Muirhead Springs in Kane County Tuesday 6-17-25

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

East Pond Area (7:30-9 a.m.)

D.C. Cormorant (1 fly-by)
Great Egret (1 fly-by)
Green Heron (1)
Canada Goose (36, landed on the pond)
Mallard (1-PR)
Blue Winged Teal (1-PR)
Killdeer (~10)
GREATER YELLOWLEGS (1, continuing for over 2 weeks)
Spotted Sandpiper (2)
WILSON'S PHALAROPE (1-F, only seen for a few min & then it disappeared)
Tree (4) & Barn (3) Swallows

Main Pond (9:30-10:15 a.m.)

P,B. Grebe (2)
D.C. Cormorant (3)
Great Blue Heron (3)
Great Egret (2)
Tree Swallow (4)
Marsh Wren (H-2)

Land Birds

Sandhill Crane (H-2)
Mourning Dove (2)
House Wren (H-2, wooded edges)
Sedge Wren (2, singing)
Blue Jay (H-1)
Crow (2)
Robin (6)
Starling (4)
Common Yellowthroat (6-8)
Dickcissel (4)
Field Sparrow (H-1, Rohrsen Rd)
Savannah Sparrow (4-5)
Song Sparrow (2)
Bobolink (5-M)
Eastern Meadowlark (3)
Red Wings (12), Grackle (3) & Cowbird (1)
Goldfinch (1-M)
House Sparrow (4)

So 34 species for the day & Bird-Of-The-Day will be the Wilson's Phalarope &
Runners-Up will be the lingering Greater Yellowlegs & the well seen Sedge Wren.

Al Stokie
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