LaBagh Woods & Techny North Monday 5-11-26

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Wanted to see Warblers so I went to LaBagh Woods while Bob Erickson
went to Dan Wright & Ryerson. I had 15 species of Warblers while Bob
had 21. Bob picked better than I did.

LaBagh Woods (7:30-noon)

Great Blue Heron (1)
Canada Goose (2)
Wood Duck (4)
Mallard (1-M)
Mourning Dove (2)
Red Bellied (3) & Downy (1) Woodpeckers
Flicker (2)
Great Crested Flycatcher (2)
Blue Jay (4)
Crow (1)
Chickadee (1)
Red Breasted (1) & White Breasted (2) Nuthatches
Ruby Crowned Kinglet (2)
House Wren (1)
Tree (8), Rough Winged (3) & Barn (2) Swallows
Veery (2)
Robin (~30)
Gray Catbird (2)
Starling (6)
BLUE HEADED (1) & Warbling (1) Vireos
GOLDEN WINGED WARBLER (1)
Nashville Warbler (1)
Parula (1-M)
Magnolia (5)
Chestnut Sided Warbler (2)
CAPE MAY WARBLER (1-M)
Yellow Warbler (1)
Black & White Warbler (1)
Blackburnian Warbler (1-M)
Redstart (2)
Black Throated Green Warbler (1-M)
Palm Warbler (5)
Yellow Rumped Myrtle Warbler (8)
Northern Waterthrush (1)
Common Yellowthroat (1-M)
Cardinal (4)
Indigo Bunting (1)
Chipping Sparrow (5)
Song Sparrow (1)
Swamp Sparrow (1)
White Crowned Sparrow (1)
White Throated Sparrow (2)
Baltimore Oriole (5)
Red Wings (3), Grackles (12) & Cowbird (1-M)
House Sparrow (4)

Then a quick stop at Techny North where the only shorebirds were Killdeer (2),
Spotted (2) & Least (10) Sandpipers. And I added Savannah Sparrow to
the day list.

So 57 species at my 2 locations plus roadside Pigeons for a day's total of 58.
Bird-Of-The-Day will be the fine looking Cape May Warbler & Runners-Up
will be the Blue Headed Vireo & the Golden Winged Warbler.

Al Stokie
Local in Cook County today