The history of IBET....
jill.a...@valpo.edu
Eric Walters
From: "Eiseman, Ralph" <REis...@d113.lake.k12.il.us>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 14:27:40 -0500
To: "Ibet (E-mail)" <ib...@lists.enteract.com>
Subject: IBET: taxes no sightings
Are income tax write offs allowed for these memberships?
COS, IAS, Evanston Bird Club, IOS, etc.
The list might also like to know.
Ralph
Ralph M. Eiseman
Highland Park High School
433 Vine Avenue
Highland Park, IL 60035
Fax (847) 926-9330
<mailto:reis...@d113.lake.k12.il.us>
CONTINENTAL BIRDING FRS CHANNEL/SUBCODE 11/22
From: "Eiseman, Ralph" <REis...@d113.lake.k12.il.us>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 13:57:39 -0500
To: "Ibet (E-mail)" <ib...@lists.enteract.com>
Subject: IBET: FW: field notes (no current sightings)
If any of you intend to publish any kind of articles
about Chicago Area birds, you might have use for the information noted
below.
As the COS archivist, I have just finished looking through the archival
> "stuff" that Chuck Wescott gave to me via Denis Bohm .
> It includes personal field notes from Al and Lee Campbell
> (01/01/1953 - 02/27 & 28/54) as well as COS trips during the same period.
> There is also some miscellaneous historical stuff.
> Eventually it should be stored at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum since some
> of this
> data may have been the source of already published works.
> Years ago I talked with the then director of the C. A. S. about storing
> my notes, such as a they are, because they were a source of my published
> material.
>
>
> Ralph
> Ralph M. Eiseman
> Highland Park High School
> 433 Vine Avenue
> Highland Park, IL 60035
> Fax (847) 926-9330
> <mailto:reis...@d113.lake.k12.il.us>
> CONTINENTAL BIRDING FRS CHANNEL/SUBCODE 11/22
>
From: "Douglas Stotz" <dst...@fieldmuseum.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 09:53:49 -0500
To: <ib...@lists.enteract.com>
Subject: IBET: Salt Creek and Sandhills
Sunday morning, I walked along the Salt Creek bike path in western Cook
County between Mannheim and Wolf. Not much in the way of songbird migrants-
29 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, and a phoebe, so I
counted woodland birds. The chickadees are really responsive to pishing
right now, but instead of being in flocks of 6 to 10 like in the fall, they
are mostly paired and singing. I counted 84, which is a bit below the top
count of 114 I had along the same route early last fall. So does that mean
about 30% winter mortality? That would be pretty low for chickadees I
think. It may mean I was distrated by warblers last fall, no danger of
that yesterday. Other counts included 35 Downy Woodpeckers, 8 Hairy
Woodpeckers, 17 Red-bellied Woodpeckers, and 16 White-breasted
Nuthatches. Also there were a total of ten Wood Ducks. This is the time
of year that they are up in the trees checking out potential nesting
sites. Pretty cool.
At about 1 PM, approximately 250 Sandhill Cranes went over our
house in four groups. The first group contained a Snow Goose.
Doug Stotz
Douglas Stotz
Conservation Ecologist/Ornithologist
Environmental and Conservation Programs
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 S. Lake Shore Dr.
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone: (312)-665-7438
Fax: (312)-665-7440
e-mail: st...@fmnh.org
From: "Peter & Carolyn Dring" <cpd...@nnex.net>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 20:39:49 -0500
To: <IB...@lists.enteract.com>
Subject: IBET: Spring Arival
Great News Spring has finally arrived in the Northwoods. I was down by the lake watching some ice fisher people fishing by their pick up out on the ice when the first penquin arrived. It flew all the way up from tha Antartic and was over by the people trying for a hand out since there was no open water anywhere, I be;ieve it was the Adelie penquin Pygoscelis adeliae. It flew up here as it needed cold weather, global warmimg is bringing us new birds.
From: <Blue2...@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 06:17:31 -0500
To: <IB...@lists.enteract.com>
Subject: IBET: No Sightings - Bunker Hill
I thought perhaps some IBETers might find the following statistics
interesting.
