Sun 13 Apr 2008
If anyone wants to keep up-to-date on bird sightings in DeKalb County, I recommend getting on their birding email list (I just joined recently). Send an email to Mike Andrews (webird [at] tbc.net) {replace the [at] with @}
There are over 100 birders on this email list and being connected with DeKalb birders is good for our bird club (and for finding cool birds!).
Rock Cut State Park on Saturday: 10 Common Loons, 12 Great Blue Herons, dozen Ruddy Ducks and a mix of others. We were only there for 45 minutes or so before the snow/rain got too annoying.
Yard update: we have 3 Hermit Thrushes, Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet in the yard.
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Two pine grosbeak birds have made the wreath on my front storm door in Sycamore IL their home. There were five eggs and sadly one did fall out. Four birds have hatched and as of today they have started flying. They are very deffensive of the nest (the front of the house in general.
May 5th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Hi Megan,
I wonder if your nesting birds aren’t House Finches. They are well-known to nest in door wreaths and do so frequently. Pine Grosbeaks are not known to nest in IL, and are very rare here.