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		<title>waterfowl at Rock Cut SP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Checked Pierce Lake today to see if there was any open water at the east end of the lake where the creek enters.  There is a small area of open water that does not yet extend as far west as the Lion&#8217;s Club fishing pier.
There were some ducks in the open water:  21 Hooded Mergansers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/waterfowl-at-rock-cut-sp/</link>
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		<title>Did someone mention Cranes?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At 12:45 today I saw about 50 Sandhill Cranes flying north over Anna Page Park
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		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/did-someone-mention-cranes/</link>
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		<title>Midwest Crane Count</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The date for the Midwest Crane Count  this year is April 17th. If you can participate please call Lynda Johnson at 815-629-2781
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		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/midwest-crane-count/</link>
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		<title>arriving puddle ducks &amp; Brewer&#8217;s Blackbirds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon, I drove down to the Rockford airport quarry on Belt Line Road.  The most southeastern corner of the south quarry pond was open water.  It had a bunch of Mallards, plus a hen Wood Duck, 2 drake N. Shovelers, 4 Am. Wigeon and 14 Gadwall.  3 Bald Eagles were in the dead snag [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/arriving-puddle-ducks-brewers-blackbirds/</link>
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		<title>More waterfowl</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dan and Barbara Williams have just (10 am) reported to me that Howard&#8217;s farm (see previous post) now has a Ross&#8217;s Goose and three Trumpeter Swans.
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		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/more-waterfowl/</link>
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		<title>northwest Winnebago Co. on Saturday morning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Donna and Larry Balch, and I, spent a few hours in northwest Winnebago County this morning.  Started at Howard&#8217;s farm, which is on IL 70 about half of the way between Rockford and Durand.  Once you cross the Pecatonica River at Trask Bridge, going toward the northwest, the farm is about 1 more mile ahead. 
 
At [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/northwest-winnebago-co-on-saturday-morning/</link>
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		<title>Hazard to Songbirds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the Rockford Register Star on Monday or Tuesday there was an article suggesting that city and county support is being sought for the establishment and maintenance of &#8220;managed cat colonies&#8221; in Rockford. The theory is that wild cats can&#8217;t be tamed so if they are &#8220;trapped, neutered and released&#8221; eventually the wild cat population [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/hazard-to-songbirds/</link>
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		<title>Goshawk at Lockwood Park, Rockford</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, 2/23, Barbara spotted a Northern Goshawk flyacross Safford Road and  into Lockwood Park.  If anyone is out birding in this area, please post if you relocate it.
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		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/goshawk-at-lockwood-park-rockford/</link>
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		<title>Golden Eagle attacks Deer   Photos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a link to a site showning a Golden Eagle attacking a Deer.
It was seen around Nachusa Grasslands in Lee County.
If anyone planning on looking for this eagle please let
me know. I would like to follow you there. 1-815-874-2597
http://www.ilbirds.com/index.php?topic=32809.0
Augie
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		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/golden-eagle-attacks-deer-photos/</link>
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		<title>Bald Eagles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We saw 4 Bald Eagles at the intersect of Beltline Rd. and Kishwaukee Rd. today  2-18-10  around 11:00a.
Augie
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		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/bald-eagles/</link>
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