A pair of Buffleheads has been on North Pond since as least late yesterday, together with a group of Lesser Scaup (one female Greater). Hope this is an upswing...
I just wanted to let folks know that the Montrose BLKI was rescued yesterday around 6:30 p.m. by Larry Krutulis from Chicago Bird Collision Monitors. The bird...
Craig - Thanks for reporting this - I live fairly close - may check them out today. Someone explained this a while back, but how can you tell the difference...
Fellow Ibeters, Well, Beau started this adventurous peregrination out into the wild lakes of Lake County, IL, so I'll continue it! Thanks Beau for another...
If you'd like to see the pictures John took, let me know off list. I'll forward them to you. The red-tailed hawk looks very much like an osprey from his...
Forecast is for winds from the south and southwest thru Monday. Yippee! Temps still to be cool though. Having had a bit of experience with nesting attack...
FYI - An image of the Ross's Gull has now been posted to the Illinois Birders Forum. <http://www.ilbirds.com/index.php?topic=47529.msg63161#new> Matthew Cvetas...
Dear IL-birders: After the 23 March edition of the North Pond Bird Walks, I spent some time watching the Cinnamon Teal that's been there for a while. What was...
Geoff Nice one!!! I was thinking this might be the case... And does the date have anything to do with this? :) Steve ... From: Geoffrey A. Williamson...
Well, prima aprilis is April 1... Great April Fools joke, Geoff. Alex Bloss Chicago To: ILbirds@yahoogroups.com From: geoffrey.williamson@... Date:...
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Apr 1, 2011 4:24 pm
I notified J. Siler, http://www.birdingonthe.net <http://www.birdingonthe.net/> , the last post for Illinois was one posting on March 22, 2011. It was...
Interestingly, an article in The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) publication written by a Alexander Mikhaylovich Ovechkin, makes reference to...
Hi all, Jeff and I ran our 3rd Big Day try for the year yesterday, and came up with 107 species. But did we set a new northern Illinois Big Day record for...
Dear IBET, On January 18, 1999 an immature Kittiwake was sighted near the dam on Lake Springfield . It seemed to be actively flying around and was seen daily...
After being submerged in the labyrinth of people that is Manhattan Island for the past 4 days and feeling like a caged animal, it felt great to get out to the ...
Dave Johnson just called me and wanted me to report 152 COMMON LOONS and 84 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS on Lake Marie in Antioch. Good Looning! Beau Schaefer Lake...
Sheryl and I counted right around 50 COMMON LOONS and only 34 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS just last Sunday (Mar 27th) at Lake Marie, so a pretty dramatic increase....
On 30 March, I took Sheryl out to Heron Creek Forest Preserve (next to the Reed-Turner Woodland Preserve) near Long Grove. Though I had never really birded...
So, is this an April's Fool trick or not? A previous email said it was. I usually don't read the long, pedantic emails on IBET but this time I did. If it is a...
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Apr 1, 2011 10:46 pm
Geoff's "Anas cyanoptera primaaprilis" tale is possibly better understood in the context of the fact that the Cinnamon Teal is a "New World only" (think N. &...
I was out checking my study sites (and a few other spots along the way) for my upcoming field season in Will, DuPage and Cook Counties this past week. As I...
Great April Fools joke. Well thought out. By the way, for those who don't know, Alexander Mikhaylovich Ovechkin is a hockey player who plays for the Washington...
Funny, they install a new camera and the Peregrines decide to move their nest to the 6th pillar west of the front door after being in the 1st pillar for the...
Pictures mentioned below added to an IBF post with permission. Steve Spitzer http://www.ilbirds.com/index.php?topic=47603.0 ... From: Rhonda (Monroe) Rothrock...
The CHIPPING SPARROW first detected on 23 Dec eating the cracked corn I put down underneath our bird feeders was still detected into March, on 5 March....
Some pictures from Northerly Island this past week: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianpowers3/sets/72157626376411558/ and some recent pictures from other...
