Wood Dale Reservoir Complex Thursday 9-18-25

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Went for our weekly visit to the Wood Dale Complex. I was with Luis M
for the whole trip & also briefly saw Kyle W who saw more warblers
than we did.

Reservoir Only

D.C. Cormorant (16)
Great Blue Heron (3)
Great Egret (2)
Canada Goose (~75)
Mallard (4)
Blue Winged Teal (6)
(Luis had a female Wood Duck which I missed)
Killdeer (53)
Greater (1) & Lesser (1) Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper (1)
Wilson's Snipe (2)
Ring Billed Gull (33)
Kingfisher (1)

Middle Pond Area

D.C. Cormorant (1)
Great Blue Heron (2)
Great Egret (2)
Mallard (9)
Cooper's Hawk (1-AD)
Red Tailed Hawk (1)
Kestrel (1-M)

Itasca/Western Wetlands

D.C. Cormorant (1)
Great Blue Heron (1)
Great Egret (2)
Canada Goose (8 fly-bys)
Mallard (14)
Green Winged Teal (1-F)
Killdeer (22)

Landbirds

Red Bellied (2), Downy (3) & Hairy (1) Woodpeckers
Flicker (5-6)
(Luis also saw a Red Headed Woodpecker fly by but I missed that one too)
Eastern Pewee (1) & Eastern Phoebe (1)
Blue Jay (8-10), Crow (1) & House Wren (1)
Red Breasted (1) & White Breasted (1) Nuthatches
Robin (12) Swainson's Thrush (3), Catbird (3) & Starling (14)
Cedar Waxwing (6)
Warbling Vireo (2)
Redstart (3), Blackpoll (1) & Common Yellowthroat (1)
Magnolia (2), Palm (2) & Y.R. Myrtle (3) Warblers
SCARLET TANAGER (1, with yellow feathers, not red)
Cardinal (1)
Song Sparrow (4, none singing)
Red Wings (16) & Grackle (1)
House Finch (4)
House Sparrow (3)

So if I did that right I had 50 species for the day at Wood Dale & Luis had 52.
Bird-Of-The-Day to the Scarlet Tanager which was a new site bird for me.
Luis wants the Red Headed Woodpecker to be Runner-Up. Too bad I missed
that guy as it too would have a new site bird for me. Getting too old
& slow to see everything I guess.

Al Stokie
In DuPage County today having a pretty good day even with my misses