ILLINOIS ORNITHOLOGICAL SocIETY
President's Message
Is it time to do it again? 26 years ago, almost 1,000 birders across Jllinois made a com mitment to participate in a five-year survey of our state's breeding birds. The goal was " ...to conduct a comprehensive and systematic statewide survey of breeding birds, to document their distribution Publisher and status in the state. " ln 199 l, after several hundred thousand hours of volunteer time in the field, the survey work was completed, and Illinois Ornithological Society the lengthy process of collecting, consolidating and analyzing the Robert Fisher, President data began, culminating in the publication of The JlLinois Breeding Bird Atlas, Illinois Natural History Survey Special Publication 26, Sheryl DeVore, Chief Editor authored by Vern Kleen, Liane Cordle and Bob Montgomery. Marj Lundy, Vice-President It's beyond the scope of this column to name all the myriad people Alex Meloy, Treasurer who helped make this mammoth project a reality. But it's certainly fair to say this was a true commitment by our state's great birding Barbara Williams, community - to come together and work toward the common goal Membership Secretary of capturing the data needed to assess the what and where ofTllinois' Board of Directors breeding birds. Why, do you ask, should we do it again? And even if we should Tara Beveroth do it again, isn't it too soon? There are several reasons: Joan Bruchman Climate change is apparently having an effect on the breeding ranges Scott Cohrs of various species, especially some southern species, which appear to Jon Duerr be making big moves northward. Land uses continue to change. On Robert Fisher the positive side, restoration technology has advanced and has brought Urs Geiser back some major habitat chunks available to our breeding birds. On Brian Herriott the negative side, agricultural practices continue to change, and some of those changes may be having a profound effect on certain species. Ma1j Lundy One of the goals of the first survey was to provide a baseline to monitor Barbara Williams change. Some states have already completed their second round (our Associate Editors neighbor to the north is in the early stages of planning their second survey. And they completed their first survey nine years after Illinois) . Steven D. Bailey ln casual conversations about the need for another atlas with some of Jeffery Walk our birding friends, some have asked: "Doesn't eBird make the need for these surveys a thing of the past?" 1 think the simple answer to that Staff Illustrators question is - No. While a great resource, eBird does not provide the Peter Olson rigorous, carefully designed database needed for a comprehensive atlas. Michael L. P. Retter It is also certainly true that today's technology makes it possible Jenny Vo gt to simplify and streamline the data entry process. Can't you just see Barbara Williams it - surveying an atlas block and immediately entering your data into a dedicated user friendly website, using your smartphone, iPad, etc.! Pre-Press Production As you read this column, we have simultaneously activated a sim Kathy Ade ple on line survey, asking whether you would be willing to volunteer [email protected] for fieldsurveys, what part of the state do you reside, are you willing to help in the overall organizing process, etc. We will be providing Printing access to this same survey to all the state's birders, IOS members and CityWide Printing non members alike, via IBET, the Illinois Birders Forum, BCNnet, Des Plaines, Illinois and other appropriate listservs. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey.
Given the degree of advance organization required, it's likely the first field work would be the spring/summer of 2014 at the earliest.
Are you in? - Robert Fisher ..
Letter from the Editor MEADOWLARI( Let's flock together ... A JOURNAL OF ILLINOIS BIRDS
IOS President Bob Fisher's message in this issue Volume 21, Number I - 2012 about a potentia I second !11 inois Breeding Bird Atlas ISSN 1065-2043 brought back memories. 1 really learned my breed ing birds those five summers, including the sounds of Visit Our Website at: http://www.illinoisbirds.org young Yellow-headed Blackbirds begging from their natal marsh, as well as the factthat female Bobolinks look nothing like the males. That was long ago, and Articles ______the memory reminds me that learning about birds and their behaviors and plumages continues indefinitely. Bohm Woods and the SIUE 2 During the atlas, I discovered the Yellow-headed Nature Preserve: Valuable Conservation Blackbirds nesting in a marsh located on a gun club's Assets for Southwestern Illinois property - the owners graciously allowed me to survey - Richard L. Essner, Jr., Zachary R. French, the area. I also discovered Yellow-headed Blackbirds Lane M. Richter, and Peter R. Minchin nesting, in the same atlas block no less, in a marsh with a few houses on one side. Those blackbirds are no The Bobolinking Project: Experiments 6 longer nesting in either place, and as you may know, in Field Ornithology this species might one day become extirpated from our state. It might be disheartening to go out in the same - Kimberly Meyer Ramirez block and not discover the blackbirds, but the informa tion would be important to tell the story of this bird's Birding the Jane Addams Trail 9 nesting status in Illinois. in Northwestern Illinois also remember the Western Meadowlark that I - Keith and Mary Blackmore sang in Lake County all summer long while I was working on the project, plus the discovery of three dif ferent Cedar Waxwing nests and how the bird sneaks Departments ------in from the bottom of the tree to get to its nest. What - 1 joy to see the wide gapes of the nestlings as their par Photo Essays: I ents plunked food into their mouths. Peregrine Falcons nest at St. Michael Church 10 I would so enjoy embarking on that journey again, but it seems we are all so much busier now than we Sandhill Cranes attempt nesting 20 were back then, at least I seem to be - and l wonder in central Illinois would we be able to do it again? Would I? But there's Mississippi Kites continue nesting in Rockford 30 one really important reason that has me thinking now is the time to repeat the project. It would bring us together. It seems sometimes, just as the nation seems Field Notes: The 2011 Breeding Season 11 divided, birders in Illinois can sometimes be divided. - Steven D. Bailey For one, there are all those contests out there where birders are doing big days and trying to beat one another, which can sometimes lead to divisiveness. About Our Cover: So, if all the birders in the state embarked on a single project, would that not be a way to bring us Matt McKim-Louder created the cover depicting the together? We can share stories about what we're see nesting of an Eared Grebe at Sand Lake in Mason County ing, help each other out and create more information in 2011. Eared Grebe is a very rare breeder in Illinois. for ornithologists. I'm willing to give it a try. We An experienced birder and scientist, Matt is pursuing his need the flock of birders in our state to pull together doctorate at the University of Illinois. Matt is studying for the good of each other and birds, just like, if Brown-headed Cowbird parasitism of Prothonotary I may be so bold as to say, we need a nation less Warbler in southern Illinois. divided and more interested in helping out our fellow mankind. Copyright© by the Illinois Ornithological Society. No part of this Email me at [email protected]. journal may be reproduced without the written permission of IOS and the chief editor, except brief passages of a paragraph or less in which attribution is made to the journal and author.
Vo lume 21, Number 1 1 Bohm Woods and the SIUE Nature Preserve: Valuable Conservation Assets for Southwestern Illinois By Richard L. Essne1; J1'. 1, Zachary R. French 1, Lane M Richter 1,2, Peter R. Minchin I
1. Department of Biological Sciences Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL 62026 2. The Audubon Center at Riverlands 301 Riverlands Way West Alton, MO 63386
Introduction remaining in the region. The land forest patch on campus, -150 acre Madison County, located in scape is impressive, with loess hills Sweet William Woods, with Bohm southwestern Illinois along the interdigitated by networks of steep Woods Nature Preserve. Corridors Mississippi River near St. Louis, ravines, draining into a bottomland are valuable conservation tools that was historically characterized by hardwood forest that is part of the provide connectivity and an oppor a mosaic of diverse habitat types. Cahokia Creek floodplain. Massive tunity for gene flow for species in This included rich bottomland and hardwoods and a rich assemblage of fragmented landscapes. The habitat upland bluff forests, shrublands, understory vegetation offer native corridor created by the SIUE Nature wetlands, and a variety of prairie birds a degree of vertical complexity Preserve includes Sweet William types. The diversity of habitat sup that is unusual for the region. Woods, a restored prairie known ported an equally diverse avifauna. The 2660-acre campus of as Whiteside Prairie, and a wood Unfortunately, agriculture and urban Southern Illinois University ed corridor, portions of which bor ization have dramatically altered the Edwardsville (SIUE) is located der 78-acre Cougar (Tower) Lake landscape, replacing natural areas immediately to the south of Bohm (Figure 1 ). with crop monocultures, manicured Woods and includes some of the In 2008, thanks to the support of lawns, buildings, roads, and parking largest remaining forest patches in the Illinois Ornithological Society/ lots. Today, the remaining habitat is the area. These upland forests have Du Page Birding Club, the Illinois highly fragmented and overrun with a mixed disturbance history. The Department of Natural Resources, invasive plant and animal species. majority of forests on campus were and the National Great Rivers Recently, there has been a con agricultural land prior to develop Research and Education Center, we certed effort to identify and protect ment of the campus - 50 years ago. initiated Jong-term monitoring of the the few remaining areas of natu However, small areas of old growth bluff forest bird community in the ral habitat in this region. In 2006, persist in association with ravines. two forest patches (Bohm and Sweet Bohm Woods was added to the In 2010, a faculty-led initiative William Woods) joined by the cor Illinois Nature Preserve system. This resulted in designation of �380 acres ridor, as well as an additional for 92-acre preserve was purchased by of undeveloped land along the west est patch (75-acre Bluebell Woods), the Illinois Department of Natural ern border of campus as the SIUE located outside the corridor. We are Resources using funds from a settle Nature Preserve. This protected area, particularly interested in monitor ment with Dynegy, lnc. over non located on the bluffs adjacent to the ing species of conservation concern, compliance with the Clean Air Act American Bottoms, was designed such as the state threatened Cerulean · (Davis, 2006). while relatively small to serve as a habitat corridor (SIU Warbler, which has been occasional in size, Bohm Woods encompasses Edwardsville to Bohm Woods or ly observed in Bohm Woods, as well the highest quality old growth forest "E2B corridor") linking the largest as on the SIUE campus. In addition to monitoring populations of resi-
2 Meadowlark dent and migratory bird species Northern Parula utilizing bluff forests, we are was one of the more also generating predictive habi common species tat models that will enable us to detected at Bohm identify suitable habitat for each Woods and th e SIUE species in order to make more Nature Preserve. informed land use decisions. Photo by Mark Bowman. Materials and Methods
We selected 130 randomized two forests (Bohrn and Sweet plots in Bluebell (n = 34), Bohm William Woods) within the cor (n = 30); and Sweet William (n ridor (Richter et al., 2010). = 66) for our study. At each plot, Species found to be indica we collected a suite of vegetation tors for Bohrn Woods included a variables, including: Distance to During the sampling period a digital number of forest interior species, such edge, Successional age of the forest voice recorder (Olympus DS-40) was as the Wood Thrush. Other indicators (based on analysis of historic aerial used to record songs and calls for included three woodpeckers (Downy, photos; Fritzgerald and Minchin, subsequent identification in the lab. Hairy, and Northern Flicker), two in prep), total richness (native and Plots were visited multiple times dur additional thrushes (Swainson 's exotic), total shrub density (native ing the spring and summer. and American Robin), two warblers and exotic), total tree dominance, (Yellow and Black-throated Green), total groundlayer cover, total tree Survey data were used to esti two apodiforms (Ruby-throated density, 90th percentile DBH, snag mate population densities for indi Hummingbird and Chimney Swift), class, coarse woody debris class, and vidual species and for comparisons of one sparrow (White-throated), and canopy height. In addition, we used species richness and diversity among one flycatcher (Acadian). Bohm the statistical techniques known as forest patches. In addition, we con Woods was especially attractive to non-metric multidimensional scaling ducted an indicator species analy Acadian Flycatchers. Three species (NMDS) and Lance-Williams flex sis (Dufrene and Legendre 1997) in were indicators for Sweet William ible beta clustering, to summarize the order to identify bird species that best Woods including the Carolina major dimensions of variation in for differentiated the forest patches. The Chickadee, Carolina Wren, and est species composition and to clas combined survey and vegetation data Kentucky Warbler. In contrast, sify the three forest patches into four are currently being used to build pre Bluebell Woods, which is largely forest types: Group 1: Sugar maple - dictive habitat models using logistic comprised of young forest, was White ash - Red oak - Basswood for regression. characterized by a larger number of est; Group 2: White Ash - White Oak Results and Discussion relatively common species includ - Hickory forest; Group 3: Box elder ing Northern Cardinal, American - Hackberry - Elm forest; Group We recently published results Goldfinch, Tufted Titmouse, Eastern 4: Black locust - Hackberry - Ehn from the 2008 season (Richter et al. Towhee, Common Grackle, Black (Looft et al. in prep). 20 I 0) and are currently combining capped Chickadee and Blue-gray this dataset with additional data from We conducted fixed-distance Gnatcatcher. our 20 l 0 survey. To date, we have point-count surveys (25 m radius) encountered a combined total of 92 We have created habitat models from May-July, 2008 and from May species during point count surveys for 82 bird species with 54 exhibit August 20 10 at each of the 130 plots within the three forest patches over ing significant associations with one (see Richter et al. 20 1 0). Surveys the two field seasons (Table 1 ). or more habitat variables (French were conducted daily from 0600- et al. in prep). Figure 2 shows an 1000 hours except when raining, Research findings thus far under example of a habitat model for the foggy, or excessively windy. Each score the importance of the E2B Wood Thrush in Bohm Woods, dem survey included a 1 minute warrn corridor and the avian community onstrating the utility of this approach. up period, followed by a 5 minute which it supports. For example, the In this instance, the Wood Thrush sampling period. Before the warm-up Sweet William Woods, which is part was found to exhibit a positive asso� period a laser rangefinder was used of the corridor, exhibited the high ciation with distance to edge. The to mark distance. All birds seen or est number of species (n = 63). In model predicts the highest prob heard during the sampling period addition, species diversity, which ability (�60%) of encountering a were recorded (Bibby et al. 2000). incorporates both species richness Wood Thrush in the forest interior and evenness, was highest for the
Vo lume 21, Number 1 3 and lower probabilities toward the as well, such as the ability of species to incorporate nest examination into edge. It is easy to see how such to breed successfully in a particular the study to determine if species are information might facilitate sound area. Wood Thrushes, for example, using these forests as breeding habi management decisions. For example, are frequent targets of brood parasit tat or for migratory stopovers. For any management practice that led to ism from Brown-headed Cowbirds those species which do attempt to a reduction of forest interior habi (Robinson et al. 1995). In a similar breed, we would like to know if their tat, would likely result in a reduced way, detailed modeling of cowbirds attempts result in success or fail probability of encountering a Wood could lead to more effective man ure. In other words, do bluff forests Thrush. Of course, there are addi agement strategies for minimizing constitute source or sink habitat for tional factors that must be considered their impact. ln the future, we hope individual bird species?
Table 1. Species observations during point count surveys in Bluebell, Bohm, and Sweet William Woods (combined data for 2008 and 2010 field seasons).
Species Bluebell Bohm Sweet Species Bluebell Bohm Sweet William William
Acadian Flycatcher 32 64 42 Hooded Warbler 0 I 0 Alder Flycatcher 2 0 6 House Wren 13 9 44 American Crow 32 7 56 Indigo Bunting 113 107 127 American Goldfinch 99 55 93 Kentucky Warbler 0 0 6 American Redstart 2 3 8 Killdeer 1 0 2 American Robin 45 63 77 Louisiana Waterthrush 2 0 6 Baltimore Oriole 4 7 5 Magnolia Warbler 1 5 10 Barred Owl 0 1 0 Marsh Wren 0 0 1 Bell's Vireo 0 0 2 MourningDove 6 2 3 Belted Kingfisher 2 0 0 MourningWarb ler 2 l 0 Black-and-white Warbler 0 2 3 Nashville Warbler 0 0 5 Black-billed Cuckoo 2 0 1 Northern Bobwhite 5 3 5 Blackburnian Warbler 1 4 2 Northern Cardinal 285 152 412 Black-capped Chickadee 17 13 37 Northern Flicker 3 13 7 Blackpoll Warbler 1 4 4 Northern Harrier 0 2 0 Black-throated Green Warbler 4 4 4 Northern Mockingbird 7 1 12 Blue Grosbeak 0 0 1 Northern Panila 51 33 89 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 38 13 45 Ovenbird 2 9 14 Blue Jay 38 31 112 Philadelphia Vireo 3 2 2 Blue-winged Warbler 3 0 0 Pileated Woodpecker 4 6 29 Brown Thrasher 1 0 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 47 42 82 Brown-headed Cowbird 53 43 77 Red-eyed Vireo 53 50 117 Canada Goose 12 10 7 Red-tailed Hawk 2 3 2 Cape May Warbler 1 0 0 Red-winged Blackbird 11 4 8 Carolina Chickadee 53 27 134 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 3 I Carolina Wren 23 22 54 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 14 16 4 Chestnut-sided Warbler 0 5 4 Scarlet Tanager 2 3 10 Chimney Swift 2 24 16 Summer Tanager I 2 5 Chipping Sparrow 6 3 13 Swainson's Thrush 4 12 12 Common Grackle 8 0 11 Tennessee Warbler 1 1 5 Common Yellowthroat 3 2 15 Tufted Titmouse 12 1 91 182 Dark-eyed Junco 0 0 l Turkey Vulture 8 3 0 Downy Woodpecker 43 45 54 Veery 2 1 6 Eastern Phoebe 11 0 9 Warbling Vireo 0 0 2 EasternBluebird 0 0 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 15 38 70 Eastern Kingbird 2 0 1 White-eyed Vireo 2 0 6 Eastern Meadowlark 1 0 0 White-throated Sparrow 8 7 5 Eastern Towhee 81 40 116 Wild Turkey 6 8 8 Eastern Wood-Pewee 40 65 89 Wood Thrush 49 88 112 European Starling 3 6 2 Worm-eating Warbler 0 0 5 Field Sparrow 12 3 8 Yellow Warbler 5 7 8 Golden-winged Warbler 0 0 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 0 8 Gray Catbird 0 2 6 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 11 11 31 Great Crested Flycatcher 30 25 68 Yellow-rumped Warbler 5 5 3 Hairy Woodpecker 15 22 35 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 1 6 Hermit Thrush 5 3 9 Yellow-throated Warbler 0 3 6
4 Meadowlark We plan to continue monitor ing the bird community over the long term, especially in light of the threats imposed by invasive plants (e.g., bush honeysuckle) and animals (e.g., emerald ash borer), as well as the impact of a rapidly changing cli mate. Bohm Woods Nature Preserve, in particular, offers a unique glimpse into Illinois' past. We encourage you to visit on your next birding trip.
Acknowledgments We thank the Jllinois Nature Preserves Commission for pennis sion to conduct research in Bohm Woods Nature Preserve. We thank David Hartweger, Jerrod Looft, and Felicia Scaggs for assistance with establishing research plots. This research was supported by grants from the Illinois Ornithological Society/Du Page Birding Club, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Figure 1. Aerial photo of three bluff forest patches in Madison Wildlife Preservation Fund. County, IL where avian monitoring is being conducted. Dotted white lines indicate approximate boundaries of the SIUE Nature Preserve, Literature Cited which includes Sweet William Woods. Solid white lines indicate Bibby, C.J., N.D. Burgess, D.A. approximate boundaries forBohm and Bluebell Woods. Dots indicate Hill, and S.H. Mustoe. 2000. Bird locations of sampling plots (N = 130). Census Techniques. Academic Press, London, 302pp. Davis, M. B. 2006. Old growth in the East. Online. http://www.pri malnature.org Dufrene, M. and P. Legendre. 1997. Species assemblages and indi cator species: the need for a flexible asymmetrical approach. Ecological Monographs 67:345-366. Richter, L., R. L. Essner, Jr., and P. R. Minchin. 2010. A survey of bluff forest avifaunain Southwestern Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 103:39- 48. Robinson, S.I(., F.R. Thompson III, T.M. Donovan, D.R. Whitehead, J. Faaborg. 1995. Regional forest Figure 2. Habitat model forthe Wood Thrush, Hylocichla mustelina fragmentation and the nesting suc in Bohm Woods. Shading indicates probability of encountering a Wood cess of migratory birds. Science Thrush based on a logistic regression model. The model indicated a 267:1987-1990. positive association with distance to edge (French et al. in prep).
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The Bobolinking Project:
Experiments in Field Ornithology
by Kimberly Meyer Ramirez
u The Bobolinking Project was a part ofAudubon's TogetherGreen initiative. The project's main goal was to link young people to stewardship and ecological monitoring opportunities at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie and Bartel Grassland in lllinois. Project participants learned about one of the rarest of North America's major biomes, the tallgrass prairie. This habitat is an important breeding ground for many grassland bird species which are among the fastest and most consistently declining birds in North America. Figure 1. Students practicing A series of outreach activities, educational workshops and hands-on binocular skills. field activities were conducted to show participants what they could do - individually and together - to protect and improve the quality of this ecosystem on which people and birds depend. ice Outreach populations and advocate for birds � Ten outreach presentations with and their conservation needs. f a total of l 00 attendees were given to high schools and community Field experiments i' Two field experiments with a Figure 2. Students preparing based organizations in Plainfield, total of 80 participants were con plasticine eggs for fieldwork. Oak Forest, Chicago, Frankfort and Wilmington to recruit high ducted (Figures 3 & 4). Students school and junior high school stu examined nest predation rates on dents. Additionally, a website was artificial ground nests at two grass launched in April 2009 to reach a land sites in the Chicago Wilderness broader audience. region. They assessed potential pre dation pressures as a function of Workshops proximity to a walking trail, grass Seven workshops were conduct land site, and type of egg. A total of ed with a total of 80 participants 208 nests were deployed - 120 at (Figures 1 & 2). The workshops Bartel Grassland and 88 at Midewin. Figure 3. Monitoring artificial nests. gave students the opportunity to Nests were placed at varying dis learn about grassland bird identifica tances (2m, 5m, !Om, 25m) from tion and breeding biology. Students a walking trail and were baited learned about the basic criteria used with one Japanese quail (Corturnix for bird identification such as size, japonica) egg and one plasticine
shape, behavior, field marks and egg. Quail eggs (24 x 30mm) were song. They learned how to use moni used to simulate a larger songbird toring field equipment including bin egg such as a Dickcissel (Spiza oculars and GPS units. They also americana), Eastern Meadowlark were educated about how they could (Sturnella 1nagna), and Bobolink help establish or improve bird habi (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). The plasti Figure 4. Baiting artificial nests. tat in their local area, monitor bird cine eggs (19mm x 15mm/6. lgrams)
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0 p < 0.025; Figure 5) . Predation c 0,4 rates were significantly higher for 0 ·1om Figure 7. t plasticine eggs compared to quail 0 25m Q. Survival by distance eggs at both sites (Tarone-Ware ...0 0.2 2m to a walking path xl2 = 37.197, p 0.001; Figure 0.. 5m < at Bartel. 6). At Bartel, proximity to a walk ing path influenced nest survival. 0.0 �---�---'-----'------' 0 3 G 9 12 Nests placed Sm from the walking Day path were most successful, while
Vo lume 21, Number 1 7 those placed 25m from the path were (Procyon lotor), white-tailed deer patterns of predation and predator least successful (Tarone-Ware xl 2 ( Odocoileus virgianianus) , thirteen assemblages impact nest outcome at
= 25.851, p < 0.000; Figure. 7). In lined ground squirrel (Spermophilus these sites. contrast, at Midewin, distance had tridecemlineatus) and small rodents no discernable effect on nest out (Peromyscus spp. and Microtus Restoration workdays come. A logistic regression analysis spp. ). Photographs documented both Two restoration days took was performed on final levels of mammalian (Figure 8) and avian place with a total of 37 attend predation and supported results from predators (Figure 9) in the study ees. Restoration efforts entailed the the survival analysis. area. White-tailed deer, thirteen planting of native species and col lecting seeds. Through the resto Both avian bill marks and small lined ground squirrels and Eastern ration efforts, participants learned to mid-sized mammal dental imprints Meadowlarks were captured destroy about the habitat needs of various were recovered on plasticine eggs. ing eggs at artificial nests. Study bird species and the effect of inva Potential predators included raccoon results suggested that different sive plant species on bird habitat and associated ecosystems. Students from Oak Forest High School par ticipated in a wetland restoration day at Bartel and planted blue flag iris (Iris virginica) plugs (Figure 10). Students from Concordia Place collected golden Alexander (Zizia aurea) seeds and planted aromatic aster (Aster oblongifo lius) plugs at the Midewin seed beds (Figure 11). Acknowledgments Figure 8. Thirteen-lined ground Figure 9. Eastern Meadowlark at The Bobolinking Project would squirrel with plasticine egg. an artificial nest. like to thank the Chicago Ornitho logical Society, the Illinois Ornitho logical Society and Thorn Creek Audubon Society for their generous support. Additionally, we would like to thank Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County for allow ing us to conduct this project on their property.
,\ - Kimberly Meyer Ramirez Figure 10. Planting blue flag iris Figure 11. Planting plugs at Graduate Student in at Bartel. Midewin seedbeds. Environmental Biology Department of Biology, Governors State University, University Park, IL
8 Meadowlark Birding the Jane Addams Trail in Northwestern lilinoi� by Keith and Mary Blackmore
One of the richest birding Red-necked Phalarope. spots in the greater Freeport This is one of the more area is to be found along the uncommon species Jane Addams Trail, a former th at has been seen railroad bed, which currently along the Jane extends from the southern trailhead west of Route 26 Addams Trail. and just south of the Route. Photo by Mark Bowman. 20 bypass, north to the Badger Farm, a trailside holding of Trail at the Wisconsin state the Jane Addamsland Park line. The southern trailhead Foundation. Cliff Swallows abuts the Pecatonica River. use nearby bridges for their Traveling north, on foot or nesting colonies. Woodland by bicycle, one soon finds the The Jane Addams Trail is a 12.85-mile long rail trail areas along the trail attract trail following the floodplain in Stephenson County, Illinois. Jane Addams, the a variety of warblers during of Richland Creek virtually trait's namesake, was born in Stephenson County. migration. all the way to the stateline. A detailed map can be found at janeaddamstrail.com. Numerous bridges along the Certain areas along the route afford excellent view trail have already gained ing access to the meandering some notoriety. One remem Richland Creek bottomlands, bers the Virginia Rail in the wetlands, feeder streams and sedge meadow just south of the habitats associated with Route 26 at Orangeville, or them. the Red-necked Phalarope and the Marbled Godwits at More than 100 herba the Orangeville wetland, or ceous plant species provide the Golden-crowned Sparrow ground cover beneath the 27 and the Great Horned Owl shrub species and 34 tree nest with their two young species initially documented. trailside at Scioto Mills. As Needless to say, this plant more birders visit the area, diversity welcomes many such special spottings are cer of our feathered friends. A tain to increase. survey by two experienced birders, Mary Blackmore and While major parking Dan Wenny,on the northern areas are only available at the half of the trail from Richland Road several of the backwater ponds. southern trailhead and the Orange to the stateline recorded 77 species. Sedge meadows attract Swamp ville trailhead by the BP station, one Bird walks by the Northwest Illinois Sparrows, Sedge Wrens and rails. can gain access to the trail nearly Audubon Society usually note some The wetlands south of Orangeville anywhere that one of ten roads cross 55 species for a two-mile morning host breeding Sandhill Cranes, and it. This is an agricultural region so be stroll in April. in drier years, exposed mudflats sure to consider this when parking along a roadside. In March, waterfowl can be provided habitat for a variety of found in the numerous backwaters shorebirds. Grassland birds such as - Keith and Mary Blackmore and man-made ponds near the trail. meadowlarks and sparrows can be 9024 West Grove Rd. Wood Ducks raised their young in found in the open areas of Butterfly Forreston, IL 61030
Vo lume 21, Number 1 9 Peregrine Falcons nest at St. Michael Church
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Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus) successfully raised • J young at St. Michael's Church in Chicago, Cook County during the summer of2011 .
The photo of the adult on the cross was taken 31 May2011 .
The photos of the young being fed by an adult were taken between12 June 2011 and17 June2011 .
10 Meadowlark Field N tes:
The 2011 Breeding Season
By Steven D. Bailey
Field Notes drawing of European Goldfinch by Matt McKin1-Loude1'.
