Sat 27 Dec 2008
The day isn’t over yet, but I can safely say that this has been some of the worst weather for finding birds that I’ve ever seen on a CBC. Many, many thanks to all of you who went out and counted. If the rain slacks off Dan and I will probably get out again late in the day, but the steady rain and dense fog make for tough bird-finding. Of note was a Peregrine Falcon perched in a large oak between the park drive and the bank of the Rock River in Blackhawk Park. It may sit there until the weather improves if anyone wants to go look.
Barbara
December 28th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Barbara and I went back out after she posted this report. It was still foggy, but around 4:00 p.m. the fog lefted. We were around the airport and added Am. Kestrel and Wild Turkey to our day list. Then, with the wind down and the rain stopped, we did a little owling and found an Eastern Screech-owl.
At the 15th Avenue bridge, the gravel bar north of the bridge was under water at 4:30 p.m., but there were over 75 Common Mergansers there and a small (14) flock of Common Goldeneyes.
Dan