Today I joined a large group of early birders at the morning bird walk in our lovely Willowbrook (IL) preserve under the professional and personable guidance of Kevin Luby, Naturalist at the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County.
Unfortunately the unpredictable Illinois Spring reared its ugly head again, and temperatures had fallen to a high 40s with a nasty cold wind. Birds were plentiful though and I decided to take a shot of the
growing list of bird sightings this morning.
Highlights for me were the Indigo Buntings, Red-eyed Vireos, Least Fly-catcher, many Warblers and a pair of Baltimore Orioles working on constructing their beautiful nest. A bird banding action (in case you were wondering about the caption "*caught today" on the above chart) and demonstration was also part of the day. Here below is one of the banders/instructors showing how to properly hold a bird while working on the band. All in all an exciting birding experience to add to my blog!
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