The 2011 breeding bird season could best be described of their lengths. Rend, Shelbyville and Carlyle Lakes were as warm and very wet, with both temperature and precipita also all several feet above their summer target levels. This tion over much of the state above average. Above average continued well into July at most of these locations, mak temperatures began in May and above-average precipita ing it the 12th wettest May-July on record. Much of this tion began in April, continuing into August. The large rainfall occurred as severe weather systems, which swept amount of precipitation recharged aquifers and wetlands though the state. Severe weather was widely reported in in many areas of the state, including wetlands like Sand both June and July, with June producing 8 tornadoes, 53 Lake in Mason County, often planted to corn because of no reports of significant hail, and 213 wind damage reports water. Recharged wetlands at the Green River State Fish occurring mostly on June 4, 8, 10, 15, 17-19, 22, 25-26, & Wildlife Area in Lee County saw increased numbers of and 30 with baseball-sized hail in Augusta, on 10 June. The breeding marsh birds like Common Gallinules and Pied severe weather continued into July with reports of three billed Grebes, as well as small numbers of Least Bittern tornadoes, five significant hail events and 109 damaging and Virginia Rail. Sand Lake also enticed only the second winds. It is feared that as many as 50% of nests and some to successful nesting of Eared Grebe for the state as well as many adults of Illinois's small remaining Greater Prairie several nesting pairs of Pied-billed Grebes. This lake also Chicken nesting population were destroyed/killed during lured nesting Ruddy Ducks, flocks of Cattle Egrets and a equally and even more destructive weather that occurred rare Tri-colored Heron to stop by. New or recharged wet during that species' nesting attempts in April and May, lands along Union County's Mississippi River levee road during a particularly bad hail storm in that area. Downed also attracted Common Gallinules to breed there, a rare trees were another common consequence of many of these nesting species for that part of Illinois. These wetlands strong storms, so large numbers of forest nesting songbirds along the Mississippi River levee road also attracted breed and/or their nests were likely destroyed by the severe ing Pied-billed Grebes, a number of pairs of nesting Black weather. Early season cool and wet conditions for nesting necked Stilts and two species that are becoming regular Eastern Bluebirds reduced the numbers of young produced late-summer visiting ducks, but which arrived ahead of by them, and possibly for Eastern Phoebes, Purple Martins, schedule, including Black-bellied Whistling and Mottled Tree Swallows, and possibly early cavity-nesting species Ducks (might breeding be in the near future for these two including chickadees, titmice, nuthatches and some wood species in Illinois?). peckers.
The statewide average of 6.73 inches of rain in June On the positive side, this summers large periodic cicada represented a 2.65-inch surplus, to go along with the 1.33- emergence over much of the southern third to half of Il inch surplus that fell in May, and 3.79-inch surplus in April. linois was likely a boon to many nesting species that often All of this rainfall caused many rivers throughout the state feed on such insects such as Mississippi Kites, cuckoos, to inundate large areas with their floodwaters including Red-headed Woodpeckers, flycatchers, Cedar Waxwings the Illinois, Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, all above flood and others. stage during June. Many of these major rivers ' tributaries Ducks through Hawks were also in flood including the LaMoine River at Ripley, An impressive array of 23 waterfow 1 species was locat Bear Creek near Marceline and the Little Wabash below ed throughout Illinois, which included 19 species of duck. Clay City. The water levels there were all the highest on However, other than the usual nesting species and both record for them for June. The Rock, Green, Pecatonica, teal, observers were able to confirm breeding for fewof the Iroquois, Kankakee, Mackinaw, Kaskaskia, Embarras, many species found. Some of them surely attempted to nest, Cache and several other rivers were either above or much especially at places like Hennepin and Thompson Lakes, above normal stream flow for much of June over part or all the two large and relatively recently restored wetlands
Vo lume 21, Number 1 11 along the Illinois River. Now filled to capacity, Thompson Rails through Woodpeckers Lake and other nearby wetlands at the Emiquon Preserve are Tw o endangered Black Rails were located this summer, attracting many rare marsh-nesting species as well as a large singing at both a central and northern 1llinois location in array of uncommon to rare migrants, some of which may June and July indicating probable breeding. One responded someday stay to nest. several times to recorded playbacks of the song, while the Wild Turkey is quickly becoming the most likely gal other was at the same location as one reported in 2010. King linaceous species to be found throughout the state. Gray Rails were only located at two, longtime breeding areas Partridge is probably near extirpation from Illinois, and the in Illinois. Sora and Virginia Rails were located in typical previous few harsh winter weather seasons have decimated numbers in their northern Illinois strongholds, though a Sora numbers of the once common Northern Bobwhite and Ring summering in a yard in the middle of the "cornand soybean necked Pheasant from much of the state, birds which con desert" was quite unusual. One summering Purple Gallinule tinue to suffer from ever-fewer acres of necessary habitat was located while Common Gallinule breeding locations/ needed to survive. Although many would put the blame on numbers were up. Sandhill Crane breeding numbers and lo supposed increasing numbers of coyotes, the real problem cations continue to increase throughout the northern half of has and always will be the loss of habitat caused by man, Illinois, with rumors of other, more southern nesting loca which have lowered these birds numbers all along. tions outside this species normal range reaching this author, though details were lacking. The Ve rmilion County pair There were increased sightings of the usual (basic-plum returned to attempt nesting again, though were once again aged) non-breeding, Common Loons, though increased unsuccessful, likely due to predation of the young. numbers of breeding Pied-billed Grebes were a direct result of significantly more numerous areas to breed in due to the Nesting shorebirds bred in typical numbers, though new recharging of many wetlands from heavy rainfall. locations for breeding Black-necked Stilt seem to be located in new areas in Illinois each year. Recharged wetlands in sev The newly located nesting locations for both Anhinga, eral areas may have enticed a fe w Wi lson's Snipe to stay and American White Pelican and Caspian Te rns were once again nest in new areas in the northern half of the state. Seven spe in use, and numbers may even be increasing, as the use of cies of gull (two nesting species) and five species of tern were a second nearby nesting island for the pelicans and higher found in their usual northeastern Illinois breeding locations, numbers of Anhingasand Caspian Terns at the nesting sites though almost all of the nesting species only do so at one or a indicates. Although the large amount of rain and floodwaters few locations. Though the Caspian Tern breeding colony atop likely improved feeding opportunities for the heron family, a building in Chicago appeared to grow, no breeding colonies and possibly enticed new rookeries to form, numbers of re for Forster's Te rns, which formerly bred, have been located ports were pretty much normal. Probably the most unusual for several years now, and only a few small breeding colonies vagrant record of the season, the Wood Stork that showed up of Black Terns remain in Lake and McHenry counties. The in early June in Lake County not only set a northernmost oc lone Common Tern nesting population continues to suffe r currence record forthe state but was also one of the earliest from the negative effects of weather, predation and possibly Wood Storks to arrive in Tllinois during the summer/fall sea chemical contamination, despite valiant attempts by biolo son by almost two months. This bird follows on the equally gists and volunteers to keep the nesting colony active. unusual occurrence of 3 encounters (at three locations) this past spring, by the stork's related and closely allied species, The non-native Eurasian Collared-Dove population con the White Ibis (all in adult plumage) in southern and even tinues to grow in Illinois, and the species can likely be found central Illinois. Only three other adult-plumaged White Ibis in every county in the state. Black-billed Cuckoo numbers have been found in Illinois, and encouters of all four ibis remained at their low ebb, while the slight increase of Ye l species seem to slowly be increasing especially during their low-billed Cuckoos over the past couple of years may be more usual, post-breeding dispersal and arrival period into more a function of more birds stopping to take advantage of Illinois. this year's periodic cicada emergence in the southern half of the state. Caprimulgid species continue to be reported in The new, disjunct population of Mississippi Kites much lower than historic numbers, though smaller towns breeding in Rockford continue to return to breed in their with older buildings which retain their pebble-topped, residential, urban neighborhood. Both Osprey and Bald breeding roofs, sti ll hold on to a few to several breeding Eagle nests continue to appear in new areas around the state. pairs of Common Nighthawks. Vern Kleen's extensive Nesting was not confirmed for Northern Harrier or Sharp banding efforts with Ruby-throated Hummingbirds contin shinned Hawk this year but Cooper's Hawk has likely ue to show the true abundance of these birds in a way that returned to historic breeding population levels for this spe single-observer sightings cannot. However, I will continue cies throughout the former breeding range in Illinois. Few to give maximum counts of hummingbirds found by observ pairs of breeding Swainson's Hawks were located again ers in their daily observations, despite their disparity with this year, leading one to wonder how much longer they will Kleen's banding numbers. The Pileated Woodpecker ap remain an Illinois breeding species. pears to slowly be making inroads into new breeding areas in northeastern Illinois.
12 Meadowlark Passerines nesting efforts. Northern Pandas seem to be making small Several Least Flycatchers were once again detected into inroads into the northcentral and northeastern parts of the mid-June, but without any confirmation of breeding. It is state where the species has rarely been reported. Outside unclear ifthe small population that formally bred each year of southern Illinois, this species has always had a rather at Lowden-Miller State Forest is still present. A number of unusual distribution in the state, not often being found in Western Kingbirds were discovered this year, but with con the former "Grand Prairie" regions of the state, even along firmation of breeding found at only one typical breeding lo major river valleys. Breeding populations of Pine Warblers cation in Granite City. Scissor-tailed Flycatchers once again continue to appear in new pine plantations in areas of the nested in Illinois marking the 9th year (in 9 counties) since state where this species has never before bred. Have these 2000 that this species has been recorded in the breeding pines matured to the point where they are now "accept season, and the 7th year that nests/nesting evidence have able" to use during the breeding season, or is something been located during that time, in six southwestern Illinois else going on? The singing male Te nnessee Warbler in late counties. Loggerhead Shrikes are now becoming harder to June was a quite unusual migrant report. Likewise, a Dark find in their last remaining stronghold within Illinois in the eyed Junco caught in a mist net and a singing male, in late southeastern portion of the state. Will they persist through June and mid-July, respectfully, were also very unusual, the next decade in Illinois? and begs the question which direction were they moving? Although always a pleasant find wherever located, the in Reports of Bell's Vireo seem to be on the increase, creasing numbers and locations where Henslow's Sparrows especially in far southern Illinois where this species was are being found makes one wonder why they remain on the once rarely reported. Corvid populations in the state also state threatened list when species nearly or as uncommon appear to be on the increase, or have at least begun to in like Grasshopper Sparrow and other more uncommon spe crease above the low numbers being reported a few years cies have not been similarly designated. Summer Tanagers, ago as West Nile Virus first swept through the state. Cliff Blue Grosbeaks and Orchard Orioles continue to be found Swallows continue to reclaim and increase their numbers in new and/or increasing numbers of locations in central in former breeding areas in the state, although numbers in and northern areas of the state. Several new breeding pairs the eastern third of the state are still much lower than more of Painted Buntings were found this summer near the his western areas of the state, especially along the major river toric breeding location of Illinois's sole breeding colony. systems. With more search effort given in southwestern Illinois near The numbers of breeding Carolina Wrens remain low the Mississippi River, could there be even more breeding outside of far southern Illinois after the severe winter pairs of this species than we now realize? The first Illinois weather of the last few years. Bewick's Wren was not re nest was located forthe naturalized, exotic European Gold ported this year from their usual Siloam Springs breeding finch.A small, localized population of this species is begin location. Marsh Wrens are very rare as a breeding species ning to grow and develop a yearound population in a few outside far northeastern Illinois, so those found singing at areas of the Chicagoland lakefront and occasionally else two locations, one a large, newly restored wetland in west where. Some have now been seen every year in at least each central Illinois could portend a new breeding population of the last ten years at this location. Will this become one of in that area. Wet and somewhat cool temperatures limited the newest additions to the Illinois state checklist, similar to the number of young fledging from early Eastern Bluebird the Monk Parakeet?
2011 Breeding Season Observers/Reporters
Andrew Aldrich, Amar A. Ay yash, Alan B. Anderson, Durkin, Ron Dickenson, Tim J. Dever, Daniel Eastman, Charlene K. Anchor, David K. Antieau, Ed Anderson, John Eden Essex, Josh Engel, Terry Esker, Thad R. Edmonds, Adams, Les Allen, Mary Jo Adams, Aaron T. Boone, Bill Jeff Fox, Kurt Frieders, Karen A. Forcum, Matt E. Fraker, Bertrand, David Benson, H. David Bohlen, John Bates, Mark & Lorraine Fritzmann, Rick Fox, Robert Fisher, Sean Jackie Bowman (JBn), John Baxter (JBr) , Larry A. Ber Fitzgerald, Aaron Gyllenhaal, Dave Gruver, Ethan Gyllen tinetti, Lawrence G. Balch, Mark Bowman, Margie Busic haal, Evan Graff (EGf), Eric Gyllenhaal (EGl), Eric J. Gins (MBc), Marilyn Bell (MB!), Maury H. Brucker, Madelyn burg, Glenn Gabanski, Jerry Goldner, Nathan Goldberg, W. Bradley, Peter Y. Bullock, Richard Biss, Richard G. W.Sullivan Gibson, Ann B. Haverstock, C. Leroy Harrison, Bjorklund, Samuel B. Burckhardt, Steven D. Bailey, Sig Dustin Holschuh, Don Hartzler (DHr), Frank R. Holmes, urd N. Bjorklund, Bob Carper, Doug & Maggie Crane Gary Hantsbarger, Jed B. Hertz, Kanae Hirabayashi, Larry (D&MC), Elizabeth J. Chato, Hal Cohen, John Cebula, L. Hood, Robert D. Hughes, R. Given Harper, Ted Hartzler, Karin M. Cassel, Liz Copeland, Matthew M. Cvetas, Paul Thomas Haase (THe), Brian Kraskiewicz, Bill Koch (BKh), R. Clyne, Rob Curtis, Rena Cohen (RCn), Ryan Chew Dan M. Kassebaum, Peter Kasper, Rob Kanter, Vernon M. (RCw), Scott A. Cohrs, Bonnie Duman, Carl & Pen Dau Kleen, Tom Kelly, Tim L. Kuesel, Bob Lootens, Gregory S. Bach (C&PD), Donnie R. Dann, Jeff Donaldson, Michelle Lambeth, Judith Joy, John Longhenry, Joe Lewis (JLs), John Devlin, Mike Descamps (MDs), Nandu Dubey, Patricia A. P. Leonard, Joseph W. Lill, Karen Land, Karen M. Lund,
Vo lume 21, Number 1 13 Nolan Lameka, Tom Little, Tom Lewin (TLn), Walt Lutz, Susan Stearns (B&SS), Carl Strang, Doug F. Stotz, Darrell Anne Mankowski, Anita L. Morgan, Ben Murphy, Bob Mei J. Shambaugh, Eric E. Secker, Ira Sanders, Jeff Sundberg, erhans (BMs), Brendan J. McCooey, Chris Madsen, Caro Joe Stephens (JSs), JeffA. Smith, Joseph L. Suchecki, Jean lyn A. Marsh, Don D. Mullison, D. James Mountjoy, Ed M. Spitzer, James 0. Smith, Jeffrey R. Sanders, Jeffrey R.R. Mackford, Fran R. Morel, Keith A. McMullen, Karen K. Skrentny, Jim S. Solum, Ken Schneider, Leonard W. Stanley, Mansfield, Leo Miller, Luis G. Munoz, Marion Miller, Matt Mary Beth Stark, Mark S. Seiffert, Nancy Siegmund, Rob McKim-Louder (MML), Mike Mulcahy (MMy), Michael ert E. Shelby, Randy L. Shonkwiler, Scott Simpson (SS), A. Madsen, Nick Minor, Peter A. Moxon, Rich Miller, Rob Stephen G. Spitzer, Wes S. Serafin, Craig A. Taylor, Craig ert A. Morgan, Travis A. Mahan, Thomas U. May, Walter J. B.Thayer, David L. Thomas, Gale Thomas, Mike Trahan, Marcisz, Gordon Neese, Greg Neise (GNe), Joan I. Norek, Jenny Vo gt, John Viramontes (JV s ), Robert Vaiden, Bernard Randy Nyboer, Linda Padera, Wendy Paulson, Ari Rice, Wiltshire, Barbara C. Williams, Christine L. Williamson, Barbara Rasner, Gary Russell, Jessica Runner, Kevin B. David Weible, Dave Weth (DWh), Dan T. Williams, Eric W. Richmond, Rhonda S. Rothrock, Wayne Runner, Adam Sell, Walters, Geoffrey A. Williamson, Jeff W. Walk, Matthew J. Angie G. Stanley, Andrew P. Sigler, Anne Straight (ASt), Winks, Sue Wagoner, Tony Ward, Dick Yamasaki. Bob Schifo, Beau J. Schaefer, Brad Semel (BS!), Brian &
As a printing aide, the following abbreviations have been used throughout this report:
ad(s) = adult(s) Apt =Airport R =River
alt = alternate plL1mage B =Beach Res =Reservoir (breeding) BBS =Breeding Bird Survey Rd =Road cop =copulating (Route) sr = State Forest est =estimate( d) Btms =Bottoms SHS = State Historic Site et. al =and other CA = Conservation Area Sl =Slough c;i = female(s) Cem =Cemetery SFWA = State Fish & Wildlife irnm =immature Co(s) = County(ies) Waterfowl Area incl =including er = County Park SNA = State Natural Area ind(s) = individual(s) Crk = Creek So. =South EA = Ecological Area SP = State Park juv(s) = juvenile(s) FP = rorest Preserve SRA lg =large = State Recreation Area FS =Field Station 6 = male(s) Twp =Township H =Harbor USF&WS = United States Fisb & f =singing I-IA = Habitat Area Wildlife Service #(s) = number(s) I =Island WMA = Wildlife Management Area m.ob. = many observers L = Lak Wds =Woods * = documented record e L&D = Lock & Dam ws =Wildlife Sanctuary ** = specimen record M =Marsh ph(s) = pboto(s) NA = Natural Area plum =plumage NC =Nature Center EA = Early Arrival(s) pr( ) = pair(s) s NHL =National Historic LD = Latest Departure(s) prop =properly Landmark MC = Maximum Count(s) resp =respectively No. =North cos =Chicago Ornithological Society subad(s) = subadult(s) NP = Nature Preserve field trip vid =video NWR =National Wildlife Refuge IOS = Illinois Ornithological Society vr = voice recording OSL = Open Space Lands field trip w/ =with Pk =Park FMNH = Field Museum of Natural History yg =young Pra =Prairie NBSO =Non-Breeding Summer Pr =Preserve Occurrence
The following abbreviations for place names have been used throughout this report:
Allerton Pk =Al lerton Park BBS (Piatt/McLean Cos) CaneyCrk = Caney Creek, Shawnee NF, Pomona Twp AlrnondM =Almond Marsh Forest Preserve (Lake Co) (Jackson Co) AmnBot =American Bottoms (Monroe County) Cap Sauers = Cap Sauers Holdings Nature Preserve (Cook Co) Athens_ =Athens BBS (Menard Co) CarlL-C = Carlyle Lake (Clinton Co) BannerM = Banner Marsh (Fulton & Peoria Cos) CarlL-F = Carlyle Lake (Fayette Co) Bartonville = Bartonville BBS (Peoria Co) CaveCrk = Cave Creek Va lley, Shawnee NF, Pomona Tw p BeanRdg - = Bean Ridge, Shawnee NF (Alexander Co) (Jackson Co) Beaucoup_ = Beaucoup BBS (Washington/Clinton Cos) CBG = Chicago Botanic Garden (Cook Co) BeaverdamL = Beaverdam Lake BBS (Pope Co) CedarCrk = Cedar Creek, Shawnee NF, Pomona Tw p, Belknap_ - = Belknap BBS (Johnson Co) (Jackson Co) BraidwoodL = Braidwood Lake (Will Co) Champaign =Champaign (Champaign Co) BurntPrairie =Burnt Prairie BBS (White Co) Chau = Lake Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge CampPoint_- = Camp Point BBS (Adams Co) (Mason Co)
14 Meadowlark Abbreviations for place names, continued
Chi = Chicago--excl. Jackson Park & Lake Calumet McGinnis = McGinnis Slough (s.w. Cook Co) (Cook Co) MeadbrkPk =Meadowbrook Park, Urbana (Champaign Co) ClintonL = Clinton Lake (DeWiU Co) MermetL = Mermet Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area COLSP = Chain-O-Lakes State Park (Lake Co) (Massac Co) Columbia = Columbia BBS (Monroe/St. Clair Cos) Midewin = Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie (Will Co) CONWR =Crab Orchard National WildlifeRefuge MlrMdws = Miller Meadows FP (Cook Co) (Williamson Co) MidSav = Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve (Lake Co) CRSNA = Cache River State Natural Area (Johnson/ Milford = Milford BBS (Iroquois/Verm ilion Cos) Pulaski Cos) MissPalis = Mississippi Palisades State Park (Carroll Co) Dudleyville_ = Dudleyville BBS (Bond Co) MomenceWet = Momence Wetlands (Kankakee Co) DYNL = Dick Young/Ne lson Lake Forest Preserve Montrose =Montrose Harbor, Lincoln Park, Chicago (Kane Co) (Cook Co) ECapeG ir = East Cape Girardeau (Alexander Co) MRB = Mississippi River Blufflands (Monroe Co) EForkL = East Fork Lake, Olney (Richland Co) Nachusa =Nachusa Grasslands (Lee Co) Emiquon =The Nature Conservancy Emiquon Preserve NoP =North Pond, Lincoln Park, Chicago (Cook Co) (Fulton Co) NPM = North Point Marina, Winthrop Harbor (Lake Co) EPSL =El Paso Sewage Lagoons (Woodford Co) Olney_ = Olney BBS (Richland/Wayne Cos) ESTL = E. St. Louis (St Clair Co) Palos =Palos area (sw. Cook Co) Fairbury_ = Fairbmy BBS (Livingston/Ford Counties) PaulDouglas = Paul Douglas Forest Preserve (Cook Co) Fermi = Fcrmilab (Du Page Co) Pembroke = Pembroke Tow nship (Kankakee Co) Flora = Flora BBS (Clay Co) Pomona = Pomona area (Jackson Co) GLNTC = Great Lakes Naval Training Center (Lake Co) Pontiac_ = Pontiac BBS (Livingston Co) GLPSNA = Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area Pratt'sWW = Pratt's Wayne Woods Forest Preserve (Grundy Co) (DuPage Co) GreeneVal = Greene Va ley Forest Preserve (DuPage Co) I PrRdg-J = Prairie Ridge State Natural Area (Jasper Co) GreenR = Green River State Wildlife Area (Lee Co) PrRdg-M = Prairie Ridge State Natural Area (Marion Co) HennepinL = Hennepin-Hopper Lake Restoration Area Pulaski_ = Pulaski BBS (Pulaski/Alexander Cos) (Putnam Co) RendL =Rend Lake (Jefferson Co) Heron CP = Heron County Park (Verm ilion Co) RiverBend = River Bend Forest Preserve (Champaign HGC = Harborside International Golf Course, @ LCal County) (Cook Co) RockCrk = Rock Creek, Shawnee NF, Sand Ridge Twp HL = Horseshoe Lake State Park (Madison Co) (Jackson Co) HLCA = Horseshoe Lake Conservation Arca RockCut = Rock Cut State Park (Winnebago Co) (Alexander Co) Rckfd =Rockford (Winnebago Co) HutchinsCrk = Hutchins Creek, Shawnee NF (Union Co) RollinsSav = Rollins Savannah Forest Preserve (Lake Co) IBSP = Illinois Beach State Park (Lake Co) Ryerson = Ryerson Conservation Area (Lake Co) Jamestown_ =Jamestown BBS (Clinton/Madison Cos) St. Morgan_ = St. Morgan BBS (Madison Co) Jarvis = Bill Jarvis Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Lincoln Sang = Sangamon County Pk, Chicago (Cook Co) Santa Fe = Santa Fe Bottoms (Clinton Co) JP =Jackson Park and vicinity, Chicago (Cook Co) SherburnviIle_ = Sherburnville BBS (Kankakee, Will, & Kankakee = Kankakee (Kankakee County) Cook Cos) KankakeePks =LeVa sseur /Perry Farm/Cavalier De LaSalle Sherrard_ = Sherrard BBS (Mercer/Warren Cos) Parks (Kankakee Co) SoRipl-llw = South Ripple Hollow, Shawnee NF (Alexander KankakeeR SP = Kankakee River State Park (Kankakee County) Union Cos) Kell = Kell BBS (Marion Co) Spfld = Springfield (Sangamon Co) KLMSNA = Kidd Lake Marsh State Natural Area Springbrk = Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve (Monroe Co) (DuPage Co) LaSalleL = LaSalle Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area SRSP = Starved Rock State Park (LaSalle County) (LaSalle Co) Stillwell_ = Stillwell BBS (Hancock Co) LCal = Lake Calumet (Cook Co) SwallowCliff = Swallow Cliff Woods Forest Preserve (Palos, L&D 13 = Lock & Dam 13, Mississippi River Cook Co) (Whiteside Co) TOT =Trail of Tears State Forest (Union Co) LostMound = Lost Mound NWR (former Savanna Army Troy Grove_ =Troy Grove BBS (LaSalle/Bureau Cos) Depot) (Jo Daviess Co) Tw oRivers = Tw o Rivers National Wildlife Refuge LOW = Lake of Lhe Woods Forest Preserve (Calhoun Co) (Champaign Co) UCCA = Union County Conservation Area (Union Co) LowdMil = Lowden-Miller State Forest (Ogle Co) Union_ = Union BBS (McHenry Co) LSpfld = Lake Springfield, Springfield(Sangamon Co) Urbana = Urbana (Champaign Co) LSummerset_ = Lake Summerset BBS (Stephenson Co) Waterfal l Glen = Waterfal l Glen Forest Preserve (Du Page Co) LtlBlkSl = Little Black Slough State Natural Area Wauk = Waukegan Beach & Harbor (Lake Co) (Johnson Co) Wayne_ = Wayne BBS (DuPage/Will Cos) Martinsville =Martinsville BBS (Clark/Crawford Cos) Waynesvil le_ =Waynesville BBS (McLean Co) Maz/Braid = Mazonia/Braidwood State Fish & Wildlife Area Williamsfield_ = Williamsfield BBS (Knox/Fulton Cos) (Grundy/Will/Kankakee Cos)
Vo lume 21, Number 1 15 A number in parentheses ( ) indicates the number of birds Martin, etc.) developed by the USGS Bird Banding Labora observed at a particular location or on a particular date. No tory are occasionally used within the species accounts. number signifies single birds. Place names given in italic typ e Remarks on the historical significance of records aim to be are counties. The sequence ofrecords within species accounts, valid for the corpus of data published in H. David Bohlen's except for maximum counts, begin in northwest Illinois (Jo 1989 Birds of lllinois and the seasonal summeries in the Daviess, Carroll and Whiteside counties), proceed to the east, Illinois journals Illinois Birds and Birding (summer 1984 then continue back and forth across the state in a systematic - spring 1991) and Meadowlark (summer 1991 - present). pattern with the southernmost records at the end. Data from other sources may have bearing on the validity of Transparent directionals (n.=north(ern), ne. = these remarks. Species names and sequence correspond to the northeast( em), etc.), and including c.= central, are used where American Ornithologist's Union Check-List of North Ameri applicable. Words referring to natural features are generally can Birds and its supplements through the s2nd supplement not abbreviated in names ofresidential communities (thus For (201 1 ). The 2003 DeLorme Illinois Atlas & Gazetteer has est Park, Fall Creek, Garden Prairie, etc.). been used as a standard for spelling of place names for sites Headings forspecies requiring JORC (Illinois Ornithologi included therein. cal Records Committee) review in parts of Jllinois or in some Some records not printed here may still be under IORC plumages are underlined, while those for species requiring re (Illinois Ornithological Records Committee) review; when view of all records are CAPITALIZED AND UNDERLINED. completed, they will appear in the published IORC report. Records pending IORC review are enclosed in square brackets As standard policy, all observers, regardless of experience, []. The IORC review list can be viewed at the IOS/IORC must fully document all unusual observations. Easy to use website, http://www.illinoisbirds.org/iorc.html. Noteworthy documentation forms are available from IORC Secretary, dates and sites of occurrence and remarkably high counts for Doug Stotz, Environment and Conservation Program, Field the state as a whole or for particular regions of the state are Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road and Lake Shore underlined and boldfaced, and some further editorial remarks Drive, Chicago, IL 60615. Completed documentation forms are boldfaced. Four-letter alpha or bird-banding codes in capi of"listed" species should be submitted to the IORC Secretary talized letters (e.g. WODU for Wood Duck, PUMA for Purple within one week of the observation.