I first began surveying the Caldwell Woods/Bunker Hill Forest Preserve in
Chicago in 1993 as a restoration volunteer for the VSN and have continued to
monitor it almost weekly (if not daily) during spring and summer every year
since then. Next year will be my tenth year keeping records for this site.
As a teenager I caddied (and tried to golf as well as my dad) at the very
spot where I now see bees and butterflies and birds.
I have identified and kept records on the following throughout these past 9
years. From my records -
108 species of birds
31 species of butterflies
10 species of dragonflies
4 species of damselflies
190 species of native wildflowers
24 species of trees
And although I love them and struggle mightly with them, of the possibly 20+
species of sedges (those are the stems with edges) I can only name accurately
about 6. That's one of this year's projects.
Do come out some day. I'd love to see you there. Every year I find
something new that keeps my lists expanding.
Carol Nelson
A Friend of Bunker Hill and Urban Nature
From: "Alan Anderson" <casre...@attbi.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 01:37:57 -0500
To: "IBET Illinois Birds" <ib...@lists.enteract.com>
Subject: IBET: weekend Peoria birds; request for info on additional Peoria area birding spots
First of all, after growing up in Connecticut, I just HAD to congratulate the UCONN Huskies on their perfect season, and 3rd NCAA Championship tonight! Just have to love any team with such a fantastic Bird on it (Sue, that is) and so many other fantastic players! Former Illinois birder (and now a resident of Newtown, CT) Renee Baade should have really enjoyed the outcome tonight too!
Ok, sorry bout that, but their season was just so fantastic!
Ok, back to birds:
I was visiting my in-laws in Peoria over the weekend and got to do a little birding there.
It was nice to see a number of Turkey Vultures on the drive down, a few in Grundy County and a number along Rt. 24 heading into Peoria. Quite a few Red-tailed Hawks and Kestrels seen along the drive down too. A number of the farm ponds along I-55 had ducks on them - scaup, coots and buffleheads were the only ones I could ID while driving by.
Walking through Laura Bradley Park, there were a number of local resident birds, but only one migrant - a creeper. Saw a phoebe and flicker outside the Methodist church today after Easter service.
I was able to find a group of 6 Pied-billed Grebes, a pair of Lesser Scaup and a pair of Bufflehead on the Illinois River (near Washington St. and a Steak and Shake) but wasn‚t sure how to get to any parks along the river in town.
Always seems to be a singing Carolina Wren just outside my in-laws condo complex, and it was there this weekend too, so that's always a nice bird to see and hear!
I was wondering if there are any IBET members who bird around Peoria often and could give me some advice on some top birding spots in and around the city. I‚ve been to Forest Park, and that‚s a pretty good birding spot, but just wondered if anyone had some advice for other good birding spots, especially for waterfowl in Peoria or East Peoria? I‚d love directions to get to Lake Peoria too.
(I know about Banner Marsh and places outside the city, but wanted to know of a few spots within 15-30 minute drive of downtown)
Thanks!
Alan Anderson
casre...@attbi.com Des Plaines
(Ps - next CPD/COS/CAS bird walk at Douglas, Garfield and Humboldt Parks in Chicago will be on Friday, April 26)
From: "Alan Anderson" <casre...@attbi.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 01:32:05 -0500
To: "Chiwild-L" <chiw...@chias.org>, "BCNnet" <BCN...@ece.iit.edu>, "IBET" <IB...@lists.enteract.com>, "Forest Preserve Friends" <fpfr...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: IBET: Re: CAS awards dinner- Previous Awards Recipients (no sightings)
I thought some of you might like to see a list of past Chicago Audubon Award
recipients.
It's really amazing to look back at the list of the past recipients from
1977 to the present,
and to think of all those who have given so much over the past 25 years- to
birding, to nature education, and to protection of our local environment,
both in vocation and as volunteers.
Congratulation to this years very deserving Award recipients, and to all
those who have done so much in the past, and continue to do so!
