Madsen for letting us know that Whalon was free of ice & full of great waterfowl! Here is our list: CANVASBACK REDHEAD RED-BREASTED MERGANSER HOODED MERGANSER COMMON MERGANSER GREATER SCAUP LESSER SCAUP AMERICAN BLACK DUCK MALLARD GADWALL NORTHERN SHOVELER RING-NECKED DUCK COMMON GOLDENEYE BUFFLEHEAD RUDDY DUCK MUSCOVY DUCK PIED-BILLED GREBE AMERICAN COOT CANADA GOOSE AMERICAN TREE SPARROW KILLDEER RED-TAILED HAWK Then we finished off the day at Fermi (DuPage Co) Here is what we saw: RUSTY BLACKBIRD EASTERN MEADOWLARK RING-NECKED PHEASANT NORTHERN HARRIER GREAT BLUE HERON RED-TAILED HAWK GREAT HORNED OWL CANADA GOOSE WOOD DUCK MALLARD AMERICAN BLACK DUCK GADWALL NORTHERN SHOVELER COMMON MERGANSER RING-NECKED DUCK KILLDEER Good Birding! Yeanette Johnson Western Aurora Kane CountySubject: IBET Evanston James Park - Sandhill Cranes From: "mcvetas" <mcvetas AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:08:03 -0000 Good numbers of COMMON GRACKLE (13), RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD (9), and AMERICAN ROBIN (68) continued to descend upon Evanston's James Park today with another impressive showing of 39 SONG SPARROW (down from 48 yesterday). 22 SANDHILL CRANES flew over in a SE direction. Matthew Cvetas Evanston, IL Cook CountySubject: IBET Clinton Lake with a Paridae Hybrid; De Witt Co; 03/12/10 From: "prairie oak" <frakerpovc AT aol.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:45:08 -0000 Sorry if this is a repost -- I had a little computer issue... Greetings, everyone -- I posted a short field report with photos of a rare hybrid at: http://www.ilbirds.com/index.php?topic=33667.0 Thanks! Matt Fraker De Witt Co 03/12/10Subject: IBET hawks today From: "bissbirds AT juno.com" <bissbirds@juno.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:15:30 GMT This morning I ended up with a total of 36 Red-tails, 2 Coopers and 1 Sharp-shinned in Lake Villa. I was surprised I didn't see any Eagles. Richard Biss Lake Villa Lake County bissbirds AT juno.com ____________________________________________________________ Hotel Hotel pics, info and virtual tours. Click here to book a hotel online. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=YOI1b8UvOvPa0qvhmnTdkQAAJ1CWSGz09q2C3oGH9ck5uWf7AAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATRAAAAAA= [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET Backyard Birds Bradley, IL From: "seaglass3716" <seaglass3716 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:26:10 -0000 Hello Birders, Bird activity has increased in my neighborhood with greater numbers and variety of birds. Today I saw the following Ring-Billed Gull Mourning Doves American Crow American Robin European Starling Juncos House Finches House Sparrows I'm pretty sure I saw a Brewers Blackbird...This morning while having my coffee I looked out of the sliding glass door and saw what I thought was a Grackle on one of the feeders, but it didn't seem just right. I grabbed my binoculars and I realized he was not as big as the grackle, I then noticed the light eyes, yellow. He had shiny, glossy feathers,that appeared purplish and black, shiny black feet, shorter tail..If he was a Brewer's it's a lifer for me. He didn't stay long and flew away to a tree behind Lowe's in the field along Christine Dr. Good birding Madelyn Washburn Bradley, Il Kankakee Cty.Subject: IBET North Pond adds a Greater scaup From: NorekJ AT aol.com Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:57:20 EST A Greater scaup has joined the Canvasback, 4 Redheads, 2 Ringed-necked ducks, Hooded merganser, Am. Black duck, Wood ducks and Wigeon (presume there still, seen last night) at North Pond. 5:15 pm 3/12/10 North Pond is in Lincoln Park, just north of zoo across Fullerton Ave. Joan Norek Chicago Intellectual Property _www.noreklaw.com_ (http://www.noreklaw.com/) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET Lake County sightings/ice status From: Jim Solum <Solum11 AT msn.