2011 Breeding Season Field Notes ------
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Heron Pk (nest hatched 6 yg, w/5 fledging), season (JR); 1\!la dison (ad w/ MississippiR near Ware (Union Co) (2), 13 Jul (EGJ :ph, AG); [Big Mud cygnet), 13 Jun (FRH); ESTL (ad w/3 yg), 15 Jul (OM K); HL (ad w/cyg dyR (Union Co) (3), I 0 Jun]. net), 13 Jun (l'RH). MC: 35 (ad), LCal, 31 Jul (WJM); 6, Erniquon, 10 Jun (LLH); 4 (ads @ 3 locale), RollinsSav, 18 Jun-9 Jul (SOB). Others: Four Snow Goose L ke FP (Winnebago Co), 10-16 Jul (DTW); Redwing SI (Lake Co) (2 NBSO: Emiquon (2 white, 2 blue morphs), 10 Jun (LLH); Clinton, 26 a s pr) 26 Jun (EWW); AlmondM, 11 Jun (TLn); Oakwood Twp, Kickapoo Jun (KAM). , SP (pr) & Kcnnekuk CP (pr) (Verm ilion Co), season (BS, JR). Canada Goose Trumpeter Swan Breeding: Rckfd (2 ads & 19 downy chicks on golfcomse fairway), 3 J un Breeding: McGinnis (pr w/2 downy cygnets), 4- 11 Jun (RLS). Others: (DTW); RollinsSav (3 nesting atop muskrat lodges), 4 Apr (TLn); Caslle l-lorscshoeL(Washi ngton Twp, Carroll Co) (pr rescnt but did nol nest Rock SP (Ogle Co) (pr w/4 yg), 30 Apr (EWW); GreenR (nest), 27 Mar, 11 1 clue lo high water Apr thru much of summer. 2 J Savanna n sting pr did w/3 nesls there 30 Apr (EWW); Meacham G1·ove f'P (DuPage Co) (ad e not even return lo historic nesting marsh, again likely due to high waler), incu bating on nest on muskrntlodge), 28 Mar & (3 ad w/8 yg & 2 ad w/2 thru season (RN); John J. Duffy FP (Cook Co) (pr all ing), 4-7 Jun (RLS). yg), 8 Jun (SOB); JP (2 broods of2 & 2 broods of 5), w/ea rlicst hatch, 1 c May. Egg-oiling control program again fa irly successful (PRC); LOW (2 Wood Duck prs w/4 yg each), 3 May (CKA); Spring Va lley (Bureau Co) (3 nesls), 30 Breeding: Orangeville (Stephenson Co) (2 c;>sw/ 10 & 13 small yg), 31 Apr (EWW); Mendota (LaSalle Co) (pr w/4 yg), 30 Apr (EWW); Clrnm May & (c;>w/ 14 small yg), G Jul (SDB); Pecatonica Wellands rr (Win paign (Border's parking lot) (ads incubating on 2 nests; both fai led), 5 Apr nebago Co) (hen w/3 chicks), 10 Jul (DTW); Nygren Wetland (Winneba (CKA); Champaign (suburban/urban ponds) (2ads w/5 yg, 2 ads w/14 yg, go Co) (hen w/4 yg & hen w/ 6 yg), 16 & 24 Jul resp (DTW); Shirland 2 ads w/4 yg, 2 ads w/2 yg, 2 ads w/8 yg), 30 May & (2 ads w/5 yg), 12 (Winnebago Co) (hen w/one chick, one lg snappi ng turlle present), I Jul Jul (CKA); Urbana (CrystalL Pk) (4 ads w/3 1 yg, pr w/5 yg, 4 ads w/20 (DTW); Ridott (Stephenson Co) (hen w/4 chicks), I 0 Jul (DTW); MidSav yg, 2 ads w/2 yg), 5 May (CKA); Urbana (ad on nest on pavilion roof li·om (<;Jw/yg), 25 Jun (AR); Crabtree NC (Cook Co) (<;Jw/i I very small yg), 9 I 0- 15 Apr. After high winds & continuous rain thereafter, nest abandoned Jul (A BA); CBG (Mary McDonald Wds) (pr in tree wic;> entering hole in 21 Apr (CKA); Vance Twp (Verm i l ion Co) (ad incubating on nest atop tree top of broken-off tree), 23 Apr (ABA et al.); JP (brood of 10), 30 Jul (PAD snag hanging out over Salt FkR bank), 5-7 Apr, then nesl gone on 8 Apr el al.); HennepinL (3 broods of yg), 16 Jun (RAM, LM, JV), incl broods (JOS); MennctL (2ad & 12 yg), 12 Jun (KAM). MC: 300 & 200, LSpflcl, of 6 & 8 yg (KAM); KankakeePks (ad w/yg), 7 Jul (JBH); Sang (many 13 Jul & 27 Jun resp (HDB); 200, Emiquon, 23 Jul (KAM); 200, CarlL-C, broods), Jun & (9 w/8 downy yg on SangarnonR, Sang, 30 Jul) (HOB); 3 Jun (DMK); 200, Levee Rd (Monroe Co), 4 Jun, 13 & 24 Jul (DMK); RiverBend (<;lw/i 0 chicks in river), I Jun (CKA); KLMSNA (8 ¥s w/17 190, JP, 27 Jul (PRC); 120, MermetL, 4 Jul (DMK); 97, Orangeville (Ste imms), 25 Jun (C&PD); AmnBot (17 c;>sw/53 irnm), 16 Jul (C&PD); phenson Co), I Jun (SOB). Lenzburg (St. Clair Co) (23 w/8 yg), 21 May (TJD); CarlL-C (hen w/9 yg), I 5 May (OM K); Grand Tower Twp (Jackson Co) (4 hens w/35 yg), Mute Swan 30 Jul (RSR); UCCA (JO ad, JO yg), 27 Apr (KAM, MSS); ECapeGir (<;J Breeding: Lakewood FP (Lake Co) (pr w/3 cygnets), 12 Jun (SOB, SLD); w/7 yg), 9 Jun (KAM). MC: 300, Levee Rd (Monroe Co), 24 Jul (DMK); LCal (Broods ofyoung @ 4 locations, incl broods of2, 3, 5, 5), 30 Apr-3 1 147 (incl 6 broods), HennepinL, 3 Jul (DFS); 57 (47 ad, 10 yg), Lenzburg Jul (WJM ct al.); LCal (Dead Stick Pond) (9, incl 7 yg), 11 Jun (RLS); (St. Clair Co), 4 Jun (TJD); 20, MermelL, 4 Jul (DM K). Other: JP (53, Berlin Twp (Bureau Co), 18 Jun (JAS); BannerM (ads w/9 & 10 yg), 20 3<;l), 8 Jun (PRC). May (KAM); Spfld (nesl produced 5 yg), 7 May-end of period (VMK);
16 Meadowlark Gadwall Common Goldeneye MC: 13, RollinsSav, 16 Jun (SOB); 5, HennepinL, 3 Jul (DFS).Other: Pin NBSO: HennepinL, 5 & 12 Jun (GNe & TH resp). gree Grove (Kane Co), 5 Jun (LLI-1); Emiquon (ThompsonL), 18 Jun (DB). Hooded Merganser American Wigeon Breeding: ShabbonaL SP (Dekalb Co) (¥ w/4 yg), 29 May (DJS); Crab HcnnepinL, 5 & 12, 19 Jun (GNe & TH resp). tree NC (Cook Co) (C( w/5 yg), 9 Jul (ABA); GreenR (c;i w/I 0 yg), 31 American Black Duck May & (ad w/4 -10 clay old yg), 26 Jun (DI-I & EWW resp) & (c;i w/2 Wauk, 4 Jun (LLI-1); RollinsSav (2), 9 Jul (SOB); I-Ien yg), 2 Jul (DJS); John J. Duffy FP (Cook Co) (¥ w/5, grown yg), 4 Jun (RLS); Carmen (Henderson Co) (3 nepinL (2 & I & 1), 4, 12 & 2 Jun & 3 Jul (TH & SOB y, & DFS resp). yg), 28 May (EWW); Sparland (Marshall Co) (5 full grown juv), 23 May (EWW); Shokokon (Henderson Mallard Co) (c;i w/12 yg), 15 May (EWW:ph); Hancock Twp, Breeding: Ornngeville (Stephenson Co) (c;i w/7 yg), 6 Middle Crk (Hancock Co) (fledgling), 15 May (EWW); Jul (SOB); Pecatonica (Winnebago Co) (hen w/8 chicks ChaunceyM NP (Lawrence Co) (¥ w/yg), 6 Jul (CLI-1); & 2 hens w/4&9 chicks ), 25 May & 29 Jun resp (DTW); KLMSNA (6 c;is w/2 1 imm), 12 Jun (C&PD); 1-IarrissL Pecatonica Wetlands FP (Winnebago Co) (hen w/ 5 very (Perry Co) (c;ion nesl in WODU box w/10 eggs), I Apr yg chicks), 24 Jul (DTW); RollinsSav (abandoned/pre (JSs). MC: 30, Calhoun, 16 Jun (DMK, MSS); 20, Le dated nest w/2 unhatched egss & one broken eggshell vee Rd (Monroe Co), 28 Jun (DMK, MSS); 20, Levee in shallow seclge/caltail marsh), 17 Jun (SOB); White Rd (Union Co), 5 Jul (DM K).Othcrs: Glacial Pk (Lost Rock Twp (Ogle Co) (c;ion nest w/8 eggs), 1 Jun (SOB); Va lleyM, McHenry Co), 26 Jun (M&LF); GLNTC (cl' sw. Lee (hen w/7 yg), 18 Jun (DTW); GreenR (hen w/6 going inlo eclipse), 27 Jun (ORD); AlmondM (2+), 11 yg), 31 Jul (DTW); Meacham Grove FP (DuPage Co) (c;i , Jun (TLn); Jones Meadow Pk (North Aurora, Kane Co) w/4 yg, c;i w/5 yg & c;i w/7 yg, all small & somewhat (3), 12-13 Jul (KS:ph); Isabel Twp (Fulton Co) (c;i), 10 downy), 8 Jun (SOB); Hoover FP (Kendall Co) (c;iw/6 Jun (LLI-1); Sang, 20&29 Jun & Sangchris SP (San chicks), 23 May (fide SOB,ph); Whispering Willows Pk Wi ld Tu rkey poult in tree. gamon Co) (imm), 28-29 Jul (HOB); ESTL, (¥), 22 Jun (Kankakee Co) (pr w/9 chicks), 30 Apr (MWB); Mcad Evergreen Lake, McLean (KAM); Cahokia Mounds SI-IS (St. Clair Co), 4-5 Jun brkPk (c;iw/6 yg & c;i w/10 yg), 4 Jul (CKA); Lenzburg (DMK); Lenzburg (St. Clair Co) (2 ad & 8 ad County. 16June 2011. cl' c;i), (SL Clair Co) (4 incl 2 yg), 21 May (TJD). MC: 130, 4&19 Jt111 resp (TJD); Beaucoup_ (6), 6 Jun (DMK); RollinsSav, 18 Jun (SOB); 79, JP, 13 Jul (PRC); 73, Bath Photo by Ben Mwphy. Levee Rel (Ware, Union Co), 11 Jul (KAM); ECapeGir, Twp (Mason Co), I 0 Jun (LLI-1); 64, Meacham Grove 11 Jun (KAM). FP (DuPage Co), 13 Jun (SOB); 60, Levee Rel (Monroe Co), 17&24 Jul Ruddy Duck (DMK, MSS); 40, Levee Rd (Union Co), 4 Jul (DMK). Breeding: SandL (Mason Co) (ad w/4 yg), 21 Aug (EWW). MC: 5, Note: JP ("brood morlalily evidently high") (PRC). c;i HennepinL, 12 Jun (TH). Others: Niernan'sPond (Freeport, Stephenson MOTTLED DUCK Co) (pr), 31 May (SDB); RollinsSav (c;i), 16 Jun (SOB); Pingree Grove Levee Rd (Union Co) (pr), 4-11 Jul (DMK:ph, MSS, GNe, KAM et al.). (Kane Co), 13 Jun (BS!); HGC (pr), 11 Jun (RLS); Emiquon (Thomp Blue-winged Te al sonL), 18 Jun (DB); TwoRivers, 16 Jun (DMK, MSS); EForkL, 14 Jun Breeding: GreenR, 30 Jun (PAM, ASt) & ad w/4 yg, 12 Aug (EWW); (CLI-I); ECapeGir, 25 Jun (KAM). RollinsSav, see below. MC: 24 & 20 (incl l lcl'& pr w/2 yg), RollinsSav, Ring-necked Pheasant 16 Jun & 25 Jul (SOB & ND); 10, Levee Rd (Monroe Co), 4 Jun (DMK); Breeding: KankakeePks (5 incl I yg), 7 Jul (JBH). MC: 52, Milford_, 25 6, CarlL-C, 6 Jun (DMK). Other: MiclSav, 9 Jun (AR); JP (4), 23 Jul Jun (SOB); 32, Sherburnville_, 5 Jun (JBH); 9cl', WhiteRock Twp (Ogle (PAD et al.); Alba Twp (Henry Co) (pr), 29 Jun (SOB); I-IennepinL (2cl', Co), 3 Jun (SOB). Others: Union_ (5), 12 Jun (SOB); COLSP (calling c;iJ,2 Jun (SOB); Mason (3), 22 Jul (KAM); Sang (c3'),9-27 Jun, w/2 (cl'), cl'), 11 Jun (EWW); Fermi (c;i),25 Jun (PK); Sang (5), 11 Jun & 4&13 5 Jun & one, 4&20 Jul (HOB); Champaign (Curlis Rd wetland), 11 Jun Jul (HOB). (DLT). Note: Only small numbers (<5 birds) reported by most observers. Northern Shoveler Greater Prairie-Chicken HennepinL (pr & 1 ), 2, 6 Jun & 3 Jul (SOB & TH & DFS resp); Emiquon Breeding: PrRdg-J (2 ad w/5 juv), 28 Jul (RES); PrRdg-M (ad w/7 yg), 15 (ThompsonL), 18 Jun (DB). Jun (CLI-I). Other: PrRdg-J (4 cl'sdisp laying on lek), JO Apr (GSL, RK), Northern Pintail but others on nearby new lek (GSL fideSS). Emiqnon (Wilder Tract) (2), 18 Jun & 14 Jul (DB & KBR resp). Wild Turkey Green-winged Teal Breeding Sugar River FP (Winnebago Co) (hen w/11 poults), 1 Jul Breeding: Foley Sand Pra (Lee Co) (pr w/brood), mid-summer (DH fide (DTW); Searls Pk, Rckfd (2 hens w/3 really downy, little poults < 2 EWW). Others: RollinsSav (4 ad [pr & 2cl'] & 2), 23 Jun & 3 Jul resp weeks old), 1 Ang (DTW); RockCut (2 ad w/5 poults), 15 Jul (RV); Kan (BJS); Montrose (cl'), 25 Jun (LGM); Chi (Rosehill Cem), 30 Jun (MD). sas Twp (WoodfordCo) (2 family groups w/ 5 & I 0 yg), 15 Jun (MEF); EvergreenL (McLean Co) (c;iw/ 10 small poults), 16 Jun (BM:ph); Sang Redhead (some yg), Jun (I-IDB); Groat (Franklin Co) (pr w/4 yg & pr w/7 yg), 31 HennepinL (6), 4 Jun (TH). Jul (EWW); Un ion (nest w/9 eggs), 3 Jul (MML); MermetL CA (Mas Ring-necked Duck sac Co) (pr w/5 yg & pr w/7 yg), 30 Jul (EWW). MC: 25 (14 ad), Groat Pingree Grove (Kane Co) (pr), 13 Jun (BS!); McGinnis (pr), 19 Jun (Franklin Co), 31 Jul (EWW); 14, Wayne, 26 May (SOB); 10, CRSNA (RLS); John J. Duffy FP (Cook Co) (c3'), 4 Jun (RLS); Chi (Humboldt Pk) (Johnson Co), 4 Jul (DMK); 6, MermetL, 12 Jun (KAM). Other: Bureau, (cl'), 7-9 Jun (SBB); HenncpinL (cl'), 16 & 2 Jun & 3 Jul (RAM, LM, JV 2 Jtm (SDB); Grayville (Edwards Co) (4), 28 May (SDB); TOT (4), 25 & SOB, TH & DFS); EPSL, 29 Jul (MEF). Jun (KAM). Note: "The wet weather [in western Illinois] was hard on early nesting Lesser Scanp attempts, but re-nesting appeared to be more successful with broods seen Chi (Humboldt Pk) (pr), 12 Jun (SBB); PeacockM (Will Co) (cl'; srnn well outside lhe period" (LLI-1). mercd), 21 Jul (REF); HennepinL (2), 4 Jun (TH); LSpftd (Cinder Flats) (3cl',c;iJ,27 Jun, w/cl' still present, 4 Jul (HOB); EForkL (cl'), 15 Jun (CLH). Northern Bobwhite Breeding: Way ne (7 ad & 7yg), 5 Jul (RES); Groat (Franklin Co) (pr Surf Scoter w/4 yg), 31 Jul (EWW). MC: 104, PrRdg-J, 14-16 Jun (JWW et al.); 36, NBSO: Carlinville (Macoupin Co) (irnrn cl'),3 Jun (KAM:ph). Kell , 29 May (SOB); 34, Martinsville , 24 Jun (SDB); 32, PrRdg-M, Bufflehead 15 Jun (JWW et al.); 25, BurntPrairie_, 7 Jun (VMK); 22, Pembroke, 25 HennepinL, 5 & 12 Jun (GNe & TI-I resp). Jun (RDH); 20, Columbia_, 4 Jun (KAM); 20, Belknap_, 9 Jun (VMK); 18, Beaverda111L_, 8 Jun (VMK); 15, Dudleyville_, 5 Jun (DMK); 14,
Vo lume 21, Number 1 17 18 Buns (Franklin Co), 20 Jun (LWS); 13, Double-crested Cormorant Beaucoup_, 6 Jun (DMK); 12, Jamestown_, 9 MC: 300, Emiquon, 23 Jul (KAM); 284, J-Jen Jun (DMK, MSS); 10, Levee Rd (Union Co), nepinL, 2 Jun (SOB); 252, BraidwoodL, 13 Jul 4 Jul (DMK); 9, Sl. Morgan_, 5 Jun (KAM); (JBH); 150, LaSalleL, 17 Jul (BC); 120, CarlL 8, CampPoint_, 4 Jun (VMK); 8, Crc111fo rd, 2 C, 12 Jun (DMK). Others: RollinsSav (10), 17 Jul (CAT, TLK); 7, Stillwell_, 3 Jun (VMK); Jun (SDB); Black Partridge FP (Des PlainesR, 7&6, Sang, 11 Jun & 20 Jul resp (I-IDB).Oth Cook Co) (9), 19 Jun (SOB); Sang (up to 22
ers: Rckfd (Apt), 10 Jul (DTW); .I'll'. Lee (2), [24 Jun]) summering, w/32, 29 Jul) (HOB); 18 Jun (DTW); Wayne_ (DuPage Co), 12 Jun KLMSNA (32), 12 Jul (C&PD); Mt. Erie Twp (JLS). Wild bird?; Sherburnville_ (3), 5 Jun (Wayne Co) (9), 18 Jul (CU!); Levee Rd (Mon (JBH); Schroedel' Nature Sanctuary (McLean roe Co) (l2), 21 Jun (DM K); RendL (4), 24 Jun Co), I Jun (MJW). (KAM); White (12), 30 Jun (CLH); Miller City Note: "Poor breeding season [in western Il & ECapcGir (Alexander Co) (2), 9 Jun (KAM); linois], no broods seen and few calling males Neotropic Cormorant, center two birds, MermetL (4), 4 Jul (DMK). heard" (LU-I). immature, left, adult, righ t. Burnham ANH INGA Common Loon Prairie Ma rsh, Cook County. 21 Ju ne Emiquon (ThompsonL) (
Above: Least Bittern. South Pond, Chicago, Cook County. 8 July 2011. Photos by Mark Bowman.
Left: Least Bittel'n. South Po nd, Chicago, Cook County. 26 Ju ne 2011. Photo by Steve Huggins.
18 Meadowlark Jun (KBR); LSpflcl (Cinder Flats), Fa r Left: Great Blue Heron 26 & 29 Jul (I-IDB). l sl county re cord in 16 years!; PrRdg-M, 1 & 13 young. Pa ul Douglas Fo rest Jun (CLH); Wa bash (Alllax prnp), Preserve, Cook County. 22 Jun (SOB); Levee Rd (Randolph May 2011. Co) (2), 17 Jul (DMK, MSS). Photo by D. Ya maski. Great Blue Heron Left: Great Blue 1-iemn Breeding: Du Page Twp (13oughton Rel & 1-355, Will Co) (3 ad atop 3 pair at Heron County Park nesls), 30 Mar (SDB); Des PlainesR rooke1y, Ve rmilion County. (Lclllonl Twp, Cook Co) (32 on 25 18 March 20ll. nests), 29 Mar (SOB); LCal (Indian Photo by Bob Schij(J RidgeM) (ad on 4 nesls), 7 May- 1 Jun (WJM, CAM); LCal (Whitford Pond) (rookery, ads on nests), Mar (CAM fide WJM); ing a rookery; but rookery later Spring Crk (Loda Twp, Iroquois Co) (10 nesls w/ads dissipates, likely due to receding alop 4), 2 Apr (SOB); Sang (several rookeries), season flood waters),I 0 May (MML). MC: (I-IDB); Heron CP (15 birds in & near 15+ nests), 18 26, AmnBot, 2 Jul (C&PD); 9, Pope, 12 Mar (13S:ph); CedarCrk (25 ad w/47 chicks), 21 May Jun (KAM). Others: CarlL-C (4), 3 Jun (RSR); LtlBlkSl (75 ads @ nests in rookery at vari (DMK); Levee Rd (Ware, Union Co) (6), ous stages), 5 Jun (MML). MC: 447, AlllnBot, 16 Jul 11 Jun (KAM). (C&PD); 200, Levee Rd (Union Co), 4 Jul (DMK); 184, Little Blue Heron Sang, 17 Jun, w/1 71 there, 2 Jul, incl #s orjuvs (1-lDB); 120, Levee Rel (Monroe Co), 21 Jun (DMK); 70, llen Breeding: LtlBlkSl (pr in GBHE/GREG nepinL, 2 Jun (SOB); 42, BraidwoodL, 13 Jul (J BH); rookery), 5 Jun (MML); CRSNA (Johnson Co) (40+ perched in trees carrying sticks 60, Calhoun, 16 Jun (DMK, MSS); 40, CarlL-C, 3 Jun ' w/CAEGs & SNEGs forming a rookery; (DMK). Others: LCal (Burnham Pm M) (mclanistic, but rookery laler dissipates, likely due to uniform brown bird), 2 Jul (WJM:ph); Wa bash (Alllax 'lfl'!iE:jl!l; prop) (29), 27 May (SOB). receding flood waters), 10 May (MML). MC: 600, Levee Rd, AmnBol, 24 Jul Great Egret (DMK); 85, Levee Rel (Ware, Union Co), Breeding: LCal (Indian RidgeM) (10 birds w/ads incu 11 Jul (KAM); 80, Pope, 12 Jun (KAM); bating on 4 nests in phragmites & one carrying nest ma 20, Cahokia Mounds SHS (St. Clair Co), terial), 1 Jun & ads on nests w/1 & 2 yg, ad feeding 1 lg 5 Jun (DMK). Others: LCal (3, 2 ad, irnm yg, & ad @ nesl, 25 Jul (WJM, CAM); LCal (Whitford Little Blue Herons. Burnham Prairie "calico"), 21-23 Jun, w/ad thru 2 Jul (BJS, Pond) (likely nested amongst GBHE rookery; 7 dis Ma rs h, Cook County. 3 Ju ne 201 1. WJM et al.); SandL (Mason Co), 5 Jun playing ads), 5 Apr (WJM); Ltl BlkSI (250 ads @ nests Photo by Sam Burckhardt. (KBR); Sang ("calico"), 10 Jul & juv, 16- in rookery at various stages), 5 Jun (MML). MC: 629, 28 Jul, w/4 there 23-24 Jul (HOB); Calhoun AmnBol, 16 Jul (C&PD); 400, Levee Rel (Union Co), 4 (6), 16 Jun (DMK, MSS); ESTL (6), 1 Jun (DMK); Lenzburg (SL Clair Co) Jul (DMK); 150, Pulaski, 11 Jun (KAM); 100, Big MuddyR/MississippiR (6 acl), 4 Jun (TJD). valleys (nw. Union Co/sw Jackson Cos), 25 Jun (KAM); 60, CarlL-C, [TRI-COLORED HERON 5&25 Jun (DMK); 40, Calhoun, 16 Jun (DMK, MSS); 40, SantaFe, 3 Jul (DMK); 30, CarlL-F, 12 Jun (DMK); 23, 1-lenncpinL, 2 Jun (SDB); 20, SanclL (Masm1 Co), 5 Jun]. ESTL, I Jun (DMK). Others: JP (2), 29 Jun (Tl-le). Cattle Egret Only record forseason for this location.; Schroeder Breeding: Batavia (Kane Co) (pr exchanging incubation clulies Nature Sanctuary (McLean Co), 5 Jun (BM); Sang @ nest), 9 May (MM); CRSNA (Johnson Co) (40+ perched in (several singles), Jun w/ 1-2 there 7-13 Jul (I-IDB); trees cal'l'ying slicks w/SNEGs & LBHEs forming a rookery; bul SL. Joseph Wetland (St. Joseph, Champaign Co) (2), rookery later dissipates, likely due lo receding flood waters), 10 4 Jun (GSL); HomerL FP (Champaign Co), mid-Jul May (M ML). MC: 120, Levee Rel (Monroe Co), 27 Jun (DMK); (EJC); LVennilion (Vermilion Co), 3 Jul (JR); Mt. 75, SandL (Mason Co), 5 Jun (KBR); 62, Mason (several siles), Eric Twp (Wayne Co) (I 0&5), 4 Jul & 5 Jun resp I Jul (KBR); 46, Heron Pond NP (Johnson Co), 16 Jun (EG); 45 (CLH); Wa bash (Amax prop) (2), 30 Jun (CL!!). (one r·ield), Saidora (Mason Co), 8 Jul (KBR); 33, Wa bash (Amax Snowy Egret prop), 30 Jun (CLH); 30, ESTL, 14 Jul (KAM); 20, SaugetM (St. Clair Co), 9 Jun (KAM). Others: Fermi (1-2), 2-28 Jun (PK); Breeding: CRSNA (Johnson Co) (10+ perched in Jun trees & carrying sticks w/CAEGs & LBHEs form- Montrose, l Jun (RC:ph); Sang, 1&30 & 12 Jul (ad) (I-IDB); CarlL-C (6), 5 Jun (DMK); PrRdg-M (9), 1 Jun (CLH); Mt, Erie Twp (Wayne Co), 23 & 28 Jun (RES & CL!! In-flight: resp); Grand Tower (Jackson Co) (4), 30 Jul (EWW); Le Black-crowned Night-Heron vee Rel (Union Co), 4 Jul (DMK). with stick fo r nest building. Green Heron (JlN); South Po nd, Lincoln Park, Breeding: Chi (So. Pond) (4 juv), 2 Jul JP (2 ads, 4 yg), 27 Jul (PRC); Sang (nest w/4 yg), 30 Jun (HOB). Chicago, Cook County. MC: 14, Mt. Erie Twp (Wayne Co), 18 Jul (CU-I); 10, 14 Ju ne 2011. _ �,.;;i....-1--'«jj MidSav, 25 Jun (AR); 7&4, Sang, 1 l Jul & 20 Jun resp Photo by Bob Schifo. (H DB); 7, Wa bash (Amax prop), 22 Jun (SDB); 6, Rol linsSav, 25 Jul (BJS); 6, Levee Rel (Monroe Co), 24 Jul Black-crowned Night-Heron (DMK). Other: MermelL (4), 12 Jun (KAM). copulating. South Pond, Black-crowned Night-Heron Lincoln Park, Chicago, Breeding: Chi (So. Pond, Lincoln Pk) (260 w/138 nests Cook County. J 3 April 201 1. & much nest-building, 12 May, w/149 ncsts by 19 May) Photo by Steve Huggins. (MMy), lhen 55 juvs on nesting island, 17 Jul (J IN); LCal ("apparently no successful nesting al lraclilional
Vo lume 21, Number 1 19 Sandh.ill Cranes attempt nesting in central Illinois
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To p left, an adult examines its eggs. (21 March, Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) David Weible ph.) have attempted nesting at Heron County Park, Ve rmilion County,· for To p right, an adult sits on a nest. (19 March , the past two years. This is the south Bob Schifo ph.) ernmost known breeding attempt for this species in Illinois. The 2011 clutch Center, an adult looks at its young. (21 April, of two eggs produced one. young; D. Weible ph.) however it apparently drowned due to local flooding or got eaten by a Bottom left, two adults predator. Amazingly, the area where with young (21 April, B. Schifo ph.) they placed their nests in both 2010 and 20l1 has seen extensive flood Bottom right, an adult ing both years. The breeding pair feeds a young on the nest (21 April, remained in the area at least into D. Weibel ph.) early winter - they were fo und on the 2011/2012 Christmas Bird Count.
