Hi Eric, I have encountered big cats before in Illinois. About 6 years ago at Springdale Cemetery in Peoria I was kneeling down to photograph a wildflower when...
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Donnie R
Donniebird
May 1, 2008 1:07 pm
At little Foley Pond in Highland Park, a brief half hour circuit yielded an astonishing 26 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS - they apparently love the buckthorn. If...
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Claire Dassy
rowboatkayak
May 1, 2008 2:08 pm
What a nice May 1 surprise. Bring out the grape jelly, go buy oranges. That's my morning task. The Orioles are here! Singing and posing as in years past. ...
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Robert Hughes
scandiaca63
May 1, 2008 2:33 pm
I had a Worm-eating Warbler at LaBagh Woods this morning. It was feeding near the ground in the narrow strip of trees that run along the railroad tracks about...
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Andy & Emmie Pawlak
mrs_pawlak
May 1, 2008 2:43 pm
Imagine my surprise to see a Ruby-throated Hummingbird trying to eat from my orange Home Depot bucket! The poor guy was probably starving! I put some oranges...
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Alex Bloss
alex_bloss13
May 1, 2008 3:13 pm
Hi all, Birds of interest seen at Montrose today included: Dunlin American Pipits (3) Common Loon (for a while inside the fish hook) Green Heron Baltimore...
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Sigrid Schmidt
sigmsch
May 1, 2008 3:39 pm
Sat. May 3, 7:00 a.m. Montrose Harbor, Magic Hedge and Jarvis Leaders: Dave Antieau dkantieau@... and Alex Bloss alex_bloss13@... Begin spring...
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mcvetas
May 1, 2008 3:39 pm
BANK and CLIFF SWALLOWS were spotted scouting out last year's nesting sights on the south end of campus about 9:30am, along with BARN and NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED...
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Greg Neise
greg_neise
May 1, 2008 3:46 pm
The South Pond was pretty busy today for our Thursday walk, with the highlights being a first-year male SUMMER TANAGER, and a flyby flock of 8 WILLETS. Full...
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Bonnie Duman
bluewarbler77
May 1, 2008 3:46 pm
I also had a FOS beautiful male Baltimore Oriole this morning in Deerfield. He took a drink from the hummingbird feeder! Bonnie Duman Lake County ...
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John Jaeger
johnajaeger@...
May 1, 2008 4:06 pm
We had a gorgeous male Rose-breasted Grosbeak at our primary sunflower seed feeder today. Excellent looks by everyone at home and a few good photos. We also...
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Sundberg, Jeffrey
jeffrey_sund...
May 1, 2008 4:15 pm
I visited the Reed-Turner Woodland this morning for a short walk with Steve Barg and Doug Light. We had just over 40 species, with dozens of Yellow-rumped and...
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ericwalt40
May 1, 2008 4:18 pm
It's interesting that birding experts are now standing in for hunter experts. The guy I dialogued with was about 60 years old and had been hunting IL for...
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Sundberg, Jeffrey
jeffrey_sund...
May 1, 2008 4:24 pm
Doug Light reminded me that we also saw a Blue-headed Vireo and a Lincoln's Sparrow. I'll be quiet now. Jeff Sundberg Same Place As Last Time [Non-text...
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Jeff
carpe_diem_c...
May 1, 2008 4:37 pm
I refound the Kentucky Warbler I saw yesterday in the same location. It is hanging out in a grassy area with low hedges and shrubs at the south end of campus...
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B.G. Sloan
bgsloan2
May 1, 2008 4:40 pm
I don't think Jeff Sundberg was saying there aren't mountain lions in southern Illinois. I think he was saying that the idea that the IDNR is releasing...
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ericwalt40
May 1, 2008 4:46 pm
I won't post again on this, but Scott Judd provided an amazing link to an article from today's 'Chicago Reader' about IL Mountain Lions. If you're interested,...
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GAnder8019@...
birdergil
May 1, 2008 4:47 pm
I had 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak at the sun flowers seeds (oilers) today about 10 am. Gilbert Anderson Shorewood, Will Co. WCAS **************Need a new ride?...
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Sundberg, Jeffrey
jeffrey_sund...
May 1, 2008 4:52 pm
Eric and list- the presence of at least a small number of cougars in Illinois in recent years is indisputable. My comment was simply intended to try and stop...
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David Antieau
davidantieau
May 1, 2008 5:09 pm
Dear birders, Other birds at Montrose included 7 Willets (just outside the protected area at 10:a.m. They flew north when a couple with 2 dogs came along.);...
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Ralph Eiseman
ralpheiseman
May 1, 2008 5:32 pm
Next trip of the Lake-Cook Chapter, IL Audubon Society: Sunday May 4 7:30 and 8:00 AM Bird Banding at Shaw Woods, Skokie River Nature Preserve, Lake...
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Carolyn S Law
carolynlaw22
May 1, 2008 5:55 pm
I observed a lesser yellow legs, and a spotted sandpiper in the southeast pond of Rosehill Cementery. Some turkey vultures were around as well. Carolyn Law ...
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Chris Kelly
ckelly1312008
May 1, 2008 6:08 pm
Hi, all, I was just surprised by a group of 8 purple finches at our feeder. Check out the photos here: (Sorry about my multiple postings on IBF, but I just...
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e g
ejgins
May 1, 2008 6:30 pm
From a memorable 2004 IBET post ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ILbirds/message/4148), "Talking to other people I have met in the underbelly of the "legal"...
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omcmurtrey
May 1, 2008 6:41 pm
15 minutes at the 'Point' produced the following birds. The Chat is a lifer for me. Highlights: YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT -- 1 - FOS Vesper Sparrow - 1 American...
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Yellowstart5
May 1, 2008 6:59 pm
hello ibetors: hi lites from the rena cohen led lake-cook field trip. blue-winged warbler 2 veeries. least flycatcher dan wright woods had an early wilson's...
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robirdman
robirdman@...
May 1, 2008 7:42 pm
I didn't see this species mentioned, but I saw 2 different individuals at Montrose today and photographed one. Rob Curtis [Non-text portions of this message...
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Beth Simkins
luvfreebirds
May 1, 2008 8:34 pm
Sue Friscia and I went birding this morning at McClaughry Springs (Palos) and in the afternoon, John J. Duffy Preserve (131st and just west of Will Cook Road)....
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Michael Miller
michaelmille...
May 1, 2008 9:23 pm
Rosehill got a few new birds in last night, making for a great start for the month of May. Most of the place was quiet, but a nicely varied flock of mixed...
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bob shelby
bobshelby_1956@...
May 1, 2008 9:38 pm
This afternoon I observed a female Wilson's Phalarope in breeding plumage. It was in a sewage "pond" east of West Salem. It is my first for Edwards county. Bob...