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:21:13 -0600 Yesterday afternoon I checked a few favorite sites around the county to check for open water and maybe Geese. At Independence Grove FP in Libertyville, a small-and I mean SMALL-spot of open water in the 95% frozen lake held about a dozen COMMON MERGANSER and a dozen COMMON GOLDENEYE. At the Industrial Park just south of Peterson on the east side of Rt 45, the pond is about 80% open and held three dozen Canadas and several MALLARD. This location has been a good roosting site for geese in the spring migration period. At Campbell Airport (aka Sportsman's Drive off of Allegheny in Grayslake), the fluddle on the north side of the road was open and held about 80-100 CANADA GEESE and single AMERICAN WIGEON. If anyone needs HORNED LARK, at least six or seven of them were busy "tinkling" their songs and crisscrossing the drive while I was there. A few other fuddles were open along Peterson Road to the south and east of here with anywhere from a dozen to 75 CANADA'S milling around. At Almond Marsh in Wildwood, although the pond was frozen, 7 GREAT BLUE HERON already took up residence in a few nests. Unfortunately, none of them took to the several man-made nest towers constructed this winter-YET! This afternoon at Middlefork Savannah in Lake Forest I had the following..1 male BUFFLEHEAD2 HOODED MERGANSER58 MALLARD 1 AMERICAN BLACK DUCK6 AMERICAN TREE SPARROW1 NORTHERN FLICKER1 imm RED-HEADED WOODPECKER presumably one of the overwintering individualsscores of RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, ROBIN and SONG SPARROW. One interesting note, the ROBIN with the speckled white splotches all over it's breast and wings was back this year!! I was a surprised to see it survived with that interesting color pattern!!! Good Birding!Jim Solumsolum11 AT msn.comGurneeLake County [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: Re: IBET Whalon Lake (Will County) waterfowl From: "mmadsen48" <mmadsen48 AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:20:08 -0000 A male WOOD DUCK was on the river just south of the lake at Whalon Lake Forest Preserve this morning to add to the collection of waterfowl there this week. Also, there is a Muscovy Duck that is showing up regularly on the lake this week which may cause some confusion for some of the birders checking out the waterfowl. It is primarily black in color (and is almost certainly an escaped bird). Mike Madsen mmadsen48 AT comcast.net Woodridge, IL (DuPage County)Subject: IBET Great Horned Owl on nest From: "Steve" <fishn51 AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:57:47 -0000 Today I observed a GHO on a nest with two little white fluffy down heads visible at times. The Owlets were barely able to hold their heads up. Steve Patterson LaSalle County http://www.flickr.com/photos/illini-images/Subject: IBET Rosehill Cemetery and Chicago river - some FOY birds From: "michelledevlin" <michelledevlin AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:50:42 -0000 Today, I walked along the river from Lawrence to a bit north of Foster and then to rosehill Cemetery and saw the following: Canada Goose Mallard Common Golde - first time in months I have seen at Rosehill Common Goldeneye - 2 F on river Bufflehead - 1m on river Great Blue heron - 2 at Rosehill. First time I have seen two at a time in months Turkey Vulture - 2 circling at Rosehill. FOY Ring Billed Gulls Herring Gulls Rock Pigeons Mourning Doves Belted Kingfisher - 2 at river Red Bellied Woodpecker - heard at Rosehill Downy Woodpecker - 1 at Rosehill Eastern Phoebe - FOY at Rosehill Blue jay - at least one at Rosehill. I did hear one a few days ago there. American Crows Black Capped chickadees-Rosehill American Robins - probably hundreds all over Starlings - same Fox Sparrows at Rosehill Song Sparrows at river and Rosehill Dark eyed junco - saw them all over Northern Cardinals are everywhere Red Winged Blackbird - one at Rosehill Common Grackles - all over the place American Goldfinch - one at Rosehill House Sparrows Michelle Devlin