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\1 To p left, an adult rests with its chick on the nest. (21 April, Bob Schifo ph.)
To p right, the chic� swims near its parent. These photos (2 1 April, David Weible ph.) I show an intimate Center, the pair watches · portrait of the the young chick. _ - lifeof a Sandhill (21 April, 0. Weible ph.) � Crane family Bottom leftt, an adult through the with young. (21 April, lenses of D. Weible ph.)_ photographers Bottom right, a chick sits Bob Schifo and on the back of an adult. David Weible. (23 April, B. Schifo ph.)
Vo lume 21, Number 1 · 21 locations, for the 1 st time in 27 years") (WJM). MC: Wo od Stork Middlefo rk Savannah, 260, sec above; 12, ESTL, 28 Jun (DMK, MSS). Oth ers: RollinsSav Guv), 25 Jul (BJS); AlmondM (ad), 11 Lake County. 7 Ju ne 2011. Jun (TLn); Fabyan FP (Kane Co) (2 & 4), 8 & 12 Jul Photo by Jef f Fox. (SF). 3 ad observed w/subad carrying sticks; Batavia (Kane Co) (ad), 27 Jun (MM); Meacham Grove FP by 23 Jul w/ad feeding CHSW prey lo nestling and (DuPage Co) (7), 12 Jul (SOB); Chi (Columbus Pk), chick seen in nest 29 Jul (DTW, LGB el al.). Four ad 12 Jun (EGI); Chi (Rosehill Cem), 30 Jun (MD); JP (3 & one juv regularly seen until early lo mid Sept (DTW, ads, imm), 29 Jun (KMC et al.); HcnnepinL (2), 16 Jul 111.ob.:ph). MC: 12, Mound City (Pulaski Co), 5 Jul (BC, DHr, TH); BraidwoodL (ad), 13 Jul (JBI-1); Mi (DMK); 7 (ads hunting dragonflies), ECapeGir, 30 Ju l nonk (Woodford Co) (imm), 27 Jun (TI-I); Emiquon, (EWW); 6, TOT, 11 Jun (KAM); 6, Dixon Springs SP 23 Jul (KAM); LVermilion (Vermilion Co) (acl), 3 Jul (Pope Co), 8 Jun (VMK, TRE). Other : Ma dison (2), (J R); PrRdg-J (4), I Jun (RES); Cahokia Mounds SHS s 12 Jun (FRH); Ja ckson (2), 11 Jul (KAM); CRSNA (SL Clair Co) (2), 24 Jun (DMK); PrRdg-M (ad), I (Johnson Co) (4), 4 Jul (DMK:ph); Heron Pond NP Jun (CLH); La111/'ence (4), 31 Jul (CLH); KaskaskiaR (Johnson Co) (2), 12 Jun (KAM); Levee Rd (Union (New Athens, St. Clair Co) Guv), 20 Jul (TJD); Levee Co), 16 Jul (DMK, TA M); Bcllrose Wate1fowl Re Rd (Monroe Co) (3), 24 Jul (DMK). serve (Pulaski Co), 30 Jul (EWW); Karnak (Pulaski 1 • Yel low-crowned Night-Heron Co (2), 30 Jul (13WW); 1-ILCA (2), 25 Jun (KAM). Breeding: Johnson (4 nestlings), 24 Jun & (fledged), Bald Eagle - I 0 Ju l (MML). MC: 4 & 3 (imm), Cahokia Mounds Breeding: Durnnd (Winnebago Co) (pr @ nest w/2 SI-IS (St. Clair Co), 11 Jun & 15 Jul resp (DMK:ph). chicks), 6 Mar (DTW); Rckfd (Apt quarry) (pr ads), Others: Evanston (No. Shore Channel, Cook Co) 24 Ju 1 (DTW); Precport (Stephenson Co) (pr @ nest (ad & juv), 27 & 28-3 1 Jul (MMC & CBT resp); Chi w/2 chicks), 6 Mar (DTW); GrassL (Lake Co) (ad on (ChiR), 20 May-3 Jun Chi (RCw); Chi (So. Pond, Lin nest), 17 Ap1· (M&LF) but nest blew down in a June coln Pk) ( l st yr), (JJN:ph); LCal (Heron Pond) (ad), storm BS). Nest moved lo nea1·by location; 13atavia 21 Jun & 15 Jul (WJM); Madison, 3&1 1 Jun (KAM & FRI-I resp); Mt. (Moosehearl, Kane Co) (ad on nest), 26 Mar & (pr @ nest w/2 downy Erie Twp (Wayne Co) (ad), 18 Jul (CLl-l);LcnF rence Guv), 31 Jul (CLH); yg), 29 Apr (RD:ph), & (nest fell from tree during storm), 29 May MermetL, 12&26 Jun (KAM). (RD:ph), & eaglets placed in new, wire-mesh nest), 31 May (RD:ph), but White-faced Ibis then removed on 2 Jun when ads failed lo attend to yg, and raised al rehab NBSO: Levee Rd (Union Co), 11 Jul (KAM, GNe, JRRS). center until fledge; L&D 13 (ad on nest), 31 Mar (ASt et al.); Catta il Crk WOOD STORK SI (Union Grove Twp, Whiteside Co) (pr & 3 yg, w/2 fledged by 26 Aug; newly discovered nest, w/lots or corn stalks used in nest construction) NBSO: MidSav, 7 Jun (J F:ph). 1 . (RN); Letcher Basin Pr (Woodrord Co) (pr cop on 13 Feb, w/ad on nest, Black Vulture 17 Feb, w/ I st yg noted 30 Mar, then 3 yg, 18 Apr, though 31 d nestling MC: 60, CRSNA (Johnson Co), 4 Jul (DMK); 5, Massac, 26 Jun (KAM). not seen aller 21 May. Siblicide?) (MJA); Chau (none of'3 nest sites here Others: Groat (Franklin Co) (3), 31 Jul (13WW); 18 Btms (Pranklin Co) were active), season (RGB, SNB); ClearL (Mason Co) (two nest sites (2), 20 Jun (LWS); Levee Rd (Randolph Co), 9 Jun (DMK, MSS); Kar here hatched eaglets), season (RGB, SNB); LSpfld (pr fledged 2 yg), 21 nak (Pulaski Co) (4 perched on barn roor, indicative of breeding there), Jun (1-J DB); Heron CP (Ver111ilion Co) (ad w/just-fledged juv), season 30 Jul (EWW:ph). (JR); Middlefork R near Kennekuk Cl' (Vermilion Co) (2 yg fledged), Tu rkey Vulture season (fide SOB). 2nd county nest/breeding pr; BigL (13rown Co) (pr @ nest), 17Apr (TW); so. Clinton (pr of ads @ nest), 4 Mar & SantaFe (3 MC: 80, Freeport (Stephenson Co) (nightly roost on town waler tower), 31 May (SD13);67, Sang, 9 Jun (HOB); 66, Marissa (St. Clair Co), I 0 Jun incl nest w/yg), 12 Jun (KAM & DMK resp). Same nest?; Jo hnson (ad @ nest), 12 Mar (KAM); UCCA (LyerlaL) (pr @ nest), 17 Mar (KAM). (TUM, VMK et al .); 40, CRSNA (Johnson Co), 4 Jul (DMK); 39, Lively Grove Twp (Washington Co) (using lg snag for roost), 25 Jun (TJD); Others: Coral (McHe111y Co) (inun), 25 Jun (RAM, ALM); Alba Twp 36, 18 13tms (Franklin Co), 20 Jun (LWS); 34, Kell_, 29 May (SDB); (Henry Co) (ad), 25 Jun (DFS); 1-lennepinL (2 i111m & ad), 16 & 2 Jun 32 (roost), Sand Ridge Twp (Jackson Co), 30 Jul (RSR); 30, Levee Rd (Monroe Co), 9&2 1 Jun (DMK, MSS); 27, Un ion, 25 Jun (KAM). Oth ers: Putnam (16), 2 Jun (SDB); LostMound (13), 24 Jun (EA el al.); IBSP (I I incl partial albino-winged bird), 26 Jul (EWW). Osprey Breeding: Chi Sanitary & Ship Canal atop electrical tower (DuPage Co) (pr @ & near & incubating on nest), 7 Apr-17 May+ (WJ M:ph); Fermi (pr cop on nest), 21 Apr & (2-3 yg seen in nest), 25 Jun (PK); LCal (at tempted [but failed] nest attempt atop nest platform @ Powderhorn Lake Fl'), w/ads noted near nest 4 Apr-2 1 Jun (WJM el al.); LCal (pr atop cell tower @ Cargill prop but also probably unsuccessful), 31 Mar- I Jun
(WJM el al.); Palos (3 successful nests at Bergman's SI, John J. Duffy FP (1 yg in nest 4 Jun), and Little Red Schoolhouse NC), season (WSS); EvergreenL (McLean Co) (pr nest building atop wooden platform), 16 Apr (DWh); BannerM (ad @ nest), 20 May (KAM); CarlL-C (o @ nest 3, 16, 17, 21 & 25 Apr & 7 May; pr @ nest 23-24 Apr) (DM K); MermetL (pr @ nest atop lg utility tower), 13, 24 & 28 Apr (KAM, CAT, SOB), but gone, knocked down by storms, 12 Jun (KAM). Others: St. Mary'sL
(Mundelein, Lake Co), 21 Jul (NM); LaSalleL, 29 Jun (SOB); Whisper ing Willows Pk (Kankakee Co), 27 Jul (MI-IB). Mississippi Kite Breeding: Rckfd (2 prs returnedto their Bloom School nesti11g territories and were noted building 2 nests, 20 May. On 26 Jun, 0 was at one nest Bald Eagle at nest with young. nd & 2 nest abandoned due to nest damage due to strong winds 30 May. Mo oseheart, Ka ne County. 10 May 2011. J perched w/r:;_ in nest, 9 Jul. Eggs in active nest apparently hatched Photo by Ron Dickenson.
22 Meadowlark (RAM, LM, JV & SIJB esp); BraiclwoodL r Cooper '.1· Ha wk. Catlin, (I st yr), 3 Jul (JBH); KankakccPks (ad), Ve rmilion County. 1 I Ju ne 2011. 7&1 1 Jul & (1st yr), 8 Jul (JBH); Macki naw SF&WA (Tazewell Co) (ad), 8 Jun Photo by Bob Schifo . (MEF); Cmiquon (imm), 23 Jul (KAM); Calhoun, 16 Jun (DMIC, MSS); Chouleau Swainson's Hawk "l\vp (Madison Co) (ad), 2 Jun (TJD); HL (ad & i111111), 13 Jun (FRH); Ml. Crie Breeding: Kane & Mcf!e111'.V (prs neslecl & rea1·ecl al least 'l\vp (Wayne Co) (ad), 5 Jun (CLJ-l); Le one yg al each locatio11), season (RAM, ALM); Burlinglon vee Rd (Monroe Co) (2), 21 Jun (DM I(); (Kane Co) (ad & acl,juv), 5 Jul (clivc-bornbecl RTHJ\) & 27 Larue-Pinc Hills EA (Union Co) (acl), 9 Aug resp (SOB). Jun (KAM); HLCA (acl), 11 Jun (KAM); Red-tailed Hawk ECapeGir (ad), 11 Jun (KAM). Breeding: IBSP (No. Unit) (ad @ nest), 17 Mar (EWW); Northern Harrier IBSP (So. Unit) (nest), 11 Apr (EWW); North Chicago (Lake Co) (n st), 7 Apr (EWW); ShabbonaL SP (DeKalb GLPSNA (c3'), 29 Jun (BJS), but 2, 3 Jul e & I, 13 Jul (RDH & AA resp); Slillwell_ Co) (nesl), 17 J\p1· (EWW); cenni (ads on 2 nests), 25 Mar (PK); LCal (4 aclive nests), 13-22 Apr (WJM); Plum (?), 3 Jun (VMK); Sch11yle1· (<1d d'J,28 Jul (KBR); PrRdg-J, 16 Jun (RES); PrRdg-M Crk rP (Cook Co) (ad caiTying snake to nest), 3 Jul (Jc); (pr), 15 Jun wl'I thc1·c 26 Jul (CLH); Levee Central (Kendall Co) (nest), 2 Apr (EWW); RiverBcnd Rel (Monroe Co) C?l. I Jun (DMK). (carrying sticks to nesl sile), 23 Mar (CKA); Maho111el Sharp-shinned Hawk Lone Grove Fl' (Krn1c Co) (imm), 14 .Jun (ATB); WaterfallGlcn (ad car rying food), 22 Jun (REF). Cooper's Hawk Brcccling: IBSP (2 nests), 17 Mar & 7 May (EWW); Lake Fo1·est (Lake Co) (pr @ nest), 9 Apr (EWW); Orland Park (Cook Co) (2 nests in rcsi clenlial area 6 blocks apart; one nest losl 3 yg clue tostorm on 7 Jun, bul 2 nedgecl from olher nest) (WSS); Kankakee (ad on nesl w/4 eggs in mature honey locusl in suburban yurcl), 10 .Jun (fide JBI-1); CarlL-C (pr in courl ship flight), 29 May (DMK). Others: Mcf!e111:J' (2), 25 Jun (RAM, ALM); Union_ (2), 12 Jun (SDB); RollinsSav, 17 Jun-9 Jul (SDB, SLD); Grant Weis (No.) FP (Lake Co), 31 May (SDB); Meacham Grove Fl' (DuPage Co), 13 Jun (SDB); Daimla FP (DuPage Co), 14 Jun (JC); Fermi, 26 Jun (PK); JP (2, 1 st yr), 22 Jun (PRC); Sanely Ford NP (LaSalle Co), 29 Jun (SDB); Sherburnville_, 5 Jun (JBH); Whispering Willows Pk (Kanka kee Co), 4 Jun (JBH); Kankakeel'ks, 4&8Jul (JBH); Heyworth (McLean Co), 1 1 Jun (l3W); Bonnie's Pm NP (Iroquois Co) (carrying bird), 25 Jun (SDB); Mackinaw SF&WA (Tazewell Co), 8 Jun (MEF); Sang
(seen on 11 days), .Jul (H 013); Call in (Ver- milion Co), 11 Jun (BS:ph); Ca/ho1111, 16 Jun (DMK, MSS); HL, 13 Jun (f-RH); Madison (1-70), 12 Jun (DMK); Duclleyvillc_, 5 Jun (DMK); Jamestown_, 9 Jun (DMK, MSS); ESTL (2), 28 Jun (DMK, MSS); St. Morgan_, 5 Jun (KAM); Belleville (SL Clair Co), 27 Jun Broad-winged Ha wk. juvenile (DMK); New Athens (St. Clail' Co) (ad), 13 Jun- 13 Aug (TJD); Fairview Heights (St. Clair at nest in local, residential Co), 21 Jun (KAM); O'Fallon (St. Clair Co), area, Bloom Sch ool, Rockfo rd, 19 Jul (KAM); Levee Rel (Monroe Co), 21 Jun Wi nnebago County 31 August & I Jul (DMK); Un ion, 25 .J un (ICAM). 201 1. Photos by Jo hn Longhenry. Reel-shouldered Hawk Breeding: Sang (present & nesting @ River side Pk [imm], & Buckhart, 30 Jul) (HDI3).
MC: 5 (imm), Levee Rel (Monrne Co), 24 Jul (DMK); 3, CeclarCrk, 21 (Champaign Co) (can·y ing sticks lo nest site in conifer on private prop), I . May (RSR); 3, HulchinsCrk, 6 Jun (RSR); 3, MerrnctL, 12 Jun (KAM). 13 Apr (CKA); Urbana Twp (Champaign Co) (ad 011 nest w/3 yg, 011 Others: Aurora (Kane Co) (pr), 13 Jul (KF); Sall Crk Weis Fl' (Cook Co), cross member belween 2 ulility poles), 18 Apr (JOS); Heron CP (nesting 5 Jun (DFS); C11rnpPoi11L_ (ad), 4 Jun (VMK); I-I L (irnrn), 15 Jul (DMK); wilhin GBIIE rookery), M<1r-J un (BS). MC: 14, Mcf-fe111y, 1 3 Jun (RAM, Clay City Twp (Clay Co) (2+), 25 May-23 Jun (SIJB); CarlL-C , 6& 12 ALM); 6, CRSNA (Johnson Co), 4 Jul (DMK); 5, J\Ionroe & Levee Rd Jun (DMK); Mt. Crie Twp (Wayne Co), 21 Jul (CLH); Old Shaw11eelow11 (Monroe), 28 Jun & 24 .Jul (KAM & DMK resp). Other: JI' (irnm), 12 (Gallatin Co) (2), 30 Jun (CLH). Jun (HC el al.). Only report for season. Broad-winged Hawk American Kestrel Breeding: Rckfcl (pr &juv nolecl in Bloom School urea as lasl year, wilh Breeding: Fermi (pr pcn;hccl on nestbox), 2 Jun & (Cl'bri nging food lo 3 nest likely in that area), 26 Jun-24 Jul (DTW, SLD:ph, SDB cl al.:ph); yg perched alop nestbox), 25 Jun (PK); Davis Junclio11 (Ogle Co) (pr w/3 Spfld (Washington Pk) (ad on 11esl), 16 Jun (I-I DB); Palos (p1· rnaling in jusl fleclgecl yg, one of which lrn1clecl 011 highway), 9 Jun (DTW), MC: 8, backyard), 7 May (WSS). Others: Kinnikinnick Crk CA (Boone Co), 30 Levee Rd (Monroe Co), 13 Jul (DMK); 6, Sang, 13, 27&29 Jul (HDB). May (CAT, TLK); SL Charles (Kane Co) (flew over yard), 13 Jul (M B); Other: JP (irnm),25 Jun (EJG). Only report forseason. Spring Creek f P (Cook Co), 23 Jun (REF); Salt Crk Wds f-P (Cook Co), Peregrine Falcon 5 & 23 .Jun (DFS & BJS resp); SwallowClirr, 28 Jun (IJFS); Ja ckson, 1 1 Breeding: Wauk (power plan t) (pr @ nest w/ftcclglings), 7 May (fide Jun (KAM). PYB, vicl webcarn); Savanna (Carroll Co) (pr cop @ nest box ), 31 Mar
Vo lume 21, Number 1 23 Virginia Rail juvenile. AS); LCal (Heron Pond) (ad), I Jun (WJM, CAM); HennepinL (2), 16 & 2 Jun (RAM, LM, Air Station Prairie, Glenview, JV & SDB resp); SandL (Mason Co) (3 ad), 20 Cook County. JO July 2011. Jul (KBR); HL, 5 Jul (FRI-I); KLMSNA (2), 21 Photo by Craig Th ayer. Jun (DMK:ph); Levee Rd (Randolph Co) (2), 17 Jul (DMK, MSS); MermetL, 12 & 26 Jun (KAM). (AS! et al.); Chi (Bridgeport neighborhood) (pr American Coot dive-bombing nearby building manager atop neighboring building across from nest), 1 Apr MC: 80, HennepinL, 2 Jun (SOB). Others: (llde JG); LCal (one @ Henry Ford Bridges, per Avon Twp (Lake Co), 17 Jun (SDB); GreenR, 30 Jun (PAM, ASt); Chi (So. Pond, Lincoln last year's nest site), 2 Jul (WJM). Other: ESTL Pk), 12 Jun (JIN); Gridley Sewage Lagoons (MLK Bridge), 3 Jun (KAM). NBSO: Chau, 28 Jul (KBR). (McLean Co), 12 Jul (BM); Erniquon (Thomp sonL), 18 Jun (DB); Kinmundy (Marion Co), [BLACK RAIL 18 Jun (KAM); HL, 10 Jul (FRI-I); CarlL-C, 12 White Rock Twp (Ogle Co) (c3'), 3 Jun-1 Jul Jun (DMK); Levee Rd (Monroe Co) (3), I Jun (SDB). Responded to tape playbacks of this species calls in ideal, sedge (DMK); Wa bash (Amax prop) (2), 27 May-9 Jun (SOB, RES). meadow breeding habitat on two dates, approaching to wilhin 6 fe et each Sandhill Crane time. Likely breeding; Havana (Mason Co) (calling male @ same location as 2010), 8 Jul] Breeding: Orangeville (Stephenson Co) (2 ad w/small, downy, flight less colt), 31 May (SOB); Ridott (Stephenson Co) (pr w/2 colts), 12 Jun King Rail (DTW); Spring Grove (McHenry Co) (pr w/2 colts), 26 Jun (EWW); Bat GLPSNA, 11 Jul (REF); PrRdg-M, 1&13 Jun avia (Mooseheart, Kane Co) (ad w/2 flighlless, (CLH, RES). downy colts), 29 May (RM:ph) & (pr w/2 colts), Virginia Rail 5 & 25 Jun (KML & KL resp); L&D 13 (ad on Breeding: Air Station Pra (Glenview, Cook nest), 2 Apr (ASt et al.); Heron CP (ad on nest), Co) (pr w/foll-grown juv & 2-3 small chicks), 19 Mar & (nest inundated again by flood wa 9 Jul (JE, JA, CBT:ph); Volo Bog SNA (Lake ters w/one unhatched egg, but a newly hatched Co) Uuv), 8 Jul (BJS); RollinsSav Uuv), 8 Jul colt swims to safety), 21 Apr & (although colt (BJS); MC: 14 (calling ads @ 5 localions), gone [predated?] ), 26 Apr (BS:ph, DW:ph, JR, RollinsSav, 17 Jun-8 Jul (SDB); 6, Prairie Wolf SDB et al.). MC: 7 (ads; failednests?), Rollins FP (Lake Co), 17 Jul (RCn, BD, JRS). Oth Sav, 17 Jun (SDB, SLD); 6, Batavia (Mooseh ers: MidSav (pr), 6 Jun (AR); GreenR, 30 Jun eart, Kane Co), 25 Jun (KL). Others: Nygren (SDB, PAM); Otter Crk Bend Wetland Pk (St. Sandhill Crane with young. Th is pair Wetlands (Winnebago Co) (pr), 27 Jul (ATB); Charles, Kane Co) ("several"), 3 Jun (BKh:ph); nested at a private wetland next to Franklinville (McHenry Co) (2), 12 Jun (SOB, SLD); McHenry L&b (McHenry Co) (pr), 12 Black Partridge FP (Cook Co), 5 Jul (SDB); rural residences near Route 47 north Jun (MT); Volo Bog SNA (Lake Co) (pr), 12 SwallowCliff, 28 Jun (DFS); LCal (Deaclstick of 1-88, Kane County. 30 May 2011. Pond), 11 Jun (RLS); HennepinL (2), 3 Jul Jun (MBS); MidSav (pr), 6 Jun (AR); GreenR Photo by Robert Meierhans. (DFS). Southern edge of range: Middleport (pr; nesting attempt?), 25 & 31 Jul & 12 Aug Twp (Iroquois Co), 25 Jun (SDB). (GNe:ph, JRRS, KKM, AS & DTW, & EWW resp); Foley Sand Pra (Lee Co) (pr), 25 Jul (GNe, JRRS, KKM, AS); Sora Blackberry Twp (Kane Co) (Pr arrive @ rural yard 28 Feb, bring 2 small Breeding: RollinsSav (2 juvs), 8 Jul (BJS); Air Station Pra (Glenview, coils lo feed in lawn 30 May, & 2, Y, grown, flightless(?)yg back in yard Cook Co) (ad & juv), 9 Jul (CBT). MC: 5 (calling ads @ 2 locations), 16 Jun, & 2 full grown yg w/ad pr on home patio, pecking at patio win RollinsSav, 17 Jun (SOB); 5, Prairie WolfFP (Lake Co), 17 Jul (RCn, BO, dows, 22 Jul. 4th year, pr w/yg in yard (BMs:ph); Fermi, 12 Jun & 2, 12 JRS). Others: Burlington Twp (Kane Co), 10 Ju l (PAM); Pratt's Wayne Jul (PK, BL); John J. Duffy FP (Cook Co), 7 Jun (RLS); HennepinL (2), Wds FP (DuPage Co), 4 Jun (MBl); Air Station Pra (Cook Co), 4 Jul (JPL); 16 Jun (RAM, LM, JV); Middlefork FP (Champaign Co) (2 ad w/imm. Bath (Mason Co) (calling), I Jul (KBR); Mansfield (Piatt Co), 29 Apr- 14 Nested in large wetland here?), 10-16 Aug (B&SS); Shokokon (Hender Aug (GT:ph). Very unusual occurrence of a bird showing up in a rural, son Co) (pr bugling;nesting?), 15 May (EWW). central Illinois (very rare as a breeder in this part of state) )'fildafter a storm clumped a lot of rain into surrounding fields/ditches, w/bird staying most Killdeer ofthe summer, eating corn pul down for birds and hanging out at the water Breeding: McHemy (Dunham Rd. sod farm) (pr w/2 chicks), 17 May fe ature and olher areas close to the house in a 3 acre yard surrounded by (DTW); PeacockM (Will Co) (8 ad w/5 yg), 22 May (KAM, CAT, TL!(); very large acreages of corn and soybeans. Remains of the bird were found Allerton Pk (Piatt Co) (ad on nest w/eggs in parking lot), 7 May (CKA); on the 14th, apparently having succumbed to a predator. Bird (at least Jo hnson (ad @ nest w/I egg), 23 Mar (but abandoned next day) (MML). wings) did not appear to be injured, though was not noted flying;PrRdg-M, MC: 300, Levee Rd (Monroe Co), 24 Jul (DMK); 200, Chau, 28 Jul (KBR); 150, Emiquon, 23 Jul (KAM); 148, New Athens (St. Clair Co), 7 I Jun (CLH); Wa bash (Amax prop), 24 Jul (CLH). Early migrant? Jul (TJD); 116&63, Sang, 22 Jul & 30 Jun resp (I-IDB); 40, CarlL-C, 12 Purple Gallinule Jun (DMK); 35, Milford_25 Jun (SOB); 34, Marlinsville_, 24 Jun (SDB). Levee Rd (Monroe Rd), 27-28 Jun (DMK:ph, MSS, KAM). Note: "Good breeding season. The wet weather delayed farm cultivation Common Gallinule and aided the nesting" (LLB). Breeding: Glacial Pk (Lost ValleyM, McHenry Co) (pr w/5 yg), 26 Jun Black-necked Stilt (M&LF); GreenR ( 4 groups incl 5 ad w/4,4,3&2 yg), 31 Jul (DTW); near Breeding: So. of Princeville �Peoria Co), (4, week-old chicks; nested on Elburn FP (Kane Co) (2 pr & 8 fledglings), 16 Jul (REF), w/pr building the road of private facility; 1 s counly nest record?), 29 Jun (TRE); Sang nd 2 nest, 23 Jul (EWW); HennepinL (pr w/6 chicks), 16 Jul, & 10-12 pr, all cbrisL SP (Christian Co) (2 yg, 10 Jul & 4yg w/3 ad, 18 Jul & flying w/yg on 25 Jul (TH & GNe, JRRS, KKM, AS resp); Havana (Mason Co) by 23 Jul (I-IDB); Wa bash (Amax prop) (12 ad & 4 juv), 9 Jun & 9 Jul Uuv @2 locations a mile apart), 21 Aug (EWW); Levee Rd (Monroe Co) (pr resp (RES); ArnnBot (8 ad w/2 on nests), 8 Jun (C&PD); Degognia Twp w/2 downy yg), 27 Jun (DMK); MississippiR levee (Union Co) (2 families (Jackson Co) (ad w/1/2 grown chick), 30 Jul (RSR); Raddle (Jackson Co) of 5 w/one group of chicks < half the size of the other, 30 Jul-6 Aug (LWS, (2 locations incl ad w/4, Y, grown chicks & one dead ad (?); pr w/4, Y, DDM, EWW). MC: 8 (ads, 6 pr?), GreenR, 30 Jun (SOB, PAM). Others: grown chicks; 4 ad w/3, Y, grown chicks; pr w/4 nearly grown chicks), Goose Lake CA (McHenry Co) (2 calling), 19 Jun (BJS); Redwing Sl (Lake 30 Jul (RSR); Cora (Jackson Co) (ad w/1/2 grown chick), 30 Jul (RSR); Co) (2 calling males), 26 Jun (EWW); Pratt's Wayne Weis FP (DuPage Co) ECapeGir (3 pr; 4 yg, 2 yg), 30 Jul (EWW). MC: 120 (ads w/yg), Levee (2), 4 Jun (MB!); Foley Sand Pra (Lee Co) (pr), 25 Jul (GNe, JRRS, KKM, Rd (Monroe Co), 24 Jul (DMK); JIB (incl 20+ yg), MississippiR levee
