This weekend trip was led by Dr. Jeff Walk of The Nature Conservancy. Jeff grew up in the area and knows it well. On Saturday, we scoured farm fields in the Newton-Prairie Ridge area. With a full moon and the wee hours of Sunday, we headed out to watch a show of Prairie Chickens.
We had 82 species of birds on the count this year, the 63rd time the count"s been held. This is the third best species total for the Lisle-Arb count, trailing only the counts from Dec 2009 (89 species) and Dec 2006 (86 species).
