Wood Dale Reservoir Complex Monday 7-12-21

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Went to the Wood Dale Reservoir today & was not happy with the fact
that all the mudflats are covered by water. A lady dog walker told me
they opened the spillway when the Salt Creek flooded & now there's
water everywhere. Too bad as the mudflats were looking great before
they flooded the place. It's going to take a long time for the water
to go down.

Wood Dale Reservoir Complex (7-9:40 a.m.)

Reservoir Only

D.C. Cormorant (1 in a tree & 5 fly-bys)
Great Blue Heron (1, came in as I was leaving)
Mallard (groups of 6 & 8)
Killdeer (1, on the bike path)
Spotted Sandpiper (1, in a shrub near the water)
Ring Billed Gull (4)
Herring Gull (1 fly-by)
Caspian Tern (2 or 3, hunting)
Rough Winged (6) & Barn (2) Swallows

Middle Pond

D.C. Cormorant (2)
Great Egret (2 fly-bys)
Mallard (1-F)
Spotted Sandpiper (H-1)

Itasca (Western) Wetlands

Great Egret (2, probably the same 2 from the Middle Pond)
Red Tailed Hawk (1)
Killdeer (2)
Spotted Sandpiper (3)
Least Sandpiper (7)
Rough Winged (4) & Barn (3) Swallows

Land Birds

Had 25 species of land birds & none were out of the ordinary. Still
singing were Mourning Doves, Willow Flycatchers, House Wrens, Robins,
Catbirds, Warbling Vireos, Yellow Warblers, Common Yellowthroats,
Cardinal, Indigo Buntings, House Finches & Goldfinch.

Nothing but regular Summer birds today but Bird-Of-The-Day will go to
the hunting Caspian Terns with their nice oversized red bills.
Runner-Up to the one well seen Yellow Warbler.

Al Stokie
Making the best of it in DuPage County today