(By the way, as of Sunday night, we have 60 people signed up to attend the
dinner! The Homestead Restaurant says they don't need a 'final,final' count
until Thursday night, so if you're still interested in attending and haven't
signed up yet, please feel free to call and let me know, at 847-390-7437,
until Wednesday. The Banquet room holds 70, so we can fit in 10 more.
The dinner is at 6:30pm - cocktails at 5:30 - Saturday, April 6th, at the
Homestead Restaurant on North Ave. in Melrose Park, just east of First Ave.)
This Years Chicago Audubon Society Environmental Award Recipients:
> Excellence in Environmental Reporting: Alison Brown (Chicago Wilderness
Magazine)
> Protector of the Environment - Continuing Avocation: Rick McAndless
(Steward, Poplar Creek Prairie)
> Protector of the Environment - Continuing Vocation: George Rabb
(Brookfield Zoo)
> Protector of the Environment - Single Act: James A. Vroman and
Steven M. Siros (Jenner and Block)
> Service to Chicago Area Birders: Bill Wengelewski (Illinois Beach State
Park)
Previous CAS Award Recipients (1977-2000):
> (Name of Award Recipient; Year Chosen; Category)
> Alter, Joanne 1979; Prot. Environment - Political Service
> Anderson, Alan 1998; Service to Birders
> Anderson, Douglas 1978; Prot. Environment - Avocation
>Balanoff, Clem 1993; Political Service
>Balch, Lawrence 1980; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Baldo, Peter and Kris 1988; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Banks, William 1993; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Bartel, Karl 1978; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Baxter Healthcare 1996; Good Neighbor
> Bergsvik, Robert 1987; Environmental Reporting
> Berman, Sen. Arthur1977; Political Service
> Betz, Robert F. 1980; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Botts, Lee 1977; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Brabec, George 1988; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Brock, Kenneth B. 1995; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Bukro, Casey 1977; Environmental Reporting
> Bunce, George 1979; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Burgelt, Muriel 1992; Environmental Reporting
> Byrnes, Marian 1986; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Bullard, George 1990; Environment. - Single Act
> Bunce, George 1988; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Cap, Virginia 1985; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Carey, Dorreen 1992; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Carmody, Kevin 1999; Environmental Reporting
> Chesrow, Eugene 1980; First Friend
> Cohen, Hal 1990; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Collins-Grant, Sen. Earlean 1980; Political Service
> Corey, John 1983; Environmental Reporting
> Czechorski, Violet 1984; Environmental Reporting
> Daley, Mayor Richard M. 1996; Political Service
> Dann, Donald 1999; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Dawes, K.O.1991; Environmental Reporting
> De Vore Sheryl 1993; Environmental Reporting
> Dobbs, Lolain1985; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Draeger, Harlan 1980; Environmental Reporting
> Dring, Peter 1990; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Dupree, Margo and Al 1979; Prot. Environment - Single Act
> Dunn, Ken 1989; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Dwyer, John1994; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Elston, Sue 1990; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Fialkowski, Carol 1989; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Freedman, Judith 1984; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Furnweger, Edward 1989; First Friend
> Furnweger, Karen 1989; Environmental Reporting
> Gewirth, Marcella1978; Prot. Environment - Single Act
> Glass, Bill 1997; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Greenberg, Joel 1997; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Greene, Kevin 1992; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Gregory, Marty and Bill 1992; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Haebler, Phillip (Upstart Crow) 1998; Good Business Neighbor
> Hahn, Marianne 1996; Environment. - Single Act
> Halter, Charles, D 1987; Political Service
> Harker, Robert 1981; Environmental Reporting
> Hausman, Sandy 1998; Environment. - Single Act
> Hays, Nancy 1996; Environmental Reporting
> Hennen, Mary 1998; Service to Birders
> Houghton, Greg 1989; Environmental Reporting
> Hriljac, Donna 1987; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Husar, John 1979; Environmental Reporting
> IBM Corporation 1984; Good Business Neighbor
> Ingram, Terrance 1981; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Jarvis, William 1983; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Jefferson Park Evangelical Free Church 1983; First Friend
> Johanson, Doris. 1982; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Johnson, David B. 1995; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Johnson, Hazel 1986; Environment. - Single Act
> Juracich, Susan 1985; Environment. - Single Act
