From Fran Phillips:
Braidwood
2/25/08 12:40
Eagles by the nest on Essex RD.
One was flying carrying a branch to the nest. One was sitting at tree top.
Also on Essex Road was a Red Tail.
Sighting by Ruth Meyer on Feb 18
Location:Morris, IL near Heidecke Lake
1 Snow goose in the middle of 1000+ Canada Geese about 1:30pm at northeast
corner of Dresden & Lorenzo Rd.
From Ruth Meyer:
Location:South of Marseilles over river, heading to Seneca, IL
Date Feb 15, 2008
We were on country road midway between towns and had the most Wild Turkeys I
have ever seen. The count was over 100!
Reported by Jeanne Hagen
Lake Renwick, Plainfield Noon, February 7, 2008
We think we saw a Gyrfalcon but we are not sure. It looked like the perigrine
that hangs around our bird feeders but it had a white speckled breast and a
gray back.
Reported by Fran Phillips on Sunday Feb 3, 2008:
Red-shouldered hawk feeding at the Visitors Center bird feeder, Also present
were Downy and red bellied woodpeckers, cardinals, pine sikins, white crowned
sparrows, Tufted Titmouse, Nuthatches, cowbirds and many more.
Four Eagles were visible on Plum Island.
