http://ncios.org/blog/afternoon-drive-on-saturday/ Blog of the Rockford Bird Club Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:14:36 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://ncios.org/blog/afternoon-drive-on-saturday/comment-page-1/#comment-226 Dan Williams Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:46:12 +0000 http://ncios.org/blog/?p=818#comment-226 AHA! Finally! Took another drive on Wednesday at lunch time to the Kelley Road area. This time I was rewarded. Found a flock of about 250 birds on Kendall Road between Cunningham and Kelley Road. A farmer is spreading manure in the field on the east side of the road near the Cunningham end. There were 200 Snow Buntings and about 50 Lapland Longspurs. AHA! Finally! Took another drive on Wednesday at lunch time to the Kelley Road area. This time I was rewarded. Found a flock of about 250 birds on Kendall Road between Cunningham and Kelley Road. A farmer is spreading manure in the field on the east side of the road near the Cunningham end. There were 200 Snow Buntings and about 50 Lapland Longspurs.

]]> http://ncios.org/blog/afternoon-drive-on-saturday/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Larry Balch Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:22:24 +0000 http://ncios.org/blog/?p=818#comment-227 Steve Gent and I took a drive around SW Winnebago County (Kelley and Cunningham Roads between Pecatonica Road and Meridian Road). But it was between 10 and 1, which explains why we didn't run into you. We found about a dozen Snow Buntings on Kelly east of Conger, and another half-dozen at Cemetery and Wempleton. We found no Longspurs. Raptor-wise, our best was a Basic III Bald Eagle. We saw 2 Great Blue Herons in ditches. Steve Gent and I took a drive around SW Winnebago County (Kelley and Cunningham Roads between Pecatonica Road and Meridian Road). But it was between 10 and 1, which explains why we didn’t run into you. We found about a dozen Snow Buntings on Kelly east of Conger, and another half-dozen at Cemetery and Wempleton. We found no Longspurs. Raptor-wise, our best was a Basic III Bald Eagle. We saw 2 Great Blue Herons in ditches.

]]> http://ncios.org/blog/afternoon-drive-on-saturday/comment-page-1/#comment-228 John Longhenry Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:29:48 +0000 http://ncios.org/blog/?p=818#comment-228 Carol and I went on a drive around the northern part of Winnebago County this morning and were able to locate about 30 Lapland Longspurs on the south leg of Oliver Road. They were on the road eating plenty of corn that was laying on the road. Also saw Horned Larks on Gummow Road and Halley Road though we did not find any Snow Buntings in this area either. Carol and I went on a drive around the northern part of Winnebago County this morning and were able to locate about 30 Lapland Longspurs on the south leg of Oliver Road. They were on the road eating plenty of corn that was laying on the road. Also saw Horned Larks on Gummow Road and Halley Road though we did not find any Snow Buntings in this area either.

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