> Kleen, Vernon 1995; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Koehler, Robert 1986; Environmental Reporting
> Kurtis, Bill1978; Environmental Reporting
> Landing, Dr. James 1981; Environment. - Single Act
> Lannin, Sue 1985; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Lewis, Reid 1977; Prot. Environment - Single Act
> Linkletter, Janice 1977; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Malec, Suzanne 1999; Political Service
> Marcisz, Walter 1991; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Marin, Carol 1982; Environmental Reporting
> Marsh, Carolyn 1995; Environment. - Single Act
> Melas, Nicholas 1983; Environment. - Single Act
> Midwest Birding Symp. Planning Com. 1989; Environment. - Single Act
> Moe, Virginia 1982; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Murley, Margaret 1994; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Nelson, Rep. Diana 1983; Political Service
> Netsch, Sen. Dawn Clark 1981; Political Service
> Neumann, Joseph 1993; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Newfeld, Charlotte 2000; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Northside Learning Center 1985; Good Business Neighbor
> Nowak, Joseph and Marlene 1996; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> One Touch of Nature 1998; First Friend
> Packard, Stephen 1983; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Pitcher, Emma 1984; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Poe, Frances 1990; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Polk, Rothwell 1992; Environment. - Single Act
> Pollock, Judy 1999; Service to Birders
> Quigley, Mike 1999; Political Service
> Renwick, Rita 1987; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Ricci, Claudia 1980; Environmental Reporting
> Riddell, Jill 1994; Environmental Reporting
> Ross, Laurel 1990; First Friend
> Rossi, Annette 1981; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Rowan, Jim 1991; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Rush, Bobby 1986; Political Service
> Saint Florian's Church 1992; Good Business Neighbor
> Sanders, David 1986; Environment. - Single Act
> Sanders, Jeffrey 1998; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Sangmeister, George 1992, 1995; Political Service
> Save the Prairie Society (Valerie Spale) 1982; Prot. Environment -
Avocation
> Schumann, Jr. Herbert 1991; Political Service
> Schwarz, Ray 1988; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Serafin, Wes 1993; Environment. - Single Act
> Shaffer, Terry 1990; Environmental Reporting
> Sheerin, John 1991; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Shinn, Vicki 1994; Environment. - Single Act
> Shore, Debra 2000; Environmental Reporting
> Slowinski, Thomas 1987; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Smith, Craig 1994; Environment. - Single Act
> Smith, James O. 1988; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Smith, Ald. Mary Ann 1990; Political Service
> Spreyer, Mark 1986; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Steczo, Rep. Terry 1982; Political Service
> Steffen, James 1996; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Stillman, Alexander1977; First Friend of Chicago Audubon
> Stoffel, Dr. Kevin 1992; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Stotz, Douglas 1999; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Strand, Paul 1998; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Swanson, Stevenson 1990; Environmental Reporting
> Sweeney, Ross 1990; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Swink, Floyd1979; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Sullivan, Jerry 1985; Environmental Reporting
> Tangel, Jeff 1999; Environment. - Single Act
> Topinka, Judith Barr 1984; Political Service
> Truitt, Richard 1980; Environment. - Single Act
> Vander Voort, Frances 1978; Prot. Environment - Single Act
> van Klan, Laurene 2000; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> WNIB-FM (Sonia and Bill Florian) 1982; First Friend
> Wade, Cheena 1997; Political Service
> Weller, Jerry 1995; Political Service
> Westcott, Charles 1984; Prot. Environment - Vocation
> Williamson, Christine 1997; Environmental Reporting
> Williamson, Geoff 2000; Service to Birders
> Wyman, Jr., Austin (Bud) 1982; Prot. Environment - Avocation
> Yates, Rep. Sidney 1982; Political Service
> Zekman, Pamela 1980; Environmental Reporting
Alan Anderson, casre...@attbi.com
Sheryl DeVore, sde...@voyager.net
CAS Awards Committee Chairpersons
(Note: many of the above could be given awards in many years and in more
than one category, but CAS tries to spread out the awards and therefore
under most circumstances doesn't give anyone more than one award)
----- Original Message -----
From: Sheryl DeVore
To: IBET ; BCNnet ; Chiwild-L ;
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 11:24 AM
Subject: IBET: Deadline for CAS awards dinner coming soon! (no sightings)
Dear friends,
There's still several days left to sign up for the CAS annual awards dinner
at the Homestead Restaurant, Saturday April 6.
