Techny Basin, Techny North & Car Problems Thursday 7-10-25)

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Well finally after 13 years & about 220,000 miles the baby Prius
decided it wanted a new hybrid battery. This was when I was all the
way out at Muirhead on Monday. But I could drive it home ok & then on
Tuesday I took it to the Toyota dealer where they said it was indeed
the battery. Ordered one & they put it in on Wednesday. Went smoothly
except for what it cost. If you have a hybrid God help you when you
have to get a new main battery! Anyway, back to birding today.

Techny Basin (8:45-9:45 am)

This place has all the mudflat areas under water so hardly any shorebirds.

Great Blue Heron (3)
Great Egret (3)
Mallard (23)
Red Tailed Hawk (H-1)
Killdeer (1, lawns)
Spotted Sandpiper (2, stream edges)
Pigeons (11) & Mourning Dove (2)
Flicker (1)
Eastern Kingbird (2)
Barn Swallow (12-14, gathering mud)
Robin (4)
Warbling Vireo (H-1)
Dickcissel (H-2)
Song (4) & Savannah (H-1) Sparrows
Red Wings (6) & Grackles (2)
House Finch (1-F) & Goldfinch (2)
House Sparrow (1)

Techny North (10-10:45 am)

About half the mudflats are back but shorebirds are still few.

Great Blue Heron (3) & Great Egret (1)
Mallard (1-F with 3 young & 1-F with 8 young)
Killdeer (21)
Spotted (6), Solitary (2) & Least (6) Sandpipers
Caspian Tern (6-AD & 1-IM)
Mourning Dove (2), Robin (2) & Warbling Vireo (H-1)
Song (1) & Savannah (4) Sparrows
Red Wings (6)
House Finch (H-1)

So I didn't see much today but at least I am back on the birding trail
with a working car.
Bird-Of-The-Day will be the 2 Solitary Sandpipers & Runner-Up the 2 Kingbirds.
Maybe I can do better tomorrow?

Al Stokie
Very local in Cook County today