Montrose & Axehead Lake Monday 4-6-26

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

Went to Montrose yesterday & didn't find the Burrowing Owl for Bob E &
I did not find a Vesper Sparrow. So we tried again & again we found
neither. But there were birds to look at & yesterday I had 39 species
& today 38 species. So pretty much the same total although some
species were new today. Here's my list:

Montrose (7:15-10:45 am)

Horned Grebe (3, in the harbor)
D.C. Cormorant (40 fly-bys)
Canada Goose (8)
Mallard (6)
Red Breasted Merganser (14)
Coot (3)
Ring Billed (40) & Herring (4) Gulls
Caspian Tern (2, on the beach)
Rock Pigeon (3) & Mourning Dove (2)
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker (2)
Downy Woodpecker (1-M & 1-F)
Flicker (6)
Eastern Phoebe (3)
Tree Swallow (4)
Crow (2) & Chickadee (3)
Brown Creeper (2)
Ruby Crowned (3) & Golden Crowned (4) Kinglets
Hermit Thrush (5)
Robin (21)
Brown Thrasher (2)
Starling (11)
Cardinal (5)
SAVANNAH SPARROW (1) (FOY)
Song Sparrow (12)
Fox Sparrow (4)
Swamp Sparrow (3)
White Throated Sparrow (2)
White Crowned Sparrow (1-AD)
Junco (10-12)
Eastern Towhee (2-M)
Eastern Meadowlark (1)
Red Wings (15) & Grackles (20)
House Sparrow (~25)

Then to Axehead Lake where I added Common Loon (5), Pied Billed Grebe (5) &
Lesser Scaup to my day list giving me 41 species for the day.
Nothing really special was seen today so Bird-Of-The-Day will be my
only new "year bird" which was the Savannah Sparrow. Runner-Up will be
the Common Loons, the Thrashers & the Towhees.

Al Stokie
In Cook County today