Wood Dale Reservoir & Wetlands Tuesday 9-9-25

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Did my weekly visit to the Wood Dale Reservoir complex with Luis M.
Water levels are down a little with a little bit of mudflats
appearing. Only had 6 species of shorebirds but that's more than we
have been seeing. We were joined by Bob & Kyle at the end of our
visit.

Reservoir Only

D.C. Cormorant (16)
Great Blue Heron (3)
Great Egret (5)
Canada Goose (99, counted by Luis)
Mallard (15)
Blue Winged Teal (5)
Shoveler (3)
Killdeer (9)
Spotted Sandpiper (1, a spotted adult)
STILT SANDPIPER (2)
Wilson's Snipe (1)
Ring Billed Gull (6)

Middle Pond

D.C. Cormorant (1)
Great Blue Heron (1) & Great Egret (1)
Green Heron (1)
Mallard (1)
KESTREL (a family of 3)

Itasca/Western Wetlands

D.C. Cormorant (1)
Great Blue Heron (3) & Great Egret (4)
Mallard (8) & Wood Duck (3)
Killdeer (21), Lesser Yellowlegs (2) & Solitary Sandpiper (1)

Landbirds

Had 22 species of landbirds with some of the more interesting being
Eastern Phoebe, 3 Catbirds, a still singing Warbling Vireo, a
Swainson's Thrush & Warblers were Redstart, Palms,
Common Yellowthroat & a Wilson's Warbler. Luis also saw a Magnolia
which I missed.

So 39 species at Wood Dale plus roadside Pigeons for a day's total of 40.
Luis thinks that Bird-Of-The-Day should go to the Kestrel family so
that's what we'll do
Runner-Up will be the 2 Stilt Sandpipers which were the top bird here
last week.
Share the awards!

Al Stokie
In DuPage County today