DuPage County, Illinois RBA for April 3, 1998
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Location: DuPage County, Illinois
Number: 630-406-8111
Coverage: Western, southwestern suburbs of Chicago
Compiler/Transcriber: Jim Frazier
Email: jfrazier@elnet.com
DuPage Hotline Site (including directions and archives)
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jimfrazier/dupage.htm
Official DuPage Birding Club site:
http://www.xnet.com/~ugeiser/Birds/BirdClub.html
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This is the DuPage Birding Club Hotline for Friday, April 3, 1998
at 10:30pm
The following birds have been reported from several locations:
PHOEBES, TREE SWALLOWS, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLETS, FOX SPARROWS, GREEN-WINGED AND BLUE-WINGED TEAL,
migrating TURKEY VULTURES, RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, RING-NECKED
DUCKS and RUDDY DUCKS.
From Dupage County:
At McKee Marsh - a BLACK DUCKwas seen on Saturday.
At Songbird Slough, on Tuesday - PIED-BILLED GREBE, LESSER SCAUP
and WOODCOCKS were found.
At the Arboretum - EASTERN TOWHEES and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS
were seen on Thursday.
At Pratt's Wayne, north of Stearns Road in the Tri-County Park
area - a VESPER SPARROW was seen on Monday.
At Greene Valley - On Sunday, a WINTER WREN was seen in the Big
Woods along the stream, a TUFTED TITMOUSE was found in the Big
Woods near the pond, a FIELD SPARROW, migrating SHARP-SHINNED,
COOPERS and RED-TAILED HAWKS and a HARRIER were also located.
WOODCOCK were seen on Sunday evening in the field northeast of
the main parking lot. A SNIPE flew over around sunset.
At Argonne - a CHIPPING SPARROW was found on Monday.
At Rice Lake - 1 COMMON LOON, 2 HORNED GREBES, 3 AMERICAN
WIGEONS, 2 HOODED MERGANSERS and 2 COMMON MERGANSERS were seen on
Monday.
From Cook County:
In Bartlett, on West Bartlett Road, just east of Route 25, at the
Balefill - 2 HERMIT THRUSHES and a RUSTY BLACKBIRD were seen on
Thursday. 10 BONAPARTE GULLS flew over West Bartlett Road on
Friday.
At Wolf Road Prairie - WOODCOCKS were seen on Saturday evening.
From Kane County:
In South Elgin, at Route 25 and Middle St., a LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULL was seen in the southwest corner of the quarry on Saturday.
At Nelson Lake Marsh - on Saturday, a BROWN THRASHER and EASTERN
TOWHEE were found.
In South Elgin - on Friday, 2 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were seen.
From Fermilab:
At Lake Law - 6 HORNED GREBES were seen on Sunday along with
LESSER SCAUP, PINTAIL, WIGEON and GADWALL.
Here are the next field trips of the DuPage Birding Club:
Saturday, April 11, 1998, 8:00am: Spring migrants at the Magic
Hedge at Montrose Harbor, Chicago. Leader: Dr. Jim Landing. Call
Karen and Bob Fisher at (630) 985-2956 for more information.
Tuesday, April 21, 1998, 8:00am: Migrants at Hidden Lake F.P.,
Route 53 just south of Butterfield Road. Leaders: Jo Donaldson,
(630) 833-8641, and Charlotte Pocius.
Saturday, April 25, 1998, 7:30 am: Early warblers and other
woodland birds at Waterfall Glen F.P. Meet at the main parking
lot on Cass Avenue just south of I-55. Leaders: Bob and Karen
Fisher, (630) 985-2956.
Sunday, April 26, 1998, 7:30 am: Warbler search at the Elsen's
Hill section of West DuPage Woods F.P. The parking lot is on
Gary's Mill Road between Roosevelt and Winfield Roads. Leader:
David Hodge, (847) 781-9625.
Saturday, May 2, 1998: McDowell Grove F.P. in Naperville. Leader:
Denis Kania.
Sunday, May 3, 1998: Warrenville Grove F.P. in Warrenville.
Leader: Gary Moore.
Thursday, May 7, 1998: Morton Arboretum in Lisle. Leader: Melinda
Born.
Sunday, May 10, 1998: Maple Grove F.P. in Downers Grove. Leader:
Tom Koz.
The next meeting of the DuPage Birding Club will be on April 9th
at 7:30pm
The subject is the Mysteries of the Magic Hedge, by Jim Landing.
The meeting location is Faith Lutheran Church at 41 N. Park
Boulevard in Glen Ellyn.
To get to the meeting, take Roosevelt Road to Park Boulevard in
Glen Ellyn. Go north on Park Boulevard for 2 blocks and you will
see the church on the east side of the street. The parking lot
and entrance are in the rear. The meeting is in the church hall
on the lower level.
Social time starts at 7pm and the meeting will begin at 7:30pm.
Thank you for calling the DuPage Birding Club Hotline.
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