Barbara and I drove by Howard’s farm on IL 70 in Winnebago County around 12:30 p.m. today. There was a Snow Goose with a small flock of Canadas which also included 12 Cackling Geese.

A walk around Pecatonica Wetlands FP earlier this morning yielded 49 species, including 6 species of woodpeckers (we didn’t see Red-headed). We counted 24 Wood Ducks in the oxbow swamps, but found only 3 species of warblers. There are a lot of Song and Swamp sparrows in the grasslands, but we could only find Lincoln’s and White-crowned among them. Some swallows are still around-both Tree and Barn were flying over the prairies there, plus we had a pair of Sandhill Cranes.