24 Meadowlark ..
e (Union Co), 6 Aug (LWS, DOM); 40, Emiquon (Wi lder Tract), 15 Jul C, 19 Jul (DMK); 1 50, Emiguon, 23 J ul (KAM). Others: LaSal l L (l5), (LLH); 26 (ad & yg), Degognia & Fountain Bluff Twps (Jackson Co), sec 29 Jun (SOB); BraidwoodL, 28 Jun (SOB); Hennep inL (2), 2 Jun (SOB); st above; 8 (ad), Grand Tower (Lower Chute Rd, Jackson Co), 30 Jul (RSR). Sang (I juv), 4 Jul (HOB); Ef'orkL, 12 Jul (CLH). Early fall arrival? Others: HennepinL (2), 12-19 Jun (RAM, LM, JV & TH), w/onc possibly Leaucistic bird: Montrose (all white except a few small gray areas in si tti ng on nest 18 Jun (JAS); Kankakee (2), 11 Jun (JBH:ph); Lynchbmg mantle & wings), 8 Jun (SGS:ph). Twp (Mason Co) (pr), 12 Jun (KBR); Sang (5), 9 Jun (HOB); CarlL-C (6), Herring Gull 3 Jun (DMK); PrRdg-M (4 & 2), 1-15 Jun & 2 l Jun (CLI-1& RES resp); Breeding: Wauk (68 nests), 8 May, but 28 there l 9 Apr (EWW:ph); Chi Wa yne (3), 1 8 Jul (RES); Ma dison (5), 31 Jul (FRH). igrants ; Pulaski, M ? (ChiR & LMich) (37, incl 7 on nests), 18 Jun (GAW). Other: Rckfd (3-5 11 Jun (KAM); Miller City (Alexander Co) (7), 9 Jun (KAM). ad present), Jun-24 Jul (DTW). Spotted Sandpiper Lesser Black-backed Gull Breeding: Pecatonica (Winnebago Co) (pr copulating), 22 May (DTW); st NPM (1 summer), 24 Jul (EWW). l'ermi (ad w/3 yg), 25 Jun (PK); South Barrinton Conservancy (Cook Co) st !Slaty-backcd Gull (2 prs w/l &2 juvs ), 9 Jul (ABA); JI' (brood of 3, w/l ad 12 Jun & re cenlly hatched yg 27 Jul (PRC); Sang (a tew prs attempti ng lo nest), Jun NBSO: NPM, 5 Jun*]. (HOB). MC: 54, several locations (Cook, DuPage, Lake & McH enry Caspian Tern Cos), 15 Jul (BJS); 35, Emiquon (Wilder Tract), 10 Jul (KBR); 15, Wood Breeding: Wauk (pr cop), 11 May (EWW); Chi (ChiR & LMichigan) a Oak-Itasc Res (DuPage Co), 29 Jun (B.IS); 12, Greene Val, 5 Jul (MAM); (625 ad, l 29 downy yg & nest w/2 eggs), 18 Jun (GAW:ph). Nesting col 8, Sang, 8 Jul (HOB); 7, Vo lo Bog SNA (Lake Co), 12 Jul (BJS) . Oth ony seems to have grown substantially on lakefront rooftop si nce its initial Co) I Jun - 6 Jul (SDB); S e ers: Ridott Twp (Stevenson (p1·), en ca Twp discovery in 2009.; PcacockM (Wi ll Co) (pr cop), l 3 May (EW W). MC: (McHenry Co), 12 Jun (SOB); RollinsSav (5), 8 Jul (BJS); Chi (Colum 754, sec above; 1 5, LaSalleL, 29 Jun (SDB); 33, NPM, 24 Jun (EWW). bus Pk), 12 Jun (EGl); Black Partridge f'P(Cook Co), 5 Jul (SOB); Du Others: GLNTC, 27 Jun (ORD); Fermi, l 2 Jun (PK);JP (7 ad), 19 Jun Page River Confluence FP (Will Co) (pr), 28 Jun (SDB); BraidwoodL (PRC); HennepinL (2), 16 Jun (RAM, LM, JV); Emiguon (I & 6), 18 Jun (5), 3 Jul (J BH); Kankakeel'ks (2), 4 & 7 Jul (JBI-1); Sherburnvi lle_, 5 & 23 Jul (DB & KAM resp); Sang (8, 7 ad), 27 Jun (bu t seen all month), Jun (JBl-1); Prairie Green Twp (Iroquois Co) (2), 25 Jun (SDB); Kansas w/l l there, 31 Jul (HOB); SantaFe (6), 30 Jun (DMK); Wa bash (Amax Twp (Woodford Co) (2), 15 Jun (MEI'); Champaign (Cmtis Rd wetland), prop), 9 Jun (RES). 1 2 Jun (GSL). Common Tern Upland Sandpiper Breeding: GLNTC (28 ad, 14 nests w/32 eggs & 2 chicks), 15 Jul; Breeding: PrRdg-J (pr @ nest w/4 eggs), 18 May (CLI-l). MC: 8 (ads, Renested inside new fenced-in area arter bad storm 1 Jul, however nests 7 S (ads), et h ), Mi lfo rd_, 25 Jun (SOB); 4 PrRdg-J, 14-16 Jun (JWW al). later abandoned after not bei ng incubated properly, causing nest desertion Others: LostMound (pr), 24 Jun (fide RN); North Henderson Twp (Mer by early Aug. Possible PCB problems w/adults?? MC: 29, GLNTC, 26 Jul cer Co), 22 Jun (BB); Walnut Twp (Bureau Co) (1-2), 11-14 Jul (DH); (ORD). Other: HcnnepinL (basic plum), 2 Jun (SOB). Arl ington (Bureau Co), 18 & 23 Jun (JAS & MAM resp); Earlville (La Forster's Tern Salle Co) (1-3 calling), 16 Jun (ATB et al.); M idewin (cal ling birds @ 2 loca tions), 12 & 1 9 Jun (REI'); Whispering Willows Pk (Kanlrn kee Co) MC: 12, RendL, 14 Jul (DM K, MSS); 8, CarlL-C, l 9 Jul (DMK); 5, Emi nd (calling flyover), 4 Jun (JBH); Greene Twp (Woodford Co), I 0 Jun but guon, 23 Jul (KAM). NBSO: HennepinL (2 summer), 16 Jun (RAM, 5 there 1 Jul (TI-I); Waynesvi lle (McLean Co) (2), 28 Jun (V MK); Sang LM, JV), & 3 there 12 Jun (TH). (flyovers), 29&30 Jul (I-IDB); PrRdg-M (2 ad), 7 Jun (CLl-l). Least Tern Marbled Godwit Breeding: Degognia Twp (Jackson Co) (7 ad), 30 Jul (RSR); M i ller City NBSO: LSpfld (ad), 18 Jun (HDB:ph). Coming or going? (Alexander Co) (I0 ad w/at least 2 chicks, w/ads on 3 nests), 23 Jul (MJW, TH); Willard (Alexander Co) (pr mating in flooded field & aggressive Wilson's Sni)Je interaction w/2 SAND), 4 Jun (MML). MC: 15 & 8, Miller City (Al Hamilton Twp (Lee Co), 30 Jun (SOB, PAM, ASt); Dekalb Twp (Dekalb exander Co), 25 Jun & 30 Jul (KAM & EWW resp); 12, Grand Tower Co), 7 Jun (ATB); HennepinL, 3 Jul (DFS); Havana (Mason Co) ("likely (Jackson Co), 4 Jul (DMK). Others: Way ne (3 ad), 19 Jul (CLH, RES); not a KB summering/breeding & migrant"), I Jul ( R). Wa bash (Amax prop) (6 & 4), 20 Jul & IO Jun resp (CLI-1); 1 8 Btrns American Woodcock (Franklin Co) (3), 15 Jul (LWS). "Ist record of this species in 23 years of Breeding: Caledonia (Boone Co) (ad w/4 chicks) (GN fide DTW); LCal birding Franklin" (LWS). (1-legewischM) (nest w/4 eggs), l 3 Apr (WJM). Others: Lakewood FP Black Te rn (BrobergM, Lake Co), 12 Jun (SDB, SLD); IBSP, 26 Jul (EWW); O'Hare Breeding: Redwi ngS I SNA (Lake Co) (pr on territory), 26 Jun (EWW); G e e, u ) l CUP Reservoir (Elk rov Villag Cook Co) (4, family gro p? , 2 J u BrobergM (Lakewood FP, Lake Co) (3 acls @historic nesting site), 12 Jun (SOB, SLD); Black Partridge l'P (Cook Co), 13 Jun (SDB); GLPSNA, (SDB, SLD). MC: 20, EPSL, 29 Jul (MEF); 12, Emiguon (ThompsonL), 29 Jun (BJS). 17 Jun (KBR); IO, HennepinL, 2 Jun (SOB). Others: N ieman 's Pond Bonaparte's Gull (Freeport, Stephenson Co), 31 May (SD!3); Glacial Pk (Lost ValleyM, MC: 37 & 25 (mostly alt plum), GLNTC, 8 Jul & 27 Jun resp (ORD). McHenry Co) (4), 5 & 19 Jun (BJS) & (2), 26 Jun (M&LF). Does this NBSO: M ontrose, 9 Jul (LGM); LaSalleL, 17 Jul (BC); Emiquon, 14 & species breed here?; McHenry L&D (McHenry Co) (2), 5 Jun (NG, GAW, 23 Jul (KBR & KAM resp). CLW); GLNTC (alt plum flying so.), 27 Jun (ORD) , NBSO: 1-IennepinL (2), 2, 4&6 Jun (TI-I). 1: Laughing Gull NBSO: Rckrd (RockR) (ad), 11 Jul (DTW, BCW); Montrose (1st Rock Pigeon nd cycle/2 cycle), 2 & 6 Jun (ROH); LSpfld (ad & i mm), 7 Jun & ad (non Breeding: Hamilton Twp (Lee Co) (ad on nest in barn), 30 Jun (SOB, breeding), l 7 Jun (HOB); CarlL-C, l 7-18 Jul (MSS); Wa bash (Amax PAM); Dallas City (Hancock Co) (nest building), 15 May (EWW). MC: prop), 22 Jun & 26 Jun (2nd winter) (CLH). 200, ESTL, I Jun & 15 J ul (DMK); 200, Levee Rel (Union Co), 4 Jul (DMK); 80, Levee Rd (Monroe Co), l 7 Jul (DMK, MSS); 53, 18 Btms Franklin's Gull (Franklin Co), 20 Jun (LWS); 48 (1 flock), Alba Twp (Henry Co), 29 Jun NBSO: miquon (TbompsonL) (ad), 5 Jun (KBR) LSpfld(non -breeding E ; (SOB); 35, Wa bash (Amax prop), 27 May (SOB). ad), 17-25 Jun (HDB:ph). Eurasian Collared-Dove Ring-billed Gull Breeding: Bushnell (McDonough Co) ("2 or 3 prs nested"), season Breeding: Wauk (3 pr cop), 5 May (EWW); Chi (ChiR & LM ich) (67 ads (LLI-1). MC: 12, Levee Rd (Monroe Co), 24 Jul (DMK); 8, Sti llwell_, 3 on nests & 185 yg ot:rhc-ycar), 18 Jun (GAW). MC: 4352 (Chi @ ChiR Ju n (VMK); 7, St. Morgan_, 5 Jun (KAM); 6, Levee Rd (Un ion Co), 4 Jul & LMich), 18 Jun (GAW); 1750 (incl 15 juv), NPM, 24 Jul (EWW); 000 I (OM K). Others: Kings (Ogle Co) (pr), 11 Jun (EWW); Steward (Lee Co), (no breeding evidence), GLNTC, 27 Jun (ORD); 268, JP, 10 Jul (PRC); 1 1 Jun (DJS); Chi (near Lincoln Pk), 4 Jun (J IN); North Henderson Twp 253, Sherburnville_, 5 Jun (JBH); 250, Sang, 3 1 Jul (I-IDB); 200, Carll- (Mercer Co), 22 Jun (BB); Putnam (Putnam Co) (2), 2 Jun (SOB); Leonore
Vo lume 21, Number 1 25 Mourning Dove juvenile. (SDB); 12, Belknap_, 9 Jun (VMK); 12, BeaverdamL_, 8 Jun (VM K); 8, St. Alma, Ma rion County. Morgan_, 5 Jun (KAM); 8, CRSNA 3 Ju ne 2011. (Johnson Co), 4 Jul (DMK); 7, Camp Photo by Bob Schifo. Point- , 4 Jun (VMK); 6, CaveCrk, 30-3 1 May (RSR); 5, Sang, 13&20 Jun (HDB); 5, Milford_, 25 Jun (LaSalle Co) (2), 29 Jun (SDB); Gridley Sew (SDB); 4, Mackinaw SF&WA (Taze age Lagoons (McLean Co), 12 Jul (BM); Sang well Co), 8 Jun (MEF); 4, Calhoun, (seen on 7 days, w/4 there 29 Jul) (HOB); Cal 16 Jun (DMK, MSS); 4, Cra11iford, 2 hoim, 16 Jun (DMK, MSS); Girard (Macoupin Jul (CAT, TLK); 4, Columbia_, 4 Jun Co), 24 May (SDB); Litchfield (Montgomery (KAM); 3, Hennepin Twp (Pulnam 5 Co) (2), 24 May (SOB); Dudleyville_, Jun Co), 16 Jun (RAM, LM, JV); 3, Orel (DMK); CarlL-C (4), (DMK); ESTL, l Jun 25 Twp (Skillet l'ork Crk, Wayne Co), 22 Jun (DMK); Kinmundy (Marion Co) (3), 26 Jun (SOB); 3, CaneyCrk, 5 Jun (RSR); Jun (KAM); Beaucoup_ (4), 6 3, HutchinsCrk, 6 Jun (RSR); 3, FerneClyff e SP (John Jun (DMK); Jamestown_ (4), 9 son Co), 22 Jun (SOB). Jun (DMK, MSS); Geff (Wayne Note: "Very common this summer. l heard calling birds Co), 26 May (SOB); Columbia_ nearly every time I was in the Oeld" (LLH).; Sm1g (seen (2), 4 Jun (KAM); Ware (Union on 26 days in Jul, but MC only 4) (HOB); "Better num Co), 16 Jul (DMK, TAM); Pu bers this year on BBS routes than many previous years" laski (3), 25 Jun (KAM). (VMK); As most of these comments and locations of Mourning Dove high counls are within the widespread periodic cicada I Breeding: North Chicago (Lake emergence area this summer, does the increase in sight · Co) (nest building), 13 May ings for this species relate to this abundant food source (EWW); CBG (ad on nest in co for this species? I nifer w/mate perched nearby), Barn Owl 23 Apr (ABA); LCal (ad on Breeding: PrRdg-M (ad present 5 Apr, thru 2 May (nest nest), 31 Jul (EWW); Urbana w/6 eggs), Lhen 2 nests; ad w/6 yg & ad w/3 eggs, I yg), (ad on nest in parking garage), 13 Jun (RES, CLH). One bird noted near one nesl site 12 May (CK.A); RiverBend (ad 25 Jul (CLH). Nesting again?; Breeding confirmedw/ 19 on nest; nest later abandoned,), 1 nests (mainly in nest boxes) thru 31 Jul, in l l so. Illinois Jun, but then later seen on nest counties incl Christian/Montgome1y (on county line), again 27 Jul, but not seen again Bond, Eff ingham, Marion (see above), Pe,.,y, Ham ilton, after 6 Aug (CKA). MC: 200, Jackson, Gallatin, Un ion, Jo hnson, Pope & Pulaski Levee Rd (Monl'oe Co), 17 Jul (TE, AM). Other: Edwards, 20 Jul (RES); Pope, 12 Jun Black-billed Cuckoo. Jo hn J Duj.JY Fo rest (DMK, MSS); 85, Milford_, (KAM). 25 Jun (SOB); 70, Sang, 20 Jul Preserve, Cook County. 2 Ju ne 2011. Eastern Screech-Owl (I-IDB); 61, Sherburnville_, 5 Photo by Amar Ayyash. Jun (JBH); 61, Belknap_, 9 Jun MC: 2, Ferne Clyffe SP (Johnson Co), I 0&24 Jun (VMK); 60, St. Morgan_, 5 Jun (KAM); 60, Columbia_, 4 Jun (KAM); (KAM); 2, Alexander, 9 Jul (DM K, MSS). 60, Levee Rd (Union Co), 5 Jul (DMK); 54, Schuyler, 24 Jul (KAM); 54, Great Horned Owl Jamestown , 9 Jun (DMK, MSS); 50, LosLMound, 24 Jun (EA et al.); 50, Breeding: Scioto Mills (Stephenson Co) (ad on nest), early Apr (ASt); Stillwell , 3 Jun (VMK); 49, Pulaski_, I 0 Jun RedwingSl SNA (Lake Co) (2 fledglings), (VMK); 48, Union_, 12 Jun (SOB); 44, Fair 26 Jun (EWW); !BSP Uuv begging for food), bury_, 23 Jun (VMK). 23 Jul (EWW); Riverwoods (Lake Co) (nesl Note: "Good breeding success, numerous in yard w/1+ yg), JO Apr young birds seen" (LLH), in west-central ll (fide BJ M, ph); Clinton linois. Twp (Dekalb Co) (ad Monk Parakeet on nest), 27 Mar & (yg in nesl), 23 Apr (DJS); Breeding: LCal/se. Cook (6 nesls w/ads @or building nests @ 4 locations), 8 Mar-2 l Jun Batavia (Kane Co) (Ad (WJM, el al.); sw. Chi (ad @ nest), 17 May w/2 downy fledglings), 30 (WJM). Others: Chi (Rosehill Cem), 23 Jun Apr (RD:ph); Rutland FP (fideMD); JP (4), 3 Jul (PRC). (Kane Co) (ad on nesl), 4 Feb (WL); Montgom Black-billed Cuckoo ery (Kane Co) (ad w/yg, downy fledgling), Breeding: Spring Creek FP (Cook Co) (fam 15 May (MM, RM:ph); DYNL (pr near nest ily group w/fledglings), 23 Jun (REF). MC: 3, w/3 yg perched on branch), 30 Apl' (MM); Spring Crk FP (Cook Co), 17 Jun (WSG, WP). . ' Others: WaterfallGlen, 22 Jun (REI'); John J. Above: Great Horned Owl Duffy FP (Cook Co), 2 Jun (AAA:ph); Mc Claughry Springs FP (Cook Co), 14 Jun (EG); juvenile. Nelson Lake Marsh JP (2), 23 & 27 Jul (HC et al. & PRC resp); Fo rest Preserve, Ka ne County. Pembroke, 25 Jun (ROH); Greene Twp (Wood 4 Ju ne 2011. ford Co), 14 Jun (TH); Kansas Twp (Woodford Photo by Marion Mille1: Co), I Jun (MEF). Ye llow-billed Cuckoo Great Horned Owl young. Breeding: Johnson (nest w/4 eggs), l 7 July & (3 yg fledged), 2 Aug (MML). MC: 35, CON Batavia, Kane County. WR (Devil's Kitchen), 1,4,8&10 Jun (LWS); 30 April 201 I. l 4, Highland Twp (Grundy Co), 8-29 Jun Photo by Ron Dickenson.
