Monthly Archives: May 1981

wilsonia (for Alexander Wilson) pusilla (very small) Tuesday, May 19, 1981 — 10:00 am Elk Grove Village, Illinois — Busse Woods Forest Preserve I spent a couple hours birding in the woods. I came out of the trees where a … Continue reading →

limnodromus (marsh runner) griseus (grizzled) Friday, May 15, 1981 — 7:15 am Hoffman Estates, Illinois — Poplar Creek Forest Preserve — Bode and Barrington Roads The Short-billed Dowitchers were preening on mud flats in the middle of the slough. One … Continue reading →

calidris (speckled water bird) alpina (alpine) Friday, May 15, 1981 — 7:10 am Hoffman Estates, Illinois — Poplar Creek Forest Preserve — Bode and Barrington Roads At 7:00 a.m. I had already seen 22 species, and two of them were … Continue reading →

calidris (speckled water bird) minutilla (very small) Friday, May 15, 1981 — 6:30 am Hanover Park, Illinois — field near Hanover Park water tower When the Wilson’s Phalaropes flew out of sight, I moved in closer to identify the other, … Continue reading →

phalaropus (from phalaris, coot, and pous, foot) tricolor (three colors) Friday, May 15, 1981 — 6:30 am Hanover Park, Illinois — field by Hanover Park water tower I had heard from another birder about a lot of shorebirds near the … Continue reading →