On November 26, 2021, the fourth ever record of a Small-billed Elaenia in the U.S. was found in Waukegan, IL. How was this incredibly turned around fly catcher found? Here is the finder’s, Susan Miller-Zelek, first hand account!
In order to keep up with the growth of and serve the burgeoning bird community we need you! Have skills you’d like to offer? Great! Don’t know what you have to offer but still want to help? Great! We want to hear from you.
Read the latest of Dan Lory’s Thursday thoughts on birds of the Chicago region. This week, we have the answers to last week’s featured in 2021 quiz. Did you get them all?
Read the latest of Dan Lory’s Thursday thoughts on birds of the Chicago region. This week, we take a look back at the 2021 features with a quiz. Can you correctly ID them all?
Read the latest of Dan Lory’s Thursday thoughts on birds of the Chicago region. This week the ever challenging and hotly debated ID topic; is it a Greater or a Lesser Scaup?
It's Christmas Bird Count season! With well over a dozen counts happening throughout the greater Chicagoland area, how does one get started? We've got you covered!
“After 6 days of banding between May 31 and August 8, we wrapped up our second season of MAPS banding. We captured a total of 224 birds, including 179 new birds and 38 recaptures, meaning they were already wearing an aluminum leg band from a previous banding.”
Read the latest of Dan Lory’s Thursday thoughts on birds of the Chicago region. This week, the thrush-like, warbler-like?, and maybe also sparrow-like? American Pipit.
Read the latest of Dan Lory’s Thursday thoughts on birds of the Chicago region. This week, the oddly named and most common plover in Chicagoland, the Killdeer.
Read the latest of Dan Lory’s Thursday thoughts on birds of the Chicago region. This week, the master of “loafing” and confusing birders in their formative years, the Herring Gull.
The pairing of Snowy Egret with Little Blue Heron is rare but seems to occur regularly. Randy Shonkwiler reports on one seen at Burnham Prairie Nature Preserve this summer and what this hybrid species is all about.
The nameless Park 566 is remarkable and stark public park featuring the most extreme examples of what urban nature can be. Despite it’s history, it proves to be a favorite of many birds, including a remarkably rare find this weekend that delighted birders!
Purple Martins are not rare, but of the 214 species of bird species that are generally accepted as confirmed from LaBagh Woods, this particular species has never been documented at LaBagh before August 4, 2021.