ChicagoSubject: IBET Bluebirds at Irons Oaks in Olympia Fields From: "lmaeberry" <lboltjes AT hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:05:29 -0000 Saw 5 bluebirds at Irons Oaks under the high ropes course yesterday. The first robin of the season made an appearance today and several birds are singing their spring songs. Irons Oaks, Olympia Fields, IL www.ironsoaks.comSubject: Re: IBET Whalon Lake (Will County) waterfowl From: Jeff Smith <mrqmagoo13 AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:56:01 -0600 Other birds seen at Whalon this week include Green-winged Teal, a lone Black Duck, and two fly-over Am. Pipits. Jeff Smith Woodribge, DuPage Co. On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 5:15 PM, mmadsen48Subject: IBET hawks migrating today. From: "bissbirds AT juno.com" <bissbirds@juno.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:52:59 GMT There are a lot of raptors migrating right now, at 9:45 am in Lake Villa. I could see 8-10 Red tails in the air at once. They are still coming. If anyone has a good hawk spot they like to go to, today may be a good day. Richard Biss Lake Villa bissbirds AT juno.com Lake County ____________________________________________________________ Criminal Lawyer Criminal Lawyers - Click here. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=62H_DbTii4ZMKueThgHBDAAAJ1CWSGz09q2C3oGH9ck5uWf7AAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAiFgAAAAA= [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET Female red winged Blackbird From: "Janice" <prayn4pce AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:37:54 -0000 I say only a female red winged blackbird at Plum Grove Resorvoir in Palatine near Harper College. I also heard Kildeers around but couldn't find them. Janice Lech Arlington Heights, il Cook CountySubject: IBET Montrose (Chicago lakefront) - March 12 From: David Antieau <dkantieau AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:48:45 -0800 (PST) Dear birders, I had less time today and covered the territory less thoroughly, but there were far fewer total birds than yesterday. My FOY birds were Northern Flicker and Eastern Meadowlark (both seen first by Bob Hughes). My list (22 species, down from yesterday's 31): Horned Grebe 1 Canada Goose Mallard Greater Scaup Common Goldeneye Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser American Coot 2 Killdeer 1 Ring-billed Gull Rock Dove American Crow Northern Flicker American Robin European Starling American Tree Sparrow Song Sparrow Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark - at least 2, possibly 3 in beach protected area Common Grackle House Sparrow For the birds, Dave Antieau dkantieau AT sbcglobal.net Chicago [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Subject: IBET no sighting: The Big Year-the movie, starting Steve Martin From: "Rhonda \(Monroe\) Rothrock" <woodthrusheola8 AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:46:33 -0800 (PST) Birding Makes it Big. Just got this from one our our Cinema faculty members:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i755f10fb8f89b626752ea54f059bdcd1?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thr%2Ffilm+%28The+Hollywood+Reporter+-+Film%29
Steve Martin eyeing Big Year Role
By Alex Ben Block
March 10, 2010, 07:23 PM E
Steve Martin's big year is getting even bigger as
the Oscar co-host is in negotiations to go bird-watching in
"The Big Year" alongside Jack Black and Owen Wilson.
The comedy for Fox 2000, which starts shooting in May in Canada,
will be helmed by David Frankel, director of "Marley & Me"
(which also starred Wilson) and "The Devil Wears Prada."
Based on a 1998 book "The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl
Obsession," by Mark Obmascik, the script was adapted for the screen
by Howard Franklin. It is about three men who try to outdo each
other in a bird-watching competition to spot the rarest birds in
North America. The rivalry is an allegory for the challenges each
faces in his own life.