To me, this is a celebration of what all of us -- volunteers, amateurs,
experts, scientists, etc. -- have been doing to protect
the habitat of this great state we call Illinois, and in particular the
Chicagoland region. Join us for a feel good evening
with a great presentation on bluebirds by Mary Hennen, one of my favorite
people, from the Field Museum. Only $25 -- can barely get dinner out and a
movie for that price anymore. And we've got something better to offer! Great
conversation with your
kind of people!
If you need details and have lost them, let me know. I"ll get them to your
personal Email.
Thanks much for letting me interrupt your birding and wildlife watching
endeavors.
Sheryl De Vore
Chair, Annual Awards Committee
Chicago Audubon Society
From: <Nutha...@cs.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 23:34:23 -0500
To: <ib...@lists.enteract.com>
Subject: IBET: Palos Area
Visited a few of the Palos hotspots Easter morning:
Maple Lake:
Common Loon in breeding plumage
Am. Wigeon & Redhead - evenly mixed raft of ca. 130 birds
Gadwall - ca. 20
Belted Kingfisher - 3
Canvasback - 2
Saganaskee:
Horned Grebe - 2
Common Merg. - 8
Red-breasted Merg. - 18
Papoose Lake:
Greater Scaup - 2
Lesser Scaup - 18
Tree Swallow - 5
McGinnis Slough:
Great Egret
Both Teal - ca. 8 ea.
No. Pintail - 16
No. Shoveler - 2
Canvasback - ca. 18
Ring-necked - 2
Bufflehead - 4
Common Merg. - ca. 20
Turkey Vulture - 2
Am. Coot - ca.100
Sandhill Crane - ca. 66 flyover (3 flocks)
A spectacular duck day!
Jeff & Melinda Chapman
Woodridge, DuPage
From: "Jill Niland" <cdic...@onebox.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 20:54:08 -0500
To: <IB...@lists.enteract.com>
Subject: IBET: kinglets at Montrose
Another birder and I saw a ruby-crowned kinglet at very close range near
the golf course pond at Montrose harbor this morning--both of us had
seen only golden-crowned kinglets so far this year.
Jill Niland
Chicago
--
Jill Niland
cdic...@onebox.com - email
(773) 880-1307 office (773) 218-4153 cellular
From: "Sheryl DeVore" <sde...@voyager.net>
Reply-To: <sde...@voyager.net>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 22:16:58 -0500
To: "IBET" <IB...@lists.enteract.com>
Subject: IBET: Out and about in Lake, McHenry and Boone Counties
This post is from Steve Bailey sent via Sheryl De Vore's Email.
Friday, March 29, I was out doing assessments for my job at INHS, and discovered:
Garden Prairie Slough (Boone County)
350 MALLARDS
20 NORTHERN PINTAILS
20+ GREEN-WINGED TEAL
2 REDHEADS
2 GADWALLS
4 AMERICAN WIDGEON
2 WOOD DUCKS
10 COMMON SNIPE
SWAMP SPARROWS were singing
In McHenry County along Bull Valley Road just west of Wonder Lake Road, a TURKEY VULTURE flew over. Not much at
McHenry Dam except for 1 MUTE SWAN, several NORTHERN SHOVELERS, and 10-12 TREE SWALLOWS.
