On the sunny morning of June 7, six birders made it out to the Bill Jarvis Migratory Bird Sanctuary in Lincoln Park and gathered at the Sanctuary’s Viewing Platform.
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Field trip leader Chris Holden recaps the May 23 COS after work trip to Humboldt Park.
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Field trip leader Vinod Babu recaps the May 18 COS field trip to River Park.
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Field Trip Report editor Kris Hansen recaps the May 18 Birding from Boats event, an outing jointly sponsored by the Friends of the Chicago River and the Chicago Ornithological Society.
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Field trip leader Vinod Babu recaps the May 12 COS field trip to North Park Village Nature Center.
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Under Chicago's sunny cool day on May 11, a group of 11 awesome birders got together to get a glimpse of who had stopped at McKinley Park while on their migration path. During introductions, the team got an early start with a beautiful Common Yellowthroat prancing in its own bush.
Bajo el día fresco pero soleado en Chicago en 11 mayo, un grupo de 11 increíbles observadores de aves se reunieron para echar un vistazo a quién se había detenido en McKinley Park durante su ruta migratoria. Durante las introducciones, el equipo comenzó temprano con una hermosa mascarita común bailando en su propio arbusto.
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Field trip leader Vinod Babu recaps the May 10 COS field trip to Montrose Point and Dunes.
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Writer Brighten Jelke recaps the April 29 COS after work field trip to Montrose Dunes and Point.
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Field trip leader Christine Williamson recaps the May 12 COS field trip to Montrose Beach and Jarvis Bird Sanctuary.
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Writer Shelley Weinberg recaps the May 11 COS field trip to Humboldt Park.
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The trip on Sunday, May 5, at Linne Woods started well for me before any of the participants even arrived as a number of birds put on a show in the parking area: Baltimore Orioles, a singing Northern Waterthrush and a Mourning Dove doing a display flight, gliding in a wide circle around the parking lot. As folks arrived, we started trying to spy the waterthrush and other singers, to no avail, but we were amazed by a Broad-winged Hawk flying close overhead.
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Field trip leaders Christine and Geoff Williamson recap the April 27 COS field trip to LaBagh Woods.
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Field trip editor Kris Hansen recaps the April 29 COS field trip to Northerly Island.
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Field Trip Leader Em DeBlas recaps the April 16 COS field trip to McKinley Park.
La líder de la excursión, Em DeBlas, resume la excursión de COS del 16 de abril al Parque McKinley.
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Field Trip Leader Tarik Shahzad recaps the COS spring woodcock walks.
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Ten walk participants joined a fun birding adventure led by guides Stephanie Beilke and Jake Vinsel at Indian Ridge Marsh in the Calumet Region.
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Field Trip Leader David Rupp recaps the April 5 COS field trip to Humboldt Park.
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Field Trip Leader Jake Vinsel recaps the March 16 COS field trip to Big Marsh.
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Writer Brighten Jelke recaps the March 10 inaugural COS Loop field trip to look for peregrines.
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