Montrose Beach & Dunes Monday 8-10-26

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Montrose Beach (5:50-9:10 am)

D.C. Cormorant (3)
Great Blue Heron (1 fly-by)
Canada Goose (16)
Mallard (5)
Killdeer (5)
Spotted Sandpiper (4)
WILLET (1)
Sanderling (1)
Least Sandpiper (6)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (2)
Pectoral Sandpiper (3 or 4)
Ring Billed (105) & Herring (6) Gulls
Rock Pigeon (2)
Purple Martin (6) & Barn Swallow (12)
Cardinal (H-1)
Song Sparrow (1)
House Finch (3)

So 19 species at Montrose plus one roadside addition for a day's total of 20.
Bird-Of-The-Day will be the pier side Willet & Runners-Up to the
Pectoral Sandpipers.

Al Stokie
At Montrose in Cook County today