Yes, I did publish this a bit later then I intended to but better later than never! Day 1 – we met at 3 PM at the YMCA of the Rockies to begin camp. While we were waiting for everyone to show up, we found Black-billed Magpies and many Violet-green […]
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This was one of the weirdest birding days of my life. We seemed to get almost every target but missed many very common birds (for example, White-breasted Nuthatch). Perhaps the funniest was that we got Yellow-crowned Night-Heron but missed Black-crowned, lol. We started the day off at Spring Lake. As soon […]
Today, I was leading a walk for a different birding group, the Tuesday Birders. Unfortunately, I twisted my shoulder this morning and did not want to lug my camera around so that is why I did not take any photos. We started at Carpentersville Dam, looking for various passerines, although we […]
NECEDAH OVERNIGHTA Quest for The Whooping Crane (and others) (tentative) July 21st and 22nd Leader: Oliver Burrus Important Details —————————————————————— Meeting Time |(tentative) 12:00 PM, July 21st Meeting Location | Necedah NWR – Visitors Center See more details below ABOUT THE TRIP Necedah NWR may be best known for their […]
Today, we started bright and early at Swallow Cliff Woods with hopes of spotting some continuing crossbills! We scanned the coniferous trees for quite a while, finding nothing more than a few goldfinches. And although we never did locate any crossbills we did encounter a nice flyover Rough-legged Hawk. We moved […]
Gulls are considered by some as the most challenging group of birds in the ABA area to identify. As challenging as it is, why not try to learn today how to differentiate these marvelous creatures! This time, we will go deep into the identification of six gull species (Herring, Ring-billed, […]
Today we started at Gilson Park, a fairly small park on Lake Michigan but good for migrants. Winds did not seem to be in our favour for passerine migrants but looked good for jaegers and Sabine’s Gulls so Lucas and I scanned for those rare seabirds but to no avail. […]
Please view our post on the Eyrie here: http://youngbirders.aba.org/2017/09/introducing-the-whimbrel-birders-club.html!
I am incredibly fortunate to be able to sit on our outdoor couch, on a weekday morning in September, and spot many migrants directly above my head (once during a small fallout, I had at least 100 warblers flitting in the trees right above me). From that, I have gained lots […]
Today we started at the Kaneville Cemetary at 7:30 AM (with half the group being named Ben, LOL) in search for the White-winged Dove, no success:( So we walked across the street to Dunteman Sod Farms, where to be found were at least 6 American Golden-Plovers! At around 9:00 AM […]