Techny Basin & Techny North Monday 9-14-26

[Al Stokie]

Hello Again Bird People,

Not much time on Monday so I just went to the two Techny's.

Techny Basin (8:30-10:30 am)

D.C. Cormorant (1)
Great Blue Heron (7) & Great Egret (also 7)
Canada Goose (5) & Mallard (7)
Cooper's Hawk (1)
Killdeer (1)
Solitary Sandpiper (3)
Ring Billed (2) & Herring (1) Gulls
Rock Pigeon (12) & Mourning Dove (1)
Flicker (5, a family group)
Blue Jay (3)
Swainson's Thrush (1)
Robin (1)
Starling (1)
Warbling (2) & Red Eyed (5) Vireos
PHILADELPHIA VIREO (1)
Blackpoll (1) & Palm (1) Warbler
Goldfinch (4)
House Sparrow (2)

Techny North (10:35-11:25 am)

(Also here was a bird group with Josh E as leader)

D.C.Cormorant (1-AD & 1-IM)
Great Blue Heron (2) & Great Egret (1)
Canada Goose (1 & 2)
Red Tailed Hawk (1)
Kestrel (2)
PEREGRINE (1, spotted by Josh)
Killdeer (5)
Semipalmated Plover (2)
Lesser Yellowlegs (1)
Solitary Sandpiper (1)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (1)
Pectoral Sandpiper (2)
Crow (2 & Eastern Meadowlark (H-1)

So 33 species for the day with no add-ons.
Bird-Of-The-Day will be the Philly Vireo & Runner-Up will be the
fly-by Peregrine.

Al Stokie
Very local in Cook County today