Montrose and Thatcher
Chicago, IL
Tuesday 8 May 2018
79 °F
Yesterday, May 7, in the morning I visited Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary before school and Thatcher Woods Forest Preserve after!
Male BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER:
First-year male ORCHARD ORIOLE:
Male BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER:
Late GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET:
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, very cool!!
LINCOLN’S SPARROW:
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER:
Male INDIGO BUNTING:
TENNESSEE WARBLER:
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH:
And from Thatcher Woods-
SOLITARY SANDPIPERS abounded in the flooded woodlands:
As did WOOD DUCKS:
Male NASHVILLE WARBLER:
HOUSE WREN in a nesting/roosting cavity:
White-tailed Deer:
And a nice YELLOW-THROATED VIREO to end the day:
Bird-of-the-day to the Louisiana Waterthrush with runner-up to the Yellow-throated Vireo.
Good birding!
Henry
World Life List: 940 Species
Love the house wren in the tree cavity. So cute!
by Mom