Montrose Beach & Hedge Area Wednesday 9-10-25

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

I hadn't been to Montrose in over a week so it was time to go today.
Yesterday they had a Red Necked Phalarope & a Black Bellied Plover so
I wanted to look for them & then try to find some warblers. I did find
the Plover but the Phalarope was not to be found. Then the warbler
search went slowly at first but finished strong.

Montrose Beach (6:25-8:30 a.m.)

Canada Goose (~240, count by Terry W)
Mallard (5)
Green Winged Teal (1-F, inside the fish hook pier)
Cooper's Hawk (1, chased a big rat but missed)
Peregrine Falcon (1, others saw 2)
BLACK BELLIED PLOVER (1)
Semipalmated Plover (1)
Sanderling (up to 7)
Ring Billed (~90) & Herring (7) Gulls
Chimney Swift (1)

Hedge Area (8:30-11:10 a.m.)

Ruby Throated Hummingbird (2)
Downy Woodpecker (1)
Flicker (2)
Eastern Pewee (H-1)
Yellow Bellied Flycatcher (1)
Chickadee (2)
RED BREASTED NUTHATCH (1)
Swainson's Thrush (~10)
Robin (~20)
Catbird (3)
Starling (2)
Warbling Vireo (3, with one still singing)
Red Eyed Vireo (~12)
GOLDEN WINGED WARBLER (1-F)
Tennessee Warbler (1)
Nashville Warbler (1)
Magnolia Warbler (1)
BLACKBURNIAN (1-F)
Black & White (1)
Bay Breasted (1)
Blackpoll (1)
Redstart (5)
Northern Waterthrush (1)
Common Yellowthroat (1-F)
Wilson's Warbler (1)
Canada Warbler (1)
Cardinal (2-M)
House Finch (8)
House Sparrow (10)

So 40 species at Montrose plus 2 roadside additions for a day's total of 42.
Only had 3 species of shorebirds but also had 13 species of warblers.
Bird-Of-The-Day will be a tie between the Black Bellied Plover & the
Golden Winged Warbler.
Fancy Pants Bird Of The Day will be the Blackburnian Warbler.
It's possible that I also saw a Wood Thrush & an Ovenbird but the
looks were too quick.

License Plate Of The Day goes to one from Idaho seen at Foster & Broadway.

Al Stokie
At Montrose in Cook County today