Skokie Lagoons Forest Preserve--Willow Rd., Cook, Illinois, US, 9/22/22

[Jeff Bilsky]

Hi all, 

Amanda and I visited skokie lagoons yesterday afternoon/evening and clearly the fall weather brought some fall birds. The highlight was a site first Lapland longspur in the grassy area adjacent to the parking lot. Full list below. Good birding.

 https://ebird.org/checklist/S119212121

Skokie Lagoons Forest Preserve--Willow Rd., Cook, Illinois, US
Sep 22, 2022 3:17 PM - 6:34 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.67 mile(s)
53 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  25
Wood Duck  3
Mallard  35
Mourning Dove  4
Chimney Swift  3
Ring-billed Gull  2
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  4
Black-crowned Night-Heron  3
Turkey Vulture  1
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Belted Kingfisher  4
Red-bellied Woodpecker  8
Downy Woodpecker  6
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  6
Least Flycatcher  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Philadelphia Vireo  3
Red-eyed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  8
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  6
Golden-crowned Kinglet  4
Red-breasted Nuthatch  3
White-breasted Nuthatch  4
Brown Creeper  1
House Wren  1
Winter Wren  1
European Starling  12
Gray Catbird  1
Swainson's Thrush  7
Catharus sp.  6
American Robin  40
Cedar Waxwing  30
Lapland Longspur  1
Dark-eyed Junco  14
Common Grackle  11
Ovenbird  1
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Tennessee Warbler  2
Nashville Warbler  3
American Redstart  11
Northern Parula  3
Magnolia Warbler  6
Bay-breasted Warbler  2
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  6
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  50
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.)  30
Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S119212121

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)

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Jeff Bilsky
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