26 Meadowlark Elsen's Hill FP (DuPage Co) (2 nests w/2 & 3 yg), 21 Apr (PAM, SDB); Fermi (ad flew Ruby-throated Humrningbird from nest w/3 yg), 21 Apr (PK); Ottawa Twp at nest. Pa los Park, (LaSalle Co) (ad on nest), 12 Feb, & later Cook County. 23 Ju ly 2011. yg in nest (DJS); Hoover FP (Kendall Co) Photo by Cra ig Th aya (acl @ nest cavity in broken-off t1·ee trunk, w/2, Yz grown yg), 22-26 Apr (fide SDB, ph); Bloomington (McLean Co) (ad & 3, 2-3 week-old yg in old RTHA nest), 6 Mar 20 10), ne, Coles, 30 Jul (VMK); 80 (ads; all (RGI-I); LOW (ad perched above nest w/2 newly banded), New /\thens(St. Clair Co), nestlings 011 29 Apr, acl preening nestlings 10 Jun (VMK); 71 (ads; 54 newly banded, 011 1 May, then only one fledgling perched 17 returns from 2005-2010), Fulton, 27 on branch near nest on 12 May, then perched 111. May (b1'eeding birds) (VMK); 67 (ads; all on branch ofncm·by tree on 18 May (CKJ\); newly banded), s. lvfadison, 23 Jul (VMK); Potomac (Vermilion Co) (ad on old RTHA 62, (ads; 56 newly banded, 6 returns from nest high in sycamoi·e), 16 Apr (SDB); Freeburg Twp (St. Clair Co) (acl 011 20 I 0), Menard, 4 Jul (VMK); 62 (ads; 53 newly banded, 9 returns from nest), 16 Mar (TJD). MC: 5 (prs), !BSP, Feb-Apr (EWW). c. 2009-2010), s. Bond, 15 Jul (VMK); 56 (ads; 52 newly banded, 4 returns Barred Owl from20 10), Patterson Twp (Greene Co), 2 Jul (VMK); 51 (ads; 48 newly
Breeding: LowdMil (nest), 18 Ju11 (REF); Sandwich (Dekalb Co) (2-3 banded, 3 returns from 2009-2010), c, Calhoun, 30 Jun (VMK); 45 (ads; week old yg fe ll out of nest), 27 Apr (fide LC); Plum Crk FP (Cook Co) 43 newly brn1ded, 2 returns from 2008), New Athens (St. Clair Co), 24 (ad &juv), 3 Jul (JE). MC: 5, Orient Btms (Franklin Co), J 7 Jun (LWS); Jun (VMK); 40 (@feeders), West Frankfort (Franklin Co), 24 Jun (LWS); 5, Hamilton, 8 Jun (LWS, LAB); 4, FerneCly ffe SP (Johnson Co), 24 Jun 34, (ads; 30 newly banded, 4 returnsfrom 2008-2010), s. Mo ultrie, 26 Jun (KAM). Others: Cherry Hill Weis FP (Cook Co), 11 Jun (RLS); White (VMK); 31, Pomona, 31 Jul (RSR); 16, Calhoun, 16 Jun (DMK, MSS); 8, Rock Twp (Ogle Co), I Jun (SDB); Sandyford NP (LaSalle Co) (2), 29 RockCrk, 9 Jun (RSR); 6, Sang, 17 Jun (HDB); 6, CaveCrk, 30-3 1 May Jun (SDB); Kansas Twp (Woodford Co), 15 Jun (MEF); RiverBend (2), (RSR); 5, SoRipHlw, 27 May (RSR); 5, BeanRdg, 28 May (RSR). Oth 20 fol (CKA); Hunter Twp (Edgar Co), 24 Jun (SDB); Clay City Tw p ers: Grant Wds (No.) FP (Lake Co) (26), 30 May & 27 Jun (SDB, SLD); (Clay Co), 25 May (SDB); Flag Pond SNA (Clay Co) (2), 26 May (SDB). LowclMil (3), 30 May (EG); JP (occasional sightings in area frequented Common Nighthawk in recent years), season (PRC et al.); Mackinaw SF&WA (Tazewell Co) (3), 8 Jun (MEF). MC: 14, Kewanee (Henry Co), 29 Jun (SDB); 6 (singles), Spfld,between Note: "Could have banded 200+ RTHUs on/at many clays/locations this 1-20 Jun (HDB); 4, Edwards, 8 Jul (RES). Others: Grant Weis (No.) FP (Lake Co) (2), 2 Jun (BJS); Prairie Wolf FP (Lake Co), 17 Jul (RCn, summe1'' (VMK). BD, JRS); Batavia (Kane Co) (several), 20 Jun (RM); Coal City (Grun Belted Kingfisher dy Co) & Ottawa (LaSalle Co), 11 Jul (REF); Kankakee, 30 Jul (JBI-1); Breeding: Mahomet (Champaign Co) (on 13 Apr pr cop on utility line KankakecPks, 16 Jul (JBH); Cass, 24 Jul (KAM); Spfld, 15 Jun (KAM); & flying back & forth to a free-standing dune near road, and next to an Hoopeston (Vermilion Co), 25 Jun (SDB); Litchfield (Montgomery Co), ORV path, taking turns excavating nest bmrow, then by 24 Apr burrow 20 Jun (SDB); Effingham(Effing ham Co) (6), I Jul (EWW); Troy (Madi hole entrance enlarged and ad near burrow, and though 6 present on 11 son Co), 21 Jul (KAM); Belleville (St. Clair Co), 3 Jun (DMK); O'Fallon May, burrow eventually abandoned) (CKA); RiverBend (ad carried food (SL Clair Co) (3), 10 Jun (KAM); CarlL-C, 25 Jun (DMK); Salem (Mar to a burrow next tolake), I Jun (CKA). MC: 10, Calhoun, \6 Jun (DMK, ion Co) (pr calling/courtship displays), 28 May (SDB); Columbia_, 4 Jun MSS); 8, Levee Rd (Monroe Co), 17 Jul (DMK, MSS); 5 (family group), (KAM); Mt. Vernon (territorial/courtship flight display), 26 May (SOB); Pecatonica Wetlands FP (Winnebago Co), 24 Jul (DTW); 5, Sang, 30 Jul Marion (Williamson Co) (2&3), 10 Jun & 29 Jul (KAM & EWW resp); (I-IDB). Ft. Massac SP (Massac Co), 30 Jul (EWW). Red-headed Woodpecker Chuck-will's-widow Breeding: Sugar River Alder FP (Winnebago Co) (pr excavating nest cav MC: 5, Hamilton, 8 Jun (LWS, LAB); 3, Ferne Clyffc SP (Johnson Co), ity), 5 Jun (DTW, BCW); Pecatonica (Winnebago Co) (ad carrying food 10 & 16 & 22 Jun (KAM & EG & SDB resp). Others: Goose Lake to nest), 29 Jun (DTW). MC: 17, Pembroke, 25 Jun (RDH); 7, White Twp (Grundy Co) (J'6), 8-20 Jul (SAC, CAT, REF m.ob.); Big River SF Rock Twp (Ogle Co), 7 Jul (SDB); 6, Sang, 9 Jul (HDB); 6, CaveCrk, 30- (Henderson Co) (2 6 on territory), 16 May (EWW); Stephen A. Forbes 31 May (RSR). Others: Sands Main St Pra NP (Cary, McHenry Co)(juv ), SP (Marion Co), 30 Jun (DMK); Sam DaleL SF&WA (Wayne Co), 29 23 Jul (JLs); Vo lo Bog SNA (Lake Co), 24 Jul (DE, EE); RollinsSav (2 May (RES). locales), 9 Jul (SDB); Mettawa (Lake Co), 11 Jun (SDB, SLD ct al.); Mid Eastern Whip-poor-will Sav (3), 9 Jun (AR); Fox River Shores FP (Kane Co) (2+), Jun/Jul (EES); Chi (No. Branch ChiR) (2), 30 Jun (MD); Plum Crk FP (Cook Co) (2 pr), Breeding: sw Hamilton (pr w/yg), I Jul (EWW). MC: 17, Hamilton, 8 Jun (LWS, LAB); 12, CONWR (Devil's Kitchen), 13 Jun (LWS, LAB); 3 Jul (JE); Richland Grove (Mercer Co), 22 Jun (BB); HennepinL (3), 7, FerneClyf fe SP (Johnson Co), 22 Jun (SDB); Sam Dale Lake SF&WA 16 Jun (RAM, LM, JV); Sherburnville_ (4), 5 Jun (JBH); KankakeePks (2), 4&7 Jul (JBH); CampPoint_ (3), 4 Jun (VMK); Edwards (4), 16 Jul (Wayne Co) (56), 1 Jul (EWW); 5, HutchinsCrk, 6 Jun (RSR). Others: IBSP (J'6),6 Aug (EWW); Goose Lake Twp (Grnndy Co) (J'6), 8-17 Jul (RES); Martinsville_ (3), 24 Jun (SDB); Crmvford (4), 2 Jul (CAT, TLK); Kell_ (3), 29 May (SDB); HLCA (3), 25 Jun (KAM). (SAC, REF et al.) & 2, 13 Jul (AA); Jefferson, 7 Jul (RES). Note: "None recorded on 5of10personal BBS routes" (VMK); "My besl Chimney Swift year forRed-headed Woodpeckers in past 5 years. I observed them more MC: 900, Rckfd, 4 Jul (DTW, BCW); 50, Randolph, 9 Jun (KAM); 30, in surrounding counties as well." (RES). Somonauk (Dekalb Co), 15 Jul (DJS); 30, Sherburnville_, 5 Jun (JBI-1). Red-bellied Woodpecker Other: JP (28), 12 Jun (PRC). Breeding: Rckfd (juv), 24Jul (DTW); LOW (9 spent considerable time Ruby-throated Hummingbird going in & out of nest hole), 1 May (CKA); MeadbrkPk (pr feeding nest Breeding: Woodstock (McHenry Co) (9 on nest in yard), 24 Jul (D&MC); lings @ hole), 28 Jun (CKA). MC: TI, CONWR (Devil's Kitchen), I, 4, LowdMil (nest), 18 Jun (REI'); WaterfallGlen (6 performing courtship 8&10 Jun (LWS, LAB); 18, Belknap_, 9 Jun (VMK); 17, BmntP1·a irie_, 7 aerial display to 'ill, 22 Jt111 (REF); Hoover FP (Kendall Co) (acl in nest), Jun (VMK); 16, Pulaski_, I 0 Jun (VMK); 14, RollinsSav, 8-9 Jul (SDB); 30 May (MM). MC: 180 (ads; 163 newly banclecl, 17 returns from 2006- 14, BeaverdamL_, 8 Jun (VMK); 12, St. Morgan_, 5 Jun (KAM); 12, 2010), s. St, Clair, 31 May (VMK); 147, MRB, 29 Jul (C&PD); 96 (ads; BeanRdg, 28 May (RSR). 85 newly banclecl, 11 returns from 2007-2010), Siloam Springs SP (Ad Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ams Co), 9 Jul (VMK); 93 (ads; 72 newly banded, 21 returns from 2007- LostMound, 24 Jun (fideEA). 20 10), 111. Brown, 2 Jun (VMK); 82 (ads; 73 newly banded, 9 relurns from
Vo lume 21, Number 1 27 . '
Downy Woodpecker Adult male Breeding: Zion (Lake Co) (ad feeding juv @ Downy Wo odpecker feeder), 24 Jun (EWW). 24, RollinsSav, MC: fe eding its male young. 8-9 Jul (SOB); 17, Bachelor's Grove FP (Cook Co), 3 Jul (SOB); 9, Highland Twp (Grundy Alma, Marion County. Co), 8-29 Jun (SOB); 7, CaveCrk, 30-31 5 Ju ne 201 1. May (RSR); 6, St. Morgan_, 5 Jun (KAM); 6, Photo by Bob Schifo. HutchinsCrk, 6 Jun (RSR). Hairy Woodpecker Modena (Stark Co) (mostly completed MC: 7, Highland Twp (Grundy Co), 8-29 Jun nest), 23 May (EWW); Urbairn (U of I (SOB); 5, Bachelor's Grove FP (Cook Co), Forestry) (ad fe eding 2 fledglings), 8 Sept 3 Jul (SOB). Others: JP (pr, w/one bringing (GR:ph fide CKA); ZeiglerL (Franklin food to other at nest-hole), 25 Jun-3 Jul (PRC, Co) (2 nests), 25 May (LWS). MC: 3 L, PAD ct al.). Tree subsequently felled by storm.; CONWR (Devil's Kitcl1en), l, 4, 8&10 Sang (noted on 17 days in Jul) (HOB). Jun (LWS, LAB); 25, BeanRdg, 28 May Northern Flicker (RSR); 17, Bachelor's Grove FP (Cook Breeding: CBG (ad investigating possible Co), 3 Jul (SOB); 16, CaneyCrk, 5 Jun nest hole), 23 Apr (ABA); LOW (Cjl going in & out of nest hole), 11 Apr (RSR); 13, Mackinaw SF&WA (Tazewell Co), 8 Jun (MEF); 12, Roll (CKA); RiverBend (pr on ground fe eding 1 yg), 10 Jul (CK.A). MC: 12, insSav, 17 Jun-9 Jul (SOB); 12, Highland Twp (Grundy Co), 8-29 Jun RollinsSav, 17 Jun- 9 Jul (SOB); 8, White Rock Twp (Ogle Co), 3 Jun- (SOB); 12, Martinsville_, 24 Jun (SOB); 11, Kell_, 29 May (SOB); 10, 7 Jul (SOB); 6, Sang, 6 Jul (HOB); 5, Boone, 30 May (CAT, TLK); 5, Pembroke, 25 Jun (ROH); l 0, Calhoun, 16 Jun (DMK, MSS); I 0, Larue Union_, 12 Jun (SOB); 5, Black Partridge FP (Cook Co), 14 Jun (SOB). Pine Hills EA (Union Co), 9 Jun (KAM). Pileated Woodpecker Acadian Flycatcher Breeding: RockCut (pr @ nest cavity), 5 May (DTW), then (pr w/2 juv), Breeding: WaterfallGlen (nest), 13 Jun (REF); Jo hnson, Pulaski & Un ion 15 Jul (RV); WaterfallGlen (ad w/juv), 29 Jun (REF); Hoover FP (Ke1Hl (384 nests found & monitored, many parasitizecl by cowbirds), May-Jul all Co) (pr @ nest cavity 6 May & pr feeding 2 yg in cavity 28 May & yg (MM Leta!.). MC: ';il, CONWR (Devil's Kitchen), I, 4, 8&10 Jun (LWS, a few feetoutside nest cavity 30 May) (MM ct al.:ph). MC: 21_, CONWR LAB); 46, SoRipHlw, 27 May (RSR); 40, CaneyCrk, 5 Jun (RSR); 40, (Devil's Kitchen), 1, 4, 8&10 Jun (LWS, LAB); lQ, BeaverdamL_, 8 Jun RockCrk, 9 Jun (RSR); 33, BeanRclg, 28 May (RSR); 28, CaveCrk, 30-3 l (VMK); 11, Jackson (4 locations), 21 May-9 Jun (RSR); 6, Hutcl1insCrk, May (RSR); 25, CedarCrk, 21 May (RSR); 24, Heron Pond & LtlBlkSI 6 Jun (RSR); 6, Pulaski_, 10 Jun (VMK). Others: Sugar River FP (Win (Johnson Co), 16 Jun (EG); 16, Calhoun, 16 Jun (DMK, MSS); 16, Larue nebago Co) (c3'), 5 Jun (DTW); Sugnr River Alder FP (Winnebago Co) Pine Hills EA (Union Co), 9 Jun (KAM); 12, Mackinaw SF&WA (Taze (pr), 5 Jun (DTW, BCW); SwallowCliff, I l Jun (RLS); Catalina Grove FP well Co), 8 Jun (MEF); 7, Otient Elms (Franklin Co), 17 Jun (LWS); 6 (Cook Co), 11 Jun (RLS). (4J'c3'), Clay City Twp (Clay Co), 25 May (SOB). Others: Sugar River Eastern Wood-Pewee FP (Winnebago Co) (3), I Jul (DTW); Kilbuck FP (Winnebago Co), 29 Jun (DTW); nw. Rckfd (2), season (DTW); MissPalis (6, 5J'Q'), 30 May Breeding: Sugar River Alder FP (Winnebago Co) (pr building nest), 5 (EG); Springbrk (J'c3'), 19 (i\A); NP ( Sa e Co) hm (DTW, BCW); RockCut (juv begging food from ad), 25 Aug (DTW); Jun Sandy Ford La ll (3, 2.l'o'),29 Jun (SOB); Hickory Crk FP (Will Co) (3 on territory), 30 May (AAA:ph); MomenceWet, 9 Jul (ROH); Banner (Fulton Co) (J'c3'), late May-early Jul (KBR); Sang (3), 6 Jun (HOB); HornerL FP (old Homer Pk area, Champaign Co) (J'O'), mid-Jul (EJC); Hunter Twp (Edgar Co) (J'O'), 24 Jun (SDB). Willow Flycatcher MC: 10, GreenR, 18 Jun (DTW); 9J'c3', Orangeville (Stephenson Co), I Jun (SOB); 9 (8J'c)'), White Rock Twp (Ogle Co), 3 Jun (SOB); 8, Na chusa, 21 Jun (ABI-l); 6J'c3', Campton FP (Kane Co), 22 Jun (ABI-l); 5, Spring BluffFP (Lake Co), 19 Jun (EWW); 5, Chi (Columbus Pk), 12 Jun (EG); 3-5, Wo odford, 12 Jun (MEF); 4, John J. Dully FP (Cook Co), 4 Jun (RLS); 4J'c)', Black Partridge FP (Cook Co), 19 Jun (SDB). Least Flycatcher RollinsSav (J'Q'), 18 Jtm (SOB); GreeneVal (J'c3'), 13 Jun (MAM); Turtle head Lake FP (Cook Co), 12-19 Jun (AAA, BJS); Williamsfteld_, 5 Jun (DJM). Eastern Phoebe
Breeding: Rckfd (pr feeding just hatched yg on 22 May & yg fledged on 6 J un. Pr then started 2nd nest on l 5 Jun, w/2 yg hatched 2 Jul & they fledged 19 Jul (DTW); Hoover FP (Kendall Co) (ad @ nest w/food for 2 yg), 30 May (MM); Piatt (ad on nest atop porch light), 3 May (CKA); MeadbrkPk (carrying food to nest under bridge, & chasing NRWS away), 23 May (CKA); McadbrkPk (nest under different bridge w/-3 yg incl one BI-ICO), 24 Jun (CKA); Centralia (Marion Co) (active nest on porch light), 16 Jun (JJ); Johnson (nest w/5 eggs), 13 Apr (MML). MC: 12, Calhoun, 16 Jun (DMK, MSS); 4, Sung (HOB). Great Crested Flycatcher Breeding: Kennekuk CP (Vermilion Co) (pr feeding yg in EABL nest box), 24 Jun (BS:ph). MC: TI, CONWR (Devil's Kitchen), I, 4, 8& I 0 Jun (LWS, LAB); 12, Bachelor's Grove FP (Cook Co), 14 Jun-3 Jul Pileated Wo odpecker at nest with two young. (SOB); 11, Highland Twp (Grundy Co), 8 Jun (SOB); ll, Sang, 10 Jun Hoover Fo rest Preserve, Ke ndall County. (HOB); 10, CampPoint_, 4 Jun (VMK); 9, Boone, 30 May (CAT, TLK); May 2011. Photo by Lany Granat. 8, CaveCrk, 30-31 May (RSR); 7, Martinsville_, 24 Jun (SOB); 7&6,
28 Meadowlark ..
at Na husa Gras lands, Lee Co unty. J 3 Ju ne 201 I. Photo by /vfark Bowlnan.
Bell :S Vireo with wasp. Midewin National Ta llgrass Prairie, Wi ll County. Bell's Vireo. Catalina Grove, 4 Ju ne 2011. Photo by Brian Ta ng. Cook County. 2 Ju ne 2011. Photo by Amar Ayyash. present here since 4 Jan (CLH); MermetL Uuv), 30 Jul (EWW). Others: PaulDouglas, 5-10 Jun (fide Orel Twp (Skillet Fork Crk, Wayne MMC); Chi (nem· Lincoln Pk), I 9 Jun (JIN); Miner Co), 27 May & 23 Jun resp (SOB); 7, alM NP (Henry Co), 25-29 Jun (DFS, TRE, SDB); BeanRdg, 28 May (RSR); 7, Bcavcr Neoga Twp (Cumberland Co), 1 Jul (CAT, TLK); damL_, 8 Jun (YMK); 6, Grant Wds Smallwood Twp (Jasper Co), 18 May - 16 Aug (No.) FP (Lake Co), 30-3 1 May (SOB); 6, Pembroke, 25 Jun (ROH); 6, (CLH); Car!L-C (Sandridge Rd), J 2 Jun (DMK); Louisville Twp (Clay Kansas Twp (Woodford Co), 1 Jun (MEF); 6, St. Morgan_, 5 Jun (KAM); Co), 23 May - 21 Jun (CLH); Preston Twp (Richland Co), 27 Apr - 6 Jul 6, HutchinsCrk, 6 Jun (RSR). (CL!-!); Denver Twp (Richland Co), 14 Jun (CLH); Salem Twp (Edwards Co) (pr), 13 Jul (RES); Albion Twp (Edwards Co), 22 Western Kingbird Jul (CLH); Lick Pra Twp (Wabash Co), 15 Jul (CLH); Breeding: Granite City (Madison Co) (pr Johnson, 5 Jun (MML). @nest), 19 Jun (JWL). Others: Ne. Ogle, Note: "My worst year (forfinding this species) in Ed I I -13 Jun (DTW, EWW:ph, JD); GreenR, ward� and surrounding counties." (RES). 26 Jun (EWW:ph); WaterfallGlcn, 13 Jun (REF); GreenR, 26 Jun (EWW:ph); White-eyed Vireo Chi (NoP & So. Pond, Lincoln Pk), 3-4 Breeding: Un ion (nest w/4 eggs), 18 May (MML); Jul (JIN, EG et al.); Bartonville_ (Trivoli Johnson (new nest w/I egg), 12 May (MML). MC: 30, Twp), 12 Jun (RF); ESTL (3), 15&25 Jul CaveCrk, 30-3 l May (RSR); 20, HutchinsCrk, 6 Jun w/one there by 20 Jun (DMK:ph); HL, 8 (RSR); 15, CedarCrk, 21 May (RSR); 13, RockCrk, 9 Jun (FRH); Columbia_, 4 Jun (KAM). Jun (RSR); 10, CRSNA (Johnson Co), 4 Jul (DMK); 0, Larue-Pine Hills EA (Union Co), 9 Jun (KAM); Eastern Kingbird J IO, Pulaski_, 9 Jun (VMK). Others: RockCut (4), 2 Breeding: RollinsSav (carrying very Jul (DTW); Big Rock FP (Kane Co), 7 & 23 Jun (SF); long strand of nest material [2X length WaterfallGlen ("successfully nested"), 29 Jun (REF); of bird] to nest site), 17 Jun & (nest @ John J. Duffy FP (Cook Co), 11 Jun (RLS); Plum Crk above site, in buckthorn w/2 eggs), 8 Jul FP (Cook Co) (3), 3 Jul (JE); Hickory Crk FP (Will (SOB); LCal (O'Brien L&D) (2 Aedg Co) (on territory), 30 May (AAA:ph); 1-!ennepinL lings), 27 Jul (WJM); Ta zewell (on nest), (J'CS'),3 Jul (DFS); Maz/Braid (Kankakee Co) (J'J),28 2 Jul (MJW); LOW (ad feeding fledgling), Jun (SDB); Banner (Fulton Co) (J'J), early May-early 21 Jul (CKA). MC: 35 & 9, Sang, 26 Jul & Jul (KGR); Sang (3 ; "low #s"), 8 Jun (HOB). 26 Jun resp (HOG); 17, Pembroke, 25 Jun (ROH); 12, CRSNA (Johnson Co), 4 Jul Great Crested Flycatcher nesting Bell's Vireo (DMK); 11, While Rock Twp (Ogle Co), Breeding: GrccnR (ad w/2 yg), 12 Aug (EWW); Ot 3 Jun-7 Jul (SOB); 10, RollinsSav, 8-9 Jul in bluebird box. Kennelcuk CountyPark, ter Crk Bend Wetland Pk (St. Charles, Kane Co) (pr (SOB); 10, Calhoun, 16 Jun (DMK, MSS); Ve rmilion County. 24 Ju ne 2011. @ nest), 4 Jun (MM); Catalina Grove FP (Cook Co), 10, ESTL, 15 Jul (DMK); 10, CarlL-C, 25 Photo by Bob Schifo. 2 Jun (pr cop) & 19 Jun (AAA:ph); WatcrfallGlcn Jun & 19 Jul (DMK); 9, Kell_, 29 May ("successfully nested"), 12 Jun (REF); Midewin (J'J
(SOB); 9, Columbia_, 4 Jun (KAM). Other: LostMound (7), 24 Jun (EA carrying nest material), I Jun (AA); LOW (ad @ nest), 2 Jun (CKA); ct al.); JP (7; "perhaps 7 territories"), 19 Jun & 27 Jul (PRC). Schroeder Nature Sanctuary (McLean Co) (ad @ nest with 4 host & 2 BHCO eggs), 5 Jun (BM:ph). 11, Frankfort Twp (Franklin Co), 11 Scissor-failed Flycatcher MC: Jul (LWS); 6, Pembroke, 25 Jun (RDH); 6, BraidwoodL, 3 Jul (JBH); 6, Breeding: MRB (Kaskaskia Rd) (pr), 3 Ju11- l9 Jul, w/C(_ on nest in small Sang, 4 Jun (HOB); 6, Groat (F nklin Co), 31 Jul (EWW); 5J'J, Na redbud tree along highway, 14 Jun-9 July & pr w/j uv, 12 Jul (C&PD:ph, ra clmsa, 27 May-29 Jun (ABI-1); 4 (ad), GreenR, 18 Jun (OTW). Others: SOB ct al.); AmnBot (Stringtown Rd) (pr & pr w/5 juv), 4 Jun - 30 Jul Rckfd (Apt), 2-3 Jul (OTW); Aurora West FP (Kane Co) (3), 5 Jul (AA); (OMK:ph, C&PO:ph). Only 7 slraight-line miles between these two nests! Campton FP (Kane Co) (J'J),8&22 Ju11 (ABH); l'ermi (J'J),2 Jun-7 Jul Other: Sp ing Lake Tw p (Tazewell Co) chased off by BRTI-1), 3 Jun r (9 (PK); John J. Duffy FP (Cook Co), 15 Jun (RLS); Florid (Putnam Co) (3 (KGR). J'J), 16Jun (RAM, LM, JV); Mackinaw SF&WA (Tazewell Co) (2), 8 Jun Loggerhead Shrike (MEF); Middleport Twp (Iroquois Co) (3J'J),25 Jun (SDB); LOW (pr & Breeding: Midewin (ad on nest), 14 May (JBr et al.) & (ad w/3 juv), 3 2nd J'J), 13 May - 7 Jul (CKA); Hunter Twp (Edgar Co), 24 Jun (SD13); l Jul (RDI-:ph); Decker Twp (Richland Co) (ad w/2 yg), 21 Jul, w/birds Kell_ (3), 29 May (SDB); I-lL, 17 Jul (FRI-I);ESTL, 25 Jun (OMK); Pea-
Vo lume 21, Number 1 29 Mississippi Kites continue nesting in Rockford
Above, the pair copulates. (5 June, Vic Berardi ph.)
Left, an adult brings a cicada from its feet to its beak to eat. (21 August, John Longhenry ph.)
For the fourth consecutive year, Mississippi Kites have nested near Bloom (/ctinia mississippiensis) Right, School, Ro ckford in Winnebago County. an adult carries a Several fine photographers who observed stick to add the intimate life of a family of kites share to the nest. their portraits of adults and young and (28 August, the food they ate throughout the 2011 J. Lo nghenry, ph.) nesting season.
Left, a male eats a Chimney Swift, while the female waits (apparently) in vain for some of the meal. (17 July, J. Longhenry, ph.)
Above, an adult kite captures a cicada (Summer 201 1, Jerry Goldner, ph.)
30 Meadowlark Left, an adult feeds a monarch to a juvenile. (28 Aug., J. Longhenry ph.)
Above, a young kite lands near its parent. (13 Sept., J. Longhenry ph.)
Above, a young kite eats food brought by the parent. (8 Sept. J. Longhenry ph.)
Right, an immature kite prepares fo r its first migration. This juvenile was last seen 15 Sept. 201 1. (13 Sept. J. Longhenry ph.)
