Wood Dale Reservoir in the Rain Tuesday 9-19-23

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

About the only good thing about an all day rain is that your bird list
(& report) is short due to a lack of birding time. Also allowed me to
get to the library & take out a book on the history of The Silk Road,
a long time trade route.

Only birded for about an hour at Wood Dale Reservoir & 10 min at the
Bensenville Ditch due to rain beginning at 8 a.m. I was with Luis M
for this rain filled adventure.

Wood Dale Reservoir (7-8 a.m.)

D.C. Cormorant (2)
Great Blue Heron (1)
Great Egret (4)
Canada Goose (410, counted by Luis)
Wood Duck (2 fly-bys)
Mallard (7)
Shoveler (6)
Killdeer (6)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (2)
Ring Billed Gull (3)
Mourning Dove (3)
Chimney Swift (1)
Ruby Throated Hummer (1)
Blue Jay (2)
Robin (1)
Song Sparrow (H-1)
Goldfinch (2)

Bensenville Ditch (8:15-8-25 a.m.)

D.C. Cormorant (6)
Great Blue Heron (2) & Great Egret (1)
Black Crowned Night Heron (1-IM fly-by)
Canada Goose (12 fly-bys)
Mallard (2)
Spotted Sandpiper (2)
Ring Billed Gull (5)
Mourning Dove (2)
House Sparrow (~15)

Only had 21 species on this rain shortened day with 3 species of shorebirds.
Bird-Of-The-Day to the young Night Heron & Runner-Up to the Hummingbird.

License Plate Of The Day to one from Vermont seen near the Bensenville Ditch.

Al Stokie
Having a very short day in DuPage County