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		<title>Olive -sided Flycatcher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just had an Olive-sided Flycatcher in my yard. It didn&#8217;t stay long. Last year there was one along Spring Creek. Possibly a returning bird?]]></description>
		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/olive-sided-flycatcher-2/</link>
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		<title>Another Harris&#8217; Sparrow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This one is coming to our feeder and bird bath @ 6055 Safford Rd. In font of house, but definitely not visible from the road. Was 1st seen around 4:00 pm today, and it currently under the feeder at 5:25 pm.]]></description>
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		<title>Harris&#8217; Sparrows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, May 6, Ann Whitney reported 2 Harris&#8217; Sparrows coming to a feeder at 2645 Spielman Road, Seward. The home is south of Kelley Road on the west side of Spielman. Unfortunately, the sparrows have not been seen since Sunday, so they have likely moved on.]]></description>
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		<title>Date change for field trip !</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Announcing a date change for the field trip to Nachusa Grasslands and Lowden Miller State Park scheduled for June 2nd. The trip has been moved back one week to June 9th. Everything else is the same. With questions call Barbara Williams at 779-537-3352]]></description>
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		<title>Smith&#8217;s Longspurs on Edson Road</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday afternoon, Jeff Donaldson and Matt Vincent found 4 or 5 Smith&#8217;s Longspurs on the spring count while driving west on Edson Road near a drainage ditch about 2-3 miles west of the intersection of Edson Road and Friday Road. At that point, Edson Road is the border between Ogle and Winnebago County south of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kites return to Rockford</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dan Williams, I, and perhaps others, have been checking the Bloom School neighborhood daily without seeing any kites through yesterday. However, today Jeff Donaldson spotted a Mississippi Kite soaring east of the school. Between 5 and 5:30 pm, Donna and I found 3 kites. Two were soaring together near Rural St. and Woodlane Ave, which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/kites-return-to-rockford/</link>
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		<title>Common Nighthawk arrives in Rockford</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After dinner tonight with Larry and Donna Balch in downtown Rockford, the four of us exited the restaurant and immediately heard and saw a Common Nighthawk flying over the intersection of E. State and Second Streets, right over and around City Hall. This sighting is only slightly early. In 5 of the previous 13 years, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/common-nighthawk-arrives-in-rockford/</link>
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		<title>More arrivals at Page Park, Rockford, then toward Pecatonica</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barbara and I spent 2 hours in our woods adjacent to the Page Park Conservation Forest this morning between 0830-1030. The trees were full of warblers, many in full song, which was very helpful because the leaves were so thick that it was a lot of work to try to see them! We managed 13 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/more-arrivals-at-page-park-rockford-then-toward-pecatonica/</link>
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		<title>Recent arrivals at Page Park, Rockford</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend, the following migrant species have turned up at Anna Page Park in northwest Rockford (with date of April arrival noted): Ovenbird (30), Blackpoll Warbler (30), Rose-breasted Grosbeak (27), Indigo Bunting (28), Red-headed Woodpecker (27). Larry Balch and I heard Warbling Vireos at several locations on Sunday the 29th, plus Grasshopper Sparrow in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ncios.org/blog/recent-arrivals-at-page-park-rockford/</link>
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		<title>NCIOS field trip to Deer Run</title>
		<description><![CDATA[5 hearty souls went on the field trip to Deer Run Forest Preserve on Sat. April 28. 59 bird species were observed. Birds of note: 2 Blue-winged Teal, 7 Wild Turkeys, 2 Sandhill Cranes, 1 Solitary Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Sandpiper, Tree Swallows, N. Rough-winged Swallow and Barn Swallows, Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, E. [...]]]></description>
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