Miller Meadow with Pearl and Tian
Hines, IL
Monday 20 April 2020
57 °F
Today I revisited Miller Meadow with Pearl and Tian in hopes of refinding the beautiful Rusty Blackbirds from yesterday, among other things. It was a quiet trip overall but nice to be outside on a beautiful day. Here is a BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD — I couldn’t find the blackbirds with which it was associating yesterday.
There were quite a few flyovers including RED-TAILED HAWK:
At one point, Pearl even spotted a vole (a possible future snack for the hawk!). She freaked out upon almost stepping on it, hah!
GREAT BLUE HERON:
KILLDEER:
NORTHERN FLICKER:
My bird-of-the-day will be the EASTERN MEADOWLARK. I was able to give Tian and Pearl a brief look at this beautiful bird before he flew away.
Stay tuned! The next wave of migrants should move in tomorrow night with the expected southerly winds!
Good birding,
Henry
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