Wood Dale Reservoir Complex Tuesday 6-6-23

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Went with Luis Munoz to check for late shorebirds & see whatever else
might be here. This will be my last visit here until the shorebirds
start to return in late July.

Wood Dale Reservoir Complex (7-9:45 a.m.)

Reservoir Only

D.C. Cormorant (3)
Great Blue Heron (2)
Great Egret (2)
Canada Goose (16)
Mallard (22)
Killdeer (16)
Spotted Sandpiper (12)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (10)
Ring Billed (11) & Herring (2) Gulls
Caspian Tern (the usual 2)
Tree, Rough Winged & Barn Swallows (no counts)

Middle Pond

D.C. Cormorant (6), Great Blue Heron (2), Great Egret (2) & Red Tailed
Hawk (1 or 2)
Kestrel (1-M)

Itasca/Western Wetlands

Mallard (5)
Killdeer (4) & Spotted Sandpiper (2)
Tree, Rough Winged & Barn Swallows

Land Birds

I had 21 species of land birds & all were the regular Summer birds we
always see.
These included 1 Flicker carrying food, 2 Downy Woodpeckers with one
being fed by the other, 5 House Wrens, 5 Willow Flycatchers, 4 Yellow
Warblers & 3 Common Yellowthroats including the one who sings like an
Indigo Bunting.

I ended up with 38 species for the day & Bird-Of-The-Day will be the
male Kestrel & Runner-Up to the group of 10 Semipalmated Sandpipers.

Al Stokie
In DuPage County today