Chicago Botanic Garden Thursday 10-9-25

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Spent five hours here today partly as there were a lot of birds to
look at & partly as I get older I move much slower. Not much I can do
about that though. The mudflats are mostly underwater with only a few
Killdeer there. Lots of Fall migrants to look at although I was unable
to find a Harris's Sparrow or Pine Siskins.

Chicago Botanic Garden (7:30 am-12:30 pm)

P.B. Grebe (1)
D.C. Cormorant (1 fly-by)
Great Blue Heron (1)
Great Egret (1)
Canada Goose (102, most in the Northern Lake)
Wood Duck (9)
Mallard (26)
BLACK DUCK (1)
Blue Winged Teal (1-F)
BALD EAGLE (1 young fly-by)
Killdeer (5)
Herring Gull (1)
Mourning Dove (2)
RUBY THROATED HUMMER (2, still here in the Sensory Garden)
Kingfisher (1)
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker (2)
Red Bellied Woodpecker (4)
Downy Woodpecker (3)
Blue Jay (8)
Crow (1 fly-by)
Chickadee (3)
Red Breasted Nuthatch (4)
G.C. Kinglet (1)
Hermit Thrush (4)
Robin (26, including one with an all white head & neck)
Cedar Waxwing (2-AD & 2-IM)
BLUE HEADED VIREO (1)
Palm Warbler (1)
Yellow Rumped Myrtle Warbler (14)
Cardinal (1-PR)
White Crowned Sparrow (9-10)
White Throated Sparrow (14)
Junco (18-20)
Red Winged Blackbird (2-M, with one singing)
Goldfinch (12)
House Sparrow (16)

So 36 species at the Botanic Garden plus roadside Pigeons for a day's
total of 37.
Bird-Of-The-Day will be the Blue Headed Vireo & Runners-Up will be the
young Bald Eagle , the Black Duck, the 2 remaining Hummingbirds & the
four Red Breasted Nuthatches.

Al Stokie
Local in Cook County today with lots to look at