I contacted the Great Lakes Piping Plover Research and Recovery Dept. at the University of Minnesota with information about IBET observations of Piping Plovers...
Does anyone know if Nighthawks come right down the river in the Loop? I am curious as I have one injured from this morning very close to the river at South...
Hi all, I spent a little more than three hours birding the Buck Schroth Nature Trail* in the SE portion of Robert Allerton Park, Piatt Co. There was a good ...
The Chicago Ornithological Society in cooperation with the International Crane Foundation will continue soliciting observations of Sandhill Cranes migrating...
IBETers, Please see the note below from Scott Meister of the DuPage County Forest Preserve District whoasked me to post the information on IBET. The District...
I am home today, watching the birds in my yard. I have a young cardinal who keeps returning. He has absolutely no feathers on his head, from the neck up. He...
Everyone- One possibility is that these birds may have come from Canada. They nest in the Canadian Prairie Provinces too. On those birds know! Eric Lundquist ...
... Yeah, these birds could have come from the much larger Great Plains population though this is impossible to know since none of the Piping Plovers were...
Hi All, Below is a request concerning radio-tagged and/or banded shorebirds that could possibly migrate through our area. Just passing this information along...
Zipped out of work for a half hour in the afternoon to check Waukegan Beach today -- No pelican -- but I did see seven SEMI-PALMATED PLOVES in various plumages...
IBET- I had my first of the season Red-breasted Nuthatch calling from the top of a tree at work (Abbott Park) this morning. Regards, Eric Lundquist ===== Eric...
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Hello IBET'ers I'm reading quite a few reports of warblers being sighted along the Lake Michigan shoreline in fairly good numbers. However, I haven't seen many...
Mike: I live near the Des Plaines River- warblers are coming through my backyard, but not in big numbers yet. Just wait til we get some NE winds! I had...
I am looking for birders who belong to the birding listservs in one or more of these states: Indiana Iowa Missouri Wisconsin Please respond to me directly at...
Hi all, This AM (9/2) there was a juvenile WHIMBREL on Waukegan's South Beach; on the North Beach I did not see any of the Red Knots which have been seen...
I have to admit that I am somewhat frustrated at the lack of birds, especially migrating warblers, this week. Although there were not a ot of numbers last...
A couple of days ago I lost a pair of prescription glasses while birding at Montrose. They are quite distinctive as they have trifocals on the bottom and...
The COS North Pond bird walk on Wednesday, September 1 located a little more than 30 species on our morning outing to North Pond. North Pond is in Chicago's...
All the shorebird habitat is gone because of last weeks rains. It will take at least 2 weeks before mud flats reappear.Interestingly, as I watched the Great...
Wednesday__September 1, 2004 I decided to use some time off before starting my new job to try for the Brown Pelican and anything else in the area. I visited...
IBET and BCNnet friends: September 18th is fast approaching and this is a reminder of the scheduled workday at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center from 9 AM...
For those of you that may be interested, I've posted some shorebird photos that I took yesterday at Waukegan. Here's the links: SEMIPALMATED PLOVER: ...
Well, silly me -- of course I saw one flyby Willet and 6 Red Knots, just as Travis did at Waukegan yesterday, Wednesday. What was I thinking, or writing, as...
I birded Lake Calumet's Harborside International Golf Course in southeast Chicago from 5:45pm - 6:45pm Thursday afternoon (9-2-04). My highlights are as ...
This is a note to Robbie Hunsinger: A young gull was observed on the rocks north of the Shedd Aquarium this afternoon, with a green fish hook in its neck. It...
I saw several large groups of Nighthawks in the Wheeling area the last couple of nights. One flew 10 feet over my head this morning at 7:00 am as I was...
Hi all, I attempted to go birding on the north side of Robert Allerton Park in Piatt County, but was thwarted by a locked gate that apparently doesn't open...
