Where is Techny North?

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Aug 26, 2021, 1:47:55 AM8/26/21
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Hello everyone. I visit here where I grew up a couple times of year. It's always such a pleasure to read this listserv. I stay in Morton Grove but I do drive around when interesting birds are seen outside of the general area near my folks' house. I've been reading about techny north in this list, and today I attempted to visit in hopes of seeing the Bairds Sandpiper or perhaps Wilson's phalarope.

But I'm not sure that I went to the right place. I went to the Techny Prairie and Fields in northbrook, and there was a pond between a playground and a golf course. Then there was a path that went along a creek, which is really a tributary of the Chicago River. And then there was another pond near the Sheraton Hotel. 

If anyone can advise me if I was even in the right place I would be grateful. I didn't see a single bird at the pond by the golf course. Although I did see a very nice toad! I need to look it up to see if it was American or Fowler's or something else. But since it was the only thing I saw outside of grasshoppers and butterflies, I think I would give it amphibian of the day!

Thank you so much! 

MB visiting Morton Grove



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Al Stokie <alsto...@gmail.com>: Aug 24 03:19PM -0500

Hello Bird People,
 
Guess I should have gone for the Barn Owl at McCormick place
(especially since it was seen again) but as I'm not working too hard
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Here's a sample of what IBET looked like back in 2002, part of the reports from Mar 29th-Apr 1st.  Some of these folks are no longer with us...
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Currently, there are 732 members. There were a couple thousand in the Yahoo
group before we migrated, but I suspect many of those emails were long
defunct.
 
There seems to be a little resurgence ...more
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/xxjb7z/51399314859/in/dateposted/Hi friends,Very active in the Washington hawthorn tree.JohnBourbonnais, IL

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Aug 26, 2021, 8:53:46 AM8/26/21
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I think you’re referring to a spot usually called Techny Basin. It’s a bit tricky to find. 


Go to Kohl’s on Willow in Glenview. Follow Ravine Way south (that’s the road on the east side of Kohl’s) until it curves. Take the first left after the curve, which is Claire Ct.  Follow Claire Ct. until you find a small parking lot. Here’s the GPS coordinates to the parking lot.  Cross the bridge to get to the path around the marsh.


42.097109 -87.809465


-Cyndi Lubecke, Prospect Hts


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