Skokie Lagoons From Willow Road & Techny North Friday 5-15-26

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Started off slowly with windy conditions & very few birds. Only had 2
species of warblers for the 1st half of my loop walk. But things
improved along the bike path where the winds were somewhat blocked &
once I headed into the woods along the lagoons things got much better.
Also had help finding birds at that "in the woods" location from Lynne
C & Tom Y.

Skokie Lagoons (7:35-11:45 am)

Great Blue Heron (1)
Canada Goose (10) & Mallard (6)
Osprey (2, at the nest platform)
Mourning Dove (2)
Red Bellied (2), Downy (2) & Hairy (1) Woodpeckers
Flicker (1)
Great Crested Flycatcher (1)
Tree (3), Rough Winged (2) & Barn (10) Swallows
Blue Jay (2), Chickadee (1) & W.B. Nuthatch (1)
B.G. Gnatcatcher (2) & House Wren (7)
Veery (2), Swainson's Thrush (2) & Wood Thrush (1, singing)
Robin (~30)
Gray Catbird (2)
Cedar Waxwing (1)
Starling (2)
Warbling (1) & Yellow Throated (2) Vireos
Tennessee Warbler (3)
Nashville Warbler (2)
N. Parula (H-1)
Yellow Warbler (1)
Chestnut Sided Warbler (2)
Magnolia Warbler (2)
Cape May Warbler (1-M)
Yellow Rumped Myrtle Warbler (1)
Black Throated Green Warbler (2)
Blackburnian Warbler (2-M)
Palm Warbler (3)
Blackpoll (2) (FOY)
Bay Breasted Warbler (2) (FOY)
Black & White (2)
Redstart (2-M & 1-F)
Northern Waterthrush (H-1)
Common Yellowthroat (1)
Wilson's Warbler (1-M)
Canada Warbler (1) (FOY)
SUMMER TANAGER (1, partially red)
Cardinal (2)
Rose Breasted Grosbeak (2-M)
Eastern Towhee (1)
Song Sparrow (2)
Lincoln's Sparrow (2)
White Crowned Sparrow (1)
Red Wings (3), Grackles (4) & Cowbirds (3)
Baltimore Oriole (4)

Later a stop at Techny North where I saw Killdeer, Spotted Sandpiper &
2 Semipalmated Plovers & 4 Short Billed Dowitchers along with one
Caspian Tern.

So 62 species for the day at my 2 locations plus 2 roadside additions
for a day's total of 64.
Bird-Of-The-Day to the Summer Tanager & Runners-Up to the 3 new "year
bird" Warblers, the Blackpoll, the Bay Breasted & the Canada Warblers.
Had I known I was at 19 species of warblers I would tried to make it
to 20 but I did not know so I stayed at 19.

Al Stokie
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