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:
A Northern Flicker on the lookout; O’Hara Woods Nature Preserve; 12 April 2025A Great Egret hunts for dinner; O’Hara Woods Nature Preserve; 12 April 2025A couple Gadwalls hunt for dinner; O’Hara Woods Nature Preserve; 12 April 2025An Eastern Phoebe watching for bugs; O’Hara Woods Nature Preserve; 12 April 2025An Eastern Bluebird gives us the cold shoulder; O’Hara Woods Nature Preserve; 12 April 2025A Winter Wren bops around a log; O’Hara Woods Nature Preserve; 12 April 2025A Cooper’s Hawk soars overhead; O’Hara Woods Nature Preserve; 12 April 2025Three pelicans soar toward a pond; O’Hara Woods Nature Preserve; 12 April 2025A pelican soars toward a pond; O’Hara Woods Nature Preserve; 12 April 2025A flock of pelicans fishes together in a pond; O’Hara Woods Nature Preserve; 12 April 2025
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
Three American Coots float in a lake; Saganashkee Slough, IL; 29 March2025A big flock of American Coots float in a lake; Saganashkee Slough, IL; 29 March 2025A bald eagle soars overhead; Saganashkee Slough, IL; 29 March 2025A big flock of American Coots take flight from a lake; Saganashkee Slough, IL; 29 March 2025A Brown Creeper scoots its way up the tree; Saganashkee Slough, IL; 29 March 2025A Brown Creeper scoots its way up the tree; Saganashkee Slough, IL; 29 March 2025A horned grebe and a coot hang out on the lake; Saganashkee Slough, IL; 29 March 2025Two horned grebe make their way across a lake; Saganashkee Slough, IL; 29 March 2025Two horned grebe make their way across a lake; Saganashkee Slough, IL; 29 March 2025Three American White Pelicans soar overhead; Saganashkee Slough, IL; 29 March 2025Three American White Pelicans soar overhead; Saganashkee Slough, IL; 29 March 2025
