Skokie Lagoons North From Willow Rd Thursday 10-14-21

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Got a late start due to lingering rain but started into The Lagoons by
9:30 a.m. Has a little more rain later but not much. Targets were
Creeper & Sapsucker as I haven't seen either this Fall.
Got 1 but missed the other. Here's what I saw today.

Skokie Lagoons (9:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.)

D.C. Cormorant (3)
Canada Goose (114)
Wood Duck (5)
Mallard (27)
Cooper's Hawk (1)
Red Tailed Hawk (1)
Rock Pigeon (2)
Mourning Dove (1)
Chimney Swift (2)
Kingfisher (2)
Red Bellied Woodpecker (6)
Downy Woodpecker (2)
Hairy Woodpecker (1-M)
Flicker (3)
Blue Jay (4)
Crow (H-1)
Chickadee (5)
W.B. Nuthatch (H-2)
BROWN CREEPER (1, one of my targets)
Golden Crowned Kinglet (4)
Ruby Crowned Kinglet (5)
Hermit Thrush (2)
Robins (16)
Gray Catbird (1)
ORANGE CROWNED WARBLER (1)
Y.R. Myrtle Warbler (~15)
BLUE HEADED VIREO (1)
Chipping Sparrow (1)
White Throated Sparrow (2)
Junco (6)
Red Wings (2)
Goldfinch (H-2)

So 32 species at Skokie Lagoons plus 2 roadside additions.
Bird-If-The-Day to the Blue Headed Vireo & Runners Up to the Creeper &
the Orange Crowned Warbler.

Al Stokie
Close to home in Cook County today