Jackson Park Sunday 6-14-26

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Well what do you do when it rains all morning? The answer today was to
go to Jackson Park & pick up a new Illinois State Lifer. Pretty much
stayed under the golf concession shelter between the driving range &
the lagoon as that's where the TROPICAL KINGBIRD was the whole time we
were there. Went with Bob Erickson & David Johnson but there were as
many as 15 birders all looking at the Kingbird at any given time.
Didn't see much of anything else & only had 11 species for the day but
when you have over 400 species in Illinois adding one more is a big
deal.

Bird-Of-The-Day is, of course, that Tropical Kingbird which is #412
for me in Illinois. As I get less & less able to get to see rare
species each addition is a victory. And I always enjoy seeing the many
birders who always show up at these rare bird sightings so we can talk
about the "good old days".

Al Stokie
In Chicago in Cook County today in the rain