Vo lume 21, Number 1 31 body River King SF&WA (St. Clair Co), 26 Horned lark. North Aurora, Jun (DMK); PrRdg-M (2), 15 Jun (JWW et al.); Orel Twp (Skillet Fork Crk, Wayne Co) Ka ne County. 14 Ju ne 2011. (J'o'),27 May (SDB); EdlVards, 26 Jun (RES); Photo by Ken Schneida CONWR, 9 Jun (KAM); Joppa (Massac Co),
30 Jul (EWW). 11 " "1 Fish Crow Ye llow-throated Vireo MC: 12, Massac, 26 Jun (KAM); 9, Pu Breeding: Watc1iallGlen ("successfully laski_, I 0 Jun (VMK); 6, BeanRdg, 28 nested"), 13 Jul (REr). MC: 5, Sang, 28 May (RSR); 6, Jackson, 9 Jun (KAM); 6, Jun (HDB); 5, SoRipHlw, 27 May (RSR); 5, CRSNA (Johnson Co), 4 Jul (DMK). In BeanRdg, 28 May (RSR); 4, Boone, 30 May land Records (away from MississippiR): (CAT, TLK); 4fc3',Bachelor's Grove FP (Cook Car!L-C, 25 Jun (DMK); Old Shawneetown Co), 3 Jul (SDB); 4, CavcCrk, 30-3 1 May (OhioR, Gallatin Co) (2), 30 Jun (CLl-1). (RSR); 4, HutchinsCrk, 6 Jun (RSR); 4, Larue-Pine Hills EA (Union Co), Horned Lark st 9 Jun (KAM). Other: JP (fc3'),6 Jul (HC et al.). I summer record for MC: 96, Jamestown_, 9 Jun (OMK, MSS); 74, Beaucoup_, 6 Jun (DMK); JP (PRC). 51, Martinsville_, 24 Jun (SDB); 45, Milford_, 25 Jun (SDB); 32, Dud Wa rbling Vireo lcyville_, 5 Jun (DMK); 29, Kell_, 29 May (SDB); 28, Union_, 12 Jun Breeding: Pratt'sWW (Pr @ nest w/one on nest), 5 Jun (MM); Waterfall (SDB); 20, Levee Rd (Monroe Co), 1 Jun (DMK). Glen ("sLtccessfolly nested"), 13 Jun (REF). MC: 14, Marlinsville_, 24 Purple Martin Jun (SDB); 13, Pembroke, 25 Jun (RDH); 12&1 l, Sang, 2 Jul & 17 Jun Breed ing: Four Lakes FP (Winnebago Co) (3 prs bringing food to PUMA resp (I-IDB); 12, Calhoun, 16 Jun (DMK, MSS); IO, Levee Rd (Monroe nestbo)(), I 0- 16Jul (DTW); Montrose (one nest in nestbo)(w/6 eggs, & no Co), I Jun (DMK); 9, Sherburnville_, 5 Jun (JBH); 8fo', RollinsSav, 17 yg yet hatched in colony), 25 Jun (LGM): JP (71; incl breeding in PUMA Jun-8 Jul (SDB); 8 (fc3'), JP, 8 Jun (PRC); 8, Car!L-C, 12 Jun (DMK); houses, w/ 16L reported fledgl ings, 23 Jul), 27 Jul (PRC); Bloomington 7fc3', Union_, 12 Jun (SOB); 7fJ, Black Paitridge FP (Cook Co), 5 Jul (White Oak Pk, McLean Co) (Isl scotLl @ new nestbo)(, 7 Apr & 15 bi(dS (SOB); 7, BrnidwoodL, 3 Jul (JBH); 7, Jamestown_, 9 Jun (DMK, MSS); later in colony, w/ I st egg laid 4 Jun & 6 nests w/18 eggs incl nestw/S eggs 6, Columbia_, 4 Jun (KAM); 6, SL Morgan_, 5 Jun (KAM). and one new nest wino eggs on 16 Jun) (MJW). MC: 200, McrmetL, 4 Note: "Modest #s", Sang, Jun (HDB). Jul (DM K); 80, Calhoun, 16 Jun (DMK, MSS); 71, LSpfld,30 Jul (I-IDB); Red-eyed Vireo 40, Cahokia Mounds SI-IS (St. Clair Co), 4 Jun & 15 Jul (DMK); 40, Breeding: Lyons Wds FP (Lake Co) (ad feeding 3 yg), 5 Sept (EWW); Car!L-C, 25 Jun & 14& 19 Jul (OMK, MSS); 30, Levee Rd (Monroe Co), Waterfal!Glen ("successfully nested"), I Jul (REF); Hoover rr (Kendall 24 Jul (DMK); 30, Levee Rd (Union Co), 5 Jul (DMK). Co) (ad in nesl), 30 May (MM); Hickory Crk f P (Will Co) (ad on nest), Tree Swallow 30 May (AAA:ph). MC: 19 (16fc3'), Bachelor's Grove FP (Cook Co), 14 Breeding: Lake Villa (Lake Co) ( 32 Meadowlark Bradford Twp (Lee Co) (16 @ 7+ nests (RSR); 24, CaveCi·k, 30-3 I May (RSR); under liny bridge), 2-30 Jun (SOB); Es 24, Larue-Pine Hills EA (Union Co), 9 Jun sex Twp (Kankakee Co) (25 birds w/nests (KAM); 22, Mackinaw SF&WA (Tazewell under s1md l bridge over Granary Crk), Co), 8 Jun (MEF); 22, Duclleyville , 5 Jun 28 Jun (SOB); Sang (nesting in several (DMK); 22, RoekCrk, 9 Jun (RSR); 21, areas, esp @ Lindsay Bridge @ LSpflcl), HutchinsCrk, 6 Jun (RSR); 21, Belknap_, Jun (HDB); Buck Twp (Edgar Co) (4+ prs 9 Jun (VMK); 20, Kell_, 29 May (SOB); w/ncsls under very tiny concrele bridge/ 18, Martinsville_, 24 Jun (SOB); 16, Burn culvert), 24 Jun (SOB); LSara (Effingham tPrairie_, 7 Jnn (VMK); 13, Sang, 15&28 Co) (40-50 nests on spillway), 12 May Jun (I-IDB). Others: Kinnikinnick Crk CA (CLl-1); New Athens Twp (St. Clair Co) (Boone Co), 30 May (CAT, TLI(); Nachusa (30+ ads w/nesls under bridge over Sil (2c3''), II Jun (A BH); Camplon FP (Kane ver Crk), 15 Jun (TJ D); New Athens (St. Co), 4 Jun (ABH); SwallowCliff, 28 Jun Clair Co) (100+ nests under lg bridge over Barn Swallow fe eding young. Ju ne 2011. (DFS); LCal (Eggers Weis), 3 Jun (SBB); KaskaskiaR), 16 Jun (TJ D); Gray Twp Photo by Je nJ' Goldne1'. Highlaucl Twp (Grundy Co) (5, 4 lerrilo (White Co) (6+ birds going to nests t111- ries), 8 Jun (SOB); Sherburnville , 5 Jun de1· I-64 bridge over Li111e WabashR), 28 (J BH); Pembroke (4), 25 Jun (ROH). May (SOB); Grayville (White Co) (25 pr nesling under bridge over WabashR), 15 Reel-breasted Nuthatch Jul (CUI); Gorham (Jackson Co) (20+ Breeding: Lyons Weis FP (Lake Co), J'c3', neslbuilding unde1· highway bridge ovc1· 12Apr , pr @ 11esl tree, I May, <1dding nest active RR tracks), 30 Apr (SOB, PA M); material, 5 May, � ou nesl, 27 May-8 Jun, Big MuddyR (Union/Jackson Cos) (25+ & 13 Jun, ad bringing food to nest (EWW neslbuilding under b1·idge over river), 30 et al.). Others: Reidel , 29 Jul (DTW). Apr (SOB, PA M); Cache (Alexander Co) "Nol sme if this is an c<1rly migra nt or (35+ galhering mud & flying lo nesl sile summering/nesting pr presenl al lhis loca under bridge, nesl building), 8 May (SDB, tion in lale May" (DTW); McHenry L&O (McHenry Co), 5 Jun (BJS); Downers PA M). MC: 800, Levee Rd (Monroe Co), 28 Jun (DMK, MSS); 400, CarlL-C, 25 Grove (DuPage Co) (backyard fe eder), 15 Jun & 26 Jul, "possibly nesling nearby?" Jun (DMK); 400, Levee Rd (Union Co), Carolina Ch ickadee. 4 Jul (DMK); 220 (ads), New Athens (Sl. (REF); Meacham Grove FP (DuPage Co), Clair Co), 16 Jun (virtually all gone by Alma, Marion County. 3 Ju ne 201 l. 12 Jul (SOB). 20 Jul & all gone by 28 Jul) (TJ D); 200, Photo by Bob Schifo. White-breasted Nuthatch LSpflcl, 1 Jul (HOB); 200, ESTL, 15 Jul MC: 15, Bachelor's Grove Fl' (Cook Co), (DMK); 121, BeaverdarnL_, 8 Jun (VMK); 80, HLCA, 25 Jun (KAM); 70, 3 Jul (SOB); 10, High Lind Twp (Grundy Co), 29 Jun (SOB); 9, CancyCrk, Schuyler, 24 Jul (KAM); 66, Waynesville_, 23 Jun (VMK); 60, Massac, 26 5 Jun (RSR); 9, RockCrk, 9 Jun (RSR); 8, Sang, 14 Jul (HOB); 7, Larue Jun (KAM); 50, Athens_, I Jul (VMK); 50, Pomona, 11 Jun (KAM); 50, Pine Hills EA (Union Co), 9 Jun (KAM); 6, Calhoun, 16 Jun (DMK, Pulaski_, I 0 Jun (VM K); 43, McDonough, 24 Jul (KAM); 40, Colhoun, 16 MSS). Jun (DMK, MSS); 36, Cass , 24 Jul (KAM). Others: LSurnmerset_ (23), Brown Creeper 12 Jun (DTW); Shirland (Winuebago Co) (18), 1 Jul (DTW); Boone, (40), Breeding: Sugar River FP (Winnebago Co) (pr "probably nesting"), I 7 30 May (CAT, TLK); Sherrard_ (7), 22 Jun (BB); EvergreenL (Six-Mile May (DTW). Others: Jarvis, 4 Jun (LGM); SwallowCJiff (J'o), 28 Jun Crk, McLean Co) (12, nesting under bridge lhere?), 5 Jun (LA el al.). (DFS); Wooclfot•d SF&WA (Woodford Co), 2 Jul (TH); LtlBlkSl (J'o). Barn Swallow Carolina Wrnn Breeding: RockCut (2 families w/ad feeding4 yg & ad fe eding 5 yg), Breeding: Mode (Shelby Co) (nests in garage & in yard planter), sea 25 Aug (DTW); Piatt (pr collecting nest material on edge of rd), 7 May son (KAF). MC: 24, CavcCrk, 30-3 1 May (RSR); 21, Pulaski , 10 Jun (CKA); MeadbrkPk (pr relurnecllo las! years nest, 20 Jun & were making - (VMK); 18, I-IutchinsCrk, 6 Jun (RSR); 18, BeaverclarnL_, 8 Jm; (VMK); repairs on 24 Jun, but nest check on 4 Jul showed nest abandonment w/ 17, CedarCrk, 2 I May (RSR); 17, RockCrk, 9 Jun (RSR); 16, Belknap_, nest full of non-BARS nest material, possibly from takeover by HOSP 9 Jun (VMK); 14, SoRipl-Ilw, 27 May (RSR); 13, Athens_, I Jul (VMK); (CKA); New Athens (St. Clair Co) (1st yg fledgedfrom nesting colouy in 13, BurntPrairic_, 7 Jun (VMK); 13, Larue-Pine Hills EA (Union Co), building), 5 Jun (TJ D). MC: 600, Levee Rd (Union Co), 4 Jul (DMK); 9 Jun (KAM); 11, St. Morgan_, 5 Jun (KAM). Others: Rckfcl, 23 Jul 200, Levee Rd (Monroe Co), I 3 & 17 Jul (OM K, M SS); 60, Dauada FP (DTW); Montrose (2J'o), I 6 Jul (JE); KankakeePks (4), 7 Jul (JBH); (DuPage Co), 14 Jun (JC); 60, CarlL-C, 19 Jul (DMK); 50, Columbia , 4 Note: Sang ("very low #s w/many killed off d iug winler") high count Jun (KAM); 48, Pontiac_, 24 Jun (VMK); 45, JP, 13 & 27 Jul (PRC);42, m ( only 4), 25 Jun & 6 Jul (HOB). Sang, 26 Jun & 24 Jul (HOB); 41, Fairbury_, 23 Jun (VMK); 40, James lown_, 9 Jun (DMK, MSS); 40, ESTL, 1 Jun (DMK); 38, Belknap_, 9 Jun BEWICK'S WREN (VMK); 35, Waynesville_, 28 Jun (VMK). None reported. Carolina Chickadee Sedge Wren Breeding: O'Fallon (St. Clair Co) (pr w/2 yg), 19 May (KAM). MC: 8, MC: 20, Fermi, 9 Jul (PK). Others: Harrison (Winnebago), I Jul (I st CedarCrk, 21 May (RSR); 8, CaneyCrk, 5 Jun (RSR); 7, St. Morgan_, 5 arriving breeder) (DTW); Nygren Wetland (Winnebago Co) (3), 26 Jul Jun (KAM); 7, Columbia_, 4 Jun (KAM). (DTW); Garden Prairie SI (Boone Co) (2J'o), 5 Jul (SOB); While Rock Black-capped Chickadee Twp (Ogle Co) (2J'o), I Jun-7 Jul (SOB); GreeuR (4), 31 Jul (DTW); Wa terfallGlen(1 st arriving breeder), 13 Jul (REF); Nachusa 3-7), 27 May Breeding: Wauk (pr nest building), 11 May (EWW); Edward R. Madigan � - 29 Jun (ABH); KankakcePks (3), 7-11 Jul (JBI-1); Sang (Is mid-smrnner SP (Logan Co) (fledgling leaviug nesl), 5 Jun (EWW). MC: 38, Bach arrival, 25 Jun, for br·eeding population) (HDB); LOW (1 on 29 Jul but elor's Grove PP (Cook Co), 3 Jul (SOB); IO, Grant Wds (No.) FP (Lake 3 localions on 20 Aug) (CKA); Hunter Tw p (Edgar Co) (2J'o), 24 Jun Co), 27 Jun (SOB). (SDB); RendL (Nason) (J'o), 30 Jul (TJD). Note: Sang ("Low #s" for several reasons" w/MC 13&11, 21 Jul & 28 Jun resp) (HOB). Marsh Wren Tufted Titmouse Breeding: RollinsSav (uew "dummy" nest but pr very close & agilated), 18 Jun (SOB). MC: 39 (37J'o), RollinsSav, 8-9 Jul (SOB); 10, Spring Breeding: Rckfd (family group of pr w/5 juv), 26 Jul (BCW). MC: 49, Bluff FP (Lake Co), 19 Jun, w/sorne singing 7 Aug (EWW); 9J'o, Black BeaverdamL_, 8 Jun (VMK); 32, Pulaski_, IO Jnn (VMK); 28, SoRi Partridge f'P (Cook Co), 19 Jnn-5 Jul (SOB); 8J'o, HennepinL, 2 Jun pHlw, 27 May (RSR); 27, BeanRdg, 28 May (RSR); 24, CancyCrk, 5 Jun Vo lume 21, Number 1 33 (SDB); 7, GLPSNA, 3 Jul (RDH); 6, GreenR, 18 Jun (OTW); 5.I'cS, Gar (JBH); 150, Pontiac_, 24 Jun (VMK); 147, Union_, 12 Jun (SOB); 126, den Prairie Sl (Boone Co), 5 Jul (SDB). Other: John J. Duffy FP (Cook Fairbury_, 23 Jun (VMK); 124, Milford_, 25 Jun (SDB); 118, Waynes Co) (3), 4 Jun (RLS); McGinnis (4), 11 Jun (RLS); Whispering Willows ville_, 28 Jm1 (VMK); 106, Martinsville_, 24 Jun (SDB); 93, Jamestown_, Pk (Kankakee Co), 4 Jun (JBH); Emiquon (.I'6), 1 Jul (KBR); Bath (Ma 9 Jun (DMK, MSS); 83, Dudleyvillc_, 5 Jun (DMK); 82, Stillwell_, 3 son Co) (J'6), 16 June (KBR). Jun (VMK); 81, JP, 27 Jul (PRC); 80, St. Morgan_, 5 Jun (KAM); 79, House Wren Beaucoup_, 6 Jun (DMK). Breeding: Rckfd (4 prs w/nests, most fledging 2+yg, incl brood on 31 Gray Catbird Jul), May-Jul (DTW); MeadbrkPk (5 nestlings, 6 Jul but later all died) Breeding: JP (some brood success, w/fledglingsfirst noted 6 Jul) (PRC); I• (CKA); RiverBcnd (6 eggs on 10 Aug, all fledgedon 26 Aug) (CKA); Bartel Grassland FP (Cook Co) (ad carrying food for yg), 26 Jun (WJM); Lenzburg (St. Clair Co) (nest w/5 eggs in EABL nest box), 19 Jun (TJD); RiverBend (carrying food), 27 Jul (CKA). MC: 51, Pe111broke, 25 Jun nd West Frankfort (Franklin Co) (feeding 2 brood), 5 Aug (LWS). MC: (RDI-I); 35, Cap Sauers, 14 Jun (EG); 17, JP, 5 Jun (PRC); 13, Kanka 40 (36.I'6), Highland Tw p (Grundy Co), 29 Jun (SDB); 39, Milford_, 25 keePks, 4 Jul (JBI-l); 12, Sang, 26 Jun & 15 Jul (I-IDB); 9, Sherrard_, Jun (SDB); 33, Union_, 12 Jun (SDB); 33, Pembroke, 25 Jun (RDI-I); 27, 22 Jun (BB); 9, Brnidwooc\L , 3 Jul (JBH); 9, Bonnie's Pra NP (Iroquois Boone, 30 May (CAT, TLK); 21, Sang, 25 Jun (I-IDB); 17.I'cS,Whil e Rock Co), 25 Jun (SOB); 8 (6.I'6), White Rock Twp (Ogle Co), 7 Jul (SOB); 8 Twp (Ogle Co), 3 Jun-7 Jul (SDB); 15, Marlinsville_, 24 Jun (SOB); 14, (4.I'c3'), Bachelor's Grove FP (Cook Co), 14 Jun-3 Jul (SOB); 8, Milford_, Athens_, 1 Jul (VMK); 13, Ja111eslown_, 9 Jun (DMK); J 0, St. Morgan_, 25 Jun (SDB); 8, CampPoint_, 4 Jun (VMK); 7, Kinnikinnick Crk CA 5 Jun (KAM). (Boone Co), 30 May (CAT, TLK); 7J'6, Maz/Braicl (Kankakee Co), 28 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Jun (SOB); 7, CarlL-C, 18 Jun (KAM); 6, LoslMound, 24 Jun (EA el al.); 6, Athens_, I Jul (VMK); 6, Martinsville_, 24 Jun (SOB); 6, Calhoun, 16 Breeding: Rckfd (3 prs building nests), 18 May (DTW); Hawk's Bluff Pk (Batavia, Kane Co) (pr w/food @ nest w/ l+ yg), 2 Jun (MM); Elsen's Jun (DMK, MSS); 5, Union_, 12 Jun (SOB); 5, Campton FP (Kane Co), Hill FP (DuPage Co) (ad on nest), 23 May (MM); JP (nest, but aban 8&22 Jun (ABH). doned) season (fide PRC); ClintonL (ad on nest), 20-27 May (M EF); Northern Mockingbird MeadbrkPk (ad on nest), 31 May (GR); Jo hnson (pr feeding 3 nestlings), MC: 19, Belknap_, 9 Jun (VMK); 16, Jamestown_, 9 Jun (DMK, MSS); 8 Jun (MML). MC: 33, HutchinsCrk, 6 Jun (RSR); 27, BeanRdg, 28 May 15, Pembroke, 25 Jun (ROH); 15, Columbia_, 4 Jun (KAM); 12, St. Mor (RSR); 26, RockCrk, 9 Jun (RSR); 25, CaneyCrk, 5 Jun (RSR); 24, SoRi gan_, 5 Jun (KAM); 11, LostMound, 24 Jun (EA el al.); 9, Pulaski_, l 0 Jun pI-Ilw, 27 May (RSR); 22, CaveCrk, 30-3 l May (RSR); 17, Mackinaw (VMK); 7, Kell_, 29 May (SDB); 6, BurntPrairie_, 7 Jun (VMK); 6, Ware SF&WA (Tazewell Co), 8 Jun (MEF); 15, Larue-Pine Hills EA (Union (Union Co), 16 Jul (DMK, TA M). Others: Rckfd (Apt) (1-2), 26 Jun-24 Co), 9 Jun (KAM); 10, Calhoun, 16 Jun (OMK, MSS). Jul (TL, DTW); No. Ogle, 14-16 Jun (TL, DTW); Chi (DiverseyI-I, Lin Eastern Bluebird coln Pk), 29 Jun-2 Jul (JIN); Alba Twp (I-Ie111·y Co) (2J'6), 29 Jun (SOB); Midewin (4), 6 Jun (GNe el al.); BraidwoodL (2), 3 Jul (JBH); Mackinaw Breeding: Danada FP (DuPage Co) (ad bringing food to cavity nest), 20 Jun (MM); LOW (49 fledged from 77 eggs), season, w/l, 2, & 3 eggs in SF&WA (Tazewell Co), 8 Jun (MEF); Money Crk Tw p (McLean Co), 7 3 nesls by 15 Apr (CKA); RiverBend (13 fledged fro111 15 eggs), season Jun (MJW); Sang (3, several days), Jun & Jul (I-IDB); Allerlon Pk_ (2), (CKA); Lively Grove Twp (Washington Co) (ad. pair w/ 4 eggs in nest late Jun (EJC); St. Joseph (Champaign Co) (pr), 4 Jun (GSL). box on 10 Apr, fledged all 4 young on 16 May, then same pair w/211d Note: Midcwin (sang fl ight song of Upland Sandpipers nesting in nearby nesting had 5 new eggs in box on 29 May that also fledged yg, then 3rd field), 19 Jun (REF). nest in same box w/ 4 eggs on 24 Jul) (TJD). MC: 17, Beaverda111L_, Brown Thrasher 8 Jun (VMK); 14, Sang, 16 Jun & 24 Jul (HOB); 13, Belknap_, 9 Jun Breeding: LOW (carrying food),22 Jun (CKA); Orel Twp (Skillet Fork (VMK); 10, Athens_, l Jul (VMK). Others: Rckfd (2 ad, 3 imm), 26 Jul Crk, Wayne Co) (5, familygroup), 22 Jun (SOB); Un ion (nest w/4 eggs), (BCW); no. Ogle (2 ad, 4 i111111), 31 Jul (DTW); GreenR (2 ad, 3 imm), 9 May (MML). MC: 19, LostMound, 24 Jun (EA et al.); 13, Belknap_, 18 Jun (DTW). 9 Jun (VMK); 10, Sang, 16 Jun (I-IDB); 9, Stillwell_, 3 Jun (VMK); 9, Note: "Nol as many this year", Sang (HDB); 58% reduclion in eggs laid Columbia_, 4 Jun (KAM); 8, Kell , 29 May (SOB); 7, Milford , 25 Jun & 51 % reduction in # ofbir ds fledged,from same nest boxes monitored in (SDB); 6 (incl family of 4), BraidwoodL, 3 Jul (JBH); 6, Calhoun, 16 20 11 in Champaign compared to 2010" (CKA). Jun (DMK, MSS); 6, Jamestown_, 9 Jun (DMK, MSS); 6, CarlL-C, 12 Veery Jun (OMK); 6, Mineral Twp (Bureau Co), 30 Jun (SDB); BurntPrairie , 7 Jun (VMK); 6, Beaverda1 1L- 8 Jun (VMK). Others: White Rock T MC: IO.I'6, Cap Sauers, 14 Jun (EG). Others: RockCut, 16 Jun (DTW); 1 ;p LowdMil ("plentiful" # .I'6s), 11 Jun (BJS, FRM); SwallowCliff (2), 28 (Ogle Co) (5 incl 3.I'6), 3Jun-7 Jul (SOB); Nachusa (3-5), 27 May - 29 Jun (DFS). Jun (ABH); St. Morgan_ (5), 5 Jun (KAM). European Starling Wood Thrush Breeding: Champaign (ads entering 3 separate nests behind Maralhon Breeding: Bliss Wds FP (Kane Co) (pr @ nest w/ad on nest), 28 May sign), 7 Apr (CKA); LOW (pr cop), 21 Apr (CKA); Urbana (carrying nest (MM). MC: 15, CaneyCrk, 5 Jun (RSR); 9, Cra ufo rd, 2 Jul (CAT, TLK); 9, SoRipHlw, 27 May (RSR); 8, Larue-Pine Hills EA (Union Co), 9 Jun material lo lree cavity), 14 May (CKA); MeadbrkPk (carrying nest mate rials to tree cavity), 17 Apr (CKA); MeadbrkPk (3 stub-tailed fedglings (KAM); 7, RockCrk, 9 Jun (RSR); 5, Palos, 14 Jun (EG); 4, Boone, 30 l May (CAT, TLK); 4, Mackinaw SF&WA (Tazewell Co), 8 Jun (MEF); on ground), 29 May (CKA). MC: 2000, Levee Rd (Monroe Co), 24 Jul (DMK); 800 (all juvs @roost), 28 Jun (I-IDB); 600, Levee Rd (Union 4, Athens_, I Jul (VMK); 4, Sang, 22 Jul (HDB); 4, Calhoun, 16 Jun (DMK, MSS); 4, MurphysboroL (Jackson Co), 16 Jul (DMK, TAM); 4, Co), 16 Jul (DMK, TAM); 242, Pulaski_, 10 Jun (VMK); 237, Waynes Belknap_, 9 Jun (VMK); 4, Pulaski_, 10 Jun (VMK); 4, BeaverdamL_, 8 ville_, 28 Jun (VMK); 200, ESTL, I Ju11 (DMK); 186, JP, 27 Jul (PRC); 163, Dudleyville_, 5 Jun (DMK); 115, Sherburnville_, 5 Jun (JBH); 1 10, Jun (VMK). Other: nw. Rckfd (3.I'c3'), season (DTW). Note: "Continues to decline", Sang (I-IDB). Union_, 12 Jun (SDB). Cedar Waxwing American Robin Breeding: IBSP (Sand Pond) (ad feeding yg @ nest), 19 Jun (JRS, BO); Breeding: Rckfd (pr w/3 chicks & ad w/3 fledglings just out of nest), 23 May & 30 Jul resp (DTW); Skokie Lagoons (Skokie, Cook Co) (nest w/ Downers Grove (DuPage Co) ("nested in neighbor's spruce trees"), yg nearly to fledging), 13 Jul (RCw); Lowell Pk, Dixon (Lee Co) (nest), season (REF); JP (one known successful nest), season (PRC); LOW (o 30 Apr (EWW); Sheldon (Iroquois Co) (nest on ground in soybean field fe d c;i in shrub, then Cjl gathered nest material & flew into tree), 9 Jun w/2 AMRO eggs), 24 Jun (WR); ClintonL (ad on nest), 17 Apr (MEF); (CKA); RiverBend (ad on nest 29 Jun, then 6 brought food to nest I 0 Jul Piatt (ad on nest), 30 Apr (CKA); Urbana (building nest on house gutter), & but nest emply on 13 Jul) (CKA); Sang (nesl), Jun (HOB); Staunton 23 Apr (CKA); MeadbrkPk (2 nesllings), 28 Jun (CKA); Urbana (U ofl Res (Macoupin Co) (adding lining to nest), 5 Jun (EWW); CarlL-C (nest Foreslry) (building nesl very high in tree), 2 May (CKA); LOW (finishing building), 29 May (DMK). MC: 48, RollinsSav, 17 Jun-8 Jul (SOB); 32, KankakeePks, 7 Jul (JBH); 30, Union_, 12 Jun (SDB); 24, White Rock nest low in honeysuckle shrub along trai I [but abandoned by I May]), 29 \' . Apr (CKA); RiverBend (completing nest in prairie shruh [but abandoned Twp (Ogle Co), 3 Jun-7 Jul (SDB); 23, LostMound, 24 Jun (EA et al.); 23, Bradford Twp (Lee Co), 2 Jun (SDB); 20, Kell_, 29 May (SDB); 19, by following week]), 25 May (CKA). MC: 254, Sherburnville , 5 Jun 34 Meadowlark Black Partridge FP (Cook Co), 19 Jun (SDB); 15 (eating 13-yr cicadas), Sang (mostly @ Carpenter Pk, Spfld) (3), 28 Jun (HDB); Calhoun (4), 16 23 Jun (HDB); 13, Grant Wds (No.) FP (Lake Co), 31 May-27 Jun (SDB); Jun (DMK, MSS). 13, JP, 29 Jun (PRC); 13, Sherrard_, 22 Jun (BB). Common Ye llowthroat Ovenbird Breeding: LOW (Cjl carrying caterpillar 8 Jul) (CKA); MeadbrkPk (2 ¥s d Breeding: Del Abby (Grundy Co) (pr w/yg), JO Jul (EWW). MC: 16, carrying food on 20 Jun & O' carrying caterpiJlm· lo 3r location 27 Jun CaneyCrk, 5 Jun (RSR); 11, Mackinaw Sr&WA (Tazewell Co), 8 Jun & 9 carrying food to 4rlb location 28 Jun) (CKA). MC: 75, HennepinL, (MEF); I 0, SoRipHlw, 27 May (RSR); 6!(j', Grant Weis (No.) FP (Lake 3 Jul (DFS); 49 (44/Q'), RollinsSav, 17 Jun-8 Jul (SDB); 39, Pembroke, Co), 31 May-27 Jun (SDB); 5, RockCut, 16 Jun (DTW). 