Midewin Prairie in Will County Friday 6-20-25

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Went with Bob Erickson today to Midewin & took the Iron Bridge Trail
all the way to the Waponse bike trail & then returned via the Hedge
Apple Trail after getting a little bit lost in the process. Walked
over 3 miles & we were lucky there was a cloud cover which held down
the temps. Then we started to do the Hoff Road Trail from Chicago Road
but the rains came in & we did not get to do much of that trail.

Midewin Iron Bridge Trail (6:30-9:30 a.m.)

Red Tailed Hawk (1)
Pheasant (3 heard & 1 seen)
Killdeer (7-AD & 1 small young one)
Mourning Dove (4-6)
Flicker (3)
Eastern Pewee (1)
Willow Flycatcher (2)
Eastern Phoebe (1)
Eastern Kingbird (2)
Tree Swallow (2)
Blue Jay (2)
House Wren (4)
B.G. Gnatcatcher (1)
Robins (16)
Catbird (8)
Brown Thrasher (2)
Starling (1)
BELL'S VIREO (1)
Warbling Vireo (3)
WHITE EYED VIREO (H-1)
Yellow Warbler (2)
Common Yellowthroat (7)
YELLOW BREASTED CHAT (H-2)
Cardinal (3)
Rose Breasted Grosbeak (1-M)
BLUE GROSBEAK (1-F & 1-PR)
Indigo Bunting (3)
Dickcissel (15-17)
Eastern Towhee (2-M)
Field Sparrow (8)
Song Sparrow (4)
(Bob heard a Grasshopper Sparrow but we could not see it)
Bobolink (4)
Eastern Meadowlark (5)
Red Wings (~15)
Grackle (5)
Cowbird (7)
ORCHARD ORIOLE (2-AD-M)
Baltimore Oriole (1)
Goldfinch (6)
House Sparrow (2)

So 40 species for the day at Midewin & Bird-Of-The-Day will be the
three Blue Grosbeaks.
Runners-Up to the Orchard Orioles & the Bell's Vireo. The Chats & the
White Eyed Vireo
were "heard only" birds.

Al Stokie
In Will County today taking a very long walk