At Moraine Hills State Park, I had three HOODED MERGANSERS, a pair of BUFFLEHEAD, and just down the road from the main entrance, at a large pond west of River Road, were an equal number of LESSER SCAUP and RING-NECKED DUCKS -- about 200 total, as well as 10 REDHEAADS, and 12 BUFFLEHEAD, and 2 PIED-BILLED GREBE.
Saturday March 30,
Sheryl and I did our own looney trip in between going to the Project Habitat Watch meeting for Lake County monitors.
At Loch Lomond, (Lake Co) 35 LESSER SCAUP, 5 RING-NECKED DUCK, 1female BUFFLEHEAD.
At the new Lakewood Marsh Forest Preserve addition along Route 176, (Lake Co) 1 MUTE SWAN, CANADA GOOSE on a nest, 20+ RING-NECKED DUCKS, 30+ LESSER SCAUP, as well as a pair of BUFFLEHEADS on a smaller marsh along Il 176.
At Lakewood Forest Preserve near the museum, 1 MUTE SWAN, 1 TURKEY VULTURE flew over.
At Oak Openings subdivision off Fairfield Road, (Lake Co) 80 REDHEADS (thanks to Denis Bohm who had 150 Redheads there earlier in the morning), 3 NORTHERN SHOVELER, 25-30 AMERICAN WIDGEON, 20+ GADWALL, 40-50 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 20 LESSER SCAUP, 1 FEMALE BUFFLEHEAD, 3 PIED-BILLED GREBE, 6+ TREE SWALLOWS.
At Broberg Marsh, (Lake Co) 1 MUTE SWAN.
At the Arby's in Wauconda, (Lake Co) a TURKEY VULTURE flew over.
At Bang's Lake in Wauconda (Lake Co), 3 COMMON LOONS, 9 HORNED GREBES, all but 2 in breeding plumage, 5 PIED-BILLED GREBES, 400+ AMERICAN COOTS
At Pistakee Bay and Lake, (McHenry Co) 3 COMMON LOONS, 2 HORNED GREBES, 15 RUDDY DUCKS, 20 LESSER SCAUP
Along Bay Road near US 12, (on the count line) 5 more TURKEY VULTURES flew over, and low to the ground.
At Long Lake (Lake Co), 2 COMMON LOONS, a flock of 25 SANDHILL CRANES flying over, calling, heading northwest, 2 PIED-BILLED GREBES.
At Cedar Lake, (Lake Co) only 4 BUFFLEHEAD ( 2 pair).
At Deep Lake (Lake Co), 1 COMMON LOON, 1 FLYOVER SANDHILL CRANE, 1 WOOD DUCK
On the way back to Mundelein, Sheryl spotted 2 SANDHILL CRANES feeding in corn stubble near Round Lake off Route 83, and at the new Rollins Savanna addition to Lake County Forest Preserve, along Route 83, just south of Rollins Road, a pair of SANDHILL CRANES were walking in the marsh. Also there, 2 male NORTHERN SHOVELERS.
Older news: Last Thursday, March 28, at Lake Chautauqua, had 1200 RUDDY DUCKS, 350 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS thermaled over the town of Havana. Had my first FIELD SPARROW of the season singing near Havana, as well as a flock of
40 EURASIAN TREE SPARROWS, south of Havana, and another cooperative flock of 40-50 EURASIAN TREE SPARROWS,
near the bait shop at Spring Lake Conserv. Area. Also at Spring Lake were 6-8 MUTE SWANS and 500 AMERICAN COOTS.
A flock of 85 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were just outside Havana, as well as 15 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS.
Steve Bailey
Rantoul, Illinois
From: <KFish...@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 19:48:36 -0500
To: <IB...@lists.enteract.com>
Subject: IBET: Yard Migration 3-31-02
Hi Everyone,
Late this afternoon, around 3:15 and out our dining room window, I noticed 4
RED-TAIL HAWKS circling up pretty high. Pretty soon 2 more followed. I didn't
think they were the same, so I went outside to check. Sure enough, more
followed and then SANDHILL CRANES came. At one point, I had 8 Red tails
kettling right over my head. Then, biggest thrill of all, a PEREGRINE FALCON
flew over! Bob had gone for a walk and when he returned, he reported about
800 Sandies and a BALD EAGLE flyover. We stayed out until about 4:30 ( a rain
and sleet shower came through during that time) and tallied about 200 more
Sandies and thank goodness and unbelievably, another Peregrine!! When we went
in, we had totalled 24 Red-tails and a COOPERS HAWK also. I just wonder what
went through in the early afternoon!!!