25 Jun (RDH); 30, Martinsville_, 24 Jun (SDB); 2810',Wh ite Rock Twp Other: Zander Wds FP (Cook Co) (2J'O'), 24 Jun (WJM). (Ogle Co), 3 Jun-7 Jul (SDB); 27, Williamson, 30 Jun (LWS); 25, PrRdg Worm-eating Warbler J, 14-16 Jun (JWW et al.); 20 (18lc3'), Black Partridge FP (Cook Co), 19 Jun-5 Jul (SDB); 19, Kell_, 29 May (SOB); 18, PrRdg-M, 15 Jun (JWW MC: 1 1, BeanRdg, 28 May (RSR); I 0, CaneyCrk, 5 Jun (RSR); I 0, Rock et al.); 16 lo', Orangeville (Stephenson Co), I Jun (SDB); 16/cl', Mil Crk, 9 Jun (RSR); 10, Larue-Pinc Hills EA (Union Co), 9 Jun (KAM); ford_,25 Jun (SOB); 15/cl', Union_, 12 Jun (SDB). Other: JP (60, 9), 12 9, SoRipl-Ilw, 27 May (RSR); 4, CONWR (Devil's Kitchen), 22 Jun Jun, w/2 territories incl highly agitated o, 20 Jul (PRC). (LWS, AGS). Others: Mackinaw SF&WA (Ta zewell Co) (saw J'Q'), 8 Jun (MEF); Banner (Fulton Co) (lo), 29 May-I+ Jul (KBR). Hooded Warbler Louisiana Waterth rush MC: 7, SoRipHlw, 27 May (RSR); 7, BcanRdg, 28 May (RSR); 5, Larue Pine Hills EA(Union Co), 9 Jun (KAM); 4, CaneyCrk, 5 Jun (RSR). Oth Breeding: MissPalis (pr carrying food for yg), 30 May (EG); Jo hnson ers: Dan Wright Weis FP (Lake Co) (lo), 3 Jun (BJS); MissPalis (2), 30 (nest w/2 eggs), 15Apr (M ML). MC: 12, HutchinsCrk, 6Jun (RSR); II, CaneyCrk, 5 Jun (RSR); 11, Ccdt1rCrk, 21 May (RSR); 8, SoRipHlw, 27 May (EG); GrccncVal (J'Q'), 16 Jun (MAM); WatcrfallGlen (IQ'),29 Jun May (RSR); 7, CaveCrk, 30-31 May (RSR); 5, Mackinaw SF&WA (Taze (REF); SwallowCliff(3lc3'),4& 14 Jun (RLS & EG resp); Cap Sauers (2), 14 Jun (EG). well Co), 8 Jun (MEF). Others: McClaughry Springs Wds FP (Cook Co), 12 Jun (AAA ct al.); DuPage River ConfluenceFP (Will Co) (lo), 6 Jun American Redstart (SDB); SRSP, 8 Jun (TI-I); Clay City Twp (Clay Co) (lo), 26 May (SDB); MC: 37, CaveCrk, 30-3 1 May (RSR); 32, CedarCrk, 21 May (RSR); 10, Larue-Pine Hills EA (Union Co) (3), 9 Jun (KAM). CarlL-C, l 2 Jun (DMK); l 0, CaneyCrk, 5 Jun (RSR); I 0, CRSNA (John Northern Waterthrush son Co), 4 Jul (DMK); 6 (o), COLSP, 11 Jun (EWW); 6, I&M Canal (Utica, LaSalle Co), 18 Jun (DJS); 6, Pomona, l I Jun (KAM); 5, St. Mor NBSO: JP, 27 Jul. Record early fall record for site (PRC). gan_, 5 Jun (KAM); 5, HutchinsCrk, 6 Jun (RSR). Others: McHenry Blue-winged Warbler L&D (McHenry Co) (3), 8 Jul (BJS); MacArthur Wds FP (Lake Co) (lo), Breeding: John J. Duffy FP (Cook Co) (ad carrying lo ad), 24 Jun (EG). II Jun (SDB, SLD); IBSP (Sand Pond) (I st yr c3'), l 9 Jun (JRS, BD); MC: 3 (pr & 1(1)), John J. Duffy FP (Cook Co), 24 Jun (EG); 3 (on terri MissPalis (4), 30 May (EG); Fox River Shores FP (Kane Co) (5 prs), Jun/ tory), Hickory Crk FP (Will Co), 30 May (AAA:ph); 3, CaveCrk, 30-3 1 Jul (EES); Silver Springs SP (Kendall Co) (2), 18 Jun (DJS); Saganash May (RSR); 2J'o, Grant Wds (No.) FP (Lake Co), 31 May-27 Jun (SOB); keeSI (Cook Co) (3), II Jun (RLS); JP (2, thru 15 Jun, w/one I st_spring O' 2, John J. Duffy FP (Cook Co), 4 Jun (RLS). Hybrid: "Brewster's" -Hcn into Jul) (PRC); LCal (Eggers Grove FP), 14 Jun (WJM); MomenceWet ncpinL (J'O' giving typical Blue-winged song), 2 Jun (SDB). (Kankakee Co), 9 Jul (ROH); Ta ze11,ell/Woodford (along MackinawR) (4), Black-and-white Warbler 2 Jul (MJW, LA); SangamonR, Sang (2 i111111), 13 Jul (HOB); Mt. Erie Orland Grasslands (Cook Co), 5 Jun (FRM); Spfld(W ashington Pk) (o), Twp (along Little WabashR, Wayne Co) (3J'c3'), lO Jun (CLl-l);Alexander l & 25 Jul (HDB); Pomona (2), 9 & 25 Jun (KAM). (4), 25 Jun (KAM). Prothonotary Warbler Cerulean Warbler MC: I 0, CaveCrk, 30-3 1 May (RSR); 9, CedarCrk, 21 May (RSR); 5, Breeding: Raccoon Crk Res (Centralia, Marion Co) (pr nesting in small nest structure made of rope tacked to house; one dead yg found outside SoRipHlw, 27 May (RSR); 4, Old Shawneetown (Gallatin Co) (CLH); nest structure), 6 Jun (BR, NS:ph fideJJ). MC: 23, RendL (Franklin Co), 4, Pomona, 25 Jun (KAM). Others: Ryerson (lc3'), 19 Jun (JSS); Mis 25 Jun (LWS); 22, Heron Pond & LtlBlkSI (Johnson Co), 16 Jun (EG); sPalis (2), 30 May (EG); Miller-Anderson Wds NP (Bureau Co) (tel'), 19 II, RockCrk, 9 Jun (RSR); IO, CRSNA (Johnson Co), 4 Jul (DMK); 9, Jun (TH); Banner (Fulton Co) (J'c3'), 26 Apr-12+ Jtin (KBR); Mackinaw CaveCrk, 30-3 1 May (RSR). Others: Sugar River FP (Winnebago Co), 5 SF&WA (Tazewell Co) (2), 8 Jun (MEF); Calhoun (3), 1 6 Jun (DMK, MSS); Ramsey Lake SP (Fayette Co), 24 Jul (DJM); Beall Wds SP (Wa Jun (DTW); e. Stephenson, l l Jun (DTW); McHenry L&O (McHenry Co) (10'), 5 Jun-8 Jul (BJS); WaterfallGlen (lc3'), season (REF); Black Par bash Co) (2J'o), 3 Jun (CLH); Larue-Pine Hills EA (Union Co) (2J'o), IO tridge FP (Des PlainesR, Cook Co) (lo), 5 Jul (SDB); Montrose, 16 Jul Jun (JWL, JS). (KKM) & ("tail feathers & some head feathers missing"), 25 Jul (SBB); Northern Paruta MomenceWet, 9 Jul (ROI-I);Woodford SF&WA (Woodford Co) (4), 2 Jul MC: 21, Heron Pond & LtlBlkSI (Johnson Co), 16 Jun (EG); 18, Caney (TI-I); Sang (seen on 6 days in Jul, w/3 there 14 Jul) (HOB). Crk, 5 Jun (RSR); 18, Cave Crk, 30-3 1 May (RSR); 18, Larue-Pinc Hills SWAINSON'S WA RBLER EA (Union Co), 9 Jun (KAM); 17, CedarCrk, 21 May (RSR); 14, SoRi pHlw, 27 May (RSR); 12, HutchinsCrk, 6 Jun (RSR); JI, BeanRdg, 28 CedarCrk, 21 May (RSR); Thebes (Alexander Co) (pr on territory), Calhoun, 1 I May-! 7 Jun (SDB, PA M, KAM:ph, EG et al.). May (RSR); 6, 6 Jun (DMK, MSS); 6, CRSNA (Johnson Co), 4 Jul (DMK). Edge of range: MissPalis, 30 May (EG); Sannauk FP (Dekalb Tennessee Warbler Co) (lo), 6 May-26 Jun (DJS); Red Oak NC (North Aurora, Kane Co) NBSO: Evanston (Cook Co) (!($ in yard), 24 Jun (MMC). (10'), 17 Jun (DJS); HennepinL (5/o), 3 Jul (DFS); KankakeeR SP, 3 Mourning Warbler Jul (RDH); MomenceWet, 9 Jul (RDI-1); I&M Canal (Utica, LaSalle Co) Big Rock FP (Kane Co) (lo on territory), 14 Jun thru mid-Jul (ATB); (3J'o), 18 Jun (DJS); Sandy Ford NP (LaSalle Co) (2J'Q'), 29 Jun (SOB); Oriole Grove FP (Lake Co) (J'Q'), 14 Jun (GH). Mackinaw SF&WA (Tazewell Co) (3), 8 Jun (MEF); Ta zell'ell (2-1-), 2 Jul (MJW, LA). Others: JP (J'Q'), 8 Jun (PRC); Echo Bluff M (Bureau Co) Ken tucky Warbler (c3'),26 Jun (EWW); Sang (3; "low #s"), 28 Jun, but noted on 5 days in Breeding: LowdM il (ad carrying food for yg), 2 Jun (JBn ph); Un ion Jul there (I-IDB); RamscyL (Fayette Co) (3), 6 Ju l (DJS); Oakwood Bllns (new nest w/1 egg), 9 May (MML); Jo hnson (new nest w/1 egg), 7 May & (.Jackson Co) (5), 9 Jun (KAM). (later fledged 5 yg), 3 Jun (MML). MC: 40, CONWR (Devil's Kitchen), 1,4,8&10 Jun (LWS); l 7, Larue-Pine Hills EA (Union Co), 9 Jun (KAM); Yellow Warbler 16, Heron Pond & LtlBlkSI (Johnson Co), 16 Jun (EG); 14, SoRipHlw, 27 Breeding: John J. Duffy FP (Cook Co) (yg), 24 Jun (EG); JP (3 beg May (RSR); 13, RockCrk, 9 Jun (RSR); 12, CavcCrk, 30-3 1 May (RSR); ging fledglings), 13 Jul (PRC); HennepinL (pr w/flcdglings), 16 Jun 11, CaneyCrk, 5 Jun (RSR); IO, BeanRdg, 28 May (RSR); 7lo, Lowd (RAM, LM, JV). MC: 16, JP, 26&29 Jun (PRC); 15, Boone, 30 May Mil, 30 May (EG); 7, Hamilton, 5 Jul (LWS, AGS). Others: Sugar River (CAT, TLK); 15/o, Hennepin Twp (Pulnam Co), 2 Jun (SDB); 1110', Alder FP (Winnebago Co), 5 Jun (DTW, BCW); MissPalis (4), 30 May RollinsSav, 18 Jun (SDB); IOlo, Bonnie's Pra NP (Iroquois Co), 25 Jun (EG); Mackinaw SF&WA (Tazewell Co) (3, pr &o), 8 Jun (MEF:ph); (SDB); 8lc3',Orang eville (Stephenson Co), I Jun (SDB); 810',Black Par- Volume 21, Number 1 35 !ridge FP (Cook Co),19 Jun (SDB); 8, Mackinaw Prairie Wa rbler: SF&WA (Tazewell Co), 8 Jun (MEF); 8, Car!L-C, Wa terfall Glen Fo rest Preserve, J 2 Jun (DMK, MSS); 8, Calhoun, 16 Jun (DMK, MSS); 6J'J,Union _, J 2 Jun (SDB); 5, Sang, 4 Cook County. 25 Ju ne 2011. Jun (HDB). Photo by Dick Ya maski. Chestnut-sided Warbler MC: 4, Sugar River Alder FP (Winnebago Co), 5 Prn NP (Iroquois Co) (J'()), 25 Jun (SOB); LOW Jun (DTW, BCW). Others: MidSav (J'c3'), 6-9 Jun (2.1'6), 13 May-7 Jul (CKA); RiverBend (.i'c3's @ 3 (AR); GreeneVal (J'Q'), 28 Jun (MAM); Bachelor's locations), 10 May- thru period (CKA); Kell_ (4), Grove FP (Cook Co) (J'c3'), 3 Jul (SOB); Swallow 29 May (SDB). Cliff, 14 & 28 Jun (EG & DFS resp); Cup Sauers, Eastern Towhee 14 Jun (EG). Breeding: Danada FP (DuPage Co) (ad feeding Pine Warbler fledged yg), 20 Jun (MM). MC: 38, Pembroke, 25 Jun MC: 22_, CONWR (Devil's Kitchen), 1,4, 8& 10 Jun (RDH); 12, Martinsville_, 24 Jun (SOB); 10, Belknap_, (LWS); 9, Hamilton, 4 Jul (LWS). Others: Sugar River 9 Jun (VMK); 7, Mackinaw SF&WA (Tazewell Co), 8 ' / FP (Winnebago Co), 10 Jul (but presenl since mid-Jun) Jun (MEF); 7, BeaverdamL_, 8 Jun (VMK). (DTW); McHenry L&D (McHenry Co) 5-12 Jun (2J'c3'), Chipping Sparrow (BJS, MT, SOB), w/2J'c3's lhere, 8 Jul (BJS); Grant Wds Breeding: Rckfd (ad carrying food),4 Jun (DTW); Piatt (No.) FP (Lake Co) (2J'c3'), 30-3 l May (SOB, SLD); Ly (finishing nest cup in conifer in yard), 7 May (CKA). ons Weis FP (Lake Co) (fc3'), 12 Apr - 13 Jul (EWW, MC: 49, Union_, 12 Jun (SOB); 28, Pembroke, 25 Jun BJS); MissPalis, 30 May (EG); LowdMil, 11 Jun (BJS, (ROH); 22, Sang, 26 Jun (I-IDB); 21, Milford_, 25 Jun FRM); Waterfal!Glen (J'c)'), 5 Jul (SDB); Sand Ridge SF (SOB); 20, Calhoun, 16 Jun (DMK, MSS); 18, Boone, (Mason Co) (3J'c3'), 1&3 Jun (KBR); Red Hill SP (Law 30 May (CAT, TLK); 17, Marti11sville_, 24 Jun (SOB); rence Co), 23 Jun (CLH); ChristopherL (Franklin Co) 14, Athens_, 1 Jul (VMK); 14, Jamestown_, 9 (3), 30 May (LWS); Pomona (3), 25 Jun (KAM); Mur Jun (DMK, MSS); 13, Kell_, 29 May (SOB); 13, Colurn physboroL (Jackson Co), 16 Jul (DMK, TA M). bin_, 4 (KAM); 12, St. Morgan_, 5 un (KAM); Ve sper Sp arrow. North Jun J 10, Ye llow-throated Warbler Stillwell_, 3 Jun (VMK). MC: 1!1. CONWR (Devil's Kitchen), 1,4, 8& 10 Jun Aurora, Kane County. Clay-colored Sparrow (LWS); 15, Orient Elms (Franklin Co), J 7 Jun (LWS); Ju ne 14 2011. Breeding: Lakewood FP (Lake Co) (ad carrying cater 12, ChristopherRes (Franklin Co), 30 May (LWS); Photo by Ken Schneider. pillar to nest site), 5 Ju11 (BJS). Others: Lakewood FP 11, HutchinsCrk, 6 Jun (RSR); 10, ZeiglerL (Franklin (2), 5 Jun (BJS); Leroy Oakes FP (Kane Co) (3), 26 Jun Co), 25 May (LWS); 9, CaveCrk, 30-31 May (RSR); (CM); Campton FP (Kane Co) (fc3'), 15 May-19 Jun (ABH); GreeneVal 6, Larue-Pine Hills EA (Union Co), 9 Jun (KAM). Others: Sugar River (f(}), 3&21 Jun (MAM); Pratt'sWW (.i'c3'), 4 Jun (MB!); Springbrk (pr), FP (Winnebago Co), 5 Jun (DTW); McHenry L&D (McHenry Co) (pr), 19 Jun (AA); (pr), 19 Jun (AA); Orland Grasslands (Cook Co) (f(}),5- 11 5 Jun-8 Jul (BJS, SDB, SLD el al.); MissPalis, 30 May (EG); Kanka Jun (FRM, RLS), & 2nd (?) c3' @ different localion, 19 Jun (AAA). keeR SP (2), 3 Jul (ROH); Momence Wet, 9 Jul (RDH); SRSP, 8 Jun (TH); Sandy Ford NP (LaSalle Co) (.i'c3'), 29 Jun (SOB); Banner (Fulton Co) Field Sparrow (.i'c)'),Apr 26 -12 Jul (KBR); Sang ( 40'),6- 17 Jun (H DB); HornerL FP (old Breecli11g: Sugar River Alder FP (Winnebago Co) (7 prs carrying food Homer Pk area, Champaign Co) (J'(}),mid -Jul (EJC); Hunter Twp (Edgar for yg), 5 Jun (DTW, BCW); John J. Duffy FP (Cook Co) (ad carrying Co) (2.i'()),24 Jun (SOB); Calhoun (4), 16 Jun (DMK, MSS). food), 24 Jun (EG); LOW (pr together w/one carrying 11est material), 29 Apr (CKA); RiverBend (carrying foodto same locatio11), 6&8 Jul & (car Prairie Warbler rying nest material), 6 Jul & (2 juvs on ground, different location), 13 Jul MC: 10, CRSNA (Johnson Co), 5 Jul (DMK); 6 (5.i'c3', 36 Meadowlark Lark Sparrow Breeding: Sugar River Alder Fl' (Winnebago Co) (3 prs carrying food J'o r yg), 5 .l un (DTW, BCW); 110. Ogle (pr cm·rying food for yg), 15 Jtin (DTW); 110. Ogle (2 juvs in begging display), 31 Jul (DTW). MC: 12, Pembroke, 25 Jun (RDH); 7, Nachus (JWW et al.); 9lc3', Martinsville_, 24 Jun (SOB); 8, Rol linsSav, 4& 18 Jun (BJS & SDB resp); 7, Hc11nepinL, 3 Jul Grasshopper Sp arrow. Nelson (DFS); 7, Crawfo rd, 2 Jul (CAT, TLK); 6, 18 Btms (Frnnk Lake Marsh Fo rest Preserve, 25 lin Co), 20 Jun (LWS); 6, CarlL-C, Jun (D MK); 5, Kane County. lO June 2011. Boone, 30 May (CAT, TLK); 5, Palos (BergmanSl), l I Jun Photo by Ken Schneida (RLS); 5, Annawan (Henry Co), 26 .lun(EWW); 5, Pem broke, 25 Jun (RDH); 5, Omleck's Big Sky Pm (McLean Grasshopper Sp arrow. Th omson, Co), 12 .lun (MJW); 5, Columbia_, 4 Jun (KAM). Others: Rckfd (Apt) (3), 2 Jul (DTW); Orland Grasslands (Cook Carroll County. 6 Ju ne 2011. Co) ("numerous"), 5 Jun (FRM); John J. Duffy FP (Cook Photo by John Lo11ghe111y. Co) (4), 4 Jun (RLS); Kell_ (4J'o), 29 May (SDB). Many reports of 1-3 birds throughout Illinois. Henslow's Sparrow MC: 50, PrRdg-J, 14-16 Jun (JWW el al.); 38, PrRdg-M, 15 Jun (JWW et al.); 20J'c3',Nachusa, 3 Jun (/\Bl-I); 11, Palos (Bergman SI fielcl), 1 9 Jun (RLS); 8, Carl L-C, 25 Jun (DMK); 7, GLPSNA, 3 Jul (RDH); 6, CRSNA (Johnson Co), 4 Jul (DMK); 5, HennepinL, 3 Jul (DFS). Others: Lost Mound (3), 24 Jun (EA et al.); Sugar River Alder FP (Winnebago Co) (3lc3'), 5 Jun (DTW, BCW); RockCut (2lo), 2 Jul (DTW); !BSP (No. Unit) (4), 12 Jun (EG); RollinsSav (410'), 9 Jul (SDB); Mellawa (Lake Co), 11 Jun (SDB, SLD et al.); Big Rock FP (Kane Co) (4-6lQ), 7 Jun (ATB); DYN L (410'), 7 Jul (KS); Springbrk ("several"), 19 Jun (AA); Pratt's Wayne Wds Fl' (DuPage Co), 4 Jun (MBI); Crabtree NC (Cook Co) (310'),9 Jul (ABA); St. Michael Res (Palatine Twp, Cook Co) (4J'd'), 2 Jul (SOB, SLD); Bartel Grassland FP (Cook Co) (2h5), 26 Jun (WJM); Orland Grasslands (Cook Co) ("numerous"), 5 Jun (FRM); Plum Crk l'P (Cook Co) (many), 3 Jul (JE); Ka11kakeePks (212!), 7 Jul (JBH); Kansas Tw p (Woodford Co), l Jun (MEF); Comlara GP (McLean Co) (ld'), 5 Jun (LA el al.); Oncleck's Big Sky Pra (McLean OQ) (4J'd'), 12 Jun (MJW); Sand Ridge Sr (Mason Co) (J'o'), 16 Jul (KBR); Rocbustcr Tw p, Sang (cl'),25 Jun (H DB); Sangchris SP (Sangamon Co) c& ($heaclqumtcr s), 31 Jul (HOB). Song Sparrow Breeding: LCal (O'Brien L&D) (ad carrying food foryg), 26 Jun (W JM); McadbrkPk (carrying food), 29 May & (carrying food, clrnscd away COYE & 1m1de co11lacl calls all al same lime), 20 Jun & (carrying food Vo lume 21, Number 1 37 Blue Grosbeak. Midewin Na tional Ta llgrass Prairie, Will County. 21 July2011. Photo by Don Blecha. Jun (VMK); 30, Sherburnville_, 5 Jun (JBI-1); 29, Martinsville_, 24 Jun (SOB); 27, Athens_, 1 Jul (VMK); 25, Jamestown_, 9 Jun (DMK, MSS); 23, Kell_, 29 May (SOB); 22, 1-lutchinsCrk, 6 Jun (RSR); 21, Sang, 15 Jun (HOB); 20, Calhoun, 16 Jun (OMK, MSS); 20, CarlL-C, 25 Jun (DMK). Other: Union_ (14), 12 Jun (SOB). Rose-breasted Grosbeak Breeding: HennepinL (ad w/fledgling), 16 Jun (RAM, LM, JV). MC: 8, Sang, 13&16 Jun (HOB); 6J'cl', Putnam, 2 Jun (SOB); 5, Pembroke, 25 Jun (ROH); 5 (J'c3'), Mineral Twp (Bureau Co), 7-30 Jun (SOB). Others: @different locale), 18 Jul (CK.A). MC: 52, Union_, 12 Jun (SOB); 52, Mettawa (Lake Co) (36', 38 Meadowlark Dickcissel. Midevvin Na tional Red-winged Blackbird Ta llgrnss Prairie, Wi ll County. Breeding: RollinsSav (new but empty nest), 18 Jun (SOB); Pia/I (carrying nesl 4 July 2011. materials), 7 May (CKA); Champaign Photo by Don Blecha. (Border's parking lot) (c3' fe eding fledg ling), 22 Jun (CKA); McadbrlcPk (cmTied Jun (SOB); 25, Larue-Pinc Hills EA (Union fo od into �rass), 6 Jun & (Ci' dropped fecal Co), 9 Jun (KAM); 24, Alhcns__ , 1 Jul sac in 2nc area), 12 Jun (CKA); Mcacl (VMK): 21, Mackinaw SF&WA (Tazewell brkPk (39 feeding yg in adjacent le1'ri Co), 8 Jun (MEF). Others: Boone (19), 30 lorics), 19 Jun & arryin lg caterpil " c?. c g May (CAT, TLK); Rollins ( 17, 16J'd ), 17 lar), 25 Jul (CK/\). MC: 2000, Levee Rd .lun-9 Jul (SDB); Chi (GrantPk) (Q'),.1.1 (Monroe Co), 24 Jul (DM K); 657, Beau l@(JE). Likely migrant.; JP (9J'o), 29Jun coup_, 6 Jun (DMK); 325, Jamestown_, but tis diminishing in Jul. No known nests 9 Jun (DMK, MSS); 305, l'rRdg-J, 14-16 (PRC). Jun (JWW ct al.); 300, CRSNA (Johnson PAINTED BUNTING Co), 4 Jul (DMK); 268, Columbia_, 4 Jun (KAM); 254, Sherburnville_, 5 .lun Breeding: ESTL ("new" location near MississippiR) (ad carrying food fo1· yg @ (J BH); 235, Kell_, 29 May (SOB); 2 1 4, Cm·IL-C, diffc 1·c11t location (fl'Om DMK, KAM loca Fairbu1·y_, 23 Jun (V MK); 200, tion) than below; ESTL (ad & subad J'os 12 Jun (DMK); 200, Levee Rd (Union Co), 16 .Jul (DMK, TA M); 196, Stillwell_, seen & heard), 16 Jul (PAM :ph); Others: ESTL ("new" location near MississippiR) 3 Jun (VMK); 164, Waynesville_, 28 Jun (VM K); 163, PrRdg-M, 15 Jun (JWW el (basic, HY o'), 16 & 20 Jun & (subad c3'), 6 & 17 Jul (DMK:ph & KAM resp); ESTL (J'd' @ diffe rent location than above PA M record), 16 Jul al.); 152, Martinsville_, 24 Jun (SOB); 152, Dudlcyville_, 5 Jun (DMK); (PAM); ESTL (2J'O's @ "old"/original breeding locaLion), 16 Jul (PAM). 148, Ponliac_, 24 Jun (VMK); 146, CampPoint_, 4 Jun (VMK); 120, Ca/ Singing O's present @ 3-4 diITerent locations in a several square mile ho1111, 1 6 Jun (DMK, MSS); 118, Milford_, 25 Jun (SOB). MississippiR rivert'ront area. Eastern Meadowlark Dickcissel MC: 170, PrRdg-J, 14-16 Jun (.I WW ct al.); 63, Kell_, 29 May (SDB); 58, PrRdg-M, 15 Jun (J WW ct al.); 40, Levee Rd (Monroe Co), 21 Jun 11rccding: Rckfd (/\pl) (9 carrying food for yg), 29 Jun (DTW); LCal (DMK); 35, Colul11bia_, 4 Jun (KAM); 30, Martinsville_, 24 Jun (SOB); (O'Brien L&D) (agitated 9 carrying food for yg), 27 Jul (WJM); On 9 deck's Big Sky Pra (McLean Co) ( Sherburnville_ (17), 5 Jun (J13H). MCI-le111y (Dun hal11 Rd sod farm), 29Ju l (KML); IBSP (So. Unit) (2), 29 Note: Sang ("more Limn usual"), Jun (HOB). May (BJS); Waterfal!Glen (3d', 9), 13 J ul (REF). Bobolink Common Grackle Breeding: RollinsSav (� w/2 juvs), 9 Jul (SOB); St. Michael Reservoir Breeding: CBG (ads carrying nest material lo nest sites), 23 Apr (ABA); (Palatine Twp, Cook Co) (� carrying food), 2 Jul (SOB, SLD); MlrMdws LOW (caught moth & carried to nest/yg), 26 May (CKA); MeadbrkPk (ad (4 i11cl I carrying food), 4 Jul (EG). MC: 34, RollinsSav, 4 Jun (OR D); feedingfl.edgli ng), 12 Jun (CKA); Urbana (ad building nesl in pine), 23 32, St. Michael Res (Palatine Twp, Cook Co), 2 Jul (SOB, SLD); 23, Na Apr (CKA). MC: 600, Levee Rd (Monroe Co), 17 Jul (DM K, MSS); 277, chusa, 27 May (ABH); 21, LostMouncl, 24 Jun (EA et al.); 20, MidSav, Pontiac_, 24 Jun (VMK); 232, Beaucoup_, 6 Jun (DMK); 218, James 9 Jun (AR); 18 (13c3'),Whit e Rock Twp (Ogle Co), 3 Jun-7 Jul (SOB). town_, 9 Jun (DMK, MSS); 207, Waynesville_, 28 Jun (VMK); 179, Others: No. Ogle (5), 15 Jun (DTW); Campton FP (Kane Co) (8c3' & Sherburnville_, 5 Jun (JBl-I); 165, Fairbury_, 23 Jun (VMK); 150, Levee 4�), 8&22 Jun (A13H);DYNL (12, incl Sc)'& 2 pr), 7 Jul (KS); Danada Rd (Union Co), 16 Jul (DMK, TAM); 120, Car!L-C, 12 Jun (DMK). FP (DuPage Co) (5), 14 Jun (JC); Palos (13crgmanSI field) (8, 7d'), 11 Jun Brown-headed Cowbird (RLS); Rivoli Twp (Mercer Co), 22 Jun (BB); Neponset Twp (Bureau Co) Breeding: JP (few yg bul 1 st noted 6 Jul, and YWAR only known hosl), (3J'c)'), 6 Jun (SOB); 1 lennepinL (5), 3 Jul (OFS); Kankakeel'ks (pr), 8 Jul - season (PRC); MeadbrkPk (pr cop), 25 May & (fledgling), 20 Jun (CKA). (J13H); Pleasant Plait1s,Sang (3o; "last spot in county"), 26 Jun (HOB); This species eggs/yg also noted in the nests of ACFL, EA.PH, BEV!, PrRdg-J (2d'), 13 Jul (but 2 seen on earlier elate, same location) & 2 Jun SAVS, NOCA & BLGR (see those species accounts). MC: 600, Levee Rd (RES, CLH, SSn & CLH resp). (Monroe Co), 24 Jul (DMK); 100, Sang, 8 Jul (HOB); 66, Union_, 12 Jun Vo lume 21, Number 1 39 (SOB); 60, Shcrburnville_, 5 Jun (JBH); 60, CarlL Baltimore Oriole. 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