Chicago Botanic Garden Wednesday 7-22-26

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Spent most of my time at the mudflats looking at shorebirds, herons &
egrets but also saw lots of Swallows & a loud Marsh Wren. Santo also
told me about a Dickcissel he had seen but I could not find it
although I had seen it a week or so ago. Also birded with Paige &
David for a while & saw Sean M early on.

Chicago Botanic Garden (7:50-10:30 am)

D.C. Cormorant (2)
Great Blue Heron (1)
Great Egret (1)
BLACK CROWNED NIGHT HERON (1-IM)
Canada Goose (5)
Wood Duck (1)
Mallard (15)
Osprey (1, hunting)
Killdeer (12)
Solitary Sandpiper (5)
Spotted Sandpiper (6)
Least Sandpiper (8)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (1)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1)
Caspian Tern (15-AD & 3-IM)
Rock Pigeon (5, roadsides)
Mourning Dove (3)
Kingfisher (1)
Purple Martin (12)
Rough Winged (2), Cliff (2) & Barn (10) Swallows
Blue Jay (2)
MARSH WREN (1, heard & briefly seen)
Robin (10)
Cardinal (1-PR)
Song Sparrow (5)
Red Wings (4)
House Finch (2)
Goldfinch (4)
House Sparrow (10-12)

So 31 species at the Garden plus one roadside addition for a day's total of 32.
If I had seen the Marsh Wren better it would have been Top Bird but as
I did not
Bird-Of-The-Day will be the young Black Crowned Night Heron &
Runners-Up will be
the Marsh Wren & the Osprey.

Al Stokie
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