The movie is being produced by Karen Rosenfelt, Ben Stiller and
Stuart Cornfeld of Red Hour Films along with Curtis Hanson and
Carol Fenelon of Deuce Three Prods.
The project has long been in development at Fox 2000, and for a
while had Dustin Hoffman attached, among others. That role is now
being negotiated for Martin by Ed Limato of WME...
Rhonda Rothrock
Pomona, Jackson County, IL
“ooh, ooh, stepped in pooh”
phonetic/mnemonic of Swainson's warbler song as per Bob Behrstock and the late
David Markley from 'On The Warblers of Texas'.
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Subject: IBET S. IL new arrivalsFrom: "Mcmullen, Keith A MVS" <Keith.A.Mcmullen AT usace.army.mil> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:15:18 -0600 Greetings IBET friends: Had some time between meetings yesterday and made a quick stop at the Bellrose Unit of Cypress Creek NWR in Pulaski County. I was a little disappointed in the water levels but there are still hundreds of GREEN-WINGED TEAL, my first of the year BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, MALLARD, GADWALL and a few RUDDY DUCK. Shorebirds were present, too! There were 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS and a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, plus a dozen KILLDEER. Suddenly out of the EAST, a tight flock of 21 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER came zipping by. They never did land but made several twisting, turning flights back and forth over the area being utilized by the ducks and shorebirds. I noticed a large flock of CROWS just to the EAST of the Refuge, approximately 50 total. I assumed they were all AMERICAN CROWS. I rolled down the window and was surprised to hear the nasal cah-ah calls of about 12 FISH CROWS! I also encountered CHIPPING SPARROWS, WILSON'S SNIPE and a solo TREE SWALLOW at Mermet Lake and a PINE WARBLER at Pomona. I received a call from Mark Seiffert who reported a rather large flock of PECTORAL SANDPIPERS in the Sante Fe Bottoms off of Route 161 SOUTH of Carlyle (near Bartelso). I got there just before dark and finally located about 15 PECS. At approximately 6:12 pm (yes, it was almost too dark to see!) I was able to coax the solo WESTERN MEADOWLARK into answering the CD! There were also 2 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS singing at the same time and a flock of AMERICAN PIPITS flushed from the same area when I got out of the car. Right now it appears that spring migration is on time! We had a rather lengthy winter with lingering cold temperatures and a larger amount of snowfall in the southern part of the state than what we've encountered over the last several seasons. With that in mind, it seemed that spring migration might be a little tardy. However, realizing day length has more to do with it than temperatures, the avian community is certainly wide awake and moving north. The Mississippi River is already high and predictions of flooding in many neighboring river counties is already being discussed. The snow melt tacked onto local precipitation could make this a very wet spring. Fortunately, most of the ag fields in the floodplain are NOT currently flooded so there is not as much shorebird habitat available. Once we start receiving additional rains and river levels continue to rise, I believe this situation will change. Stay tuned! Good birdings, Keith McMullen O'Fallon, IL Warbler7 AT sbcglobal.netSubject: Re: IBET North Pond (Lincoln Park, Chgo) From: "Michael L. Peters" <michael.l.peters AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:14:05 -0600 Canvasback and Redhead still present at North Pond at 7:10 am Friday. Chicago's Lincoln Park Cook Co. Michael Peters Sent from my iPhone On Mar 11, 2010, at 7:09 PM, NorekJ AT aol.com wrote: > Saw the addition of that splendid Canvasback profile to North Pond's > on-the-water collection also -- at 5:30. (magical week!) > > In addition, the current Hooded merganser appears to be the same > peculiar-acting one earlier reported at Diversey harbor by others. > > For those not familiar with North Pond, it is not very wide so a > look at > anything on the water is a really, really close look. > > Joan Norek > Chicago > > > > > > > > > > Intellectual Property > _www.noreklaw.com_ (http://www.noreklaw.com/) > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |