We spent a lovely couple hours strolling around the Crabtree Nature Center, with lots of feathered friends in attendance. We spotted 34 species! Here are some of the highlights. Here’s our Ebird list.
Category: Morning Walk
Dean Nature Sanctuary felt a bit desolate — they’d done a controlled burn and a lot of the grasses were denuded. The Robins and the Red-winged Blackbirds were out in force. No new lifers, but an enjoyable time nonetheless.
We joined the Will County Audubon society for a lovely outing in the O’Hara Woods Nature Preserve.
New Lifers:
- Winter Wren
We saw these tweeters:
We had a lovely outing in Arie Crown Forest — starting to see some Spring birds.
We glimpsed some American White Pelicans cruising overhead, and spotted horned grebes for the first time.
On our way out to see some birds this afternoon, we looked up the word slough and learned that in the context of a pond or other water, it rhymes with “flew.” Either way, it must mean full of birds.
We saw oodles of coots, who took off in a hurry when a bald eagle flew by.
New Lifers:
- Horned Grebe
- Ruddy Duck
