Waukegan Beach, North Point Marina, Illinois Beach North & Techny North Tuesday 6-2-26

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Waukegan Beach (6:15-7:40 am)

D.C. Cormorant (1)
Canada Goose (17)
Piping Plover (1, near the pier)
Killdeer (4)
Spotted (2) & Semipalmated (1) Sandpipers
(Nat C also saw a Black Bellied Plover by Greenwood)
Ring Billed (120) & Herring (14) Gulls
Cliff (6) & Barn (10) Swallows
Brown Thrasher (1)
Ans some common land birds

State Line Beach/North Point Marina (8:15-9:30 am)

D.C. Cormorant (32)
NEO CORMORANT (1, in its usual spot)
Killdeer (4)
Spotted Sandpiper (2)
RUDDY TURNSTONE (4)
Ring Billed (~100) & Herring (22) Gulls
Caspian Tern (6)
Mourning Dove (1)
Bank, Cliff & Barn Swallows (no counts)
And more common land birds

Illinois Beach North Unit (9:40-11:30 am)

I'll just do additions to the day list:
Turkey Vulture (4, on the beach)
Kingfisher (1)
Flicker (3)
Eastern Pewee (2), Willow Flycatcher (1), Great Crested Flycatcher (1)
& Eastern Kingbird (2)
Blue Jay (1)
House Wren (1)
BELL'S VIREO (1) (a good record for Lake County)
Warbling (2) & Red Eyed (1) Vireo
Eastern Bluebird (1)
Yellow Warbler (2) & Common Yellowthroat (2)
Dickcissel (1)
Field (1) & Song (2) Sparrows
Eastern Towhee (1)
ORCHARD (1-M) & Baltimore (1) Orioles
Goldfinch (2)

Techny North (1:15-2 pm)

Great Blue Heron (1) & Great Egret (1)
Mallard (6-AD & 6 young)
Killdeer (5) & Spotted Sandpiper (3)
LESSER YELLOWLEGS (1, a little late)
Caspian Tern (1)
And more common land birds

So 53 species for the day plus 1 roadside addition for a day's total of 54.
Bird-Of-The-Day will be the Bell's Vireo which is seldom seen in Lake County.
Runners-Up to the Ruddy Turnstones, the Piping Plover & the singing
male Orchard Oriole.

License Plate Of The Day to one from Manitoba seen on Rt 41 on the way home.

Al Stokie
Mostly in Lake County today