Skokie Lagoons & Techny North Sunday 4-26-26

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Wasn't seeing many Warblers until I ran into Dan H on the bike path &
he was looking at quite a few of them. Unfortunately they were mostly
very high in the trees & on a cloudy day I had trouble figuring them
out unlike Dan who had no trouble at all. Oh well, I saw a few of them
well enough to count & that will have to do.

Skokie Lagoons (7:30-11 am)

P.B. Grebe (1)
D.C. Cormorant (2)
Great Blue Heron (1)
GREEN HERON (1) (FOY)
Canada Goose (14)
Wood Duck (1-PR)
Mallard (8)
Osprey (2, on the nest platform)
Killdeer (2)
SOLITARY SANDPIPER (1) (FOY)
Mourning Dove (4)
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker (H-1)
Red Headed Woodpecker (1)
Red Bellied Woodpecker (4)
Downy (1) & Hairy (1) Woodpeckers
Flicker (5)
Tree (6) & Rough Winged (8) Swallows
Blue Jay (2)
Chickadee (1)
Brown Creeper (2)
House Wren (H-1)
Ruby Crowned Kinglet (5)
Robin (~25)
Starling (3)
Orange Crowned Warbler (1)
Palm Warbler (3)
Yellow Rumped Myrtle Warbler (~20)
Northern Waterthrush (H-2) (FOY, but heard only)
Cardinal (4)
Song (4) & Swamp (H-1) Sparrows
White Throated Sparrow (5)
Red Wings (8) & Grackles (6)
Goldfinch (1)
House Sparrow (4)

Techny North (11:55 am-12:25 pm)

D.C. Cormorant (2)
Great Blue Heron (1)
Canada Goose (1)
Mallard (8)
Blue Winged Teal (6)
Killdeer (3)
Spotted Sandpiper (2)
Caspian Tern (2)
Tree (3), Rough Winged (6) & Barn (2) Swallows
Robin (2)
Savannah (H-1) & Song (H-1) Sparrows
Eastern Meadowlark (1)
Red Wings (2) & Grackles (2)
House Sparrow (1)

So 38 species at The Lagoons & 18 at Techny North and a total of 45 for the day.
Since I missed all the better Warblers today, Bird-Of-The-Day will be
the Solitary Sandpiper & Runners-Up will be the Green Heron & the
Ospreys.

Al Stokie
Local in Cook County today