Skokie Lagoons & Techny North Sunday 4-12-26

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Wasn't sure what I would do today but it wasn't going to involve a lot
of driving. So I just went to Skokie Lagoons & then to Techny North.
Saw lots of Yellow Rumped Warblers (& one Palm) & quite a few Ruby
Crowned Kinglets at the Lagoons & saw a few ducks & my 1st Spotted
Sandpiper of the year at Techny North. Easy does it!

Skokie Lagoons (9-11:30 am)

P.B. Grebe (2)
D.C. Cormorant (30-35)
Great Blue Heron (2-3)
Canada Goose (12)
Mallard (8)
Red Breasted Merganser (4)
Killdeer (H-1)
Herring Gull (2)
Osprey (2, on the nest platform)
Red Tailed Hawk (1)
Mourning Dove (1)
Red Bellied (4), Downy (3) & Hairy (2) Woodpeckers
Flicker (4-5)
Eastern Phoebe (1)
Blue Jay (2)
Tree Swallow (6)
W.B. Nuthatch (2)
Brown Creeper (1)
Golden Crowned (3) & Ruby Crowned (7) Kinglets
Robin (12-15)
Starling (2)
Yellow Rumped Myrtle Warbler (28-30)
Palm Warbler (1)
Cardinal (H-1)
Field (1), Song (5) & Swamp (1) Sparrows
Red Wings (10), Grackles (8) & Cowbird (H-1)
RUSTY BLACKBIRD (1)

Techny North (11:50 am-12:55 pm)

P.B. Grebe (1)
Canada Goose (2)
Mallard (8), Shoveler (7-M & 1-F) & Green Winged Teal (16)
Red Breasted Merganser (4)
Ruddy Duck (3)
Killdeer (3)
SPOTTED SANDPIPER (1) (FOY)
Flicker (H-1)
Tree Swallow (~10)
Robin (3)
Red Wings (4) & Grackle 2)
Eastern Meadowlark (H-1)
House Finch (H-1)
House Sparrow (2)

So 41 species at my 2 locations plus 2 roadside additions for a total
of 43 for the day.
Bird-Of-The-Day to the Rusty Blackbird & Runners-Up the the FOY
Spotted Sandpiper & the returning Osprey.

License Plate Of The Day to one from Washington D.C near Techny North.

Al Stokie
Local in Cook County today