State Line Beach & North Point Marina Illinois Beach North Monday 5-25-26

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Another day looking for fly-by Whimbrels and another day not finding
any. Did my Whimbrel watch at State Line Beach (1 hour), North Point
Marina (45 min) & the North Unit Beach in from Sand Pond (1 hour). I
guess I'll give up on this & hope for one in the Fall.

State Line Beach & North Point Marina (7-9 am)

Great Blue Heron (1)
Canada Goose (51 fly-bys)
Mallard (2)
D.C.Cormorant (9)
NEO CORMORANT (1)
Killdeer (2) & Spotted Sandpiper (H-1)
Ring Billed (55) & Herring (10) Gulls
Caspian Tern (7)
Eastern Bluebird (H-2)
And other common land birds

North Unit of Illinois Beach (9:20-11:25 am)

Canada Goose (12), Mallard (2) & Red Breasted Merganser (2-PR)
Sandhill Crane (2)
Killdeer (3), Spotted (2) & Semipalmated (1) Sandpipers
RUDDY TURNSTONE (1)
Ring Billed (61) & Herring (2) Gulls
Caspian (13) & Common (2) Terns
Mourning Dove (4)
Red Headed (1) & Red Bellied (1) Woodpeckers
Flicker (1)
Eastern Pewee (H-1), Willow Flycatcher (H-1) & Great Crested Flycatcher (H-1)
Eastern Kingbird (1)
Blue Jay (2) & House Wren (2)
Barn Swallow (6)
Robin (6), Catbird (1) & Brown Thrasher (2)
Starling (2)
Warbling Vireo (H-1)
Yellow Warbler (1) & Common Yellowthroat (3)
Cardinal (H-2)
Rose Breasted Grosbeak (1-M)
BLUE GROSBEAK (1-M, singing)
Song Sparrow (2)
Red Wings (6), Grackles (2) & Cowbirds (1-PR)
Baltimore Oriole (1)

So 44 species for the day plus 2 roadside additions for a day's total of 46.
Bird-Of-The-Day to the singing Blue Grosbeak & Runners-Up to the Ruddy
Turnstone
& the Neo Cormorant.

Al Stokie
In Lake County today