Skokie Lagoons From Willow Road Friday 4-12-24

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Skokie Lagoons (8-11:10 a.m.)

D.C. Cormorant (1)
Great Blue Heron (2)
Canada Goose (12-15)
Wood Duck (1-PR)
Mallard (8)
Blue Winged Teal (6)
Lesser Scaup (1-M)
Osprey (2, at the nest platform)
Cooper's Hawk (1)
Red Tailed Hawk (1)
Killdeer (1, roadside)
Ring Billed Gull (2 fly-bys)
Mourning Dove (4)
Kingfisher (1)
Red Bellied Woodpecker (3)
Downy Woodpecker (1)
Hairy Woodpecker (1-F)
Flicker (8)
Tree Swallow (12)
Rough Winged Swallow (3)
Blue Jay (4)
Crow (1)
Chickadee (H-1)
Golden Crowned Kinglet (2)
Ruby Crowned Kinglet (2)
Robin (20-25)
Starling (2)
Y.R. Myrtle Warbler (2)
Cardinal (5)
Song Sparrow (8)
Junco (3)
Red Wings (6)
Grackles (2)
Cowbirds (9)
House Finch (1, singing by the parking lot)
Purple Finch (H-1, told about this bird by another birder & I think
she was right)
Goldfinch (1)
House Sparrow (2)

So 38 species for the site & 2 more roadside additions for a total of
40 for the day.
I should mention that 3 other birders saw the following, although I
missed them,
Phoebe, Creeper, Hermit Thrush & best of all a Siskin seen by Audrey.

Bird-Of-The-Day for me will be the 2 Ospreys & Runner-Up to the Myrtle
Warblers.

Al Stokie
Local in Cook County today