The Illinois
Ornithological Society

Illinois Rare Bird Alert

RBA
State: Illinois
Coverage: Statewide
Date: November 15, 2009

Species Mentioned (Caps denote a review list species):

  • SAGE THRASHER
  • Snow Goose
  • Cackling Goose
  • Surf Scoter
  • White-winged Scoter
  • Black Scoter
  • Tundra Swan
  • Pacific Loon
  • Western Grebe
  • Red-necked Grebe
  • Thayer's Gull
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull

This is the Illinois Rare Bird Report for November 15, 2009.
Compiler: Sulli Gibson.

NOTE: Species in all capital letters are review list species. Details of these sightings are desired by the Illinois Ornithological Records Committee. Careful observation, not ornithological expertise, is the only qualification for submitting data. For details and pointers see the Illinois Ornithological Records Committee page on this Web site. Species requiring documentation can be found on the review list on the Illinois Ornithological Records Committee page. For status information about Illinois birds, see the Birds of Illinois page on this Web site.

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SAGE THRASHER: Cook Co (North) - 1 at the SE corner of Northerly Island on 11/11/09 (Karen Mansfield). It was not relocated the next day despite much effort.

Snow Goose: DuPage County (North) - 1 blue morph at Fermilab on 11/15/09 (Yeanette Johnson). Lake Co (North) - 1 flying over Rollins Savannah on 11/15/09 (Jim Solum). 1 in the soccer field SW of Route 60 and Waukegan Road (Jeff Sundberg).

Cackling Goose: Cook Co (North) - 15 at Maple Lake on 11/15/09 (Craig Thayer).

Surf Scoter: Cook Co (North) - 1 male seen from Park Avenue in Highland Park on 11/14/09 (COS group, et al.). Bond/Clinton/Fayette Co (South) - Unspecified number at the Carlyle Sewage Lagoons off of Sand Ridge Road on 11/14/09 (WGNSS group, et al.). Boone Co (Central) - 1 on a private lake on 11/11/09 (Dan Williams).

White-winged Scoter: Cook Co (North) - 1 flyby seen from Gillson Park on 11/15/09 (Bob Hughes).

Black Scoter: DeKalb Co (North) - Up to 3 have been seen at the SE corner of Shabbona Lake. They were last seen on 11/13/09 (John and Carol Longhenry).

Tundra Swan: DuPage County (North) - 31 flying over Fermilab on 11/15/09 (Yeanette Johnson). Lake Co (North) - 14 flying over Rollins Savannah on 11/15/09 (Jim Solum). Cook Co (North) - 57 seen flying E over Lake Michigan from Gillson Park on 11/15/09 (Bob Hughes). Varying numbers have been seen at Saganashkee and McGinnis Sloughs throughout the week by many. About 40 were at Saganashkee Slough on 11/15/09 (Steve Ambrose) and 6 were seen at McGinnis Slough on 11/15/09 (Craig Thayer). Stephenson Co (North) - 13 at Freeport Marsh on 11/14/09 (Eric Walters). Tazewell Co (Central) - A Flight Survey revealed over 700 at the Spring Lake Fish and Wildlife Area earlier in the week.

Pacific Loon: Bond/Clinton/Fayette Co (South) - 1 relocated from the Green Meadows parking lot (Dam East Access) on 11/14/09 (WGNSS group, et al.).

Red-necked Grebe: DeKalb Co (North) - 1 at Shabbona Lake last seen on 11/14/09 (Yeanette Johnson). It was seen every other day before by others.

Western Grebe: Lake Co (North) - 1 flyby seen from the Waukegan Beach Pier on 11/14/09 (Al Stokie, Eric Walters).

Thayer's Gull: Lake Co (North) - 5 at North Point Marina on 11/14/09 (COS group, et al.).

Lesser Black-backed Gull: Lake Co (North) - 8 at North Point Marina on 11/14/09 (COS group, et al.).

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Sulli Gibson
Illinois Ornithological Society

Illinois Rare Bird Alert

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