Karen Fisher
Downers Grove, IL (DuPage Co)
From: "Sheryl DeVore" <sde...@voyager.net>
Reply-To: <sde...@voyager.net>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 21:06:25 -0500
To: "IBET" <IB...@lists.enteract.com>
Subject: IBET: at least 13 loons on Diamond Lake!
Happy Easter everybody!
Steve Bailey and I took a quick trip to Diamond Lake this afternoon, wondering if more loons may have come in with the weather change (raining today!) and we found at least 13 COMMON LOONS on Diamond Lake. THe best viewing spot was at the old Gale Street Inn parking lot (now to be a new restaurant) off Diamond Lake Road. Gale STreet Inn moved across the street if anyone is wondering.
In one spot, four loons were visible in the scope at the same time. We counted at least 13 -- there probably were more.
There also was one COMMON LOON on Loch Lomond today as well.
Also, at Diamond Lake was one HORNED GREBE in full breeding plumage and five PIED-BILLED GREBES, plus several dozen AMERICAN COOTS.
Happy looning!
Sheryl De Vore
Mundelein, Illinois
Lake County -- home of glacial lakes and former breeding grounds for Common Loons (sad, but true)
From: "Bill Wengelewski" <Bwenge...@dnrmail.state.il.us>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 09:49:30 -0500
To: "IBET" <IB...@lists.enteract.com>
Subject: IBET: Please don't . . .
Recently, I sent an email to IBET about the WI Whooping Cranes. This
was a FORWARDED message that I received asking me to report any injured
Whooping Cranes. In the message I forwarded to IBET, it said "Please
contact me, too." The 'me' does not refer to me. Ha ha - kind of
funny, actually. It certainly explains the e-mails that I have been
getting.
I am not actually involved with this project. I sent it to IBET because
I thought that IBETers would have a better chance of finding an injured
Whooping Crane than my two eyes.
PLEASE DON'T REPORT ANY INJURED OR SIGHTED WHOOPING CRANES TO ME, unless
they are seen at Illinois Beach State Park. Then, I would be
interested. Otherwise, here is the vital information from that
previous message.
"If anyone sees the cranes and observes anything out of the ordinary,
they should contact Beth Goodman of Wisconsin DNR at (608)266-3219 or
(608)235-4459 (cell phone). She will coordinate any action needed to
assist or relocate a crane that is in trouble. If you cannot reach Ms.
Goodman, contact Barry Hartup at
(608)356-9462, ext. 150. Simple fly-over observations need not be
reported. The cranes are being radio-tracked, so their whereabouts will
be known. It is just birds in trouble that need to be reported."
Thanks,
Bill Wengelewski
Natural Resources Coordinator
Illinois Beach State Park
From: "RICHARD MESSENGER" <kat...@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 17:42:23 -0500
To: "IBET" <ib...@lists.enteract.com>
Subject: IBET: Wooded Isle-sightings
This Sat. and Sun. birded the Isle. Although the number of birds was quite small I saw a total of 27 species for both days.
PIED BILL GREBE CANADA GEESE
MALLARDS 8 WOOD DUCKS
6 BLUE WING TEAL COOT
ROCK DOVE MOURNING DOVE
BELTED KINGFISHER (a pair) 3 DOWNEY WOODPECKERS
NORTHERN FLICKER 3 EASTERN PHOEBE
CROWS B.C.CHICKADEE
BROWN CREEPER G.C. KINGLET
HERMIT THRUSH (1st for me this yr.) STARLINGS
FOX SPARROW (1st for me this yr.) SONG SPARROW
JUNCO CARDINAL
R.B. BLACKBIRD GRACKLE
PURPLE FINCH (a pair which gave beautiful views in the Rose Garden for 5 min. then flew away)
A. GOLD FINCH HOUSE SPARROWS
MONK PARAKEETS
Richard D. Messenger
Chicago, Ill.
