BIRDCNTR archives -- February 2001, week 3 (#15)

Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 23:01:37 -0600 Reply-To: Jim Frazier <jfrazier@GADWALL.COM> Sender: "National Birding Hotline Cooperative (Central)"
<BIRDCNTR@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU> From: Jim Frazier <jfrazier@GADWALL.COM> Organization: The Gadwall Group, Ltd. Subject: DuPage County, Illinois RBA for February 20, 2001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

DuPage County, Illinois RBA for February 20, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------- Location: DuPage County, Illinois Number: 630-406-8111 Coverage: Western suburbs of Chicago Editor: Jim Frazier Email: jfrazier@gadwall.com

DuPage Hotline Site http://www.gadwall.com/birding/

Official DuPage Birding Club site: http://home.xnet.com/~ugeiser/Birds/BirdClub.html

For more Web links, see the end of this message. --------------------------------------------------------------

This is the DuPage Birding Club Hotline for Tuesday, February 20, 2001 at 10:30pm. The last update was on January 16th.

Highlight birds included in this report are:

HOODED MERGANSERS SAW-WHET OWL RED CROSSBILL LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL MUTE SWANS BALD EAGLE MERLIN NORTHERN SHRIKE

Here are the reports:

HOODED MERGANSERS were found in Geneva on January 20th.

The SAW-WHET OWL continues at the Arboretum in the vicinity of the Four Columns. It was reported on January 16th and February 18th. A single RED CROSSBILL was seen in this area on February 4th. Also on the 4th, a MERLIN was seen near Lake Marmo.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen on February 11th along the entrance road to Greene Valley.

On the 20th, a NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen in Kane County on Thatcher Road about halfway between McNulty and Beith Roads in Virgil Township (grid A6, page 27 of Delorme).

MUTE SWANS were seen in St. Charles on January 20th.

At Fermilab, a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen on AE Sea on February 11th. On January 30th, a BALD EAGLE was seen at the north end of Eola Road. A MERLIN was seen at Eola and Batavia Roads on January 20th.

Thank you to everyone who called or emailed reports this week.

This hotline is on the Web. You can access the Chicago Birding Guide, hotline information and FAQ's, maps and transcripts back to 1994 at http://www.gadwall.com/birding

The official site of the DuPage Birding Club is at http://home.xnet.com/~ugeiser/Birds/BirdClub.html

DuPage Birding Club field trip information is at http://home.xnet.com/~ugeiser/Birds/FieldTrips.html

DuPage Birding Club meeting information is at http://home.xnet.com/~ugeiser/Birds/ClubMeetings.html

The All Points Bulletin (APB) list shows all of the birds that we'd particularly like to receive reports on. The list is available at http://www.gadwall.com/birding/hotline/apb.html

Thank you for calling the DuPage Birding Club Hotline.

Jim Frazier, President Consulting The Gadwall Group, Ltd. Seminars and Workshops PO Box 925, Batavia, IL 60510-0925 Publications 630-406-5861 fax: 630-879-2034 cell: 630-452-5595 http://www.gadwall.com - jfrazier@gadwall.com
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