From: "chapel robert t" <r-ch...@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 16:48:30 -0500
To: <ib...@lists.enteract.com>
Subject: IBET:Champaign County migrants
New arrivals in Champaign County this morning were Chipping Sparrow,
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and LITTLE BLUE HERON. There is a marked increase
in Sapsuckers, Yellow-rumped Warblers, E. Phoebes, and Golden-crowned
Kinglets.
Robert T. Chapel
University Archives,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Phone: (217) 333-0798
e-mail: r-ch...@uiuc.edu
From: <Trp...@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 14:48:53 -0500
To: <ejmoo...@attbi.com>, <IB...@lists.enteract.com>
Subject: Re: IBET: Bunker Hill
Thanks to Ed Mooney, I checked the web site for Bunker Hill, just to see what
it says (I know the area blindfolded). It's interesting that the author
mentions that the area seemed mowed, according to aerial photos. It was
mowed. It used to be the Bunker Hill Country Club. You can still see the
contours of the greens and sand traps, and the concrete from the tee areas.
It does make for great birding, though, due to the long open areas with trees
on both sides (the fairways).
When people see my posts from Whealan Pool, that means that I'm birding the
area south/west of the river; accessible from the Devon entrance. Carol tends
(I believe) to bird from the Caldwell entrance; north/east of the river. They
are two marvelous, totally different areas, with prairie at Bunker Hill and
bottomlands at Whealan. The Bunker Hill area is also a Native American
archaelogical site, according to a long out-of-print book, Chicago Area
Archaelogy. Future archaelogists examing the Whealan side will find remnants
of the Halloween Haunted Trail. Hmm...maybe I'm birding the wrong side! Oh,
wait. It's the most reliable place I know for nesting Red-headed Woodpeckers.
Bunker Hill, on the other hand, has woodcocks & owls!
Joe Lill
Norwood Park, Chicago
From: <Bnc...@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 14:46:41 -0500
To: <ib...@lists.enteract.com>
Subject: IBET: Palos Easter Sunday
Due to a glitch in my work schedule today is my only day off in a 16 day
stretch so Barb&I headed to Palos area (SW Cook County) for some needed
relaxation. Fortunately we got an early start and completed our birdng before
the rain began.
Covering all of the usual locations we tallied 23 species of waterfowl.
Highlights included COMMON LOON at Maple Lake and Tampier Lake (1 at each
site), HORNED GREBE (Saganashkee Slough and Tampier Lake), GREAT EGRET (7 at
McGinnis Slough near SW Highway..quite regal in their breeding plumes!!!),
both TEAL (McGinnis), CANVASBACK (Maple Lake). all 3 MERGANSERS (HOODED MERGS
were seen only at Tampier Slough..NW corner of Will-Cook Rd/131st St).
Passerines were not very plentiful but there was a noticeable increase
in number of TREE SWALLOWS compared to last weekend and we saw our first
EASTERN BLUEBIRDS of the spring at Bullfrog Lake.
Craig Thayer Chicago bnc...@aol.com
From: <CKSt...@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 13:06:33 -0500
To: <ib...@lists.enteract.com>
Subject: IBET: CBG and Skokie Lagoon this morning
This morning at Chicago Botanic Garden:
female golden-crowned kinglet
juncos (still here)
male song sparrow in full voice
redbreasted nuthatches (2)
buffleheads
shovelers
scaup
one light phase red tailed hawk
mallards and geese
At Skokie Lagoon:
one solitary common loon
several flocks of redbreasted mergansers, ratio of about one female to ten
males
five low-flying sandhill cranes headed northwest
...and mallards and geese
Spring is flying in!
Good birding to all, and happy Easter -
Cynthia Staples
Sandra Garber
Northbrook
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